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| US08085577B2 |
Nonvolatile semiconductor memory device and method of data write/data erase therein
A nonvolatile semiconductor memory device comprises: a plurality of first lines; a plurality of second lines; a plurality of memory cells each disposed at each of crossing-points of the first lines and the second lines and each comprising a variable resistor and a bi-directional diode; and a voltage control circuit configured to control a voltage of selected one of the first lines, unselected ones of the first lines, selected one of the second lines, and unselected ones of the second lines, respectively. The variable resistor is configured to change its resistance value depending on a polarity of a voltage applied thereto. The voltage control circuit is configured to apply a voltage pulse to the selected one of the first lines and to connect a capacitor of a certain capacitance to one end of the selected one of the second lines. |
| US08085574B2 |
Nonvolatile ferroelectric memory and control device using the same
A nonvolatile ferroelectric memory immediately outputs data stored in a page buffer without performing a cell access operation when a page buffer is accessed. Since a block page address region and a column page address region are arranged in less significant bit region, and a row address region is arranged in more significant bit region, the cell operation is not performed in the access of the page address buffer, thereby improving reliability of the cell and reducing power consumption. |
| US08085573B2 |
Ferroelectric memory
A ferroelectric memory of an embodiment of the present invention includes a plurality of units, in each of which a ferroelectric capacitor and a transistor are connected to each other in parallel. The memory includes first and second memory cell arrays, first and second bit lines arranged in the first and second memory cell arrays, respectively, first and second blocks connected to the first bit line, and including N1 units and N2 units, respectively, where N1 and N2 are positive integers, third and fourth bit lines arranged in the first and second memory cell arrays, respectively, third and fourth blocks connected to the third bit line, and including N3 units and N4 units, respectively, where N3 and N4 are positive integers, first to fourth redundant blocks respectively connected to the first to fourth bit lines, and to be used for repair of the first to fourth blocks, and a sense amplifier selectively connectable to one of the first and second bit lines, and selectively connectable to one of the third and fourth bit lines. |
| US08085569B2 |
Semiconductor memory device, and multi-chip package and method of operating the same
Multi-chip package devices and related data programming methods are disclosed. A multi-chip package device includes one or more memory chips and a controller. The one or more memory chips include a single level cell section and a multi level cell section. The controller is configured to control a first data storing operation for storing an input data to the single level cell section and control a second data storing operation for storing the input data stored in the single level section to the multi level cell section during an idle time. |
| US08085561B2 |
Power supply with integrated concentric high voltage multiplier
A high voltage power supply for use in small diameter spaces such as in oil well logging devices includes an AC voltage source and a voltage multiplier circuit. An inside set of parallel capacitors is constructed with an inside common capacitor electrode, an inside dielectric material around the outside of the inside common capacitor electrode, and individual inside capacitor electrodes formed of conductive material positioned around the outside of the inside dielectric material. An outside set of parallel capacitors is constructed with a hollow outside common capacitor electrode with a central internal hollow space, an outside dielectric material around the inside of the outside common capacitor electrode, and individual outside capacitor electrodes formed of conductive material positioned around the inside of the outside dielectric material. The inside set of parallel capacitors fits concentrically inside the outside set of parallel capacitors. Rectifiers connect selected inside capacitors to selected outside capacitors to form a voltage multiplier circuit. |
| US08085547B2 |
Electronic elements carrier
An electronic elements carrier includes a body, at least an electronic element and a filler. The body includes a substrate having a plate and a dam formed on the peripheral of plate, a conductive layer mounted on a surface of the dam, and at least a cavity defined by the plate and the dam of the substrate. The electronic element is disposed in the cavity of the body. The filler is received in the cavity of the substrate for encapsulating, sealing and protecting the electronic element. |
| US08085542B2 |
Heat dissipation device and electronic system incorporating the same
A heat dissipation device for a first electronic component and a second electronic component mounted on a circuit board includes a first base mounted on the first electronic component and a second base mounted on the second electronic component. The second base is movably connected with the first base. An electronic system incorporating the heat dissipation device is also provided. |
| US08085541B1 |
Thin flat panel video display
This document describes apparatus and methods for supplying electrical operating power to a thin form-factor display device, such as a flat panel video display device. In an illustrative example, components of a power supply for a flat panel video display are arranged to be substantially coplanar and adjacent to a display screen. The display screen and the power supply components may share a common housing. The power supply may provide appropriate electrical operating voltages to operate the display device. In some embodiments, an external thermally conductive panel of the display device is thermally coupled to components of the power supply through a low thermal impedance interface. |
| US08085538B2 |
Fluid-cooled electronic housing assembly and system
A fluid-cooled electronic housing assembly (“FCEHA”) configured for mounting within a vehicle is described. The FCEHA may be part of a fluid-cooled electronic system (“FCES”) that includes the FCEHA and a plurality of electronic components. The FCEHA is capable of providing effective cooling for the FCES while maintaining a small space requirement by utilizing a fluid cooling system that cools the housing of FCEHA. In general, the FCEHA includes a cooling-fluid channel through a heat sink that, in operation, allows a cooling fluid/liquid to flow throw the cooling-fluid channel and cool off the FCEHA more efficiently that air convection because the cooling fluid is more efficient in heat transport. |
| US08085537B2 |
Cooling system for a portable device
A cellular cooling part includes a number at least one movable part, that can be the removable flap or movable cover for a fan. The fan, for example, can be moved or opened to expose it. A flap can also be opened. In addition, different covering structures can be used. |
| US08085531B2 |
Anisotropic thermal conduction element and manufacturing method
An anisotropic thermal conductive element that can conduct heat from a thermal source with high efficiency in the thickness direction which maintaining strength and a method of making the element. To achieve the above, an anisotropic thermal conductive element that can conduct heat from a heat source, a structure with a stack of graphite sheets having a contact surface across the thickness direction of the graphite sheets, and the stack of graphite sheets has the surroundings thereof coated to form a support parts. The coating process covers the structure of stacked graphite with a support part. A cutting process can be performed by cutting along the surface in the stacking direction after the coating process. After the cutting process, a surface treatment process can make a surface treatment to a section. |
| US08085528B2 |
Apparatus and method for an electrical system enclosure
The present disclosure describes an apparatus for enclosing electrical equipment. A shutter panel with at least one shutter aperture, at least one guide piece configured to align the shutter panel with a stab-on bore of a unit area, an operator member and a mounting member interconnected with a bus bar assembly is presented. A method for accessing electrical equipment in a motor control unit is also presented. |
| US08085527B2 |
Plug-in housing module
A plug-in housing module for forming an-explosion-proof switchgear/distribution panel including a number of plug-in points, where when the plug-in housing module is in a plugged-in position at a corresponding plug-in point of the number of plug-in points, the plug-in housing module is brought into contact with electrical connection devices and is detachably fixed to carrier rails of a frame of the switchgear/distribution panel, the plug-in housing module including at least one switching device for switching between a locking position and a release position, and when the at least one switching device is in the release position, the plug-in housing module can be moved out of the plugged-in position into a separation position, where in the separation position, the contact with the electrical connection devices is interrupted, while maintaining a flameproof mechanical connection. |
| US08085525B2 |
Electric double layer capacitor including current collector having a plurality of apertures therein
An electric double layer capacitor includes a case, an electrolyte solution accommodated in the case, and an electrode foil immersed in the electrolyte solution. The electrode foil includes a collector and an electrode layer covering the collector. The collector has a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The collector has apertures provided therein. The apertures communicate with the first surface and the second surface of the collector. The collector includes a projection provided at an edge of at least one aperture out of the apertures. The projection projects from the first surface of the collector and penetrates the electrode layer. The electric double layer capacitor provides a large contact area and a large joining strength between the collector and the electrode layer, and allows the collector to have a small thickness, hence having a large output density and a large energy density. |
| US08085520B2 |
Manufacturing process for surge arrester module using pre-impregnated composite
An electrical module assembly used in a surge arrester is manufactured by wrapping an electrical module assembly including at least one metal oxide varistor (MOV) disk to which a reinforcing structure including a pre-impregnated epoxy/glass-fiber composite has been applied with shrink film and compacting the wrapped electrical module assembly by heating the shrink film such that the shrink film shrinks and applies a radially compressive force to the electrical module assembly. The wrapped electrical module assembly then is cured at a temperature at which the shrink film no longer applies a compressive force. |
| US08085517B2 |
Apparatus and method for ground fault detection and location in electrical systems
The present invention is implemented by deploying an enhanced ground fault detection and location apparatus and by using the apparatus in conjunction with specific circuit analysis methods, using the information generated by the ground fault detection and location apparatus. The ground fault detection and location apparatus comprises the functionality of a voltmeter, an ammeter, a phase angle meter, a frequency generator, and a variable power supply, thereby providing for a variety of signals and analyses to be performed on a unintentionally grounded circuit in an ungrounded AC or DC power distribution system. The ground fault detection and location apparatus is capable of operating in six different modes, with each mode providing a different capability or opportunity for detecting, analyzing, and locating one or more unintentionally grounded circuits in an normally ungrounded AC or DC power distribution system. Additionally, the present invention is configured to manipulate a ground fault current at a first target frequency and a second target frequency, thereby enabling more rapid and efficient location of ground faults. |
| US08085516B1 |
Ground fault circuit interrupter with self test
A ground fault circuit interrupter (GFCI) includes a GFCI controller configured to detect for ground faults and to periodically perform a self test. The self test may be performed during a positive half cycle of an AC line voltage coupled to a load by the GFCI. The self test may include testing of a critical component of the GFCI without opening load contacts coupling the AC line voltage to the load. The self test may further include testing of monitoring coils in the GFCI. |
| US08085515B2 |
Electric power source for motor vehicle
An electric power source for a motor vehicle is equipped with a welded state discriminator, and while a positive-side contactor and negative-side contactor are controlled to be switched off, the welded state discriminator detects a voltage of a positive-side contactor or negative-side contactor on its loading side with respect to a connecting point of a battery unit on a positive side and a battery unit on a negative side. Accordingly, when in a plus voltage where the detected voltage thus obtained is larger than a predetermined voltage, the positive-side contactor is judged to be in a welded state, and when in a minus voltage where the detected voltage is larger than the predetermined voltage, the negative-side contactor is judged to be in a welded state. |
| US08085514B2 |
Modular on-machine controller
A modular control assembly is provided for on-machine control of a desired machine. One embodiment has a machine mountable base and a replaceable control unit, wherein the machine mountable base has a machine protection device. In various embodiments of the machine mountable base, the machine protection device may have a short-circuit protective device and a disconnect device. In addition, various embodiments of the replaceable control unit may have a variable frequency drive, a soft start device, or an adjustable overload protection device. |
| US08085509B2 |
Write head with common mode termination resistor
A write circuit and a head for a hard disk drive. The head includes a substrate that has an electrical ground and a write element that has a center tap. The head also has a resistor that is connected to the center tap and the electrical ground. The resistor provides a return path for AC and DC components of any common mode signal in a write circuit. The resistor can also generate heat that thermally expands the head and varies a head flying height. The write element is connected to an write driver circuit that provides in phase currents to a write element during the write operation and out of phase currents during a read operation. The out of phase currents allow for thermal expansion and flying height control even during a read operation. |
| US08085508B2 |
System, method and apparatus for flexure-integrated microactuator
A piezo in-tongue microactuator includes a suspension assembly with a flexure tongue. The tongue has two slots that accept piezo actuators. The tongue also has multiple hinge flexible elements that translate the extension and/or contraction of the piezo actuators into rotary motion of the recording head. This rotary motion is then used to precisely position the recording element over the desired track on the hard disk drive and permits higher track density to be achieved. |
| US08085505B2 |
Magnetic head suspension
An elastic plate connected at both ends to a pair of supporting pieces of a supporting portion and connected at center to a member forming a load beam portion functions as a load bending portion. A balance mass member is mounted on a portion of the member forming the load beam portion positioned on a base-end side from the elastic plate. A narrowest portion of the supporting portion is positioned, with respect to the suspension lengthwise direction, between a position of a base-end of a concave portion defined the pair of supporting pieces and a position where phantom lines extending from inner side edges of arm areas of the supporting pieces intersect with a longitudinal center line of the suspension, thereby effectively reducing mass of tip-end side of the supporting portion without deteriorating rigidity of the supporting pieces. |
| US08085496B2 |
Thin-film magnetic head with through holes reaching medium-opposed surface
Provided is a thin-film magnetic head for reading data from a magnetic recording medium and/or writing data to a magnetic recording medium, in which the magnetic spacing can be controlled appropriately by stably adjusting the pressure working between the thin-film magnetic head and the magnetic recording medium according to the change of conditions such as the change over time. This thin-film magnetic head comprises at least one through hole reaching a surface opposed to the magnetic recording medium of the thin-film magnetic head, for adjusting a pressure working between the thin-film magnetic head and the magnetic recording medium. Preferably, the head further comprises at least one flow-amount control means for controlling the flow amount of gas that flows via the at least one through hole. |
| US08085495B2 |
Spindle motor and disk-shaped medium recording and producing device
A spindle motor can suppress the generation of noise during swinging and the extend service life, and also suppress the increase in current consumption. The outside diameter of a thrust hydrodynamic groove is at least 10% of the outside diameter of a disk-shaped medium, and the depth of the radial hydrodynamic groove is greater than the depth of the thrust hydrodynamic groove. By adjusting to specific numbers, the angular stiffness in the thrust bearing is raised, and even if a disturbance torque should be applied, wear or noise caused by metal contact inside the bearing can be suppressed. |
| US08085487B1 |
Blocking formats for a disk drive that reduce performance
A method is disclosed for selecting a format for a disk surface of a disk drive, the disk drive comprising the disk surface, and a head actuated over the disk surface. A first TPI is selected for the disk surface, and then evaluated to determine whether it is compatible with a first target capacity. If the first TPI is not compatible with the first target capacity, then a second TPI is selected for the disk surface wherein the second TPI is less than the first TPI. |
| US08085484B2 |
Flip optic adaptor
Attachments for adjusting optical properties of image forming optical systems. An example refocus flip optic adaptor for a night vision goggle may include an adaptor housing for detachably mounting to an objective lens assembly of the night vision goggle and an optical element holder pivotably mounted to the adaptor housing such that a refocus lens (or other optical element) mounted to the optical element holder is selectively positionable in an operative position in which the refocus lens is axially aligned with the objective lens of the night vision goggle and an inoperative position in which the refocus lens and the optical element holder do not affect an image viewable through the night vision goggle. In some example embodiments, the optical element viewing diameter may be substantially the same as objective lens viewing diameter. Example optical elements may affect optical properties such as objective lens focus, optical filtering, and magnification. |
| US08085479B2 |
Optical zoom lens module and image capturing device using same
An optical zoom lens module includes, in this order from the object side to the image side thereof, a first lens group of positive refraction power, a second lens group of negative refraction power, a third lens group of positive refraction power, and a fourth lens group of positive refraction power. The optical zoom lens module satisfies the formula: 12 |
| US08085475B2 |
Zoom lens system, interchangeable lens apparatus and camera system
Provided is a zoom lens system including a compact focusing lens unit and having a suppressed change in image magnification at the time of movement of the focusing lens unit. A zoom lens system of the present invention, in order from an object side to an image side, includes, a first lens unit G1 having negative optical power, a second lens unit G2 having positive optical power, a third lens unit G3 having positive optical power, and a fourth lens G4. Condition (10): 1.4 |
| US08085472B2 |
Expanded beam interface device and method for fabricating same
An optoelectronic device comprising a gradient index lens having an optical length, L, wherein L=P/4+NP/2, where N is an integer equal to or greater than 0 and P is the pitch of the gradient index lens. If the desired focus spot is spaced from the end face of the gradient index lens, the optical length L can be adjusted accordingly as a function of that distance and the index of refraction of the medium occupying that distance. |
| US08085468B2 |
Line generator
A line generator according to the present invention includes a light source, a first lens group, and a second lens group. An optical axis is set to a position of a light beam which travels orthogonal to incidence surfaces of both the first and second lens groups and the first lens group is configured such that light beams from the light source are not collimated in a first direction in a plane orthogonal to the optical axis and are collimated or focused only in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction in the plane orthogonal to the optical axis and the second lens group is configured such that the light beams which have passed through the first group form a line. |
| US08085465B2 |
Infrared lens, infrared camera, and night vision
An infrared lens 1a includes first to third lenses L1 to L3 which are made of zinc sulfide and arranged in this order from an object side. Each of the first to third lenses L1 to L3 is configured as a positive meniscus lens of which convex surface is opposed to the object. The lenses L1 to L3 are formed by heat-press molding raw powder of zinc sulfide using a lens-shaped mold. In addition, a concave surface (the surface opposed to the image side) of the first lens L1 is formed as a diffractive surface. |
| US08085464B2 |
Multi-clad optical fibre amplifier with optimized pumping
An optical amplifier for amplifying an optical signal (1002), the optical amplifier comprising: an optical fibre, the optical fibre including a doped core, an inner cladding extending substantially radially outwardly from the doped core and an outer cladding extending substantially radially outwardly from the inner cladding; a signal coupler for receiving the optical signal and guiding the optical signal into the doped core; a first pump light source for producing a first pump light having a first power, the first pump light source being optically coupled to the optical fibre at a first location therealong for guiding the first pump light into the inner cladding at the first location; and a second pump light source for producing a second pump light having a second power, the second power being larger than the first power, the second pump light source being optically coupled to the optical fibre at a second location therealong for guiding the second pump light into the inner cladding at the second location; wherein the first location is located between the signal coupler and the second location. |
| US08085459B1 |
Plasmonic transistor
A plasmonic transistor device includes an electro-optic substrate and a conductive layer placed on said electro-optic substrate to establish an interface therebetween. The first conductive layer and electro-optics substrate are made of materials that are suitable for transmission of a surface plasmon along the interface. The conductive layer is further formed with a source input grating and a drain output grating, for establishing the surface plasmon. A means for varying the electro-optic substrate permittivity, such as a light source or voltage source, is connected to the electro-optic substrate. Selective manipulation of the varying means allows the user to selectively increase or decrease the substrate permittivity. Control of the substrate permittivity further allows the user to control surface plasmon propagation from the source input grating along the interface to a drain output grating, to achieve a transistor-like effect for the surface plasmon. |
| US08085458B2 |
Diffusion barrier layer for MEMS devices
Described herein is the use of a diffusion barrier layer between metallic layers in MEMS devices. The diffusion barrier layer prevents mixing of the two metals, which can alter desired physical characteristics and complicate processing. In one example, the diffusion barrier layer may be used as part of a movable reflective structure in interferometric modulators. |
| US08085456B2 |
Scanning optical system
An object of the present invention is to provide a scanning optical system capable of reducing the number of its components and its size with a simple construction, and an image forming apparatus using the scanning optical system. In a specific scanning optical system, a plurality of light beams emitted from a plurality of light source units are deflected and scanned by a plurality of different deflecting facets of a common optical deflecting unit, and a plurality of scanned surfaces are scanned with the light beams deflected and scanned by the different deflecting facets, respectively. In the scanning optical system, the number of the light source units is 4n, the number of the light beams is 4nm (n and m are positive integers, respectively), incidence optical paths of the light beams incident on the optical deflecting unit are symmetrically disposed with respect to a first cross section and a second cross section which are perpendicular to each other, the first cross section is parallel to a rotational axis of the optical deflecting unit, and the second cross section is perpendicular to the rotational axis of the optical deflecting unit. |
| US08085453B2 |
Phase retrieval and phase hologram synthesis
A method of retrieving phase information from input intensity information, representative of a target image, in which a Fourier transform is performed on data and the result used in forming a phase estimate, the phase estimate being inverse Fourier transformed, thereby producing magnitude and phase replay, and wherein not only is the phase reply component but also data derived from the magnitude replay component, iteratively fed back. |
| US08085452B2 |
Holographic imaging systems with DC balance
A holographic imaging system includes an electrical addressable spatial light modulator (EASLM) and an optically addressable spatial light modulator (OASLM). A read light is configured to illuminate the OASLM, and a controller is configured to address the EASLM with both positive and negative sub-images and transmit the positive and negative sub-images to the OASLM. The controller is further configured to address the OASLM with an operating voltage, wherein the read light generates a holographic image comprised of diffraction patterns from the positive and negative sub-images. |
| US08085450B2 |
Image reading apparatus and image reading method
The invention provides, as an aspect thereof, an image reading apparatus including a light irradiating unit that has a red-light irradiating sub-unit that irradiates red light onto a reading target object, a green-light irradiating sub-unit that irradiates green light onto the reading target object, and a blue-light irradiating sub-unit that irradiates blue light onto the reading target object; a reading unit that detects the amount of each of the red, green, and blue lights; a setting unit that sets an irradiation time period for each of the red, green, and blue lights on the basis of the corresponding amount of light detected by the reading unit by commanding each of the red-light, green-light, and blue-light irradiating sub-units to irradiate light; and a controlling unit that commands the red-light, green-light, and blue-light irradiating sub-units to irradiate light. |
| US08085448B2 |
Image reading apparatus and control method thereof
An image reading apparatus capable of continually conveying a plurality of originals in a stable manner while cleaning a contact glass of an image sensor and reducing streaks occurring in read images. An image sensor reads an original image via a contact member which the conveyed original may contact. A cleaning member, being provided on a turning member which is able to rotate or swing and disposed at a position opposing the image sensor, cleans the contact member's surface which the original may contact. The turning member is turned by a driving unit. A controlling unit controls the driving unit to turn the turning member so that cleaning of the contact member is performed by the cleaning member after the original has passed an image reading position of the image sensor and before a subsequent original reaches the image reading position. |
| US08085444B2 |
Image generating apparatus, image generating method, image display medium, and computer readable recording medium
A leak-prohibited image to be subjected to leak prohibition is comprised of dots DT so that two dots are included in an 8×8 matrix at a resolution of 600 dpi. The leak-prohibited image is formed as a computer terminal acquires image data, converts the image data to an image comprised of discrete microdots DT which cannot be resolved by copying, and outputs the converted image. Because the leak-prohibited image cannot be copied even if an image including the leak-prohibited image is copied, copy-originated information leak can be prohibited. Synthesizing a concealment image having a regularly discrete pattern with such a leak-prohibited image makes it difficult to view the leak-prohibited image from other directions than a front, thus prohibiting information leak by peeping. |
| US08085431B2 |
Image processing apparatus, image forming apparatus, and recording medium
An image processing apparatus for performing image reduction correction on target image data corresponding to pixels, includes a deletion position specifying unit configured to specify, as deletion positions of deletion pixels in the target image data, predetermined positions in image regions including the pixels having gradation values that are more than or equal to a predetermined density; and a pixel deleting unit configured to delete the deletion pixels at the deletion positions specified by the deletion position specifying unit, and to shift the pixels subsequent to the deletion pixels in a reduction direction as the deletion pixels are deleted. |
| US08085429B2 |
Information processing apparatus and method for generating print data for a book with a cover sheet
An information processing apparatus for making a bookbinding setup for a document includes a cover page determination unit for determining pages to be imposed on a cover from input data of a plurality of pages, a cover imposing processing unit for executing an imposing process of cover pages on the basis of data of the pages determined by the cover page determination unit, and a bookbinding imposing processing unit for executing an imposing process of running text pages on the basis of data of the remaining pages which are not imposed on the cover pages by the cover imposing processing unit, thus allowing an information process for making a bookbinding setup that the user wants. |
| US08085428B2 |
Print systems and techniques
Systems and techniques for printing. In one implementation, a method includes printing, at substantially the same time, a first image on a first workpiece and a second image on a second workpiece. |
| US08085426B2 |
Intelligent page buffer allocation
An improved printer controller system includes bitmap buffers for storing bitmaps as uncompressed data and a buffer manager for managing an allocation of the bitmap buffers to the bitmaps. The buffer manager is configured to recap one of the bitmap buffers according to a bitmap identifier associated with a requested bitmap. A method for managing buffer allocation in a printer apparatus includes allocating one or more buffers to a bitmap, assigning a bitmap identifier to the one or more buffers, and printing the stored bitmap. The method further includes releasing the one or more buffers, receiving a request including the bitmap identifier, and reallocating the one or more buffers to the stored bitmap. |
| US08085422B2 |
Printing system, printing apparatus, and printing method
A printing system capable of properly selecting a printer driver without putting load on the user, and generating print data using the selected printer driver even when the operating apparatus cannot communicate directly with an information processing apparatus having a print data-generating function. The printing apparatus generates a list of printer drives notified from information processing apparatuses, and sends the list to the operating apparatus when requested. The operating system selects a printer driver from the list and sends information of the selection and image data to the printing apparatus. The printing apparatus sends the image data to an information processing apparatus provided with the selected printer driver. The information processing apparatus generates print data from the image data and sends the print data to the printing apparatus. |
| US08085421B2 |
Efficient print operations
A method, apparatus, and product for reducing resource footprints for printer operation outputs, comprising: specifying a print job rendering criteria; receiving a request to print a print job having a page number amount; and automatically selecting and printing a portion of the print job as a function of the print job rendering criteria, wherein the portion has a page number amount smaller than the print job page number amount. The print job rendering criteria may comprise a set maximum number of pages to print during one printing session, where the portion to print is less than or equal to the maximum number of pages. Where the print job comprises a plurality of document components, automatically selecting and printing a portion of the document may comprise selecting a subset of the plurality of components as a function of the identified component relevance to each selected component and printing the representation. |
| US08085420B2 |
Image processing apparatus with hot folder functionality
When a user logs in and inputs document data into a box, a usage history of the box as used by the user is determined by referring to a user information management table. If there is a record, process attributes are set, and a process associated with the box is executed. If there is no record, a message indicating that there is no record is displayed. If execution is selected in response to this display, the process is executed. Once the process has ended, the usage record of the box as used by the user is updated to “used”. |
| US08085417B2 |
Multifunction peripheral unit that executes a selected processing function using two selected devices
The present invention provides a multifunction peripheral unit, including a list transmission section that creates a list of devices connected to a network and transmits the list to a user terminal; a device information reception section that receives information on a device selected by the user from a user terminal constituting the transmission destination of the list; a processing function list transmission section that creates a list of the processing functions that can be executed by the device on the basis of the received device information and transmits the list of the processing functions to the user terminal; a processing function information reception section that receives information on a processing function selected by the user from a user terminal constituting the transmission destination of the processing function list; and an execution control section that controls the device to execute the processing function on the basis of the received device information and processing function information. |
| US08085415B2 |
Printer, control program and printing device
A printer includes a receiving unit configured to receive a print job; a printing unit which executes a printing process to print an image on a recording medium based on the print job received by the receiving unit; a suspending unit which suspends the printing process based on suspension information added to the print job; an indicating unit which indicates that the printing is in process during suspension of the printing process; and a re-starting unit which re-starts the printing process suspended by the suspending unit. |
| US08085410B1 |
Projected scanning laser device and method for locating small objects
A projection laser scanner and method used to locate otherwise difficult-to-see items inadvertently dropped onto relatively flat surface areas, such as but not limited to floors, countertops, and tabletops, which uses a laser beam with a broad field of view to illuminate items raised above the surface area, giving each a glowing appearance. Should surface areas comprise raised features, the laser beam will illuminate them. However, dropped items thereon will still be very evident and remain easy to locate. Safety applications of the projection laser scanner are many, and include but are not limited to, finding dropped medication, small tools, eyeglass screws, contact lenses, pins, needles, staples, and other objects that one would not want a small child or pet to find and swallow; broken glass or ceramic shards; rings, earrings, and gemstones inadvertently separated from jewelry; as well as countless other difficult-to-see items that blend into background surface areas. |
| US08085408B2 |
Spectral domain optical coherence tomography system
An optical coherence tomography device is disclosed for improved imaging. Reduced levels of speckle in the images generated by the device are obtained by forming a B-scan from a plurality of A-scans, wherein each resolution cell of the B-scan is generated through compounding of a subset of the A-scans and wherein at least some of the subset of A-scans are separated by at least half the diameter of a speckle cell both tangent to and orthogonal to the B-scan at that cell. |
| US08085402B2 |
Microscope and an observation method in the microscope
In a cavity mode of a cavity, a diameter of a mode waist is decreased so that the diameter is similar to a wavelength of an electromagnetic wave resonant with the cavity mode, when a material is located in the cavity. The material includes a physical system having two quantum states. A relative position between the material and the mode waist is scanned along three-directions unparallel mutually. A laser coupled with the cavity mode is input to the cavity. An intensity of at least one of a reflected light and a transmitted light of the laser from the cavity is measured. |
| US08085401B2 |
Ozone concentration sensor
An apparatus and method provide measurement of a constituent of a fluid, such as ozone in ozonated water. The apparatus includes a vessel to contain the fluid, a light source configured to direct a first band of light and a second band of light along a substantially shared path though the fluid, and a photosensor that senses the first band of light and the second band of light. The constituent has a greater absorption associated with the first band of light than with the second band of light. The method includes modification of a measured attribute of the component in response to the sensed second band of light to improve the accuracy of the measured attribute. |
| US08085398B2 |
Concave compensated cell for the collection of radiated light
A concave cell for the collection of radiated light including a body with a concave surface and an unmodified flat surface opposite thereto, and a reflective surface coupled to the body across from the concave surface, said reflective surface including an opening and a photo detector operatively coupled thereto. A method of collecting light by reflecting light inside the concave cell, striking the light at the concave surface, scattering the light at the concave surface, and registering the scattered light with the photo detector. A method of increasing uniformity of light registered in a photo detector. A method of making a concave cell. |
| US08085393B2 |
Exposure apparatus inspection method and method for manufacturing semiconductor device
A mask pattern includes a first pattern having a line-and-space pattern extending in a first direction, a second pattern formed as a line-and-space pattern having a larger period than the first pattern and extending in the first direction, a third pattern having a line-and-space pattern extending in a second direction, and a fourth pattern formed as a line-and-space pattern having a larger period than the third pattern and extending in the second direction. Illumination light is obliquely incident on the first pattern and the second pattern from a first oblique direction, illumination light is obliquely incident on the third pattern and the fourth pattern from a second oblique direction, and a relative distance from the first pattern to the second pattern transferred on to an image receptor and a relative distance from the third pattern to the fourth pattern transferred onto the image receptor are measured and an optical characteristic of an exposure apparatus is ascertained based on the relative distances. |
| US08085390B2 |
Multivariate monitoring method for plasma process machine
An advance process control (APC) system for a plasma process machine is provided, which includes at least an optical emission spectroscopy (OES) system and an APC analysis apparatus. The OES system is used for monitoring a testing object in the plasma process machine. The APC analysis apparatus is used for analyzing the data received from the OES system. |
| US08085389B2 |
Optical sensor operating on the transit time principle
The present invention relates to an optical sensor based on the transit time principle, comprising a light source for the emission of emergent light pulses into an observed region, comprising a rotating device for rotating a beam direction of the emergent light pulses about a rotation axis orientated transverse to the beam direction, and comprising a detector for the detection of light pulses reflected by objects in the observed region, comprising a housing for keeping the sensor interior separate from the environment and including a partitioning screen that is transparent to the emergent light pulses and to the reflected light pulses, comprising a test device for testing the translucence of the partitioning screen, and comprising a control and evaluation unit for controlling the light source, for evaluating the light pulses detected by the detector, and for determining the distance away of an object on the basis of the measured transit time of the light pulses, which control and evaluation unit cooperates with the test device. |
| US08085382B2 |
Microlithographic projection exposure apparatus illumination optics
Optics, such as, for example, microlithographic projection exposure apparatus illumination optics, as well as related systems, methods, components and devices are disclosed. |
| US08085380B2 |
Spacer and liquid crystal display device having the same
A spacer includes a spacer main body and a coating layer. The coating layer encompasses the spacer main body and comprises a dendrimer. |
| US08085378B2 |
Printed circuit board and liquid crystal display having the same
A printed circuit board (PCB) and a liquid crystal display (LCD) including the same are provided. The PCB includes a metal pattern formed on an insulating substrate, an insulating layer covering the metal pattern, and at least one insulating layer protecting pattern formed on the insulating layer. The LCD includes a liquid crystal panel, a backlight assembly providing light to the liquid crystal panel, a bottom chassis having at least one support protruding from a surface thereof and receiving the liquid crystal panel and the backlight assembly, and a printed circuit board (PCB) including a metal pattern formed on an insulating substrate, an insulating layer covering the metal pattern, and at least one insulating layer protecting pattern formed on the insulating layer, wherein the printed circuit board is connected to the surface of the bottom chassis. |
| US08085374B2 |
Alignment treatment of liquid crystal display device
A liquid crystal display device including a pair of substrates, an electrode and an alignment layer formed on each of the substrates, and a liquid crystal filled between the pair of substrates. The alignment layer of one of the pair of substrates is treated so that the alignment layer is divided into a plurality of stripe regions including a first stripe region and a second stripe region adjacent to the first stripe region, the first and second stripe regions extending parallel to each other and forming a first boundary therebetween. A direction of alignment of liquid crystal molecules on the first stripe region is opposite to a direction of alignment of liquid crystal molecules on the second stripe region, and directions of alignment of liquid crystal molecules on the first and second stripe regions are parallel to the first boundary. A shading layer is provided to cover the first boundary. |
| US08085372B2 |
Liquid crystal display device and manufacturing method thereof
A liquid crystal display device where both improvement in light transmittance of a liquid crystal display panel having a photo alignment film and suppression of occurrence of after image can be achieved. The liquid crystal display device has a liquid crystal display panel including pixels each having an active device, a pixel electrode, a common electrode and a liquid crystal layer arranged in a dot matrix array. The liquid crystal display panel has a first substrate, a second substrate, and a liquid crystal layer provided between the first substrate and the second substrate. The first substrate has the active device, the pixel electrode, the common electrode and a first alignment film. The second substrate has a second alignment film. The first alignment film and the second alignment film are respectively a photo alignment film formed by irradiating a photo decomposition type insulating film with light. The second alignment film is thinner than the first alignment film, and has a thickness of equal to or greater than 10 nm and equal to or less than 50 nm. |
| US08085370B2 |
Single-polarizer reflective bistable twisted nematic (BTN) liquid crystal display device
The application relates to a single-polarizer reflective bistable twisted nematic (BTN) liquid crystal display device comprising a liquid crystal layer of thickness d, birefringence Δn and retardation Δnd, said liquid crystal layer being situated between two substrates and between a polarizer and a reflector, said liquid crystal layer in the absence of an applied electric field having two stable uniformly twisted textures, the twists of the two stable textures differing by an angle being equal mainly to 180°, and at least one compensation layer positioned between said polarizer and said reflector, said compensation layer being composed of at least one birefringent film, said birefringent film having an optical anisotropy defined by three characteristic refractive indices nx, ny, nz, along three corresponding axis x, y, z of index ellipsoid, x and y being situated inside the substrates plane, nx and ny being called in plane indices, with nx≧ny, x being called slow axis, and z being perpendicular to the substrates plane with biaxiality parameter Nz equal to (nx−nz)/(nx−ny), characterized in that Nz lies between −∞ and ½ so that under oblique viewing the retardation of the stable texture corresponding to the dark state is compensated to improve the contrast ratio and simultaneously the retardation of the stable texture corresponding to the bright state is modified to decrease the color shift. |
| US08085367B2 |
Liquid crystal display device having high brightness
A liquid crystal display device includes: a liquid crystal panel; a backlight assembly for irradiating light onto the liquid crystal panel; and a reflection layer between the liquid crystal panel and the backlight assembly for increasing an amount of light incident onto the liquid crystal panel. |
| US08085365B2 |
Cellulose acylate film, polarizing plate and liquid crystal display device
A cellulose acylate film, which has a film thickness of from 20 to 70 μm and an elastic modulus of from 3.5 to 10 GPa in at least one direction of a film casting direction and a width direction. |
| US08085362B2 |
Liquid crystal module
A liquid crystal module includes a rear frame, a U-shaped cold cathode tube and a cold cathode tube support member. The U-shaped cold cathode tube has a first straight tube portion, a second straight tube portion and a curved end portion that connects the first and second straight tube portions. The cold cathode tube support member has a mating component and an engaging component. The mating component restricts movements of the first straight tube portion in first and second directions of the rear frame relative to the rear frame. The engaging component restricts a movement of the second straight tube portion in the first direction of the rear frame relative to the rear frame. The engaging component supports the second straight tube portion for movement in the second direction of the rear frame relative to the rear frame. |
| US08085360B2 |
Display device and planar light source device
The present invention relates to a technique which can make a backlight used in a liquid crystal display device thin and light-weighted. The present invention provides a liquid crystal display device which includes a display panel and a backlight which is arranged behind the display panel, wherein the backlight includes a film-like light guide member, a film-like light semi-transmissive member which is adhered to a first surface of the light guide member which faces the display panel in an opposed manner, a film-like reflective member which is adhered to a back surface of the light guide member opposite to the first surface, and a spot light source which is arranged at a position of the light guide member at which light is incident on the light guide member from the first surface or the back surface, and a refractive index of the light semi-transmissive member is set smaller than a refractive index of the light guide member. |
| US08085359B2 |
Folded backlight systems having low index regions that prevent light failing to meet total internal reflection conditions from entering a plate portion and liquid crystal displays using the same
A liquid crystal display is provided. The liquid crystal display includes a liquid crystal display panel having pixels configured to form an image; and a backlight system proximate to the liquid crystal display panel and configured to illuminate the pixels of the liquid crystal display panel. The backlight system includes a light guide including a plate portion generally parallel to the liquid crystal display panel and a first side portion extending generally perpendicularly from the plate portion, a light source configured to emit light into the light guide via the first side portion, and a heat sink coupled to the light source and configured to remove heat generated by the light source during operation. |
| US08085358B2 |
Backlight module, application and fabrication method thereof
A backlight module, an application and a fabrication method thereof are described. The backlight module comprises: a light guide plate; a housing clipped to the light guide plate, wherein the housing and the light guide plate form a disposed space; and at least one light-emitting diode (LED) light bar disposed in the disposed space and providing the light guide plate with at least one light, wherein the light-emitting diode light bar comprises a flexible circuit board and a plurality of light-emitting diodes, and the flexible circuit board comprises a first portion and at least two second portions, wherein the light-emitting diodes are disposed on the first portion of the flexible circuit board, and the second portions are stacked with respect to each other. |
| US08085351B2 |
Object recognizing display device
A display device includes: a first substrate; a gate line formed on the first substrate; a first switching device connected to the gate line; a pixel electrode connected to the first switching device; a light-receiving device formed on the first substrate and which senses infrared light; and a light-shielding pattern disposed between the first substrate and the light receiving device. The light-shielding pattern overlaps the light-receiving device and blocks light. |
| US08085350B2 |
Three dimensional image display device and apparatus for manufacturing three dimensional image display device
A three dimensional image display device includes a display panel configured to display an image, and a lens plate which is a plate member having a lenticular lens and which is provided to the display panel with a frame-shaped adhesive member interposed in between while having the lenticular lens facing the display panel. In this image display, a hermetic inner space is formed by the display panel, the adhesive member and the lens plate, and the internal pressure of the inner space is lower than the atmospheric pressure. |
| US08085349B2 |
Digital photo frame with interchangeable front frame
The present invention relates to a digital photo frame including: a control module; a display panel electrically connected to the control module and displaying an image; a first front frame having a first and a second surfaces; and a plurality of swing fasteners mounted on the second surface. Each of the swing fasteners is composed of a first arm and a pivot connecting thereto. The first arm pushes against the display panel when the display panel is attached to the front frame. At least one of the swing fasteners has a second arm and a hollow portion thereon, and the digital photo frame is hung on a support by the hollow portion. The design of swing fastener makes the interchangeability of different front frames possible, and the replaced front frame can be wedged in another size-suitable display panel or form a traditional photo frame with a photograph and a rear board. |
| US08085347B2 |
Image forming apparatus and control method thereof
A technology is provided that suppresses a noise that an image forming apparatus makes in the course of an operation thereof from interfering with a user who is watching television. When a printer 203 receives a print command, the printer 203 performs a print job as per a normal mode if a commercial is being displayed on a digital TV 201. If what is being displayed on the digital TV 201 is not the commercial, the printer 203 suspends the print job until the commercial begins to be displayed. |
| US08085334B2 |
Imaging apparatus
An imaging apparatus includes: a lens; a solid-state imaging device having, on its top surface, an imaging area in which pixels for converting incident light to a signal are arranged in rows and columns, a vertical scanning circuit located adjacent to the imaging area in a row direction, a peripheral circuit for processing the signal read from the imaging area, and a plurality of terminals; and a prism placed directly on the imaging area for leading the incident light to the imaging area. Light exposure is adjusted by varying brightness of light output from a processor according to a magnitude of the signal output from the solid-state imaging device. |
| US08085330B2 |
Image pickup apparatus
There is provided an image pickup apparatus comprising a plurality of pixels each including a photoelectric conversion unit which converts incident light into an electrical signal and accumulates the electrical signal, an amplifier transistor which amplifies and outputs the signal from the photoelectric conversion unit, a transfer transistor which transfers the electrical signal accumulated in the photoelectric conversion unit to the amplifier transistor, and a processing transistor which performs predetermined processing, and a control circuit which sets the signal level supplied to the control electrode of the transfer transistor in order to turn off the transfer transistor to be lower than the signal level supplied to the control electrode of the processing transistor in order to turn off the processing transistor. |
| US08085324B2 |
Solid-state imaging apparatus
A solid-state imaging apparatus includes a plurality of A/D converters converting the analog electric signal from the pixel into a digital signal to output the digital signal from an output terminal of the A/D converter; a plurality of register circuits holding the digital signal; and a connecting unit for selectively connecting the output terminal of the A/D converter arranged correspondingly to one column to the input terminal of the register circuit arranged correspondingly to another column, and connecting an output terminal of the register circuit arranged correspondingly to one column to the input terminal of the register circuit arranged correspondingly to another column. |
| US08085316B2 |
Image-processing unit, imaging apparatus, and computer program product
An image-processing unit, comprising an exposure conversion circuit, a standard image-setting circuit, a contour extraction circuit, a contour comparison circuit, a final setting circuit, and an image synthesis circuit, is provided. The exposure conversion circuit generates first and second exposure level image data. The standard image-setting circuit sets standard image data. The contour extraction circuit extracts standard and first comparison contours on the basis of the standard image data. The contour comparison circuit detects a first accordance indicator on the basis of the contours. The final setting circuit sets the first conclusive threshold on the basis of the first accordance indicator. The image synthesis circuit generates the rendered image data based on the first conclusive threshold. |
| US08085315B2 |
Imaging apparatus for enhancing appearance of image data
An imaging apparatus includes a photometry section, an exposure calculating section, an imaging section, and an image processing section. The photometry section performs the photometry of a subject. The exposure calculating section sets exposure conditions based on a photometry result of the photometry section. The imaging section images the subject in accordance with the exposure conditions to generate image data. The image processing section is capable of performing the image correction to perform improvement of luminosity for the dark region, on the image data generated in the imaging section. In the above described configuration, the exposure calculating section determines exposure conditions according to correction setting of the image correction in the image processing section. |
| US08085314B2 |
Image processing apparatus, image processing system, image processing method, storage medium, and program
In an image processing apparatus which can always provide an excellent processed image, an analysis unit analyzes condition information representing a condition at a time when an image is obtained and being included in image information, and determines an algorithm of an image correction process for the image based on the analyzed result. |
| US08085311B2 |
Optical apparatus with motor drive control selected based on rotor position sensor or determined time interval
An optical apparatus having a recording mode that is switchable between motion picture recording and still picture recording includes an optical element, a motor that includes a rotor having a magnet, and a stator having a coil configured to provide a rotational force to the magnet, the motor being configured to drive the optical element, a position sensor configured to detect a position of the rotor of the motor, and a driving circuit configured to select, in accordance with the recording mode, first driving configured to switch an electrization to the coil in the motor in accordance with a determined time interval, or second driving configured to switch an electrization to the coil in the motor in accordance with an output of the position senor. |
| US08085310B2 |
Image capturing apparatus and power supply control method therefor
An image capturing apparatus is separably connected to a display device. The display device has a remote power supply control function of activating or deactivating the image capturing apparatus via a circuit. The image capturing apparatus activates the image capturing apparatus when a power supply button arranged on the image capturing apparatus is operated by the user, causes the display device to activate the power supply by remote control, causes the display device to deactivate the image capturing apparatus by remote control, and switches between inhibiting power supply deactivation and permitting power supply deactivation depending on whether the power supply is activated by a direct power supply activation unit or by a remote power supply activation unit. |
| US08085309B1 |
GPS enhanced camera for transmitting real-time trail data over a satellite/cellular communication channel
A stand-alone camera system for capturing and transmitting real-time trail data over a wireless communication system to pre-programmable electronic destinations. A CPU receives triggering information and thereby sets the capturing mechanism to a triggering mode. Such triggering information is set at a sensitivity level and a time frame. The automatic toggling mechanism includes a plurality of infra-red sensors that detect a plurality of operating parameters. If a triggered interruption does not last for the time frame, the CPU returns to the sleep mode for conserving battery consumption. If the triggered interruption lasts for the time frame, the CPU wakes up the capturing and monitoring mechanism and thereby causes the capturing and monitoring mechanism to automatically capture an image of a triggered interrupter associated with the triggered interruption. Such captured images are then wirelessly transmitted to the pre-programmable electronic destinations for viewing. |
| US08085306B2 |
Imaging apparatus having a biasing part configured to generate a biasing force to bias a part of the image pickup device
The magnitude of magnetic attraction generated between an electromagnetic coil and a magnetic metal member (or an amount of electric current flowed to the electromagnetic coil) is controlled depending on a direction of acceleration (acceleration caused by the gravity (a gravitational acceleration) and acceleration caused by shake (shake acceleration)) working on an imaging apparatus. This magnetic attraction moves a second slider (including a CCD and a first slider) as a whole toward the electromagnetic coil. This movement brings two inclined surfaces (or fourth and fifth surfaces) of a shaft hole 10d into contact with a second guide shaft with no gap being interposed in between, and keeps the this contact condition. |
| US08085305B2 |
Image processing apparatus, image sensing apparatus, and control method of image processing apparatus
An image processing apparatus comprises: a feature detection circuit adapted to detect a feature portion of an object from a sensed image; a blur amount detection circuit adapted to detect a blur amount, during image sensing, of a device adapted to obtain the sensed image; a display unit adapted to display the sensed image, and display a frame surrounding the feature portion of the object in the displayed sensed image; and a calculation circuit adapted to set a position, in the sensed image, of the frame surrounding the feature portion of the object, wherein the calculation circuit calculates, on the basis of the blur amount, a moving amount of the frame whose position in the sensed image is set on the basis of the feature portion detected by the feature detection circuit. |
| US08085304B2 |
Photographic silver emulsion-based digital archival storage
A photographic digital data archival apparatus includes an article of media that includes a substrate and one or more layers of silver-emulsion based light-sensitive material, the article of media being configured to store digital data in the one or more layers and including a human-readable portion that provides instructions on reading and interpreting the digital data using basic imaging and computing technologies that do not require a person reading the instructions to previously possess or first acquire, as a prerequisite, knowledge of a format or encoding scheme associated with the digital data. |
| US08085296B2 |
Method and apparatus for measuring an operating position in a remote inspection
A method of computing an operating position based on a relative distance between a monitor and a movable body correlating data is obtained in advance for determining a one to one correlation between the relative distance and dimensions on the surface of a photographed object of an image. A relative angle is measured between the photographed object and the monitor. The movable body is photographed using a camera of the monitor. The distance and dimensions between reference points on the image are compared with the correlating data coincident with the measured relative angle. |
| US08085295B2 |
Controllable micro light assembly
A micro light interface assembly for a microscopic machine vision inspection system includes a micro light assembly. The micro light assembly provides addressable light emitting elements arranged around the periphery of an aperture having an aperture dimension DAPMIN that is smaller than a barrel dimension DBAR of the inspection system objective lens. The aperture may be located along the optical axis and within the working distance of the objective lens such that the light emitting elements are closely arranged around a field of view. The micro light interface assembly may be held and operated through a connection element that may be used for the interchanging the micro light interface assembly with a touch probe, in some embodiments. |
| US08085293B2 |
Self adjusting stereo camera system
A stereo camera system including: a stereo imaging system such as two or more cameras or a camera and a set of angled mirrors, for outputting at least one stereo image; a recognition system for locating an object of interest in the field of view of the stereo imaging system and at least one of a distance of the object of interest from the stereo imaging system and the size of the object of interest; and an adjustor for automatically changing at least one system parameter which affects the spatial resolution of the object of interest based on at least one of the located distance of the object of interest from the stereo imaging system and the size of the object of interest. |
| US08085291B2 |
Portable terminal device
A portable terminal device for communicating other terminal device includes: a display configured to display an image data; a transmitting unit configured to transmit the image data to the other terminal device; a receiving unit configured to receive a reception image data from the other terminal device; a display control unit configured to allow an application image data to be displayed by a predetermined application program to be displayed on the display and either one of the image data and the reception image data; a selecting unit configured to select either one of the image data and the application image data displayed on the display; and a transmission control unit configured to allow the transmitting unit to transmit the image data or the application image data selected by the selecting unit to the other terminal device. |
| US08085288B2 |
Exposure system with a plurality of laser sources located at dispersed sites
A CTP system is provided, which allows its continuous use even if some of laser diodes located at dispersed sites are in a non-light emitting state due to breakage or the like. In the case where some channels are in the non-light emitting state, channel-by-channel exposure data is generated to describe the way that exposure should be performed by use of specific light-emitting channels that are determined by the locations of non-light emitting channels, while an exposure head is moved also through (a) complementary interval(s) before and/or after a standard interval, the standard interval being the interval the exposure head is moved through in normal mode. Then, the transport unit moves the exposure head through the standard interval and through the complementary interval(s), during which period the exposure controller causes the specific light-emitting channels to emit exposure light according to the channel-by-channel exposure data, thereby forming an exposed area. |
| US08085287B2 |
Laser printer with reduced banding artifacts
A laser scanning assembly generates a laser beam and scans the laser beam through a plurality of scan lines to form desired dots. Each scan line is positioned to overlap an adjacent scan line and each dot includes a plurality of segments. The scanning assembly scans the laser beam through multiple scan lines to fully discharge each segment of each dot. The laser scanner assembly would typically be part of a laser printer. |
| US08085283B2 |
Data processing apparatus, liquid crystal display apparatus comprising the same and control method thereof
A data processing apparatus which revises n-bit image data, includes a frame memory which stores therein n−m bit image data of a previous frame; a memory interface which outputs n-bit revision data including upper n−m bits having n−m bit image data of the previous frame outputted by the frame memory and lower m bits having fixed data corresponding to a decimal value 1; a first reviser which revises a color temperature of current frame image data by using n-bit image data of a current frame and the revision data; and a second reviser which revises a gray scale of the current frame image data by using the image data outputted by the first reviser and the revision data. |
| US08085282B2 |
Image display apparatus and driving method of image display apparatus
There is provided an image display apparatus including: a first correction unit for outputting data to determine a lighting time of a first pixel on the basis of data to indicate luminance of the first pixel, wherein the first correction unit carries out first correction to compensate a loss of the luminance of the first pixel; and a second correction unit for outputting data to determine a lighting time of a second pixel on the basis of data to indicate luminance of the second pixel, wherein the second correction unit carries out second correction to compensate a loss of the luminance of the second pixel by predicting a lighting state of the first pixel that is corrected by the first correction. |
| US08085281B2 |
Method of displaying input from a portable computing device
A method and system is described for displaying input from a portable computing device to a second computing device. On the second computing device, a display region is created. The region may be a stand alone application or a region inside an application. The second computing device then receives a communication that represents the portable input on the portable computing device. The portable input is then scaled to fit the display region and the portable input is displayed on the second computing device. |
| US08085276B2 |
Combined color harmony generation and artwork recoloring mechanism
Obtaining an original set of two or more original colors associated with an artwork is disclosed. An input set of one or more user selected colors is received. For each original color in the original set, a mapping from the original color to one of a plurality of derived colors is determined. The plurality of derived colors is derived based at least in part on one or more user selected colors. The artwork is colored with at least two of the plurality of derived colors using the mapping. |
| US08085273B2 |
Multi-mode parallel graphics rendering system employing real-time automatic scene profiling and mode control
A multi-mode parallel 3-D graphics system having multiple graphics processing pipelines with multiple GPUs supporting a parallel graphics rendering process having time, frame and object division modes of operation, wherein each GPU comprises video memory, a geometry processing subsystem and a pixel processing subsystem, and wherein 3D scene profiling is performed in real-time, and the parallelization state/modes of the system are dynamically controlled to meet graphics application requirements. The multiple modes of parallel graphics rendering use real-time graphics application profiling, and dynamic control over time-division, frame-division, and object-division modes of parallel operation, within the same parallel graphics platform, which can be realized on PC-based computing system architectures. |
| US08085272B1 |
Method and system for improving data coherency in a parallel rendering system
A method and system for improving data coherency in a parallel rendering system is disclosed. Specifically, one embodiment of the present invention sets forth a method, which includes the steps of receiving a common input stream, tracking a periodic event associated with the common input stream, generating a plurality of fragment streams from the common input stream, inserting a marker based on an occurrence of the periodic event in a first fragment stream in the multiple fragment streams, and utilizing the marker to influence the processing of the first fragment stream so that a plurality of raster operation (ROP) request streams maintains substantially the same coherence as the common input stream. Each fragment stream is independently processed and corresponds to one of the ROP request streams. |
| US08085270B2 |
Apparatus for proccessing drawn-by-human-hand effect using style lines
An apparatus for processing an effect using style lines, includes a contour line creation unit for creating contour lines using polygons of a three-dimensional (3D) object and location information of a camera; a style line creation unit for putting edge lists, extracted at the time of creating the contour lines, into groups, and creating one or more style lines for each of the groups; and an effect processing unit for representing a line style by inserting the created style lines inside and outside a contour line corresponding to the group. Therefore, representation to appear to have been drawn by a human hand is enabled by adding style lines to existing contour lines in order to represent a line style that belongs to various styles of non-photo realistic rendering. |
| US08085265B2 |
Methods and systems of generating 3D user interface for physical environment
One embodiment of the application provides a method of generating a 3D user interface (UI) in a controller for an appliance in a physical environment. The method includes: abstracting the appliance to obtain to a appliance functionality description having variables of the appliance, operations of the state variables, and relationship among the state variables; converting the state variables into corresponding 3D widgets in the controller, wherein the state variable are mapped respectively into the 3D widgets; laying out the 3D widgets to form the 3D UI in the controller; constructing communication objects in the controller from the state variables, the state variables being mapped into the communication objects; and providing interaction between the 3D UI and the appliance by a communication protocol integrated with the appliance. |
| US08085254B2 |
Slide operation apparatus
A slide operation apparatus capable of preventing a movable unit from being unintentionally moved in a box body, while being easy to assemble and simple in construction. The movable unit includes a gondola to which an operating element is fixed. The gondola is adapted to be movable relative to upper and lower guide bars. A sliding contact assembly includes a plate spring to which an insulation sheet is assembled. The sliding contact assembly in a curved state is mounted to a fixture portion of the operating element by having pawls of the plate spring engaged with notches formed in the fixture portion. During the entire movement process of the movable unit, the curved convex portion of the sliding contact assembly is in sliding contact with the lower guide bar. |
| US08085253B2 |
Laptop computer, system and/or method for using the same
A laptop computer, a system and/or a method for using the same are provided. The laptop computer, the system and/or the method has a monitor, input boards, a base, an intelligent pen and a headset. The monitor has a screen, a magnetic pen guidance system, an on/off switch for the magnetic pen guidance system, a taskbar area, braille signs and compartments for storing the input boards. The input boards may be, for example, a braille board, a standard keyboard, and/or a geometry board. The base may have a receiving surface, permanent input keys, permanent braille keys, speakers and a holder for the intelligent pen. The speakers and/or the headset may provide the user with audio feedback. |
| US08085249B2 |
Pre-assembled part with an associated surface convertible to a transcription apparatus
An apparatus including a part board having an associated surface or a frame for a surface, such as a whiteboard, that is pre-assembled to include components that when connected to an external module convert the surface to an electronic transcription apparatus. In one version, the components include a set of sensors and electronics therefor, with wiring and a connector. |
| US08085247B2 |
Advanced frequency calibration
An oscillating signal of relatively precise frequency is generated by tuning an oscillator using an external stable oscillating source as a reference. Calibration logic is included to compare a signal from the local oscillator to the reference signal and vary the local signal to a desired frequency. In one embodiment, a binary search algorithm is used to tune the local oscillator. The local oscillating signal can be sent to one or more circuits including at least one sensor of a touch sensitive panel for detecting touch events. |
| US08085239B1 |
Backlight dimming and LCD amplitude boost
Embodiments of the present invention generally provide methods and apparatus for reducing power consumption of backlit displays are described. Power consumption is reduced by dimming backlighting by a first scale factor and boosting pixel values by a second scale factor to compensate for the dimming. The scale factors may be constant values. Alternately, one or both of the scale factors may be determined based on pixel values for one or more frames to be displayed and/or one or more frames that have been displayed. For example, scale factors may be calculated based on an average linear amplitude of one or more frames of pixel values or from a maximum pixel value of one or more frames of pixel values. A graphical processing system is described including an integrated circuit capable of transforming a pixel value from a gamma-compensated space to a linear space. |
| US08085238B2 |
Backlight, display apparatus and light source controlling method
A backlight for illuminating the back of a display section includes a plurality of light sources disposed in positions corresponding to a display area of the display section; a diffusion member configured to transmit light from the light sources to the display section; a photo-sensor; a light guiding member configured to introduce the light from the light sources to the photo-sensor for detection; and an arithmetic operation processing section configured to calculate the luminance or chromaticity of each of the light sources from the luminance or chromaticity detected by the photo-sensor. |
| US08085233B2 |
Pixel driving method, pixel driving circuit for performing the same, and display apparatus having the pixel driving circuit
A pixel driving circuit includes a first gate line, a second gate line, a first data line, a second data line, a pixel part, a first driving part, a second driving part, and a first voltage-changing part. The first driving part applies a first data voltage to the first pixel electrode. The second driving part applies a second data voltage to the second pixel electrode. The first voltage-changing part is connected to the first pixel electrode, the first data line, and the second data line to change a first pixel voltage of the first pixel electrode to increase a voltage difference between the first and second pixel electrodes. |
| US08085230B2 |
Driving device and display apparatus having the same
In a driving device and a display apparatus having the driving device, a converter converts input image data and outputs first and second sub-image data which have different values. A first compensator compensates the first sub-image data and outputs a first compensated image data, and a second compensator compensates the second sub-image data and outputs a second compensated image data. An output circuit controls output time of the first and second compensated image data. Accordingly, sub-image data for each sub-pixel may be exactly compensated by employing compensators to individually compensate for the sub-image data of each sub-pixel. |
| US08085226B2 |
Semiconductor device
A semiconductor device with a transistor for supplying a current to a pixel comprising an EL element, that can supply an accurate current without the influence of variations even when a small signal current, is provided. A precharge voltage is supplied in advance for the current supply to a pixel and subsequently, the signal writing is completed quickly. The precharge voltage is outputted from a circuit for supplying voltage and current that supplies a current to a current source circuit for supplying a current to the pixel. As the precharge voltage, a gate voltage of a transistor for supplying a current to the current source circuit is supplied to the pixel. Optimum precharge voltage can be supplied in the case where W/L of a transistor in the pixel and W/L of a transistor for supplying current in the circuit for supplying voltage and current are approximately equivalent to each other. |
| US08085222B2 |
Plasma display device and method for driving the same
A plasma display device and a driving method thereof are provided. The plasma display device has a panel having a plurality of discharge cells including a display electrode pair that is formed of a scan electrode and a sustain electrode, and a temperature detecting circuit for detecting the ambient temperature of the panel and outputting the detected temperature. In the driving method, an unusual charge erasing period when a rectangular waveform voltage is applied to the scan electrode is disposed between the initializing period and address period of at least one of a plurality of subfields, and the number of subfields having the unusual charge erasing period is controlled based on the detected temperature detected by the temperature detecting circuit. |
| US08085221B2 |
Method of driving plasma display panel and plasma display unit
A method drives a panel and a plasma display unit, wherein one field includes a plurality of subfields, each having an addressing period for producing an address discharge selectively in the discharge cells, and a sustaining period for producing a sustain discharge by applying a number of sustaining pulses corresponding to a weight of brightness in a discharge cell where the address discharge has been produced. Additionally, a sustaining pulse generator circuit includes a power recovery section for controlling the rising or the falling of the sustaining pulse by producing resonance between an inter-electrode capacitance of a display electrode pair and an inductor, and a clamping section for clamping a voltage of the sustaining pulse at a predetermined potential, wherein the power recovery section is used to set twice a time of the rising of the sustaining pulse to be equal to or longer than a duration of the sustaining pulse. |
| US08085220B2 |
Plasma display apparatus
A plasma display apparatus having a priming discharge region PDC partitioned from a display discharge cell DDC, by a traverse rib, at a side where the second electrode between the display discharge cell DDC adjacent in a row direction is adjacent; a second longitudinal rib partitioning the priming discharge region PDC; a third longitudinal rib, further partitioning a region partitioned by the second longitudinal rib into two sections; a convex electrode; and a gap connecting the display discharge cell DDC and the priming discharge cell PDC, wherein a sum of a width in a line direction of a nearly rectangular space region containing adjacent two priming discharge cells PDCs, and a pattern width of the second longitudinal rib is designed larger than a sum of a width in the row direction and a pattern width of the traverse rib. |
| US08085219B2 |
Plasma display device and driving method thereof
A plasma display device and a driving method thereof which can prevent address discharging from low discharging. The driving method of the plasma display device includes a plasma display panel having first to third electrodes divided into a plurality of groups including a first group and a second group, and a frame divided into a plurality of sub-fields, each sub-field divided into a reset period, an address period, and a sustain period, the method includes during an address period: sequentially supplying the first group with a scan pulse, supplying a sub scan pulse to the second group, and sequentially supplying the second group with the scan pulse. |
| US08085215B2 |
Base station antenna protection system and method thereof
The present invention discloses a base station antenna protection system and the method thereof. The base station antenna protection system receives a wind moving in a direction, and comprises a base station antenna, a sensor, a protective surface and a rotatory device. The sensor is coupled to the base station antenna to detect a deviation of the base station antenna on the direction of the wind. A side of the protective surface is opposite to the base station antenna. The rotatory device is coupled to the protective surface. When the deviation exceeds a predetermined value, the rotatory device rotates the protective surface to cause another side of the protective surface to be opposite to the wind. |
| US08085213B2 |
Low noise block converter feedhorn
A low noise block converter feedhorn (LNBF) is disclosed. The LNBF comprises a PCB, a dielectric resonator oscillator (DRO), a chamber, a tuning screw, and a cover. The DRO is placed on the PCB. The chamber has a first partition, and the first partition is used to cover up the DRO. The chamber further comprises a round hole. The tuning screw passes through the round hole and is then used to adjust the oscillating frequency of the DRO. The cover is used to cover up the tuning screw in order to restrain the DRO from power leakage through the gap in between the round hole and the tuning screw. |
| US08085211B2 |
Single drive variable azimuth and beam tilt antenna for wireless network
An antenna array employing a combined azimuth and elevation beam angle adjustment electromechanical system is disclosed. The system employs a dual purpose remotely controllable actuator. The actuator is used to adjust azimuth angle of the antenna array and radiation beam tilt of the same. An antenna array employing a combined azimuth, beamwidth and elevation beam angle adjustment electromechanical system is also disclosed. |
| US08085210B2 |
Method for obtaining a predetermined position of an antenna
Method for obtaining a predetermined position for a satellite antenna, whereby a controller (9) is made to transfer information to a velocity controller (3), in turn being made to transfer information to a current regulator (4), being made to transfer current to a motor which is intended for setting the desired position of the satellite antenna. The electrical motor (5) is made to receive current from the current regulator so that the electrical motor is made to turn a predetermined angle during a predetermined time interval. An angle sensor (6) is positioned on the satellite antenna and is made to read an absolute angle or an angular displacement of the satellite antenna, and the angle sensor is connected to the controller so as to create a feedback loop. An automatic control system is also disclosed. |
| US08085209B2 |
Sub-array polarization control using rotated dual polarized radiating elements
A system and method of minimizing a polarization quantization error associated with an antenna sub-array. The antenna sub-array includes at least two radiating elements, with the radiating elements having different polarization orientations from other radiating elements in the antenna sub-array. The radiating elements are dual polarized and have electronic polarization control. In an exemplary embodiment, the radiating elements are configured to reduce the polarization quantization error to be less than half of a polarization quantization step size. In various embodiments, rotating the radiating elements and implementing a phase delay, individually or in combination, is used to change the polarizations of the radiating elements. |
| US08085207B2 |
Antenna guard
A guard (120) for an antenna (602) includes a base (206) defined between a front edge (209), a rear edge (211), and two lateral edges (213, 215). A front generally triangular surface (208) extends from the front edge (209) to a narrowed upper edge, a rear generally triangular surface (210) extends from the rear edge (211) to a narrowed upper edge, and two lateral generally triangular surfaces (212, 214), each having a narrowed upper edge, extend from their respective lateral edge (213, 215). The narrowed upper edges form an apex (204), which forms an opening (202). The surfaces (208, 210, 212, 214) at least partially define an internal cavity (304) that encloses a portion (604) of the antenna (602). The front surface (208) is at a first angle (α) relative to a mounting surface (117) and the rear surface (210) is at a second, larger angle (β) relative to the mounting surface (117). |
| US08085203B1 |
Ground surrounded non-resonant slot-like patch antenna
The present invention is a single or multiple non-resonant slot antenna where said slots are formed from a continuous upward extension of the conducting ground plane with lateral horizontal planar extensions to form a top plane defining said slots. |
| US08085200B2 |
System and method for establishing a WPAN with precise locationing capability
A system and method is provided for determining the location of an object. A first transceiver is associated with an object to be located. The first transceiver comprises a first transmitter and a first receiver operable to transmit and receive signals using a first transmission protocol and a second transmitter operable to transmit signals using a second transmission protocol. A first signal is transmitted using the first signal transmission protocol and is received by the first receiver. The second transmitter is then used to transmit a second signal using the second transmission protocol in response to receipt of the first signal and the second signal is then processed to determine the location of the object. In some embodiments, the first transmission protocol is in accordance with the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 802.15.4 standard and the second transmission protocol is in accordance with a Ultra-Wide Band (UWB) standard. |
| US08085196B2 |
Removing biases in dual frequency GNSS receivers using SBAS
A method for removing biases in dual frequency GNSS receivers circumvents the need for ionosphere corrections by using L2(P) in combination with either L1(P) or L1(C/A) to form ionosphere-free ranges. A table of biases is stored in microprocessor controller memory and utilized for computing a location using corrected ionosphere-free pseudo ranges. A system for removing biases in dual frequency GNSS receivers includes a dual frequency GNSS receiver and a controller microprocessor adapted to store a table of bias values for correcting pseudo ranges determined using L2(P) in combination with either L1(P) or L1(C/A). |
| US08085193B2 |
System and method for preventing A-GPS devices from searching for specific satellites
A system and method for estimating the location of a wireless device. A set of satellites may be determined as a function of an approximate area in which the wireless device is located. Assistance data is transmitted to the device including information from the set of satellites, and a location of the device may be estimated from the information where the assistance data prevents the wireless device from searching for signals from one or more satellites in the set of satellites. The one or more satellites may be an operable satellite but signals therefrom cannot be measured or acquired by the wireless device. |
| US08085183B2 |
Antenna radar system and method for its operation
In an antenna radar system including a short-range function and a long-range function which is situated separately from the short-range function, the short-range function and the long-range function having different antenna apertures, means are provided for mutual cross-polarization of the signals emitted and received using the short-range function and the long-range function, through which the most efficient possible signal-technology decoupling between the short-range function and the long-range function is achieved. |
| US08085182B2 |
Systems and methods for collecting weather information using an airborne aircraft
Weather information recording systems and methods are operable to record information detected by airborne aircraft. An exemplary embodiment generates a trigger event corresponding to the presence of weather of interest, stores weather information collected by an aviation electronics system in a memory in response to generating the trigger event, and downloads the stored weather information to a remote memory. |
| US08085181B2 |
Polarization-modulated transmitter for a weather radar
Polarization modulated transmitter, in particular for a weather radar, with at least two signal paths (3, 4) to which a radio frequency signal can be fed, and which are connected to a coupler (8), and with a phase modulation of the signal to be emitted via the antenna (1), it being possible to feed the same radio frequency signal to the at least two signal paths (3, 4) respectively having at least one transmit amplifier (5, 6), and a polarization modulator (7) is arranged for the phase modulation in one of the at least two signal paths (3, 4) in such a way that a radio frequency signal can first be phase modulated and then amplified. |
| US08085173B2 |
Multi-speed burst mode serializer/de-serializer
A multi-speed burst mode serializer/de-serializer (SerDes) is configurable and can operate in one of a plurality of operating modes. The plurality of operating modes correspond to the reception of signals from optical network units that operate at different nominal speeds. These various modes of operation can enable a single SerDes design to apply to a variety of speeds and network configurations (e.g., point-to-point or point-to-multipoint). In one example, the design can be initially configured for operation with a single ONT or a network of ONTs at a single speed, or can be dynamically configured during operation for use with a network of ONTs operating at different speeds. |
| US08085169B2 |
Apparatus and method for map display and imaging apparatus at a plurality of display resolutions
A map display apparatus for displaying a map image at a plurality of display resolutions includes the following elements. An information recording unit associates an image signal of a captured image with imaging position information to record the associated signal and information as image information. A map information storage unit stores map information for the map image. A classification information recording processing unit divides a map area shown by the map information into mesh cells such that different mesh cell sizes are suitable for the respective display resolutions, and generates and records imaging classification information. A display control unit determines on each of mesh cells on the map image, each mesh cell having a size suitable for the display resolution, on the basis of the imaging classification information whether the image information is relevant to a mesh cell, and arranges an imaging identification representation in the appropriate mesh cell. |
| US08085168B2 |
Electronic flight data display instrument
An electronic display instrument configured to secure in a desired position over multiple pre-existing instrument holes in a dashboard of an aircraft in place of multiple conventional display instruments, each conventional instrument having a conventional readout. The instrument comprises a display screen having a plurality of readouts corresponding to the conventional readouts of the multiple conventional instruments that the electronic display instrument replaces. The instrument further includes a body having a front and a back opposite the front and a top and a bottom opposite the top. The body is positioned adjacent and connected to the display screen. The instrument also includes an electronics module protruding from the back of the body to position in one of the pre-existing instrument holes in the dashboard panel of the aircraft. |
| US08085166B2 |
Traffic information system
A method of evaluating the driving behavior in a vehicle. The method includes determining values of a plurality of parameters of the operation of a first vehicle in a first road segment, determining values of the plurality of parameters for one or more second vehicles in a second road segment having similar properties to those of the first road segment, comparing the determined values of the first vehicle and the one or more second vehicles and providing an evaluation of the driving behavior of the first vehicle, responsive to the comparison. |
| US08085163B1 |
Method of and apparatus for controlling a source of light in accordance with variations in a source of sound
A system that varies the brilliance of light bulbs in accordance with modulated audio signals. The audio signals are first compressed and then passed through a comparator. The comparator has two inputs, one of which is the aforesaid compressed audio signals. The other input is a control input which receives a second voltage in the form of a series of impulses. The compressed audio signals pass through the comparator if and when their voltage is higher than that of said second voltage. |
| US08085152B2 |
Apparatus and method for automatically selecting and executing files associated with a user
An apparatus includes a media player configured for executing stored files, and a sensor connected to the media player configured for perceiving a feature of a user who approaches the apparatus and transferring the feature to the media player. The media player plays files according to the feature perceived by the sensor. |
| US08085149B2 |
Systems and methods for RFID security
An RFID system includes an RFID tag, an RFID reader, and a server. The RFID tag communicates to the server via encrypted information. The information may be encrypted with synchronized encryption keys. In this manner, the reader need not decrypt the information from the RFID tag. The effectiveness of malicious readers is thereby reduced, resulting in improved RFID tag security. |
| US08085148B2 |
Mobile monitoring and alert system
The present invention relates to monitoring and alert systems and methods of using the same. In particular, the present invention provides transportable and vehicle interchangeable monitoring and alert systems (e.g., comprising a receiver and one or a plurality of tags (e.g., for alerting an emergency medical services (EMS) responder (e.g., emergency medical technician (EMT), firefighter, or other type of responder) that an article has been left behind at a response scene)) and methods of using the same. |
| US08085144B2 |
Equipment and method for identifying, monitoring and evaluating equipment, environmental and physiological conditions
A system and method are disclosed for identifying monitoring and evaluating hazardous or potentially hazardous conditions. The system may be worn by safety personnel to detect equipment conditions such as low power supply, environmental conditions such as ambient temperature and/or physiological conditions such as heart rate of a wearer. The system may further include a control unit having electronics operable to communicate signals associated with equipment, environmental and physiological conditions. |
| US08085140B2 |
Travel information providing device
A traveling information providing device is provided in which a surrounding information corrector acquires surrounding information on the condition surrounding a vehicle equipped with the device. An object extractor extracts a safety confirmation object the safety of which must be confirmed by a driver from the surrounding information acquired by the surrounding information collector. A line-of-sight detector detects a line-of-sight direction of the driver. A visibility calculator receives the extracted safety confirmation object and the line-of-sight direction of the driver and calculates visibility in consideration of the driver's peripheral vision with respect to the safety confirmation object according to the distance or the angle from the driver's line-of-sight direction to the object. An information presenter presents safety confirmation to the driver depending on the calculated visibility. |
| US08085139B2 |
Biometric vehicular emergency management system
Techniques for managing vehicular emergencies are disclosed. For example, a method of managing a vehicular emergency includes the steps of collecting biometric data regarding at least one occupant of a vehicle, collecting data regarding at least one operational characteristic of the vehicle, and detecting vehicular emergencies through analysis of at least a portion of the biometric data and the operational characteristic data. This method may also include communicating at least one message relating to the data, wherein the content of the message is determined by the processing device based at least in part on the data and/or controlling a function of the vehicle in response to the data. The method may also include collecting data regarding at least one operational characteristic of at least one proximate vehicle. |
| US08085138B2 |
Display-image switching apparatus and method
A display-image switching apparatus that switches the image shown in a display includes: an antilock brake system operation determination portion that determines whether an antilock brake system of the vehicle is operating; a provisional vehicle speed calculation portion that calculates a provisional vehicle speed that represents a speed at which the vehicle would travel if the antilock brake system were not operating; and a display-image switching portion that switches the displayed image based on the provisional vehicle speed if the antilock brake system is operating. |
| US08085137B2 |
Brake disk lock
The invention relates to a brake disk lock having a receiving gap for the receiving of a brake disk, comprising: a securing section for the closing of the receiving gap, an alarm device for the output of an alarm signal, a movable brake disk recognition device, a pressure switch having a contact element which is movable against the spring force of a first spring means by the brake disk recognition device to activate the alarm device, and an actuation section which is movable out of a release position into a securing position to close the receiving gap by means of the securing section. A second spring means is provided via which the actuation section is prestressed into the release position, with the switch body being coupled to the actuation section via the second spring means, and with the two spring means being matched to one another such that, on the movement of the actuation section into the securing position and on the presence of a brake disk in the receiving gap, the pressure switch is actuated against the spring force of the first spring means and a remaining relative movement between the brake disk recognition device and the actuation section is compensated by the second spring means. |
| US08085136B2 |
Portable lap counter and system
A highly portable, vertically-standing RFID tag reader, referred to as a “bollard,” is presented. The bollard includes a vertical element supporting an internal RFID tuner component above the surface on which the bollard rests. Additionally, each bollard includes a base element that provides vertical stability to the vertical element and a plurality of internal components. The internal components include the following: a power system, a processor, a tuner component, and a wireless interface. The power system provides power to the powered components of the bollard. The processor directs and/or executes the functions of the bollard with regard to an event in which the bollard is configured to participate. The tuner component is configured to read RFID tags that come within RFID communication range of the bollard. The wireless interface component is configured to provide wireless communications between the bollard and an operator console. |
| US08085135B2 |
Medication dispenser
Disclosed is a medication dispensing system comprising a container including at least two compartments each compartment including a cavity configured to contain at least one first medication, a covering over the cavity configured to break under pressure, and an elongate conductive element on at least a portion of the covering and configured sever upon breaking the covering. The medication dispensing system further includes one interrogator-readable RFID circuit operatively associated with the container and connected to the elongate conductive element of each of the at least two compartments, and one RFID circuit interrogator configured to interrogate the one RFID circuit and determine whether the elongate conductive element is severed on either on at least one of the at least two compartments. |
| US08085133B2 |
RFID interrogator
Embodiments of the invention relate to the field of RFID interrogators, particularly RFID interrogators that combine low loss with high rates of communication from the interrogator to a tag. We describe a transmitter comprising a resonant circuit and a driver coupled to drive said resonant circuit, wherein said resonant circuit includes a resonance regeneration system such that during amplitude modulation of a resonant signal in said resonant circuit when an amplitude of said resonant signal is reduced energy from said reduction is stored and when said amplitude is increased said stored energy is used to regenerate said resonance signal. |
| US08085132B2 |
Method and apparatus for resolving RFID-based object traffic transactions to a single object in the presence of a plurality of objects
A method for resolving RFID-based object traffic transactions to a single object in the presence of a plurality of objects, where the method includes the steps of: monitoring RFID object traffic transactions to a single object amongst a plurality of objects wherein the traffic transactions are between at least one RFID reader and a plurality of detected RFID tags detected by the at least one RFID reader; calculating a cumulative and weighted data set for each detected RFID tag of the RFID tags; and, comparing the data set for each detected RFID tag with the data set for other of the detected RFID tags and identifying one RFID tag of the detected RFID tags having a greatest cumulative weight calculated for its corresponding data set so as to resolve multiple detections and identifications of the detected RFID tags in the object traffic transactions to the single object. |
| US08085130B2 |
Radio frequency identification tag
A battery-assisted radio frequency identification (RFID) tag having a battery-assisted circuit and a filter is provided. The battery-assisted circuit generates a radio frequency signal whose frequency is outside an operating frequency band of the RFID tag to supply additional power to the RFID tag. The filter filters the radio frequency signal output from the battery-assisted circuit before the RFID tag demodulates a reader command, so that a modulation depth of the read command is less affected by multi-carrier. By using the battery-assisted circuit and the filter, the RFID tag has a longer read range and is less affected by multipath fading effects. |
| US08085129B2 |
Power conserving mobile transmitter used with an automated barrier operating system
An operator system for automatically controlling access barriers based on movement of a carrying device. The system consists of an operator controller associated with an access barrier, a base receiver associated with the base controller, and a mobile transmitter that includes an activity sensor configured to monitor movement in at least one axis of movement and a mobile emitter. The mobile transmitter is configured to automatically emit from the mobile emitter a mobile open signal and a mobile close signal containing at least one warning data bit that is placed in a set state when the activity sensor first detects a change in movement of the mobile transmitter. The base receiver receives the mobile open signal and mobile close signal, and the operator controller resets a last process variable when the at least one warning bit is received. |
| US08085128B2 |
Drawer control apparatus
A device for selectively controlling access to a plurality of secure areas includes a driver circuit including a plurality of drivers, and a plurality of access modules each assigned to a corresponding secure area of the plurality of secure areas. Each access module is operatively coupled to at least one actuator operative to grant or deny access to the corresponding secure area. Unused drivers provided to a first access module of the plurality of access modules are cascaded to a second access module of the plurality of access modules. |
| US08085126B2 |
Identification with RFID asset locator for entry authorization
A system for controlling access at secure facilities to locations and assets contained in those locations, comprising a biometric identification device, an RFID tag and receiver, and a database for processing information from them to allow or deny access to the locations and assets. The system ties into an existing network in the facility and also includes a programming device for evaluation of the biometric template and acknowledgement of the identification, if made. The system also controls the permissible locations of assets such as laptops, desktop computers, photographic equipment, weapons such as rifles, data storage devices and the like, such that while a person may have access to a location, use of an asset or removal of the asset may not be part of that person's authorized conduct. |
| US08085121B2 |
Transformer with electrical shield
A transformer, in particular an entirely cast resin transformer, includes at least one lower voltage winding and at least one upper voltage winding. The application of an electrical shielding around the upper voltage winding makes it possible to prevent a voltage disruptive discharge in such a way that the outer wall of the transformer can be touched by a person and also provides the transformer with electromagnetic shielding. The transformer is provided with bushings for internal electric connections and for that reason, it can be placed in media affected by dirty surroundings and in open air. |
| US08085113B2 |
Complementary-conducting-strip coupled-line
This invention discloses a complementary-conducting-strip coupled-line (CCS CL). The CCS CL includes a substrate, m layers of mesh ground planes interlacing with m−1 layer(s) of first inter-media-dielectric (IMD) to form a stack structure on the substrate, a second IMD layer being on the stack structure, and n metal lines being on the second IMD layer and being edge-coupled with each other. Wherein, the m−1 first IMD layer(s) has(have) a plurality of vias to connect matching mesh ground planes, therein, m≧2 and m is a natural number, n≧2 and n is a natural number. |
| US08085107B2 |
Transmission module
The invention relates to a transmission module for transmitting data in the form of useful digital signals by modulation of a carrier, determined by the useful signals, by means of frequency shift keying. The transmission module contains a PLL circuit with a voltage-controlled oscillator and a controllable frequency divider with a frequency divider control input. The transmission module is designed to induce direct frequency shift keying (DFSK) of the carrier signal by appropriate triggering of the frequency divider with at least two different frequency divider control signals, and it has a modulation data preprocessing unit, which is connected to the frequency divider control input and is designed to weight samples of the same polarity of the useful signals to be transmitted and to fine tune the frequency divider control signal with regard to the frequency deviation to be induced. |
| US08085104B2 |
Oscillation circuit, driving circuit thereof, and driving method thereof
An oscillation circuit, a driving circuit thereof, and a driving method thereof are provided. The driving circuit generates a second enable signal according to an output signal of an oscillator and a first enable signal. The second enable signal is transmitted to the oscillator. When a number of waves of the output signal within a predetermined period is smaller than a predetermined value, the driving circuit adjusts a voltage level of the second enable signal. A voltage level of the first enable signal is equal to an enable voltage level. Through variations in voltage levels of the second enable signal, the oscillator is triggered to oscillate. |
| US08085101B2 |
Spread spectrum clock generation device
A spread spectrum controller (20) controls a PLL (10) so that the PLL outputs a spread-spectrum processed clock signal. A loop bandwidth controller (30) controls at least one of a phase detector (11), a loop filter (12), a voltage-controlled oscillator (13), and a frequency divider (14) in the PLL (10) during operation of the spread spectrum controller (20) to change a loop bandwidth of the PLL (10). |
| US08085100B2 |
Poly-phase frequency synthesis oscillator
A frequency synthesis/multiplication circuit and method for multiplying the frequency of a reference signal. In one embodiment, multiple versions of the reference signal are generated having different phases relative to one another, and these multiple versions are combined to form an output signal having a frequency that is a multiple of the frequency of the reference signal. |
| US08085099B2 |
Self-calibrating relaxation oscillator based clock source
A technique and corresponding circuitry are presented for a process independent, self-calibrating relaxation based clock source. The technique and circuitry presented here can reduce the time and cost needed for calibration significantly. The relaxation based clock source produces a clock signal whose frequency is dependent upon a trim value. Starting from an initial trim value, the clock signal is generated, its frequency is compared with a reference clock frequency value, and the trim value is correspondingly adjusted up or down a bit at a time. After this process has continued for a while, min-max logic is used to determine the maximum and minimum trim values and, based on these, the final trim value for the clock is set. This calibration process can also be used to extract whether, and by how much, the implementation on silicon of a particular chip lies in the fast or slow process corners. |
| US08085094B2 |
High frequency amplifier
A high frequency amplifier includes a package substrate, an amplifying active device disposed on a top surface of the package substrate, a transmission line connected to the amplifying active device and transmitting a high frequency signal, a surface mounted device (SMD) component shunt-connected at a first end to the transmission line, a SMD component terminal connected to a second end of the SMD component and partially exposed at a back surface of the package substrate, and an external terminal partially exposed at the back surface of the package substrate and connected to a first end of the transmission line, opposite a second end of the transmission line that is connected to the amplifying active device. |
| US08085090B2 |
Method and system for polar modulating QAM signals with discontinuous phase
Aspects of a method and system for polar modulating QAM signals with discontinuous phase may include amplifying a signal via a plurality of amplifiers such that a combined gain of the plurality of amplifiers comprises a coarse amplitude gain and an amplitude offset gain. A gain of one or more of the plurality of amplifiers may be adjusted to set the coarse amplitude gain, and a gain of one or more remaining ones of the plurality of amplifiers may be adjusted to set the amplitude offset gain. The setting of the coarse amplitude gain and/or said amplitude offset gain may be adjusted dynamically and/or adaptively. The signal may be generated by phase-modulation of a radio-frequency carrier. The combined gain of the plurality of amplifiers may be controlled based on a desired amplitude modulation. The plurality of amplifiers may be integrated within an integrated circuit (IC) or chip. |
| US08085081B2 |
Semiconductor device for output of pulse waveforms
A semiconductor device has multiple high-side field-effect transistors and multiple low-side field-effect transistors connected to a single output terminal to generate an output signal. A driver circuit outputs driving signals that turn the field-effect transistors on and off. The driving signal for the field-effect transistors on each side is conducted by a salicided gate line with salicide block areas that produce successive delays, causing the field-effect transistors to turn on sequentially. Alternatively, the transistors have different threshold voltages, or the driving signals for different transistors are output from drivers with different driving abilities, again causing the transistors to turn on sequentially. The output signal therefore rises and falls gradually, reducing electromagnetic interference. |
| US08085078B2 |
Level shift circuit
A level shift circuit includes a first resistor with one end connected to GND, a first transistor with a drain and a gate connected to the other end of the first resistor, and a source connected to a first power supply, a second transistor with a source connected to the first power supply, and a gate connected to the drain and the gate of the first transistor, a second resistor with one end connected to a drain of the second transistor, a third transistor with a source connected to the other end of the second resistor, and a gate connected to an input terminal, a first current source connected between a second power supply and a drain of the third transistor; and a fourth transistor connected between an output terminal and the first power supply with a gate connected to the drain of the second transistor. |
| US08085067B1 |
Differential-to-single ended signal converter circuit and method
A differential-to-single ended converter circuit can include a latching circuit having first and second latch field effect transistors (FETs) with drains and gates cross-coupled between a first latch node and a second latch node. The source-drain paths of the first and second latch FETs are coupled to a first reference potential node via separate current paths. A sense circuit can include a first sense FET having a source-drain path coupled between the first sense node and the first reference potential node, and a gate coupled to a first input node. A second sense FET has a source-drain path coupled between the second sense node and the first reference potential node, and a gate coupled to a second input node. An output circuit can have a first output FET with a source-drain path coupled between a first output supply node and an output signal node, and a gate coupled to the first latch node, and a second output FET with a source-drain path coupled between the output signal node and a second output supply node. |
| US08085066B2 |
xCP on 2 CSI
A microprocessor control unit (MCU) is mounted on a printed circuit board. The MCU includes first and second clocked serial interface (CSI) circuits. The first CSI circuit is configured to serially transmit a first xCP packet to a first encoder circuit, which in turn is configured to generate an encoded first xCP packet as a function of the first xCP packet and a first clock signal. A first low voltage differential signal (LVDS) circuit is coupled to the first encoder circuit and configured to serially receive the encoded first xCP packet therefrom. The first LVDS circuit is configured to generate a first differential signal as a function of the encoded first xCP packet. |
| US08085065B2 |
Dual loop level shifter
A method and apparatus are disclosed to control one or more input output (I/O) pads. An input signal is translated to an output signal having a desired logic level using a first latch loop. The state of the first latch loop is maintained by a second latch loop, integrated with the first latch loop, when a latching indication is received. The integration between the first latch loop and the second latch loop is such that the second latch loop creates an input-output connection if transmission gates in the second latch loop are conductive, and disables the input-output connection if the transmission gates are not conductive. |
| US08085062B2 |
Configurable bus termination for multi-core/multi-package processor configurations
A multi-core/multi-package bus termination apparatus includes a configuration array and a plurality of drivers. The configuration array generates location/protocol signals that each direct one of the plurality of drivers on the bus to employ location-based bus termination or protocol-based bus termination. The plurality of drivers is coupled to the plurality of location/protocol signals, a plurality of location signals, a bus ownership signal, and a multi-package signal. Each of the plurality of drivers controls how one of a plurality of nodes is driven responsive to a first state of one of the plurality of location/protocol signals. Each has configurable multi-core/multi-package logic controls pull-up logic, first pull-down logic, and second pull-down logic according to location-based termination rules if the first state indicates the location-based termination, and controls the pull-up logic, the first pull-down logic, and the second pull-down logic according to protocol-based termination rules if the first state indicates the protocol-based termination. |
| US08085057B2 |
Probe device having first and second probe pins
A probe device includes a probe body having a plurality of first holes extending through a first face thereof and a plurality of second holes aligned with the first holes and extending through an opposite second face thereof, a plurality of spaced-apart first probe pins inserted fittingly and removably into respective first holes and each including a first contact portion extending out of the first face, and a first connecting portion extending into the respective first hole, and a plurality of spaced-apart second probe pins inserted fittingly and removably into respective second holes and each including a second contact portion extending out of the second face, and a second connecting portion extending into the respective second hole and having an insert space. The first connecting portion is inserted fittingly and removably into the insert space, and mates with the second connecting portion. |
| US08085055B2 |
Branch current monitoring system
A power monitoring system that reduces the need for transient voltage suppressors while using current transformers on an associated support operating using a current mode. |
| US08085054B2 |
Detecting arc discharges
To detect arc discharges occurring in a plasma, a parameter of the plasma process is determined, and after a first period of time following the detection of an arc discharge the parameter is again determined. In the event that after the first period of time no arc discharge is detected, a first arc suppression countermeasure for suppression of arc discharges is executed. |
| US08085051B2 |
Abnormality detecting device for storage element, abnormality detecting method for storage element, abnormality detecting program for storage element, and computer-readable recording medium storing abnormality detecting program
An abnormality detecting device for a storage element is able to improve accuracy of abnormality detection for the storage element. The device includes at least an equalization process portion, an abnormality determination portion, a voltage measurement portion, and a control portion. The control portion issues a command to the equalization process portion to start an equalization process in a case where there is a variance in capacity of storage element blocks B1, B2, . . . and BN. The abnormality determination portion performs an abnormality determination on the storage element blocks B1, B2, . . . , and BN using voltages across the terminals of the respective storage element blocks B1, B2, . . . , and BN that have been allowed to stand after an elapse of a predetermined time since the end of the equalization process. |
| US08085049B2 |
Electromagnetic wave resistivity tool having a tilted antenna for geosteering within a desired payzone
This invention is directed to a downhole method and apparatus for simultaneously determining the horizontal resistivity, vertical resistivity, and relative dip angle for anisotropic earth formations. The present invention accomplishes this objective by using an antenna configuration in which a transmitter antenna and a receiver antenna are oriented in non-parallel planes such that the vertical resistivity and the relative dip angle are decoupled. Preferably, either the transmitter or the receiver is mounted in a conventional orientation in a first plane that is normal to the tool axis, and the other antenna is mounted in a second plane that is not parallel to the first plane. This invention also relates to a method and apparatus for steering a downhole tool during a drilling operation in order to maintain the borehole within a desired earth formation. The steering capability is enabled by computing the difference or the ratio of the phase-based or amplitude-based responses of the receiver antennas which are mounted in planes that are not parallel to the planes of the transmitter antennas. Although this invention is primarily intended for MWD or LWD applications, this invention is also applicable to wireline and possibly other applications. |
| US08085048B2 |
Arrangement to detune a reception antenna in a local coil
An arrangement to detune a reception antenna in a local coil of a magnetic resonance system, with at least one reception antenna that is fashioned as a loop antenna and that has at least one first capacitance. Radio-frequency signals of a magnetic resonance examination are received via the reception antenna. A switchable detuning circuit contains the first capacitance connected to an oscillating circuit and a first inductance. A reception device to receive a control signal is coupled with the oscillating circuit. The reception device switches the oscillating circuit into a high-resistance state given a received control signal so that a receipt of a radio-frequency signal via the reception antenna is prevented. The reception device is fashioned to receive a wirelessly transmitted radio-frequency control signal. The radio-frequency control signal has a frequency that lies outside of the bandwidth of the radio-frequency signal used for magnetic resonance examination. |
| US08085045B2 |
Magnetic resonance apparatus and method to acquire and display calibration images
In a method and magnetic resonance apparatus to acquire and present calibration images of a periodically moving organ with the use of magnetic resonance technology, calibration images are acquired by acquiring measurement data for multiple calibration images during one continuous period of the organ movement, the multiple calibration images differing in their offset frequency and/or in their spatial position in the organ to be examined, and the calibration images in a presentation manner that, from the visual quality of the respective images, allows the user to select (identify) the image acquired with the offset frequency that should then be used to acquire the diagnostic image are displayed to a user. |
| US08085035B2 |
Hall element and magnetic sensor
A Hall element is provided which has a high sensitivity and contributes to an improvement in S/N ratio per current by using a low-concentration n-well within a suitable range. The Hall element includes a p-type semiconductor substrate layer of p-type silicon, and an n-type impurity region located in a surface of the p-type semiconductor substrate layer, the n-type impurity region functioning as a magnetic sensing part. A p-type impurity region is located in a surface of the n-type impurity region, and n-type regions are located laterally of the p-type impurity region. A p-type substrate region having a resistivity equal to that of the p-type semiconductor substrate layer is located to extend around the n-type impurity region. An impurity concentration N in the n-type impurity region functioning as the magnetic sensing part is preferably from 1×1016 to 3×1016(atoms/cm3) and a distribution depth of the impurity concentration is preferably from 3.0 μm to 5.0 μm. |
| US08085032B2 |
Multi-scanner device having a detachable outlet tester
A multi-scanner device having a detection unit and an outlet tester that can be selectively connected together for convenient use and easy storage. Preferably, a plug on the outlet tester is inserted into a non-functional socket located on the detection unit to form a multi-scanner device with a detachable outlet tester. |
| US08085027B2 |
Quasi-resonant systems and methods with multi-mode control
Switch-mode power conversion system and method thereof. The switch-mode power conversion system includes a primary winding configured to receive an input voltage, and a secondary winding coupled to the primary winding and configured to, with one or more other components, generate an output signal. Additionally, the switch-mode power conversion system includes a feedback component configured to receive the output signal and generate a feedback signal based on at least information associated with the output signal, and a voltage detector configured to receive the input voltage and output a detection signal. Moreover, the switch-mode power conversion system includes a mode controller configured to receive the detection signal and the feedback signal and generate a switch signal based on at least information associated with the detection signal and the feedback signal, and a switch configured to receive the switch signal and affect a first current flowing through the primary winding. |
| US08085022B2 |
Switching regulator and control circuit thereof, and method for determining on-time in switching regulator
The present invention discloses a switching regulator and control method thereof, and a method for determining On-time in switching regulator. The switching regulator comprises: a power switch circuit including at least one power transistor switch which operates to convert an input voltage to an output voltage; a PWM generation circuit for generating a duty signal in a normal operation mode according to a feedback signal relating to the output voltage; a pulse skipping circuit for determining On-time in a pulse skipping mode according to a node with non-constant voltage level, the node being connected with the power transistor switch; and a driver circuit for driving the at least one power transistor switch according to one of the outputs from the PWM generation circuit and the pulse skipping circuit. |
| US08085020B1 |
Switching voltage regulator employing dynamic voltage scaling with hysteretic comparator
A switching voltage regulator is disclosed operable to regulate a voltage supplied to system circuitry. A comparator compares an oscillator signal generated by a ring oscillator to a reference signal generated by a frequency generator. Switching circuitry charges a charging element in response to the comparison, and control circuitry adjusts a number of delay elements in the ring oscillator and a divider value of the frequency generator to generate hysteresis in the comparison. In one embodiment, the charging element is charged while a frequency of the reference signal is above a frequency of the oscillator signal. |
| US08085019B2 |
Device for generating internal power supply voltage and method thereof
Example embodiments relate to an internal power supply voltage generating device. The internal power supply voltage generating device may include a start-up voltage generating part, a reference voltage generating part, and/or an internal power supply voltage generating part. The start-up voltage generating part may be configured to generate a start-up voltage using an external power supply voltage. The reference voltage generating part may be configured to generate a reference voltage using the start-up voltage. The internal power supply voltage generating part may be configured to generate an internal power supply voltage using the reference voltage and the external power supply voltage. The start-up voltage generating part may be turned off by the reference voltage generated by the reference voltage generating part. Example embodiments also relate to a method of generating an internal power supply voltage. |
| US08085018B2 |
Voltage regulator with phase compensation
Provided is a voltage regulator capable of performing appropriate phase compensation. Even when a difference between an input voltage and an output voltage is small, an appropriate phase compensation voltage based on an output voltage (Vout) is generated in a resistor circuit (19), and the appropriate phase compensation voltage is applied to a phase compensation capacitor (20). Accordingly, the voltage regulator is capable of performing appropriate phase compensation. |
| US08085012B2 |
Semiconductor integrated circuit and sensor driving/measuring system
In a sensor driving/measuring system, specifications required by a sensor which requires a high applied voltage are implemented with const increase suppressed. A semiconductor integrated circuit for use in a sensor driving/measuring system driven by a battery includes: a sensor driver for outputting a given voltage to be applied to a sensor; a measuring circuit for receiving and measuring a voltage obtained, through current-voltage conversion, from a current generated in the sensor; and a booster. The booster boosts a given pre-boost voltage to obtain a boosted voltage and supplies the boosted voltage as a power supply voltage to the sensor driver and the measuring circuit. |
| US08085011B1 |
Boost regulator using synthetic ripple regulation
A boost regulator for converting an input voltage to a higher output voltage including an inductor, an error circuit, a switching circuit, a ripple circuit, and a hysteretic comparator circuit. The inductor has a first end coupled to the input voltage and a second end. The error circuit determines an error of the output voltage and provides an error voltage indicative thereof. The switching circuit switches the second end of the inductor between the output voltage and ground as controlled by a pulse width modulation signal. The ripple circuit synthetically replicates ripple current through the inductor based on voltage applied across the inductor and provides a ripple voltage indicative thereof. The hysteretic comparator circuit develops the pulse width modulation signal based on comparing the ripple voltage within a hysteretic window voltage range based on the error voltage. |
| US08085009B2 |
IGBT/FET-based energy savings device for reducing a predetermined amount of voltage using pulse width modulation
An IGBT/FET-based energy savings device, system and method (1) wherein a predetermined amount of voltage below a nominal line voltage and/or below a nominal appliance voltage is saved, thereby conserving energy. Phase input connections (2) are provided for inputting analog signals into the device and system (1). A magnetic flux concentrator (3) senses the incoming analog signal (20) and a volts zero crossing point detector (5) determines the zero volts crossing point (21) of the signal (20). The positive half cycle (22) and negative half cycle (23) of the signal (20) are identified and routed to a digital signal processor (10) for processing the signal (20). The signal (20) is reduced by pulse width modulation and the reduced amount of energy is outputted, thereby yielding an energy savings for an end user. |
| US08085006B2 |
Shunt regulator
A shunt regulator for stepping down an input potential to an output potential, has an input for applying the input potential, an output for tapping off the output potential and a voltage drop circuit, across which the voltage difference between the input potential and the output potential drops. It is possible for the current flowing through the voltage drop circuit or its lower and/or upper limit value to be adjusted. |
| US08085002B2 |
Shore power transfer switch
A vehicle includes a mobile electric power generation system including a mobile power source such as a generator. An external power interface is included to connect to an external electrical power source. An AC electric power distribution bus is included to power electric loads of the vehicle and a power switch device is provided to selectively provide AC electric power on the power distribution bus from one of the respective power sources with a default to select one of the sources whenever it is present. |
| US08084996B2 |
Method for battery capacity estimation
An embodiment contemplates a method for estimating a capacity of a battery. A state of charge is determined at a first instant of time and at a second instant of time. A difference in the state of charge is determined between the first instant of time and the second instant of time. A net coulomb flow is calculated between the first instant of time and the second instant of time. The battery capacity is determined as a function of the change in the state of charge and the net coulomb flow. |
| US08084990B2 |
Camping kit
An electrical system (60, 200) for a tent or shelter (98, 201). Wires (60) are routed through a tent or shelter (98, 201) either by attaching the wires to the tent or shelter, running the wires through hems, seams (100), or sleeves, or integrating the wires into the fabric for the tent or shelter. In accordance with an embodiment, an appliance (208) is connected to the wiring harness (60) and is mounted or attached in the tent or shelter. The appliance (208) may be mounted in a socket (234) that includes contacts that may engage a fixture or appliance, such as a light. An opposite end of a cord (222) leading to the socket is attachable to an electrical power supply, such as a battery pack (203). |
| US08084989B2 |
Battery charger with charging reminding capability
A battery charger includes a rechargeable battery for providing electric power to an external rechargeable battery through a damper unit so as to charge the external rechargeable battery, and a control unit coupled to a charging socket and the rechargeable battery and operable to charge the rechargeable battery through a charging signal received by the charging socket. An alarm unit is coupled to the rechargeable battery and the charging socket for generating a detecting signal based on a battery voltage of the rechargeable battery, for outputting a reminder output upon detecting that a potential of the detecting signal is less than that of a reference signal, and for terminating the reminder output when the charging socket receives the charging signal. |
| US08084988B2 |
Power supply system
A power supply system includes a fuel cell, a capacitor connected in parallel to the fuel cell, a voltage boost means for boosting output voltages from the fuel cell and the capacitor to supply the electric motor with electric power resulting from the boosted voltages, a voltage control means for further boosting an output voltage from the voltage boost means, a secondary battery connected to the voltage control means, an external power source connecting means connected to the one end of the voltage boost means and in parallel with the fuel cell and for receiving supply of electric power from an external power source, and an electronic control unit which charges the secondary battery from the external power source by controlling step-up ratios of the voltage boost means and the voltage control means such that a voltage applied to the secondary battery during the charging becomes a desired voltage. |
| US08084985B2 |
Inverter control method
Two current threshold values are adopted, which are larger than the upper limit of current of an operating region. When a rotating speed is smaller than a speed threshold value, the current threshold value is adopted as a criterion to judge whether an input current to an inverter is abnormal, and when the rotating speed Rot is larger than that, the other current threshold value is adopted as the criterion. |
| US08084984B2 |
System and method for monitoring and controlling stator winding temperature in a de-energized AC motor
A system and method for measuring and controlling stator winding temperature in an AC motor while idling is disclosed. The system includes a circuit having an input connectable to an AC source and an output connectable to an input terminal of a multi-phase AC motor. The circuit further includes a plurality of switching devices to control current flow and terminal voltages in the multi-phase AC motor and a controller connected to the circuit. The controller is configured to activate the plurality of switching devices to create a DC signal in an output of the motor control device corresponding to an input to the multi-phase AC motor, determine or estimate a stator winding resistance of the multi-phase AC motor based on the DC signal, and estimate a stator temperature from the stator winding resistance. Temperature can then be controlled and regulated by DC injection into the stator windings. |
| US08084982B2 |
HVAC actuator with output torque compensation
An HVAC actuator, such as a spring return actuator, may adjust the maximum output torque of the motor with the varying spring return force of the HVAC actuator as the HVAC actuator moves through its range of motion. In some cases, this may provide a more constant force at the output of the HVAC actuator and reduce the force that is applied through the motor, drive train and/or the HVAC component when an end stop is reached. Also, an HVAC actuator is disclosed that can be configured to discover and store the location of one or more end stop(s), and to slow the speed of the motor down before the end stop(s) is reached. This may reduce the force that is applied through the motor, drive train and/or the HVAC component when an end stop is reached. |
| US08084980B2 |
HVAC actuator with internal heating
An HVAC actuator configured to function in cold environments by providing a supplemental current component to an HVAC actuator in order to generate supplemental heat to warm the HVAC actuator. |
| US08084976B2 |
Motor control device and compressor
A motor control device performing vector control for a motor that drives a load whose load torque varies periodically. The motor control device has: a motor speed deriving portion estimating or detecting a motor speed; a speed controller producing a specified torque current value such that the motor speed is made to follow a specified motor speed value fed from outside; a resonance filter producing a corrected torque current value by receiving a control value that varies with variations in the load torque and emphasizing a periodic variation component of the control value; a torque current corrector producing a specified superimposed torque current value by superimposing the corrected torque current value on the specified torque current value; and an adjusting portion adjusting, based on the specified superimposed torque current value, a degree of emphasis placed on the variation component by the resonance filter. The vector control is performed according to the specified superimposed torque current value. |
| US08084971B2 |
Motor drive circuit and disc device using the same
An energization signal generating circuit respectively compares back electromotive forces generated in coils of each phase of a motor with a midpoint voltage of each phase, and generates energization signals. A pulse signal generating circuit generates a pulse signal in which duty ratio is controlled according to torque. A ramp signal generating circuit divides, into a plurality of times, a period of a frequency generation signal obtained by synthesizing the energization signals, and, for each divided time unit, generates a ramp signal in which pulse width gradually changes, and which has a frequency the same as the pulse signal. An output circuit supplies a drive current to the coils of each phase, based on the energization signals, the pulse signal, and the ramp signal. |
| US08084969B2 |
Hall-effect based linear motor controller
A linear motion control device for use in a linear control system is presented. The linear motion control device includes a coil driver to drive a coil that, when driven, effects a linear movement by a motion device having a magnet. The linear motion control device also includes a magnetic field sensor to detect a magnetic field associated with the linear movement and an interface to connect an output of the magnetic field sensor and an input of the coil driver to an external controller. The interface includes a feedback loop to relate the magnetic field sensor output signal to the coil driver input. |
| US08084968B2 |
Use of an accelerometer to control vibrator performance
A mobile device includes a vibrator, an accelerometer that senses a parameter of rotation, and a processor. The vibrator includes a drive motor and a drive circuit. The accelerometer senses a speed of rotation of the vibrator. The processor analyzes the sensed speed of rotation and generates a drive voltage that is received by the drive circuit to adjust the drive motor to produce a pre-determined, desired rotational speed. In another embodiment, the accelerometer senses an amplitude of a vibration produced by the vibrator. The processor analyzes the sensed amplitude of a vibration and generates a drive voltage that is received by the drive circuit to adjust the drive motor to produce a pre-determined, desired vibration amplitude. The processor may also compare the sensed parameter with a pre-determined desired parameter of rotation and generate a signal responsive to a result of the comparison and based on stored vibrator calibration curves. |
| US08084965B2 |
All-Ion accelerator and control method of the same
An accelerator that can accelerate by itself all ions up to any energy level allowed by the magnetic fields for beam guiding, and provides an all-ion accelerator in which with trigger timing and a charging time of an induced voltage applied to an ion beam injected from a preinjector by induction cells for confinement and acceleration used in an induction synchrotron, digital signal processors for confinement and acceleration and pattern generators for confinement and acceleration generate gate signal patterns for confinement and acceleration on the basis of a passage signal of the ion beam and an induced voltage signal for indicating the value of the induced voltage applied to the ion beam, and intelligent control devices for confinement and acceleration perform feedback control of on/off of the induction cells for confinement and acceleration. |
| US08084959B2 |
Light emitting diode backlight module and driving apparatus and method thereof
A light emitting diode (LED) backlight module, a driving apparatus and a driving method thereof are provided. The driving apparatus is adapted to drive at least one LED of at least one lighting unit within the LED backlight module. The driving apparatus includes a latch unit and a switch unit. The latch unit is used for receiving a control backlight data and latching the control backlight data during a frame period according to a trigger signal, so as to output a control signal. The switch unit is coupled to the latch unit and the LED for receiving the control signal to determine whether the LED emits or not. |
| US08084955B2 |
Systems and methods for improved startup and control of electrodeless plasma lamp using current feedback
In one example embodiment, a drive probe is coupled to the lamp body to provide the primary power for ignition and steady state operation of the lamp. Feedback may be used to adjust frequency in response to changing conditions of the lamp during startup. A phase shifter may be used to adjust the phase of the power between ignition and steady state operation. A sensor may detect a lamp operating condition that automatically triggers a shift in phase after the fill in the bulb is vaporized. In another example embodiment, a method for sequentially optimizing the drive power and phase shift applied to the lamp is disclosed that may reliably regulate the lamp current consumption to desired startup and operational levels despite variations in lamp environmental conditions. |
| US08084950B2 |
Drive circuit
Provided is a drive circuit for a light emitting device, which compensates for a decrease in luminance of the light emitting device and reduces a burn-in phenomenon. The drive circuit includes: a first capacitor connected to a gate of a drive transistor; and a second capacitor formed between the first capacitor on a side to which the gate of the drive transistor is not connected, and one end of a light emitting device. The drive circuit corrects an amount of charge of the first capacitor according to a change in potential of the node when the light emitting device starts illumination, and then, causes the light emitting device to illuminate according to the corrected amount of charge. |
| US08084949B2 |
Fluorescent ballast with inherent end-of-life protection
A ballast with end-of-life (“EOL”) protection is presented in which the voltage across a lamp at EOL is controlled to prevent the lamp from overheating, while the voltage across the lamps not at EOL is maintained to allow normal operation of those lamps, and when a new lamp is added to the ballast, the AC voltage across all lamps is controlled to allow ignition of the newly added lamp without cycling the power of the ballast. |
| US08084947B2 |
Pulsed dielectric barrier discharge
A method of generating a glow discharge plasma involves providing a pair of electrodes spaced apart by an electrode gap, and having a dielectric disposed in the electrode gap between the electrodes; placing the electrodes within an environment, wherein the electrode gap can be provided with a gas or gas mixture containing carbon at a specified pressure; and applying a rapid rise time voltage pulse across the electrodes to cause an extreme overvoltage condition, wherein the rapid rise time is less than a plasma generation time so that the extreme overvoltage condition occurs prior to current flow across the electrode gap. This abstract is not to be considered limiting, since other embodiments may deviate from the features described in this abstract. |
| US08084944B2 |
Lamp device and method for the production of a lamp device
A lamp device (1), wherein the lamp device (1) has at least one contact conductor (31) and a vessel (20) for enclosing a gas. The vessel (20) delimits a primary volume (40) and a secondary volume (41), the primary volume (40) and the secondary volume (41) being interconnected by a transitional region (21) of the vessel (20). The contact conductor (31) runs through the transitional region, and the contact conductor (31) has a recess (33) that is arranged in the transitional region. |
| US08084943B2 |
Plasma display panel with front filter
Disclosed is a plasma display panel wherein reduction of reflection and improvement in contrast and sharpness of image light can be attained at the same time. Specifically disclosed is a plasma display panel (10) comprising a front plate (200) and a back plate (100) arranged at a distance from each other, a partition wall (110) for dividing the discharge space formed between the front plate (200) and the back plate (100), a phosphor layer (130) formed within a discharge cell (120) defined by the partition wall (110), electrodes respectively arranged on the front plate (200) and the back plate (100) for producing a discharge within the discharge cell (120), and a front filter (300) arranged on the viewer side of the front plate (200). The front filter (300) has two resin layers (320, 330) having different refractive indexes on the viewer side, and the viewer side surface of the front filter (300) and the interface between the two resin layers (320, 330) respectively have fine recesses and projections. |
| US08084942B2 |
Phosphor particle group and light emitting apparatus using the same
Provided is a phosphor particle group of divalent europium-activated oxynitride green light emitting phosphor particles each of which is a β-type SiAlON substantially represented by a general formula: EuaSibAlcOdNe, where 0.0055≦a≦0.4, b+c=12, d+e=16, wherein 60% or more of the phosphor particle group is composed of the phosphor particles in which a value obtained by dividing a longer particle diameter by a shorter particle diameter is greater than 1.0 and not greater than 3.0. A high-efficiency and stable light emitting apparatus using a β-type SiAlON, which includes a light converter using the phosphor particle group, and a phosphor particle group therefor are also provided. |
| US08084940B2 |
Organic light-emitting diode display having nonoverlapping yellow and blue emission layers
An OLED display including: a first substrate; an opposing second substrate; an organic light-emitting unit disposed on a side of the first substrate that faces the second substrate; a driving circuit disposed on a side of the second substrate that faces the first substrate and connected to the organic light-emitting unit; and a filter. The organic light-emitting unit includes that is an anode, a cathode, and an organic emission layer disposed therebetween. The organic emission layer includes a blue emission layer a yellow emission layer. The filter is to convert light from the yellow emission layer into red light and green light. |
| US08084937B2 |
Binaphthyl compound and organic light emitting element using the same
The present invention provides a novel binaphthyl compound and an organic light emitting element having a good light emitting efficiency and a high durability at a low driving voltage. An organic light emitting element including an anode and a cathode, and a layer including an organic compound sandwiched between the anode and the cathode, wherein one of the anode and the cathode is transparent or semi-transparent, and the layer including an organic compound includes at least one binaphthyl compound represented by the following general formula [I]: |
| US08084932B2 |
Electron beam apparatus and image display apparatus using the same
Deformation of a gate by Coulomb force generated when operating an electron-emitting device is inhibited by appropriately maintaining relationship between film thickness h of the gate and distance L from an outer surface of an insulating member to an inner surface of a concave portion. According to this, in an electron beam apparatus provided with a laminate-type electron-emitting device, the deformation of the gate is prevented to reduce variation in electron emission characteristics, thereby preventing the element from being broken. |
| US08084931B2 |
Fluorescent material substrate and image display device, and methods for manufacture thereof
Degradation of a fluorescent material used in an image display device provided with an electron emitting device that is caused by heating in the process of manufacturing the device is prevented.A coating layer 44b composed of SiO2 is formed on the surface of fluorescent material particles 44a, and any metal 49 from among Bi, Pb, Sn, and Sb is added to the coating layer 44b so that the metal concentration at the surface of the coating layer is equal to or greater than 0.05 ppm. |
| US08084930B2 |
Multiple device shaping uniform distribution of current density in electro-static focusing systems
System that focuses electron beams in an electro-static area to a laminar flow of electrons with uniform distribution of current density and extraordinary demagnification includes a housing having a first interior portion and a second interior portion electrically insulated from the first interior portion. The second interior portion has an electric field-free space. An electrode system is disposed in the first interior portion and includes a cathode assembly and at least one anode assembly. The cathode assembly generates an electron beam that passes through each anode assembly and then into the electric field-free space in the second interior portion. The system parameters may be calculated and created due to the CGMR conceptual method. |
| US08084929B2 |
Multiple device shaping uniform distribution of current density in electro-static focusing systems
System that focuses electron beams in an electro-static area to a laminar flow of electrons with uniform distribution of current density and extraordinary demagnification includes a body that defines a boundary for an electric field, a field-forming cathode electrode system, a focusing electrode system, and at least one anode electrode system in the electro-static section and a second electric field-free section including an adjustable screen system arranged in an interior of the body. The field-forming near-cathode electrode system includes a cathode electrically connected to a flat part and a curvilinear part electrically connected to a cylindrical part. The anode electrode system includes an opening part, an anode electrically connected to a flat part and a curvilinear part electrically connected to a cylindrical part which is similar or identical to and symmetrical with the cathode electrode system. The system parameters are calculated and created due to the CGMR conceptual method. |
| US08084928B2 |
Halogen incandescent lamp incorporating two filaments for daylight operation
The invention relates to a halogen bulb comprising two filaments that are located (21, 22) in a lamp body (10), a first filament (21) being designed for operation at a higher electrical output than the second filament (22). To fulfil a daylight driving function, the second filament (22) is designed to produce an electrical output that is lower by a factor of 2.5 to 4 than the electrical output of the first filament (21) when operating with a standard operating voltage and is designed in such a way that it can be operated with an operating voltage that is lower than the standard operating voltage in order to produce a dimmed position light function. |
| US08084926B2 |
At cut quartz crystal resonator element and method for manufacturing the same
An AT cut quartz crystal resonator element includes a quartz crystal element piece having an exciting part formed from an AT cut quartz crystal plate in a rectangular shape having an X-axis direction of a quartz crystal set to a long side, and an exciting electrode formed on each of front and back main surfaces of the exciting part, in which each side surface in the longitudinal direction of the exciting part is composed of two faces, an m-face of a quartz crystal and a crystal face other than the m-face. |
| US08084921B2 |
Ultrasonic motor drive apparatus
An ultrasonic motor drive apparatus comprises a piezoelectric element 107 having a plurality of piezoelectrically active regions, in which longitudinal vibration and flexural vibration are induced with application of alternate signals to the plurality of piezoelectrically active regions, a piezoelectric element holder 108 that is fixedly attached to the piezoelectric element, covering the neighborhood of a common node of the longitudinal vibration and the flexural vibration induced in the piezoelectric element all along the circumference of the central portion of the piezoelectric element with respect to the longitudinal direction, a vibrator holder 103 having a plurality of openings, a driven member 104 having a substantially spherical shape, an output shaft 106 attached to the driven member, through which power output of the driven member is transmitted, a pressing member 102 that brings the driven member 104 and the piezoelectric member into pressure contact with each other along the third direction, a cap 105 having an opening 105a, a link member 101 one end of which is connected with the pressing member 102 along the third direction and the other end of which can be connected with another apparatus, and a control section 600 that applies an alternate signal to the piezoelectric member. |
| US08084919B2 |
Piezoelectric thin-film resonator, filter using the same, and duplexer using the same
A piezoelectric thin film resonator includes a substrate, a lower electrode formed on the substrate, a piezoelectric film formed on the lower electrode, and an upper electrode formed on the piezoelectric film, the lower electrode and the upper electrode opposing each other through the piezoelectric film to form an opposing region, the opposing region including a space at a boundary of the opposing region. The space extends from an innerside to an outer side of the opposing region and is formed in or on the piezoelectric film. |
| US08084918B2 |
Surface acoustic wave device and surface acoustic wave oscillator
A surface acoustic wave device, includes: an interdigital transducer serving as an electrode pattern to excite a Rayleigh surface acoustic wave, the interdigital transducer including a comb-tooth-shaped electrode having a plurality of electrode fingers; a piezoelectric substrate on which the interdigital transducer is formed, the piezoelectric substrate being made of a quartz substrate that is cut out at a cut angle represented by an Euler angle representation (φ, θ, ψ) of (0°, 95°≦θ≦155°, 33°≦|ψ|≦46°); electrode finger grooves formed between the electrode fingers of the comb-tooth-shaped electrode; and electrode finger bases being quartz portions sandwiched between the electrode finger grooves and having upper surfaces on which the electrode fingers are positioned. The surface acoustic wave device provides an excitation in an upper limit mode of a stop band of the surface acoustic wave. |
| US08084915B2 |
Surface acoustic wave resonator having comb electrodes with different overlapping lengths
A surface acoustic wave resonator includes a piezoelectric substrate, a first surface acoustic wave resonator having a comb electrode provided on the piezoelectric substrate, and a second surface acoustic wave resonator having a comb electrode provided on the piezoelectric substrate. The first surface acoustic wave resonator and the second surface acoustic wave resonator are apodized and connected in parallel. |
| US08084912B2 |
Planetary geared motor and dynamo
Provided is a DC motor capable of eliminating a DC current reverse rectification performed in a conventional DC motor and enabling rotation of maximum torque at all rotation angle and having a shape and a function for facilitating a combination with a speed change gear mechanism. Also provided is a planetary gear dynamo using the shape and the function of the present invention and capable of reducing inverse torque when the function is used as a generator. |
| US08084910B2 |
Rotor structure for a permanent-magnet machine
The object of the invention is a rotor for a permanent-magnet synchronous machine in which a pole structure is fitted onto the surface of the rotor body structure facing the air gap. Each of the rotor's pole structures comprises at least one permanent magnet and a shell structure fitted on top of it. According to the invention, an intermediate layer made of magnetic composite is fitted between the permanent magnet and the shell structure. |
| US08084899B2 |
Driving apparatus
A driving apparatus includes a first magnet, second magnet, stator, first coil, second coil, first bearing, second bearing and rotor. The first and second magnets respectively have a magnetized portion in which S pole and N pole are alternately magnetized. The rotor has a magnetic pole portion opposite to each magnetized portion. The stator fixes the first magnet and second magnet to the same axis to rotatably support the rotor. The first coil magnetically excites a portion where the magnetic pole portion of the rotor faces the first magnet. The second coil magnetically excites a portion where the magnetic pole portion of the rotor faces the second magnet. Thereby, a driving apparatus is provided which stabilizes the quality by simplifying the configuration of a rotor and makes it possible to realize high speed of rotation and improvement of response speed by decreasing the moment of inertia of a rotor. |
| US08084898B2 |
Magnetic actuator, magnetic actuator operating method, and capsule endoscope using the same
A magnetic actuator includes a housing; a first permanent magnet and a second permanent magnet placed in the housing and being relatively rotatable in a plane including a magnetization direction; a magnetic-field generating unit outside of the housing, the magnetic-field generating unit generating a magnetic field that relatively rotates the first permanent magnet and/or the second permanent magnet in a direction such that the first permanent magnet and the second permanent magnet generate a repulsive force against each other; and a first guiding portion provided in the housing to regulate a direction in which the first permanent magnet and the second permanent magnet relatively move by the generated repulsive force. |
| US08084896B2 |
Monolithic stage positioning system and method
A magnetically levitated monolithic stage positioning system includes linear three phase motors and coil windings connected to the monolithic stage that interact with a ferromagnetic base. The linear three phase motors may be excited to provide motion in an X-axis direction, motion in a Y-axis direction, and rotation about a Z-axis. The monolithic stage is levitated on an air bearing. The plurality of coil windings connected to the monolithic stage may serve to magnetically preload the air bearing. The plurality of coil windings may be excited to provide motion in a Z-axis direction and rotation of the monolithic stage about the X-axis and about the Y-axis. |
| US08084890B2 |
Apparatus and method for fire protection of electrical installations
A system for detecting and preventing electrical fire includes an intake fuse box, a main distribution panel/housing, a subdistribution panel/housing, a main power circuit (MPC) connecting the intake fuse box (IFB) to the main distribution panel (MDP), and a sub power circuit (SPC) connecting the MDP to the subdistribution panel. First-third gas/smoke/heat detectors are arranged in the IFB, main panel housing, and subpanel housing, respectively, and provide respective low level outputs for gas/smoke/heat exceeding a first threshold and high level outputs for a second threshold. A remote controlled main level circuit breaker is arranged in the MPC, a remote controlled sub level circuit breaker is arranged in the SPC, and a controller unit has first-third inputs connected to first-third gas/smoke/heat detectors, respectively, for receiving first-third low and high level outputs, an alarm output, and first and second breaker control outputs connected to respective main and sub level circuit breakers. |
| US08084885B1 |
System for paralleling power supplies
A turbo compounding system may include a turbo generator having a switched reluctance machine having at least one pole-matched rotor and stator pair, a single phase inverter coupled to the turbo generator and further coupled to a direct current link, an inverter coupled to the direct current link, a motor generator coupled to the inverter. |
| US08084878B2 |
Fluid powered energy generator
A power plant with one or more fluid operated generator unit(s) is provided to generate electrical energy. Each generator unit includes one or more rotational members responsive to fluid flow and in communication with one or more magnets and electrically conductive material. Similarly, each generator unit is in electrical communication with a battery or a power grid used to store or utilize electrical energy, respectively. A continuous amount of external energy is required to initiate and maintain movement of the power plant. As the rotational element of the generator unit(s) is exposed to fluid flow, fluid flow causes the rotational element(s) to rotate. This rotation causes the magnets to pass by the electrically conductive material and to generate electrical energy. In response to continuous movement, the generator unit(s) generates electrical energy through fluid flow. The generated electrical energy is stored in an electrical storage apparatus or communicated to a power grid. |
| US08084877B1 |
Methods and devices for converting wave energy into rotational energy
The invention discloses devices and methods for converting wave energy to rotational energy. Specifically, the invention allows for two or more flotation elements to move in opposite directions in response to a wave contacting a wave energy transducer according to embodiments of the present invention. Motion of the flotation elements leads to rotation of associated wheel assemblies, thus allowing for generation of rotational energy and by extension, electricity. |
| US08084873B2 |
Induced surface flow wave energy converter
A wave energy conversion device that employs a submerged horizontally-aligned structure provided with a central opening formed in a horizontally extending surface, focuses wave induced water-particle motion, resulting in a flow into and away from the central opening, and a turbine is mounted in the central opening to be driven by this flow of water. Preferably the operation of this device occurs in a structural submerged depth of less than one-half wavelength of waves in the region. In a preferred embodiment, the flow through the central opening is bidirectional, and a self-rectifying turbine is used for unidirectional rotation. In an alternative embodiment, unidirectional check valves are used to direct water flow to a unidirectional turbine. Guide vanes are used to direct the flow inward towards the opening and can also be used to induce swirl in the flow field. When constructed axisymmetrically, the device can generate power from waves coming from any direction. The device may have multiple turbines arranged within it, or multiple units can be built into an array for power generation. The device may be mounted on supports fixed to the sea floor for shallow-water applications, or may be a floating submerged structure moored to the ocean floor for deep-water applications. |
| US08084861B2 |
Connection structure semiconductor chip and electronic component including the connection structure and methods for producing the connection structure
Connection structure (5) for attaching a semiconductor chip (2) to a metal substrate (4) is provided which has a plurality of electrically conducting layers (11, 12, 13, 14) arranged in a stack. The stack has a contact layer (11) for providing an ohmic contact to a semiconductor chip (2), at least one mechanical decoupling layer (12) for mechanically decoupling the semiconductor chip (2) and the metal substrate (4), at least one diffusion barrier layer (13) and a diffusion solder layer (14) for providing a diffusion soldered mechanical bond and an electrical connection to a metal substrate (4). The mechanical decoupling layer (12) is positioned in the stack between the diffusion barrier layer (13) and the contact layer (11). |
| US08084860B2 |
Liquid crystal display device and manufacturing method therefor
The present invention includes a liquid crystal display device having an oxide film having high adhesiveness to a substrate to thereby prevent oxidation of a wiring material or the like, and includes, an electrode or a terminal electrode having high conductivity, and a manufacturing method therefor. Consequently, in the present invention, a liquid crystal display device has an electrode terminal of a TFT substrate, wherein the electrode is formed on an insulator and is comprised of a conductive layer mainly consisting of copper and an oxide covering an outer part, further the oxide is a layered structure of transparent electrodes, the layered portion having ohmic contact, and the oxide mainly consists of manganese oxide. |
| US08084859B2 |
Semiconductor device
In a wafer level CSP package, with respect to signal wiring 9b disposed in a signal wiring disposition forbidden region 16 in the vicinity of external output terminals disposed in a package outer peripheral portion, since a stress generated at signal wiring 9 can be dispersed by disposing dummy wiring 9a around the signal wiring 9b or by expanding the width of the signal wiring itself, occurrences of cracks in a surface protective film can be readily suppressed. |
| US08084854B2 |
Pass-through 3D interconnect for microelectronic dies and associated systems and methods
Pass-through 3D interconnects and microelectronic dies and systems of stacked dies that include such interconnects are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a system of stacked dies includes a first microelectronic die having a substrate, a metal substrate pad, and a first integrated circuit electrically coupled to the substrate pad. A pass-through 3D interconnect extends between front and back sides of the substrate, including through the substrate pad. The pass-through interconnect is electrically isolated from the substrate pad and electrically coupled to a second integrated circuit of a second microelectronic die attached to the back side of the substrate. In another embodiment, the first integrated circuit is a first memory device and the second integrated circuit is a second memory device, and the system uses the pass-through interconnect as part of an independent communication path to the second memory device. |
| US08084852B2 |
Hybrid integrated circuit device, and method for fabricating the same, and electronic device
A hybrid integrated circuit device having high mount reliability comprises a module substrate which is a ceramic wiring substrate, a plurality of electronic component parts laid out on the main surface of the module substrate, a plurality of electrode terminals laid out on the rear surface of the module substrate, and a cap which is fixed to the module substrate to cover the main surface of the module substrate. The electrode terminals include a plurality of electrode terminals which are aligned along the edges of the module substrate and power voltage supply terminals which are located inner than these electrode terminals. The electrode terminals aligned along the substrate edges are coated, at least in their portions close to the substrate edge, with a protection film having a thickness of several tens micrometers or less. Connection reinforcing terminals consist of a plurality of divided terminals which are independent of each other, and are ground terminals. |
| US08084849B2 |
Integrated circuit package system with offset stacking
An integrated circuit package system includes: providing an interposer having a bond pad and a contact pad; mounting the interposer in an offset location over a carrier with an exposed side of the interposer coplanar with an edge of the carrier; connecting an electrical interconnect between bond pad and the carrier; and forming a package encapsulation over the carrier and the electrical interconnect with both the contact pad and the exposed side of the interposer not covered. |
| US08084848B2 |
Leadframe, leadframe type package and lead lane
A leadframe for a leadframe type package includes a chip base, and leads constituting lead lanes. One lead lane includes a pair of first differential signal leads, a pair of second differential signal leads, a pair of third differential signal leads between which and the pair of first differential signal leads is arranged the pair of second differential signal leads, a first power lead arranged between the pair of first and second differential signal leads, a second power lead arranged between the pair of second and third differential signal leads, and a third power lead between which and the second power lead is the pair of third differential signal leads. A voltage provided by the first power lead is less than a voltage provided by the second power lead, and the voltage provided by the second power lead is substantially equal to a voltage provided by the third power lead. |
| US08084846B2 |
Balanced semiconductor device packages including lead frame with floating leads and associated methods
A semiconductor device assembly or package includes at least one semiconductor device that is positioned adjacent to floating leads. Such an assembly or package may include at least two semiconductor devices that face opposite directions from one another, with each being oriented such that bond pads thereof are at an opposite side of the assembly or package from bond pads of the other. Alternatively, an assembly or package may include a lead assembly with an internal portion, including one or more floating leads, and an external portion that are in planes that are offset relative to one another. Methods for designing lead frames, assemblies, and packages are also disclosed, as are assembly and packaging methods. |
| US08084841B2 |
Systems and methods for providing high-density capacitors
The present invention describes systems and methods for providing high-density capacitors. An exemplary embodiment of the present invention provides a high-density capacitor system comprising a substrate and a porous conductive layer formed on the substrate, wherein the porous conductive layer is formed in accordance with a predetermined pattern. Furthermore, the high-density capacitor system includes a dielectric material formed on the porous conductive layer and a second conductive layer formed on the dielectric material. Additionally, the high-density capacitor system includes a plurality of conductive pads configured in communication with the second conductive layer. |
| US08084839B2 |
Circuit board having conductive shield member and semiconductor package using the same
A circuit board having a board body includes a via structure. The via structure includes a conductive connector passing through the board body and a conductive shield member surrounding at least a portion of the conductive connector. The shield member prevents distortion of a data signal applied to the conductive connector, and also intercepts electromagnetic waves generated by the conductive connector. |
| US08084835B2 |
Non-uniform switching based non-volatile magnetic based memory
A non-uniform switching based non-volatile magnetic memory element includes a fixed layer, a barrier layer formed on top of the fixed layer, a first free layer formed on top of the barrier layer, a non-uniform switching layer (NSL) formed on top of the first free layer, and a second free layer formed on top of the non-uniform switching layer. Switching current is applied, in a direction that is substantially perpendicular to the fixed layer, barrier layer, first free layer, non-uniform switching layer and the second free layer causing switching between states of the first free layer, second free layer and non-uniform switching layer with substantially reduced switching current. |
| US08084833B2 |
Semiconductor device
Provided is a LOCOS offset MOS field-effect transistor in which a first lightly-doped N-type drain offset region with a LOCOS oxide film and a second lightly-doped N-type drain offset region without a LOCOS oxide film are formed in a drain-side offset region, and both the regions are covered with a gate electrode. Provision of the first lightly-doped N-type drain offset region mitigates an electric field applied to the first lightly-doped N-type drain offset region to increase a breakdown voltage. Provision of the second lightly-doped N-type drain offset region increases carriers within the second lightly-doped N-type drain offset region to obtain a high current drivability. |
| US08084832B2 |
Semiconductor device
Embodiments relate to a semiconductor device and a method of manufacturing a semiconductor. In embodiments, the method may include a first exposure step of performing an exposure process for forming a first photoresist on a semiconductor substrate at one side of the outside of a trench pattern which will be formed, a first etching step of performing a predetermined dry etching method with respect to the first photoresist, a second exposure step of performing an exposure process for forming a second photoresist at the other side of the outside of the trench pattern, which is a side opposite to the first photoresist, and a second etching step of performing the predetermined dry etching method with respect to the second photoresist. |
| US08084831B2 |
Semiconductor device
A semiconductor device according to one embodiment includes: an n-type transistor comprising a first gate electrode formed on a semiconductor substrate via a first gate insulating film, a first channel region formed in the semiconductor substrate under the first gate insulating film, and first source/drain regions formed in the semiconductor substrate on both sides of the first channel region, the first gate electrode comprising a first metal layer and a first conductive layer thereon; and a p-type transistor comprising a second gate electrode formed on the semiconductor substrate via a second gate insulating film, a second channel region formed in the semiconductor substrate under the second gate insulating film, and second source/drain regions formed in the semiconductor substrate on both sides of the second channel region, the second gate electrode comprising a second metal layer and a second conductive layer thereon, the second metal layer being thicker than the first metal layer and having the same constituent element as the first metal layer. |
| US08084829B2 |
Semiconductors device and method of manufacturing such a device
The invention relates to a semiconductor device (10) comprising a semiconductor body (1) with a high-ohmic semi-conductor substrate (2) which is covered with a dielectric layer (3, 4) containing charges, on which dielectric layer one or more passive electronic components (20) comprising conductor tracks (20) are provided, wherein, at the location of the passive elements (20), a region (5) is present at the interface between the semiconductor substrate (2) and the dielectric layer (3, 4), as a result of which the conductivity of an electrically conducting channel induced in the device (10) by the charges is limited at the location of the region (5). According to the invention, the region (5) is formed by deposition and comprises a semi-insulating material. As a result, the device (10) has a very low high-frequency power loss because the inversion channel is formed in the semi-insulating region (5). The device (10) further allows for a higher temperature budget and hence for the integration of active semiconductor elements (8) into the semiconductor body (1). A very suitable semi-insulating material for the region (5) is SiC, SIPOS or POLYDOX. |
| US08084828B2 |
Methods for protecting gate stacks during fabrication of semiconductor devices and semiconductor devices fabricated from such methods
Methods for protecting gate stacks during fabrication of semiconductor devices and semiconductor devices fabricated from such methods are provided. In an embodiment, a method for fabricating a semiconductor device comprises forming a gate stack comprising a first gate stack-forming layer overlying a semiconductor substrate and forming first sidewall spacers about sidewalls of the gate stack. After the step of forming the first sidewall spacers, a portion of the first gate stack-forming layer is exposed. The exposed portion is anisotropically etched using the gate stack and the first sidewall spacers as an etch mask. Second sidewall spacers are formed adjacent the first sidewall spacers after the step of anisotropically etching. |
| US08084827B2 |
Structure and fabrication of like-polarity field-effect transistors having different configurations of source/drain extensions, halo pockets, and gate dielectric thicknesses
A group of high-performance like-polarity insulated-gate field-effect transistors (100, 108, 112, 116, 120, and 124 or 102, 110, 114, 118, 122, and 126) have selectably different configurations of lateral source/drain extensions, halo pockets, and gate dielectric thicknesses suitable for a semiconductor fabrication platform that provides a wide variety of transistors for analog and/or digital applications. Each transistor has a pair of source/drain zones, a gate dielectric layer, and a gate electrode. Each source/drain zone includes a main portion and a more lightly doped lateral extension. The lateral extension of one of the source/drain zones of one of the transistors is more heavily doped or/and extends less deeply below the upper semiconductor surface than the lateral extension of one of the source/drain zones of another of the transistors. |
| US08084823B2 |
Gate minimization threshold voltage of FET for synchronous rectification
A FET device for synchronous rectification of the present invention, a FET having no body diode, the characteristics have gate minimization threshold voltage equal or over load voltage, can be achieve FET turn on, and gate minimization threshold voltage under load voltage, can be achieve FET turn off. |
| US08084813B2 |
Short gate high power MOSFET and method of manufacture
A short gate high power metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistor formed in a trench includes a short gate having gate length defined by spacers within the trench. The transistor further includes a buried region that extends beneath the trench and beyond a corner of the trench, that effectively shields the gate from high drain voltage, to prevent short channel effects and resultantly improve device performance and reliability. |
| US08084812B2 |
Bidirectional semiconductor device, method of fabricating the same, and semiconductor device incorporating the same
A semiconductor device and a method of fabrication thereof includes a bidirectional device having a high breakdown voltage and a decreased ON voltage. An n-type extended drain region is formed in the bottom surface of each trench. A p-type offset region is formed in each split semiconductor region. First and second n-source regions are formed in the surface of the p-type offset region. This reduces the in-plane distance between the first and second n-source regions to thereby increase the density of cells. The breakdown voltage is maintained along the trenches. This increases the resistance to high voltages. Channels are formed in the sidewalls of the trenches by making the voltage across each gate electrode higher than the voltage across each of the first and second n-source electrodes. Thus, a bidirectional LMOSFET through which current flows in both directions is achieved. The LMOSFET has a high breakdown voltage and a decreased ON voltage. |
| US08084807B2 |
Nonvolatile semiconductor memory device and method for manufacturing same
A multilayer body is formed by alternately stacking electrode films serving as control gates and dielectric films in a direction orthogonal to an upper surface of a silicon substrate. Trenches extending in the word line direction are formed in the multilayer body and a memory film is formed on an inner surface of the trench. Subsequently, a silicon body is buried inside the trench, and a charge storage film and the silicon body are divided in the word line direction to form silicon pillars. This simplifies the configuration of memory cells in the bit line direction, and hence can shorten the arrangement pitch of the silicon pillars, decreasing the area per memory cell. |
| US08084804B2 |
Capacitor with zirconium oxide and method for fabricating the same
A capacitor with zirconium oxide and a method for fabricating the same are provided. The method includes: forming a storage node; forming a multi-layered dielectric structure on the storage node, the multi-layered dielectric structure including a zirconium oxide (ZrO2) layer and an aluminum oxide (Al2O3) layer; and forming a plate electrode on the multi-layered dielectric structure. |
| US08084802B2 |
Nonvolatile semiconductor memory
A select gate transistor has a select gate electrode composed of a first-level conductive layer and a second-level conductive layer. The first-level conductive layer has contact areas. The second-level conductive layer has its portions removed that are located above the contact areas. Two adjacent select gate electrodes that are adjacent to each other in the column direction are arranged such that the contact areas of one select gate electrode are not opposed to the contact areas of the other select gate electrode. One select gate electrode has its first- and second-level conductive layers removed in their portions that are opposed to the contact areas of the other select gate electrode. |
| US08084791B2 |
Non-volatile memory device including nitrogen pocket implants and methods for making the same
In a non-volatile memory structure, the source/drain regions are surrounded by a nitrogen-doped region. As a result, an interface between the substrate and the charge trapping layer above the nitrogen-doped region is passivated by a plurality of nitrogen atoms. The nitrogen atoms can improve data retention, and performance of cycled non-volatile memory devices. |
| US08084782B2 |
Light-emitting film, light-emitting device and production method thereof
Provided is a light-emitting film having controllable resistivity, and a high-luminance light-emitting device, which can be driven at a low voltage, using such light-emitting film. The light-emitting film includes Cu as an addition element in a zinc sulfide compound which is a base material, wherein the zinc sulfide compound includes columnar ZnS crystals, and sites formed of copper sulfide on a grain boundary where the ZnS crystals are in contact with each other. |
| US08084781B2 |
Compound semiconductor device
A compound semiconductor device (1) includes a compound semiconductor having a stacked structure (100) of a hexagonal single crystal layer (101), a boron phosphide-based semiconductor layer (102) formed on a surface of the hexagonal single crystal layer and a compound semiconductor layer (103) disposed on the boron phosphide-based semiconductor layer, and electrodes (108, 109) disposed on the stacked structure, wherein the boron phosphide-based semiconductor layer is formed of a hexagonal crystal disposed on a surface formed of a (1.1.-2.0.) crystal face of the hexagonal single crystal layer. |
| US08084780B2 |
Smart integrated semiconductor light emitting system including light emitting diodes and application specific integrated circuits (ASIC)
A light emitting diode (LED) system includes a substrate, an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC) on the substrate, and at least one light emitting diode (LED) on the substrate in electrical communication with the application specific integrated circuit (ASIC). The light emitting diode (LED) system can also include a polymer lens, and a phosphor layer on the lens or light emitting diode (LED) for producing white light. In addition, multiple light emitting diodes (LEDs) can be mounted on the substrate, and can have different colors for smart color control lighting. The substrate and the application specific integrated circuit (ASIC) are configured to provide an integrated system having smart functionality. In addition, the substrate is configured to compliment and expand the functions of the application specific integrated circuit (ASIC), and can also include built in integrated circuits for performing additional electrical functions. |
| US08084778B2 |
Light emitting diode package
There is provided an LED package having high heat dissipation efficiency. An LED package according to an aspect of the invention may include: a package body including a first groove portion being recessed into the package body and provided as a mounting area on the top of the package body; first and second lead frames arranged on a lower surface of the first groove portion while parts of the first and second lead frames are exposed; an LED chip mounted onto the lower surface of the first groove portion and electrically connected to the first and second lead frames; and a plurality of heat dissipation patterns provided on the bottom of the package body and formed of carbon nanotubes. |
| US08084777B2 |
Light emitting diode source with protective barrier
An apparatus having a substrate, an LED light source attached to the substrate, an electrical connector attached to the substrate and electrically connected to the LED light source, a potting material on the substrate and covering at least a portion of the electrical connector; and a barrier separating the potting material from the LED light source, the barrier having a height that exceeds the thickness of the potting material on the substrate. |
| US08084771B2 |
Bottom-gate thin film transistor and method of fabricating the same
A bottom-gate thin film transistor includes a gate electrode, a gate insulating layer and a microcrystalline silicon layer. The gate electrode is disposed on a substrate. The gate insulating layer is made up of silicon nitride and disposed on the gate electrode and the substrate. The microcrystalline silicon layer is disposed on the gate insulating layer and corresponds to the gate electrode, in which a contact interface between the gate insulating layer and the microcrystalline silicon layer has a plurality of oxygen atoms, and concentration of the oxygen atoms ranges between 1020 atoms/cm3 and 1025 atoms/cm3. A method of fabricating a bottom-gate thin film transistor is also disclosed herein. |
| US08084770B2 |
Test structures for development of metal-insulator-metal (MIM) devices
In the present electronic test structure comprising, a conductor is provided, overlying a substrate. An electronic device overlies a portion of the conductor and includes a first electrode connected to the conductor, a second electrode, and an insulating layer between the first and second electrodes. A portion of the conductor is exposed for access thereto. |
| US08084769B2 |
Testkey design pattern for gate oxide
A testkey design pattern includes a least one conductive contact, at least one conductive line of a first width vertically and electrically connected to the conductive contact, and at least one pair of source and drain respectively directly connected to each side of the conductive line. The pair of source and drain and part of the conductive line of a first length directly connected to the source and drain form an electronic device. The testkey design patterns are advantageous in measuring capacitance with less error and for better gate oxide thickness extraction. |
| US08084768B2 |
Semiconductor device
A programmable semiconductor device has a switch element in an interconnection layer, wherein in at least one of the inside of a via, interconnecting a wire of a first interconnection layer and a wire of a second interconnection layer, a contact part of the via with the wire of the first interconnection layer and a contact part of the via with the wire of the second interconnection layer, there is provided a variable electrical conductivity member, such as a member of an electrolyte material. The via is used as a variable electrical conductivity type switch element or as a variable resistance device having a contact part with the wire of the first interconnection layer as a first terminal and having a contact part with the wire of the second interconnection layer as a second terminal. |
| US08084764B2 |
Semiconductor light emitting device and nitride semiconductor light emitting device
The present invention is a semiconductor light emitting device including an n-type semiconductor layer, an active layer, a first p-type semiconductor layer between the n-type semiconductor layer and the active layer, and a second p-type semiconductor layer on the opposite side of the first p-type semiconductor layer from the active layer. Further, the present invention is a nitride semiconductor light emitting device including an n-type nitride semiconductor layer, a nitride semiconductor active layer, a first p-type nitride semiconductor layer between the n-type nitride semiconductor layer and the nitride semiconductor active layer, and a second p-type nitride semiconductor layer on the opposite side of the first p-type nitride semiconductor layer from the nitride semiconductor active layer. |
| US08084763B2 |
Optoelectronic device based on non-polar and semi-polar aluminum indium nitride and aluminum indium gallium nitride alloys
A high-power and high-efficiency light emitting device with emission wavelength (λpeak) ranging from 280 nm to 360 nm is fabricated. The new device structure uses non-polar or semi-polar AlInN and AlInGaN alloys grown on a non-polar or semi-polar bulk GaN substrate. |
| US08084762B2 |
Resistive memory
A memory device includes an array of memory structures disposed in rows and columns and constructed over a substrate, each memory structure comprising a first signal electrode, a second signal electrode, and a resistive layer coupled to the first signal electrode and the second signal electrode; a plurality of word lines connected to the first signal electrodes of a row of memory cells; and a plurality of bit lines connected to the second signal electrodes of a column of memory cells. |
| US08084761B2 |
Structure for phase change memory and the method of forming same
A phase change device includes a first contact electrode structure a phase change material and a first insulating material between the phase change material and the first contact electrode structure and a second contact electrode in contact with the phase change material. A contact structure formed in the first insulating material between the first contact electrode structure and the phase change material is also included. The contact structure is formed by an insulating material breakdown process. A method of forming a phase change device is also described. |
| US08084758B2 |
Light sensor for detecting brightness
A light sensor for detecting brightness of an outside of a vehicle includes: a light shielding element on a windshield; a light guiding element in a through hole of the light shielding element; and a light receiving element that receives light from the outside of the vehicle via the light guiding element and the windshield. The light guiding element includes an entrance surface facing the windshield and an output surface facing the light receiving element. The entrance surface receives the light from the outside. The light guiding element transmits and outputs the light from the output surface toward the light receiving element. The entrance surface has a top disposed inside of the through hole. |
| US08084746B2 |
Radiation detector and detection method having reduced polarization
A direct conversion radiation detector includes a detector body made from a direct conversion material, a plurality of segmented electrode members operatively coupled to a radiation-receiving side of the detector body and at least one electrode operatively coupled to a second side of the detector body. The radiation detector is configured such that received radiation is incident on the segmented electrode members. The radiation detector provides reduced polarization effects for a variety of high flux radiation detection applications. |
| US08084745B2 |
Radiation imaging apparatus and radiation imaging system
A radiation imaging apparatus comprises a pixel region, on an insulating substrate 100, including a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix, each pixel having a conversion element 101 that converts radiation into electric charges and a switching element 102 connected to the conversion element 101. The conversion element 101 has an upper electrode layer 119, a lower electrode layer 115, a semiconductor layer 117 arranged between the upper electrode layer 119 and the lower electrode layer 115. The upper electrode layer 119 or the lower electrode layer 115 has an opening 200 at least within a region where the semiconductor layer 117 is arranged. |
| US08084740B2 |
Radiometric measuring device with a two-wire supply
A measuring device with a two-wire supply for radiometric filling level measuring or density measuring of a feed material with a processor which is designed to change from an active mode to a power-saving mode. |
| US08084729B2 |
Photoelectric conversion apparatus, imaging system, and photoelectric conversion apparatus manufacturing method
A photoelectric conversion apparatus having a pixel array region and a peripheral region includes a pixel array, a readout unit, an output unit, a plurality of output lines, and a color filter layer which is arranged in the pixel array region and the peripheral region and includes a color filter arranged above the plurality of pixels. The color filter layer extends to surround the output lines when viewed from a direction perpendicular to a surface of a semiconductor substrate, and has an opening arranged above the plurality of output lines. The opening of the color filter layer is filled with gas or an insulator lower in dielectric constant than the color filter. |
| US08084728B2 |
Optical sensing device
The present invention discloses an optical sensing device with multiple photodiode elements and multi-cavity Fabry-Perot ambient light filter structure to detect and convert light signal with different wavelength spectrum into electrical signal. In embodiment, the optical sensing device capable of sensing color information of ambient light or sunlight and provides blocking of infrared (IR) light within the wavelength ranging from 700 nm to 1100 nm. Preferably, the optical sensing device senses not just the ambient light brightness but also the fundamental red, green and blue color components of the ambient light. |
| US08084722B2 |
Controllable thermal warming devices
A controllable thermal warming device for delivering heat to an object by radio frequency signal. The controllable thermal warming device may include a thermal ink heating element comprising a substrate and a conductive ink fixedly disposed on the substrate, a power source operatively coupled to the conductive ink, the power source adapted to deliver a voltage to the conductive ink to cause the conductive ink to radiate heat, a controller operatively coupled to the power source and the conductive ink, the controller adapted to control the voltage delivered to the conductive ink and to detect an operating characteristic of the conductive ink and adjust the voltage in response to the operating characteristic, and means for controlling the controller by radio frequency. The controllable thermal warming device may also include a sensor to provide the operating characteristic to the controller. |
| US08084718B1 |
Wax melting system
A wax melting system including a melting stage and a holding stage. Implementations may include a melting stage having a drain and the drain configured to permit flow of melted wax from the melting stage to the holding stage. A vessel may also be included. The melting stage and the holding stage may be coupled into the vessel and the melting stage oriented above the holding stage. The vessel may enclose the melting stage and the temperature of the melting stage may be maintained above the temperature of the holding stage. |
| US08084714B2 |
Protection device of a laser processing unit
A laser processing unit includes a first working area for laser processing of a workpiece, a second working area for laser processing of a workpiece, and a dividing wall adapted to separate the first working area from the second working area between, the dividing wall having individual interconnected sections and being moveable in a vertical direction. |
| US08084713B2 |
Method of and system for setting laser processing conditions, laser processing system, computer program for setting laser processing conditions, computer readable medium and recording device on which laser processing conditions are recorded
A method of setting processing data for a computer-assisted laser processing apparatus is disclosed, along with a system for setting a laser processing data. The method comprises a function of setting a three-dimensional profile of a object and a processing pattern as processing conditions, a function of generating processing data representing the processing conditions for the object, and a function of visually displaying a two dimensional representation of the processing data on a display screen and a function of setting a three-dimensional profile of a object and a processing pattern as processing conditions, wherein it is enabled to set the three-dimensional profile and the processing pattern while displaying the object in two dimensions on the display screen disposed within a processing zone. |
| US08084712B2 |
Method and apparatus for laser marking objects
Methods and apparatus for laser marking individual objects with indicia at a marking station wherein a predetermined window exists during which each object can be marked as the objects are conveyed along at least one path at a predetermined speed. In some embodiments, at least first and second lasers positioned adjacent one or more paths are configured to direct a laser beam onto the objects to mark the same with indicia as the objects pass through the marking station, with each of the first and second lasers marking alternate following objects as they pass through the marking station. |
| US08084703B2 |
Rotating operation type electronic component, and electronic device including the same
A rotating operation type electronic component has a rotation shaft and a signal generating section. The rotation shaft has a rod-shaped intermediate section, a cylindrical operation section, and a coupling section coupling the upper end of the intermediate section with the operation section. The rotatable operation section covers the upper part of the intermediate section, and has an operation knob mounted thereon. The signal generating section generates an electric signal in response to the rotation of the operation section. The coupling section has strength at which it breaks when a load of a predetermined level or higher is applied to the operation section from an axial direction of the rotation shaft. |
| US08084701B1 |
Push button actuator
A push button actuator unit has a housing that defines a passage extending along an axis. A push button assembly has components movable in the passage including a forwardly-biased push button at the front of the housing that is movable along and turnable about the axis. Two independently movable operating elements at the rear of the housing move differently in response to depression of the push button when the push button is turned to different orientations about the axis. The rear operating elements may extend concentrically along the axis, and the unit may be lockable to permit and prevent some operating element movement. The operating elements may be used to selectively disengage, or to engage and move a variety of auxiliary devices situated behind the unit. The unit may provide enhanced resistance to defeat by hammering than has been offered by a known form of push button unit. |
| US08084695B2 |
Via structure for improving signal integrity
The embodiment of the invention is about a novel via structure which can be incorporated into printed circuit boards, integrated circuit packages, and integrated circuits in order to reduce crosstalk, to improve signal integrity and to achieve EM emission compliance. A 4-layer (2 signal layers and 2 power layers or 2 signal layers and 2 ground layers) circuit board assembly was used for demonstrating the effect of the novel via structure. The same concept can be applied to any multi-layer circuit board. Layers that have an electrical property can be added above, under, or within the basic 4-layer circuit board to achieve a multi-layer circuit board. For 2-layer and 3-layer circuit boards, a deformed version of the proposed via structure based upon the same concept will be needed for a coplanar waveguide configuration. |
| US08084693B2 |
Component with bonding adhesive
A device comprising a component and an adhesive attached to at least one exterior portion of the component. When the component is on a printed circuit and passed through a reflow operation, the adhesive melts forming a physical bond between the component and the printed circuit. The printed circuit may be a flexible printed circuit or a printed circuit board. The adhesive may melt under and to at least one edge of the component. The adhesive may also melt under and to at least one edge of the component and under and to at least one edge of at least one second component adjacent to the component. |
| US08084687B1 |
Electrical outlet box assembly
An electrical box assembly is provided for enabling an electrical box to be rapidly installed into a metal framework that supports an interior wall of a building. The assembly includes a supporting member which is attached to the metal framework, and an electrical box of square design having paired outwardly directed flanges. The flanges are positioned to fit into receiving brackets on the supporting member, thereby enabling the electrical box to engage the supporting member by a simple downward sliding motion. |
| US08084686B2 |
Stackable power distribution box
The power box can be stacked while limiting horizontal translation. The power box includes an electrical component box, a cover for the electrical component box, and a support assembly. The support assembly has feet that raise the electrical component box off of the ground. The cover includes one or more raised projections that restrict the horizontal translation of a power box positioned thereon, by dimensioning the projections apart by a distance slightly greater than an exterior width of the support assembly of the power box that rests upon the cover. Horizontal translation is further limited by dimensioning the feet such that, when placed on top of another power box, the interior dimension between two feet is slighting greater than the dimension of the cover. So, when the top power box attempts to slide, the feet of the top power box contact the cover of the bottom power box. |
| US08084684B2 |
Three-dimensional thin-film solar cells
A three-dimensional thin-film solar cell 100, comprising a three-dimensional thin-film solar cell substrate comprising a plurality of single-aperture or dual-aperture unit cells with emitter junction regions 522 and doped base regions 530, emitter metallization regions 525 and base metallization regions 532. Optionally, the three-dimensional thin-film solar cell may be mounted on a rear mirror for improved light trapping and conversion efficiency. |
| US08084679B2 |
Electronic signal processor
An electronic signal processor for processing signals includes a complex first filter, one or more gain stages and a second filter. The first filter is characterized by a frequency response curve that includes multiple corner frequencies, with some corner frequencies being user selectable. The first filter also has at least two user-preset gain levels which may be alternately selected by a switch. Lower frequency signals are processed by the first filter with at least 12 db/octave slope, and preferably with 18 db/octave slope to minimize intermodulation distortion products by subsequent amplification in the gain stages. A second filter provides further filtering and amplitude control. The signal processor is particularly suited for processing audio frequency signals. Related methods include filtering the input signal with an input filter of the second or third order high pass type, amplifying the filtered signal and further filtering the amplified signal with a low pass filter, which may be of the second order type. |
| US08084678B2 |
Sensor bow for stringed instruments
A sensor bow system is described which generates various types of data representing various movements of and forces exerted upon a sensor bow intended for use with any of a variety of stringed instruments. The sensor bow data may be used to control a wide variety of audio, visual, and other effects. |
| US08084677B2 |
System and method for adaptive melodic segmentation and motivic identification
The present invention comprises a system and method, modeled on research observations in human perception and cognition, capable of accurately segmenting primarily (although not exclusively) melodic input in performance data and encoded digital audio data, and mining the results for defining motives within the input data. |
| US08084673B1 |
Maize variety hybrid X6H862
A novel maize variety designated X6H862 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 maize variety X6H862 with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X6H862 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. This invention relates to the maize variety X6H862, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X6H862. This invention further relates to methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X6H862. |
| US08084670B2 |
Soybean cultivar 87282511
A soybean cultivar designated 87282511 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 87282511, to the plants of soybean 87282511, to plant parts of soybean cultivar 87282511 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing soybean cultivar 87282511 with itself or with another soybean variety. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. This invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars and plant parts derived from soybean variety 87282511, to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 87282511 and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants and plant parts produced by crossing the cultivar 87282511 with another soybean cultivar. |
| US08084665B2 |
Conformable wound dressing
A wound dressing comprising an absorbent pad, an adhesive layer, and a backing layer is described, along with a dressing support layer configured to retain and deliver the wound dressing to a wound, the dressing support layer having a radial configuration that forms a plurality of alternating covered and uncovered portions of the backing layer along the perimeter of the wound dressing. |
| US08084661B2 |
Extraction of ASO from spent sulfuric acid using liquid SO2
A process for the regeneration of spent sulfuric acid including contacting spent sulfuric acid containing acid soluble oils (ASO) with sulfur dioxide to extract at least a portion of the ASO from the spent sulfuric acid into the sulfur dioxide. The sulfuric acid phase having a reduced ASO content and a sulfur dioxide phase containing at least a portion of the ASO may be recovered. The resulting sulfuric acid and sulfur dioxide phases may be further separated to recover ASO, sulfur dioxide, and sulfuric acid. |
| US08084660B2 |
Use of direct heating device with a reheater in a dehydrogenation unit
Methods and processes for increasing the efficiency and/or expanding the capacity of a dehydrogenation unit by use of at least one direct heating unit are described. |
| US08084659B2 |
Hexene upgrading
Embodiments disclosed herein provide processes for upgrading the hexene stream to valuable end products, including ethers, high purity 1-hexene, and, alternatively, high purity isohexene. Hexene upgrading may be performed in embodiments disclosed herein by first removing isohexene from the admixture. The isohexene may undergo etherification with one or more alcohols, facilitating the separation of the isohexene (in the form of an ether) from the normal hexenes. Second, the normal hexenes may be isomerized to convert internal hexene olefins (2-hexenes and 3-hexenes) to the desired alpha olefin, 1-hexene. The 1-hexene may then be separated from unreacted components to yield a high purity 1-hexene product. |
| US08084658B2 |
Integrated process for preparing benzene and ammonia from aliphatic hydrocarbons and nitrogen
Process for the integrated preparation of aromatics and ammonia by reaction of a gas stream A comprising at least one C1-C6-aliphatic and nitrogen in the presence of at least one catalyst, wherein the C1-C6-aliphatics are converted nonoxidatively into aromatics in one reaction and the hydrogen liberated in this reaction is reacted with nitrogen to form ammonia in a further reaction. |
| US08084653B2 |
Method for producing fluorinated organic compounds
Disclosed are processes for the production of fluorinated olefins, preferably adapted to commercialization of CF3CF═CH2 (1234yf). Three steps may be used in preferred embodiments in which a feedstock such as CCl2═CClCH2Cl (which may be purchased or synthesized from 1,2,3-trichloropropane) is fluorinated (preferably with HF in gas-phase in the presence of a catalyst) to synthesize a compound such as CF3CCl═CH2, preferably in a 80-96% selectivity. The CF3CCl═CH2 is preferably converted to CF3CFClCH3 (244-isomer) using a SbCl5 as the catalyst which is then transformed selectively to 1234yf, preferably in a gas-phase catalytic reaction using activated carbon as the catalyst. For the first step, a mixture of Cr2O3 and FeCl3/C is preferably used as the catalyst to achieve high selectivity to CF3CCl═CH2 (96%). In the second step, SbCl5/C is preferably used as the selective catalyst for transforming 1233xf to 244-isomer, CF3CFClCH3. The intermediates are preferably isolated and purified by distillation and used in the next step without further purification, preferably to a purity level of greater than about 95%. |
| US08084649B2 |
Herbicides
Cyclohexanedione compounds, and derivatives thereof, which are substituted in 5-position, are suitable for use as herbicides. The cyclohexanedione compounds and derivatives of the invention are compounds of formula (I) wherein the substituents are as defined in the description. |
| US08084641B2 |
Organocataslysts and methods of use in chemical synthesis
The present invention is directed to compositions comprising organocatalysts that facilitate stereo-selective reactions and the method of their synthesis and use. Particularly, the invention relates to metal-free organocatalysts for facilitation of stereo-selective reactions, and the method of their synthesis and use. |
| US08084632B2 |
Methods for enhancing the efficiency of rhenium-promoted epoxidation catalysts and epoxidation methods utilizing these
A method for enhancing the efficiency of a rhenium-promoted epoxidation catalyst is provided. Advantageously, the method may be carried out in situ, i.e., within the epoxidation process, and in fact, may be carried out during production of the desired epoxide. As such, a method for the epoxidation of alkylenes incorporating the efficiency-enhancing method is also provided, as is a method for using the alkylene oxides so produced for the production of 1,2-diols, 1,2-carbonates, 1,2-diol ethers, or alkanolamines. |
| US08084631B2 |
Polyol formed from an EPOXIDIZED oil
A polyol includes the reaction product of an epoxidized oil and an organic acid. The epoxidized oil and the organic acid are reacted in the presence of a Lewis base catalyst including at least one of a phosphorous atom or a nitrogen atom. The polyol is formed by a method that includes the step of reacting the epoxidized oil with the organic acid in the presence of the Lewis base catalyst. |
| US08084629B2 |
Process for preparing nebivolol
The present invention relates to a process for reducing a compound of formula (I) wherein X is halogen, a hydroxy group, an alkylsulfoniloxy group or an arylsulfonyloxy group; to give a compound of formula (II) as a diastereoisomerically pure compound of RS/SR configuration characterized in that said reduction is carried out by the use of (+)-B-chlorodiisopinocampheylborane or (−)-B-chlorodiisopinocampheylborane. The compounds of formula (II) are useful as intermediates for the preparation of Nebivolol. |
| US08084628B2 |
Substituted chroman derivatives, medicaments and use in therapy
Novel substituted chroman derivatives and intermediate compounds, compositions containing same, methods for their preparation and uses thereof as therapeutic agents particularly as anti-cancer and chemotherapeutic selective agents are described. |
| US08084626B1 |
Processes for the production of hydrogenated products
A process for making a hydrogenated product includes providing a clarified DAS-containing fermentation broth; distilling the broth under super atmospheric pressure at a temperature of >100° C. to about 300° C. to form an overhead that includes water and ammonia, and a liquid bottoms that includes SA, and at least about 20 wt % water; cooling the bottoms to a temperature sufficient to cause the bottoms to separate into a liquid portion in contact with a solid portion that is substantially pure SA; separating the solid portion from the liquid portion; recovering the solid portion; hydrogenating the solid portion in the presence of at least one hydrogenation catalyst to produce the hydrogenated product including at least one of THF, GBL or BDO; and recovering the hydrogenated product. |
| US08084621B2 |
3-Pyrrolo[b]cyclohexylene-2-dihydroindolinone derivatives and uses thereof
3-pyrrolo[b]cyclohexylene-2-dihydro-indolinone derivatives of formula (I) or their pharmaceutically acceptable salts and uses thereof. The intermediates of formula (II) for preparing the above compounds. The bioassay shows that the above compounds and their pharmaceutically acceptable salts can modulate the activity of protein kinases (PKs), inhibit the activity of tyrosine kinases (PTKs) and inhibit many kinds of tumor cells as well as. |
| US08084619B2 |
Gas generant compositions
A novel compound, used for example, as a gas generating fuel, is defined as a compound having the structural formula of R3—R1—R2, wherein R1 is a urea group, R2 is a tetrazolyl group with a C—N bond to the urea group, and R3 may be defined as a non-tetrazolyl, triazolyl, heterocyclic, heterocyclic amine, aliphatic, aliphatic amine, aryl, alkyl, hydrogen, or nitrogen group linked to the free nitrogen on the urea group. A method of making the compound is also provided. A gas generating composition 12 containing the novel compound as a fuel, and an oxidizer is also provided. The novel compound may be contained within a gas generant composition 12, within a gas generator 10. The gas generator 10 may be contained within a gas generating system such as an airbag inflator 10 or seat belt assembly 150, or more broadly within a vehicle occupant protection system 180. |
| US08084618B2 |
Heterocyclic compounds and methods of use
Heterocyclic compounds derived from benzotriazine, triazines, triazoles and oxadiazoles are disclosed. The methods of synthesis and of use of such heterocyclic compounds are also provided. |
| US08084613B2 |
Tetrazoyloxime derivative and plant disease control agent
The present invention provides a tetrazoyloxime derivative or salt thereof, represented by the following formula (1): [wherein, R1 represents an optionally substituted C1-C6 alkyl group etc., q represents an integer of 0 to 5, A represents a tetrazoyl group represented by the following formula (2) or (3): and D represents a group represented by the following formula (4) or (5): (wherein, R2 represents a halogen atom etc., n represents an integer of 0 to 3, R3 represents a hydrogen atom etc., R4 represents a hydrogen atom etc., Q represents an optionally substituted C1-C20 alkyl group etc.)], and a plant disease control agent. |
| US08084611B2 |
Process for preparing tetrahydroquinoline derivatives
The present invention is to provide a process for preparing optically active tetrahydroquinoline derivatives which can be used for the treatment and/or prevention of diseases such as arteriosclerotic diseases, dyslipidemia and the like, and a process for preparing synthetic intermediates thereof.Specifically, (2R,4S)-2-ethyl-6-trifluoromethyl-1,2,3,4-tetrahydroquinolin-4-ylamine or a salt thereof is prepared with fewer steps without using an optical resolution, and the optically active tetrahydroquinoline derivatives are obtained from the amine compound. |
| US08084610B2 |
Compositions and methods for detecting and treating tumors containing acidic areas
Improved compositions have been developed which are selectively sequestered in acidic areas of tumors. When the compositions contain a radioisotope effective to report the presence of the composition, the compositions are useful for detecting tumors. When the compositions contain radioisotopes effective to kill cells, the compositions are useful for treating tumors. Methods for detecting and treating tumors with such compositions are also disclosed. |
| US08084608B2 |
2,2′ -bipyridine derivative having a reactive silyl group, its production method, and transition metal complex
A 2,2′-bipyridine derivative having a reactive silyl group represented by the following general formula (1): wherein R1 and R2 represent a substituent selected from a monovalent hydrocarbon group, an organoxy group, an acyloxy group, hydroxy group, a halogen atom, hydrogen atom, mercapto group, an amino group, cyano group, cyanate group, isocyanate group, thiocyanate group, and isothiocyanate group; R3 represents a monovalent aliphatic unsaturated hydrocarbon group, an organoxy group, an alkoxy group, an acyloxy group, hydroxy group, a halogen atom, hydrogen atom, mercapto group, an amino group, cyano group, cyanate group, isocyanate group, thiocyanate group, and isothiocyanate group; R4 represents a reactive silyl group represented by the formula: R1R2R3Si, a monovalent hydrocarbon group, or hydrogen atom; R5, R6, R7, and R8 are a monovalent hydrocarbon group or hydrogen atom. |
| US08084605B2 |
Polymorphs of succinate salt of 2-[6-(3-amino-piperidin-1-yl)-3-methyl-2,4-dioxo-3,4-dihydro-2H-pyrimidin-1-ylmethy]-4-fluor-benzonitrile and methods of use therefor
Compositions comprising the succinate salt of 2-[6-(3-Amino-piperidin-1-yl)-3-methyl-2,4-dioxo-3,4-dihydro-2H-pyrimidin-1-ylmethyl]-4-fluoro-benzonitrile (referred to herein as Compound I) which has the formula: wherein the Compound I is present in one or more polymorphic forms. Also provided are novel methods for the preparation of the polymorphs of Compound I, and kits and articles of manufacture of the compositions, and methods of using the compositions to treat various diseases. |
| US08084595B2 |
Poly-N-acetyl glucosamine (PNAG/dPNAG)-binding peptides and methods of use thereof
The present invention relates to peptides, particularly human monoclonal antibodies, that bind specifically to poly-N-acetyl glucosamine (PNAG), such as Staphylococcal PNAG, in acetylated, partially acetylated and/or fully deacetylated form. The invention further provides methods for using these peptides in the diagnosis, prophylaxis and therapy of infections by bacteria that express PNAG such as but not limited to Staphylococci and E. coli. Some antibodies of the invention enhance opsonophagocytic killing and in vivo protection against bacteria that express PNAG such as but not limited to Staphylococci and E. coli. Compositions of these peptides, including pharmaceutical compositions, are also provided, as are functionally equivalent variants of such peptides. |
| US08084594B2 |
H2N3 influenza A viruses and methods of use
The present invention provides influenza A viruses that include a hemagglutinin subtype H2, a neuraminidase subtype N3, or the combination thereof. Included in the present invention are H2 hemagglutinins and N3 neuraminidases, and the polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. Antibody to the polypeptides, and methods of using the viruses, polypeptides, polynucleotides, and antibodies are also provided. |
| US08084592B2 |
Multivalent entrain-and-amplify immunotherapeutics for carcinoma
The present invention provides a method of treating a cell proliferative disease such as cancer by providing to a subject in need thereof an immunogenic composition comprising plasmid and peptide(s) or analogues thereof. In embodiments of the present invention there is provided methods and compositions for inducing, entraining, and/or amplifying the immune response to MHC class-I restricted epitopes of carcinoma antigens to generate an effective anti-cancer immune response. |
| US08084589B2 |
Phosphoramidite nucleoside analogs
Described are phosphoramidite nucleoside analog monomers, precursors thereof, and oligonucleotides including one or more of the monomers. The monomers can be used during automated synthesis of oligonucleotide derivatives, and allow for incorporation of one or several reporter groups, organic molecules, bio-molecules, small molecules or other chemical groups at the internucleoside phosphotriesters. Oligonucleotides including the monomers have a number of uses in therapeutic, diagnostic, and research applications. |
| US08084586B2 |
Doxorubicin immunoassay
Novel conjugates of doxorubicin and novel doxorubicin immunogens derived from the 13 and 14 positions of doxorubicin and antibodies generated by these doxorubicin linked immunogens all of which are useful in immunoassays for the quantification and monitoring of doxorubicin in biological fluids. |
| US08084585B2 |
Anti-ILT7 antibody
An antibody binding to IPC was obtained by using an animal cell in which a cell membrane protein associatable with ILT7 was co-expressed as an immunogen. The antibody of the invention has a high specificity which allows immunological distinction between other ILT family molecules and ILT7. The anti-ILT7 antibody of the invention bound to IPC and inhibited the activity thereof. With the anti-ILT7 antibody of the invention, the IPC activity can be inhibited and an interferon-related disease can be treated or prevented. ILT7 expression is maintained even in IPC in the presence of IFNα. Therefore, an inhibitory action of IPC activity by the anti-ILT7 antibody can be expected even in an autoimmune disease patient with an increased production of IFNα. |
| US08084583B2 |
RS7 antibodies
This invention relates to monovalent and multivalent, monospecific binding proteins and to multivalent, multispecific binding proteins. One embodiment of these binding proteins has one or more binding sites where each binding site binds with a target antigen or an epitope on a target antigen. Another embodiment of these binding proteins has two or more binding sites where each binding site has affinity towards different epitopes on a target antigen or has affinity towards either a target antigen or a hapten. The present invention further relates to recombinant vectors useful for the expression of these functional binding proteins in a host. More specifically, the present invention relates to the tumor-associated antigen binding protein designated RS7, and other EGP-1 binding-proteins. The invention further relates to humanized, human and chimeric RS7 antigen binding proteins, and the use of such binding proteins in diagnosis and therapy. |
| US08084582B2 |
Optimized anti-CD20 monoclonal antibodies having Fc variants
The present invention relates to optimized CD20 antibodies having Fc variants, methods for their generation, and method for their application, such as methods of enhancing macrophage activation, particularly for therapeutic purposes. |
| US08084581B1 |
Method for removing unmodified hemoglobin from cross-linked hemoglobin solutions including polymeric hemoglobin with a high temperature short time heat treatment apparatus
A method heat treatment of cross-linked hemoglobin solutions including polymeric hemoglobin is disclosed. The method involves contacting the hemoglobin solution with a high temperature short time heat treatment apparatus. The high temperature short time process thermally denatures unmodified tetrameric hemoglobin (hemoglobin dimer form), protein impurities (e.g. immunoglobin-G, serum albumin), bacteria, and viruses so that renal injury, vascular detrimental effects and other toxicity reactions can be avoided. |
| US08084579B2 |
Composition comprising a purified collagen-like polypeptide suitable as a peptizer
A composition comprising a purified collagen-like polypeptide suitable as a peptizer, said polypeptide comprising [Gly-X-Y] repeats, wherein Gly stands for glycine, X and Y represent any amino acid and n is selected such that the length of the [Gly-X-Y] repeat is at least 2.5 kDa and wherein the amino acid sequence of said polypeptide comprises more than 4 different amino acids and wherein said purified polypeptide is free of helix structure. |
| US08084578B2 |
Monoclonal antibody against human scavenger receptor SRCL-P1
Novel scavenger receptors having an SR structure and a collectin-like structure are provided, which can be utilized in the elucidation of mechanisms of macrophage and basic immunity; in the elucidation of mechanisms of the development of a wide variety of diseases such as arteriosclerosis, diabetic complications and Alzheimer's disease, hyper β-lipoproteinemia, hypercholesterolemia, hypertriglyceridemia, hypo α-lipoproteinemia, transplantation, atherectomy, post angiogenic restenosis, bacterial infections; in the diagnostic, prophylactic and therapeutic methods thereof; and in the development of reagents and drugs for the same. The novel scavenger receptors include proteins comprising an amino acid sequence set out in SEQ ID NO: 2, 4 or 24 or proteins having equivalent properties to the same, or derivatives or fragments thereof as well as isolated polynucleotides comprising a nucleotide sequence encoding these proteins, and related molecules such as antibodies, antagonists and the like. Also disclosed are methods for the treatment using the same. |
| US08084575B2 |
Millisecond activation switch for seven-transmembrane proteins
The present invention relates to recombinant seven-transmembrane receptor, whereby the amino terminus of said recombinant receptor is located on an extracellular side and the carboxy-terminus is located on an intracellular side of a membrane, comprising at least two detectable labels, whereby a first of said at least two detectable labels is or is located on the carboxy-terminus and whereby a second of said at least two labels is or is located on the first or third intracellular loop or whereby a first of said at least two labels is or is located on the third intracellular loop. Furthermore, nucleic acid molecules encoding said recombinant seven-transmembrane receptors are described as well as vector and host cells comprising the same. Furthermore, the present invention provides for identification and screening methods for molecules or compounds which are capable of modifying the biological end of pharmacological function of seven-transmembrane receptor proteins. Finally, diagnostic compositions comprising the compounds of the present invention as well as kits comprising said compounds are disclosed. |
| US08084574B2 |
Carbon nanotube binding peptides
Peptides have been generated that have binding affinity to carbon nanostructures and particularly carbon nanotubes. Peptides of or the invention are generally about twelve amino acids in length. Methods for generating carbon nanotube binding peptides are also disclosed. |
| US08084573B2 |
Carbon nanotube binding peptides
Peptides have been generated that have binding affinity to carbon nanostructures and particularly carbon nanotubes. Peptides of or the invention are generally about twelve amino acids in length. Methods for generating carbon nanotube binding peptides are also disclosed. |
| US08084571B2 |
Aromatic polyamide filament and method of manufacturing the same
Disclosed are wholly aromatic polyamide filament and a method of manufacturing the same, characterized in that, in a process of preparing wholly aromatic polyamide polymer, a multiple tubular feed pipe for polymeric monomer and polymerization solvent with specific construction of adjacent inner paths 11a and outer paths 11b which are alternately arranged one another is used to feed either aromatic diacid chloride A or aromatic diamine dissolved in the polymerization solvent B into a polymerization reactor 20 through corresponding one among the inner and outer paths 11a and 11b. The present invention is effective to progress uniform and homogeneous polymerization over all of area of a polymerization reactor 20 leading to reduction of deviation in degree of polymerization, since polymeric monomers are miscible and react together very well immediately after putting the monomers into the reactor 20. Accordingly, the wholly aromatic polyamide filament produced exhibits narrow PDI and increased ACS, so as to considerably improve strength and modulus thereof. |
| US08084570B2 |
Polycarbonate for making extruded films that are virtually free of surface defects
Linear polycarbonate resin virtually free of surface defects that impair the suitability of the resin for demanding optical application is disclosed. Also disclosed is a process for the manufacture of the resin. The surface defects included in the resin are in the form of transparent fluorescing particles, the particle count of which portion that are 15 and 250 μm in size, is up to 1.8 counts/g, said count being determined by exciting the residue remaining after filtering a solution of said polycarbonate in methylene chloride through a Teflon filter of 5 μm pore size at a wavelength of 400-440 nm, 25× overall magnification and illumination time of 40 millisec. The polycarbonate is suitable for making films of improved optical properties. |
| US08084569B2 |
Process for the synthesis of diaminopyridines from glutarimidines
A liquid-phase process is provided for the synthesis from glutarimidines of diaminopyridines and related compounds, which are used industrially as compounds and as components in the synthesis of a variety of useful materials. The synthesis proceeds by means of a dehydrogenative aromatization process. |
| US08084567B2 |
Epoxy resin composition and cured article thereof, novel epoxy resin and production method thereof, and novel phenol resin
The present invention relates to a composition containing as a main component, an epoxy resin which has a structure comprising a polyaryleneoxy structure such as polynaphthylene oxide as a main skeleton, (methyl)glycidyloxy group and aralkyl group being introduced on an aromatic ring of the polyaryleneoxy structure, and which has low viscosity, according to the present invention, there can be provided an epoxy resin composition which can impart remarkably excellent flame retardancy and dielectric characteristics to a cured article and a cured article thereof, an epoxy resin, a phenol resin as an intermediate of the epoxy resin, and a method for producing the epoxy resin. |
| US08084565B2 |
Catalyst for polymerization of conjugated diene and method of polymerizing conjugated diene using the catalyst, rubber composition for tires, and rubber composition for golf balls
A catalyst for polymerization of conjugated diene is provided, which facilitates manufacture of a conjugated diene polymer with a high 1,4-cis structure content, leaves less aluminum residue on polymerization, and has high activity. A method of manufacturing conjugated diene polymers using the catalyst is also provided. A catalyst for polymerization of conjugated diene comprises (A) an yttrium compound; (B) an ionic compound including a non-coordinate anion and a cation; and (C) an organometallic compound including an element selected from the groups 2, 12 and 13 of the periodic table. |
| US08084561B2 |
Process for preparing acrylate copolymers
The present invention relates to a method of producing polymers by free-radical polymerization in solution, wherein the polymerization initiator used is an ethanol-soluble initiator, and the solution polymerization is carried out in an alcoholic solvent which comprises 5 to 50% by weight of water. |
| US08084558B2 |
Preparation of transition metal nanoparticles and surfaces modified with (co)polymers synthesized by RAFT
A new, facile, general one-phase method of generating thiol-functionalized transition metal nanoparticles and surfaces modified by (co)polymers synthesized by the RAFT method is described. The method includes the steps of forming a (co)polymer in aqueous solution using the RAFT methodology, forming a colloidal transition metal precursor solution from an appropriate transition metal; adding the metal precursor solution or surface to the (co)polymer solution, adding a reducing agent into the solution to reduce the metal colloid in situ to produce the stabilized nanoparticles or surface, and isolating the stabilized nanoparticles or surface in a manner such that aggregation is minimized. The functionalized surfaces generated using these methods can further undergo planar surface modifications, such as functionalization with a variety of different chemical groups, expanding their utility and application. |
| US08084557B2 |
Gas-phase process for the polymerization of alpha-olefins
A continuous gas-phase process for the polymerization of alpha-olefins, in particular ethylene, comprising passing an alpha-olefin monomer stream through an oil filter in order to reduce the amount of oil to less than 8 ppm, and polymerizing the thus purified monomer feed in gas-phase reactor; the reduction of the amount of oil improves the operability of the plant over time. |
| US08084554B2 |
Methods and devices for polymerization
A method of treating a gas phase fluidized bed reactor and a method of polymerizing olefins in a gas phase fluidized bed reactor in the presence of a catalyst prone to cause sheeting by introducing a chromium-containing compound into the reactor and forming a high molecular weight polymer coating on the walls of the reactor. Furthermore, a device for and method of introducing the chromium-containing compound into the fluidized bed reactor at a plurality of locations in proximity to a lower section of a bed section wall of the fluidized bed reactor, and forming a high molecular weight polymer coating on the bed section wall. |
| US08084551B2 |
Method for plasticizing lactic acid polymers
Plasticization process for lactic acid polymers characterized in that it includes the grinding of the lactic acid polymers, the mixing of said ground and solid state lactic acid polymers, with mixtures of lactic acid oligomers, the subjecting of the mixture to a temperature of between 150° C. and 200° C. and at a pressure of between 1.4 bar and 4 bar, and the making up of the mixture, in a period of time of less than 30 minutes from the moment the lactic acid oligomers come in contact with lactic acid polymers. |
| US08084547B2 |
Methods for producing rubber mixtures
The invention relates to processes for the production of microgel-containing rubber mixtures, to rubber mixtures obtainable by the processes, to processes for the production of vulcanizates, and also to vulcanizates after the vulcanization process, in particular in the form of tires, parts of tires, or industrial rubber items. |
| US08084541B2 |
Golf balls containing ionomers and polyamines or tertiary polyamides
Provided herein are compositions comprising an ionomer and a polyamine or a tertiary polyamide. The polyamine and the tertiary polyamide have a molecular weight of greater than 500 Da and do not contain an ester moiety or a primary amine moiety. The polyamine comprises at least three moieties that are tertiary amines or hindered secondary amines, and the polyamide comprises tertiary amide moieties and no secondary or primary amide moieties. The compositions may optionally include a filler. Further provided are articles such as golf balls and films containing these compositions. |
| US08084536B2 |
Resin composition and film made of same
A resin composition is provided which comprises from 50 to 95% by weight of a modified ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer (C) obtained by reacting an ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer (A) with a monovalent epoxy compound (B) having a molecular weight of 500 or less, and from 5 to 50% by weight of a soft resin (F) that has at least one functional group able to react with a hydroxyl group and has a Young's modulus at 23° C., 50% RH of 500 MPa or less, wherein the soft resin (F) is dispersed with an average particle diameter of 0.1 μm or less in a matrix of the modified ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer (C). This resin composition is excellent in barrier properties and also in flex resistance and impact resistance at low temperature. |
| US08084535B2 |
Organosiloxane compositions
A method of making a diluted organopolysiloxane containing polymer comprising the steps of:— (i) Preparing an organopolysiloxane containing polymer by reacting a siloxane containing material with:— (a) one or more organopolysiloxane polymers(s) or (b) one or more organic polymers(s) via an addition reaction pathway in the presence of an extender and/or plasticiser, a suitable catalyst and optionally an end-blocking agent; and (iii) Where required quenching the polymerisation process; wherein the extender and/or plasticiser is substantially retained within the resulting diluted organopolysiloxane containing polymer. |
| US08084532B2 |
Silicone resin film, method of preparing same, and nanomaterial-filled silicone composition
A method of preparing a silicone resin film, the method comprising coating a release liner with a nanomaterial-filled silicone composition comprising a condensation-curable silicone composition and a carbon nanomaterial, and curing the silicone resin of the coated release liner; a silicone resin film prepared according to the preceding method, and a nanomaterial-filled silicone composition. |
| US08084530B2 |
Sealing agent for optical semiconductor element, and optical semiconductor element
The sealing agent for an optical semiconductor device, which comprises: a silicone resin having a cyclic ether-containing group in the molecular structure; a heat curing agent capable of reacting with the cyclic ether-containing group; and a fine particulate material of silicon oxide, and the sealing agent having a viscosity of 500 to 10,000 mPa·s measured by an E-type viscometer at 25° C. at 5 rpm, a thixotropic value of 1.2 to 2.5 calculated by dividing a viscosity measured by the E-type viscometer at 25° C. at 1 rpm by a viscosity measured at 10 rpm (viscosity at 1 rpm/viscosity at 10 rpm), and a minimum viscosity of 100 mPa·s or higher measured at 1 s−1 in the temperature range of 25° C. to a curing temperature by a parallel plate rheometer. |
| US08084524B2 |
Flame retardant combinations of hydroxyalkyl phosphine oxides with 1,3,5-triazines and epoxides
The present invention relates to flame retardant polymer compositions which comprise combinations of hydroxyalkyl phosphine oxides with 1,3,5-triazine compounds and polyfunctional epoxide compounds. The compositions are in the form of epoxy laminates which are useful for the manufacture of prepregs, laminates for the preparation of printed circuit boards and printed wiring boards. |
| US08084517B2 |
Addition of polar polymer to improve tear strength and processing of silica filled rubber
A vulcanizable rubber composition is provided that comprises an elastomer, a reinforcing filler comprising silica or a mixture thereof with carbon black, a silica dispersing aid comprising about 0.1 to about 15 phr poly(vinyl acetate) (PVA), and a cure agent. The addition of PVA to the composition improves the processability of the compound, improves the tear strength and modulus of the rubber and can reduce the number of mixing stages during compounding, resulting in lowering of the cost of operation and increasing plant productivity without compromising the processability or other physical properties of the stocks. Also provided are a vulcanizate formed from vulcanizing the rubber composition, a tire component formed from the vulcanized rubber and a process for forming the tire component. |
| US08084516B2 |
Water-based inks for ink-jet printing
The present invention relates to (A) a water dispersion for ink-jet printing including particles of a waster-insoluble crosslinked polymer which contain a colorant, and a water-insoluble organic compound, wherein the water-insoluble crosslinked polymer is (1) a polymer produced by crosslinking a water-insoluble polymer with a crosslinking agent; (2) a polymer produced by crosslinking 100 parts by weight of the water-insoluble polymer with 0.5 to 9.5 parts by weight of the crosslinking agent; or (3) a polymer having a weight-average segment molecular weight of from 1,400 to 20,000 as calculated from [(weigh-average molecular weight of the water-insoluble polymer)/(number of molar equivalents of the crosslinking agent to be reacted with 1 mol of the water-insoluble polymer+1)]; (B) an ink for ink-jet printing containing the above water dispersion which is excellent in gloss and storage stability; and (C) particles of the water-insoluble crosslinked polymer. |
| US08084512B2 |
Water soluble photosensitive polymide polymer, its preparation and photoresist containing the same
The present invention relates to a water soluble photosensitive polyimide polymer, preparation thereof and a photoresist composition containing the same. The water soluble photosensitive polyimide polymer is characterized by having repeat units represented by the following formula (I): the other symbols are defined in the specification]. |
| US08084510B2 |
Expandable polystyrenic resin particles and production process thereof, pre-expanded particles and molded foam product
Expandable polystyrenic resin particles having superior resistance to cracking of a molded foam product, having superior retention of blowing agent and maintaining expandability over a long period of time, a production process thereof, and a molded foam product are provided. These expandable polystyrenic resin particles contain a volatile blowing agent in polystyrenic resin particles obtained by impregnating and polymerizing a styrenic monomer in polyolefin resin particles to form a polystyrenic resin, wherein together with the styrenic monomer being used at 140 to 600 parts by weight to 100 parts by weight of the polyolefin resin particles, the average thickness of the surface layer observed in scanning electron micrographs obtained by immersing sections cut into halves through the center from the surface of the resin particles in tetrahydrofuran followed by extracting the polystyrenic resin component and capturing cross-sections of said sections is 15 to 150 μm, and the volatile blowing agent is contained at 5.5 to 13.0% by weight. |
| US08084506B2 |
Sebum absorption compositions
Sebum absorption compositions are disclosed which include (a) 1% to 20% by weight of the composition of a sebum absorption ingredient; and (b) 20% to 99% by weight of the composition of a volatile solvent. |
| US08084498B2 |
Ketone compounds and compositions for cholesterol management and related uses
The present invention relates to novel ketone compounds, compositions comprising ketone compounds, and methods useful for treating and preventing cardiovascular diseases, dyslipidemias, dysproteinemias, and glucose metabolism disorders comprising administering a composition comprising a ketone compound. The compounds, compositions, and methods of the invention are also useful for treating and preventing Alzheimer's disease, Syndrome X, peroxisome proliferator activated receptor-related disorders, septicemia, thrombotic disorders, obesity, pancreatitis, hypertension, renal disease, cancer, inflammation, and impotence. In certain embodiments, the compounds, compositions, and methods of the invention are useful in combination therapy with other therapeutics, such as hypocholesterolemic and hypoglycemic agents. |
| US08084497B2 |
C-(2-phenyl-cyclohexyl)-methylamine compounds for therapy of fibromyalgia
Pharmaceutical formulations of [2-(3-methoxyphenyl)-cyclohexylmethyl]-dimethylamine and the metabolites thereof suitable for treating fibromyalgia or chronic pain due to fibromyalgia, and related methods of treating fibromyalgia or chronic pain due to fibromyalgia are described. |
| US08084494B2 |
Substituted aminophenylsulfonamide compounds as HIV protease inhibitor
The present invention concerns substituted aminophenylsulfonamide compounds, their use as protease inhibitors, in particular as broad-spectrum HIV protease inhibitors, processes for their preparation as well as pharmaceutical compositions and diagnostic kits comprising them. The present invention also concerns combinations of the present substituted aminophenylsulfonamide compounds with another anti-retroviral agent. It further relates to their use in assays as reference compounds or as reagents. |
| US08084493B1 |
Pharmaceutical composition of peptide drug and enzyme-inhibition compounds
The invention relates to a method of co-administering a peptide or protein drug with an enzyme-resistant PGA-complexone compound orally so to mitigate enzyme attack in the gastrointestinal tract of an animal subject. |
| US08084489B2 |
Glucagon receptor antagonists, preparation and therapeutic uses
The present invention discloses novel compounds of Formula (I) or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof which have glucagon receptor antagonist or inverse agonist activity, as well as methods of using these compounds and intermediates and methods for preparing such compounds. In another embodiment, the invention discloses pharmaceutical compositions comprising N compounds of Formula (I) as well as methods of using them to treat diabetic and other glucagon related metabolic disorders, and the like. |
| US08084488B2 |
Forms of [R-(R*,R*)]-2-(4-fluorophenyl)-β,δ-dihydroxy-5-(1-methylethyl)-3-phenyl-4-[(phenylamino)carbonyl]-1H-pyrrole-1-heptanoic acid magnesium
Novel forms of atorvastatin magnesium salt designated Form A, Form B, Form C, Form D, Form E, and Form F, pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds, methods for their preparation and methods utilizing the compounds for treatment of hyperlipidemia, hypercholesterolemia, osteoporosis, benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) and Alzheimer's disease are described. |
| US08084481B2 |
Substituted arylimidazolone and triazolone as inhibitors of vasopressin receptors
The present application relates to novel, substituted 4-arylimidazol-2-ones and 5-aryl-1,2,4-triazolones, processes for the production thereof, the use thereof alone or in combinations for the treatment and/or prevention of diseases and the use thereof for the production of medicaments for the treatment and/or prevention of diseases, in particular for the treatment and/or prevention of cardiovascular diseases. |
| US08084475B2 |
Pirfenidone therapy and inducers of cytochrome P450
The present invention relates to methods involving avoiding adverse drug interactions with pirfenidone and CYP inducers, such as smoking. |
| US08084472B2 |
Fused pyrrolocarbazoles
The present invention relates generally to selected fused pyrrolocarbazoles, including pharmaceutical compositions thereof and methods of treating diseases therewith. The present invention is also directed to intermediates and processes for making these fused pyrrolocarbazoles. |
| US08084468B2 |
Fungicidal amides
Disclosed are compounds of Formula 1, including all geometric and stereoisomers, N-oxides, and salts thereof, wherein R1, R2, A, G, W1, Q, X, Z, and n are as defined in the disclosure. Also disclosed are compositions containing the compounds of Formula 1 and methods for controlling plant disease caused by a fungal pathogen comprising applying an effective amount of a compound or a composition of the invention. |
| US08084466B2 |
Bicyclic heteroaryl-substituted imidazoles as modulators of the histamine H4 receptor
Bicyclic heteroaryl-substituted imidazole compounds are described, which are useful as H4 receptor modulators. Such compounds may be used in pharmaceutical compositions and methods for the modulation of histamine H4 receptor activity and for the treatment of disease states, disorders, and conditions mediated by H4 receptor activity, such as allergy, asthma, autoimmune diseases, and pruritis. |
| US08084459B2 |
Substituted quinazolinones for treating neurological conditions
Compounds of the formula or salts, tautomers or isomers thereof, are useful for treating neurological conditions, especially neurodegenerative disorders, such as Alzheimer's disease. |
| US08084455B2 |
Use of a kinase inhibitor for the treatment of particular resistant tumors
The invention provides low molecular weight compounds, namely tetrahydropyrrolo[3,4-c]pyrazoles, showing a high affinity for the ATP pocket of ABL tyrosine kinase. These compounds are thus ATP-competitive tyrosine kinase inhibitors displaying a significant inhibitory potency also, and in particular, towards BCR-ABL inhibitor-resistant T315I ABL mutants. The compounds of the invention find a useful application in the treatment of BCR-ABL inhibitor-resistant ABL-mediated diseases, such as Imatinib-resistant chronic myelogenous leukemia. Moreover, the invention provides a screening method for the identification of compounds capable of binding the ATP pocket of a kinase protein, in particular of the T315I mutant ABL kinase. |
| US08084452B2 |
Substituted enaminocarbonyl compounds used as insecticides
The present application relates to novel substituted enaminocarbonyl compounds, to processes for their preparation and to their use for controlling animal pests, especially arthropods, in particular insects. |
| US08084448B2 |
Organic compounds
Compounds of the formula are inhibitors of protein tyrosine phosphatases (PTPases) and, thus, may be employed for the treatment of conditions mediated by PTPase activity. The compounds of the present invention may also be employed as inhibitors of other enzymes characterized with a phosphotyrosine binding region such as the SH2 domain. Accordingly, the compounds of formula (I) may be employed for prevention and/or treatment of insulin resistance associated with obesity, glucose intolerance, diabetes mellitus, hypertension and ischemic diseases of the large and small blood vessels, conditions that accompany type-2 diabetes, including hyperlipidemia, hypertriglyceridemia, atherosclerosis, vascular restenosis, irritable bowel syndrome, pancreatitis, adipose cell tumors and carcinomas such as liposarcoma, dyslipidemia, and other disorders where insulin resistance is indicated. In addition, the compounds of the present invention may be employed to treat and/or prevent cancer, osteoporosis, musculoskeletal, neurodegenerative and infectious diseases, and diseases involving inflammation and the immune system. |
| US08084447B2 |
Pharmaceutical composition comprising gabapentin or an analogue thereof and an α-aminoamide and its analgesic use
There is disclosed a pharmaceutical composition comprising gabapentin or an analogue thereof (pregabalin or tiagabine) and an α-aminoamide and its analgesic use. A synergistic effect of the respective analgesic activities without concomitant increase of side effects was observed. |
| US08084445B2 |
Pharmaceutical formulation
Disclosed are novel formulations for the treatment of otic infections in an animal comprising a triazole anti-fungal compound, a quinolone antibiotic and a corticosteroid such as mometasone furoate monohydrate. |
| US08084444B2 |
Treatment of dermatitis with dehydroepiandrosterone-glucocorticoid combinations
Dermatitis can be effectively treated with the combined administration of dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) and a glucocorticoid. Systemic, topical and prepackaged DHEA-glucocorticoid embodiments are described. |
| US08084443B2 |
Biological specimen collection and transport system and methods of use
Disclosed are compositions for isolating populations of nucleic acids from biological, forensic, and environmental samples. Also disclosed are methods for using these compositions as one-step formulations for killing pathogens, inactivating nucleases, and releasing polynucleotides from other cellular components within the sample, and stabilizing the nucleic acids prior to further processing or assay. The disclosed compositions safely facilitate rapid sample collection, and provide extended storage and transport of the samples at ambient or elevated temperature without contamination of the sample or degradation of the nucleic acids contained therein. This process particularly facilitates the collection of specimens from remote locations, and under conditions previously considered hostile for preserving the integrity of nucleic acids released from lysed biological samples without the need of refrigeration or freezing prior to molecular analysis. |
| US08084442B2 |
N,N-substituted 3-aminopyrrolidine compounds useful as monoamines reuptake inhibitors
The present invention provides a pyrrolidine compound of General Formula (1) or a salt thereof, wherein R101 and R102 are each independently a phenyl group or a pyridyl group, the phenyl group or the pyridyl group may have one or more substituents selected from halogen atoms and lower alkyl groups optionally substituted with one or more halogen atoms, etc. The pyrrolidine compound or a salt thereof of the present invention is usable to produce a pharmaceutical preparation having a wider therapeutic spectrum and being capable of exhibiting sufficient therapeutic effects after short-term administration. |
| US08084440B2 |
Method for improving the fertility of animals
This invention is in the field of animal food, in particular food for female animals in their reproductive phase. Food according to the invention improves the fertility of animals and increases their chances on a pregnancy. It was found that the fertility of animals may be improved by feeding the animal with a certain amount of naturally occurring immune enhancing ingredients such as beta-glucans and/or phytohormones like auxin or gibberellic acid. Also, combinations of these substances, in particular the combination of beta-glucans and phytohormones, were shown to have a synergistic effect in that they improved the fertility of the animal more than these individual components on their own. |
| US08084436B2 |
Modulation of SGLT2 expression
Compounds, compositions and methods are provided for modulating the expression of SGLT2. The compositions comprise oligonucleotides, targeted to nucleic acid encoding SGLT2. Methods of using these compounds for modulation of SGLT2 expression and for diagnosis and treatment of diseases and conditions associated with expression of SGLT2 are provided. |
| US08084435B2 |
Biodegradable linkers for molecular therapies
A method and a composition for delivery of a biomaterial to an animal cell or a tissue, the composition includes (a) a biomaterial; (b) a biodegradable cross-linker portion having a hydrolyzable bond, wherein the biodegradable cross-linker portion is covalently bound to the biomaterial; and (c) a substrate, wherein the substrate is covalently bound to the biodegradable cross-linker portion, provided that the biodegradable cross-linker is adapted to hydrolyze by breaking the hydrolyzable bond and thereby release and deliver the biomaterial. A process of making the composition is also provided. |
| US08084432B2 |
Compositions and methods for treatment of pouchitis
The present invention relates methods of treating pouchitis by administering a pharmaceutical formulation suitable for rectal use, such as an enema or suppository, comprising an antisense oligonucleotide targeted to ICAM-1 to an individual. |
| US08084429B2 |
Compounds and their analgesic applications
Provided are compounds represented by: wherein R1 is a D-alanine, D-serine, D-threonine, D-methionine, D-leucine, D-asparagine or D-glutamine side chain and R2 is a phenylalanine or tryptophan side-chain, and compositions containing such compounds. |
| US08084428B2 |
Method of repairing meniscal tears
A method of repairing a meniscal tear of a subject includes providing a sheet of collagen membrane material having on one side thereof a smooth barrier face which inhibits cell adhesion thereon and inhibits passage of cells therethrough. The sheet has a fibrous face opposite the smooth barrier face, the fibrous face allowing cell growth thereon. The collagen is predominantly collagen I. The sheet of collagen membrane material is fixed over a meniscal tear so that the fibrous face is oriented toward the meniscal tear. |
| US08084427B2 |
Subcutaneous implants containing a degradation-resistant polylactide polymer
The present invention refers to compositions comprising a LH-RH-analogue and/or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof in a low-dose and a degradation-resistant polylactide suitable for the preparation of subcutaneous implants. Sterilization of the polylactide via gamma-radiation as well as temperature stress result in a negligible decomposition of less than 1000 Dalton. |
| US08084424B2 |
Compositions and methods related to erythropoietin
Disclosed are methods and compositions related to the production of erythropoietin. The disclosed compositions comprise a poly amino acid. The production of erythropoietin by the disclosed compositions and methods can take place in vivo, in which the proliferation of a subject's erythropoietin-producing cells leads to an increased level of production of erythropoietin, in vitro, in which increased proliferation of cultured erythropoietin-producing cells leads to an increased production of erythropoietin, ex vivo, in which cells or tissues harvested from a subject produce erythropoietin. The disclosed compositions can be administered to a subject or applied to cells or tissues to stimulate increased production of erythropoietin. The disclosed compositions and methods can be used, for example, to treat anemia, such as anemia associated with diseases and disorders such as chronic renal failure, end stage renal disease, malignancies, HIV infections and AIDS, rheumatoid arthritis, myeloma, and myeloplastic syndrome, and other diseases and disorders. |
| US08084423B2 |
Synthetic single domain polypeptides mimicking apolipoprotein E and methods of use
The present invention is directed to a synthetic apolipoprotein-E mimicking polypeptide consisting of a single domain. The invention is also directed to nucleic acid encoding the polypeptide, vectors including the nucleic acid, antibodies specific for the polypeptide, and compositions comprising the same and methods of using the same. |
| US08084422B2 |
Method of treating insulin resistance with a selective inhibitor of CB2 receptor activity
The invention relates to the use of a selective inhibitor of CB2 receptor expression and/or for the manufacture of a medicament indented for the treatment and/or the prevention of obesity and obesity-related disorders. |
| US08084421B2 |
Method of reducing blood glucose levels in type 2 diabetes patients by administering granulocyte-colony stimulating factor
A method for treating adult onset neurodegenerative diseases and diabetes by administering an effective dose of Granulocyte-Colony Stimulating Factors. |
| US08084416B2 |
AXMI-150 delta-endotoxin gene and methods for its use
Compositions and methods for conferring pesticidal activity to bacteria, plants, plant cells, tissues and seeds are provided. Compositions including a coding sequence for pesticidal polypeptides are provided. The coding sequences can be used in DNA constructs or expression cassettes for transformation and expression in plants and bacteria. Compositions also include transformed bacteria, plants, plant cells, tissues, and seeds. In particular, isolated pesticidal nucleic acid molecules are provided. Additionally, amino acid sequences corresponding to the polynucleotides are encompassed. In particular, the present invention provides for isolated nucleic acid molecules having nucleotide sequences encoding the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO:2, the nucleotide sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, or 12, as well as variants and fragments thereof. |
| US08084412B2 |
Fabric treatment composition
A heat activated fabric treatment composition comprising: a) at least 1% by weight of one or more quaternary ammonium fabric softening materials, b) at least 1% by weight of a non-ionic surfactant, such that components a) and b) comprise at least 30% by weight of the composition, c) at least 20% by weight of a fatty component selected from fatty acids having a melting point of at least 40° C., fatty alcohols having a melting point of at least 40° C. and mixtures thereof, d) from 5 to 30% by weight water. The composition is provided in a dispensing device which, in use, is attached to the internal panel of a tumble dryer. |
| US08084411B2 |
Method of disinfecting and providing residual kill at a surface
The present invention is drawn to disinfectant systems and methods which can be used to produce a disinfectant solution. The system can include a first liquid composition and a second liquid composition. The first liquid composition comprises from 0.0005 ppm to 100,000 ppm by weight of a transition metal or alloy and an alcohol, and the second liquid composition comprises water and a peroxygen compound. The first and second liquid compositions are formulated to be combined so as to yield a resultant disinfectant solution. The disinfectant solution can be used to disinfect a variety of surfaces and even liquid compositions. |
| US08084406B2 |
Apparatus for particle removal by single-phase and two-phase media
The embodiments of the present invention provide apparatus for cleaning patterned substrates with fine features with cleaning materials. The apparatus using the cleaning materials has advantages in cleaning patterned substrates with fine features without substantially damaging the features. The cleaning materials are fluid, either in liquid phase, or in liquid/gas phase, and deform around device features; therefore, the cleaning materials do not substantially damage the device features or reduce damage all together. The cleaning materials containing polymers of a polymeric compound with large molecular weight capture the contaminants on the substrate. In addition, the cleaning materials entrap the contaminants and do not return the contaminants to the substrate surface. The polymers of one or more polymeric compounds with large molecular weight form long polymer chains, which can also be cross-linked to form a network (or polymeric network). The long polymer chains and/or polymer network show superior capabilities of capturing and entrapping contaminants, in comparison to conventional cleaning materials. |
| US08084404B2 |
Crankcase lubricating oil composition for protection of silver bearings in locomotive diesel engines
The present invention is directed to a crankcase lubricating oil composition for protection of silver bearings in locomotive diesel engines comprising (A) a major amount of an oil of lubricating viscosity, and (B) a silver wear protection additive composition, and (C) one or more detergents. The silver wear protection additive composition of the present invention comprises a mixture of (i) a hydrocarbylamine salt of a di-alkyl di-thiophosphoric acid and (ii) a hydrocarbylamine salt of an alkyl acid phosphate. |
| US08084401B2 |
Non-volatile phosphorus hydrocarbon gelling agent
New fluids are disclosed for use in servicing subterranean formations containing oil and gas. In particular, an improved chemical gelling additive for hydrocarbon based fracturing fluids is disclosed having reduce, negligible or no volatile phosphorus at temperatures below about 250° C. |
| US08084393B1 |
Potato treatment composition
A potato treatment composition and method assists in the suberization process. In accord with the preferred embodiment, a potato treatment composition incorporates organic material, which may be derived from organic waste or residue, preferably from oilseed hulls and most preferably from ground or powdered oilseed sunflower seed hulls, into powder compositions. Incorporating organic matter having elevated oil content greatly reduces generation of fugitive dust, reduces clumping as compared to known fungicide dusts, and reduces shrinkage of potato seed pieces due to moisture depletion. The use of ground or powdered sunflower seed hulls as a carrier and/or diluent makes beneficial and productive use of an organic residue which is a byproduct of other industries. |
| US08084387B2 |
Catalysts for fischer-tropsch synthesis on cobalt/phosphorus-aluminum oxide and preparation methods thereof
The present invention relates to a cobalt/phosphorus-alumina catalyst in which cobalt is supported as an active component on a phosphorus-alumina support wherein phosphorus is supported on alumina surface. With a bimodal pore structure of pores of relatively different pore sizes, the catalyst provides superior heat- and matter-transfer performance and excellent catalytic reactivity. Especially, when Fischer-Tropsch (F-T) reaction is performed using the catalyst, deactivation by the water produced during the F-T reaction is inhibited and, at the same time, the dispersion and reducing property of cobalt and other active component are improved. Therefore, the cobalt/phosphorus-alumina catalyst for F-T reaction in accordance with the present invention provides good carbon monoxide conversion and stable selectivity for liquid hydrocarbons. |
| US08084386B2 |
Method for producing a hydrogen storage material
Method for producing a hydrogen storage material that includes a metal hydride and a non-hydrogenated material and that is doped with a metal as a catalyst, includes; mixing a catalyst precursor, which includes the metal, with the non-hydrogenated material so as to provide a first mixture; agitating the first mixture; thermally treating the first mixture so as to form a composite of the non-hydrogenated material and the metal; mixing the composite with the metal hydride so as to provide a second mixture; and grinding the second mixture so as to provide the hydrogen storage material. |
| US08084385B1 |
Catalysts for olefin polymerization
Catalysts useful for polymerizing olefins are disclosed. The catalysts comprise an activator and a bridged cyclopentadienyl complex that incorporates a monoanionic hydroxylamido or hydrazido ligand fragment. Suitable complexes have the structure: wherein M is a Group 4 metal; Z is a divalent linking group; X is N or O; each of R1 and R2 is independently C1-C4 alkyl or C6-C10 aryl; R1 and R2 can be joined together; n is 0 when X is O, and n is 1 when X is N; each Y is independently halide, alkyl, dialkylamido, aryl, or aralkyl. A modeling approach is used to identify particular valuable complexes, each of which incorporates a readily synthesized cyclopentadienyl precursor. |
| US08084384B2 |
Magnesium aluminosilicate clays—synthesis and catalysis
This invention is directed to a synthesis process for preparing magnesium aluminosilicate clays and to the products of said process. Briefly, a silicon component, an aluminum component, and a magnesium component are combined, under aqueous conditions and at an acidic pH, to form a first reaction mixture and subsequently the pH of the first reaction mixture is adjusted to greater than 7.5 to form a second reaction mixture. The second reaction mixture is allowed to react under conditions sufficient to form the magnesium aluminosilicate clay of the present invention. The invention is also directed to catalyst compositions comprising the magnesium aluminosilicate clays synthesized according to the process of the invention. The resulting magnesium aluminosilicate clay can be used as a catalyst or as a component in catalyst compositions. The invention is further directed to a magnesium aluminosilicate clay with a characteristic 29Si NMR spectrum and the use of said magnesium aluminosilicate clay in catalyst compositions. |
| US08084381B2 |
Glass
The present invention is to provide glass exhibiting both of a low thermal expansion and a low-temperature melting property and to provide glass which is able to be manufactured under the condition where an average linear thermal expantion coefficient at 0° C. to 50° C. is preferably not more than 40×10−7° C.−1, more preferably 35×10−7° C.−1 and, most preferably, 33×10−7° C.−1 and a fusing temperature is preferably not higher than 1550° C., more preferably not higher than 1540° C. and, most preferably, not higher than 1530° C. The means therefor is the glass, characterized in that, where an average linear thermal expantion coefficient at 0° C. to 50° C. is not more than 40×10−7° C.−1, an Al2O3 component and a B2O3 component on the basis of oxides are contained and the ratio of B2O3/Al2O3 in terms of % by mass is not less than 0.8. |
| US08084378B2 |
Fiber glass mat, method and laminate
Alkaline resistant fibrous products containing a binder comprised of a blend of urea formaldehyde and melamine formaldehyde and having particular use in bonding to alkaline materials having a pH of about 8 or above, including cementitious boards and other shapes, to provide manufacturing aids, reinforcement, fire resistance and a smooth surface are disclosed. Laminates containing one or more of the alkaline resistant fibrous products, with fibers bonded together with melamine formaldehyde and optionally a blend of urea formaldehyde and melamine formaldehyde binder, in contact with at least one cementitious layer are disclosed. Also, methods of making the alkaline resistant fibrous products and laminates that contain one or more layers of the alkaline resistant fibrous products are disclosed. |
| US08084377B2 |
Protective material, clothing item and method of protection
A material and method delivering to the skin therapeutic radiation and filtering a part of the sun spectrum causing skin damage. |
| US08084375B2 |
Hot edge ring with sloped upper surface
A hot edge ring with extended lifetime comprises an annular body having a sloped upper surface. The hot edge ring includes a step underlying an outer edge of a semiconductor substrate supported in a plasma processing chamber wherein plasma is used to process the substrate. The step includes a vertical surface which surrounds the outer edge of the substrate and the sloped upper surface extends upwardly and outwardly from the upper periphery of the vertical surface. |
| US08084374B2 |
Tuning of photo-absorption materials through use of magnetic fields
The disclosure relates to using magnetic fields for the purposes of modifying the absorption characteristics of materials, such as semiconductor materials, to both tune the materials to specific wavelengths and to enhance the absorption of the materials by concentrating the continuum of states of the conduction and valence bands into magnetic field-dependent Landau levels. |
| US08084370B2 |
Hafnium tantalum oxynitride dielectric
Electronic apparatus and methods may include a hafnium tantalum oxynitride film on a substrate for use in a variety of electronic systems. The hafnium tantalum oxynitride film may be structured as one or more monolayers. The hafnium tantalum oxynitride film may be formed using atomic layer deposition. Metal electrodes may be disposed on a dielectric containing a hafnium tantalum oxynitride film. |
| US08084369B2 |
Producing method of semiconductor device and substrate processing apparatus
Disclosed is a producing method of a semiconductor device produced by transferring a plurality of substrates into a processing chamber, supplying oxygen-containing gas and hydrogen-containing gas into the processing chamber to process the plurality of substrates by oxidation, and transferring the plurality of the oxidation-processed substrates out from the processing chamber, wherein in the oxidation-processing, the hydrogen-containing gas is supplied from a plurality of locations of a region which is in proximity to the inner wall of the processing chamber and which corresponds to a substrate arrangement region in which the plurality of substrates are arranged in the processing chamber. |
| US08084368B2 |
Method of forming barrier film
A barrier film made of a ZrB2 film is formed by use of a coating apparatus provided with plasma generation means including a coaxial resonant cavity and a microwave supply circuit for exciting the coaxial resonant cavity, the coaxial resonant cavity including spaced apart conductors provided around the periphery of a nonmetallic pipe for reactive gas introduction, the coaxial resonant cavity having an inner height equal to an integer multiple of one-half of the exciting wavelength, the plasma generation means being constructed such that a gas injected from one end of the nonmetallic pipe is excited into a plasma state by a microwave when the gas is in a region of the nonmetallic pipe which is not covered with the conductors and such that the gas in the plasma state is discharged from the other end of the nonmetallic pipe. |
| US08084367B2 |
Etching, cleaning and drying methods using supercritical fluid and chamber systems using these methods
Provided herein are etching, cleaning and drying methods using a supercritical fluid, and a chamber system for conducting the same. The etching method includes etching the material layer using a supercritical carbon dioxide in which an etching chemical is dissolved, and removing an etching by-product created from a reaction between the material layer and the etching chemical using a supercritical carbon dioxide in which a cleaning chemical is dissolved. Methods of manufacturing a semiconductor device are also provided. |
| US08084364B2 |
Method of fabricating semiconductor device
A method of fabricating a semiconductor device, includes forming an amorphous silicon film above a semiconductor substrate, partially removing the amorphous silicon film and partially removing the semiconductor substrate, thereby forming an element isolation trench in a surface of the semiconductor substrate, forming an insulating film above the amorphous silicon film so that the element isolation trench is filled with the insulating film, polishing the insulating film by a chemical-mechanical polishing method with the amorphous silicon film serving as a stopper, thereby planarizing an upper surface of the insulating film, and thermally-treating the amorphous silicon film, thereby converting the amorphous silicon film to a polysilicon film after polishing the insulating film. |
| US08084362B2 |
Polishing slurry and polishing method
The present invention relates to polishing slurry and polishing method used for polishing in a process for forming wirings of a semiconductor device, and the like. There are provided polishing slurry giving a polished surface having high flatness even if the polished surface is made of two or more substances, and further, capable of suppressing metal residue and scratches after polishing, and a method of chemical mechanical polishing using this. The polishing slurry of the present invention is polishing slurry containing at least one of a surfactant and an organic solvent, and a metal oxide dissolving agent and water, or polishing slurry containing water and abrasive, wherein the surface of the abrasive is modified with an alkyl group, and preferably, it further contains a metal oxidizer, water-soluble polymer, and metal inhibitor. |
| US08084361B2 |
Semiconductor fabrication method suitable for MEMS
A method includes depositing a layer of a sacrificial material in a first region above a substrate. The first region of the substrate is separate from a second region of the substrate, where a corrosion resistant film is to be provided above the second region. The corrosion resistant film is deposited, so that a first portion of the corrosion resistant film is above the sacrificial material in the first region, and a second portion of the corrosion resistant film is above the second region. The first portion of the corrosion resistant film is removed by chemical mechanical polishing. The sacrificial material is removed from the first region using an etching process that selectively etches the sacrificial material, but not the corrosion resistant film. |
| US08084355B2 |
Methods of forming copper-comprising conductive lines in the fabrication of integrated circuitry
A method of forming copper-comprising conductive lines in the fabrication of integrated circuitry includes depositing damascene material over a substrate. Line trenches are formed into the damascene material. Copper-comprising material is electrochemically deposited over the damascene material. The copper-comprising material is removed and the damascene material is exposed, and individual copper-comprising conductive lines are formed within individual of the line trenches. The damascene material is removed selectively relative to the conductive copper-comprising material. Dielectric material is deposited laterally between adjacent of the individual copper-comprising conductive lines. The deposited dielectric material is received against sidewalls of the individual copper-comprising conductive lines. A void is received laterally between immediately adjacent of the individual copper-comprising conductive lines within the deposited dielectric material. Other embodiments are contemplated. |
| US08084352B2 |
Method of manufacturing semiconductor device
A high-density N-type diffusion layer 116 formed in a separation area 115 makes it possible to reduce a collector current flowing through a parasitic NPN transistor 102. Thus, a normal CMOS process can be used to provide a driving circuit and a data line driver which make it possible to improve resistance to possible noise occurring between adjacent terminals, while controlling a chip size. |
| US08084351B2 |
Contact structure of a semiconductor device
A method for fabricating a contact of a semiconductor device includes the steps of forming a dielectric layer having a contact hole on a semiconductor substrate, forming an out-gassing barrier layer comprising a poly-silicon layer to cover at least inner walls of the contact hole in order to prevent undesired out-gassing from the dielectric layer, and depositing an aluminum layer on the out-gassing barrier layer. The contact structure of the semiconductor device includes the aluminum layer filled in the contact layer formed on the semiconductor substrate, and the out-gassing barrier layer formed under the aluminum layer to prevent out-gassing from the dielectric layer. A fine contact can be formed along with the aluminum layer, thereby realizing the contact structure of a lower contact resistance. As a result, it is possible to realize stabilization of an overall contact resistance of the semiconductor device. |
| US08084349B2 |
Method for forming post bump
Disclosed is a method for forming post bumps, the method including the steps of: forming a seed layer for metal plating on a substrate; forming a resist layer having openings provided as positions where the seed layer is subjected to metal plating; forming a dummy sheet, exposing the openings, on the resist layer; forming a post by performing metal plating of the openings; forming solder balls on the post; and removing the dummy sheet and the resist layer. |
| US08084348B2 |
Contact pads for silicon chip packages
A method for manufacturing a silicon chip package for a circuit board assembly provides a package with a silicon chip and an array of first contact pads that are provided by a first conductive material. A plurality of second contact pads are provided from a gold material having a hardness different than that of the first contact pads. The second contact pads are soldered to the first contact pads of the package. A circuit board assembly is assembled by providing a circuit board substrate with at least one socket with contact pads. The second contact pads of the package are assembled to the circuit board substrate contact pads. |
| US08084340B2 |
Method of manufacturing semiconductor device and semiconductor device
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device whereby, even in cases where ions are implanted into a shallow region of a semiconductor substrate when a deep well is formed, the influence of the ions on a MOSFET can be removed, thereby eliminating the need for increasing the chip area. A photoresist with a thickness matching the wavelength of exposure light is formed over the semiconductor substrate and then is exposed to the exposure light to form a photoresist pattern with an opening corresponding to a region for forming a first well. Subsequently, using the photoresist pattern as a mask, ions are implanted to form the first well, and after the photoresist pattern is removed, an epitaxial layer is grown over the semiconductor substrate. Consequently, the deep well is virtually located deeper in level than at the time of the ion implantation by an amount corresponding to the thickness of the epitaxial layer. |
| US08084337B2 |
Growth of III-V compound semiconductor nanowires on silicon substrates
The present invention relates to growth of III-V semiconductor nanowires (2) on a Si substrate (3). Controlled vertical nanowire growth is achieved by a step, to be taken prior of the growing of the nanowire, of providing group III or group V atoms to a (111) surface of the Si substrate to provide a group III or group V 5 surface termination (4). A nanostructured device comprising a plurality of aligned III-V semiconductor nanowires (2) grown on, and protruding from, a (111) surface of a Si substrate (3) in an ordered pattern in compliance with a predetermined device layout is also presented. |
| US08084336B2 |
Oscillator apparatus
An apparatus including a resonator electrode and a second electrode separated from the resonator electrode by a gap having a size that facilitates electron transfer across the gap, wherein the resonator electrode is a resonator electrode mounted for oscillatory motion relative to the second electrode that results in a size of the gap between the resonator electrode and the second electrode being time variable; a feedback circuit configured to convey an electron transfer signal dependent upon electron transfer across the gap as a feedback signal; and a drive electrode adjacent the resonator electrode configured to receive a feedback signal from a feedback circuit configured to provide a time-varying feedback signal dependent upon electron transfer across a gap. |
| US08084334B2 |
Semiconductor device manufacturing method comprising a metal pattern and laser modified regions in a cutting region
To divide a semiconductor wafer by stealth dicing, a test pad in a cutting region and an alignment target are collectively arranged along one side in a width direction of the cutting region, and a laser beam for forming a modified region is irradiated to a position away in plane from the test pad and the alignment target Am. In this manner, defects in cutting shape in a cutting process of a semiconductor wafer using stealth dicing can be reduced or prevented. |
| US08084332B2 |
Method of fabrication of AI/GE bonding in a wafer packaging environment and a product produced therefrom
A method of bonding of germanium to aluminum between two substrates to create a robust electrical and mechanical contact is disclosed. An aluminum-germanium bond has the following unique combination of attributes: (1) it can form a hermetic seal; (2) it can be used to create an electrically conductive path between two substrates; (3) it can be patterned so that this conduction path is localized; (4) the bond can be made with the aluminum that is available as standard foundry CMOS process. This has the significant advantage of allowing for wafer-level bonding or packaging without the addition of any additional process layers to the CMOS wafer. |
| US08084331B2 |
Method of treating semiconductor element
In a method of treating a semiconductor element which at least includes a semiconductor, a threshold voltage of the semiconductor element is changed by irradiating the semiconductor with light with a wavelength longer than an absorption edge wavelength of the semiconductor. The areal density of in-gap states in the semiconductor is 1013 cm−2eV−1 or less. The band gap may be 2 eV or greater. The semiconductor may include at least one selected from the group consisting of In, Ga, Zn and Sn. The semiconductor may be one selected from the group consisting of amorphous In—Ga—Zn—O (IGZO), amorphous In—Zn—O (IZO) and amorphous Zn—Sn—O (ZTO). The light irradiation may induce the threshold voltage shift in the semiconductor element, the shift being of the opposite sign to the threshold voltage shift caused by manufacturing process history, time-dependent change, electrical stress or thermal stress. |
| US08084330B2 |
Thin body semiconductor devices having improved contact resistance and methods for the fabrication thereof
Embodiments of a method for fabricating a semiconductor device are provided. In one embodiment, the method includes the step of producing a partially-completed semiconductor device including a substrate, source/drain (S/D) regions, a channel region between the S/D regions, a gate stack over the channel region, and sidewall spacers laterally adjacent the gate stack. The method further includes the steps of amorphizing the S/D regions, depositing a silicide-forming material over the amorphized S/D regions, and heating the partially-completed semiconductor device to a predetermined temperature at which the silicide-forming material reacts with the amorphized S/D regions. |
| US08084329B2 |
Transistor devices and methods of making
In an embodiment, a method of fabricating a transistor device comprises: providing a semiconductor topography comprising a gate conductor disposed above a semiconductor substrate between a pair of dielectric spacers; anisotropically etching exposed regions of the semiconductor substrate on opposite sides of the dielectric spacers to form recessed regions in the substrate; oxidizing exposed surfaces of the substrate in the recessed regions to form an oxide thereon; removing the oxide from bottoms of the recessed regions while retaining the oxide upon sidewalls of the recessed regions; and isotropically etching the substrate such that the recessed regions undercut the pair of dielectric spacers. |
| US08084328B2 |
Semiconductor device including I/O oxide nitrided core oxide on substrate
A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate, wherein the semiconductor substrate includes a core area for core circuits and a peripheral area for peripheral circuits. The semiconductor device includes a core oxide on the semiconductor substrate in the core area, a portion of the core oxide being nitrided, a first polysilicon pattern on the core oxide, an I/O oxide including pure oxide on the semiconductor substrate in the peripheral area, and a second polysilicon pattern on the I/O oxide. |
| US08084327B2 |
Method for forming trench gate field effect transistor with recessed mesas using spacers
A method for forming a field effect transistor with an active area and a termination region surrounding the active area includes forming a well region in a first silicon region, where the well region and the first silicon region are of opposite conductivity type. Gate trenches extending through the well region and terminating within the first silicon region are formed. A recessed gate is formed in each gate trench. A dielectric cap is formed over each recessed gate. The well region is recessed between adjacent trenches to expose upper sidewalls of each dielectric cap. A blanket source implant is carried out to form a second silicon region in an upper portion of the recessed well region between every two adjacent trenches. A dielectric spacer is formed along each exposed upper sidewall of the dielectric cap, with every two adjacent dielectric spacers located between every two adjacent gate trenches forming an opening over the second silicon region. The second silicon region is recessed through the opening between every two adjacent dielectric spacers so that only portions of the second silicon region directly below the dielectric spacers remain. The remaining portions of the second silicon region form source regions. |
| US08084322B2 |
Method of manufacturing devices having vertical junction edge
Techniques for forming devices, such as transistors, having vertical junction edges. More specifically, shallow trenches are formed in a substrate and filled with an oxide. Cavities may be formed in the oxide and filled with a conductive material, such a doped polysilicon. Vertical junctions are formed between the polysilicon and the exposed substrate at the trench edges such that during a thermal cycle, the doped polysilicon will out-diffuse doping elements into the adjacent single crystal silicon advantageously forming a diode extension having desirable properties. |
| US08084321B2 |
DRAM cell with enhanced capacitor area and the method of manufacturing the same
A dynamic random access memory (DRAM) cell and the method of manufacturing the same are provided. The DRAM cell includes a cell transistor and a cell capacitor. The cell capacitor includes a first, second and third dielectric layer, and a first, second and third capacitor electrode. The first dielectric layer is located on a first capacitor electrode. The second capacitor electrode is located on top of the first dielectric layer. The second dielectric layer is located on the second capacitor electrode. The third capacitor electrode is located on the second dielectric layer and is electrically connected with the drain. The third dielectric layer is located between the third capacitor electrode and the gate for isolating the gate from the third capacitor electrode. |
| US08084314B2 |
Semiconductor device and manufacturing method thereof
A first insulation film is provided on a semiconductor substrate. A high resistance element formed from polysilicon is provided on the first insulation film. A second insulation film is provided on the high resistance element. A hydrogen diffusion preventing film having a hydrogen diffusion coefficient smaller than that of the second insulation film is provided on the second insulation film. The hydrogen diffusion preventing film covers a part of the high resistance element. |
| US08084312B2 |
Nitrogen based implants for defect reduction in strained silicon
A transistor is fabricated upon a semiconductor substrate, where the yield strength or elasticity of the substrate is enhanced or otherwise adapted. A strain inducing layer is formed over the transistor to apply a strain thereto to alter transistor operating characteristics, and more particularly to enhance the mobility of carriers within the transistor. Enhancing carrier mobility allows transistor dimensions to be reduced while also allowing the transistor to operate as desired. However, high strain and temperature associated with fabricating the transistor result in deleterious plastic deformation. The yield strength of the silicon substrate is therefore adapted by incorporating nitrogen into the substrate, and more particularly into source/drain extension regions and/or source/drain regions of the transistor. The nitrogen can be readily incorporated during transistor fabrication by adding it as part of source/drain extension region formation and/or source/drain region formation. The enhanced yield strength of the substrate mitigates plastic deformation of the transistor due to the strain inducing layer. |
| US08084306B2 |
Methods of forming semiconductor devices having self-aligned bodies
A semiconductor device includes a body region having a source region, a drain region, a channel region interposed between the source region and the drain region, and a body region extension extending from an end of the channel region. A gate pattern is formed on the channel region and the body region, and a body contact connects the gate pattern to the body region. A sidewall of the body region extension is self-aligned to a sidewall of the gate pattern. Methods of forming semiconductor devices having a self-aligned body and a body contact are also disclosed. |
| US08084303B2 |
Semiconductor device and a method of manufacturing the same
In a memory cell array on a main surface of a semiconductor substrate, a floating gate electrode for accumulating charges for information is arranged. The floating gate electrode is covered with a cap insulating film and a pattern of an first insulating film formed thereon. Further, over the entire main surface of the semiconductor substrate, an second insulating film is deposited so that it covers the pattern of the first insulating film and a gate electrode. The second insulating film is formed by a silicon nitride film formed by a plasma CVD method. The first insulating film is formed by a silicon nitride film formed by a low-pressure CVD method. By the provision of such an first insulating film, it is possible to suppress or prevent water or hydrogen ions from diffusing to the floating gate electrode, and therefore, the data retention characteristics of a flash memory can be improved. |
| US08084301B2 |
Resin sheet, circuit device and method of manufacturing the same
Provided is a circuit device manufacturing method for coating a bottom surface of a circuit board with a thin coating of sealing resin. In the present invention, a circuit board having a circuit element such as a semiconductor element embedded therein is placed in a molding die, and a resin sheet containing a thermosetting resin is interposed between the circuit board and a bottom surface of an inner wall of the molding die. Under this condition, the molding die is heated to about 180° C., and a sealing resin in liquid form is injected through a gate. Thereby, the bottom surface of the circuit board can be coated with a thin coating of the sealing resin made of the molten resin sheet. |
| US08084300B1 |
RF shielding for a singulated laminate semiconductor device package
A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device package to provide RF shielding. The device is mounted on a laminated substrate having conducting pads on its top surface. A molding compound covers the substrate top surface and encapsulates the devices. The substrate is disposed on a tape; the molding compound and the substrate are cut through, forming package units separated by the saw cut width and exposing a portion of a conducting pad. In an embodiment, the tape is stretched to widen the gap between package units. A conductive shield is applied to cover each package unit and to make electrical contact with the exposed conducting pad portion, thereby connecting to a ground trace beneath the device and providing RF shielding for the device. A single-unit molding process may be used, in which the conducting pad is exposed during and after molding. |
| US08084299B2 |
Semiconductor device package and method of making a semiconductor device package
A method of manufacturing an electronic device is provided. The method comprises providing a carrier sheet, etching the lead frame material sheet to form a recess on a first surface of the lead frame material sheet, placing an electronic chip into the recess of the carrier sheet, and thereafter, selectively etching a second surface of the lead frame material sheet, the second surface being opposite to the first surface. |
| US08084298B2 |
Method for exchanging semiconductor chip of flip-chip module and flip-chip module suitable therefor
A process for replacing a semiconductor chip of such a flip-chip module and a suitable flip-chip module and an apparatus for implementing the method are disclosed. The flip-chip module comprises at least one semiconductor chip and a substrate. The semiconductor chip comprises contact posts on a surface that are disposed at right angles to the surface. With these contact posts it is connected with contact points of the substrate via a soldered connection. The contact posts completely cover the contact points with their end faces. Due to this it is possible to completely press the solder between the contact posts and contact points out of the intermediate area between the contact points and the contact posts after a renewed heating. This permits a renewed attachment of a further semiconductor chip. |
| US08084297B1 |
Method of implementing a capacitor in an integrated circuit
A method of implementing a capacitor in an integrated circuit package is disclosed. The method comprises coupling the capacitor to a first surface of a substrate of the integrated circuit package; positioning an integrated circuit die over the capacitor, wherein the integrated circuit die has a first plurality of solder bumps and a second plurality of solder bumps separated by a region having no solder bumps; coupling the integrated circuit die to the first surface of the substrate over the capacitor, wherein the region having no solder bumps is positioned over the capacitor; and encapsulating the integrated circuit die and the capacitor. |
| US08084296B2 |
Methods for reducing stress in microelectronic devices and microelectronic devices formed using such methods
Methods for reducing stress in microelectronic devices and microelectronic devices formed using such methods are disclosed herein. One such device can include a first support member, a second support member, and a microelectronic die positioned between the first support member and the second support member such that the second support member at least approximately completely covers a surface of the die. The die is in intimate contact with both the first support member and the second support member and electrically coupled to at least one of the first support member and the second support member. The device further includes a fill material between the first and second support members and at least partially encapsulating the die. The second support member has structural material characteristics that are closer to those of the first support member than to the structural material characteristics of the fill material. |
| US08084291B2 |
Thermal management and method for large scale processing of CIS and/or CIGS based thin films overlying glass substrates
The thermal management and method for large scale processing of CIS and/or CIGS based thin film overlaying glass substrates. According to an embodiment, the present invention provides a method for fabricating a copper indium diselenide semiconductor film. The method includes providing a plurality of substrates, each of the substrates having a copper and indium composite structure. The method also includes transferring the plurality of substrates into a furnace, each of the plurality of substrates provided in a vertical orientation with respect to a direction of gravity, the plurality of substrates being defined by a number N, where N is greater than 5. The method further includes introducing a gaseous species including a selenide species and a carrier gas into the furnace and transferring thermal energy into the furnace to increase a temperature from a first temperature to a second temperature, the second temperature ranging from about 350° C. to about 450° C. to at least initiate formation of a copper indium diselenide film from the copper and indium composite structure on each of the substrates. |
| US08084288B2 |
Method of construction of CTE matching structure with wafer processing and resulting structure
A method includes bonding a first side of a metal shim to a silicon shim, removing metal from the metal shim to form a plurality of cleared metal lanes in accordance with a pattern, bonding a readout integrated circuit having a plurality of saw lanes in accordance with the pattern to a second side of the metal shim to form a wafer assembly wherein the plurality of saw lanes is aligned with the plurality of cleared metal lanes, and dicing the wafer assembly. |
| US08084283B2 |
Top contact LED thermal management
An LED having enhanced heat dissipation is disclosed. For example, an LED die can have extended bond pads that are configured to enhance heat flow from an active region of the LED to a lead frame. A heat transmissive substrate can further enhance heat flow away from the LED die. By enhancing heat dissipation, more current can be used to drive the LED. The use of more current facilitates the production of brighter LEDs. |
| US08084282B2 |
Wafer-level In-P Si bonding for silicon photonic apparatus
Wafer-level bonding of the hybrid laser portion of a silicon photonics platform is done by forming a weakened level in a semiconductive pillar that supports laser-active layers by ion implantation into the semiconductive pillar without penetrating the laser-active layers, and by separating the laser-active layers from the semiconductive pillar by cracking the weakened level by an epitaxial lift-off processes. |
| US08084281B2 |
Semiconductor substrate, electronic device, optical device, and production methods therefor
The present invention provides a method for producing a semiconductor substrate, the method including reacting nitrogen (N) with gallium (Ga), aluminum (Al), or indium (In), which are group III elements, in a flux mixture containing a plurality of metal elements selected from among alkali metals and alkaline earth metals, to thereby grow a group III nitride based compound semiconductor crystal. The group III nitride based compound semiconductor crystal is grown while the flux mixture and the group III element are mixed under stirring. At least a portion of a base substrate on which the group III nitride based compound semiconductor crystal is grown is formed of a flux-soluble material, and the flux-soluble material is dissolved in the flux mixture, at a temperature near the growth temperature of the group III nitride based compound semiconductor crystal, during the course of growth of the semiconductor crystal. |
| US08084280B2 |
Method of manufacturing a solar cell using a pre-cleaning step that contributes to homogeneous texture morphology
A method of manufacturing a solar cell wherein a pre-cleaning step is completed prior to a saw damage removal step and prior to texturization, thereby resulting in the subsequently formed textured surface to have a more homogeneous textural morphology. In one aspect, the invention is a method comprising: a) applying a pre-cleaning solution to an as-cut surface of a crystalline silicon substrate to remove surface contaminants, thereby converting the as-cut surface to a pre-cleaned surface, the as-cut surface formed by a sawing process to create the crystalline silicon substrate; b) applying a first etching solution to the pre-cleaned surface to remove physical damage caused during the sawing process, thereby converting the pre-cleaned surface into a prepared surface; c) applying a second etching solution to the prepared surface to texturize the prepared surface, thereby converting the prepared surface into a texturized surface; and d) forming at least one solar cell on the texturized surface of the crystalline silicon substrate. |
| US08084275B2 |
Magnetic composite body, production method thereof, method for removing substance with mannose on its surface, and method for concentrating substance with mannose on its surface
A magnetic composite body comprising magnetic nanoparticles having a number average particle diameter of 1 to 50 nm and having a compound represented by formula (I) fixed on their surfaces, and a method comprising bringing the magnetic composite body into contact with a test piece followed by magnetic separation: R1O—(CH(R2)CH2O)n-L-X Formula (I) wherein R1 represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl or alkenyl group having a carbon chain length of 1 to 20, or a substituted or unsubstituted, aryl or heterocyclic group; R2 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group; L may be present or not present, and, when L is present, L represents an alkylene or alkenylene group having a carbon chain length of 1 to 10 which may have a branched chain or a substituent; X represents a hydrogen atom, a carboxylic acid group, a phosphoric acid group, or a sulfonic acid group; and n represents an integer of 1 to 10. |
| US08084274B2 |
Programmable illumination pattern for transporting microparticles
An apparatus providing programmable illumination pattern generation for the manipulation of colloidal particulates and biomolecules in suspension between electrodes is disclosed. The apparatus implements LEAPS (light-controlled electrokinetic assembly of particles near surfaces), which relies on AC electric field-induced assembly of particles, patterning of an electrolyte/silicon oxide/silicon interface to exert spatial control over the assembly process, and real-time control of assembly via external illumination. The apparatus generates patterns of illumination and projects them onto planar surfaces, i.e., LEAPS electrodes. This enables the creation of patterns using graphical design or drawing software on a personal computer and the projection of said patterns or sequences of patterns (“time-varying patterns”) onto the interface using a liquid crystal display (LCD) panel and an optical design that images the LCD panel onto the surface of interest to provide for the assembly of particles within such patterns. |
| US08084271B2 |
Method and a device for treating microparticles
Method for handling microparticles in such a manner, that at least two treatment steps are performed for microparticles in the same vessel without moving the particles to another vessel. There are organs in the device for changing the solution without having to move the microparticles to another vessel. |
| US08084266B2 |
Method and apparatus for separating isomers of chiral substance
In order to realize a method and an apparatus, each of which requires no contact treatment and no chemical reaction, for separating isomers of a chiral substance by irradiating a chiral substance with light such as circularly polarized light, so as to separate isomers in accordance with a difference in acceleration between the isomers, separation of isomers of a chiral substance in accordance with at least one embodiment of the present invention includes: (i) a circularly polarized light irradiating apparatus for irradiating, with circularly polarized light, a chiral substance which is a mixture of different isomers and is released from a molecular beam generating apparatus in a vacuum chamber; and (ii) isomer inlets for separating the different isomers of the chiral substance in accordance with a difference in acceleration between the different isomers. |
| US08084264B2 |
Method for identifying naphthenates in a hydrocarbon containing liquid
A method for quantifying the presence of naphthenic acids in a hydrocarbon-comprising liquid that includes: contacting a hydrocarbon-comprising liquid with gaseous ammonia; isolating a reaction product produced by the contacting step; and analyzing the reaction product for the presence of naphthenates using a mass spectrometry technique. The naphthenic acids known to form commercial naphthenate deposits can be (i) ions of tetraprotic carboxylic acids having molecular weights ranging from 1225 to 1270 Daltons, (ii) n-alkyl or branched carboxylic acids having molecular weights ranging from 250 to 650 Daltons, or (iii) both. |
| US08084263B2 |
Device and method for measuring elemental sulfur in gas in gas lines
A device and method for measuring the level of elemental sulfur present in a gas in a gas line. The method may include the steps of: collecting a sample of elemental sulfur-containing gas from the gas line, wherein the sample is collected on an outer surface of a probe by condensing some or all of the elemental sulfur-containing gas in the gas line on a surface of the probe while the gas line is operational, the probe having a piping partially disposed within for providing a cooling medium to the probe and being adapted for insertion into the gas flow stream of the gas line, separating the elemental sulfur from other species in the sample into an amount of elemental sulfur; and analyzing the amount of elemental sulfur collected. |
| US08084260B2 |
Spectral calibration method and system for multiple instruments
Implementations of the present invention describe an apparatus for generating calibration factors for a spectral detector instrument. The calibration factors are derived from a calibration plate containing one or more spectral species in each well of the calibration plate. Each well is then exposed to an excitation source that causes the one or more spectral species in each of the wells to fluoresce. The signal response is measured and associated with each spectral species at each different well position in the calibration plate. Next, the measured signal response from each spectral species at each well position in the calibration plate is compared with a predetermined signal response for each spectral species. The results of this comparison can be used to determine a calibration factor for each well and spectral species to compensate for the difference between the measured signal response and the predetermined signal response. |
| US08084259B2 |
Method of insuring the integrity of a filtering element
The present invention describes a system for accurately measuring the concentration of a substance within a filter housing. A concentration sensor and a communications device are coupled so as to measure and transmit the concentration of a particular substance within the filter housing while in use. This system allows the operator to certify the integrity of the filters within the filter housing at the customer site without additional equipment. In one embodiment, a tracer gas, such as helium or hydrogen, is added to a carrier and injected into the system. The concentration of tracer gas at a specific operating transmembrane pressure is indicative of bubble pointing specific pores in the filter. This test will give a more sensitive indication of the bubble point and the presence of defects than a standard diffusion test. In a second embodiment, two gasses, in a known ratio, are introduced into the filter housing. |
| US08084253B2 |
Ex-vivo priming for generating cytotoxic T lymphocytes specific for non-tumor antigens to treat autoimmune and allergic disease
Cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTLs) specific for antigenic peptides derived from IgE molecule can be generated in vitro by stimulating resting naive CD8 T cells with IgE peptides presented by artificial antigen presenting cells. The IgE specific CTLs lyse the target cells loaded with IgE peptides in vitro and inhibit antigen specific IgE response in vivo. In addition, adoptive transfer of the IgE specific CTL to an asthmatic mouse model can inhibit the development of lung inflammation and airway hypersensitivity. IgE specific CTL provides a treatment for allergic asthma and other IgE-mediated allergic diseases. Antigenic peptides identified from non-tumor self-antigens induce specific cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL) in vitro. The CTL induced by peptides identified from CD40L can kill activated CD4 T cells. In vitro generated CTL specific for CD40L inhibit CD4-dependent antibody responses of all isotypes in vivo. In contrast, CTL induced by antigenic peptides derived from IgE specifically inhibit IgE responses, and adoptive transfer of CD40L-specific CTL to NOD mice at early age delay the development of diabetes in NOD mice. In vitro generated CTL specific for non-tumor self-antigens expressed on activated CD4 T cells regulate immune responses in vivo. |
| US08084252B2 |
Recombinant cell clones having increased stability and methods of making and using the same
Disclosed are a stable recombinant cell clones which are stable in serum- and protein-free medium for at least 40 generations, a biomass obtained by multiplying the stable cell clone under serum- and protein-free culturing conditions, and a method of preparing recombinant proteins by means of the biomass. Furthermore, the invention relates to a method of recovering stable recombinant cell clones. |
| US08084248B2 |
Reverse genetic system for rift valley fever virus and uses thereof
The present invention describes a reverse genetic system for Phlebovirus such as Rift Valley fever virus. This system comprised of RNA expression plasmids and protein expression plasmids. Additionally, the present invention also discloses the modification of this system to generate a recombinant virus that expresses a non-viral foreign gene. Furthermore, the present invention discloses the use of this system in the development of anti-Rift Valley fever virus vaccines, screening of antivirals testing for anti RVF immune response and developing marker vaccines for Rift Valley fever virus. We also claim the utility of this approach to other phleboviruses. |
| US08084246B2 |
Method and apparatus for in vivo surveillance of circulating biological components
The invention relates generally to in vivo collection of circulating molecules, tumor cells and other biological markers using a collecting probe. The probe is configured for placement within a living organism for an extended period of time to provide sufficient yield of biological marker for analysis. |
| US08084244B2 |
Hybrid mushroom strain J9277 and its descendants
A novel hybrid fungus culture, designated J9277, of the mushroom species Agaricus bisporus produces crops of mushrooms having white, rounded, thick-fleshed caps and proportionally long stems in a relatively short interval of time. Diverse additional strains can be developed from J9277 by various means including somatic and tissue culture selection, basidiospore selection, and hybridization to other strains of Agaricus bisporus, and the resulting derivative strains can be screened for desirable commercial characteristics. |
| US08084242B2 |
Methods and mediums for cultivating dinophysis acuminata
Disclosed are a method and a medium for cultivating the marine dinoflagellate Dinophysis acuminata. The laboratory culture of D. acuminata causing diarrhetic shellfish poisoning, whose cultivation was known difficult, has been first established, thereby contributing to a better understanding of ecophysiology, biology and toxicology of Dinophysis species, as well as the evolution of dinoflagellate plastids. |
| US08084240B2 |
Geobacillus stearothermophilus α-amylase (AmyS) variants with improved properties
Described are variants of a parent α-amylase that exhibits an alteration in at least one of the following properties relative to said parent α-amylase: specific activity, substrate specificity, substrate binding, substrate cleavage, thermal stability, pH-dependent activity, pH-dependent stability, oxidative stability, Ca2+ dependency, pI, and wash performance. The variants are suitable for starch conversion, ethanol production, laundry washing, dish washing, hard surface cleaning, textile desizing, and/or sweetener production. |
| US08084239B2 |
Preparation of a therapeutic composition
Product R, a novel therapeutic composition for treating viral infections and stimulating the immune system comprises a unique peptide having 31 amino acids and another unique peptide having 21 amino acids and connected with an oligo-nucleotide through a diphosphodiester or diphosphodithioate ester linkage. The composition has a light absorption spectrum with typical absorption ratios of 1.998 at 260 mn/280 nm and 1.359 at 260 nm/230 nm. |
| US08084238B2 |
Process for producing glycolic acid from formaldehyde and hydrogen cyanide
A process is provided for producing glycolic acid from formaldehyde and hydrogen cyanide. More specifically, heat-treated formaldehyde and hydrogen cyanide are reacted to produce glycolonitrile having low concentrations of impurities. The glycolonitrile is subsequently converted to an aqueous solution of ammonium glycolate using an enzyme catalyst having nitrilase activity derived from Acidovorax facilis 72W (ATCC 57746). Glycolic acid is recovered in the form of the acid or salt from the aqueous ammonium glycolate solution using a variety of methods described herein. |
| US08084236B2 |
Compositions and methods for modifying cell surface glycans
Methods and compositions for modifying glycans (e.g., glycans expressed on the surface of live cells or cell particles) are provided herein. |
| US08084229B2 |
GDEP enhancer element and use thereof to confer retinal specific gene expression
The present invention is directed to isolated nucleic acids containing functional polynucleotide sequences representing an enhancer element for the Gene Differentially Expressed in Prostate (GDEP). Such molecules are useful in conferring retinal specific transcriptional responsiveness on associated promoters and methods for directing retinal specific gene expression are accordingly disclosed. |
| US08084227B2 |
Method for producing dipeptides
The present invention provides a method for producing a dipeptide from starting materials that are available at low costs through a route industrially advantageous and simple. Dipeptides are produced from amino acid esters and amino acids by using a culture of a microbe having an ability to produce a dipeptide from an amino acid ester and an amino acid, microbial cells separated from the culture, or treated microbial cell product. |
| US08084224B2 |
Methods for improving the recovery of troponin I and T in membranes, filters and vessels
A method to facilitate recovery troponin I and/or troponin T from a sample comprising addition of troponin C to the sample or to a surface from which the troponin I and/or troponin T are recovered. |
| US08084217B2 |
CD161 ligand, pilar, for modulating activation and proliferation of T cells
The invention relates to a CD161 ligand known as Proliferation-Induced Lymphocyte-Associated Receptor (PILAR), which is crucial for a robust expansion of human lymphocytes. PILAR is markedly up-regulated on both CD4 and CD8 T cells upon TCR engagement and increases the expression of anti-apoptotic genes and glucose transporters through CD161, which globally results in a dramatic enhancement of T cell proliferation. Agents which stimulate or block this activity are also provided as are methods for manipulating PILAR signaling in the treatment of disease. |
| US08084211B2 |
Method for analysing polynucleotide targets using tethered oligonucleotide probes
A method of analysing a polynucleotide target involves incubating the target with an oligonucleotide probe, generally an array of immobilised oligonucleotide probes, to form a duplex, and using ligase or polymerase to extend one chain of the duplex. A point mutation or variable number tandem repeat section may be analysed. Arrays of immobilised oligonucleotides are provided for use in the method. |
| US08084207B2 |
Compositions for use in identification of papillomavirus
The present invention relates generally to identification of HPV, and provides methods, compositions and kits useful for this purpose when combined, for example, with molecular mass or base composition analysis. |
| US08084201B2 |
Fluorescent molecule
It is an object of the present invention to provide an on-off type fluorescent compound (a fluorescence-producing molecule system) used in gene analyses, which is highly stable (namely, being active for a long period of time) and highly sensitive, and which enables amplification of a trace amount of gene signal and observation thereof. The present invention provides a nonfluorescent molecule having a fluorescent substance skeleton such as fluorescein skeleton and having a group represented by —O—C(Y1)(Y2)-N3 wherein each of Y1 and Y2 represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group containing 1 to 6 carbon atoms, an alkoxy group containing 1 to 6 carbon atoms, an aryl group containing 6 to 10 carbon atoms, or a cyano group, in the molecule. |
| US08084196B2 |
Method for the in vitro screening of anti-cancer compounds that inhibits SK3 activity, and said anti-cancer compounds
The present invention relates to methods for the in vitro screening of an anti-metastatic compound that inhibits activity, methods for determining in vitro the presence or absence of a metastatic cancer in a subject by quantifying SK3 activity, methods for the in vitro assessment of the progression of the metastatic property of a cancer by quantifying SK3. |
| US08084192B2 |
Method for forming resist pattern
A method for forming a resist pattern, includes forming a lower layer film, forming an intermediate film on the lower layer film, forming a photoresist film containing a photoacid-generating agent on the intermediate film, exposing the photoresist film, and developing the photoresist film. The lower layer film contains at least any one of a free acid, a thermoacid-generating agent, and a photoacid-generating agent, on a substrate to be treated. |
| US08084190B2 |
Process for producing sublithographic structures
A layer structure and process for providing sublithographic structures are provided. A first auxiliary layer is formed over a surface of a carrier layer. A lithographically patterned second auxiliary layer structure is formed on a surface of the first auxiliary layer. The first auxiliary layer is anisotropically etched using the patterned second auxiliary layer structure as mask to form an anisotropically patterned first auxiliary layer structure. The anisotropically patterned first auxiliary layer structure is isotropically etched back using the patterned second auxiliary layer structure to remove subsections below the second auxiliary layer structure and to form an isotropically patterned first auxiliary layer structure. A mask layer is formed over the carrier layer including the subsections beneath the second auxiliary layer structure and is anisotropically etched down to the carrier layer to form the sublithographic structures. The first and second auxiliary layer structures are removed to uncover the sublithographic structures. |
| US08084188B2 |
Radiation-sensitive resin composition
A radiation-sensitive resin composition includes an acid-dissociable group-containing resin, a radiation-sensitive acid generator, and a solvent. The acid-dissociable group-containing resin includes a copolymer containing a repeating unit. The reparing unit includes an acid-dissociable group-containing repeating unit in an amount of more than about 55 mol % of a total amount of the repeating units in the copolymer. A content of the copolymer in the acid-dissociable group-containing resin is about 90 mass % or more of a total amount of the acid-dissociable group-containing resin. |
| US08084184B2 |
Composition for removing photoresist and method of manufacturing an array substrate using the same
A composition for removing a photoresist includes a) an amine compound having a cyclic amine and/or a diamine, b) a glycol ether compound, c) a corrosion inhibitor and d) a polar solvent. The composition further includes a stripping promoter. Further disclosed is a method of manufacturing an array substrate using the composition for removing a photoresist. |
| US08084183B2 |
Resist composition for electron beam, X-ray, or EUV, and pattern-forming method using the same
A positive resist composition for electron beam, X-ray or EUV includes (A) a compound represented by the following formula (I), and (B) a resin capable of decomposing by the action of an acid to increase solubility in an alkali developing solution, which includes a repeating unit represented by the following formula (II) and a repeating unit represented by the following formula (III): |
| US08084180B2 |
Toner compositions
Toner particles are provided which may, in embodiments, include a core possessing at least one polyester resin in combination with a colorant, optional wax, and optional other additives, and a shell over the core including a high molecular weight amorphous polyester resin. The high molecular weight amorphous polyester resin in the shell may prevent any crystalline polyester resin in the core from migrating to the toner surface. |
| US08084175B2 |
Electrophotographic toner set
Provided is a set of toners comprising a yellow toner, a magenta toner, a cyan toner and a black toner for forming a full color image with an electrophotographic method, wherein the yellow toner comprises toner particles containing at east one pigment selected from the group consisting of C. I. Pigment Yellow 74, C. I. Pigment Yellow 139, C. I. Pigment Yellow 180, C. I. Pigment Yellow 185 and C. I. Pigment Yellow 155; the magenta toner comprises toner particles containing a rhodamine based dye represented at least by Formula (1) and Formula (2), and the cyan toner comprises toner particles containing a phthalocyanine based dye represented by Formula (5): |
| US08084174B2 |
Toner
An object of the present invention is to provide a toner excellent in ability to prevent electrostatic offset and fixation tailing. Provided is a toner including toner particles each containing at least a binder resin, a wax, and a magnetic iron oxide, and inorganic fine particles, in which the magnetic iron oxide contains at least a Ti component, an Al component, an Si component, and an Fe component; and the each component has some particular characteristics. |
| US08084173B2 |
Low friction electrostatographic imaging member
Present embodiments pertain to an improved electrostatographic imaging member having low contact friction surfaces to ease sliding mechanical interaction and suppressing abrasion/wear failure and methods of preparing thereof. The improved imaging member has layers comprising one or two low surface energy polymeric materials that enhance the physical and mechanical functions and reduce the layers surface contact friction of the imaging member to extend service life. |
| US08084172B2 |
Organic photoreceptor, image forming apparatus, process cartridge, and color image forming apparatus
An organic photoreceptor comprising a photosensitive layer on a conductive substrate and a protective layer on the photosensitive layer, wherein the protective layer is a surface layer prepared via reaction curing of a compound having a radical polymerizable, curable functional group using a polymerization initiators and the content of the polymerization initiator detected in the photosensitive layer is at most 5,000 ppm. |
| US08084169B2 |
Dual metric OPC
A technique for creating mask layout data to print a desired pattern of features via a photolithographic process includes defining one or more subresolution assist features (SRAFs) and performing OPC on printing features and the added SRAF features. |
| US08084167B2 |
Nanocomposite for fuel cell, method of preparing the nanocomposite, and fuel cell including the nanocomposite
Provided is a nanocomposite for the catalyst layer of a fuel cell electrode including: a carbon nanofiber; and metal catalyst particles uniformly applied to the surface of the carbon nanofiber, wherein the carbon nanofiber has a surface oxygen content of at least 0.03 calculated by the formula: Oxygen content=[atomic percentage of oxygen/atomic percentage of carbon] using atomic percentages of oxygen and carbon, respectively calculated from an area of an oxygen peak having a binding energy of 524 to 540 eV, an area of a nitrogen peak having a binding energy of 392 to 404 eV, and an area of a carbon peak having a binding energy of 282 to 290 eV in X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. The nanocomposite according to the present invention has high surface oxygen content and has metal catalyst nano particles densely and uniformly distributed on the outer wall of the carbon fibers, thereby having high electrochemical efficiency. Thus, efficiency of fuel cells can be improved using the nanocomposite. |
| US08084164B2 |
Hybrid electrically conductive fluid distribution separator plate assembly for fuel cells
In at least one embodiment, the present invention provides an electrically conductive fluid distribution separator plate assembly, a method of making, and a system for using, the electrically conductive fluid distribution separator plate assembly. In at least one embodiment, the electrically conductive fluid distribution separator plate assembly comprises a metallic cathode plate having opposed surfaces and a first contact resistance, a polymeric composite anode plate adjacent to the metallic cathode plate, and a low contact resistance coating located on at least one of the surfaces of the plates, with the coating having a second contact resistance, less than the first contact resistance. |
| US08084159B2 |
Cathode active material and secondary battery comprising the same
Disclosed are a cathode active material and a secondary battery including the same. Herein, the cathode active material includes (a) a first lithium-containing metal composite oxide and (b) a second lithium-containing metal composite oxide coated on an entire particle surface of the first lithium-containing metal composite oxide, the second lithium-containing metal composite oxide having a higher resistance and a lower potential vs. lithium potential (Li/Li″ 1) than the first lithium-containing metal composite oxide. In the disclosed cathode active material, an entire surface of a first lithium-containing metal composite oxide is coated with a second lithium-containing metal composite oxide having a high resistance value and a low potential vs. lithium potential. Therefore, during an internal short of a secondary battery, it is possible to slow down the moving rate of a large amount of lithium ions and electrons from an anode to a cathode, and thus to prevent heat generation caused by the occurrence of temporary over-current. Also, it is possible to increase the temperature where a cathode active material is decomposed and gas is generated, and to improve thermal stability by inhibiting side reactions of the cathode active material and electrolyte. |
| US08084158B2 |
Battery tab location design and method of construction
A compact, robust, multifunctional and highly manufacturable rechargeable cylindrical electrochemical cell is provided. In some embodiments, a cell can include a spirally wound assembly having an anode sheet and a cathode sheet separated by separator membranes, each sheet having a electroactive layer on a current collector. At least one of the current collectors can be in electrical communication with conducting tabs that extend from at least one of the anode sheet and the cathode sheet, the conducting tabs extends from an end face of the spirally wound assembly. The centers of the plurality of conducting tabs can be located within a 90 degree quadrant of an end face of the spirally wound assembly. |
| US08084155B2 |
Lithium rechargeable battery
A lithium rechargeable battery includes an insulation case positioned on top of an electrode assembly where the insulation case has least one hole to improve the stability of the battery by evacuating gas that may be generated by the electrode assembly. |
| US08084154B2 |
Battery pack safety and thermal management apparatus and method
A process of controlling the temperature of a battery pack includes the steps of determining the operating mode and present temperature of the battery pack. Optimal temperature for the battery pack depends on the operating mode and the difference between the present temperature and the previously identified optimal temperature. The battery pack is warmed if the temperature difference (measured minus optimal) is large. The optimal time interval over which the battery pack should be warmed is a function of the operating mode and the previously calculated temperature difference. A heater is switchably operated enabling and disabling the heat generating element to warm the pack to the previously identified optimal temperature. |
| US08084148B2 |
Insert for milling of cast iron
Coated cemented carbide inserts, particularly useful for milling of cast iron, methods for making the inserts, and methods of their use are disclosed. The inserts are characterized by a composition of the substrate of about 5-7 wt % Co, about 0.05-2.0 wt % total amount of the metals selected from the group consisting of Ti, Nb,Ta and combination thereof, and balance WC with a coercivity (Hc) of 1 about 4-19 kA/m and an S-value of about 0.81-0.96. The coating comprises a homogeneous layer of (TixAl1-x)N, where x is between about 0.25 and about 0.50 with a crystal structure of NaCl type and a total thickness of between about 1.0 and about 5.0 μm as measured on the middle of the flank face. |
| US08084144B2 |
High strength thick welded steel pipe for line pipe superior in low temperature toughness and method of production of the same
The present invention provides high strength thick welded steel pipe for line pipe superior in low temperature toughness, and a method of production of the same. A base material steel plate containing C: 0.010 to 0.050%, Si: 0.01 to 0.50%, Mn: 0.50 to 2.00%, Al: 0.020% or less, Ti: 0.003 to 0.030%, and Mo: 0.10 to 1.50%, having a carbon equivalent Ceq of 0.30 to 0.53, having a crack susceptability parameter Pcm of 0.10 to 0.20, satisfying formula 3, comprised an area ratio of 20% or less of polygonal ferrite and an area ratio of 80% or more of bainite, and having an effective crystal grain size of 20 μm or less is formed into a pipe shape, then seam welded to make the effective crystal grain size of the heat affected zone 150 μm or less: 10C+100Al+5Mo+5Ni<3.3 formula 3. |
| US08084143B2 |
High-yield-ratio and high-strength thin steel sheet superior in weldability and ductility, high-yield-ratio high-strength hot-dip galvanized thin steel sheet, high-yield ratio high-strength hot-dip galvannealed thin steel sheet, and methods of production of same
High yield ratio high-strength thin steel sheet superior in weldability and ductility characterized by: being comprised of steel containing, by mass %, C: over 0.030 to less than 0.10%, Si: 0.30 to 0.80%, Mn: 1.7 to 3.2%, P: 0.001 to 0.02%, S: 0.0001 to 0.006%, Al: 0.060% or less, N: 0.0001 to 0.0070%, containing further Ti: 0.01 to 0.055%, Nb: 0.012 to 0.055%, Mo: 0.07 to 0.55%, B: 0.0005 to 0.0040%, and simultaneously satisfying 1.1 ≦14×Ti(%)+20×Nb(%)+3×Mo(%)+300×B(%)≦3.7, the balance comprised or iron and unavoidable impurities, and having a yield ratio of 0.64 to less than 0.92, a TS×E11/2 of 3320 or more, an YR×TS×EL1/2 of 2320 or more, and a maximum tensile strength (TS) of 780 MPa or more. |
| US08084141B2 |
Expandable panel structures and methods of manufacturing the same
A multi-tiered building structure. The multi-tiered building structure includes a panel member having a pattern of cuts, a pattern of legs, and a pattern of tabs configured to move the panel member between a nonexpanded position, wherein the panel member forms a substantially flat shape, and an expanded position, wherein the panel member forms a substantially stepped shape. The building structure also includes a support structure configured to accept at least one of the pattern of tabs of the panel member and maintain the panel member in the expanded position. |
| US08084138B2 |
Polyethylene product and a method of providing a product, such as a laser welded polyethylene product
A method of decreasing the penetration depth of radiation provided to an interface, such as a surface, or a predetermined volume in a polyethylene (PE) element, where the PE element has a scattering coefficient larger than one tenth of an absorption coefficient thereof so that the radiation not absorbed at the interface or in the volume but transmitted further into the PE element is at least partly reflected toward the interface/volume. The radiation intensity is higher in the volume and the absorption coefficient may be reduced while retaining the total absorption in the volume. |
| US08084137B2 |
Metal coating composition
The present invention provides for a resin system and coating composition suitable for direct application to metal substrates. The composition may include a phosphate functional polyester. The polyester may be an unsaturated polyester polyol. The coating composition may further include a suitable curing agent, such as an isocyanate or melamine. The composition can be applied through traditional application equipment onto a variety of metal substrates and cures to an acceptable surface for further processing, such as top coating with basecoat and clearcoat. |
| US08084132B1 |
Antimicrobial coatings
There is provided a two component polyurethane coating system which contains anti-microbial complexes consisting of phenol complexes which provide anti-microbial characteristics to the coating system and improved abrasion resistance. There is also provided substrates coated with the antimicrobial coatings. |
| US08084130B2 |
Epoxy resin molding material for sealing and electronic component device
The present invention provides an epoxy resin molding material for sealing that is excellent in fluidability and solder reflow resistance without lowering the curability thereof, and an electronic component device provided with an element sealed with the material. The epoxy resin molding material for sealing, comprising (A) an epoxy resin, (B) a curing agent, (C) a curing accelerating agent, (D) an inorganic filler, and (E) an alkoxysilane polymer, wherein the alkoxysilane polymer (E) is a polymer obtained by polymerizing an alkoxysilyl group moiety of a specific alkoxysilane compound. |
| US08084129B2 |
Laminated articles comprising a sheet of a blend of ethylene copolymers
Disclosed laminates particularly useful as safety glazings comprising a polymeric interlayer sheet, wherein the polymeric interlayer sheet comprises a blend composition of an ethylene copolymer A and an ethylene copolymer B, which has a melt flow rate of less than 100g/10 min, as determined in accordance with ASTM D1238 at 190° C. and 2.16 kg, and wherein the ethylene copolymer A comprises copolymerized units of ethylene and about 3 to about 20 wt % of an ester or anhydride of a C4-C8 unsaturated acid having two carboxylic acid groups and the ethylene copolymer B comprises copolymerized units of ethylene and about 6 to about 40 wt % of a polar monomer selected from the group consisting of vinyl acetate, alkyl(meth)acrylates, and mixtures thereof. |
| US08084123B2 |
Process for preparing a sol-gel solution and use of this solution to form a coating to protect a substrate having a metal surface
The invention relates to a process for preparing a stable sol-gel solution. The solution may be used to form coating materials for metallic substrates, such as silver-based substrates for use in mirrors. The process includes the steps of preparing a sol-gel solution by bringing one or more molecular metal and/or metalloid precursors into contact with a medium comprising an organic solvent, adding at least one mercaptoorganosilane compound to the solution, hydrolyzing the solution obtained, and then adding one or more complexing agents to the solution. |
| US08084122B2 |
Zirconia-carbon-containing refractory and method for producing same
A zirconia-carbon-containing refractory includes aggregate grains, a carbon bond formed between the aggregate grains, 80% by mass or more of a ZrO2 component, and a carbonaceous material, in which the total volume of open pores and the carbonaceous material in the structure of the refractory is in the range of 25% to 42% by volume, open pores each having a diameter of 10 μm or more account for 30% or less of the total volume of open pores in the structure of the refractory, and carbonaceous material grains each having a maximum length exceeding 45 μm in the carbonaceous material in the zirconia-carbon-containing refractory account for less than 60% by mass of the total mass of the carbonaceous material except the bonding carbon in the zirconia-carbon-containing refractory. |
| US08084121B2 |
Fine carbon fiber with linearity and resin composite material using the same
The fine carbon fiber obtained by pulverizing vapor grown fine carbon fiber, each fiber including a hollow space extending along its axis, and having an outer diameter of 1 to 1,000 nm, an aspect ratio of 5 to 1,000, and a BET specific surface area of 2 to 2,000 m2/g, wherein the average interlayer distance (d002) is 0.345 nm or less, and the ratio of the peak height (Id) of the band (e.g. 1,341 to 1,349 cm−1) in a Raman scattering spectrum to that of the peak height (Ig) of the band (e.g. 1,570 to 1,578 cm−1) (Id/Ig) is 0.1 to 2, a bending angle of 30° or less with respect to the axis; a composite material comprising the fine carbon fiber and a resin serving as a matrix, wherein the fine carbon fiber is oriented in one direction through, application of an external force; and a production method and use thereof. The linear fine carbon fiber of the present invention exhibits excellent dispersibility in a matrix and is readily oriented by application of an external force, and therefore, enables to produce a composite material, wherein merely the carbon fiber is or both the fine carbon fiber and the matrix resin are oriented in one direction. |
| US08084120B2 |
Composite materials and their use
A composite material comprising the following components: (a) a first prepreg material with improved resistance to microbuckling and kinkband formation; and (b) a second prepreg material with improved resistance to delamination. |
| US08084111B2 |
Polyaniline dialkylsulfate complexes containing intermediate transfer members
An intermediate transfer media, such as a belt, that includes a polyaniline dialkylsulfate complex. |
| US08084109B2 |
PVDC-polyolefin coextruded thermal-formed high-blocked composite packaging material
A composite packaging material includes a top film and a bottom film as the forming film. The up film is BOPP/PE-TIE-PVDC-TIE-PP-PE structure, which is co-extruded by multi-layer flow or inflation film and formed by a solventless dry way; the bottom films has a PP-TIE-PVDC-TIE-PE structure which is co-extruded by multi-layer flow or inflation film. PVDC is homopolymerization of the polyvinylidene chloride or the copolymer of the methyl acrylate or the vinyl chloride, PE is polyethylene or modified polyethylene, and PP is polypropylene or modified polypropylene. The composite packaging material can solve the problem of effective composite of the PVDC-polyolefin material in the condition of the co-extruding, has high oxygen and water resistance, and can be used for various packages of gasing, vacuumizing and thermal forming. |
| US08084105B2 |
Method of depositing boron nitride and boron nitride-derived materials
Methods for forming boron-containing films are provided. The methods include introducing a boron-containing precursor and a nitrogen or oxygen-containing precursor into a chamber and forming a boron nitride or boron oxide film on a substrate in the chamber. In one aspect, the method includes depositing a boron-containing film and then exposing the boron-containing film to the nitrogen-containing or oxygen-containing precursor to incorporate nitrogen or oxygen into the film. The deposition of the boron-containing film and exposure of the film to the precursor may be performed for multiple cycles to obtain a desired thickness of the film. In another aspect, the method includes reacting the boron-containing precursor and the nitrogen-containing or oxygen-containing precursor to chemically vapor deposit the boron nitride or boron oxide film. |
| US08084101B2 |
Fabrication of patterned and ordered nanoparticles
Methods, apparatus and systems form structures from nanoparticles by: providing a source of nanoparticles, the particles being capable of being moved by application of a field, such as an electrical field, magnetic field and even electromagnetic radiation or fields such as light, UV, IR, radiowaves, radiation and the like; depositing the nanoparticles to a surface in a first distribution of the nanoparticles; applying a field to the nanoparticles on the surface that applies a force to the particles; and rearranging the nanoparticles on the surface by the force from the field to form a second distribution of nanoparticles on the surface. The second distribution of nanoparticles is more ordered or more patterned than the first distribution of nanoparticles as a result of the rearranging. |
| US08084100B2 |
Method for the manufacture of a coating
Using this method, a coating (1) is manufactured on a substrate (2), which forms a surface of a base body. In this method a layer (3) with ceramic coating material is applied to the substrate in a process chamber (6) using a plasma beam (30) and using an LPPS or LPPS-TF process. The substrate contains at least one metal Me. At a set reaction temperature of the substrate and in the presence of oxygen, an oxide, which results reactively with metal M diffused on the surface, is generated as a ceramic intermediate layer (4). The ceramic layer (3) is deposited on this intermediate layer. |
| US08084098B2 |
Coating method of building board
A coating method of building board having convexoconcave in surface comprises the first process that coating is supplied and stocked in a tank installed above on a transportation line which transports the building board with making surface of the building board into the upper position, the second process which the building board is passed under the tank, and coating is flowed down like waterfall by weight of the coating from a drain hole which is installed in the lower end of the tank, and it coats the whole surface and the whole edge of building board with coating enough, wherein width of the drain hole in vertical direction to travelling direction of the building board is wider than width of the building board in vertical direction to travelling direction, and amount of coating to the surface of the building board is 1200-1800 g/m2. |
| US08084095B2 |
Ceramic/structural protein composites and method of preparation thereof
Ceramic/structural protein composites and methods of preparation are disclosed, including coatings and films. Ceramic/structural protein coatings can be fabricated on the surface of substrates, including the surface of implantable medical devices. |
| US08084093B2 |
Process for producing nano-device using potential singular points on substrate
The present invention provides a process for producing a bottom-up type nano-device in which a reaction is initiated from potential singular points on a substrate, and wherein compound molecules are arranged with regularity and a chain reaction is accelerated utilizing the sequence pattern of the potential singular points, specifically, the process comprises a step of producing potential singular points that involves placing potential singular points on a substrate and a contact step of contacting a compound having a functional group which interacts with the fore-mentioned potential singular points. |
| US08084091B2 |
Non-aqueous quinacridone dispersions using dispersion synergists
A non-aqueous pigment dispersion includes a quinacridone pigment, a polymeric dispersant, and a dispersion synergist in a non-aqueous dispersion medium wherein the dispersion synergist is a quinacridone derivative substituted on one of the two nitrogen atoms of the quinacridone basic chromophore structure by a group including at least one carboxyl group or a salt thereof. Also, a method for printing an ink-jet image with an ink including the non-aqueous pigment dispersion. |
| US08084089B2 |
Wear resistant coating for brake disks with unique surface appearance and method for coating
A brake disk including carbon steel, stainless steel or a ceramic composite material and coated with a coating material that is wear and corrosion resistant and when applied properly allows for the coated surface to have a variety of “textured” appearances. For example; the coated surface can be made to look like woven carbon fiber. The aesthetically pleasing, wear and corrosion resistant coating overlays wear surfaces and portions of the brake disk that will be, in many cases, visible when the brake disk is installed on the vehicle. The coating includes a first layer of a metal, such as a pure titanium metal, and a second layer that can include a Nitride, Boride, Carbide or Oxide of the metal used in the first layer. The coating can be applied using a physical vapor deposition source such as a cathodic arc source with a controlled gas atmosphere. |
| US08084087B2 |
Fabrication method of size-controlled, spatially distributed nanostructures by atomic layer deposition
A method of growing spatially-separated and size-controlled particles on substrate surfaces is provided. The method utilizes chemical modification of the substrate surface, an atomic layer deposition (ALD) system, providing a modified layer to the substrate surface and providing an ALD material for nanoparticle deposition. The method induces a Volmer-Weber growth method, where islands of the nanoparticles are formed on the surface. The modified layer controls a number of nucleation sites on the surface, where controlling the number of ALD cycles limits an amount of deposited the material for discrete the nanoparticles. The modified layer can include self-assembled monolayers, modified hydrophobicity of the surface, H-terminated surfaces, and varying functional groups within the modified layer, where thermally attached alkenes, photochemically attached alkenes, thermally attached alkynes or photochemically attached alkynes are attached to the H-terminated surfaces, and the density of the nucleation sites of the nanoparticles are thereby managed. |
| US08084085B2 |
Coated microstructures and methods of coating same
A method of manufacturing a microstructure includes filling a microchannel with a slurry including a sol-gel binder, removing a portion of the slurry from the microchannel such that a slurry layer is disposed on or between the plurality of microchannel walls, and heating the microstructure for a sufficient time and at a sufficient temperature to cure and bind the slurry layer to the microchannel walls. |
| US08084084B2 |
Product for roughening the strings of tennis, badminton and squash rackets and for keeping them rough and method for producing said product
The agent basically consists of Saxolith, a crystalline marble-based filler, and Erkamar, a binder having adhesive properties. The agent preferably also contains dimethylethanolamine to improve the dissolution of resins and to stabilize the pH, as well as isopropanol as the diluent, Sipernat to improve the flow properties, Agitan as defoaming agent and coagulant, as well as Byk to improve the flow properties and as a filler. The agent is produced by adding Erkamar to at least the same quantity of water, mixing it and stirring it for a few hours, cooling the mixture to room temperature, and adding at least the same quantity of Saxolith as that of Erkamar added previously and stirring until a homogeneous mixture is obtained. |
| US08084081B2 |
Lighting emitting device, manufacturing method of the same, electronic apparatus having the same
One pixel is divided into a first region including a first light emitting element and a second region including a second light emitting element, wherein the first region emits light in one direction and the second region emits light in the direction opposite to that of the first region. Independently driving the first light emitting element and the second light emitting element allows images to be displayed independently on the surface. |
| US08084078B2 |
Multi-spectral imaging with differential visualizability in discrete visualization domains
A multi-spectral imaging process, comprising: selecting colors for presentation in a target visualization regime; determining correspondence of said colors in the target visualization regime to colors in a source visualization regime; and fabricating a product in the source visualization regime having a coloration that produces a predetermined visual presentation of the object in the target visualization regime. Such process can be utilized to fabricate articles having coloration including a blaze orange coloration in a source visualization regime involving a human observer and a camouflage pattern in a target visualization regime involving an animal observer. |
| US08084067B2 |
Phospholipid complexes of olive fruits extracts having improved bioavailability
Phospholipids complexes of olive fruits extracts or compositions containing it having improved bioavailability. |
| US08084065B2 |
Compositions for treating and preventing hyperlipidemia
A composition for treatment and prevention of hyperlipidemia consists of phytosterols and phytostanols 30-50%, flavones derived from bamboo leaf 20-40%, procyanidins 10-25% and β-glucan of 5-20% by weight. Said composition demonstrates markedly therapeutic effects on preventing and treating hyperlipidemia, compared with the combinations of two or three components selected from phytosterols or phytostanols, flavones derived from bamboo leaf, procyanidins and β-glucan. When applied in supplementary nutrient foods or medicaments, the present composition can effectively lower the levels of cholesterol and triglyceride in blood, therefore can be useful for treating and preventing hyperlipidemia, cardiovascular diseases, coronary heart disease, atherosclerosis, heart disease and the like. |