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| US08212605B2 |
Temperature compensation circuit
A temperature compensation circuit includes a bias circuit configured to output a bias current having a current value increasing in proportion to an absolute temperature in a low-temperature region in which a temperature is lower than a predetermined temperature, and having a greater current value than the current value proportional to the absolute temperature in a high-temperature region in which the temperature is equal to or greater than the predetermined temperature, and a transistor having a control terminal supplied with the bias current. The bias circuit includes a first current generating circuit configured to generate a first current increasing in proportion to the absolute temperature, a second current generating circuit configured to generate a second current that does not flow in the low-temperature region and flows in the high-temperature region, and a control circuit configured to control the second current and having a connection terminal capable of being connected with an external resistor for adjusting a magnitude of the second current, and is configured to generate a third current by adding the first current to the second current, and output the bias current depending on or equal to the third current. |
| US08212601B2 |
Method and apparatus for providing system clock failover
A method and apparatus for providing system clock failover using a one-shot circuit are disclosed. A process, in one embodiment, is able to detect a clock failure using a one-shot circuit, wherein the clock signals are generated by a first clock circuit. Upon generating a switching signal in response to the clock failure, a system reset signal is asserted for a predefined time period in accordance with the clock failure. After switching a second clock circuit to replace the first clock circuit, the process is capable of resuming the clock signals via the second clock circuit. |
| US08212596B2 |
PLL circuit
There is provided a PLL circuit including a first loop filter and a second loop filter, which includes a current signal generation circuit that includes a first output driver that generates a first current signal to be output to the first loop filter and a second output driver that generates a second current signal to be output to the second loop filter, and a control circuit that selects which of the first output driver and the second output driver is to be activated. |
| US08212593B2 |
Systems and methods for providing a clock signal
Systems and methods for providing a clock signal are provided. A frequency multiplier circuit is provided that can include a plurality of serially connected delay elements that are configured to generate a plurality of delay tap signals from an input signal. The frequency multiplier circuit can also include a phase detector configured to receive a first selected delay tap signal and the input signal. The phase detector can detect a phase shift between the first selected delay tap signal and the input signal, and can generate a phase detection signal indicative of a value of the phase shift. The frequency multiplier circuit can also include a digital logic gate configured to receive the input signal and a second selected delay tap signal. The digital logic gate can be further configured to generate an output signal responsive to the second selected delay tap signal and the input signal. The frequency multiplier circuit can also include a controller coupled to the phase detector and coupled to an output gate. The controller can be configured to receive the phase detection signal and to enable the output gate when the value of the phase shift corresponds to a predetermined value. The output gate can provide the output signal when enabled. |
| US08212585B1 |
Programmable logic device
A programmable logic device includes a plurality of logic blocks and a plurality of routing networks. One of the routing networks receives an output signal of one of the plurality of logic blocks and a master clock signal. The routing network includes a pre-charge driver which includes: a delayed clock signal generator generating a delayed clock signal which delays predetermined time from a master clock signal; a pre-charge drive signal generator which receives the output signal of the delayed clock signal generator and the master clock signal and outputs a pre-charge drive signal; an enable circuit which receives an output signal of the pre-charge drive signal generator and outputs a constant signal or the pre-charge drive signal; and an output circuit which receives an output signal of the enable circuit and the output signal of the logic block and outputs one. |
| US08212580B2 |
Scalable wideband probes, fixtures, and sockets for high speed IC testing and interconnects
We introduce a new Periodic micro coaxial transmission line (PMTL) that is capable of sustaining a TEM propagation mode up to THz band. The PMTL can be manufactured using current photolithographic processes. This transmission line can be embedded in microscopic layers that allow many new applications. We further use the embedded PMTL to develop a modular, scaleable and fully automated Universal Test Fixture for testing chips in various stages of development mainly for digital IC chips that can be utilized in production lines with pick and place of chips on tape to test every chip before insertion into circuits. The PMTL can also provide Confined Field Interconnects between various elements on semiconductor wafers to reduce parasitic and radiation losses and practically eliminating cross talk, thus, increasing the speed of digital IC's. The PMTL is also used to develop a Universal Test Socket, and a Hand Probe. |
| US08212579B2 |
Fixing apparatus for a probe card
A fixing apparatus for fixing a probe card to a holder includes a screw fixed to the holder and binding the probe card onto the holder in a vertical direction, a first bearing member intervening between a head of the screw and the probe card and allowing expansion and contraction of the probe card with respect to the screw in a horizontal direction, and a second bearing member intervening between the probe card and the holder and allowing expansion and contraction of the probe card with respect to the holder in the horizontal direction. |
| US08212575B2 |
Device for analyzing size and location of conductive item
A matrix analyzer for determining the size and location of a conductive item placed thereon. The matrix analyzer includes plural row conductors and column conductors with a corresponding grid of conductive areas exposed on the surface of the matrix analyzer. When a conductive item, such as an ink droplet, is jetted onto the matrix analyzer, the intersection of various row conductors and column conductors exhibit a low resistance. The rows and columns of the matrix analyzer can be sequentially accessed to find those intersections where the low resistance exists. From such data, the size and location of the ink droplets can be determined. |
| US08212573B2 |
High frequency analysis of a device under test
Analyzing a device under test (“DUT”) at higher frequencies. A phase shifter varies the phase of a standing wave on a transmission line coupled to the DUT. The standing wave magnitude is sampled at each of the phase shifts and one or more DUT characteristics are determined as a function of the sampled magnitudes and phase shifts. Further aspects include a related phase shifter comprising a waveguide having a plurality of sub-resonant slots formed therein and having active elements for loading the slots to control the phase shift applied to the signal. |
| US08212572B2 |
Electromagnetic compatibility multi-carrier immunity testing system and method
Provided for in some embodiments is, a method of electromagnetic compatibility multi-carrier immunity testing. The method includes generating a first carrier frequency set including a first plurality of carrier frequencies simultaneously such that a device under test is subjected to the first plurality of carrier frequencies simultaneously. One or more of the first plurality of carrier frequencies is substantially different from other ones of the first plurality of carrier frequencies such that the first plurality of carrier frequencies do not interfere with one another when they are generated simultaneously, and intermodulation products of the first plurality of carrier frequencies are not significant relative to the first plurality of carrier frequencies when the first plurality of carrier frequencies are generated simultaneously. |
| US08212571B2 |
Vehicle power supply device
A vehicle power supply device comprises a lithium battery module that includes a plurality of lithium battery cells, first control devices, voltage detection harnesses via which terminal voltages at individual lithium battery cells are input to the first control devices, a second control device and a signal transmission path through which signals are transmitted. The first control device comprises a selection circuit that selects terminal voltages at individual lithium battery cells, a voltage measurement circuit that measures the selected terminal voltages, balancing switches used to discharge individual lithium battery cells, a balancing switch control circuit that controls open/close of the balancing switches, and a diagnosis circuit for detecting an electrically abnormal connection in the detection harnesses. |
| US08212570B1 |
Amplifier circuit for a current transformer
The invention is a simple amplifier circuit for a current transformer to measure very small AC currents, as required for ground fault detection. The circuit presents a very low impedance to the current transformer output and provides high amplification of the current transformer signal. Concurrently and with no additional components, the inventive circuit supplies a bias current to the current transformer to improve its performance and provides output signals which can be used to detect disconnection of the current transformer or a short circuit between either of the current transformer terminals and ground. |
| US08212567B2 |
Externally mounted band antennae requiring minimal metal cutting on drillstring for reduction of mechanical stresses
An instrument disposed into a drill string for imaging an earth formation includes: at least one band antenna disposed over an intermediate layer disposed into a groove in an outer surface of the drill string. A method of fabrication is provided. |
| US08212555B2 |
Magnetic sensor circuit
A magnetic sensor circuit includes: a Hall element; a comparator circuit for comparing a Hall voltage corresponding to a magnetic flux passing through the Hall element with a threshold voltage; an output logic determination circuit for determining output logic of the magnetic sensor circuit based on an output signal from the comparator circuit; a threshold voltage control circuit for determining the threshold voltage based on a data signal output from the output logic determination circuit; and a threshold voltage output circuit for outputting the threshold voltage for the comparator circuit based on a data signal output from the threshold voltage control circuit. Therefore, the magnetic sensor circuit in which a circuit scale is small, and increase in current consumption and cost is suppressed can be provided. |
| US08212553B2 |
Inspection mode switching circuit
An eddy current probe testing apparatus structured to operate concurrently in a driver pick-up mode and said impedance mode is provided. The eddy current probe has two coils. The eddy current probe testing apparatus also includes a signal producing device, an output device, and a switch assembly. The switch assembly is structured to switch how an input signal from the signal producing device is provided to the two coils. |
| US08212552B2 |
Wireless biliary stent system with wishbone-array resonant magnetoelastic sensor and conformal magnetic layer
A stent and a magnetoelastic resonant sensor are provided for sensor a physical characteristic in a bodily vessel or cavity. External coils interact with the sensor to induce a resonance that is responsive to the physical characteristic, such that the device may wirelessly measure physical characteristics such as mass loading effects and viscosity changes due to progression of pathology in implanted stents and stent grafts. The sensor may be fashioned from a magnetoelastic material and may be integrated near the inner sidewall of the stent. The sensor may take on a complex patterned shape to enhance the sensitivity and flexibility of the sensor structure. When the sensor is interrogated with a time-varying magnetic field, the sensor will mechanically vibrate and generate a magnetic flux which is maximum at a resonant characteristic determined by the mass load on the sensor and the viscosity of the fluid surrounding the sensor. By correlating the measured resonant characteristic to the mass load and viscosity, the pathological state in and around the stent can be determined. |
| US08212551B2 |
Bearing with absolute angle sensor
A rotation sensor equipped bearing capable of detecting a highly precise absolute angle with no correction work required after incorporation into a bearing installed equipment. An absolute angle sensor equipped bearing assembly includes a sensor equipped bearing and a correction data storing device. The sensor equipped bearing has a rotation detector capable of providing, as a detection output indicative of the rotation angle of a rotating raceway ring relative to a stationary raceway ring, two analog outputs that are offset 90° in phase relative to each other in terms of electrical degree. The correction data storing device stores a correction data for correcting an error when the absolute angle of the rotation angle of the rotating raceway ring is calculated from the two analog outputs and which is paired with the sensor equipped bearing. |
| US08212549B2 |
Ammeter with improved current sensing
An ammeter is provided with a plurality of individual wound coils interconnected in a generally U-shaped array to measure the magnitude of current in a conductor extending through a sensing region inside the U-shape. Additional pairs of position-sensing coils determine the position of the conductor relative to the sensing region and provide outputs to circuitry which permits the magnitude measurement to be displayed only if the conductor extends through the sensing region. |
| US08212548B2 |
Branch meter with configurable sensor strip arrangement
A power monitoring system configurable to monitor electrical energy sensed by multiple sensors of one or more sensor arrays which may be organized in one of several array arrangements. |
| US08212545B2 |
Reference voltage circuit and electronic device
In order to realize a reference voltage circuit that operates with lower current consumption while maintaining an operation at lower voltage without causing deterioration of a power supply rejection ratio, provided is a reference voltage circuit in which a depletion transistor of an ED type reference voltage circuit is constituted of a plurality of depletion transistors connected in series, and in which a gate terminal of a cascode depletion transistor is connected to a connection point between the depletion transistors of the ED type reference voltage circuit. |
| US08212544B2 |
Semiconductor integrated circuit having level regulation for reference voltage
A semiconductor integrated circuit can include a reference voltage pad that can be configured to receive an external reference voltage and supply the external reference voltage to the inside of the semiconductor integrated circuit, an internal reference voltage generator that can be configured to generate an internal reference voltage by voltage dividing, a selector that can be configured to select and output one of the external reference voltage and the internal reference voltage in response to a selection signal, and a voltage trimming block that can be configured to regulate the level of the output voltage from the selector in response to trimming signals and outputs the level-regulated voltage as a reference voltage. |
| US08212542B2 |
Load adaptive power delivery
Embodiments disclosed herein include a power monitor and controller which are used to control the operation of a voltage regulator depending on an operating mode or state of a load device, such as a hard disk drive. By controlling the voltage regulator in this manner, voltage regulator efficiency may be improved for any load condition, thus reducing power losses in the system. |
| US08212541B2 |
Power converter with capacitive energy transfer and fast dynamic response
A converter circuit and related technique for providing high power density power conversion includes a reconfigurable switched capacitor transformation stage coupled to a magnetic converter (or regulation) stage. The circuits and techniques achieve high performance over a wide input voltage range or a wide output voltage range. The converter can be used, for example, to power logic devices in portable battery operated devices. |
| US08212538B2 |
Hysteretic switching regulator and control method used therein
A switching regulator includes a switching transistor, an inductor, a feedback voltage generator, a hysteresis comparator circuit, and a feedback loop circuit. The switching transistor alternately switches on and off. The inductor charges when the switching transistor is on. The feedback voltage generator generates a first feedback voltage by dividing an output voltage. The hysteresis comparator circuit has a voltage comparator to compare the first feedback voltage against a reference voltage to output a comparator output signal as a result of the comparison. The feedback loop circuit feeds the comparator output signal back to the feedback voltage generator to generate a second feedback voltage. The first feedback voltage has an alternating current component substantially dependent on the second feedback voltage varying with the comparator output signal. |
| US08212536B2 |
Stacked NMOS DC-to-DC power conversion
Embodiments for at least one method and apparatus of generating a regulated voltage are disclosed. One method includes generating the regulated voltage though controlled closing and opening of a series switch element and shunt switch element, the series switch element being connected between a first voltage supply and a common node, and the shunt switch being connected between the common node and a second supply voltage. The series switch element includes an NMOS series switching transistor stacked with an NMOS series protection transistor, and closing the series switch element during a first period includes applying a switching gate voltage to a gate of the NMOS series switch transistor of the series switch element, wherein the switching gate voltage has a voltage potential of at least a threshold voltage greater than a voltage potential of the common node. The shunt switch element includes an NMOS shunt switching transistor stacked with an NMOS shunt protection transistor, and the shunt switch element is closed during a second period. |
| US08212534B2 |
Method for starting up a system for generating electrical power
Described is a method for starting up a system for generating electrical power. The system includes a turbine that is mechanically connected to a generator, while the generator is electrically connected via a converter to a load, in particular to a power supply grid. The generator includes a total number of windings. With at least one embodiment of the method, a number of generator windings are combined at low rotational speeds of the turbine, wherein the combined number of windings is less than the total number of windings. |
| US08212530B2 |
Battery module and method for determining battery ID and temperature
A battery module for a portable electronic device is disclosed. The battery module is connected with the portable electronic device with at least three contacts. The battery module includes a battery, a recognition circuit, and a thermal sensing circuit. The recognition circuit has an energy storage element and a current limiting element, and the thermal sensing circuit has a switch and a thermal sensing element. The thermal sensing element varies its electric parameter in accordance with the temperature of the battery module. With the charging curve of charging the energy storage element by way of the current limiting element, the portable electronic device can determine a battery type, and the thermal sensing circuit is then initiated to acquire the thermal information of the battery module. |
| US08212528B2 |
Rechargeable battery protection integrated circuit device with a short circuit detecting voltage change part, rechargeable battery protection module using the rechargeable battery protection integrated circuit device with a short circuit detecting voltage change part, and battery pack with a short circuit detecting voltage change part
A rechargeable battery protection integrated circuit device, includes a short circuit detecting circuit configured to convert a discharge electric current of a rechargeable battery to a voltage value and detect a short circuit state of the rechargeable battery when the converted voltage value is equal to or greater than a designated short circuit detecting voltage; a discharge control terminal configured to output a control signal when the short circuit state is detected by the short circuit detecting circuit, the control signal being configured to stop a discharge of the rechargeable battery; and an overcharge detecting circuit configured to detect an overcharge of the rechargeable battery, wherein the short circuit detecting circuit includes a short circuit detecting voltage change part, the short circuit detecting voltage change part being configured to change the short circuit detecting voltage when the overcharge is detected by the overcharge detecting circuit. |
| US08212527B2 |
Method and apparatus for telematics-based vehicle no-start prognosis
A system and method for determining the status of a vehicle battery to determine whether the battery may not have enough charge to start the vehicle. The method includes collecting data relating to the battery on the vehicle and collecting data relating to the battery at a remote back-office. Both the vehicle and the remote data center determine battery characteristics based on the collected data and the likelihood of a vehicle no-start condition, where the algorithm used at the remote back-office may be more sophisticated. The data collected at the remote back-office may include vehicle battery information transmitted wirelessly from the vehicle, and other information, such as temperature, battery reliability, miles that the vehicle has driven per day, ambient temperature, high content vehicle, etc. Both the vehicle and the remote back-office may determine the battery open circuit voltage. |
| US08212526B2 |
Controlling a charging operation of a battery based on a charge voltage and cut-off current
A charging operation for a battery includes determining an actual full charge capacity of the battery and a design capacity of the battery. The actual full charge capacity of the battery is compared with the design capacity of the battery. One or more of a charge voltage and a cut-off current, such as with an embedded controller, is adjusted if the actual full charge capacity is less than the design capacity. The battery is controlled by charging the battery with one or more of an adjusted cut-off current and/or an adjusted charge voltage. |
| US08212525B2 |
Battery pack and method of controlling the same
A battery pack includes: a secondary battery formed by connecting a plurality of battery cells in series; a control section measuring a voltage at each of the battery cells and controlling each part according to the measurement result; a charge/discharge control circuit temporarily inhibiting charging and discharging of the secondary battery under control of the control section; an interruption circuit interrupting charge and discharge currents of the secondary battery under control of the control section to inhibit charging and discharging of the secondary battery permanently; a discharge circuit discharging a predetermined battery cell among the battery cells under control of the control section; a capacity measuring section measuring the amount of electricity discharged from the battery cell; and a storage section storing total discharge amount information indicating a total amount of discharged electricity and a charge/discharge inhibition record indicating a count of temporary charge/discharge inhibitions imposed on the secondary battery. |
| US08212524B2 |
Control method of battery-system for improving safety
Disclosed herein are a method of controlling the operation of battery modules in a battery system, which includes two or more battery modules or battery module assemblies, wherein the battery system further includes energy consuming loads for consuming charged energy, and the method includes, when a specific battery module or a specific battery module assembly is abnormally operated, connecting the abnormally operated battery module or the abnormally operated battery module assembly to the corresponding energy consuming load to forcibly discharge the charged energy, and a battery system that is capable of performing the battery system control method. |
| US08212521B2 |
System and method for charging a mobile device
A system and method for charging a mobile device is disclosed. According to one embodiment, a mobile charging system comprises a mobile device having a battery, a robotic device removably connected to the mobile device, and a charging station removably connected to the robotic device. The robotic device is adapted to detect docking of the mobile device. If the docking of the mobile device is detected, the robotic device autonomously returns to the charging station for charging the battery of the mobile device. The robotic device receives an instruction from the mobile device or a user and performs tasks associated with the instruction. |
| US08212517B2 |
Battery type sensing method and device for sensing battery type
A battery type detection approach is disclosed. In one embodiment, a method of detecting a battery type can include: receiving a signal from a battery module in a portable computing device; determining if the signal is in a first state for at least a first predetermined time before transitioning to a second state; determining if the signal transitions from the second state to the first state after a second predetermined time, and identifying the battery type in response thereto; and asserting an indication of the battery type when a third predetermined time period after the transition from the second state to the first state has occurred. |
| US08212512B2 |
Generator motor for vehicle and control method for the same
A vehicle generator motor has a generator motor that is connected to an internal combustion engine and plural sets of three-phase windings, plural sets of inverter portions connected to the respective sets of the three-phase windings, and a control circuit portion for controlling the inverter portions in accordance with the operation state of the generator motor. When the generator motor operates as a motor and a variation value of an output torque or power generation amount thereof exceeds a predetermined value, the control circuit portion controls the inverter portions so as to stop armature current flowing in at least one set in plural sets of three-phase windings. |
| US08212508B2 |
Relating to driving brushless DC (BLDC) motors
In a three phase BLDC motor the rotor position is monitored by detecting the zero crossing points of the induced back EMF signals BEMF_U, BEMF_V, BEMF_W in the phase windings U, V, W. As they are illustrated, the back EMF signals are substantially sinusoidal but they may in other situations be substantially trapezoidal. The three back EMF signals are 120° out of phase with each other. In order to accurately monitor the back EMF in a phase winding, the driving waveform for each phase U, V, W includes an undriven period P close to the expected zero crossing point. The period P can be a preset part of the driving waveform or can be an interruption of the normal driving waveform in response to suitable interrupt signals. In order to determine the zero crossing points of each back EMF signal, two (or more) samples of the back EMF are taken during the undriven period P and used to interpolate the back EMF signal to determine the zero crossing point. |
| US08212506B2 |
AC motor driving circuit and electric car driving circuit
In an AC motor driving circuit, a current-type rectifier circuit having a filter circuit and first bidirectional switches bridge-connected to the filter circuit is provided in an output of an AC power supply. An AC motor is connected to an output of the rectifier circuit through a voltage-type inverter. One terminal of each of second bidirectional switches is connected to corresponding one of output terminals of the current-type rectifier circuit. The other terminals of the second bidirectional switches are collectively connected to one terminal of a series circuit having a DC power supply and a reactor. The other terminal of the series circuit is connected to one output terminal of the current-type rectifier circuit. With this configuration, a large capacitor for a DC link can be dispensed with, so that a reduction in circuit size and weight can be attained. |
| US08212505B2 |
Method and system for creating a vibration in an automobile
A method and system for operating an automotive electric motor having first and second components is provided. A desired frequency of vibration for the electric motor is selected. A current is caused to flow through at least one of the first and second components such that the second component moves relative to the first component. The current is modulated such that the motor vibrates at the desired frequency. |
| US08212504B2 |
Conduction angle control of brushless motor
An inverter controller for driving a brushless DC motor, of which rotor is provided with permanent magnets, includes an inverter circuit, a position sensing circuit, a DC voltage sensor, and a conduction angle controller. The inverter circuit is connected to the brushless DC motor for driving this motor. The position sensing circuit senses a rotor position with respect to a stator from an induction voltage of the brushless DC motor. The DC voltage sensor senses a voltage value of a DC power voltage supplied to the inverter circuit. The conduction angle controller changes a conduction angle of the inverter circuit within a range less than 180 degrees in electric angles in response to a rate of change in the DC power voltage. |
| US08212502B2 |
Control apparatus and control method for hybrid vehicle
A first motor generator-control unit (MG1-ECU) and a second motor generator-control unit (MG2-ECU) are provided independently for respective motor generators. The MG2-ECU performs electric power balance control by correcting an MG2 torque command value as required, so that the sum of the MG1 electric power and the MG2 electric power is within a range of allowable input/output electric power of a DC power supply. The electric power balance control is performed using an estimate of the MG1 electric power based on data obtained by the MG1-ECU. The estimate is determined so that a communication delay time between the MG1-ECU and the MG2-ECU is corrected. In this way, the electric power balance control can be performed appropriately for restricting, within a predetermined range, the total input/output electric power of the electric motors as a whole of a hybrid vehicle mounted with a plurality of motor generators (electric motors). |
| US08212501B2 |
Systems and methods for dynamic fan speed control in an information handling system
An information handling system includes a processor, memory coupled to the processor, a cooling fan, and a controller coupled to the processor and configured to control the speed of the cooling fan based on the operation of the memory. The processor is configured to determine a user-selected performance setting for the information handling system; determine a fan speed limit corresponding to the user selected performance setting; limit the speed of the cooling fan based on the determined fan speed limit; and in connection with limiting the speed of the cooling fan, control an operational parameter of the memory to reduce cooling demands generated by the memory. |
| US08212500B2 |
System for controlling light in dependence of time-of-flight signal
A lighting system comprising a lamp comprising an array of LEDs arranged to transform electricity into a light beam having properties including intensity, color, color temperature; a fight control system comprising a LED driver and a pulse width modulator arranged to adjust said light beam properties; a DA-converter, an ultrasound driver and an ultrasonic transmitter arranged to convert a digital transmit signal into the transmission of an ultrasonic pulse; an ultrasonic receiver and an amplifier arranged to receive reflected ultrasonic signals and transform said ultrasonic signal in a voltage, and a comparator arranged to generate a digital receive signal if said voltage is greater than a predetermined threshold; a processing system arranged to derive a time-of-flight signal representing the time differences between said digital transmit and receive signals and to send control signals to said light control system in dependence of said time-of-flight signal. |
| US08212498B2 |
Fluorescent dimming ballast
A dimmable ballast and methods are presented in which the operating frequency of a self-oscillating inverter is controlled according to a sensed lamp current for dimming control or cathode heating, and an AC bus voltage of the inverter is controlled to be at or below a voltage threshold value to prevent over driving operating lamps when one or more lamps are being replaced. |
| US08212493B2 |
Low energy transfer mode for auxiliary power supply operation in a cascaded switching power converter
A cascaded power converter having an auxiliary power supply operated from the second switching power stage provides efficient operation by activating the auxiliary power supply early in the startup process. A low energy transfer operating mode is initiated in the second switching power stage to charge the auxiliary power supply output without generating significant disruption at the load. After the first switching power stage is started and the intermediate node voltage has increased to a level sufficient to operate the second switching power stage, the final switching power stage enters a normal operating mode. The low energy transfer operating mode has a substantially reduced switching rate and pulse width from that of the normal operating mode. |
| US08212492B2 |
Electronic ballast with high power factor
This invention provides an electronic ballast for a fluorescent lamp, including a rectifier for converting an alternating current input voltage into a direct current output voltage, and a circuit including a combined power factor correction (PFC) stage and an inverter, wherein the PFC stage and the inverter share a switch. Also provided is a controller for an electronic ballast, including a duty ratio controller that controls a duty ratio of a switch of the ballast, and means for adjusting the duty ratio according to a nonlinear function, so that an arc is sustained across the lamp. The controller and the ballast allow dimming of the fluorescent lamp while maintaining a high power factor. |
| US08212491B2 |
Switching power converter control with triac-based leading edge dimmer compatibility
In at least one embodiment, a controller allows triac-based dimmer to properly function and dim a load whose voltage is regulated by a switching power converter. In at least one embodiment, the switching power converter includes a switch to control voltage conversion of an input voltage to the switching power converter, wherein phase delays are introduced in the input voltage by a triac-based dimmer during a dimming period. In at least one embodiment, the controller is configured to control the switch of the switching power converter to establish an input resistance of the switching power converter during a dimming portion of the input voltage, wherein the input resistance allows the triac-based dimmer to phase modulate a supply voltage to the dimmer so that an output voltage of the dimmer has a substantially uninterrupted phase delay during each half-cycle of the supply voltage during the dimming period. |
| US08212488B2 |
Element substrate and light emitting device
A light emitting device and an element substrate which are capable of suppressing variations in the luminance intensity of a light emitting element among pixels due to characteristic variations of a driving transistor without suppressing off-current of a switching transistor low and increasing storage capacity of a capacitor. According to the invention, a depletion mode transistor is used as a driving transistor. The gate of the driving transistor is fixed in its potential or connected to the source or drain thereof to operate in a saturation region with a constant current flow. A current controlling transistor which operates in a linear region is connected in series to the driving transistor, and a video signal for transmitting a light emission or non-emission of a pixel is inputted to the gate of the current controlling transistor through a switching transistor. |
| US08212487B2 |
Field emission device and method of operating the same
Provided are a field emission device enabling rapid pulse operation and a method of operating the same. The field emission device includes a cathode electrode including a field emission source, an anode electrode disposed to face the cathode electrode and accelerating electrons emitted from the field emission source, a current controller controlling field emission current flowing through the cathode electrode, and a field emission controller applying a pull-up voltage to the cathode electrode when the current controller is turned off. |
| US08212486B2 |
Smart load control device having a rotary actuator
A load control device for controlling the amount of power delivered from an AC power source to an electrical load comprises a rotary actuator, such as a rotary knob or a rotary wheel. The load control device increases and decreases the amount of power delivered to the electrical load in response to rotations of the rotary knob in first and second directions, respectively. The load control device accelerates the rate of change of the amount of power delivered to the load in response to the angular velocity of the rotary actuator. The load control device generates a ratcheting sound when the rotary actuator is rotated in the first direction at a high-end intensity of the load control device. The load control device is operable to control the electrical load in response to both actuations of the rotary actuator and digital messages received via a communication link. |
| US08212485B2 |
Dimming bridge module
A lighting control system is coupled to one or more ballast/drivers operating one or more light sources. A low power control module receives analog, digital and/or DALI signals from one or more sources, processes the signals to provide an appropriate lighting response and outputs one or more commands related to light output of the one or more ballast/drivers operating one or more light sources. A gateway component receives wireless signals from the low power control module to relay to one or more control components. The control components provide instruction to modify the light output of the one or more ballast/drivers operating one or more light sources based at least in part upon the one or more commands received from the low power control module and/or the gateway component. |
| US08212478B2 |
Dielectric barrier discharge lamp
A dielectric barrier discharge (DBD-) lamp (1) comprising a discharge volume (2) which is delimited by a first and a second wall (4, 5) is disclosed, wherein both walls (4, 5) are exposed to different electrical potentials by means of a power supply (11) for exciting a gas discharge within the discharge volume (2). By providing at least one electrically conductive ignition aid or igniter which extends within the discharge volume (2) and which electrically contacts the first and the second wall (4, 5) with each other, a significant reduction of the initial ignition voltage of the lamp (1) can be obtained, especially after long pauses of operation of the lamp (1). |
| US08212473B2 |
Flexible polymeric light emitting/charge storage device and system
A light emitting/charge storage device is disclosed. The light emitting/charge storage device includes an organic light emitting diode (OLED) portion and at least one charge storage portion electrically and physically connected therewith. The OLED portion includes a first anode layer, a first cathode layer, and an electroluminescent layer disposed at least partially between the first anode layer and the first cathode layer. The at least one charge storage portion includes a second anode layer, a second cathode layer, and an ionic polymer dielectric layer disposed at least partially between the second anode layer and the second cathode layer, and/or a thin film battery layer. A light emitting/charge storage system is also disclosed. Certain embodiments of the device and system of the invention may provide integrated illumination and charge storage in a unitary stacked layered structure with flexible mechanical characteristics. |
| US08212471B2 |
Light emitting device and electronic equipment provided with the light emitting device
A light emitting device having excellent characteristics such as light emitting efficiency and the like and electrical equipment provided with such a light emitting device and having high reliability are provided. The light emitting device includes a light emitting layer 42 formed of a first organic semiconductor material, a hole transport layer (carrier transport layer) 41 formed of a second organic semiconductor material and provided in contact with the light emitting layer 42, and particles 411 provided in contact with both the light emitting layer 42 and the hole transport layer 41, wherein an entire of or a part of each of the particles 411 is embedded in the light emitting layer (the other layer) 42 so that the particles 411 can contain the second organic semiconductor material (organic semiconductor material which constitutes the other layer). |
| US08212468B2 |
Display apparatus
A display apparatus is provided. The display apparatus includes a light source apparatus including a white light source, a blue fluorescent material, a green fluorescent material, a red fluorescent material, a green color filter, and a red color filter. A green chromaticity point of an output of green light to be omitted from the green fluorescent material and a red chromaticity point of an output of red light to be emitted from the red fluorescent material on a chromaticity coordinate system are interconnected by an imaginary straight line which passes only points which are equal to or higher than (0.300, 0.600) with regard to at least one of an x-axis component and a y-axis component of the chromaticity coordinate system. |
| US08212463B2 |
Spark plug and its manufacturing method
A spark plug includes an insulator, a center electrode, a metal shell, a ground electrode, and a noble metal tip joined to at least one of the two electrodes. The noble metal tip is joined to the electrode via a melt portion formed by using a laser or electron beam from a side surface of the noble metal tip. In a predetermined section, including a central axis of the noble metal tip, ¾ or more of one end face of the noble metal tip is joined to the electrode. When the thickness of the melt portion is taken to be TX (mm), and the length in a direction of irradiation with the laser beam is taken to be LX (mm), TX and LX satisfy 1.5≦LX/TX, and an angle αX or angle αY, formed by two predetermined straight lines, satisfies −15≦αX (αY)≦25. |
| US08212462B2 |
Spark plug and manufacturing method therefor
A spark plug in which the center electrode is formed by laser welding along the circumference of a joint surface between a center electrode base metal and a noble metal tip in excess of full circumference. When G represents a spark gap and A represents a shortest gap between a laser weld bead and a line drawn parallel with axis X, A≦3G. Straight lines S1 and S2 which connect the center of the noble metal tip 1 and the circumferential center of a proximal end 52 of the ground electrode 51 and vertex 8 of a protrusion 7 formed at a final end portion 6e of a bead 6 formed by circumferential laser welding, respectively, form an angle θ of 45 degrees. Since the protrusion 7 of the bead is the angle θ away from the ground electrode 51, an abnormal discharge is unlikely to be generated. |
| US08212461B2 |
Spark plug for internal combustion engine
A spark plug including: a rod-shaped center electrode; an insulator; a metal shell; a ground electrode joined to the metal shell and bent toward the center electrode; a noble metal tip joined to an end portion of the ground electrode and opposing a leading end portion of the center electrode via a gap; and a bulge portion. A part of the noble metal tip is embedded in the ground electrode, and another part of the noble metal tip protrudes from a distal end surface of the ground electrode. A relationship A≧0.25 mm is satisfied where A (mm) is a protruding length of the noble metal tip from the distal end surface. The bulge portion covers a center part of a boundary between the noble metal tip and the end surface in a width direction. |
| US08212457B2 |
Piezoelectric ceramic composition, piezoelectric element, and resonator
Provided is a piezoelectric ceramic composition which can increase Qmax of a resonator and inhibit the resonator from changing its oscillation frequency F0 under a low temperature environment. The piezoelectric ceramic composition has a structure represented by the following general formula (1): (PbαLnβMeγ)(Ti1−(x+y+z)ZrxMnyNbz)O3 (1) where Ln is a lanthanoid element, Me is an alkaline-earth metal element, α>0, β>0, γ≧0, 0.965≦α+β+γ≦1.000, 0.158≦x≦0.210, y≧0, z≧0, and 1−(x+y+z)>0. |
| US08212455B2 |
Piezoelectric/electrostrictive film element and method manufacturing the same
An actuator includes a fired ceramic substrate having a space opened downward, a first electrode formed on the upper surface of the fired ceramic substrate above the space, a piezoelectric/electrostrictive body formed on the first electrode so that the volume changes with input and output of electric power, and a second electrode formed on the piezoelectric/electrostrictive body. The piezoelectric/electrostrictive body is composed of Pb(Zr1-xTix)O3 or (Li, Na, K) (Nb, Ta)O3 as a main component and contains crystals oriented along the direction of an electric field. In the actuator, the degree of orientation of the piezoelectric/electrostrictive body can be increased regardless of the orientation of the substrate on which the piezoelectric/electrostrictive body is formed. |
| US08212451B2 |
Multi-layer piezoelectric element having a plurality of junction sections and injection apparatus employing the same
A multi-layer piezoelectric element includes a stack having metal layers and piezoelectric layers stacked one on another, and a pair of external electrodes formed on the side faces of the stack. At least one of the metal layers is a stress relieving layer having partial metal layers scattered between the two piezoelectric layers and voids. Junction sections are formed between the two piezoelectric layers to join and are disposed on both sides of an imaginary straight line drawn to connect the center of width of one of the external electrodes and the center of width of the other of the external electrodes in a plane including the stress relieving perpendicular to the stacking direction. |
| US08212450B2 |
Generator including an electret member
An electrostatic operating apparatus (electrostatic induction generator) includes a first substrate having a first electrode and a second electrode and set in a state where the first electrode and the second electrode are electrically separated from each other at least on the substrate and a second substrate including an electret member, wherein the first substrate and the second substrate are so provided as to be opposed to each other at an interval and so formed as to be movable relatively with each other, and at least one of the first electrode and the second electrode is so formed as to be capacitively coupled with the electret member. |
| US08212447B2 |
Magnet embedded rotor, electric motor using the same rotor, and compressor using the same motor
A magnet embedded rotor is provided in which permanent magnets are embedded in the iron core of the rotor at a fixed interval. Notch parts are formed at the first protruding part and both the sides of the first protruding parts on the outer face between salient poles in the iron core of the rotor correspond to the multiple permanent magnets. Non-magnetic parts for preventing the short circuit of magnetic flux are formed at both the edges of the permanent magnets. A bridge part between the non-magnetic parts and the notch parts are narrowed as much as possible to an extent to cause a magnetic saturation, and one or multiple of the second protruding part extending to the direction of the outer face are formed at the notch parts. |
| US08212443B2 |
Motor and housing thereof
A motor includes a motor body and a housing for covering and accommodating the motor body. The housing includes a seat and a cover. The seat has at least one first connecting portion disposed at the circumference of the seat, and the cover has at least one second connecting portion disposed at the circumference of the cover and corresponding to the first connecting portion. The first and second connecting portions are connected by the relative movement of the seat and the cover, so that the seat and the cover can be combined tightly. |
| US08212442B1 |
Torque / energy transfer method and apparatus
The Harmonic Accumulation and Relative Transference of Kinetic Energy method does not transmit, but rather, transfers torque/energy from a power source to a driven system of higher rotational speed through the use of an oscillating flywheel and a potential energy storage device, for example, a torsion spring The power source adds energy to the oscillating flywheel by applying an impulse torque to the flywheel just as the flywheel begins to start rotating, and then transfers that energy to the driven system when the flywheel's speed (which may be its highest rotational speed) matches that of the driven system's rotational speed and direction. Thus, the energy is transferred when the flywheel and the driven system are at 0 rpm “relative” to each other. Accordingly, the impulse torques may be applied using principles of electric motors. |
| US08212439B2 |
Fan-motor unit
A fan-motor unit comprises a fan driven by an electric motor, both mounted on a support, at least one inlet (I) and one outlet (S) for a forced air flow, an electronic circuit board for controlling the motor, and a radiator at least partially immersed in the forced air flow. The radiator has a curved peripheral edge determining a convex face and a concave face of the said radiator, the electronic circuit board being in contact with the said radiator on the concave face side and a substantially cylindrical bearing surface on the convex face side of the said radiator. A radial gasket that forms a skirt comprises a first end secured to the support, a free second end, and a substantially cylindrical interior face between the first and second ends, and the interior face of the radial gasket bears against the bearing surface so as to isolate the electronic circuit board from the air flow. |
| US08212432B2 |
Safety interlocks for electricity meter control relays
Safety in an electricity metering environment is improved by providing an additional level of safety interlocking to disconnect switches and other control relays in electricity meters. |
| US08212430B2 |
Apparatus and system for communicating electromagnetic service
An electromagnetic service communicating device for coupling to a host in at least two distinct orientations as well as a modular system including a host and a functional device. The electromagnetic service communicating device provides electromagnetic service from the host to the functional device. The electromagnetic service communicating device includes a first member having a first interface connectable to the host and that is pivotally connected to a second member having a second interface connectable to the functional device. The hosts can have differently oriented electromagnetic service interfaces. |
| US08212428B2 |
Portable power supply apparatus for generating microwave-excited microplasmas
Provided is a portable power supply apparatus for generating microwave plasma, capable of minimizing a power reflected from a plasma generation apparatus and improving power consumption of the plasma generation apparatus by generating the plasma by using a microwave having a specific frequency, monitoring the power reflected from the plasma generation apparatus after the generation of the plasma, detecting a changed impedance matching condition, and correcting the frequency. |
| US08212426B2 |
Bicycle electrical wiring unit
A bicycle electrical wiring unit is provided with a junction housing, a wiring junction and a cable winding structure. The wiring junction is mounted to the junction housing for connecting at least two electrical cables. The cable winding structure is disposed on the junction housing with the cable winding structure including at least one electrical cable holder for selectively retaining different lengths of an intermediate section of a first electrical cable of the electrical cables to the junction housing. |
| US08212421B2 |
Temperature dependent switching circuit
A temperature activated switching circuit 100, comprising a temperature activated switch U1 for switching an output 102 at a threshold temperature, the temperature activated switch U1 having at least one power input VCC for receiving power; and power switching circuitry for connecting a power source to said power input VCC of the temperature activated switch U1, the power source being initially disconnected from the power input VCC, and the power switching circuitry being configured to connect said power source to the power input VCC based on a detected temperature, in order to power up the temperature activated switch U1 before said detected temperature reaches said threshold temperature. |
| US08212416B2 |
Device for filtering harmonics
A power device is provided for filtering or dampening harmonics and optimizing the power factor in power distributions systems. A device for a 3-phase power system comprises series inductors able to communicate between an AC power source and a non-linear load. Connected in parallel to the series inductors, at the junction with the non-linear load, are shunt inductors used to trap harmonic currents. Power factor correction capacitors are connected to the ends of the shunt inductors. The series inductor and shunt inductor are used to form a coaxial reactor assembly, which further comprises a reactor core. The coaxial reactor assembly is formed by winding a first inductor around the core and then winding a separate second inductor around the perimeter of the first inductor. In another embodiment, the device includes a third inductor to achieve better dampening and power factor performance. |
| US08212415B2 |
Noncontact electric power transmission system
Disclosed is a noncontact electric power transmission system having a power transmitter circuit section 10 and a power receiver circuit section 30 which are adapted to be coupled to transmit electric power from a transmitter coil Lp provided in the power transmitter circuit section 10 to a receiver coil Ls provided in the power receiver circuit section 30, in a noncontact manner by means of electromagnetic induction. The noncontact electric power transmission system comprises: a separately-excited or self-excited switching circuit 2 provided in the power transmitter circuit section 10; a control IC 3 operable to drive the switching circuit 2; an LC series resonant circuit including a capacitor Cp connected in series to the transmitter coil Lp or an LC parallel resonant circuit including a capacitor Cp connected in parallel to the transmitter coil Lp; and an LC parallel resonant circuit including a capacitor Cs connected in parallel to the receiver coil Ls, wherein an oscillating frequency (Fosc) of the control IC 3, a resonant frequency (Fpr) of the LC series resonant circuit or the LC parallel resonant circuit in the power transmitter circuit section 10, and a resonant frequency (Fsr) of the LC parallel resonant circuit in the power receiver circuit section 30, have the following relationship: Fpr |
| US08212414B2 |
Resonant, contactless radio frequency power coupling
A resonant, contactless, RF power coupling suitable for high power-density applications and for use in an ocean environment is disclosed. In the illustrative embodiment, the power coupling includes a transmit coupling and a receive coupling, each of which include a resonant element. A high-powered RF generator is coupled to the transmit coupling and a rectifier circuit is coupled to the output coupling. Each of the resonant elements is disposed in its own electrically-conductive canister and advantageously potted in an appropriate insulating dielectric. Each canister has an open end to facilitate inductive coupling between the two resonant elements. In order to exclude seawater from the interface between the canisters, a seal of compliant material is disposed therebetween. |
| US08212409B2 |
Method for activating a multi-string inverter for photovoltaic plants
A method of activating a Multi-String inverter for photovoltaic generators (1a, 1b) of a photovoltaic plant (6), the Multi-String inverter incorporating on the input side a separate DC-DC converter (2a, 2b) for each generator string (photovoltaic generator) (1a, 1b) and each output of the DC-DC converters (2a, 2b) being connected in parallel and to an input of a DC-AC converter (3) and the DC-AC converter (3) being connected with an alternating current mains (4) for feeding into the mains aims at improving efficiency. This is achieved in that one or several electrical variables, namely input current, input voltage and/or input power are measured at each DC-DC converter (2a, 2b) and at least one of the DC-DC converters (2a, 2b) changing its operating condition as a function of this measurement when a limit value and/or a range is exceeded in such a manner that its power loss is reduced so that the energy yield of the photovoltaic plant (6) is increased. |
| US08212408B2 |
Collection of electric power from renewable energy sources via high voltage, direct current systems with conversion and supply to an alternating current transmission network
Wind-generated electric power is collected in a multiple nodal arrangement where the DC output current of each node can be held constant while the DC output node voltage is allowed to vary. The DC outputs from the wind-generated power collection nodes are connected together in series and fed to a plurality of regulated current source inverters via a high voltage DC transmission link. Each inverter converts input DC power into a three phase AC output. The AC outputs of the regulated current source inverters are connected to a phase shifting transformation network that supplies three phase electric power to a conventional AC electrical transmission system. Alternatively wind-generated and photovoltaic-generated electric power is commonly collected in a nodal arrangement and transported at high voltage DC to a plurality of regulated current source inverters for supply to the conventional AC electrical transmission system. |
| US08212406B2 |
System, socket and plug apparatus for DC power distribution and usage
A power supply system comprises an electrical power generating device producing DC electrical power in the form of a DC electrical current, a DC current conductor receiving the DC electrical current from the electrical power generating device and carrying the DC electrical current to a socket, and an AC power system transmitting AC electrical current to the socket so that the socket can be accessed by a plug inserted therein to receive the DC current or the AC current from it. The socket has four recesses in it, and each recess has a respective contact therein. Each recess is configured to receive a respective prong and make a respective electrical contact with the plug therein. A first of the contacts transmits the DC current, a second and third of the contacts transmit complementary poles of the AC electrical current, and a fourth contact connects with a grounded connection. A DC-powered electrical device has a plug with a plug body and three prongs supported on and extending from the plug body. The prongs include two AC connection prongs and a ground connection prong corresponding to prongs of a standard three-prong plug. The plug further has a fourth prong supported on the plug body into the socket to contact the DC current recess. The fourth prong is removable from the plug body, or is movably supported on the plug body so that the fourth prong may be removed or moved so that the plug can be plugged into a standard three-recess AC socket. |
| US08212402B2 |
System and method for limiting losses in an uninterruptible power supply
Aspects of the invention are directed to systems and method for limiting losses in an uninterruptible power supply. In one aspect, the present invention provides an uninterruptible power supply (UPS) comprising an input to receive input power having an input voltage, an output to provide output power having an output voltage, a neutral line, an automatic voltage regulation (AVR) transformer coupled to the input and the output of the UPS and having an input, an output, a core and at least one switch controllably coupled to at least one of the core, the input and the output, and a means for isolating the core of the AVR transformer from the neutral line when the input voltage is substantially equal to a defined output voltage. |
| US08212399B2 |
Power extractor with control loop
In some embodiments, a power extractor's control loop detects changes in power and controls the duty cycle of the switching circuitry in response to the detected changes in power, thereby controlling the power transfer. The control loop may include a signal generator to control the duty cycle, and the frequency of the generated signal may be changed to optimize the energy transfer efficiency. The switching circuitry may control the rate at which circuits store and release the energy in response to the control signal and thereby seek to obtain a rate of storage and release that results in no detected changes in power. Other embodiments are described and claimed. |
| US08212396B2 |
Apparatus power restart method in response to network connection status
An apparatus power restart method in response to the network connection status is provided. The method uses an outlet or an Uninterruptible Power Supply (“UPS”) with multiple sockets, wherein a network port and a power reset switch are included. The outlet or UPS is powered via an external power source. A network connection is established through one or more network devices. The electric power control apparatus incorporating the claimed power restart method includes a network connection detection circuit and an electric power control circuit. By monitoring the network connection, the network devices connected to the electric power control apparatus can be restarted in sequence or simultaneously when the network connection fails. Thereby the network connection can be maintained. Additionally, the electric power control apparatus has a server module whereby the users can access the apparatus via the network connection. This allows the user to configure the apparatus. |
| US08212394B2 |
Remote controllable power outlet apparatus with grouping capability and remote control grouping method thereof
A remote controllable power outlet apparatus with grouping capability and a remote control grouping method thereof, includes a microprocessor, a communication module, a power protection and control module, a grouping unit, at least a controllable socket set, a switch, and an original remote control which belongs and corresponds to the remote controllable power outlet apparatus. Therein the switch is coupled between the microprocessor, the power protection and control module, and the controllable socket set, and the switch is for controlling whether or not the controllable socket set provides power. When the original remote control is plugged into the grouping unit, the remote controllable power outlet apparatus then activates a remote control grouping function, and the remote controllable power outlet apparatus can be controlled by another remote control other then the original remote control. |
| US08212391B2 |
Circuit array
A circuit array controls operation of two loads that operate with a rectified AC voltage. The circuit array includes a semiconductor switch on a circuit path with the two loads and a control unit to generate a switch control signal that controls the semiconductor switch. The control unit includes a phase detection device to detect whether a phase of the AC voltage is positive or negative, and to output a detection signal that is based on whether the phase is positive or negative, and a logic unit to generate the switch control signal based on load control signals and the detection signal. |
| US08212376B2 |
Apparatus and method for providing operative power to powerline-network device
An apparatus, and an associated method, for powering a powerline network apparatus, such as a HOMEPLUG™ transceiver. A data signal sensor is positioned to sense a data signal that is to be operated upon by the powerline network apparatus. When a data signal is sensed, an indication is formed, and the indication is used to control the switch positioning of a switch that interconnects a power supply with the powerline network apparatus. When the indication of sensing of the data signal is formed, the switch is closed, and the power supply is connected to the powerline-network apparatus operative power is provided to power the powerline network apparatus. |
| US08212373B2 |
Wind plant and method for increasing energy capture in a wind plant
Method for increasing energy capture in wind plants includes providing a plurality of wind turbines having a variable speed control system including an initial rotational speed set point value which is a maximum rotational speed set point for wind turbines. Method includes obtaining at least two measured operational parameters from one or more sensors and comparing measured operational parameters to mechanical load of turbine. If mechanical load of turbine is decreased as a result of measured operational parameters, a speed control adjustment method is activated. Speed control adjustment method includes determining an adjusted rotational speed set point greater than initial rotational speed set point value in response to at least two measured and compared operational parameters and configuring control system with adjusted rotational speed set point where adjusted rotational speed set point increases maximum rotational speed set point of wind turbines. |
| US08212372B2 |
Wind turbine generator with seal mechanism
The present invention provides a wind turbine generator in which an oil seal structure provided in a blade rotating ring bearing of a wind turbine blade is improved and leakage of lubricant oil to outside is prevented or suppressed. A wind turbine generator in which a rotor head has wind turbine blades, the rotor head rotates when the wind turbine blades receive wind power and drives a power generator disposed in a nacelle to generate electricity, the nacelle is disposed on an upper end of a tower that stands on a foundation such that the nacelle can yaw-slew, a blade rotating ring bearing is disposed between the wind turbine blade and the rotor, the wind turbine generator includes a pitch control mechanism that can adjust a pitch angle of the wind turbine blades, wherein seal mechanisms are mounted on both ends of opposed rolling body holding surfaces of an outer race and an inner race of the blade rotating ring bearing with rolling bodies interposed between both the ends, sides of the seal mechanisms closer to the blade are formed into a double sealed structure in which a space is disposed between seal members and the seal member are disposed in an axial direction of the blade, pressurized fluid is supplied to the space, and lips of the seal members are pushed against a mating sidewall surface. |
| US08212371B2 |
Energy system for producing DC voltage using rectifiers and energy storage circuits
An energy system is specified, which comprises a wind power turbine or water power turbine, which is connected to a generator, with the generator having at least two stator windings. In order to achieve a simple and robust design without a transformer, each stator winding has an associated rectifier unit, and each stator winding is connected to the AC voltage side of the associated rectifier unit. Furthermore, each rectifier unit has a respective associated energy storage circuit, and each rectifier unit is connected in parallel on the DC voltage side to the associated energy storage circuit, with the energy storage circuits being connected to one another in series. |
| US08212367B2 |
Integrated circuit die with logically equivalent bonding pads
An integrated circuit (IC) die includes two bonding pads, that share a common logical function, such as signal input or signal output, separated by the width of the die, and preferably on opposite sides of the die. System-in-package devices are produced by steps including directly electrically connecting one or the other bonding pad to bonding pads of other, functionally different IC dies, with the bonding pads of the other IC dies, to which are connected bonding pads of common logical function of the IC dies of the present invention, being functionally identical but geometrically different. Multchip package devices are produced by stacking the IC dies of the present invention with other IC dies and directly electrically connecting one or the other bonding pad to different bonding pads of the other IC dies. |
| US08212361B2 |
Semiconductor die package including multiple dies and a common node structure
A semiconductor die package capable of being mounted to a motherboard is disclosed. The semiconductor die package includes a substrate, and a first semiconductor die mounted on the substrate, where the first semiconductor die includes a first vertical device comprising a first input region and a first output region at opposite surfaces of the first semiconductor die. The semiconductor die package includes a second semiconductor die mounted on the substrate, where second semiconductor die comprises a second vertical device comprising a second input region and a second output region at opposite surfaces of the second semiconductor die. A substantially planar conductive node clip electrically communicates the first output region in the first semiconductor die and the second input region in the second semiconductor die. The first semiconductor die and the second semiconductor die are between the substrate and the conductive node clip. |
| US08212359B2 |
Semiconductor integrated circuit device, mounting structure of semiconductor integrated circuit device, and method for manufacturing semiconductor integrated circuit device
A semiconductor integrated circuit device can be mounted on a circuit board through capacitive coupling even when being miniaturized. A passivation film disposed on a principal surface of a semiconductor substrate provided with a plurality of wirings laminated sequentially with insulating films therebetween has an opening at which at least a portion of the uppermost layer wiring is exposed. An electrode is arranged to cover the uppermost layer wiring exposed at the opening of the passivation film and the periphery of the opening of the passivation film. A dielectric layer is arranged to cover the electrode. An extension portion of the electrode on the surface of the passivation film and an electrode of a circuit board are capacitively coupled with a dielectric layer therebetween. |
| US08212355B2 |
Semiconductor package and manufacturing method of the semiconductor package
A semiconductor package includes a semiconductor device, and a wiring board where the semiconductor device is mounted. The semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate, a piercing electrode configured to pierce the semiconductor substrate and electrically connect the wiring board and the semiconductor device, and a ring-shaped concave part provided so as to surround the piercing electrode, the ring-shaped concave part being configured to open to a wiring board side of the semiconductor substrate. |
| US08212353B1 |
Structure and assembly procedure for low stress thin die flip chip packages designed for low-K Si and thin core substrate
Provided are semiconductor die flip chip packages and semiconductor die flip chip package components where certain properties of the packages/components are controlled to facilitate management of the package stresses. Also provided are fabrication methods for such packages and package components. For instance, the thickness of a die can be controlled such that the stress generated/experienced by the die is minimized. As such, the package stress is managed to suitable levels for incorporation of a low-K Si die and/or a thin package substrate. Further, a thin die can be attached to a heat spreader to increase the rigidity for easier handling during fabrication of the semiconductor die flip chip package. |
| US08212348B2 |
Techniques for packaging multiple device components
Techniques for fabricating multiple device components. Specifically, techniques for fabricating a stacked package comprising at least one I/C module and a multi-chip package. The multi-chip package includes a plurality of integrated circuit dices coupled to a carrier. The dice are encapsulated such that conductive elements are exposed through the encapsulant. The conductive elements are electrically coupled to the chips. The I/C module comprises an interposer having a plurality of integrated circuit dice disposed thereon. The dice of the I/C module are electrically coupled to the interposer via bondwires. The interposer is configured such that vias are aligned with the conductive elements on the multi-chip package. The multi-chip package and I/C module may be fabricated separately and subsequently coupled together to form a stacked package. |
| US08212339B2 |
Semiconductor device packages with electromagnetic interference shielding
Described herein are semiconductor device packages with EMI shielding and related methods. In one embodiment, a semiconductor device package includes a grounding element disposed adjacent to a periphery of a substrate unit and at least partially extending between an upper surface and a lower surface of the substrate unit. The grounding element includes an indented portion that is disposed adjacent to a lateral surface of the substrate unit. The semiconductor device package also includes an EMI shield that is electrically connected to the grounding element and is inwardly recessed adjacent to the indented portion of the grounding element. |
| US08212335B2 |
Semiconductor substrate having a flexible, heat resistant, graphite substrate
To provide a semiconductor substrate, a semiconductor device, a light emitting device and an electronic device which have a low price, a long lifetime, and a high luminescent efficiency, and moreover are capable of being bent. A graphite substrate having heat resistance and having flexibility with respect to external force, and a first semiconductor layer, provided on the graphite substrate, which is made of a nitride of the Group XIII are included, and a method such as pulse sputter deposition can be used in forming the first semiconductor layer on the graphite substrate, to thereby allow inexpensive manufacture to be possible. In addition, since the nitride of the Group XIII is an inorganic substance, it has a long lifetime, and thus a high luminescent efficiency can be obtained. Moreover, since the graphite substrate has flexibility with respect to external force, it can also be bent. |
| US08212331B1 |
Method for fabricating a backside through-wafer via in a processed wafer and related structure
According to an exemplary embodiment, a method for fabricating a backside through-wafer via in a processed wafer includes forming a through-wafer via opening through a substrate and extending the through-wafer via opening through at least one interlayer dielectric layer situated over the substrate. The method further includes forming a metal layer in the through-wafer via opening, where the metal layer forms an electrical connection to substrate. The metal layer is also in electrical contact with an interconnect metal segment situated above the at least one interlayer dielectric layer. The method further includes performing a thinning process to reduce the substrate to a target thickness before forming the through-wafer via opening. The method further includes forming an electrically conductive passivation layer on the metal layer and over a bottom surface of the substrate, where the electrically conductive passivation layer is in electrical contact with the metal layer and the substrate. |
| US08212324B2 |
Micro-electromechanical resonance device with periodic structure
A Micro Electro Mechanical Systems resonance device includes a substrate, and an input electrode, connected to an alternating current source having an input frequency. The device also includes an output electrode, and at least one anchoring structure, connected to the substrate. The device further includes a vibratile structure connected to an anchoring structure by at least one junction, having a natural acoustic resonant frequency. The vibration under the effect of the input electrode, when it is powered, generates, on the output electrode, an alternating current wherein the output frequency is equal to the natural frequency. The vibratile structure and/or the anchoring structure includes a periodic structure. The periodic structure includes at least first and second zones different from each other, and corresponding respectively to first and second acoustic propagation properties. |
| US08212318B2 |
High-voltage transistor with improved high stride performance
A high voltage NMOS transistor is disclosed where the p-doped body is isolated against the p-doped substrate by a DN well having a pinch-off region where the depth of the DN-well is at minimum. By the forming space charge region at raising drain potentials a shielding of the drain potential results because the space charge region touches the field oxide between source and drain at the pinch-off region. An operation at the high side at enhanced voltage levels is possible. |
| US08212317B2 |
Integrated circuit with a laterally diffused metal oxide semiconductor device and method of forming the same
An integrated circuit with a transistor advantageously embodied in a laterally diffused metal oxide semiconductor device having a gate located over a channel region recessed into a semiconductor substrate and a method of forming the same. In one embodiment, the transistor includes a source/drain including a lightly or heavily doped region adjacent the channel region, and an oppositely doped well extending under the channel region and a portion of the lightly or heavily doped region of the source/drain. The transistor also includes a channel extension, within the oppositely doped well, under the channel region and extending under a portion of the lightly or heavily doped region of the source/drain. |
| US08212316B2 |
Integrated circuit with a laterally diffused metal oxide semiconductor device and method of forming the same
An integrated circuit with a transistor advantageously embodied in a laterally diffused metal oxide semiconductor device having a gate located over a channel region recessed into a semiconductor substrate and a method of forming the same. In one embodiment, the transistor includes a source/drain including a lightly or heavily doped region adjacent the channel region, and an oppositely doped well extending under the channel region and a portion of the lightly or heavily doped region of the source/drain. The transistor also includes a channel extension, within the oppositely doped well, under the channel region and extending under a portion of the lightly or heavily doped region of the source/drain. |
| US08212304B2 |
Method for deleting data from NAND type nonvolatile memory
To provide a method of releasing charges which have been injected into charge accumulating layers of nonvolatile memory elements without using a substrate terminal such as a p well or an n well, as a method for deleting data from a NAND-type nonvolatile memory. In the method for deleting data from the NAND-type nonvolatile memory, charges stored in a charge accumulating layer of a first nonvolatile memory element are released by applying a first potential to a bit line and a source line, a second potential to a control gate of the first nonvolatile memory element, and a third potential which is different from the second potential to a control gate of a second nonvolatile memory element. |
| US08212303B2 |
Nonvolatile semiconductor memory device
According to one embodiment, a nonvolatile semiconductor memory device includes a semiconductor substrate including a first region in which a memory cell transistor is arranged, a second region in which an electrode that extracts a word line electrically connected to the memory cell transistor is arranged, and a third region in which a peripheral transistor is arranged, the semiconductor substrate including an element isolation layer which separates adjacent active regions, first active regions provided in the first region and each having a first width, second active regions provided in the second region and each having a second width greater than the first width, third active regions provided in the third region and each having a third with greater than the first width. An upper surface of an element isolation layer in the second region is higher than that of an element isolation layer in the first region. |
| US08212294B2 |
Structure having silicon CMOS transistors with column III-V transistors on a common substrate
A semiconductor structure having: a silicon substrate having a crystallographic orientation; an insulating layer disposed over the silicon substrate; a silicon layer having a different crystallographic orientation than the crystallographic orientation of the substrate disposed over the insulating layer; and a column III-V transistor device having the same crystallographic orientation as the substrate disposed on the silicon substrate. In one embodiment, the column III-V transistor device is in contact with the substrate. In one embodiment, the device is a GaN device. In one embodiment, the crystallographic orientation of the substrate is <111> and wherein the crystallographic orientation of the silicon layer is <100>. In one embodiment, CMOS transistors are disposed in the silicon layer. In one embodiment, the column III-V transistor device is a column III-N device. In one embodiment, a column III-As, III-P, or III-Sb device is disposed on the top of the <100> silicon layer. |
| US08212293B2 |
Transistor of semiconductor device and method for fabricating the same
Provided is a transistor of a semiconductor device and a method for fabricating the same. A transistor of a semiconductor device may include: a semiconductor substrate having an active region defined by an isolation layer; a recess trench formed in the active region and disposed to cross the semiconductor substrate in one direction; and a gate line formed in a straight line pattern, overlapping the recess trench and disposed to cross the recess trench at approximately right angles. |
| US08212291B2 |
Inverse mode SiGe HBT cascode device and fabrication method
Disclosed is a device structure using an inverse-mode cascoded Silicon-Germanium (SiGe) Heterojunction Bipolar Transistor (HBT) beneficial in applications requiring radiation hardened circuitry. The device comprises a forward-mode common-emitter HBT cascoded with a common-base inverse-mode HBT, sharing a common sub-collector. An exemplary device was measured to have over 20 dB of current gain, and over 30 dB of power gain at 10 GHz, thus demonstrating the use of these circuits for high-frequency circuit applications. In addition, the radiation response and voltage limits were characterized and showed to have negligible performance effects in typical operating conditions. Due to the unique topology, the disclosed device has the benefit of being a more compact cascode design and the additional benefit of providing significantly improved radiation tolerance. |
| US08212290B2 |
High temperature performance capable gallium nitride transistor
A transistor device capable of high performance at high temperatures. The transistor comprises a gate having a contact layer that contacts the active region. The gate contact layer is made of a material that has a high Schottky barrier when used in conjunction with a particular semiconductor system (e.g., Group-III nitrides) and exhibits decreased degradation when operating at high temperatures. The device may also incorporate a field plate to further increase the operating lifetime of the device. |
| US08212288B2 |
Compound semiconductor substrate comprising a multilayer buffer layer
A compound semiconductor substrate which inhibits the generation of a crack or a warp and is preferable for a normally-off type high breakdown voltage device, arranged that a multilayer buffer layer 2 in which AlxGa1-xN single crystal layers (0.6≦X≦1.0) 21 containing carbon from 1×1018 atoms/cm3 to 1×1021 atoms/cm3 and AlyGa1-yN single crystal layers (0.1≦y≦0.5) 22 containing carbon from 1×1017 atoms/cm3 to 1×1021 atoms/cm3 are alternately and repeatedly stacked in order, and a nitride active layer 3 provided with an electron transport layer 31 having a carbon concentration of 5×1017 atoms/cm3 or less and an electron supply layer 32 are deposited on a Si single crystal substrate 1 in order. The carbon concentrations of the AlxGa1-xN single crystal layers 21 and that of the AlGa1-yN single crystal layers 22 respectively decrease from the substrate 1 side towards the above-mentioned active layer 3 side. In this way, the compound semiconductor substrate is produced. |
| US08212285B2 |
Radiation detector
The invention specifies a radiation detector for detecting radiation (8) according to a predefined spectral sensitivity distribution (9) that exhibits a maximum at a predefined wavelength λ0, comprising a semiconductor body (1) with an active region (5) serving to generate a detector signal and intended to receive radiation, in which according to one embodiment the active region (5) includes a plurality of functional layers (4a, 4b, 4c, 4d) that have different band gaps and/or thicknesses and are implemented such that they (4a, 4b, 4c, 4d) at least partially absorb radiation in a range of wavelengths greater than λ0. According to a further embodiment, disposed after the active region is a filter layer structure (70) comprising at least one filter layer (7, 7a, 7b, 7c), said filter layer structure determining the short-wave side (101) of the detector sensitivity (10) according to the predefined spectral sensitivity distribution (9) by absorbing wavelengths smaller than λ0. A radiation detector for detecting radiation (8) according to the spectral sensitivity distribution (9) of the human eye is also specified. The semiconductor body can be monolithically integrated. |
| US08212284B2 |
Display device and manufacturing method of the display device
It is an object of the present invention to provide a technique to manufacture a highly reliable display device at a low cost with high yield. A display device according to the present invention includes a semiconductor layer including an impurity region of one conductivity type; a gate insulating layer, a gate electrode layer, and a wiring layer in contact with the impurity region of one conductivity type, which are provided over the semiconductor layer; a conductive layer which is formed over the gate insulating layer and in contact with the wiring layer; a first electrode layer in contact with the conductive layer; an electroluminescent layer provided over the first electrode layer; and a second electrode layer, where the wiring layer is electrically connected to the first electrode layer with the conductive layer interposed therebetween. |
| US08212280B2 |
Light-emitting element and display device
There has been a problem that difference in refractive index between an opposite substrate or a moisture barrier layer (passivation film) such as SiN provided thereover, and air is maintained large, and light extraction efficiency is low. Further, there has been a problem that peeling or cracking due to the moisture barrier layer is easily generated, which leads to deteriorate the reliability and lifetime of a light-emitting element. According to the present invention, a light-emitting element comprises a pixel electrode, an electroluminescent layer, a transparent electrode, a passivation film, a stress relieving layer, and a low refractive index layer, all of which are stacked sequentially. The stress relieving layer serves to prevent peeling of the passivation film. The low refractive index layer serves to reduce reflectivity of light generated in the electroluminescent layer in emitting to air. Therefore, a light-emitting element with high reliability and long lifetime and a display device using the light-emitting element can be provided. |
| US08212279B2 |
Semiconductor chip assembly with post/base heat spreader, signal post and cavity
A semiconductor chip assembly includes a semiconductor device, a heat spreader, a conductive trace and an adhesive. The heat spreader includes a thermal post and a base. The conductive trace includes a pad, a terminal and a signal post. The semiconductor device extends into a cavity in the thermal post, is electrically connected to the conductive trace and is thermally connected to the heat spreader. The thermal post extends upwardly from the base into a first opening in the adhesive, and the signal post extends upwardly from the terminal into a second opening in the adhesive. The conductive trace is located outside the cavity and provides signal routing between the pad and the terminal. |
| US08212278B2 |
Light emitting package controlling color temperature, fabricating method thereof, color temperature controlling method of light emitting package
Provided are a light emitting package capable of controlling a color temperature, a fabricating method thereof, and a color temperature controlling method of the light emitting package. The light emitting package includes a package body, a first electrode and a second electrode formed on the package body and spaced apart from each other, a light emitting element formed on the package body and electrically connected to the first electrode and the second electrode, and a thin film resistor connected in series to the first electrode. |
| US08212277B2 |
Optical semiconductor device module with power supply through uneven contacts
In an optical semiconductor device module constructed by an optical semiconductor device having a light emitting portion on its top surface, a mounting substrate adapted to mount the optical semiconductor device thereon, at least one wiring pattern layer formed on a front surface of the mounting substrate, and at least one power supplying portion in contact with the wiring pattern layer, at least one of the power supplying portion and the wiring pattern layer is uneven. |
| US08212276B2 |
Arrangement of electrodes for light emitting device
A light emitting diode includes an n-GaN layer on a substrate, an active layer exposing a part of the n-GaN layer, a p-GaN layer on the active layer, a cathode contacting the exposed n-GaN layer and extending from one side of the active layer toward the other side, and an anode formed on the p-GaN layer and including a plurality of sub-electrodes spaced apart from both sides of the cathode and an edge of the active layer at the same distance. |
| US08212273B2 |
Vertical LED with conductive vias
A light emitting device comprises a novel low-loss array of conductive vias embedded in a dielectric multilayer stack, to act as an electrically-conductive, low-loss, high-reflectivity reflector layer (CVMR). In one example the CVMR stack is employed between a reflective metal bottom contact and a p-GaN semiconductor flip chip layer. The CVMR stack comprises at least (3) layers with at least (2) differing dielectric constants. The conductive vias are arranged such that localized and propagating surface plasmons associated with the structure reside within the electromagnetic stopband of the CVMR stack, which in turn inhibits trapped LED modes coupling into these plasmonic modes, thereby increasing the overall reflectivity of the CVM R. This technique improves optical light extraction and provides a vertical conduction path for optimal current spreading in a semiconductor light emitting device. A light emitting module and method of manufacture are also described. |
| US08212271B2 |
Substrate for mounting an optical semiconductor element, manufacturing method thereof, an optical semiconductor device, and manufacturing method thereof
A substrate for mounting optical semiconductor elements is provided, including a base substrate having an insulating layer and a plurality of wiring circuits formed on the upper face of the insulating layer, and having at least one external connection terminal formation opening portion which penetrates the insulating layer and reaches the wiring circuits; and an optical reflection member, which is provided on the upper face of the base substrate, and which forms at least one depressed portion serving as an area for mounting an optical semiconductor element. |
| US08212270B2 |
Cavity glass for light-emissive devices and a method of manufacturing the same
A method of manufacturing a transparent encapsulating sheet for a light-emissive device, the method comprising the steps: forming a plurality of cavities in one side of a transparent sheet of material for receiving light-emissive structures therein, said forming step producing a frosted surface comprising micro cracks in the cavities; coating said frosted surface with a low viscosity material whereby the micro cracks in the frosted surface are filled with the low viscosity material in order to form the transparent encapsulating sheet. |
| US08212267B2 |
Organic electroluminescence element and manufacturing method thereof
An organic luminescence includes pixel electrodes. Banks are each generally between adjacent ones of the pixel electrodes. The banks define apertures that each correspond to one of the pixel electrodes. An organic luminescent layer is within each of the apertures, and an upper electrode is above the banks and the organic luminescent layer. At least a portion of a periphery of each of the apertures includes curved portions and cusps. The curved portions are concave, and adjacent ones of the curved portions define each of the cusps. |
| US08212264B2 |
FK module and method for the production thereof
A module and method of its production in which areal electronic components are formed. The module includes (a) a cover electrode covering the electronic components; (b) a flexibly deformable substrate; (c) a base electrode formed on the substrate; and (d) an optically active layer formed on the base electrode. The electronic components are formed on the flexibly deformable substrate by the optically active layer, the cover electrode; and the base electrode. The cover electrode projects over the optically active layer at a first side and the base electrode extends beyond the optically active layer at a second side which is oppositely disposed with regards to the first side. The components are arranged at a spacing from one another on the substrate and thereby a free substrate surface is present between components so that, on a folding in a region of the free substrate surface, the base electrode and the cover electrode are adjacent and contact one another areally and an electrically conductive touching contact is established. The electronic components are electrically connected in series with one another. |
| US08212263B2 |
Backlight including semiconductior light emitting devices
A light source such as a semiconductor light emitting diode is positioned in a first opening in a transparent member, which may function as a waveguide in a display. The transparent member surrounds the light source. No light source is positioned in a second opening in the transparent member. In some embodiments, the first opening is shaped to direct light into the transparent member. In some embodiments, a reflector is positioned over the light source. The reflector includes a flat portion and a shaped portion. The shaped portion extends from the flat portion toward the light source. |
| US08212256B2 |
Pixel structure, display panel, eletro-optical apparatus, and method thererof
A pixel structure disposed on a substrate including a thin film transistor (TFT), a bottom capacitor electrode, a dielectric layer, an upper capacitor electrode, a passivation layer, and a pixel electrode is provided. The TFT having a source/drain and the bottom capacitor electrode are disposed on the substrate. The dielectric layer is disposed on the bottom capacitor electrode. The upper capacitor electrode has a semiconductor layer, a barrier layer, and a metal layer. The semiconductor layer is disposed on the dielectric layer above the bottom capacitor electrode. The barrier layer is disposed on the semiconductor layer. The metal layer whose material includes copper, a copper alloy, or a combination thereof is disposed on the barrier layer. The passivation layer covers the TFT and the upper capacitor electrode and has a first opening exposing the source/drain. The pixel electrode is electrically connected to the TFT through the first opening. |
| US08212254B2 |
Thin film transistor, manufacturing method thereof, and semiconductor device
By a laser crystallization method, a crystalline semiconductor film in which grain boundaries are all in one direction is provided as well as a manufacturing method thereof. In crystallizing a semiconductor film formed over a substrate with linear laser light, a phase-shift mask in which trenches are formed in a stripe form is used. The stripe-form trenches formed in the phase-shift mask are formed so as to make a nearly perpendicular angle with a major axis direction of the linear laser light. CW laser light is used as the laser light, and a scanning direction of the laser light is nearly parallel to a direction of the stripe-form trenches (grooves). By changing luminance of the laser light periodically in the major axis direction, a crystal nucleation position in a semiconductor that is completely melted can be controlled. |
| US08212253B2 |
Shallow junction formation and high dopant activation rate of MOS devices
A semiconductor structure comprises a gate stack in a semiconductor substrate and a lightly doped source/drain (LDD) region in the semiconductor substrate. The LDD region is adjacent to a region underlying the gate stack. The LDD region comprises carbon and an n-type impurity, and the n-type impurity comprises phosphorus tetramer. |
| US08212245B2 |
Light emitting organic component and method for production thereof
The invention relates to a light-emitting organic component, in particular a light-emitting organic diode, having an electrode spreading over an electrode surface area and a counter electrode spreading over a counter electrode surface area as well as an organic layer array formed between the electrode and the counter electrode and in electrical contact therewith, an electrical resistance gradient in a direction substantially parallel to the electrode surface area being formed within a region of the organic layer array at least partially overlapping with the electrode surface area. Furthermore, the invention relates to a method for the production of a light-emitting organic component. |
| US08212242B2 |
Organic light emitting diode display having a corner-cube pattern cover layer
The present invention relates to an OLED display, and an OLED display according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a substrate member, an OLED including a first electrode formed on the substrate member, an organic emission layer formed on the first electrode, and a second electrode formed on the organic emission layer, and a cover layer formed on the second electrode and covering the OLED. The cover layer includes a cover main body and a corner-cube pattern formed on an opposite side of a side that faces the second electrode among both sides of the cover main body. |
| US08212239B2 |
Electroactive materials
There is provided an electroactive material having Formula I wherein: Q is the same or different at each occurrence and can be O, S, Se, Te, NR, SO, SO2, or SiR3; R is the same or different at each occurrence and can be hydrogen, alkyl, aryl, alkenyl, or alkynyl; R1 through R8 are the same or different and can be hydrogen, alkyl, aryl, halogen, hydroxyl, aryloxy, alkoxy, alkenyl, alkynyl, amino, alkylthio, phosphino, silyl, —COR, —COOR, —PO3R2, —OPO3R2, or CN. |
| US08212238B2 |
Semiconductor device and manufacturing method thereof
An object of the present invention to provide a semiconductor device having a highly functional memory element with improved reliability, and to provide a technique for manufacturing such a highly reliable semiconductor device with a high yield at low cost without complicating an apparatus or a process. As a top view shape of a memory element, a rectangular shape having a projection and a depression on the periphery, a zigzagged shape having one or plural bends, a comb shape, a ring shape having an opening (space) inside, or the like is used. Alternatively, a rectangle with a ratio of a long side to a short side being high, an ellipse with a ratio of a long axis to a short axis being high, or the like can also be used. |
| US08212237B2 |
Nanostructured memory device
The present invention provides a nanostructured memory device comprising at least one semiconductor nanowire (3) forming a current transport channel, one or more shell layers (4) arranged around at least a portion of the nanowire (3), and nano-sized charge trapping centers (10) embedded in said one or more shell layers (4), and one or more gate electrodes (14) arranged around at least a respective portion of said one or more shell layers (4). Preferably said one or more shell layers (4) are made of a wide band gap material or an insulator. The charge trapping centers (10) may be charged/written by using said one or more gate electrodes (14) and a change in an amount of charge stored in one or more of the charge trapping centers (10) alters the conductivity of the nanowire (3). |
| US08212236B2 |
II-VI core-shell semiconductor nanowires
A plurality of core-shell semiconductor nanowires each being fixed to a support includes II-VI materials for both the cores and the shells. Each nanowire terminates in a free end and a metal alloy nanoparticle is fixed to each nanowire at its free end. |
| US08212235B2 |
Nanowire-based opto-electronic device
Nanowire-based opto-electronic devices including nanowire lasers, photodetectors and semiconductor optical amplifiers are disclosed. The devices include nanowires grown from single crystal and/or non-single surfaces. The semiconductor optical amplifiers include nanowire arrays that act as ballast lasers to amplify a signal carried by a signal waveguide. Embodiments of the nanowire lasers and photodetectors include horizontal and vertical nanowires that can provide different polarizations. |
| US08212232B2 |
Resistance changing device and method for fabricating the same
A resistance changing device includes a resistive layer of a hetero structure interposed between a lower electrode and an upper electrode, and including a plurality of resistive material layers, each having a different resistivity, stacked therein, wherein resistivities of the resistive material layers decrease from the lower electrode toward the upper electrode. Since the resistive layer has a hetero structure in which a plurality of resistive material layers, each having a different resistivity, are stacked in such a manner that the resistivity decreases as it goes from the lower electrode to the upper electrode, it is possible to improve the distributions of the set/reset voltage and the set/reset current, while reducing a reset current of a resistance changing device at the same time. |
| US08212225B2 |
TEM grids for determination of structure-property relationships in nanotechnology
Silicon grids with electron-transparent SiO2 windows for use as substrates for high-resolution transmission electron microscopy of chemically-modified SiO2 surfaces are fabricated by forming an oxide layer on a silicon substrate. An aperture is defined in the silicon substrate by etching the substrate to the oxide layer. A single substrate can include a plurality of apertures that are in respective frame regions that are defined by one or more channels in the substrate. Structural or chemical functionalizations can be provided, and surface interactions observed via TEM. |
| US08212220B2 |
Dual radiation detector
A radiation detection apparatus and method, the apparatus (100) comprising a first scintillator (112) for interacting with radiation and outputting light in response thereto, a first photodetector (102) adjacent to the first scintillator (112) for receiving and detecting light from the first scintillator (112) and outputting (108) a first output signal in response thereto, a second scintillator (114) located around the first scintillator (112), for interacting with radiation and outputting light in response thereto, and a second photodetector (104) adjacent to the second scintillator (114) for receiving and detecting light from the second scintillator (114) and outputting (110) a second output signal in response thereto. |
| US08212219B2 |
Radiation detecting apparatus and radiation image capturing system
A radiation detecting apparatus includes a radiation conversion panel for detecting radiation that has passed through a subject and converting the detected radiation into radiation image information, and a casing for storing the radiation conversion panel as a roll when the subject is not being irradiated with radiation. When the subject is irradiated with radiation, the radiation conversion panel stored as a roll in the casing is unrolled and pulled out of the casing, and the radiation conversion panel is extended flatwise against the subject. |
| US08212218B2 |
Dosimeter powered by passive RF absorption
A system for determining an amount of radiation includes a dosimeter configured to receive the amount of radiation, the dosimeter comprising a circuit having a resonant frequency, such that the resonant frequency of the circuit changes according to the amount of radiation received by the dosimeter, the dosimeter further configured to absorb RF energy at the resonant frequency of the circuit; a radio frequency (RF) transmitter configured to transmit the RF energy at the resonant frequency to the dosimeter; and a receiver configured to determine the resonant frequency of the dosimeter based on the absorbed RF energy, wherein the amount of radiation is determined based on the resonant frequency. |
| US08212217B2 |
Silicon surface state detectors and detector arrays
Photodetection devices and methods are described. The photodetection devices comprise semiconductor tapered pillars. |
| US08212216B2 |
In-line process measurement systems and methods
A method of using multivariate optical computing in real-time to collect instantaneous data about a process stream includes installing an optical analysis system proximate a process line, the process line being configured to move a material past a window of the optical analysis system; illuminating a portion of the material with a light from the optical analysis system; directing the light carrying information about the portion through at least one multivariate optical element in the optical analysis system to produce an instantaneous measurement result about the portion; and continuously averaging the instantaneous measurement result over a period of time to determine an overall measurement signal of the material. |
| US08212214B2 |
Solid-state imaging element
It is possible to quickly and readily determine the location of an object. A solid-state imaging element according to an embodiment includes: at least two infrared detectors formed on a semiconductor substrate; an electric interconnect configured to connect the at least two infrared detectors in series; and a comparator unit configured to compare an intermediate voltage of the electric interconnect connecting the infrared detectors in series, with a predetermined reference voltage. |
| US08212213B2 |
Chemically-selective detector and methods relating thereto
In accordance with certain embodiments of the present disclosure, a method for adjusting the spectral detectivity of a thermal detector is described. The method includes coating the light sensitive portion of a thermal detector with a first material to reduce the response of the detector. The first material is coated with a second material that is thermally thin and has spectral absorption characteristics. The second material is coated with a third material that is thermally thick, whereby the spectral absorbance of the second material as filtered by the third material primarily determines the thermal conversion of the thermal detector. |
| US08212212B2 |
Thermoelectric device and method of forming the same, temperature sensing sensor, and heat-source image sensor using the same
Provided are a thermoelectric device and a method of forming the same, a temperature sensing sensor, and a heat-source image sensor using the same. The thermoelectric device includes a first nanowire and a second nanowire, a first silicon thin film, a second silicon thin film, and a third silicon thin film. The first nanowire and a second nanowire are disposed on a substrate. The first nanowire and the second nanowire are separated from each other. The first silicon thin film is connected to one end of the first nanowire. The second silicon thin film is connected to one end of the second nanowire. The third silicon thin film is connected to the other ends of the first nanowire and the second nanowire. The first and second nanowires extend in a direction parallel to an upper surface of the substrate. |
| US08212211B2 |
System for protecting and/or guiding persons in dangerous situations
The invention provides a system and process in which more than only one category of information must be made available in an optically simultaneously recognizable form to a person in a portable system (17) for protecting and/or guiding persons in dangerous situations, firefighters or rescue teams in buildings. The system includes an infrared camera (12) for recording data, especially heat image data; an energy supply device, especially a battery; at least one interface (18) for transmitting data; and at least one display device (16), especially a monitor and/or a warning light, for visually displaying data. At least one exit finder (13) and/or at least one gas sensor (14) and/or at least one motion detector is also provided. The data determined by the at least one exit finder (13) and/or by the at least one gas sensor (14) and/or by the at least one motion detector and the heat image data of the infrared camera (12) can be displayed on the display of the at least one display device (16) such that the visually displayed data and visually displayed heat image data are visible by the person within a field of vision. |
| US08212200B2 |
Linear distributed pixel differential amplifier having mirrored inputs
A pixel circuit that partially incorporates an associated column amplifier into the pixel circuitry. By incorporating part of a mirrored amplifier into the pixel, noise from the pixel is reduced. |
| US08212194B2 |
Aerospace articles made from quasi-isotropic chopped prepreg
Quasi-isotropic chopped prepreg is used to make parts found in aerospace vehicles. Exemplary aerospace parts that are made using quasi-isotropic chopped prepreg include aircraft window frames, wing fairing supports, flange supports, frame gussets, rudder actuator brackets, shear ties, seat pedestals, cargo floor flange supports, storage bin fittings, antenna supports, torque tube pans, handle boxes, side guide fittings, wing box covers and intercostals. |
| US08212192B2 |
Induction heating cooker
An infrared sensor includes an infrared detection element which is provided on a lower side of a top plate to detect an amount of infrared light radiated from a heated object and an amplifier to amplify a signal detected by the infrared detection element. The infrared sensor outputs an initial detection value having a substantially constant magnitude with respect to the temperature of the heated object when the temperature of the heated object is lower than a detection lower limit temperature, and outputs a detection signal having a magnitude and a rate of increase which become larger as the temperature of the heated object becomes higher in the vicinity of a control temperature range in which the control unit controls the output of the induction heating coils to perform temperature control of the heated object. The control unit includes a storage unit to measure and store the initial detection value, and reduces the output of the induction heating coils or stops the heating when an increased amount of the output value of the infrared sensor with respect to the initial detection value stored in the storage unit becomes greater than or equal to a predetermined value. |
| US08212179B2 |
Parametric production of drilled cooling holes
The invention relates to a method for the parametric production of a drilled hole in a component, in particular for the parametric production of a drilled cooling hole in a blade of a gas or steam turbine. In the case of the method according to the invention, in a first method step (21) an actual wall thickness of the component is measured at the location at which the drilled hole is to be introduced. Subsequently, at least one parametric drilled-hole geometry value is determined on the basis of an adjustment of the measured, actual wall thickness with an assumed, ideal wall thickness (method step 23). The drilled hole is then produced according to the determined parametric drilled-hole geometry value (method step 24).Furthermore, the invention relates to a drilling device, in particular for carrying out the method, and to a component into which one or more drilled holes have been introduced according to the method. |
| US08212177B2 |
Variable focus laser machining system
A variable focus laser machining system is disclosed. The machining system may have a laser emitter configured to emit a laser beam. Additionally, the machining system may have a focusing element configured to focus the laser beam. The machining system may also have a controller. The controller may be configured to focus the laser beam at a first focal point. The first focal point may be approximately positioned on a first machining surface of a work piece. The controller may also be configured to determine that the first machining surface has moved relative to the first focal point. Additionally, the controller may be configured to re-focus the laser beam at a second focal point. The second focal point may be positioned between a second machining surface and a predetermined surface spaced apart from the second machining surface. |
| US08212176B2 |
Machining head, nozzle changer and laser beam machining apparatus
A machining head includes a machining head element having an inner-head channel for passing laser light and assist gas, the nozzle having an inner-nozzle channel connecting to the inner-head channel and a nozzle orifice, pins protruding radially inward from a curved inner surface of the nozzle, a pin-locking part formed on the outside of the machining head element, the pin-locking part having pin-fitting openings, a head alignment part formed on a nozzle-side end surface of the machining head element, a nozzle alignment part formed on the nozzle at a location where the nozzle is aligned with the machining head element, and an O-ring fitted between the head alignment part and the nozzle to create a clearance between the head alignment part and the nozzle alignment part for mutual alignment. |
| US08212173B2 |
Liquid cooled shield for improved piercing performance
A shield for a plasma arc torch that pierces and cuts a metallic workpiece producing a splattering of molten metal directed at the torch, the shield protecting consumable components of the plasma arc torch from the splattering molten metal. The shield can include a body, a first surface of the body configured to be contact-cooled by a gas flow, a second surface of the body configured to be contact-cooled by a liquid flow, and a seal assembly configured to be secured to the body and disposed relative to the second surface configured to retain the liquid flow contact-cooling the second surface. |
| US08212171B2 |
System and method for ultrasonic assisted EDM machining
A system for ultrasonic assisted electrical discharge machining of a component part having a longitudinal axis, a half wavelength resonant frequency along the longitudinal axis and an attachment portion, is provided. The system includes an ultrasonic horn having a longitudinal axis, a half wavelength resonant frequency along the longitudinal axis and an attachment portion. The half wavelength resonant frequency of the ultrasonic horn is the same as the half wavelength resonant frequency of the component part. Additionally, one of the attachment portion of the component part and the attachment portion of the ultrasonic horn is a male part and the other one of the attachment portion of the component part and the attachment portion of the ultrasonic horn is a female part sized and shaped to mate and engage one another when the component part and the ultrasonic horn are at generally the same temperature. |
| US08212167B2 |
Depressible key structure
A depressible key structure includes a key frame, a keycap, and plural elastic arms. The key frame has a receiving hole. The keycap is accommodated within the receiving hole, and includes plural outer corner portions. Each of the elastic arms includes an inner fixed arm part, at least one outer movable arm part, and a corner transition part interconnected between the inner fixed arm part and the at least one outer movable arm part. The corner transition parts of the elastic arms correspond to respective outer corner portions of the keycap. Each of the inner fixed arm parts is positioned at an inner edge of a specified side of a bottom surface of the keycap. A corresponding corner transition part is protruded out of the specified side to an adjacent side along a corresponding outer corner portion. The outer movable arm part is fixed on the key frame. |
| US08212166B2 |
Switch assembly
A switch assembly includes a panel defining a receiving portion. The receiving portion includes two opposite first sidewalls, two opposite second sidewalls, and a bottom wall connected between the first sidewalls. A switch member is attached to the panel. An actuating member is accommodated in and engaged with the second sidewalls of the receiving portion. The actuating member includes a pressing plate. Two guiding walls extend from two opposite first sides of the pressing plate, and two elastic hooks protruding from two opposite second sides of the pressing plate. A spring member is disposed between the pressing plate of the actuating member and the bottom wall of the receiving portion, to provide resilient force to expose the actuating member outside of the panel. |
| US08212165B2 |
Switch
A fixed contact includes a pair of conduction members that are arranged opposedly and in parallel to each other such that tip ends of the conduction members are oriented toward an opening, a support frame (pedestal member) that tiltably supports bases of the conduction members, a leaf spring (pressurizing member) that biases the conduction members in a direction in which the tip ends of the conduction members approach each other, and an outer frame (shielding member) that covers peripheries of the conduction members and the leaf spring and shields them from an outside electric field, the leaf spring is arranged on an outer side of the opposed conduction members, and the outer frame is engaged with the tip end of the conduction member, thereby maintaining an opening width between the tip ends of the conduction members at a predetermined width. |
| US08212162B2 |
Keys with double-diving-board spring mechanisms
Keys may be formed for keyboards. The keyboards may be attached to electronic devices such as computers or may be formed within a portable computer or other electronic equipment. A keyboard may be provided with a planar housing member such as a top plate. The top plate may have openings through which key caps protrude. Each key cap may be attached to a respective spring mechanism. The spring mechanism for each key may have first and second diving-board structures that flex about respective parallel flex axes. A dome switch may be mounted under each spring mechanism. The dome switch is compressed when the key cap is pressed and the first diving-board structure moves towards the dome switch. The top plate may have edge portions surrounding each key opening that form upstop structures that prevent the key caps and spring mechanisms from tilting when the dome switch is compressed. |
| US08212158B2 |
Weight measuring shoe having a retractable scale
A shoe containing two scales entirely housed within its sole, which scales may be deployed downward so that they project beneath the shoe's sole—making the scales thereby able to accurately weigh the wearer as the wearer briefly stands only upon the thus deployed scales. After such a weight determination, the scales may be retracted—once again housed entirely within the shoe's sole—making the shoe ready to be worn and used in any and all conventional manners. |
| US08212156B2 |
Plastic land grid array (PLGA) module and printed wiring board (PWB) with enhanced contact metallurgy construction
An enhanced contact metallurgy construction for plastic land grid array (PLGA) modules and printed wiring boards (PWBs). The PWB may, for example, have subcomposite laminate construction and/or a double-sided LGA site. A plurality of preform contacts are each respectively soldered to one of a plurality of metal pads on a PLGA module carrier and/or a PWB. Each of the preform contacts comprises a metal preform base (e.g., copper, nickel) soldered to one of the plurality of metal pads and an electrolytic noble metal plating (e.g., gold) over the metal preform base. An electrolytic non-noble metal underplating (e.g., nickel) may be interposed between the metal preform base and the electrolytic noble metal plating. In one embodiment, the electrolytic non-noble metal underplating is 80-400 microinches thick to provide an enhanced diffusion barrier, and the electrolytic noble metal plating is 30-60 microinches thick and incorporates one or more hardening agents to provide enhanced wear and corrosion resistance. |
| US08212153B2 |
Circuit board and manufacturing method of the circuit board
A board comprises a through hole including a first opening, a second opening opposite to the first opening, a first conductor formed on a part of the through hole, the first conductor extends from the first opening to a first predetermined position of the through hole, a second conductor formed on a part of the through hole, the second conductor extends from the second opening to a second predetermined position nearer to the second opening than the first predetermined position, and wherein the first conductor alternates with the second conductor with respect to the circumferential direction of the through hole. |
| US08212150B2 |
Electromagnetic interference noise reduction board using electromagnetic bandgap structure
An EMI noise reduction board is disclosed. The electromagnetic interference (EMI) noise reduction board having an electromagnetic bandgap structure for shielding a noise includes: a first area having a ground layer and a power layer; a second area placed in a side portion of the first area having an electromagnetic bandgap structure therein. The electromagnetic bandgap structure includes: a plurality of first conductive plates and a plurality of second conductive plates placed on a same planar surface along the side portion of the first area; and a stitching via configured to electrically connect the first conductive plate to the second conductive plate through a planar surface that is different from the first conductive plate and the second conductive plate. |
| US08212146B1 |
Cover panel for electrical outlets
A cover panel is described that plugs into unused electrical outlets and camouflages or conceals the receptacle and faceplate and creates a safety barrier to the electrical components of an unused electrical outlet is described. Embodiments of the cover panel include a solid panel front surface of non-conductive molded material with a paintable surface on the outside and posts adapted to fit into the orifices of an electrical socket on the inside. The cover panel fits over the outlet's faceplate and is “plugged” into the socket, requiring no tools to install or remove. Embodiments of the cover panel have a paintable surface which can be painted to match or complement nearby walls camouflaging unused outlets. The painted cover panel serves as a physical barrier to the electrical outlet, and makes the electrical outlet less conspicuous. Embodiments include cover panels containing recycled acrylonitrile butadiene styrene. |
| US08212143B2 |
Thin film solar cell and manufacturing method thereof
A thin film solar cell including a substrate, a first conductive layer, a photoelectric conversion layer, a second conductive layer and a passivation layer is provided. The first conductive layer disposed on the substrate has a plurality of first openings, so as to divide the first conductive layer into bottom electrodes of a plurality of photovoltaic elements. The photoelectric conversion layer disposed on the first conductive layer has a plurality of second openings. The second conductive layer is disposed on the photoelectric conversion layer and electrically connected to the first conductive layer through the second openings. The passivation layer is disposed on the sidewall of the photoelectric conversion layer, so that the second conductive layer in the second openings is electrically isolated from the photoelectric conversion layer. A manufacturing method of the thin film solar cell is also provided. |
| US08212140B2 |
Solar array support methods and systems
Systems and methods for disposing and supporting a solar panel array are disclosed. In one embodiment, a system for supporting a solar panel array includes the use of support columns and cables suspended between the support columns, with the solar panels received by solar panel receivers that are adapted to couple to the cables. The solar panel array may then be used to provide power as well as shelter. Cooling, lighting, security, or other devices may be added to the solar panel array. Embodiments of the invention include differing ways to support the solar panels by receivers of differing construction. Special installations of the system can include systems mounted over structure, such as parking lots, roads and aqueducts. |
| US08212139B2 |
Thin-film photovoltaic module
In some embodiments, a photovoltaic module includes an active layer, a top layer, and a bottom layer. The active layer includes a plurality of strips of thin-film PV material that are arranged spaced apart from and substantially parallel to each other. The top layer is disposed above the active layer and includes a substantially transparent film. The bottom layer is disposed below the active layer, the bottom layer including a conductive backsheet configured to form a current return path for the strips of thin-film PV material. The PV module further includes means for serially and redundantly interconnecting the strips of thin-film PV material together. |
| US08212136B2 |
Exercise audio reproducing device, exercise audio reproducing method, and exercise audio reproducing program
Provided is a device for playing audio with improved convenience, wherein music can be played such that oneness with the actions of the user can be obtained at all times, without giving the user any unnaturalness whatsoever such as unpleasant sensations. After starting playing of music data through such as an audio signal output processing unit 31, action tempo of the user is detected by an exercise information analyzing circuit 23, based on detection output from an exercise information sensor 24, and in the event that the difference between the detected action tempo of the user and the tempo of the music data being played is not a predetermined range, music data with a tempo of which the difference as to the action tempo of the user is within the predetermined range is searched by searching means such as a music playing data generating device unit 22, and a control unit 10 changes the music data to be played so as to play this searched music data. |
| US08212135B1 |
Systems and methods for facilitating higher confidence matching by a computer-based melody matching system
Systems and methods for facilitating higher confidence matches are provided. In one embodiment, a system includes a memory that stores computer executable components, and a microprocessor that executes the computer executable components stored in the memory. The components can include a metadata matching component that determines a metadata match level between metadata of a plurality of files, and a thresholding component. The thresholding component may compare a metadata threshold with the metadata match level and output a signal configured to cause a decrease in a melody matching strength threshold from a first value to a second value based at least on the metadata match level being greater than the metadata threshold. |
| US08212133B2 |
Drum pedal assembly
A drum pedal assembly includes a frame, multiple bearings, an axle, a drum hammer, a base plate, an extender, a pedal and a transmission element. The frame includes two parallel upright supportive racks and a base. An end of the base plate is pivoted vertically with respect to the base, and the base plate also has a sliding groove disposed along its lengthy direction. The sliding groove has an open end away from the base. The extender is plate-shaped and is slidably inserted in the sliding groove. The pedal has a first end and a second end. The first end pivots to a distal end of the extender by a pivot means. The transmission element is disposed between the second end of the pedal and the axle. The axle and the drum hammer are driven to rotate by the transmission element to rotate as the second end of the pedal pivots. |
| US08212131B2 |
Plants and seeds of hybrid corn variety CH292582
According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH292582. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH292582, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH292582 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH292582. |
| US08212120B2 |
Soybean cultivar S080194
A soybean cultivar designated S080194 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar S080194, to the plants of soybean S080194, to plant parts of soybean cultivar S080194, and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing soybean cultivar S080194 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 S080194, to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar S080194, 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 S080194 with another soybean cultivar. |
| US08212118B1 |
Watermelon pollenizer SP-6
The present invention provides a novel watermelon variety designated SP-6, and method for pollinating seedless watermelon plants. The present invention also provides methods for producing triploid, seedless watermelon fruit. |
| US08212117B2 |
Resistance to physiological disorders in lettuce
Provided is a method for screening a population of plants for the presence therein of individuals that show a reduced susceptibility to ethylene and physiological disorders, in particular Russet Spotting and Yellowing, as compared to a control plant, wherein a population of seeds is germinated in darkness and in the presence of ethylene to obtain seedlings that, when having a longer hypocotyl as compared to the original ethylene-sensitive control under ethylene, are selected as plants showing a reduced susceptibility to ethylene and physiological disorders, in particular Russet Spotting or Yellowing. Also provided are plants thus selected. |
| US08212115B2 |
Lettuce cultivar eblin
A lettuce cultivar, designated Eblin, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of lettuce cultivar Eblin, to the plants of lettuce cultivar Eblin and to methods for producing a lettuce plant by crossing the cultivar Eblin with itself or another lettuce cultivar. The invention further relates to methods for producing a lettuce plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic lettuce plants and plant parts produced by those methods. This invention also relates to lettuce cultivars or breeding cultivars and plant parts derived from lettuce cultivar Eblin, to methods for producing other lettuce cultivars, lines or plant parts derived from lettuce cultivar Eblin and to the lettuce plants, varieties, and their parts derived from the use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid lettuce seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar Eblin with another lettuce cultivar. |
| US08212113B2 |
Corn plant Mon88017 and compositions and methods for detection thereof
The present invention provides a corn plant designated MON880 7 and DNA compositions contained therein. Also provided are assays for detecting the presence of the corn plant MON88017 based on a DNA sequence and the use of this DNA sequence as a molecular marker in a DNA detection method. |
| US08212111B2 |
Sugar and lipid metabolism regulators in plants III
Isolated nucleic acids and proteins associated with lipid and sugar metabolism regulation are provided. In particular, lipid metabolism proteins (LMP) and encoding nucleic acids originating from Arabidopsis thaliana are provided. The nucleic acids and proteins are used in methods of producing transgenic plants and modulating levels of seed storage compounds. Preferably, the seed storage compounds are lipids, fatty acids, starches or seed storage proteins. |
| US08212110B2 |
Use of bacteriophage outer membrane breaching proteins expressed in plants for the control of gram-negative bacteria
The present invention provides compositions and methods for killing or suppressing growth of Gram-negative bacteria that infect, infest or cause disease in plants, including pathogenic, saprophytic and opportunistic microbes that cause disease in plants and food borne illness in people or in animal feed. |
| US08212108B2 |
Loci associated charcoal rot drought complex tolerance in soybean
The invention relates to methods and compositions for identifying soybean plants that are tolerant, have improved tolerance or are susceptible to Charcoal Rot Drought Complex. The methods use molecular genetic markers to identify, select and/or construct tolerant plants or identify and counter-select susceptible plants. Soybean plants that display tolerance or improved tolerance to Charcoal Rot Drought Complex that are generated by the methods of the invention are also a feature of the invention. |
| US08212105B2 |
Transgenic mice for assessing drug metabolism and toxicity
The present invention relates to transgenic non-human animals, tissues or cells derived therefrom and methods of producing them. The transgenic non-human animals or tissues or cells derived therefrom provide a system capable of expressing human proteins responsible for drug metabolism in place of the homologous endogenous non-human animal proteins and for the controlled expression of human genes introduced into the animal so that the expression of the human genes is regulated in a manner more closely analogous to that seen in vivo in humans. |
| US08212104B2 |
Model of experimentally induced chronic pain and uses thereof
Methods for producing peripheral nerve injury in sheep are provided. The sheep model provides a model of persistent neuropathic pain in humans. Methods for drug delivery are provided. Also provided is a method for screening potentially therapeutic agent for the treatment of persistent neuropathic pain. Also provided are the methods for measuring the changes produced by neuropathic pain. |
| US08212101B2 |
Window dressing having integral anchor
A window dressing includes a fabric layer having juxtaposed insertion site viewing and anchor member portions. The fabric layer has an adhesive side and an opposite non-adhesive top side. The insertion site viewing portion is defined by an opening in the fabric layer. A transparent film layer having an adhesive skin-adhering, bottom, side and an opposite non-adhesive side is adhered to the fabric layer adhesive side and closes the opening in the fabric layer. The anchor member portion includes a reinforcing structure disposed on the fabric layer and having an adhesive side and an opposite non-adhesive side. The reinforcing structure adhesive side is adhered to the fabric layer non-adhesive top side. |
| US08212099B2 |
N-paraffin selective hydroconversion process using borosilicate ZSM-48 molecular sieves
The present invention is directed to processes using a borosilicate ZSM-48 as a catalyst for the selective hydroconversion of heavy normal paraffins into lighter normal paraffin products, with minimal formation of isoparaffins. The borosilicate ZSM-48 molecular sieve has a mole ratio of between 40 and 400 of silicon oxide to boron oxide, synthesized using novel structure directing agents. |
| US08212097B2 |
Aromatic alkylation process using UZM-5, UZM-5P and UZM-6 zeolites
A process for alkylating aromatic compounds using a family of zeolites, examples of which have been designated UZM-5, UZM-5P and UZM-6, and are represented by the empirical formula: Mmn+Cgh+Rrp+Al(1-x)ExSiyOz where M is an alkali or alkaline earth metal, E is an optional framework element, C organic nitrogen containing cation template, and R is an organic cation crystallization template. The zeolites have at least two x-ray diffraction peaks, one at a d-spacing of 3.9±0.12 Å and one at a d-spacing 8.6±0.20 Å; a tetragonal unit cell; and a micropore volume ranging from about 0.10 cc/g to about 0.18 cc/g. |
| US08212096B2 |
Hydroalkylation of aromatic compounds using EMM-13
This disclosure relates to a process for manufacturing a mono-cycloalkyl-substituted aromatic compound, said process comprising contacting a feedstock comprising an aromatic compound and hydrogen under hydroalkylation reaction conditions with a catalyst system comprising a molecular sieve, wherein said molecular sieve comprises a framework of tetrahedral atoms bridged by oxygen atoms, the tetrahedral atom framework being defined by a unit cell with atomic coordinates in nanometers shown in Table 2. |
| US08212094B2 |
Process for the manufacture of diesel range hydrocarbons
The invention relates to a process for the manufacture of diesel range hydrocarbons wherein a feed is hydrotreated in a hydrotreating step and isomerized in an isomerization step, and a feed comprising fresh feed containing more than 5 wt % of free fatty acids and at least one diluting agent is hydrotreated at a reaction temperature of 200-400° C., in a hydrotreating reactor in the presence of catalyst, and the ratio of the diluting agent/fresh feed is 5-30:1. |
| US08212090B2 |
Methods for silver-promoted fluorination of organic molecules
The methods of the disclosure may be used for the fluorination of organic compounds, and in particular aryl organic compounds other than just benzyl halogens. It is within the scope of the present disclosure, for organic compounds comprising an electrophilic carbon atom and a halogen leaving group to be fluorinated by the methods of the disclosure. One aspect of the disclosure provides methods of introducing a fluorine atom onto an electrophilic carbon atom, comprising mixing an insoluble basic silver salt, an organic molecule containing a leaving group, an aqueous solution of hydrofluoric acid, and a polar solvent:water composition; incubating said mixture at a temperature of about 20° C. to about 35° C., thereby obtaining a fluorinated organic product. |
| US08212087B2 |
Processing biomass
Biomass (e.g., plant biomass, animal biomass, and municipal waste biomass) is processed to produce useful products, such as fuels. For example, systems can use feedstock materials, such as cellulosic and/or lignocellulosic materials and/or starchy or sugary materials, to produce ethanol and/or butanol, e.g., by fermentation. |
| US08212082B2 |
Process for the isolation of dodecatrienal and its use as aroma substance
The present invention relates to a process for preparing at least one compound with Z−1 cycles and 7 to 16 carbon atoms with at least one aldehyde group, at least comprising the stages: (a1) oxidation of a composition (A), at least comprising a cyclic olefin with Z cycles and 7 to 16 carbon atoms and at least two C—C double bonds, by means of dinitrogen monoxide to give a composition (A1), (a2) separating off the at least one cyclic olefin with Z cycles and 7 to 16 carbon atoms with at least two C—C double bonds from the composition (A1) from stage (a1) in order to obtain a composition (A2), (b1) separating off the at least one cyclic compound with Z cycles and 7 to 16 carbon atoms with a keto group from the composition (A2) from step (a2), in order to obtain a composition (B1), comprising at least 50% by weight of the at least one compound with Z−1 cycles and 7 to 16 carbon atoms with at least one aldehyde group and at least two C—C double bonds, where Z may be 1, 2, 3 or 4. |
| US08212073B2 |
Protective barrier composition comprising reaction of phosphorous acid with amines applied to a substrate
This invention relates to flame barrier compositions as well as a method for the preparation of the flame barrier compositions formed from a flame retardant composition and water. A protective barrier comprises a flame barrier composition or a flame barrier polymer on top of a layer or sandwiched between two or more layers of glass, wood, paper, polymer films, and other layered materials as well as mixtures of layers. |
| US08212072B2 |
Process for the preparation of pregabalin
The present invention provides a new enantioselective method of preparing (S)-3-(aminomethyl)-5-methylhexanoic acid, commonly known as pregabalin. The invention also provides new chiral intermediates useful in the production of pregabalin. |
| US08212071B2 |
Asymmetric synthesis of (S)-(+)-3-(aminomethyl)-5-methylhexanoic acid
The invention encompasses processes for the synthesis of (S)-(+)-3-(aminomethyl)-5-methylhexanoic acid, (S)-Pregabalin, and intermediates of (S)-Pregabalin. |
| US08212062B2 |
Production of biodiesel, cellulosic sugars, and peptides from the simultaneous esterification and alcoholysis/hydrolysis of oil-containing materials with cellulosic and peptidic content
The present invention relates to a method for producing fatty acid alkyl esters as well as cellulosic simplified sugars, shortened protein polymers, amino acids, or combination thereof resulting from the simultaneous esterification and hydrolysis, alcoholysis, or both of algae and other oil containing materials containing free fatty acids (FFA), glycerides, or combination thereof as well as polysaccharides, cellulose, hemicellulose, lignocellulose, protein polymers, or combination thereof in presences of an alcohol and an acid catalyst. |
| US08212055B2 |
Refined routes to chlorin building blocks
A method of making chlorins comprises the steps of reacting (e.g. condensing) a dipyrrin western half intermediate with an eastern half intermediate to form a tetrahydrobilene, and then cyclizing the tetrahydrobilene to form a chlorin. Intermediates including tetrahydrobilenes useful in such reactions are also described. |
| US08212052B2 |
Dual-acting benzoimidazole antihypertensive agents
The invention relates to compounds having the formula: wherein Ar, r, n, X, R2, R2′, R3, and R5-7 are as defined in the specification, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. These compounds have AT1 receptor antagonist activity and neprilysin inhibition activity. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds; methods of using such compounds; and a process and intermediates for preparing such compounds. |
| US08212048B2 |
Method of producing aromatic compound
A method of producing an aromatic compound of the following formula (3) comprising reacting a compound of the following formula (1) with an olefin compound of the following formula (2) in the presence of a transition metal complex: (wherein, an Ar1 ring represents an aromatic hydrocarbon ring or aromatic heterocyclic ring, an Ar2 ring represents a heterocyclic ring containing X1 and N*, and the X1 represents a nitrogen atom or carbon atom and the N represents a nitrogen atom connecting via a double bond to either one of two adjacent atoms in the Ar2 ring.) (wherein, R1, R2, R3 and R4 represent each independently a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms or an aryl group having 6 to 18 carbon atoms.) (wherein, Ar1, Ar2, X1, N*, R1, R2 and R3 represent the same meanings as described above.). |
| US08212047B2 |
Methods for preparation of pyridylamines
Alternate methods for preparing functionalized pyridyl-amine products from pyridinyl starting materials are provided herein. In addition, these alternately-prepared functionalized pyridyl-amines can be used as ligands or ligand precursors in catalytic compositions, e.g. for use in alkene oligomerization reactions. |
| US08212044B2 |
Benzothiazole derivatives
Provided are compounds and their pharmaceutically acceptable salts that are useful for the treatment of diseases related to the adenosine receptor. Also included are methods of treating patients suffering from or susceptible to at least one symptom of abuse of, dependence on, or withdrawal from at least one substance. |
| US08212042B2 |
Quinoline compound, and composition containing centipede extract or compounds isolated therefrom for prevention and treatment of cardiovascular disease
The present invention relates to a composition for the prevention and treatment of cardiovascular diseases containing the novel quinoline compound, the centipede extracts or compounds isolated from the extracts. The novel quinoline compound, the centipede extracts or a quinoline compound and a phenol compound isolated from the extracts of the invention exhibit excellent LDL-antioxidant activity, ACAT inhibiting activity, and anti-inflammatory activities, so that they can be included as an effective ingredient in a composition for the prevention and treatment of cardiovascular disease including hyperlipidemia, atherosclerosis, coronary heart disease, and myocardial infarction mediated by LDL-oxidation, cholesteryl ester synthesis and accumulation, and inflammation. |
| US08212039B2 |
Phosphonic acid compounds as inhibitors of serine proteases
The present invention is directed to phosphonic acid compounds useful as serine protease inhibitors, compositions thereof and methods for treating inflammatory and serine protease mediated disorders. |
| US08212038B2 |
Methods and compositions for controlling ectoparasites
A method for inhibiting hatching of an ectoparasite egg, the method comprising exposing the ectoparasite egg to at least one metal chelating agent and/or metalloprotease inhibitor, wherein the metal chelating agent is a compound comprising at least two heteroatoms able to simultaneously coordinate with a metal ion, at least one of the two heteroatoms being selected from nitrogen, sulfur, oxygen and phosphorus, wherein the compound comprises at least one carbocyclic ring substituted with at least one heteroatom and/or with a substituent containing at least one heteroatom, or the compound comprises at least one heterocyclic ring containing at least one heteroatom, wherein said heterocyclic ring is optionally substituted with at least one heteroatom and/or with a substituent containing at least one heteroatom is provided. Methods of treating ectoparasite infestations and compositions for use in such methods are also provided. |
| US08212034B2 |
Process for preparing rosuvastatin calcium
The present invention relates to an improved process for preparing (2E)-3-[4-(4-fluorophenyl)-6-iso-propyl-2-(N-methyl-N-methylsulfonylamino)pyrimidin-5-yl]-propenal of Formula I which is an intermediate useful in the preparation of bis[(E)-7-[4-(4-fluorophenyl)-6-isopropyl-2-[methyl(methylsulfonyl)amino]pyrimidin-5-yl](3R,5S)-3,5-dihydroxyhept-6-enoicacid]calcium salt of Formula II. |
| US08212030B2 |
Composition for producing insulator and organic insulator using the same
Disclosed herein is a composition for producing an insulator. More specifically, the composition comprises a silane-based organic-inorganic hybrid material containing one or more multiple bonds, an acrylic organic crosslinking agent and a silane-based crosslinking agent having six or more alkoxy groups. Also disclosed herein is an organic insulator produced using the insulator composition. The organic insulator is highly crosslinked to facilitate the fabrication of an organic thin film transistor in terms of processing. |
| US08212027B1 |
Process for the conversion of cyclic amines into lactams
Converting cyclic amines to lactams using gold supported catalysts. |
| US08212025B2 |
Process for preparing nevirapine
An improved process for preparing 11-cyclopropyl-5,11-dihydro-4-methyl-6H-dipyrido[3,2-b:2′,3′-e][1,4]diazepin-6-one of Formula (I). |
| US08212020B2 |
Reagents for reversibly terminating primer extension
This invention relates to the field of nucleic acid chemistry, more specifically to the field of compositions of matter that comprise triphosphates of modified 2′-deoxynucleosides and oligonucleotides that are formed when these are appended to the 3′-end of a primer, wherein said modifications comprise NH2 moiety attached to their 3′-hydroxyl group and a fluorescent species in a form of a tag affixed to the nucleobase via a linker that can be cleaved. Such compositions and their associated processes enable and improve the sequencing of oligonucleotides using a strategy of cyclic reversible termination, as outlined in U.S. Pat. No. 6,664,079. Most specifically, the invention concerns compositions of matter that are 5′-triphosphates of ribo- and 2′-deoxyribonucleosides carrying detectable tags and oligonucleotides that might be derived from them. The invention also concerns processes wherein a DNA polymerase, RNA polymerase, or reverse transcriptase synthesizes said oligonucleotides via addition of said triphosphates to a primer. |
| US08212018B2 |
Variable lymphocyte receptors, related polypeptides and nucleic acids, and uses thereof
Disclosed are compositions and methods related to variable lymphocyte receptors (VLRs). |
| US08212015B2 |
Modified nucleosides and nucleotides and uses thereof
The invention is directed to modified guanine-containing nucleosides and nucleotides and uses thereof. More specifically, the invention relates to modified fluorescently labelled guanine-containing nucleosides and nucleotides which exhibit enhanced fluorophore intensity by virtue of reduced quenching effects. |
| US08212014B2 |
Artificial base pairs and uses thereof
The present invention provides nucleic acids based on novel artificial base pairing, as well as a preparation method and uses thereof.In the nucleic acids of the present invention, a nucleotide having a substituted or unsubstituted 2-formyl-1H-pyrrol-1-yl group as a base forms a base pair with a nucleotide having a 6-substituted 9H-purin-9-yl group as a base. The inventive method for preparing a nucleic acid comprises effecting transcription, reverse transcription or replication by using, as a template, a nucleic acid incorporating a nucleotide having a substituted or unsubstituted 2-formyl-1H-pyrrol-1-yl group as a base, so that the nucleotide having a 6-substituted 9H-purin-9-yl group is incorporated at a site complementary to the nucleotide having a substituted or unsubstituted 2-formyl-1H-pyrrol-1-yl group. |
| US08212012B2 |
Novobiocin analogues having modified sugar moieties
Novobiocin analogues useful as Hsp90 inhibitors in the treatment of cancer, neuroprotection, and autoimmune disorders. |
| US08212011B2 |
Novobiocin analogues
Novobiocin analogues and pharmaceutical composition containing such compounds useful for the treatment and/or prevention of neurodegenerative disorders and autoimmune disorders, as well as cancer. |
| US08212007B2 |
Expression and purification of HIP/PAP and uses therefor
The present invention relates to methods of compositions comprising RegIII and HIP/PAP proteins, including the use of such proteins as diagnostic and therapeutic targets. |
| US08212005B2 |
Optoelectronic device and method of fabricating the same
A modified isolated polypeptide comprising an amino acid sequence encoding a photocatalytic unit of a photosynthetic organism being capable of covalent attachment to a solid surface and having a photocatalytic activity when attached thereto is disclosed. |
| US08212003B2 |
Bifunctional fusion protein with thrombolytic and anticoagulant activities and uses thereof
This application relates to a fusion protein, which is composed of a thrombolytic protein, an anticoagulant protein, and a linker peptide. In particular, the fusion protein is composed of an anticoagulant protein and a protein molecule having plasminogen-activating activity, wherein said two proteins are linked together via a linker peptide, which can be recognized and cleaved by blood coagulation factors. The application also relates to the medical use of said fusion protein, and to the use of the linker peptide which can be recognized by blood coagulation factor in linking a thrombolytic protein and an anticoagulation protein. |
| US08212000B2 |
Tumor-associated peptides binding promiscuously to human leukocyte antigen (HLA) class II molecules
The present invention relates to immunotherapeutic methods, and molecules and cells for use in immunotherapeutic methods. In particular, the present invention relates to the immunotherapy of cancer. The present invention furthermore relates to tumor-associated T-helper cell peptide epitopes, alone or in combination with other tumor-associated peptides, that serve as active pharmaceutical ingredients of vaccine compositions which stimulate anti-tumor immune responses. In particular, the present invention relates to 49 novel peptide sequences derived from HLA class II molecules of human tumor cell lines which can be used in vaccine compositions for eliciting anti-tumor immune responses. |
| US08211999B2 |
Tumor-associated peptides binding promiscuously to human leukocyte antigen (HLA) class II molecules
The present invention relates to immunotherapeutic methods, and molecules and cells for use in immunotherapeutic methods. In particular, the present invention relates to the immunotherapy of cancer. The present invention furthermore relates to tumor-associated T-helper cell peptide epitopes, alone or in combination with other tumor-associated peptides, that serve as active pharmaceutical ingredients of vaccine compositions which stimulate anti-tumor immune responses. In particular, the present invention relates to 49 novel peptide sequences derived from HLA class II molecules of human tumor cell lines which can be used in vaccine compositions for eliciting anti-tumor immune responses. |
| US08211998B2 |
Endoplasmic reticulum localization signals
The invention relates to cellular localization signals. In particular, the invention relates to endoplasmic reticulum localization signals in monomeric or multimeric form. The localization signals are utilized as research tools or are linked to therapeutics. Disclosed are methods of making and using polypeptides and modified polypeptides as signals to localize therapeutics, experimental compounds, peptides, proteins and/or other macromolecules to the endoplasmic reticulum of eukaryotic cells. The polypeptides of the invention optionally include linkage to reporters, epitopes and/or other experimental or therapeutic molecules. The invention also encompasses polynucleotides encoding the localization signals and vectors comprising these polynucleotides. |
| US08211996B2 |
Well-defined donor-acceptor rod-coil diblock copolymer based on P3HT containing C60
A method for the synthesis of well-defined rod-coil block copolymers consisting of P3HT donor and C60 acceptor chromophores (P3HT-b-P(SxAy)-C60) in a molecular architecture is reported for use in bulk-heterojunction (BHJ) solar cells. In thin films of the resulting block copolymer, reproducible self-assembly into well-defined “nanofibrils” is observed. This is the first example of a block copolymer containing a C60 derivative that shows exclusively a nanofibrilar structure. A substantial improvement in device performance is achieved when the block copolymer is used as a “surfactant” for controlling the interface morphology of the P3HT:PCBM donor-acceptor phase domains within the composite. |
| US08211994B2 |
Polymers made from polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxanes and diacetylene-containing compounds
A compound having the formula. Each R is methyl or phenyl; R2 comprises one or more of silane, siloxane, and aromatic groups; n is a nonnegative integer; and m is 1 or 2. The dashed bond is a single bond and the double dashed bond is a double bond, or the dashed bond is a double bond and the double dashed bond is a triple bond. A polymer made by a hydrosilation reaction of a polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane having pendant siloxane groups with an acetylene- and silicon-containing compound having at least two vinyl or ethynyl groups, and a crosslinked polymer thereof. The reaction occurs between the pendant siloxane groups and the vinyl or ethynyl groups. |
| US08211993B2 |
Inorganic substrate with a thin silica type glass layer, method of manufacturing the aforementioned substrate, coating agent, and a semiconductor device
A method of manufacturing an inorganic substrate coated with a thin silica type glass layer of 2H to 9H pencil hardness, said method comprising the steps of: coating an inorganic substrate with a cyclic dihydrogenpolysiloxane and/or a hydrogenpolysiloxane represented by a specific unit formula, and curing it; an inorganic substrate coated with a thin silica type glass layer; a coating agent for an inorganic substrate that is composed of a cyclic dihydrogenpolysiloxane and/or a hydrogenpolysiloxane represented by a specific unit formula; and a semiconductor device having an inorganic substrate coated with a thin silica type glass layer. |
| US08211990B2 |
Polymerizable compound, photocurable composition, optical element and optical head device
A compound capable of satisfying both high refractive index and high light resistance, and a photocurable composition containing it, are provided. Further, an optical element having good light resistance against blue laser light, and an optical head device using it, are provided.A polymerizable compound represented by SiA1A2A3A4 wherein silicon and four cyclic groups are bonded directly or via oxygen. each of A1, A2, A3 and A4 which are independent of one another, is —(O)m—X; and each of four m's which are independent of one another, is 0 or 1. X is preferably a phenyl group. From 0 to 3 hydrogen atoms in the phenyl group are substituted by a polymerizable substituent represented by CH2═CR—COO—Y—, and some or all of remaining hydrogen atoms in the phenyl group may be substituted by a methyl group or a fluorine atom. |
| US08211989B2 |
Crosslinking method
The invention provides a method of preparing a crosslinked polymer, which method comprises polymerising branched polyunsaturated monomers by a metathesis polymerisation reaction, wherein the branched polyunsaturated monomers contain acyclic ethylenically unsaturated groups that are capable of undergoing polymerization by a metathesis reaction such that the metathesis polymerisation produces a crosslinked polymer and substantially no non-volatile ethylenically unsaturated by-products. |
| US08211987B2 |
Deodorization of polymer compositions
The present invention relates to a method for reducing residual volatiles from polymer compositions. |
| US08211983B2 |
Polymeric materials and additives therefor
A polymer additive for improving the reheat characteristics of a polymer or polymeric composition comprises an inorganic material which is such that a 2.5 mm thick polyethylene terephthalate plaque incorporating the inorganic material has, when tested, an absorption ratio of less than 0.9, wherein the absorption ratio is either the ratio of A1/A2 or the ratio A1/A3, wherein: A1 is the maximum absorption between 400 nm and 550 nm; A2 is the maximum absorption between 700 to 1100 nm; A3 is the maximum absorption between 700 to 1600 nm. Preferred inorganic materials are titanium nitride, indium tin oxide and lanthanum hexaboride. |
| US08211982B2 |
Functionalized ethylene/α-olefin interpolymer compositions
The invention relates to functionalized interpolymers derived from base olefin interpolymers, which are prepared by polymerizing one or more monomers or mixtures of monomers, such as ethylene and one or more comonomers, to form an interpolymer products having unique physical properties. The functionalized olefin interpolymers contain two or more differing regions or segments (blocks), resulting in unique processing and physical properties. |
| US08211981B2 |
Poly(4-methyl-1-pentene) resin composition, film containing same, microporous film, battery separator and lithium ion battery
Disclosed is a poly(4-methyl-1-pentene) resin composition having an excellent balance between micropore formability and toughness, which can sufficiently form fine pores by drawing and does not cause a break during drawing. The poly(4-methyl-1-pentene) resin composition contains 0-90 parts by mass of a 4-methyl-1-pentene homopolymer (A) and 10-100 parts by mass of a 4-methyl-1-pentene copolymer (B) having a structural unit derived from 4-methyl-1-pentene and a structural unit derived from a C2-20 α-olefin other than 4-methyl-1-pentene. The content of the structural unit derived from a C2-20 α-olefin other than 4-methyl-1-pentene is 0.1-2.1% by mass relative to the total amount of the homopolymer (A) and the copolymer (B). The poly(4-methyl-1-pentene) resin composition also contains 0.1-800 ppm of a nucleator (C) relative to the total weight of the homopolymer (A) and the copolymer (B). |
| US08211979B2 |
Rubber and thermoplastic multi-component systems, rubber and thermoplastic composite moulded pieces made therefrom, method for production and use thereof
A multicomponent system is provided, composed of a thermoplastic component and of a rubber component, which comprises at least two different peroxidic crosslinking agents with specific decomposition temperatures, as also is a process for production of rubber-thermoplastic composite mouldings using the multicomponent system, and also the resultant rubber-thermoplastic composite mouldings. |
| US08211977B2 |
Polymeric compositions with adhesive properties
Polymer compositions with adhesive properties comprising: (1) at least one fluoropolymer (A) grafted by at least one compound (a), wherein the compound (a) contains at least one functional group (f1) capable of conferring adhesion properties on the fluoropolymer; (2) at least one olefin polymer (B) grafted by at least one compound (b), wherein the compound (b) contains at least one functional group (f2) capable of conferring adhesion properties on the olefin polymer and of reacting with the functional group (f1) contained in the compound (a); and (3) at least one polymer (C) chosen from polyesters and polyamides. |
| US08211976B2 |
Sports equipment compositions comprising a polyurethane, polyurea or prepolymer thereof and a polyfunctional modifier
Embodiments of a composition useful for making sports equipment, such as golf balls, are disclosed comprising at least one polyurethane, polyurea, polymer precursor composition thereof, blocked polyurethane, blocked polyurea or blocked polymer precursor composition thereof, and an effective amount of a polyfunctional modifier. One disclosed embodiment of a method for forming a golf ball comprises providing a first composition comprising at least one polyurethane, polyurea, polymer precursor composition thereof, blocked polyurethane, blocked polyurea or blocked polymer precursor composition thereof, and an effective amount of a polyfunctional modifier. The first composition is combined with at least a second composition to make at least one component of a golf ball. |
| US08211975B2 |
Fuser member having fluorinated polyimide outer layer
A fuser member and image forming apparatus including the fuser member for use in oil-less systems, wherein the fuser member includes a substrate, and thereover, an outer layer having a fluorinated polyimide of the following Formula I: wherein Ar independently represents a fluorinated hydrocarbon group, Rf2 and Rf3 individually represent a fluorine-containing group, L represents a linkage group, l and m each individually represent a mole fraction of repeating units, wherein the value ranges from about 0.1 to about 0.99, p represents an integer ranging from about 20 to about 1,000, Q is an end group, and o is 0 or 1. |
| US08211973B2 |
Process for making silicone emulsions
In a process for the production of a silicone in water emulsion in which a polysiloxane fluid, at least one surfactant and water are continuously fed to a high shear mixer in such proportions as to form a viscous oil in water emulsion which is continuously withdrawn from the mixer. The polysiloxane fluid may be a non-reactive fluid or may have reactive groups capable of taking part in a chain extension reaction. A desired emulsion particle size can be maintained by monitoring the pressure in the supply line at the inlet to the high shear mixer. |
| US08211971B2 |
Fumed silanized silica
Fumed silanized silica with the following physico-chemical data: Grindometer value less than 20 μm Tamped density 25 to 85 g/l is prepared by grinding fumed silica which has been silanized. It can be used in silicone rubber. |
| US08211966B2 |
Eco-friendly polypropylene-polylactic acid composite composition
The present invention relates to a polypropylene-polylactic acid composite composition comprising a mixture of polypropylene resin and polylactic acid resin, wherein ethylene-octene copolymer grafted by anhyrdrous maleic acid, polylactic acid resin grafted by anhydrous maleic acid, polyethylene-glycidyl methacrylate resin and talc particles are added thereto. The composition reduces CO2 emission and improve mechanical strength and heat resistance, thereby being suitable as a material for the interior and exterior parts of a vehicle as well as construction. |
| US08211964B2 |
Curable composition, molded article obtained from same and process for production of molded article
A curable composition including a fluorine-containing elastomer having a cyano group in its trunk chain and/or side chain and inorganic nitride particles in an amount of 0.1 to 20 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of the fluorine-containing elastomer, or a curable composition including a specific crosslinking agent selected from an oxazole crosslinking agent, an imidazole crosslinking agent and a thiazole crosslinking agent, a fluorine-containing elastomer having a cure site crosslinkable with the crosslinking agent and inorganic nitride particles. Also disclosed is a molded article obtained by curing the above-mentioned curable composition, and a process for production of a molded article which includes a step of primary vulcanization of the curable composition and a step of secondary vulcanization following the primary vulcanization. |
| US08211963B2 |
Method of purifying a polymer
A method for purifying a polymer comprising providing a first mixture comprising at least one solvent and at least one polymeric material, diluting the first mixture with veratrole to produce a second mixture in which the polymeric material is substantially dissolved at a temperature less than 100° C., performing at least one step selected from (i) contacting the second mixture with an aqueous wash solution, and (ii) filtering the second mixture. |
| US08211961B1 |
Procedure for preparation of a thermal insulation and waterproof coating
The present invention refers to a procedure for preparation of a thermal insulation and waterproof coating, as well as its composition, obtained by combination of some components and the preparation of spherical particles internally dismembered highly flexible, attenuated in water, flexible branched chain polymer modified with acrylic, in a titanium dioxide presence. With these elements and its balance is obtained a product high grade of adhesion over several substrates not requiring previous sealing with high properties when used as waterproof coating. Likewise, it differ of traditional coatings, the internally dismembered particles, which contain a % of humidity, are appropriate for the formation of links and connections necessaries for the formation of a monolithic flexible film to make an waterproof coating application in one step, moreover getting a coating with thermal insulation properties, highly flexible and low specific weight (low density). |
| US08211960B2 |
Crumb rubber modified asphalt with improved stability
The present invention relates to a method for producing a crumb rubber modified asphalt comprising the steps of:a) heating a pre-selected quantity of asphalt to a temperature of between about 325° F. to 550° F.;b) adding crumb rubber and a mineral acid to the heated asphalt with stirring; andc) blowing air through the asphalt, crumb rubber and mineral acid mixture. |
| US08211959B2 |
Biodegradable copolymer hydrogels
Biodegradable copolymer hydrogels are provided. The biodegradable copolymer hydrogels have a structure of Formula (I) or Formula (II) A-B—BOX—B-A Formula (I) B-A-B—(BOX—B-A-B)n-BOX—B-A-B Formula (II), wherein, A comprises a hydrophilic polyethylene glycol polymer (A); B comprises a hydrophobic polyester polymer (B); BOX is bifunctional group monomer of 2,2′-Bis(2-oxazoline) and used for coupling the blocks A-B or B-A-B; and n is an integer, equal to or greater than 0. |
| US08211958B2 |
Polyolefin nanocomposites with functional ionic liquids and carbon nanofillers
The present disclosure provides polyolefin blends and nanocomposites and methods for their production. In embodiments, a blend or nanocomposite of the present disclosure may include at least one polyolefin and at least one ionic liquid and/or one modified carbon nanofiller. In embodiments, the at least one modified carbon nanotube may be treated with at least one ionic compound. |
| US08211957B2 |
Negative pattern of carbon nanotubes and carbon nanotube composite comprising surface-modified carbon nanotubes
Disclosed herein are methods of making a negative pattern of carbon nanotubes or a polymerized carbon nanotube composite having an interpenetrating polymer network (IPN) by modifying the surfaces of the carbon nanotubes with polymerizable functional groups such as oxirane and anhydride groups and subjecting the surface-modified carbon nanotubes either to a photolithography process or to a heatcuring process. By virtue of the present invention, desired patterns of carbon nanotubes can be easily made on the surfaces of various substrates, and polymerized carbon nanotube composites improved in hardening properties can be made without additional polymers. |
| US08211949B2 |
Functionalized long-chain olefin mixtures and uses therefor
Novel mixtures of long-chain (C10-C20) olefins are functionalized by conversion to aldehydes using an OXO process, or to sulfates, sulfonates, sulfones, sulfides, or sulfoxides by direct sulfonation. The aldehydes may then be hydrogenated to form alcohols, or aminated to form amines or amides. The olefins starting mixture may be acquired as a byproduct of the tetramerization of ethylene in the presence of certain chromium-containing tetramerization catalysts. The functionalized mixtures, and derivatives prepared therefrom such as alkoxylates prepared from the alcohols, may be useful as surfactants that may offer improved performance in many applications, while their preparation based on a byproduct mixture reduces their cost and also reduces waste-handling issues for this non-targeted stream. |
| US08211941B2 |
Antagonists of the transient receptor potential vanilloid 1 and uses thereof
One of the major disabling symptoms of gastroparesis is nausea and vomiting which can be difficult to control with currently available treatments. It is postulated that signaling of gastrointestinal causes of nausea starts with activation of vagal afferent nerves that trigger the central emetic pathway. Most vagal afferent nerves are unmyelinated C-fibers, many of which express the vanilloid receptor TRPV1 and respond to capsaicin. Resiniferatoxin is a very potent capsaicin analogue that has a much more favorable ratio of desensitization to excitation than capsaicin leading to more effective desensitization without irritation. The present invention describes methods of alleviating acute or chronic nausea, vomiting by the administration of resiniferatoxin. |
| US08211940B2 |
Oxaliplatin active substance with a very low content of oxalic acid
The present invention relates to an oxaliplatin active substance for a pharmaceutical composition, wherein its weight content in oxalic acid is not more than 0.08%, and to a process of preparing the active substance. |
| US08211935B2 |
Heterocyclic derivatives for modulation of calcium channels
Heterocyclic derivatives act as Ca channel antagonists. The compositions are useful for treating or relieving Ca channel mediated conditions. |
| US08211933B2 |
3.3.0 bicyclic GlyT1 inhibitors and methods of making and using same
In one aspect, the invention relates to compounds which are useful as as inhibitors of glycine type 1 transporter (GlyT1) activity; synthetic methods for making the compounds; pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds; and methods of treating disorders associated with glycine type 1 transporter (GlyT1) activity using the compounds and compositions. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention. |
| US08211931B2 |
Active compound combinations having insecticidal and acaricidal properties
The novel active compound combinations consisting, firstly, of cyclic ketoenols and, secondly, of beneficial species (natural enemies) have very good insecticidal and/or acaricidal properties. |
| US08211930B2 |
Phenyl and benzodioxinyl substituted indazoles derivatives
A compound of formula Ia: The present invention relates to novel indazolyl derivatives, to pharmaceutical compositions comprising such derivatives, to processes for preparing such novel derivatives and to the use of such derivatives as medicaments |
| US08211929B2 |
Pyrimidine derivatives as kinase modulators and method of use
The invention provides compounds and methods for inhibition of kinases, more specifically IGF 1 R kinases. The invention also provides compounds and methods for inhibition of wildtype Abl. The invention provides compounds for modulating protein kinase enzymatic activity for modulating cellular activities such as proliferation, differentiation, programmed cell death, migration and chemoinvasion. Compounds of the invention inhibit, regulate and/or modulate kinase receptor signal transduction pathways related to the changes in cellular activities as mentioned above, and the invention includes compositions which contain these compounds, and methods of using them to treat kinase-dependent diseases and conditions. A compound of formula (I), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, hydrate, or prodrug thereof, wherein, V is NR1R1a, or O—R1, wherein X is H, halo, C1-C6 alkyl, NO2, mono-, di-, or tri-halo substituted methyl, NR13R,14. C(O)O—C1-C6 alkyl, or N(R13)—C(O)—C1-C6 alkyl; Y is H, halo, OH, C1-C6 alkyl, C0-C6alkyl-NR,15R16, NR15R,6, C1-C6 alkoxy, —N(R13)—(CH2)n-NR15R16, —C(O)O—C1-C6 alkyl, —O—(CH2)n—NR15R16, —C(O)—C1-C6 alkyl, —C0-C6-alkyl-R21, —O—R21, —C(O)—R21, —O—(CH2)n—R21, —C(O)—NR13R14, —C(O)—N(R13)-aryl, —C(O)—N(R13)(CH2)n—NR15R16, —C(O)—N(R13)—(CH2)n-aryl —C(O)—N(R13)—(CH2)n-heterocyclyl; or X and Y together with the atoms to which they are attached form a 4-7 membered heterocyclyl or heteroaryl group containing one or two heteroatoms independently selected from O, N, and S. Z is H, NR2R3, —S—R2a, or —O—R2a |
| US08211926B2 |
Bicyclic pyrazolo-heterocycles
The present invention provides substituted pyrazolo-heterocycles having the general structure of formula I Also provided are pharmaceutically acceptable salts, acid salts, hydrates, solvates and stereoisomers of the compounds of formula I. The compounds are useful as modulators of cannabinoid receptors and for the prophylaxis and treatment of cannabinoid receptor-associated diseases and conditions, such as pain, inflammation and pruritis. |
| US08211925B2 |
Benzamide glucokinase activators
The present invention relates to N-heteroaryl-benzamides, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the same, and methods of using the same. The N-heteroaryl-benzamides are useful in diseases or medical conditions mediated by glucokinase. |
| US08211920B2 |
6-oxo-1,6-dihydropyridine derivatives as inhibitors of MEK and methods of use thereof
Disclosed are compounds of the Formula V and pharmaceutically acceptable salts and prodrugs thereof, wherein R1, R2, R7, R8 and R9, and W are as defined in the specification. Such compounds are MEK inhibitors and useful in the treatment of hyperproliferative diseases, such as cancer and inflammation, and inflammatory conditions in mammals. Also disclosed are methods of using such compounds in the treatment of hyperproliferative diseases and inflammatory conditions in mammals and pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds. |
| US08211917B2 |
Methods for treating anxiety
Disclosed are methods of treating anxiety by administering to a patient in need of such treatment a compound having the following formula (I). |
| US08211913B2 |
5-aryl pyridines as 11-beta inhibitors for the treatment of diabetes
Compounds of formula (I): as well as pharmaceutically acceptable salts and esters thereof used in the form of pharmaceutical compositions. |
| US08211908B2 |
Heterocyclic compound or salt thereof and intermediate thereof
Disclosed is a compound represented by the general formula: [wherein R1 represents an aryl or heterocyclic group which may be substituted or the like; X1 represents a C2-C4 alkylene group or the like; X2, X3 and X5 independently represent NH, a bond or the like; X4 represents a lower alkylene group, a bond or the like; Y1 represents a bivalent alicyclic hydrocarbon residue which may be substituted or a bivalent alicyclic amine residue which may be substituted; and Z1, Z2, Z3, Z4, Z5 and Z6 independently represent a nitrogen atom, a group represented by the formula: CH, or the like, provided that at least one of Z3, Z4, Z5 and Z6 represents a nitrogen atom] or a salt thereof, which is useful as an antibacterial agent. |
| US08211906B1 |
Method of inhibiting growth of neoplastic cells and inhibiting infection by administering an immune enhancer drug
Disclosed is a method of inhibiting the growth of neoplastic tumors and lesions and localized infections by administering an Immune Response Modifier (IRM) drug to human patients suffering from such tumors, lesions or infections. IRMs act by stimulating cellular immunity and have been found to have both anti-viral and anti-tumor effects. By administering IRM drugs directly into a tumor, lesion or infection, the cells of the tumor, lesion or infection, as well as those surrounding the tumor, lesion or infection can be stimulated to increase their cellular response, thereby inhibiting the growth of such tumors, lesions or infections. |
| US08211901B2 |
Naphthamide derivatives as multi-target protein kinase inhibitors and histone deacetylase inhibitors
Isolated compounds of formula I: and stereoisomers, enantiomers, diastereomers, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof are described, as well as processes for production, and methods of use of these compounds and compositions thereof for the treatment of diseases associated with abnormal protein kinase activities and/or abnormal histone deacetylase activities including, for example, inflammatory diseases, autoimmune diseases, cancer, neurological and neurodegenerative diseases, cardiovascular diseases, metabolic disease, allergies and asthma and/or hormone-related diseases. |
| US08211897B2 |
Inhibitors of cathepsin B
The present invention is directed to a method of using compounds of Formula (I) to inhibit Cathepsin B. Specifically the compounds of the present invention are useful as therapeutic agents for the treatment of tumor invasion, metastasis, Alzheimer's Disease, arthritis, inflammatory diseases such as chronic and acute pancreatitis, inflammatory airway disease, and bone and joint disorders, including osteoporosis, osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, psoriasis, and other autoimmune disorders, liver fibrosis, including liver fibrosis associated with HCV, all types of steatosis (including non-alcoholic steatohepatitis) and alcohol-associated steatohepatitis, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, forms of pulmonary fibrosis including idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, pathological diagnosis of interstitial pneumonia following lung biopsy, renal fibrosis, cardiac fibrosis, retinal angiogenesis and fibrosis/gliosis in the eye, schleroderma, and systemic sclerosis. The compounds of Formula (I) are also useful for treating subjects with both HCV and fibrosis in a mammal, particularly liver fibrosis, and subjects affirmatively diagnosed or at risk for both HCV and liver fibrosis. |
| US08211893B2 |
Protein kinase C zeta inhibition to treat diabetic retinopathy
Methods of treating or preventing a disease or disorder in a subject are provided by the present invention which include administering a composition including a therapeutically effective amount of a protein kinase C (PKC) zeta inhibitor. A disease or disorder treated or prevented by administration of a PKC zeta inhibitor is characterized by abnormal vascular permeability. Diseases or disorders treated or prevented by administration of a composition including a therapeutically effective amount of a PKC zeta inhibitor include cancer, an ischemic condition and microvascular complications of a systemic or local condition in the subject, such as diabetes and/or diabetic macular edema. Additionally, methods of inhibiting PKC zeta are provided which include incubating PKC zeta in vivo, in vitro and/or in silico with a PKC zeta inhibitor. |
| US08211891B2 |
Difluoromethyl-containing macrocyclic compounds as hepatitis C virus inhibitors
The present invention discloses compounds of formula I or pharmaceutically acceptable salts, esters, or prodrugs thereof: which inhibit serine protease activity, particularly the activity of hepatitis C virus (HCV) NS3-NS4A protease. Consequently, the compounds of the present invention interfere with the life cycle of the hepatitis C virus and are also useful as antiviral agents. The present invention further relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising the aforementioned compounds for administration to a subject suffering from HCV infection. The invention also relates to methods of treating an HCV infection in a subject by administering a pharmaceutical composition comprising the compounds of the present invention. |
| US08211890B2 |
5-amino-2-(1-hydroxy-ethyl)-tetrahydropyran derivatives
The invention relates to antibacterial compounds of formula I wherein R1 represents alkoxy (notably methoxy); R2 represents H or F; each of R3, R4, R5 and R6 represents independently H or D; V represents CH and W represents CH or N, or V represents N and W represents CH; Y represents CH or N; Z represents O, S or CH2; and A represents CH2, CH2CH2 or CD2CD2; and salts of such compounds. |
| US08211887B2 |
Topical preparation and method for transdermal delivery and localization of therapeutic agents
Disclosed herein is a preparation for topically delivering and localizing therapeutic agents, comprising: a vasoconstrictor for retarding vascular dispersion of a therapeutic agent; and a penetration enhancer for facilitating penetration of the vasoconstrictor and the therapeutic agent through a patient's skin. Further disclosed is an associated method of topically delivering and localizing therapeutic agents, comprising the steps of: using a vasoconstrictor for retarding vascular dispersion of a therapeutic agent; in combination with using a penetration enhancer for facilitating penetration of the vasoconstrictor and the therapeutic agent through a patient's skin. Also disclosed are various courses of treatment, which comprise applying the various disclosed combinations of agents to the patient's skin. |
| US08211869B2 |
Methods for cancer therapy and stem cell modulation
The present invention relates to a method of modulating pluripotency and/or self-renewing characteristics of a stem/progenitor cell. The method comprises administering to the respective cell a compound of the general formula (I) In the general formula A is C or N. R1, R4 and R5 are, independently selected, H or aliphatic, cycloaliphatic, aromatic, arylaliphatic, or arylcycloaliphatic hydrocarbyl groups, that comprise 0-3 heteroatoms being N, O, S, or Si. R4 and R5 may optionally be linked so as to define an aliphatic hydrocarbyl bridge. R2 is H or a halogen. R3 is H, or an aliphatic or arylaliphatic hydrocarbyl group comprising 1-8 main chain carbon atoms and 0-3 heteroatoms being N, O, S, Si, or a halogen. |
| US08211865B2 |
Inhibition of ornithine aminotransferase for the treatment of proliferative disorders
The invention relates to inhibition of ornithine aminotransferase (OAT) for suppression of tumor cells proliferation. More particularly, the invention relates to methods of treatment of proliferative disorders by the selective inhibition of OAT, and further provides the use of OAT inhibitors, specifically, 5-amino-1,3-hexadienyl-carboxylic acid (Gabaculine), and Gabaculine analogue 8, for compositions and methods for the treatment of proliferative disorders such as hepatocellular carcinoma. The invention further provides methods and kits for the diagnosis of a pathologic proliferative disorder in a mammalian subject, based on determining the level of OAT expressed in a biological sample obtained from a subject. |
| US08211863B2 |
Administration of TLR7 ligands and prodrugs thereof for treatment of infection by hepatitis C virus
This invention relates to methods for treating or preventing hepatitis C virus infections in mammals using Toll-Like Receptor (TLR)7 ligands and prodrugs thereof. More particularly, this invention relates to methods of orally administering a therapeutically effective amount of one or more prodrugs of TLR7 ligands for the treatment or prevention of hepatitis C viral infection. Oral administration of these TLR7 immunomodulating ligands and prodrugs thereof to a mammal provides therapeutically effective amounts and reduced undesirable side effects. |
| US08211856B2 |
Use of somatostatin-14 as a therapeutic agent
The present invention is directed to the use of the peptide compound Ala-Gly-Cys-Lys-Asn-Phe-Phe-Trp-Lys-Thr-Phe-Thr-Ser-Cys-OH as a therapeutic agent for the prophylaxis and/or treatment of cancer, autoimmune diseases, fibrotic diseases, inflammatory diseases, neurodegenerative diseases, infectious diseases, lung diseases, heart and vascular diseases and metabolic diseases. Moreover the present invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions preferably in form of a lyophilisate or liquid buffer solution or artificial mother milk formulation or mother milk substitute containing the peptide Ala-Gly-Cys-Lys-Asn-Phe-Phe-Trp-Lys-Thr-Phe-Thr-Ser-Cys-OH optionally together with at least one pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, cryoprotectant, lyoprotectant, excipient and/or diluent. |
| US08211853B2 |
Method of promoting apoptosis of differentiated adipocytes and increasing endogenous expression of SFRP-5 peptide by administration of SFRP-5 peptide
Disclosed is a method of reducing the amount of adipose tissue in a subject comprising administering to the subject an amount of an sFRP-5 peptide effective to reduce the amount of adipose tissue, or an amount of a molecule effective to stimulate expression of the sFRP-5 peptide in the subject. Also disclosed is a screen for molecules that can reduce the amount of adipose tissue in a subject. |
| US08211847B1 |
Hard surface cleaner and polish
A cleaner/polish composition for application to a hard surface, followed by wiping, to provide a clean, shiny surface is disclosed. The composition contains a functionalized dimethicone, nonionic surfactants, emulsifiers, a silicone fluid, an oxidized wax, an alkamidoalkyl dialkylamine, and water. |
| US08211835B2 |
Composition and method for slickwater application
The invention provides an environmentally friendly composition including a friction reducer, a biocide, a scale inhibitor, and optionally a clay stabilizer. |
| US08211833B2 |
Extremely low resistance composition and methods for creating same
The invention pertains to creating new extremely low resistance (“ELR”) materials, which may include high temperature superconducting (“HTS”) materials. In some implementations of the invention, an ELR material may be modified by depositing a layer of modifying material unto the ELR material to form a modified ELR material. The modified ELR material has improved operational characteristics over the ELR material alone. Such operational characteristics may include operating at increased temperatures or carrying additional electrical charge or other operational characteristics. In some implementations of the invention, the ELR material is a cuprate-perovskite, such as, but not limited to YBCO. In some implementations of the invention, the modifying material is a conductive material that bonds easily to oxygen, such as, but not limited to, chromium. |
| US08211827B2 |
Dye receptor layer compositions
The present invention relates to a dye receptor layer composition for thermal transfer image-receiving sheets which includes (a) a resin dispersion containing a polyester-containing resin, (b) a glycol ether having a boiling point of from 160° C. to 280° C. and a vapor pressure at 20° C. of from 20 to 1,000 Pa and (c) an oxazoline group-containing compound, and is excellent in film-forming property; and a thermal transfer image-receiving sheet obtained from the composition which can be dried at a low temperature for a short period of time, exhibits a low heat fusibility, is excellent in releasability, printing sensitivity and imaging performance, and can produce images with a high density. |
| US08211826B2 |
Two-sided thermal media
Two-sided thermal media comprising thermal transfer receptive and/or direct thermal thermally sensitive coatings on one or both of a first and a second side thereof are provided. In one embodiment, two-sided thermal media comprising a substrate having a first side and a second side, opposite the first side, and a first and a second thermal transfer receptive coating supported on the respective first and second substrate sides is provided. In another embodiment, two-sided thermal media comprising a substrate having a thermal transfer receptive coating on a first side thereof, and a direct thermal thermally sensitive coating on a second side thereof, is provided. In some embodiments, a direct thermal thermally sensitive coating provided on one or both sides of two-sided thermal media is adapted to image at a temperature different than a temperature at which thermal transfer printing has or can occur. |
| US08211825B2 |
Methanol oxidation catalyst
A methanol oxidation catalyst comprises a material of composition: PtxMzTau in which Pt is platinum, Ta is tantalum, M is an element includes at least one selected from the group consisting of V (vanadium), W (tungsten), Ni (nickel) and Mo (molybdenum), x is 40 to 98 at. %, z is 1.5 to 55 at. %, and u is 0.5 to 40 at. %. To maximize catalytic activity the material is preferably in the form of nanoparticles. The values of x, z and u are selected such that the element exhibits X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy peaks derived from an oxygen bond and a metal bond in which a peak area derived from the oxygen bond is twice or less of a peak area derived from the metal bond. |
| US08211824B2 |
Exhaust gas purification catalyst
A catalytic metal 5 is supported on oxide particles 4, 6 in a first catalyst layer 2, and first binder particles 7 which are fine, and have oxygen ion conductivity are interposed among the oxide particles. A catalytic metal 11 is supported on oxide particles 8, 9, 12 in a second catalyst layer 3 provided on or above the first catalyst layer 2, and second binder particles 13 which are fine, and are capable of storing and releasing oxygen are interposed among the oxide particles. |
| US08211820B2 |
Catalyst composition, and process for production of cross-coupling compound using the same
The invention provides a catalyst composition for use in a cross-coupling reaction containing an iron or cobalt fluoride and a nitrogen-containing heterocyclic ring compound represented by General Formula (1A) or (1B), wherein R1 and R2 are same or different, and represent substituted or unsubstituted aryl group etc.; and R3 and R4 are same or different, and represent hydrogen etc., represents a single bond or a double bond, and X− represents a monovalent anion. The invention also provides a method for producing a cross-coupling compound by reacting an organic magnesium compound with an organic halogen compound in the presence of the catalyst composition. |
| US08211814B2 |
Protective armor panels
Protective armor panels comprising a polymer layer having upper and lower faces generally forming a sheet and a plurality of metal strips each having an upper edge, a lower edge and side faces, said side faces being oriented generally traverse to the upper face of said polymer layer and positioned at least partially within the polymer layer, are disclosed. |
| US08211813B2 |
Coated base fabric for air bags and air bags
A coated airbag base fabric made of a textile fabric that has an excellent air-barrier property, high heat resistance, improved mountability and compactness and excellent adhesion to a resin film is characterized in that at least one side of the textile fabric is coated with resin, at least part of the single yarns of the fabric are surrounded by the resin, and at least part of the single yarns of the fabric are not surrounded by the resin. An airbag is characterized by using such a coated airbag base fabric. A method for manufacturing the coated airbag base fabric is characterized by applying a resin solution having a viscosity of from 5 to 20 Pa·s (5,000 to 20,000 cP) to the textile fabric using a knife coater with a sharp-edged coating knife at the contact pressure between the coating knife and the fabric of from 1 to 15 N/cm. |
| US08211810B2 |
Substrate processing apparatus and substrate processing method for performing etching process with phosphoric acid solution
An additive containing a hexafluorosilicic acid solution (H2SiF6+H2O) is sequentially inputted into a phosphoric acid solution pooled in an immersion bath from an additive input mechanism. Further, a trap agent containing a fluoroboric acid solution (HBF4+H2O) is inputted into the phosphoric acid solution from a trap agent input mechanism. F− which accelerates etching of a silicon nitride film is added as appropriate by sequentially inputting the additive and siloxane which increases by the sequential input is etched with hydrofluoric acid generated by decomposition of the fluoroboric acid, to thereby suppress a significant increase in the concentration of siloxane. This makes it possible to maintain respective initial etching rates of the silicon nitride film and a silicon oxide film. |
| US08211801B2 |
Method of fabricating complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) device
A method of fabricating a CMOS device having high-k dielectric layer and metal gate electrode is provided. First, an isolation structure is formed in a substrate to define a first-type and a second-type MOS regions; an interfacial layer and a high-k dielectric layer are sequentially formed over the substrate; a first and a second cover layers are respectively formed over a portion of the high-k dielectric layer at the first-type MOS region and another portion of the high-k dielectric layer at the second-type MOS region; afterwards, an in-situ etching step is performed to sequentially etch the first and second cover layers using a first etching solution and to etch both the high-k dielectric layer and the interfacial layer using a second etching solution until the substrate is exposed. Wherein, the second etching solution is a mixed etching solution containing the first etching solution. |
| US08211794B2 |
Properties of metallic copper diffusion barriers through silicon surface treatments
In accordance with the invention, there are diffusion barriers, integrated circuits, and semiconductor devices and methods of fabricating them. The method of fabricating a diffusion barrier can include providing a dielectric layer, forming a first silicon enriched layer over the dielectric layer by exposing the dielectric layer to a silicon-containing ambient, and forming a barrier layer over the first silicon enriched layer. |
| US08211788B2 |
Method of fabricating bonding structure
A method of fabricating a bonding structure having compliant bumps includes first providing a first substrate and a second substrate. The first substrate includes first bonding pads. The second substrate is disposed on one side of the first substrate and includes second bonding pads and compliant bumps disposed thereon. The second bonding pads are opposite to the first bonding pads. Next, a non-conductive adhesive layer and ball-shaped spacers are formed between the first and the second substrates. Finally, the first substrate, the non-conductive adhesive layer, and the second substrate are compressed, such that the compliant bumps on the second bonding pads of the second substrate pass through the non-conductive adhesive layer and are electrically connected to the first bonding pads of the first substrate, respectively. The ball-shaped spacers are distributed in the non-conductive adhesive layer sandwiched between the first and the second substrates for maintaining the gap therebetween. |
| US08211787B2 |
Semiconductor processing methods
Some embodiments include methods of forming semiconductor constructions in which a semiconductor material sidewall is along an opening, a protective organic material is over at least one semiconductor material surface, and the semiconductor material sidewall and protective organic material are both exposed to an etch utilizing at least one fluorine-containing composition. The etch is selective for the semiconductor material relative to the organic material, and reduces sharpness of at least one projection along the semiconductor material sidewall. In some embodiments, the opening is a through wafer opening, and subsequent processing forms one or more materials within such through wafer opening to form a through wafer interconnect. In some embodiments, the opening extends to a sensor array, and the protective organic material is comprised by a microlens system over the sensor array. Subsequent processing may form a macrolens structure across the opening. |
| US08211786B2 |
CMOS structure including non-planar hybrid orientation substrate with planar gate electrodes and method for fabrication
A semiconductor structure and a method for fabricating the semiconductor structure include a hybrid orientation substrate having a first active region having a first crystallographic orientation that is vertically separated from a second active region having a second crystallographic orientation different than the first crystallographic orientation. A first field effect device having a first gate electrode is located and formed within and upon the first active region and a second field effect device having a second gate electrode is located and formed within and upon the second active region. Upper surfaces of the first gate electrode and the second gate electrode are coplanar. The structure and method allow for avoidance of epitaxial defects generally encountered when using hybrid orientation technology substrates that include coplanar active regions. |
| US08211780B2 |
Method for manufacturing SOI substrate
Adhesion defects between a single crystal semiconductor layer and a support substrate are reduced to manufacture an SOI substrate achiving high bonding strength between the single crystal semiconductor layer and the support substrate. Plasma is produced by exciting a source gas, ion species contained in the plasma are added from one surface of a single crystal semiconductor substrate, and thereby forming a damage region in the single crystal semiconductor substrate; forming an insulating layer over one surface of the single crystal semiconductor substrate; a support substrate is bonded so as to face the single crystal semiconductor substrate with the insulating layer therebetween; the single crystal semiconductor substrate is heated to separate the single crystal semiconductor substrate into a single crystal semiconductor layer bonded to the support substrate and a single crystal semiconductor substrate, in the damage region; and the single crystal semiconductor layer bonded to the support substrate is pressed. |
| US08211775B1 |
Method of making transistor having metal gate
A method for forming a transistor having a metal gate is provided. A substrate is provided first. A transistor is formed on the substrate. The transistor includes a high-k gate dielectric layer, an oxygen containing dielectric layer disposed on the high-k gate dielectric layer, and a dummy gate disposed on the oxygen containing dielectric layer. Then, the dummy gate and the patterned gate dielectric layer are removed. Lastly, a metal gate is formed and the metal gate directly contacts the high-k gate oxide. |
| US08211773B2 |
SRAM cell with asymmetrical pass gate
A method of controlling gate induced drain leakage current of a transistor is disclosed. The method includes forming a dielectric region (516) on a surface of a substrate having a first concentration of a first conductivity type (P-well). A gate region (500) having a length and a width is formed on the dielectric region. Source (512) and drain (504) regions having a second conductivity type (N+) are formed in the substrate on opposite sides of the gate region. A first impurity region (508) having the first conductivity type (P+) is formed adjacent the source. The first impurity region has a second concentration greater than the first concentration. |
| US08211772B2 |
Two-dimensional condensation for uniaxially strained semiconductor fins
Techniques are disclosed for enabling multi-sided condensation of semiconductor fins. The techniques can be employed, for instance, in fabricating fin-based transistors. In one example case, a strain layer is provided on a bulk substrate. The strain layer is associated with a critical thickness that is dependent on a component of the strain layer, and the strain layer has a thickness lower than or equal to the critical thickness. A fin is formed in the substrate and strain layer, such that the fin includes a substrate portion and a strain layer portion. The fin is oxidized to condense the strain layer portion of the fin, so that a concentration of the component in the strain layer changes from a pre-condensation concentration to a higher post-condensation concentration, thereby causing the critical thickness to be exceeded. |
| US08211770B2 |
Transistor with A-face conductive channel and trench protecting well region
A transistor structure optimizes current along the A-face of a silicon carbide body to form an AMOSFET that minimizes the JFET effect in the drift region during forward conduction in the on-state. The AMOSFET further shows high voltage blocking ability due to the addition of a highly doped well region that protects the gate corner region in a trench-gated device. The AMOSFET uses the A-face conduction along a trench sidewall in addition to a buried channel layer extending across portions of the semiconductor mesas defining the trench. A doped well extends from at least one of the mesas to a depth within the current spreading layer that is greater than the depth of the trench. A current spreading layer extends between the semiconductor mesas beneath the bottom of the trench to reduce junction resistance in the on-state. A buffer layer between the trench and the deep well further provides protection from field crowding at the trench corner. |
| US08211764B2 |
Semiconductor device of common source structure and manufacturing method of semiconductor device of common source structure
A semiconductor device having a common source structure and method of manufacturing the same are provided. In one embodiment, the method includes: forming a plurality of gate lines on a semiconductor substrate, each constituted by a floating gate, a dielectric layer, and a control gate having a line form; forming a first dielectric layer on the semiconductor substrate including the gate line; forming a trench having the line form in the first dielectric layer, wherein the trench exposes the semiconductor substrate between the gate lines; and forming a common source in the trench. According to an embodiment, the common source is implemented as a poly line in the trench. Therefore, etching the substrate to provide a trench for a common source can be excluded. Accordingly, it is possible to inhibit the common source from being opened due to a remaining material in a trench, and reduce damage to the semiconductor substrate. |
| US08211763B2 |
Methods of forming vertical field effect transistors, vertical field effect transistors, and DRAM cells
A method of forming a vertical field effect transistor includes etching an opening into semiconductor material. Sidewalls and radially outermost portions of the opening base are lined with masking material. A semiconductive material pillar is epitaxially grown to within the opening adjacent the masking material from the semiconductor material at the opening base. At least some of the masking material is removed from the opening. A gate dielectric is formed radially about the pillar. Conductive gate material is formed radially about the gate dielectric. An upper portion of the pillar is formed to comprise one source/drain region of the vertical transistor. Semiconductive material of the pillar received below the upper portion is formed to comprise a channel region of the vertical transistor. Semiconductor material adjacent the opening is formed to comprise another source/drain region of the vertical transistor. Other aspects and implementations are contemplated. |
| US08211760B2 |
Method for producing a transistor gate with sub-photolithographic dimensions
A method of fabricating a semiconductor device is disclosed. The method comprises patterning a photoresist over a compound semiconductor substrate; reducing a width of the photoresist; forming a hardmask over the substrate and not over the photoresist; removing the photoresist; etching to form and opening down to the substrate; forming a gate in the opening; and removing the hardmask except beneath the gate. |
| US08211758B2 |
Semiconductor device and method of producing the same
It is an object to provide an SGT production method capable of obtaining a structure for reducing a resistance of a gate, a desired gate length, desired source and drain configurations and a desired diameter of a pillar-shaped semiconductor. The object is achieved by a semiconductor device production method which comprises the steps of: forming a pillar-shaped first-conductive-type semiconductor layer; forming a second-conductive-type semiconductor layer underneath the pillar-shaped first-conductive-type semiconductor layer; forming a gate dielectric film and a gate electrode around the pillar-shaped first-conductive-type semiconductor layer; forming a sidewall-shaped dielectric film on an upper region of a sidewall of the pillar-shaped first-conductive-type semiconductor layer and in contact with a top of the gate; forming a sidewall-shaped dielectric film on a sidewall of the gate; and forming a second-conductive-type semiconductor layer in an upper portion of the pillar-shaped first-conductive-type semiconductor layer and on the second-conductive-type semiconductor layer formed underneath the pillar-shaped first-conductive-type semiconductor layer. |
| US08211756B2 |
3D chip-stack with fuse-type through silicon via
Programmable fuse-type through silicon vias (TSVs) in silicon chips are provided with non-programmable TSVs in the same chip. The programmable fuse-type TSVs may employ a region within the TSV structure having sidewall spacers that restrict the cross-sectional conductive path of the TSV adjacent a chip surface contact pad. Application of sufficient current by programming circuitry causes electromigration of metal to create a void in the contact pad and, thus, an open circuit. Programming may be carried out by complementary circuitry on two adjacent chips in a multi-story chip stack. |
| US08211753B2 |
Leadframe-based mold array package heat spreader and fabrication method therefor
A method for fabricating a heat spreader is provided. Heat spreaders are formed and surrounded by a frame. The heat spreaders and frame are connected to one another by tie bars, the heat spreaders and tie bars having respective upper surfaces. At least portions of the upper surfaces of the tie bars are thinned to reduce the heights of the tie bars at least on a singulation line thereon. The frame is formed to support the heat spreader upper surfaces in an elevated position with respect thereto. |
| US08211751B2 |
Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes: a bonding step of bonding a first substrate with optical transparency and a second substrate having a surface on which a functional element is provided to each other such that the functional element faces the first substrate; a thinning step of thinning at least one of the first and second substrates; and a through-hole forming step of forming a cavity and a through-hole communicated with the cavity in at least part of a bonding portion between the first and second substrates. According to the present invention, it is possible to prevent irregularities or cracks caused by the presence or absence of the cavity and more regularly thin the substrate. In addition, it is possible to manufacture a semiconductor device capable of contributing to the miniaturization of devices and electronic equipment having the devices, using a more convenient process. |
| US08211750B2 |
Semiconductor device comprising light-emitting element and light-receiving element, and manufacturing method therefor
A semiconductor device includes a substrate for transmitting light, a wiring layer provided on the substrate, a semiconductor chip formed on the wiring layer, a columnar electrode, a sealant, and an external connection terminal electrically connected to the semiconductor chip via the wiring layer and protruding electrode. The device includes a cut surface formed by dicing and constituted by only the substrate and the sealant. Since the cut surface has a single-layer structure as a result of forming the sealant in a single step, moisture cannot infiltrate through the sealant, hence a device resistant to corrosion and operational defects is provided. |
| US08211747B2 |
Wafer level stack die package
This document discusses, among other things, apparatus and methods for an IC package including first and a second discrete components fabricated into a semiconductor substrate. The first and second discrete components can be adjacent to one another in the semiconductor substrate, and an integrated circuit die can be mounted on the semiconductor substrate and coupled to the first and second discrete components. |
| US08211746B2 |
Integrated circuit packaging system with lead frame and method of manufacture thereof
A method of manufacture of an integrated circuit packaging system includes: providing a base substrate; attaching a base device over the base substrate; attaching a leadframe having a leadframe pillar adjacent the base device over the base substrate; applying a base encapsulant over the base device, the base substrate, and the leadframe; removing a portion of the base encapsulant and a portion of the leadframe providing the leadframe pillar partially exposed; and attaching a base substrate connector to the base substrate directly below the leadframe pillar. |
| US08211743B2 |
Methods of forming non-volatile memory cells having multi-resistive state material between conductive electrodes
A method of forming a non-volatile resistive oxide memory cell includes forming a first conductive electrode of the memory cell as part of a substrate. The first conductive electrode has an elevationally outermost surface and opposing laterally outermost edges at the elevationally outermost surface in one planar cross section. Multi-resistive state metal oxide-comprising material is formed over the first conductive electrode. Conductive material is deposited over the multi-resistive state metal oxide-comprising material. A second conductive electrode of the memory cell which comprises the conductive material is received over the multi-resistive state metal oxide-comprising material. The forming thereof includes etching through the conductive material to form opposing laterally outermost conductive edges of said conductive material in the one planar cross section at the conclusion of said etching which are received laterally outward of the opposing laterally outermost edges of the first conductive electrode in the one planar cross section. |
| US08211742B2 |
Lateral phase change memory
A lateral phase change memory includes a pair of electrodes separated by an insulating layer. The first electrode is formed in an opening in an insulating layer and is cup-shaped. The first electrode is covered by the insulating layer which is, in turn, covered by the second electrode. As a result, the spacing between the electrodes may be very precisely controlled and limited to very small dimensions. The electrodes are advantageously formed of the same material, prior to formation of the phase change material region. |
| US08211741B2 |
Carbon nanotube based integrated semiconductor circuit
Gate electrodes are formed on a semiconducting carbon nanotube, followed by deposition and patterning of a hole-inducing material layer and an electron inducing material layer on the carbon nanotube according to the pattern of a one dimensional circuit layout. Electrical isolation may be provided by cutting a portion of the carbon nanotube, forming a reverse biased junction of a hole-induced region and an electron-induced region of the carbon nanotube, or electrically biasing a region through a dielectric layer between two device regions of the carbon nanotube. The carbon nanotubes may be arranged such that hole-inducing material layer and electron-inducing material layer may be assigned to each carbon nanotube to form periodic structures such as a static random access memory (SRAM) array. |
| US08211740B2 |
Solid state imaging device having wirings with diffusion prevention film
To arrange diffusion-inhibitory films 5a, 5b, and 5c for inhibiting the diffusion of a wiring material absent in a region on or above a light receiving unit 2, the diffusion-inhibitory films 5a, 5b, and 5c formed on a region above the light receiving unit 2 are selectively removed. Alternatively, the diffusion-inhibitory films are arranged only on top surfaces of wirings 4a, 4b, and 4c, and only a passivation film 12 and interlayer insulating films 3a, 3b, and 3c are arranged in the region on or above the light receiving unit 2. Thus, with less interface between different insulation films and less reflection of incident light in an incident region, the incident light 13 highly efficiently passes through these insulating films and comes into the light receiving unit 2. The light receiving unit 2 can thereby receive a sufficient quantity of the incident light 13. |
| US08211739B2 |
Polycrystalline silicon solar cell having high efficiency and method for fabricating the same
Disclosed herein is a polycrystalline silicon solar cell, including: a back electrode formed on a transparent insulating substrate; an N-type polycrystalline silicon layer in which amorphous silicon is crystallized through MIC process, and in which electrons are accumulated; a light-absorbing layer which is formed by vertically crystallizing an intrinsic amorphous silicon layer using the polycrystalline silicon layer as a seed for crystallization through MIVC process, in which pairs of electrons and holes are generated in response to incident light, and which has a vertical column grain structure in which grains are arranged in the direction in which electrons and holes move; a P-type polycrystalline silicon layer which has the vertical column grain structure, and in which holes are accumulated; a transparent electrode layer; front electrodes; and an antireflection coating film, and is a method of fabricating the same. |
| US08211729B2 |
Method for releasing the suspended structure of a NEMS and/or NEMS component
A method for making a microelectronic device comprising at least one electromechanical component provided with a mobile structure, the method comprising the steps of: forming in at least one fine semiconducting thin layer lying on a supporting layer, at least one bar bound to a block, said bar being intended to form a mobile structure of an electromechanical component, withdrawing a portion of the supporting layer under said bar, forming at least one passivation layer based on dielectric material around said bar, forming an encapsulation layer around the bar and covering said passivation layer, the method further comprising steps of: making metal contact and/or interconnection areas, and then suppressing the encapsulation layer around said bar. |
| US08211728B2 |
Horizontal micro-electro-mechanical-system switch
A first dielectric material layer and a second dielectric material layer are formed on a substrate. Three conductive portions are formed within the second dielectric material layer. An optional third dielectric material layer and an optional dielectric capping layer may be formed over the three conductive portions. Portions of the second dielectric material layer and the first dielectric material layer are removed from within an area of a hole in a masking layer. The first dielectric material layer is laterally undercut to provide a micro-electro-mechanical-system (MEMS) switch comprising a conductive cantilever, a conductive plate, and a conductive actuator from the three conductive portions as portions of the first and second dielectric material layers are removed. The MEMS switch may be employed to provide mechanical switchable contact between the conductive cantilever and the conductive plate through an electrical signal on the conductive actuator. |
| US08211727B2 |
Group III nitride semiconductor multilayer structure and production method thereof
According to the present invention, an AlN crystal film seed layer having high crystallinity is combined with selective/lateral growth, whereby a Group III nitride semiconductor multilayer structure more enhanced in crystallinity can be obtained. The Group III nitride semiconductor multilayer structure of the present invention is a Group III nitride semiconductor multilayer structure where an AlN crystal film having a crystal grain boundary interval of 200 nm or more is formed as a seed layer on a C-plane sapphire substrate surface by a sputtering method and an underlying layer, an n-type semiconductor layer, a light-emitting layer and a p-type semiconductor layer, each composed of a Group III nitride semiconductor, are further stacked, wherein regions in which the seed layer is present and is absent are formed on the C-plane sapphire substrate surface and/or regions capable of epitaxial growth and incapable of epitaxial growth are formed in the underlying layer. |
| US08211722B2 |
Flip-chip GaN LED fabrication method
A flip-chip LED fabrication method includes the steps of (a) providing a GaN epitaxial wafer, (b) forming a first groove in the GaN epitaxial layer, (c) forming a second groove in the GaN epitaxial layer to expose a part of the N-type GaN ohmic contact layer of the GaN epitaxial layer, (d) forming a translucent conducting layer on the epitaxial layer, (e) forming a P-type electrode pad and an N-type electrode pad on the translucent conducting layer, (f) forming a first isolation protection layer on the P-type electrode pad, the N-type electrode pad, the first groove and the second groove, (g) forming a metallic reflection layer on the first isolation protection layer, (h) forming a second isolation protection layer on the first isolation protection layer and the metallic reflection layer, (i) forming a third groove to expose one lateral side of the N-type electrode pad, (j) separating the processed GaN epitaxial wafer into individual GaN LED chips, and (k) bonding at least one individual GaN LED chip thus obtained to a thermal substrate with a conducting material. |
| US08211721B2 |
Methods for making quasi-vertical light emitting diodes
A method of making quasi-vertical light emitting devices includes growing semiconductor layers on a growth substrate and etching the semiconductor layers to produce device isolation trenches forming separable semiconductor devices and holes. Blind holes are drilled in the substrate at the location of each of the holes in the semiconductor layers. The drilling of the blind holes defines blind hole walls and a blind hole end in each of the blind holes. N-semiconductor metal is deposited in each of the blind holes. An n-electrode contact is formed in each of the blind holes by plating each of the blind holes with an n-electrode metal connected to the n-semiconductor metal. The substrate is thinned to expose the n-electrode metal as an n-electrode. Bonding metal is deposited to the n-electrode for packaging. |
| US08211718B2 |
Semiconductor device and method of visual inspection and apparatus for visual inspection
A semiconductor device having the structure, which is adopted for the highly precise visual inspection with a lower cost, is achieved. A semiconductor device is a semiconductor device having a region for forming an electric circuit, and includes seal rings provided in an interconnect layer and surrounding the region for forming an electric circuit, and a dummy metal via provided in the interconnect layer and located outside of the seal rings. In a cross section perpendicular to an elongating direction of the seal ring, the width of the dummy metal via is smaller than the width of the seal ring. |
| US08211717B1 |
SEM repair for sub-optimal features
A method and system for repairing photomasks is disclosed. A scanning electron microscope (SEM) is used to identify, measure, and correct defects. The SEM is operated in multiple modes, including a measuring mode and a repair mode. The repair mode is of higher landing energy and exposure time than the measuring mode, and induces shrinkage in the photoresist to correct various features, such as vias that are too small. |
| US08211714B2 |
Characterization of molecules
The invention involves obtaining signatures of species (including chemical, biological, or biochemical molecules) and/or signatures of interactions between species and using them to characterize species, characterize interactions, and/or identify species that could be useful in a variety of settings. Signatures can be obtained using aqueous multi-phase partitioning and can be used to predict molecular interactions for applications such as drug discovery. A plurality of aqueous multi-phase partitioning arrangements can define an overall system providing an information-intensive signature, maximizing precision and sensitivity. |
| US08211710B2 |
Method for accessing the contents of a closed collection device
A method for obtaining the contents of a fluid-holding vessel having a cap secured to an open end thereof. The method includes penetrating a surface of the cap with a fluid transfer device and forming one or more air passageways between the penetrated surface of the cap and the fluid transfer device to allow air to be vented from the vessel. At least a portion of the contents of the vessel is then drawn into the fluid transfer device before the fluid transfer device is removed from the vessel. |
| US08211707B2 |
Stress measuring device
The stress measuring method of the present claimed invention includes an external force impressing process that applies an external force to a specimen, an electron beam irradiating process that irradiates an electron beam to the specimen, a spectroscopy process that conducts spectroscopy on light generated from the specimen by the above-mentioned electron beam irradiating process so as to obtain a spectrum, and a stress calculating process that obtains a stress based on a spectrum shift between a specimen spectrum obtained by irradiating the electron beam on the above-mentioned specimen and a stress impressed spectrum obtained by irradiating the electron beam on the specimen in a state that a stress exists due to the above-mentioned external impressing process. |
| US08211704B2 |
Determination method of magnesium content in aluminium alloy
The present invention discloses a method for determination of magnesium content in aluminum alloy, including: dissolving an aluminum alloy sample, using one or more compounds selected from the group consisting of mercapto-containing compound, acetone cyanohydrin, β-aminoethyl mercaptan, triethanolamine, tetraethylenepentamine, ethylene diamine and oxydol as masking agent, using eriochrome black T or methyl thymol blue as indicator, and using EDTA or CDTA to titrate the sample. |
| US08211700B2 |
Induction of differential stress resistance and uses thereof
This invention relates to methods of inducing differential stress resistance in a subject with cancer by starving the subject for a short term, administering a cell growth inhibitor to the subject, or reducing the caloric or glucose intake by the subject. The induced differential stress resistance results in improved resistance to cytotoxicity in normal cells, which, in turn, reduces cytotoxic side-effects due to chemotherapy, as well as improved effectiveness of chemotherapeutic agents. |
| US08211698B2 |
Methods of derivation of neuronal progenitor cells from embryonic stem cells
The invention provides neuronal progenitor cells, populations and cultures of cells, cell compositions and methods of producing neuronal progenitor cells. Neuronal progenitor cells can be prepared from embryonic stem cells, such as human embryonic stem cells. |
| US08211697B2 |
Induced pluripotent stem cells produced using reprogramming factors and a rho kinase inhibitor or a histone deacetylase inhibitor
Described herein are multipotent stem cells, e.g., human and other mammalian pluripotent stem cells, and related methods. |
| US08211695B2 |
Isolated transgenic mammalian neural cell for detection of a sample containing a chemical substance damage to neurological system or selection of drugs for treating neurodegenerative disorders
The invention is to provide an isolated transgenic mammalian neural cell, which comprises at least one heterologous vector expressing AhR/ARNT. Also provided is methods the detection of a sample containing a chemical substance damage to the nervous system and the selection of drugs for treating neurodegenerative disorders. |
| US08211689B2 |
Biofuel production
Methods, enzymes, recombinant microorganism, and microbial systems are provided for converting polysaccharides, such as those derived from biomass, into suitable monosaccharides or oligosaccharides, as well as for converting suitable monosaccharides or oligosaccharides into commodity chemicals, such as biofuels. Commodity chemicals produced by the methods described herein are also provided. Commodity chemical enriched, refinery-produced petroleum products are also provided, as well as methods for producing the same. |
| US08211687B2 |
Thixotropic gel for vadose zone remediation
A thixotropic gel suitable for use in subsurface bioremediation is provided along with a process of using the gel. The thixotropic gel provides a non-migrating injectable substrate that can provide below ground barrier properties. In addition, the gel components provide for a favorable environment in which certain contaminants are preferentially sequestered in the gel and subsequently remediated by either indigenous or introduced microorganisms. |
| US08211686B2 |
Purification of vaccinia virus- and recombinant vaccinia virus-based vaccines
The present invention relates to methods for purification of Vaccinia viruses (W) and/or Vaccinia virus (W) particles, which can lead to highly pure and stable virus preparations of predominantly biologically active viruses. The invention encompasses purifying a virus preparation in a sterilized way with high efficiency and desirable yield in terms of purity, biological activity and stability, aspects advantageous for industrial production. |
| US08211682B2 |
Composite material comprising supported porous gel containing functional groups and method of separating substances
This invention relates to a composite material that comprises a support member that has a plurality of pores extending through the support member and, located in the pores of the support member, and filling the pores of the support member, a macroporous cross-linked gel. The invention also relates to a process for preparing the composite material described above, and to its use. The composite material is suitable, for example, for separation of substances, for example by filtration or adsorption, including chromatography, for use as a support in synthesis or for use as a support for cell growth. |
| US08211679B2 |
Process for producing ethanol
Ethanol and other liquid products produced by contacting carbon monoxide (CO) and/or a mixture of CO2 (carbon dioxide) and H2 (hydrogen) with a microorganism in a bioreactor are separated using a combination of distillation and vapor permeation membranes. The bioreactor passes an effluent with an ethanol concentration of 1 to 6 wt % to a distillation column that produces an overhead vapor stream enriched in ethanol. A series of vapor permeation membranes retain ethanol as retentate and produce a 99 wt % or higher ethanol product. Ethanol depleted permeate streams flow back to the column and the bioreactor. Coupling a bioreactor with distillation and pervaporation efficiently and economically separates ethanol when present at low concentration in an aqueous fermentation broth. The separation arrangement may also include a flash zone ahead of the distillation column to raise the concentration of the ethanol in the input stream to the distillation column. |
| US08211675B2 |
Lactic acid production from concentrated raw sugar beet juice
The present invention is in the field of the preparation of lactic acid by means of fermentation on industrial scale wherein a concentrated raw beet juice having a Brix of at least 60 is used as fermentation substrate. After dilution to the desired initial sugar concentration and addition of nutrients, the juice is fermented to lactic acid and/or lactate by means of a lactic acid-producing microorganism. Said concentrated raw beet juice is prepared by: washing and cutting sugar beet and extracting the cossettes in water, removing the beet pulp from the resulting raw beet juice, and heat treating the raw beet juice at a temperature between 50 and 90 degrees Celsius, and concentrating the raw beet juice to at least 60 Brix.It was found that concentrated beet juice having a Brix of at least 60 is storage-stable, is not very sensitive to infections, and can be used as fermentation substrate for lactic acid production on industrial scale with the same yield, chemical purity, optical purity, clarity and taste as lactic acid obtained from fermenting white sugar. |
| US08211673B2 |
Composition and method for sequencing nucleic acid
A composition for sequencing DNA is provided and comprises a nuclease and a nuclease-resistant sequencing primer. A method of preparing DNA for sequencing and a method of sequencing DNA are also provided. The method of sequencing DNA can comprise contacting amplification reaction products with the composition under conditions in which excess amplification primer is degraded by the nuclease and the nuclease-resistant sequencing primer is essentially non-degraded. |
| US08211672B2 |
Ferulate esterase-producing bacterial strain for treating pre-ensiled plant material
Ferulate esterase producing bacterial strains or functional mutants thereof and methods of using ferulate esterase producing bacterial strains as forage additives are disclosed. |
| US08211668B2 |
Apparatus and methods for osmotically shocking cells
A method of preparing a recombinant polypeptide of interest includes fermenting a host cell being transformed with a recombinant expression system capable of bringing about secretion of a polypeptide of interest into the periplasm of said host cell. The polypeptide of interest is extracted from the periplasm by applying a continuous osmotic shock to the host cells contained in a fermentation medium. An apparatus for osmotically shocking cells includes a first reservoir containing cells in a first solution and a second reservoir containing a second solution, the first solution having a higher osmolarity than the second solution. A method for osmotically shocking cells using the first and second solutions is also disclosed. Also disclosed is a method of isolating a recombinant polypeptide of interest from a cell. |
| US08211661B2 |
Method for identifying individuals having a pervasive development disorder amenable to digestive enzyme therapy
A method of utilizing the chymotrypsin level of an individual as a measure of the success of secretin, other neuropeptides, and peptides or digestive enzyme administration to such individuals, and in particular, as a prognosticative of potential secretin, other neuropeptides, peptides, and digestive enzyme administration for persons having ADD, ADHD, Autism and other PDD related disorders. In one aspect, a method for determining the efficacy of secretin, other neuropeptides, peptides, or digestive enzymes for the treatment of an individual diagnosed with a pervasive developmental disorder (PDD) comprises obtaining a sample of feces from an individual, determining a quantitative level of chymotrypsin present in the sample, and correlating the quantitative level of chymotrypsin determined to be present in the sample with the PDD to determine the efficacy of treating the individual with secretin, other neuropeptides, peptides, or digestive enzyme administration. In another aspect, a therapeutic method for treating an individual diagnosed with a PDD pervasive developmental disorder comprises determining the efficacy of secretin, other neuropeptides, peptides, and digestive enzyme administration for the treatment of the individual based on a measure of the individual's chymotrypsin level, and administering secretin, other neuropeptides, peptides, or digestive enzymes to the individual based on the determination of the measure of the individual's chymotrypsin level. |
| US08211660B2 |
In-vivo monitoring of circulating apoptotic cells
The present invention provides methods and systems for performing in vivo flow cytometry. In one embodiments, selected circulating cells of interest of a subject are labeled with fluorescent probe molecules. The labeled cells are irradiated in-vivo so as to excite the fluorescent probes, and the radiation emitted by the excited probes is detected, preferably confocally. The detected radiation is then analyzed to derive desired information, such as relative cell count, of the cells of interest. In some embodiments, the circulating cells comprise apoptotic cells whose detection can allow, e.g., non-invasive monitoring of the efficacy of a cancer treatment, such as an anti-tumor or an anti-angiogenic therapy. |
| US08211658B2 |
Complex of a chaperone with β-amyloid and methods employing this complex
A chaperone protein Q2 and β-amyloid can form a complex. This complex can be detected in a biological sample, such as, for example, tissues or fluids from a mammal. Q2 levels can also be detected in a biological sample. A method for determining the Q2 level in a biological sample and comparing that level to a normal Q2 level can be used to detect, screen, diagnose, or otherwise determine a person's susceptibility to Alzheimer's disease such as, for example, the presence or absence of Alzheimer's disease, of symptoms of this disease, of factors leading to or associated with this disease, of likelihood of developing this disease, and the like. In one embodiment, a decline in Q2 level correlates to an increased likelihood of developing Alzheimer's disease. In another embodiment, a decline in Q2 level correlates to an increase in β-amyloid aggregation. The method may further include screening for an apolipoprotein E genotype, which is associated with Alzheimer's disease. |
| US08211654B2 |
High-throughput assay for sugar-mediated drug transport
The invention provides a rapid, quantitative assay to directly assess the impact of a diverse range of sugars upon the sugar-mediated uptake of corresponding sugar-conjugates into various cell types. |
| US08211652B2 |
FSTL-1 as a biomaker of inflammation
The invention provides methods and kits for diagnosing severity of particular types of inflammatory diseases, such as rheumatic diseases, by assessing protein levels of follistatin-like protein 1 (FSTL-1). The level of FSTL-1 protein present in the serum or synovial fluid of individuals suspected of having certain inflammatory disease (e.g, rheumatoid arthritis) is positively correlated with the severity of the disease. |
| US08211650B2 |
Assay and kit for predicting implantation success in assisted fertilisation
The present invention relates to an assay for determining the implantation potential of a plurality of embryos each obtained or to be obtained by assisted fertilization of an oocyte of a female subject, comprising measuring the levels of granulocyte-colony stimulating factor (G-CSF) in the follicular fluid (FF) present in the follicle from which each oocyte is derived, and determining the implantation potential of each embryo from the level of measured FF G-CSF. It also relates to a kit for carrying out the assay. It further relates to a method for assisted fertilization. |
| US08211649B2 |
Methods of diagnosing and prognosing hodgkin's lymphoma
The present invention relates to nucleic acid molecules encoding Neutrokine-alpha and/or Neutrokine-alphaSV polypeptides, including soluble forms of the extracellular domain. Neutrokine-alpha and/or Neutrokine-alphaSV polypeptides are also provided as are vectors, host cells and recombinant methods for producing the same. The invention further relates to antibodies or portions thereof that specifically bind Neutrokine-alpha and/or Neutrokine-alphaSV and diagnostic and therapeutic methods using these antibodies. Also provided are diagnostic methods for detecting immune system-related disorders and therapeutic methods for treating immune system-related disorders using the compositions of the invention. |
| US08211648B2 |
Secretion of antibodies without signal peptides from bacteria
The present invention is directed generally to compositions and methods for obtaining secretion of antibodies or antigen-binding antibody fragments from prokaryotes without the need for a signal peptide through making use of mutant host strains with altered secretory properties. In particular, the invention provides host cells and methods for obtaining secretion of antibodies or antigen-binding antibody fragments from bacteria without the need for a signal peptide and provides diverse libraries of antibody sequence resulting from such methods. The invention additionally provides diverse libraries. |
| US08211647B2 |
Probe, probe set, probe-immobilized carrier, and genetic testing method
A nucleic acid probe for classification of pathogenic bacterial species is capable of collectively detecting bacterial strains of the same species and differentially detecting them from other bacterial species. Any one of the base sequences of SEQ ID NOS. 84 to 86 and complementary or modified sequences thereof or a combination of at least two of them is used for detecting the gene of an infectious disease pathogenic bacterium. |
| US08211646B1 |
Methods of treating ovarian cancer by modulating SnoN
Genomic analysis of ovarian cancers demonstrated a regional chromosomal increase in expression and gene duplication. TGF-β stimulation indicated a link between SnoN RNA and TGF-β. In TIOSE, SnoN protein levels were reduced 15 min post TGF-β-stimulation, likely by proteosome-mediated degradation. SnoN inhibition decreased cell growth between 20 and 50% concurrent with increased p21 levels. Stable expression of SnoN led to growth arrest through induction of senescence. Collectively, these results implicate SnoN levels in multiple roles during ovarian carcinogenesis: promoting cellular proliferation in ovarian cancer cells and as a positive mediator of cell cycle arrest and senescence in non-transformed ovarian epithelial cells. |
| US08211645B2 |
Recurrent gene fusions in prostate cancer
Recurrent gene fusions of androgen regulated genes and ETS family member genes in prostate cancer are described. Compositions and methods having utility in prostate cancer diagnosis, research, and therapy are also provided. |
| US08211643B2 |
Prognostic and predictive gene signature for non-small cell lung cancer and adjuvant chemotherapy
The application provides methods of prognosing and classifying lung cancer patients into poor survival groups or good survival groups and for determining the benefit of adjuvant chemotherapy by way of a multigene signature. The application also includes kits and computer products for use in the methods of the application. |
| US08211638B2 |
Genetic polymorphisms associated with liver fibrosis, methods of detection and uses thereof
The present invention is based on the discovery of genetic polymorphisms that are associated with liver fibrosis and related pathologies. In particular, the present invention relates to nucleic acid molecules containing the polymorphisms, including groups of nucleic acid molecules that may be used as a signature marker set, variant proteins encoded by such nucleic acid molecules, reagents for detecting the polymorphic nucleic acid molecules and proteins, and methods of using the nucleic acid and proteins as well as methods of using reagents for their detection. |
| US08211636B2 |
Mass spectrometric methods for biomolecular screening
The present invention provides methods for the determination of the structure of biomolecular targets, as well as the site and nature of the interaction between ligands and biomolecular targets. The present invention also provides methods for the determination of the relative affinity of a ligand for the biomolecular target it interacts with. Also provided are methods for screening ligand or combinatorial libraries of compounds against one or more than one biological target molecules. The methods of the invention also allow determination of the relative binding affinity of combinatorial and other compounds for a biomolecular target. The present invention further provides methods for the use of mass modifying tags for screening multiple biomolecular targets. In a preferred embodiment, ligands which have great specificity and affinity for molecular interaction sites on biomolecules, especially RNA can be identified. In preferred embodiments, such identification can be made simultaneously with libraries of ligands. |
| US08211634B2 |
Compositions, kits, and methods for identification, assessment, prevention, and therapy of cancer
The invention relates to compositions, kits, and methods for detecting, characterizing, preventing, and treating human cancer. A variety of chromosomal regions (MCRs) and markers corresponding thereto, are provided, wherein alterations in the copy number of one or more of the MCRs and/or alterations in the amount, structure, and/or activity of one or more of the markers is correlated with the presence of cancer. |
| US08211632B2 |
Embossed cell analyte sensor and methods of manufacture
An analyte measurement system is provided having sensors with embossed test chamber channels. In one embodiment, the sensors are elongate test strips for in vitro testing, each test strip having a substrate, at least one electrode, an embossed channel in the electrode, and lidding tape covering at least a portion of the embossed channel. Methods of manufacture are also disclosed for filling the sensor channels with reagent, and for trimming the ends of the sensors to eliminate the need for a calibration code during use of the sensors with a meter. |
| US08211630B2 |
Diagnostic agent and therapeutic agent for pancreatic cancer
The present invention provides a novel diagnostic or therapeutic method for pancreatic cancer employing a blood marker. The present invention provides a diagnostic or therapeutic drug for pancreatic cancer containing an anti-AMIGO2 antibody. |
| US08211625B2 |
Method of forming a locally periodic 3D structure with larger-scale variation in periodic properties and applications thereof
An optical structure is provided. The optical structure includes a substrate structure. A photosensitive material layer is positioned on said substrate structure. The photosensitive material layer having uniform periodic geometry and a period length throughout associated with a 2D periodic pattern. The 2D periodic pattern includes a period length greater than the exposing light wavelength and spatial variation in the duty cycle of the features of a mask layer used in the formation of said 2D periodic pattern. |
| US08211623B2 |
Ink composition, inkjet recording method, printed material, method for producing planographic printing plate, and planographic printing plate
The invention provides an ink composition having at least (A) a polymerization initiator, (B) an ester or amide of (meth)acrylic acid having a 1,3-dioxolane ring skeleton or a 1,3-dioxane ring skeleton or (B′) an ester or amide of (meth)acrylic acid having a 1,3-diketone structure, and (C) a colorant. The invention further provides an inkjet recording method and a method for producing a planographic printing plate, each of which includes at least (I) ejecting the ink composition onto a hydrophilic support and (II) curing the ink composition by irradiating the ejected ink composition with active radiation so as to form a hydrophobic image region on the hydrophilic support. The invention furthermore provides a planographic printing plate formed by the method for producing a planographic printing plate. |
| US08211616B2 |
Positive resist composition and method of forming resist pattern
A positive resist composition including a resin component (A) having a structural unit (a0) represented by general formula (a0-1) (R represents a hydrogen atom, a C1-C5 alkyl group or a C1-C5 halogenated alkyl group; R1 represents a C3 or more branched alkyl group; and each of R2 and R3 independently represents an alkyl group, wherein R2 and R3 may be mutually bonded to form a polycyclic group) and/or general formula (a0-2) (R is the same as defined above; R8 represents a divalent linking group that contains no halogen atom; and R7 represents an acid dissociable, dissolution inhibiting group), and an acid generator (B1) consisting of a compound represented by general formula (b1) (Y1 represents a C1-C4 fluorinated alkylene group which may have a substituent; X represents a C3-C30 aliphatic cyclic group which may have a substituent; and A+ represents an organic cation). |
| US08211613B2 |
Photoradical polymerization initiator, radical generator, photosensitive compound and photosensitive resin composition containing these materials and product or its accessory portions using the composition
The present invention provides a radical generator having a naphthalimide structure or a crosslinking agent and a photosensitive compound having a function as a radical generator. A photoradical polymerization initiator of the present invention comprises a compound (a) having only one naphthalimide structure-containing group in one molecule. The radial generator of the present invention comprises a compound (c) having two or more naphthalimide structure-containing groups in one molecule and also functions as a crosslinking agent. A first photosensitive compound of the present invention comprises a compound (d) having a naphthalimide structure-containing group and an ethylenic unsaturated group in one molecule. A second photosensitive compound of the present invention comprises a polymer (e) of one or more radical polymerizable compounds containing the compound (d). A photosensitive resin composition according to the present invention contains, as an essential component, the above compound (a), compound (c), compound (d) or polymer (e). |
| US08211612B2 |
Fluorine-containing polymer coating composition, method for forming fluorine-containing polymer film using coating composition, and method for forming photoresist or lithographic pattern
A method for forming a protective film of a fluorine-containing polymer composition excellent in smoothness and adhesiveness on a photoresist. Moreover, there is provided a means for removing the protective film without impairing the underlying photoresist. A polymer coating composition obtainable by dissolving a fluorine-containing polymer compound in a solvent comprising a fluorinated acetal having a specific structure is applied on a photoresist and dried to form a protective film. A fluorinated acetal having the specific structure is suitable as a solvent for being brought into contact with a fluorine-containing polymer film, peeling the film, and forming a photoresist or a lithographic pattern. |
| US08211610B2 |
Carrier for use in developer developing electrostatic image, developer using the carrier, and image forming method and apparatus and process cartridge using the developer
The carrier includes a particulate core material having magnetism; and a resin layer located on the surface of the particulate core material. The resin layer is prepared by forming a layer including a copolymer, which includes a unit (A) having a specific acrylic siloxane structure, a unit (B) having a specific acrylic silicone structure having a crosslinking ability, and a unit (C) having a specific acrylic structure in a specific ratio, on the particulate core material, and then subjecting the layer to a heat treatment to crosslink the layer. |
| US08211605B2 |
Toner, developer, toner container, process cartridge, image forming method, and image forming apparatus
There is provided a toner which contains at least a binder resin, and filler including a layered inorganic compound, wherein the layered inorganic compound is cleaved to form particles in the toner, and the particles have a breadth of 0.5 nm to 4 nm, and a length of 10 nm to 90 nm. |
| US08211601B2 |
Coating for optically suitable and conductive anti-curl back coating layer
The presently disclosed embodiments relate generally to layers that are useful in imaging apparatus members and components, for use in electrostatographic, including digital, apparatuses. More particularly, the embodiments pertain to an improved electrostatographic imaging member incorporating a thermoplastic material pre-compounded to impart conductivity to the anti-curl back coating layer and may also contain an adhesion promoter which provides a conductively and optically anti-curl back coating layer. The conductive anti-curl back coating of the present disclosure may be formulated to have a single layer, dual layers, or triple layers. |
| US08211599B2 |
Green pigment for color filter, green pigment dispersion, photosensitive color composition, color filter, and liquid crystal panel
A green pigment for a color filter including a phthalocyanine green pigment and capable of expressing a region of xy-chromaticity coordinate enclosed by predetermined equations 1, 2 and 3 defined by the XYZ color system of the CIE when the green pigment is solely subjected to colorimetry. Moreover, using the above-mentioned green pigment, it provides a photosensitive color composition capable of forming a color filter having a wide color reproduction range and a high transmittance. Furthermore, it provides a color filter having a wide color reproduction range and a high transmittance with a green pixel formed using the above mentioned photosensitive color composition, and a liquid crystal panel using the color filter. |
| US08211598B2 |
Black photosensitive resin composition, and color filter and method of producing the same
A black photosensitive resin composition, a light-shielding color filter using the composition and its production method are provided, the black photosensitive resin composition including: a black colorant; a compound represented by Formula (I) or (II) as defined in the specification; and a photopolymerization initiator. |
| US08211590B2 |
Proton conducting material, and electrode and fuel cell using the same
To provide a proton conducting material with which an electrode and a fuel cell capable of functioning in a stable manner even without humidification in a temperature range from room temperature to about 200° C. can be achieved. The proton conducting material includes a porous structural material having pores and a heterocyclic organic compound having proton conductivity. The organic compound contained inside the pores has a crystallite size D of 50 nm or less. |
| US08211588B2 |
Sulfonated poly(arylene sulfone), crosslinked material thereof, clay nanocomposite including the same, and fuel cell including the same
A sulfonated poly(arylene sulfone) contains an unsaturated bond. A cross-linked material may be formed from the sulfonated poly(arylene sulfone), and a clay nanocomposite may include the sulfonated poly(arylene sulfone) or the cross-linked material. A fuel cell includes the clay nanocomposite. |
| US08211586B2 |
Combustible gas detector, process for producing combustible gas detector, and fuel cell system equipped with combustible gas detector
A combustible gas detector, which has low power consumption, low-noise and high-speed response and which enable miniaturization, a process for producing the combustible gas detector, and a fuel cell system equipped with a combustible gas detector are provided. The combustible gas detector for detecting a combustible gas includes a catalyst for reaction with the combustible gas, a first displacement unit including a flexible member, which is displaced with catalytic combustion by the reaction of the catalyst with the combustible gas, and electrical contacts, which are switched by the displacement of the flexible member in the first displacement unit. |
| US08211584B2 |
Metal separator for fuel cell and fuel cell stack having the same
The present invention discloses a metal separator for a fuel cell including a reaction gas channel formed to protrude from a first face of the metal separator to a second face thereof, a coolant channel formed between the reaction gas channels protruding from the second face of the metal separator, a reaction gas manifold opened to introduce a reaction gas into the metal separator, a coolant manifold opened to introduce a coolant into the metal separator, and a stepped portion positioned at any one of the space between the reaction gas channel and the reaction gas manifold, and the reaction gas channel. This configuration serves to widen the reaction gas flowing portion and the coolant flowing portion on the metal separator, and prevent deformation of the reaction gas flowing portion and the coolant flowing portion, thereby improving efficiency of the fuel cell. |
| US08211582B2 |
Fuel cell system
A fuel cell system includes a fuel cell body that includes a middle plate and an electricity generating unit that generates electricity by a reaction of air and fuel. The middle plate includes a plurality of unit sections, a supply passage formed inside the middle plate, a supply opening for supplying the fuel to the supply passage, a plurality of inlet openings formed on the unit sections, a discharge passage formed inside the middle plate, a plurality of outlet openings formed on the unit sections, and a discharge opening for discharging the fuel from the discharge passage. The fuel is supplied to the unit sections through the inlet openings, and the fuel discharged from the unit sections being discharged to the discharge passage through the outlet openings. In one embodiment, an opening area of an inlet opening become smaller as the inlet opening is located farther from the supply opening. In another embodiment, a vertical cross-sectional area of the supply passage becomes smaller as the location of the vertical cross-section becomes farther from the supply opening. |
| US08211578B2 |
Magnesium cell with improved electrolyte
An improved electrolyte for a cell having an anode comprising magnesium or magnesium alloy. The cell's cathode may desirably include iron disulfide (FeS2) as cathode active material. The improved electrolyte comprises a magnesium salt, preferably magnesium perchlorate dissolved in an organic solvent which preferably includes acetonitrile or mixture of tetrahydrofuran and propylene carbonate. The electrolyte includes an additive to retard the buildup of deleterious passivation coating on the magnesium anode surface, thereby enhancing cell performance. Such additive may preferably include 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate (BMIMBF4), 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium hexafluorophosphate (BMIMPF6), lithium hexafluorophosphate (LiPF6), or aluminum chloride (AlCl3). |
| US08211577B2 |
Nonaqueous solvent and nonaqueous electrolytic solution for electricity storage device and nonaqueous electricity storage device, lithium secondary battery and electric double layer capacitor using the same
A nonaqueous solvent for an electricity storage device according to the present invention comprises fluorine-containing cyclic saturated hydrocarbon having a structure which is represented by general formula (1) below and in which one or two substituents R are introduced into a cyclohexane ring (in general formula (1), R is represented by CnX2n+1, n is an integer of 1 or greater, at least one of (2n+1) pieces of X's is F, and the other X's are F or H). |
| US08211575B2 |
Batteries containing bismuth glass compositions
Disclosed are glass compositions, glass fiber compositions, glass fiber battery separators, glass fiber filter media, battery additives and active materials formed with glass compositions disclosed, glass fiber radiation shields, and glass fiber paper compositions. Certain embodiments include, among other components, bismuth oxide. Certain embodiments include about 0.5-30% bismuth oxide of the composition by weight and silica oxide at about 54-70% of the composition by weight. Embodiments may also include other components. For example, zinc oxide can make up about 0.01-3% of the composition by weight. |
| US08211561B2 |
Winding type battery and method for manufacturing the winding type battery
Disclosed is a winding type battery comprising a center pin, and a wound power generation element formed by interposing a first separator in one interspace between a positive electrode plate and a negative electrode plate, interposing a second separator in another interspace between the positive electrode plate and the negative electrode plate, fixing the first and second separators to the center pin and then winding in one direction. Also disclosed is a method for manufacturing a winding type battery. A winding type battery belongs to batteries demand of which is increasing recently. A center pin of an inventive winding type battery is provided with an inside clamp portion and an outside clamp portion, portions to be clamped of first and second separators are clamped between the inside and outside clamp portions while being extended in the forward winding direction, and then the first separator is touched along the outside clamp portion. |
| US08211560B2 |
Battery pack and hand-held power tool
The invention relates to a battery pack, especially for a hand-held power tool. Said battery pack comprises a battery housing (10) and an electronic unit (16) housed in said battery housing (10). The electronic unit (16) has one or more light sources (18). A first light-guiding element (28) can be inserted into the battery housing (10) and interacts with the at least one light source (18) in such a manner that the light emitted by the at least one light source (18) can be injected into the first light-guiding element (28). |
| US08211554B2 |
Workpiece with hard coating
A workpiece has a body (3) and a wear-resistant hard coating system (HLo), which system comprises a layer of the following composition: (Al1-a-b-cCraBbZc)X where X is at least one of: N, C, CN, NO, CO, CNO; Z is at least one of: W, Mo, Ta, Cb (Nb). For a, b and c specific ranges of values are valid. |
| US08211547B2 |
Low-viscosity ultraviolet-curable silicone composition for release paper
An ultraviolet-curable silicone composition for a release paper including (A) 100 parts by mass of a specific organopolysiloxane having a polymerization degree of 8 to 20 and containing one epoxy group, and (C) an effective quantity of an onium salt photoinitiator. In a preferred embodiment, the composition further includes (B) 10 to 1,000 parts by mass of at least one specific organopolysiloxane containing a plurality of epoxy groups. In another preferred embodiment, the composition has a viscosity of not more than 100 mPa·s. The composition has a peel strength that exhibits a positive dependency on the peel speed when peeled from a hot-melt pressure-sensitive adhesive, and can therefore be used to produce a release paper capable of reducing peeling noise. Further, because the composition has a low viscosity, it exhibits excellent wetting of substrates having significant unevenness, even in a solventless form. |
| US08211535B2 |
Nano-fibrils in a fuser member
The present teachings provide a fuser member comprising a substrate and a release layer. The release layer is disposed on the substrate and includes a plurality of carbon nanotubes. The carbon nanotubes have a hydroxyphenylmaleimide group covalently bonded to an outer surface of the plurality of carbon nanotubes and a fluoroelastomer shell layer covalently bonded to the hydroxyphenylmaleimide. The plurality of carbon nanotubes are in dispersed one or more fluoro-materials. There is also described the carbon nanotubes and a method of making the carbon nanotubes. |
| US08211534B2 |
Fiber board capable of capturing and decomposing aldehyde
A board capable of capturing and decomposing both formaldehyde and acetaldehyde comprises a wood fiber board comprising a plant fiber of 30 wt % or more, and an aldehyde capturing agent comprising at least carbodihydrazide which is impregnated and solidified inside the side of the fiber board. In addition to the wood fiber board, a fiber board made of a mixture material of a resin fiber and a plant fiber combined. A carbodihydrazide is sprayed onto the fiber board in the form of water solution and optionally comprises a surfactant. |
| US08211532B2 |
Fire-resistant glasses having UV-curable intermediate layer
The transparent fire-resistant glazing has at least two glass or glass ceramic panes with a gap between them, which is filed with a UV-cured material made by curing a UV-curable material with UV radiation. The UV-curable material includes at least one bromine-containing flame retardant, which is a polybrominated diphenyl ether, a brominated alcohol, or a polybrominated cycloalkane, and/or a mixtures thereof. The glazing is made by a process in which the panes are cleaned and masked so that there is a gap between them, the UV-curable material is filled into the gap and then cured with UV radiation. |
| US08211531B2 |
Security element having a viewing-angel dependent aspect
The invention discloses a security element having a coating layer which appears transparent at certain angles of view, giving visual access to underlying information, whilst staying opaque at other angles of view. Documents of value, right, identity, security labels or branded goods comprising said security element, as well as a method for producing said security element, are also disclosed. Using appropriate substrate surfaces, optically variable and otherwise angle-dependent visual effects can be realized. |
| US08211528B2 |
Roofing materials having engineered coatings
An asphalt-based roofing material includes a coating having a top portion containing a mixture of asphalt and igneous and/or metamorphic rock particles, while the mat portion of the coating contains a mixture of asphalt and a filler which contains less than 10% igneous and/or metamorphic rock particles. In other embodiments, the top portion but not the bottom portion of the coating meets or exceeds a pliability standard, passes a weathering performance test, or has a high solar reflectance. In another embodiment relating to a laminated roofing material, the top portion but not the bottom portion has viscoelastic properties effective to prevent the coating from sticking to an adjacent shingle in a bundle. The invention also relates to a continuous process of applying first and second coatings to a mat for manufacturing a roofing material. In a first coating operation, a first asphalt-based coating is continuously applied to a first surface of the mat so that the first coating saturates the mat and forms a layer on the first surface. In a second coating operation, a second asphalt-based coating is continuously applied to a second surface of the mat so that the second coating forms a layer on the second surface. The second coating has different properties from the first coating. |
| US08211524B1 |
CMC anchor for attaching a ceramic thermal barrier to metal
A ceramic matrix composite (CMC) anchor (20, 100) joining a metal substrate (40) and a ceramic thermal barrier (38). The CMC anchor extends into and interlocks with the ceramic barrier, and extends into and interlocks with the metal substrate. The CMC anchor may be a honeycomb (20) or other extending-into-and-interlocking geometry. A CMC honeycomb may be formed with first (22) and second (24) arrays of cells (26) with open distal ends (28) on respective opposite sides of a sheet (30). The cells may have walls (32) with transverse passages (36). A metal (40) may be deposited into the cells and passages on one side of the sheet, forming a metal substrate locked into the honeycomb. A ceramic insulation material (38) may be deposited into the cells and passages on the opposite side of the sheet, forming a layer of ceramic insulation locked into the honeycomb. |
| US08211521B2 |
Low application temperature hot melt adhesive composition and articles including the same
A hot melt adhesive composition that includes a first tackifying agent that includes phenol-modified aromatic hydrocarbon resin, thermoplastic polymer that includes ethylene copolymer, and a first wax. |
| US08211520B2 |
Synthetic resin bottle having a gradation pattern, and process for injection molding the preform for use in such a bottle
The technical problem to be solved by the invention is to change the thickness of the colored resin layer of the preform gradually in the upward or downward direction, by utilizing a tendency of gradual decrease in the thickness of the colored resin layer caused by the flow of the main resin inside the preform mold when the main resin and the colored resin are injected into the mold. The objects of this invention is to provide a biaxially drawn, blow molded bottle having new decorativeness created in which sophisticated color gradations associated with color density are created in the body of this bottle. The means of accomplishing this object involves adjusting the injection pattern including the time of starting and ending the supply of the main resin and the colored resin, and pressure or velocity profiles, reducing the thickness of the colored resin layer in the multi-layered molten resin fluid gradually at an upstream or downstream point of the flow, injection-molding the preform in which a color-gradated portion associated with the thickness of the colored resin layer has been formed, and biaxially drawing and blow molding this preform into a bottle having a color-gradated portion associated with the color density or color shade created on the body of the bottle. |
| US08211519B2 |
Composition for forming gas-barrier material, gas-barrier material, a method of producing the same, and gas-barrier packing material
A composition for forming a gas-barrier material, comprising a polycarboxylic acid-type polymer (A) and at least a bifunctional alicyclic epoxy compound (B). The composition for forming a gas-barrier material features excellent gas-barrier property, retort resistance and flexibility, can be cured at a low temperature in a short period of time without affecting the plastic base material, and contributes to improving the productivity. |
| US08211517B2 |
Multi-layered coextruded tube
Multi-layered co-extruded tubes are provided that include an outer layer including a first semiaromatic semicrystalline polyamide having a melt temperature of about 240° C. to 280° C., and a thermal stabilizer; and an inner layer including a second semiaromatic semicrystalline polyamide having a glass transition equal to or greater than 100° C. |
| US08211501B2 |
Fluorination pre-treatment of heat spreader attachment indium thermal interface material
The formation of electronic assemblies including a heat spreader coupled to a die through a thermal interface material formed from an indium preform, is described. One embodiment relates to a method including providing a preform comprising indium, the preform including an indium oxide layer thereon. The method also includes exposing the preform to fluorine so that part of the indium oxide layer is transformed into an indium oxy-fluoride. The method may also include, after the exposing the preform to fluorine so that part of the indium oxide layer is transformed into an indium oxy-fluoride, positioning the preform between a die and a heat sink, and applying pressure to and heating the preform positioned between the die and the heat sink so that reflow occurs and a bond is formed between the die and the heat sink. |
| US08211498B2 |
Mesoporous membranes with complex functional architectures and methods for making
In some embodiments, the present invention is directed to methods of making structures with complex functional architectures, where such structures generally comprise at least two mesoporous regions comprising different chemical activity, and where such methods afford spatial control over the placement of such regions of differing chemical activity. In some embodiments, the present invention is also directed to the structures formed by such methods, where such structures are themselves novel. |
| US08211493B2 |
Droplet ejection apparatus, method of manufacturing panel from base, image display apparatus and electronic apparatus
A method of manufacturing a panel from a base using a droplet ejection apparatus including two groups of heads with each group including first to fourth heads. In each group, the nozzle arrays of the first and third heads overlap throughout a first sub-area, the nozzle arrays of the first and fourth heads overlap throughout a second sub-area, and the nozzle arrays of the second and fourth heads overlap throughout a third sub-area when viewed from a second direction. The second sub-areas of the two groups partially overlap each other when viewed from the second direction. The method includes preparing the base, and supplying the liquid materials of the predetermined colors onto the base in the form of the droplets by ejecting the droplets by the droplet ejection apparatus while mutually moving the base and the head unit in the second direction. |
| US08211491B2 |
Method of manufacturing a light-emitting element and method of manufacturing a display substrate using the same
In accordance with one or more embodiments of the present disclosure, a method of manufacturing a light-emitting element includes forming an anode on a substrate, forming a first transport layer including one or more first polar compounds on the anode, forming a first non-polar solvent layer on the first transport layer, forming a first polar solution layer including one or more light-emitting compounds on the first non-polar solution layer, drying a polar solvent of the first polar solution layer and the first non-polar solvent layer so that a light-emitting layer including the one or more light-emitting compounds is formed on the first transport layer and forming a cathode on the light-emitting layer. The cathode is disposed opposite to the anode. As such, damage to the first transport layer may be reduced when forming the light-emitting layer, which may improve the reliability and productivity of a manufacturing process. |
| US08211488B2 |
Process to prepare a premium formulated fried egg
The present invention relates to the formulation and process for preparation of a fried egg product which may be frozen for future heating within a microwave or other oven for consumption by an individual. Various ingredients are added and mixed to each of the liquid egg white and liquid yolk portions. The liquid egg white portion is preheated and then deposited within a mold for slow cooking under controlled temperature and humidity conditions. The liquid yolk portion is preheated and then is added to the mold for placement on the egg white portion. Following a short period of cooking the mold containing the formulated fried eggs is transported to a freezer unit for freezing, packaging, and storage. At a future time the frozen formulated fried egg product may be retrieved for thawing and cooking for consumption by an individual. |
| US08211484B2 |
Process for preparing a food product using depolymerised pectin as stabiliser
The present invention provides a process for the production of a food product comprising the steps of (i) contacting a food material with a stabilizer to provide a food intermediate; and (ii) fermenting the food intermediate; wherein the stabilizer comprises a depolymerized pectin and wherein the food material comprises a protein. |
| US08211483B2 |
Composition comprising starch or dietary fiber from gramineae plant for prevention and treatment of ischemic diseases and degenerative brain disease
The present invention relates to a composition comprising a starch or total dietary fiber which improves the cell viability, specifically, the inventive starch and total dietary fiber isolated from the extract of Gramineae plant and the components therefrom improved the cell viability when the cells were incubated under hypoxic condition, or in the presence of beta-amyloid and 6-hydroxydopamine treatment, as well as prevented and treated myocardiac infarction, cerebral infarction and vascular dementia, or alleviated memory loss, all of which were proven using rats as the respective animal models. Therefore, they can be used as therapeutics or health care food for preventing and treating ischemic diseases or degenerative brain diseases. |
| US08211474B2 |
Granule coated with urethane resin
A coated granule obtained by coating a bioactive substance-containing granule with a urethane resin obtained by reaction of an aromatic polyisocyanate with an alcohol mixture comprising a polyesterpolyol having 15 wt % or more of an oxycarbonyl structure (—O—C(═O)—) part in the molecule and a C4-C30 alkanol optionally substituted by one or more aryl groups, wherein the molar ratio of the polyesterpolyol to the alkanol is 1:1 to 100:1, is capable of controlling elution of the bioactive substance appropriately, and, the urethane resin forming the coat film shows degradability in soil. |
| US08211473B2 |
Stable formulations for lyophilizing therapeutic particles
The present disclosure generally relates to lyophilized pharmaceutical compositions comprising polymeric nanoparticles which, upon reconstitution, have low levels of greater than 10 micron size particles. Other aspects of the invention include methods of making such nanoparticles. |
| US08211472B2 |
Suspension of ascorbic acid in glycerin and process for production thereof
A suspension of ascorbic acid in glycerol or in glycerol comprising diglycerol, in which the content of ascorbic acid is 13% by mass or greater, and further in which 8 to 12% by mass of the ascorbic acid is dissolved in glycerol or in glycerol comprising diglycerol, and the rest of ascorbic acid is precipitated in the form of microcrystals having a particle diameter of 25 μm or smaller and is uniformly dispersed in the suspension. The suspension of ascorbic acid in glycerol is useful as a base material for cosmetics containing ascorbic acid which exhibits excellent feel in the use (spreadability and smooth feel on application to the skin). |
| US08211466B2 |
Mucosal bioadhesive slow release carrier for delivering active principles
A mucosal bioadhesive slow release carrier comprising an active principle and devoid of starch, lactose, which can release the active principal for a duration of longer than 20 hours. This bioadhesive carrier contains a diluent, an alkali metal alkylsulfate, a binding agent, at least one bioadhesive polymer and at least one sustained release polymer, as well as a method for its preparation. |
| US08211465B2 |
Immediate release and sustained release ibuprofen dosing regimen
A method of administering non-steroidal-anti-inflammatory drugs, in particular propionic acid derivatives such as ibuprofen, is provided. The inventive dosage forms provide an initial release of the NSAID and a second sustained release of NSAID, preferably in a single dosing step. |
| US08211464B2 |
Modified release preparations containing oxcarbazepine and derivatives thereof
Controlled-release preparations of oxcarbazepine and derivatives thereof for once-a-day administration are disclosed. The inventive compositions comprise solubility- and/or release enhancing agents to provide tailored drug release profiles, preferably sigmoidal release profiles. Methods of treatment comprising the inventive compositions are also disclosed. |
| US08211462B2 |
Hot-melt TTS for administering rotigotine
This patent application relates to a transdermal therapeutic system (TTS) that comprises a Rotigotine-containing cement layer, characterized in that the cement layer contains a hot-meltable adhesive in which Rotigotine as the active substance is dispersed and partly or completely dissolved.The patent application further relates to the use of Rotigotine in the production of the cement layer of a TTS by a hot-melt method. |
| US08211461B2 |
Compositions and methods for promoting weight gain and feed conversion
The invention features compositions for administration of an oxidatively transformed carotenoid or a component thereof and methods of promoting weight gain and feed conversion efficiency therewith. |
| US08211455B2 |
Implantable or insertable medical devices for controlled delivery of a therapeutic agent
The present invention is directed to novel implantable or insertable medical devices that provide controlled release of a therapeutic agent. According to an embodiment of the present invention, a therapeutic-agent-releasing medical device is provided, which comprises: (a) an implantable or insertable medical device; (b) a release layer disposed over at least a portion of the implantable or insertable medical device; and (c) a therapeutic agent. The release layer comprises a maleic anhydride polymer selected from (i) a maleic anhydride copolymer and (ii) a maleic anhydride graft polymer. The release layer regulates the rate of release of the therapeutic agent from the medical device upon implantation or insertion of the device into a patient. The present invention is also directed to methods of forming the above implantable or insertable medical devices, methods of administering a therapeutic agent to a patient using such devices, and methods of modulating the release of therapeutic agent from such devices. |
| US08211454B2 |
Paper product with disinfecting properties
A paper product having an antimicrobial composition dispersed with the substrate is provided. In particular, a paper towel such as those found in public washrooms or institutions comprises an antimicrobial composition. The substrate can also be a facial tissue, kitchen towel, serviette or any type of personal hygiene product. The antimicrobial composition preferably comprises a phenol-derived antimicrobial agent. The paper products of the present invention appear dry to the touch. |
| US08211453B2 |
Antibacterial composition containing organic silver complexes, antibacterial treatment methods using the same and antibacterial formed article
The present invention relates to antibacterial composition containing silver complexes, antibacterial treatment methods using the same and antibacterial formed article, in which the antibacterial composition containing silver complexes is economical, not wearing off due to washing, cleaning, rubbing, etc., firmly combined to improve durability and antibacterial effect, and applicable to various products due to great solubility and stability. |
| US08211452B2 |
Particles that disrupt or impede bacterial adhesion, related compositions and methods
Oral care and other compositions comprising particles having cores attached to bioadhesive polymers for inhibition of pellicle formation, plaque formation, biofilm formation, biofouling, and microbial adhesion or attachment are described. Methods using said compositions to treat surfaces, such as oral surfaces. |
| US08211449B2 |
Pharmaceutically elegant, topical anhydrous aerosol foam
A topical pharmaceutical aerosol foam containing liquid silicones to enhance cosmetic elegance. Although liquid silicones are inherent defoamers, a high quality, stable foam is produced. |
| US08211447B2 |
Recombinant P. falciparum merozoite protein-142 vaccine
In this application is described the expression and purification of a recombinant Plasmodium falciparum (FVO) MSP-142. The method of the present invention produces a highly purified protein that retains folding and disulfide bridging of the native molecule. The recombinant MSP-142 is useful as a diagnostic reagent, for use in antibody production, and as a vaccine. |
| US08211442B2 |
Mucosal vaccine enabling switching from production of IgA antibody to production of both of IgA and IgG antibodies
In the aim of practical utilization of a safe and effective transnasal/inactivated/mucosal vaccine and establishment of a technology for imparting capacity of producing both of IgA and IgG antibodies to a conventional inactivated vaccine, toxoid, allergen, or the like, a means for prevention and treatment of allergy, and the like, it is intended to provide an antigen-drug vehicle (AD vehicle) enabling transnasal, transmucosal, and transdermal administrations, an inactivated vaccine simultaneously inducing a mucosal immunity and humoral immunity by using the AD vehicle, a production method of the inactivated vaccine, an AD vehicle enabling a switch from induction of selective production of IgA antibody to induction of both of IgA and IgG antibodies, and a transnasal vaccine, a mucosal vaccine, a therapeutic/prophylactic agent for allergy, and the like using the AD vehicle. |
| US08211438B2 |
Human hookworm vaccine
A vaccine for human hookworm is provided. The vaccine comprises at least one L3 larval stage antigen (e.g. Na-ASP-2 or Na-SAA-2) and at least one adult stage human hookworm antigen (e.g. Na-APR-1, Na-CP-2, Na-CP-3, Na-CP-4, Na-CP-5, or Na-GST-1) and adjuvants. |
| US08211435B2 |
Calf biologic anti-scour supplement (CBAS)
A composition for prevention digestive infection in a ruminant infant is disclosed. The composition consists of: a predetermined amount of yolk immunoglobulin (IgY) for a target bacteria; a predetermined amount of a plurality of hormones and a predetermined amount of a plurality of proteins, wherein said plurality of hormones comprises of a group consisting of bovine insulin (bIns), bovine growth hormone (bGH), and bovine prolactine (bPrl), and wherein said plurality of proteins comprises of a group consisting of, bovine insulin like growth factor (bIGF), lactoferrin factor (LF), and transferring factor (TF); and a predetermined amount of bacterial biomass, wherein said bacterial biomass comprises of a group consisting of bacterial DNA, bacterial RNA, bacterial protein, and bacterial polysaccharides. |
| US08211434B2 |
KLK-13 antibody inhibitor for treating dry eye
Disclosed herein is a method of treating dry eye with a KLK-13 antibody. |
| US08211432B2 |
Treatment of Staphylococcus aureus infections utilizing antibodies that bind to fibronectin binding proteins
Disclosed are antibodies that block the binding of fibronectin protein to fibronectin. Also disclosed are site specifically-mutated and truncated peptide epitopes derived from the fnbA and fnbB genes of Staphylococcus aureus, the fnbA and fnbB genes of Streptococcus dysgalactiae, and the sfb gene of Streptococcus pyogenes, and nucleic acid segments encoding these peptides and epitopes. The anti-(fibronectin binding site) antibodies, peptides and epitopes that give rise to antibodies that block the binding of fibronectin binding proteins to fibronectin, and DNA segments encoding these proteins and are of use in various screening, diagnostic and therapeutic applications including active and passive immunization and methods for the prevention of streptococcal and staphylococcal colonization in animals or humans. These. DNA segments and the peptides derived therefrom are proposed to be of use directly in the preparation of vaccines and also for use as carrier proteins in vaccine formulations. |
| US08211428B2 |
Protease screening methods and proteases identified thereby
Methods for identifying modified proteases with modified substrate specificity or other properties are provided. The methods screen candidate and modified proteases by contacting them with a substrate, such as a serpin, an alpha macroglobulins or a p35 family protein or modified serpins and modified p35 family members or modified alpha macroglobulins, that, upon cleavage of the substrate, traps the protease by forming a stable complex. Also provided are modified proteases. |
| US08211427B2 |
EGLN2 variants and use thereof in preventing or treating thromboembolic disorders and coronary heart diseases
The present invention refers to human EGLN2 variants having at position 58 of the amino acid sequence a serine or a leucine and their use in the prevention or treatment of thromboembolic or coronary heart diseases, in particular stroke, prolonged reversible ischemic neurological deficit (PRIND), transitoric ischemic attack (TIA), myocardial infarction and/or early myocardial infarction. |
| US08211424B2 |
Method for treating malignant melanoma
The present invention discloses an immunotherapeutic method for treating patients suffering from malignant melanoma, by administering expanded tumour-reactive CD4+ helper and/or CD8+ T-lymphocytes obtainable from one or more sentinel or metinel lymph nodes draining a malignant melanoma or a metastasis arising from malignant melanoma. The present invention provides a new effective method for treating malignant melanoma and metastatic malignant melanoma, without adverse side effects associated with the known treatments. The method comprises identification of in a patient one or more sentinel and/or metinel lymph nodes draining a malignant melanoma or a metastasis there from, resection of the one or more nodes and, optionally all or part of the tumour or metastasis, isolation of tumour-reactive T-lymphocytes from said lymph nodes, in vitro expansion of said tumour-reactive T-lymphocytes, and administration of the thus obtained tumour-reactive T-lymphocytes to the patient, wherein the T-lymphocytes are CD4+ helper and/or CD8+ T-lymphocytes. |
| US08211422B2 |
Chimeric receptor genes and cells transformed therewith
Chimeric receptor genes suitable for endowing lymphocytes with antibody-type specificity include a first gene segment encoding a single-chain Fv domain of a specific antibody and a second gene segment encoding all or part of the transmembrane and cytoplasmic domains, and optionally the extracellular domain, of an immune cell-triggering molecule. The chimeric receptor gene, when transfected to immune cells, expresses the antibody-recognition site and the immune cell-triggering moiety into one continuous chain. The transformed lymphocytes are useful in therapeutic treatment methods. |
| US08211420B2 |
Interleukin-21 variants with altered binding to the IL-21 receptor
The invention is concerned with IL-21 polypeptide variants having an altered binding to the common gamma chain (c) of the IL-21 receptor and the use thereof in therapy. |
| US08211415B2 |
Easily removable waterproof cosmetic care and/or makeup composition comprising at least one latex or pseudolatex
The present invention relates to a composition for making up and/or caring for keratin materials, the composition having an aqueous continuous phase and comprising at least one aqueous dispersion of particles of a polymer other than a copolymer obtained by condensation of diethylene glycol, cyclohexanedimethanol, isophthalic acid and sulfoisophthalic acid, at least one wax, at least one polyelectrolyte and at least one salt, the polymer being present in a solids content of greater than or equal to 5% by weight relative to the total weight of the composition. |
| US08211412B2 |
Method for skin whitening
The present invention provides a compound having an excellent inhibitory action on melanin production and being useful as a whitening agent, and a skin external preparation containing the compound. The whitening agent of the present invention comprises, as an active ingredient, a heterocyclic compound represented by formula (1) or a pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof: wherein R1, R2, and R2′ are each independently C1-3 alkyl; Y is S or O; and p is an integer of 0 to 3, wherein when p is 2 or 3, R1 may be the same or different. |
| US08211407B2 |
Method of making oral care compositions with fused silica slurries
A method of making an oral care composition comprising the addition of a fused silica slurry. |
| US08211405B2 |
Method of making a dry powder formulation
A dry powder suitable for inhalation in a dry powder inhaler, the powder comprising a carrier, an active agent and at least 0.5% by weight of magnesium stearate, the powder being further characterized in that the less than 10% of the surface of the carrier material is covered with particles of magnesium stearate. The invention is also directed to a method of making dry powders by blending together the ingredients mentioned in a diffusion blender for a period time that is less than 60 minutes. |
| US08211402B2 |
CA-IX specific radiopharmaceuticals for the treatment and imaging of cancer
A compound that recognizes and binds to the CA-IX protein has Formula I, II, III, or IV. The compounds may include a radioactive element for radioimaging or therapeutic applications. Thus, pharmaceutical compositions may be prepared with one or more of the compounds of Formula I, II, III, or IV. |
| US08211397B2 |
Process of precipitation for spheric manganese carbonate and the products produced thereby
Disclosed herein are a manganese carbonate useful as a material for spinel-type LiMn2O4, having a spherical morphology, and a method of preparing the same. The spheric manganese carbonate has a high packing density and shows superior lifetime characteristics, leading to spinel-type LiMn2O4 resistant to structural changes and having superior lifetime characteristics. |
| US08211396B1 |
Heterocyclic semiconductor precursor compounds, compositions containing the same, and methods of making such compounds and compositions
Heterocyclosilane compounds and methods for making the same. Such compounds (and/or ink compositions containing the same) are useful for printing or spin coating a doped silane film onto a substrate that can easily be converted into a doped amorphous silicon film (that may also be hydrogenated to some extent) or doped polycrystalline semiconductor film suitable for electronic devices. Thus, the present invention advantageously provides commercial qualities and quantities of doped semiconductor films from a “doped liquid silicon” composition. |
| US08211395B2 |
Obtaining multimetallic oxides derived from hydrotalcite type compounds
A procedure for obtaining mixed multimetallic oxides derived from hydrotalcite type compounds, characterized in that the laminar metallic hydroxides obtained are constituted by three or four metallic cations, forming part of the sheets of the hydrotalcite type material represented by the formula: [M(II)1−x−y−zM(II)′xM(III)yM(III)′z(OH)2](An−y+z/n).mH2O. by a process comprising: (1) preparing an aqueous or organic solution containing three or more cations; (2) preparing an alkaline solution; (3) slowly combining solutions (1) and (2) to cause the co-precipitation of the cations in the form of hydroxides; (4) washing the precipitate containing the hydrotalcites with water, until removal of the non-precipitated ions; (5) drying; and (6) calcining the hydrotalcites. |
| US08211392B2 |
Diesel oxidation catalyst composite with layer structure for carbon monoxide and hydrocarbon conversion
Provided is a catalyst composition, in particular a diesel oxidation catalyst, for the treatment of exhaust gas emissions, such as the oxidation of unburned hydrocarbons (HC), and carbon monoxide (CO). More particularly, the present invention is directed to a catalyst structure comprising at least two, specifically three distinct layers, at least one of which contains an oxygen storage component (OSC) that is present in a layer separate from the majority of the platinum group metal (PGM) components, such as palladium and platinum. |
| US08211390B2 |
Method and apparatus for isolating a radioisotope
A method of isolating a radioisotope according to example embodiments may include vaporizing a source compound containing a first isotope and a second isotope of an element, wherein the second isotope may have at least one of therapeutic and diagnostic properties when used as a radiopharmaceutical. The vaporized source compound may be ionized to form charged particles of the first and second isotopes. The charged particles may be separated to isolate the particles of the second isotope. The isolated charged particles of the second isotope may be collected with an oppositely-charged collector. Accordingly, the isolated second isotope may be used to produce therapeutic and/or diagnostic radiopharmaceuticals having higher specific activity. |
| US08211387B2 |
Anode tailgas oxidizer
A combustor for oxidizing a combustion fuel and pre-heating one or more reactants for fuel reforming. The combustor includes an elongated housing having an inlet for receiving a combustion fuel and an outlet for exhausting combustion products. The elongated housing further includes a cylindrical side wall, a bottom wall, and a top wall. Inert particles are disposed within the housing adjacent the inlet. A combustion catalyst bed is disposed within the housing above the inert particles that is a mixture of inert particles and combustion catalyst. The inert particles and the combustion catalyst preferably have a volumetric ratio of inert particles to catalyst between about 2:1 and about 4:1. The combustor has at least one heat exchanger within the combustion catalyst bed for heating a reformer reactant and generating steam. Preferably, the combustor includes at least two heat exchangers within the combustion catalyst bed, the heat exchanging elements have different surface areas. The combustor can include at least one sensor for measuring temperature within the combustor, and preferably the reactor includes two or more sensors for measuring temperature at two or more locations within the combustion catalyst bed. A power-generating apparatus comprising the combustor, a fuel processor and fuel cell is also provided. Methods for pre-heating a reactant and generating steam for use in a fuel reformer and for manufacturing a combustor for use in fuel reforming are provided. |
| US08211381B2 |
Device for performing analyses on biological fluids and related method
A device for measuring the sedimentation rate in biological fluids, and particularly the erythrocyte sedimentation rate in blood samples. The device comprises: holders (3) for test tubes (P) containing samples of biological fluid; agitator devices (25) for agitating the test tubes; at least one detector (17, 19) for reading the levels inside the test tubes. The holders together form a continuous flexible member (1) defining a closed path along which the agitator devices and the detector are arranged. |
| US08211380B2 |
Bio-assay substrate, bio-assay apparatus, and reading apparatus
A bioassay substrate high in integration amount, free in grouping of substances, low in cost, and the like are provided. Specifically, a bioassay substrate includes detection surfaces S on which detection substances can be solidified, the detection surfaces S is provided on a surface of a disk form substrate capable of reading out record information optically, and the detection surfaces S is provided in groove structures (pits) provided in the surface of the substrate radially as viewed on the upper side at predetermined intervals. A bioassay system using the bioassay substrate and a readout system are also provided. |
| US08211379B2 |
Test strip with slot vent opening
Methods of manufacturing test strips are disclosed. Embodiments include laminating a two piece covering layer over a substrate with a series of cavities, wherein the two pieces are separated by a gap, the gap forming a vent opening for the cavities. Other embodiments include covering the sample receiving chamber with a cover thinner than the cover covering the body of the test strip, the thicker body cover absorbing more force than the chamber cover to reduce the possibility of adhesives squeezing out from under the chamber cover. The present invention also provides an advantageous method of mass-producing the inventive test strips without having to align the slot or vent opening laterally with respect to the test strips and without having to punch a vent opening. The method is also well suited to mass production by roll processing techniques. |
| US08211378B2 |
Reactor for separating aluminium from multi-layer film materials
Disclosed is a reactor for separating an aluminum layer from multi-layer film wastes to reuse a multi-layer film waste without burying or incinerating the multi-layer film waste including the aluminum. The reactor comprises a cylindrical casing which is filled with a solution to dissolve aluminum layers of the multi-layer film wastes pulverized into a predetermined size, a partition dividing an inner portion of the casing into a reactor tub in which the solution reacts with the aluminum layer and a separator tub which is provided at a portion of the reactor tub to decompose the pulverized multi-layer film wastes in which the aluminum is completely dissolved by the solution, and a stirrer which is installed at an upper portion of the reactor and stirs the solution in the reactor to activate the reaction between the solution and the aluminum in the reactor tub and to transfer the multi-layer film wastes to the separator tub. The partition is spaced apart from a bottom of the casing to form a passage between the bottom of the casing and the partition, and the reactor tub communicates with the separator tub through the passage. |
| US08211377B2 |
Methods and devices for falling film reactors with integrated heat exchange
Disclosed is a method of performing a reaction involving a gaseous reactant stream and a falling film liquid reactant stream by providing a reactor comprising a first multicellular extruded body oriented with its cells extending in parallel in a vertically downward direction from a first end of the body to a second end, the body having a first plurality of cells open at both ends of the body and a second plurality of said cells closed at one or both ends of the body, the second plurality of cells being arranged in one or more groups of contiguous cells and cooperating to define at least in part at least one fluidic passage extending through the body; and further flowing a liquid reactant film down inner surfaces of the first plurality of cells while flowing a gaseous reactant stream up or down the centers of the first plurality of cells while flowing a first heat exchange fluid through the at least one fluidic passage. Various alternative devices for performing the method are also disclosed. |
| US08211374B2 |
Air cleaning device
The present invention provides an apparatus 1 for the treatment of air comprising a low power corona discharge ozone generator 5,6 inside a chamber 9 having an inlet 2 and an outlet 7, and at least one air flow impeller 3 for inducing a flow of air through the chamber 9. The ozone generator 5,6 is formed and arranged for generating a restricted concentration of ozone, within an inactivating zone 10 contained within the chamber 9, through which the air flow is passed. The restricted concentration is sufficient to inactivate airborne pollutant material entrained in the air flow, yet decays sufficiently outside the inactivating zone so that the concentration of ozone in the cleaned air expelled from the apparatus 1 is at a physiologically acceptable level without the use of an ozone decomposition catalyzer. |
| US08211371B2 |
Device and process for heat transfer
A device for heat transfer, particularly in fluidized bed equipment. Several layers of heat exchanger tubes are provided, with radial arms mounted in between to mix and loosen the product. In addition, a process is disclosed for heat transfer in high-temperature processes for bulk material, particularly granulates or powders, in fluidized bed units, where the heat is transferred to and absorbed by the fluidized bed on several levels, and by the fluidized bulk material being agitated mechanically between these levels. This allows transfer of high energy densities without the risk of bridging or local overheating. |
| US08211368B2 |
Conversion of nitrogen dioxide (NO2) to nitric oxide (NO)
A nitric oxide delivery system, which includes a gas bottle having nitrogen dioxide in air, converts nitrogen dioxide to nitric oxide and employs a surface-active material, such as silica gel, coated with an aqueous solution of antioxidant, such as ascorbic acid. A nitric oxide delivery system may be used to generate therapeutic gas including nitric oxide for use in delivering the therapeutic gas to a mammal. |
| US08211365B2 |
Immunodiagnostic test cards having indicating indicia
An immunodiagnostic test card includes a plurality of transparent chambers wherein each chamber includes a quantity of testing material that combines with a patient sample, when mixed, to produce an agglutination reaction. A plurality of indicia are disposed to aid in the manufacture and determining the usability of the cards prior to test and also in objectively grading the agglutination reactions that are formed or lack of agglutination. |
| US08211361B2 |
N-halamine-based rechargeable biofilm-controlling tubular devices, method of making and using
The present invention includes compositions, articles, methods controlling microbial contamination of a surface by functionalizing a surface of an object and binding one or more acyclic-amine structures to the surface. The one or more acyclic-amine structures are halogenated to form one or more acyclic N-halamine structures. The one or more acyclic N-halamine structures modulate the formation of a biofilm. |
| US08211359B2 |
Method, system, and computer program for controlling a hydraulic press
A method, control system, computer program, and article of manufacture for controlling hydraulic press systems, and a new press system that utilizes a number of improvements over the assignee's original system. The control system is designed to control a hydraulic press having a die, at least two separate sets of workpiece forming punches, and at least two hydraulic pistons, each operatively associated with one set of workpiece-forming punches. The control system includes a means for controlling a magnitude of a pressing force applied by each set of workpiece-forming punches, and a means for controlling a position of each set of workpiece-forming punches relative to the die. |
| US08211358B2 |
Cemented carbide and method of making the same
A cemented carbide including WC, a binder phase based on Co, Ni or Fe, and gamma phase, in which said gamma phase has an average grain size <1 μm. A method of making the cemented carbide is provided in which the powders forming gamma phase are added as mixed cubic carbides of one or more of Ti, Ta, Nb, Zr, Hf and V, and a ratio, fWC, between an amount of WC (in mol fraction of WC) and an equilibrium gamma phase WC content at a sintering temperature (in mol fraction WC) is given by fWC=xWC/xeWC, wherein fWC is 0.6 to 1.0. |
| US08211353B2 |
Fiber spinning process using a weakly interacting polymer
A fiber spinning process comprising the steps of providing a polymer solution, which comprises at least one weakly interacting polymer dissolved in at least one weakly interacting solvent to a spinneret; issuing the polymer solution in combination with a blowing gas in a direction from at least one spinning nozzle in the spinneret and in the presence of an electric field; forming fibers and collecting the fibers on a collector. |
| US08211352B2 |
Electrospinning process for aligned fiber production
An electrospinning process and apparatus for forming aligned electrospun fibers. A time-dependent (AC) voltage is applied to a multi-electrode collector in order to temporally control the location and orientation of fiber deposition. |
| US08211351B2 |
Resorbable polymeric medical goods with improved mechanical properties and method for producing same
The method for producing resorbable or degradable polymeric medical devices by applying compressive forces on solid polymeric objects containing liquid or solid additives, is characterized in that: A) the additives are able to promote the slip-page of the polymeric objects through the forming device, facilitate transient chain mobility and promote chain orientation; B) said additives are present in an amount of 0.005 to 20% of the dry weight of said polymeric objects; C) the solubility parameters of said additives being selected in such a way that after absorbing by said polymeric objects the additives do not dissolve more than 0.01 to 1% of the total mass of said polymeric objects; D) said applying of compressive forces is performed minimally at a temperature of Tmin=Tg−50° C., Tg being the glass transition temperature of the polymer the said object is made of polymer; and E) said applying of compressive forces is performed maximally at a temperature Tmax=Tm−5° C., Tm being the melting peak temperature of the polymer the said object is made of said polymer objects. |
| US08211345B2 |
Optical film, process for producing the same, and polarization plate utilizing the film
This invention provides an optical film having a reduced thickness and an increased width, which is free from bleedout with the elapse of time (during storage) in a continuous wound state, a method for manufacturing an optical film, and a polarizing plate using the optical film. The optical film is a plasticizer-containing optical film having an overall width of 1500 mm to 4000 mm produced by a solution casting method. The amount of the plasticizer present in the center portion in the surface side of the optical film is determined as value A by TOF-SIMS. The amount of the plasticizer present in the center portion in the back side is determined as value B by the TOF-SIMS. Value X is determined by formula 1 based on the values A and B. The amount of the plasticizer present in the end portion in the surface side of the optical film is determined as value A′ by TOF-SIMS, and the amount of the plasticizer present in the end portion of the back side is determined as value B′ by the TOF-SIMS. Value X′ is determined by formula 2 based on the values A′ and B′. The X value is different from and larger than the X′ value. |
| US08211344B2 |
Use of a microcrystalline polyamide to obtain a particular surface finish
The present invention relates to the use of a microcrystalline polyamide for obtaining an object having all or part of its outer surface formed from this microcrystalline polyamide and having a particular surface finish, in which: the manufacture of the object comprises steps carried out hot between the Tg (glass transition temperature) and the Tm (melting point) of this microcrystalline polyamide; the transparency of the microcrystalline polyamide is such that the light transmission at 560 nm on a polished object 1 mm in thickness is greater than 80%, advantageously greater than 88%, the transparency being measured on the object obtained by standard processing methods, such as injection molding and sheet extrusion/calendering. Advantageously, the microcrystalline polyamide is such that its degree of crystallinity is greater than 10% and less than 30% (1st DSC heating according to ISO 11357 at 40° C./min) and the enthalpy of melting is greater than 25 J/g and less than 75 J/g (1st DSC heating according to ISO 11357 at 40° C./min).Preferably, it such that its Tg (glass transition temperature) is between 40° C. and 90° C. and its Tm (melting point) is between 150° C. and 200° C.Advantageously, it results from the chain-linking of monomers such that 50% or more, by weight, of these monomers are ≧C9 monomers (i.e. having a number of carbon atoms equal to 9 or higher). |
| US08211343B2 |
Method and assembly for extruding a rubber compound
The invention relates to the extrusion of tire components with a large change of gauge across their cross-sectional area. It is provided a method and an assembly for extruding such a tire component with an extruder feeding a flow channel with a downstream die opening, whereby a deflector is provided in the flow channel upstream the die opening such that a flow of rubber is slowed down in front of broad portions of the cross-sectional area of the downstream die, avoiding distortion or bending of the extruded tire component. |
| US08211342B2 |
Non-fibrous high modulus ultra high molecular weight polyethylene tape for ballistic applications
A process for the production of a non-fibrous ultra high molecular weight polyethylene tape having a width of 1-inch or greater and a modulus of 1,400 grams per denier or greater. The non-fibrous UHMWPE tape is obtained by compression molding ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene powder at a temperature below its melting point and then drawing and stretching the entire resultant compression molded UHMWPE sheet, with no slitting or splitting of the sheet, at a draw ratio of at least 100:1. The UHMWPE tape can be produced in weights of 6,000 to 90,000 denier or greater. The UHMWPE tape of the present invention minimizes the effect of stress concentrators that are prevalent with fibers and thereby enables the tape to be drawn at much higher draw ratios than is possible with fibrous UHMWPE. When used in ballistics panels, the high modulus high molecular weight polyethylene tape of the present invention improves ballistic performance by providing enhanced dissipation of the impact energy of a projectile. |
| US08211338B2 |
Photochromic compounds
A photochromic compound is provided, which may be a pyran, an oxazine, or a fulgide. The photochromic compound has at least one substituent Q attached thereto, each Q independently being —N3, —CN, —COOR′, —CCR′, —C(R′)C(R′)R′, —OCOR′, —OCOOR′, —SR′, —OSO2R′″, and/or —CON(R′)R′, wherein each R′ is hydrogen, an unsubstituted or substituted alkyl group having from 1 to 18 carbon atoms; an unsubstituted or substituted aryl group, an unsubstituted or substituted alkene or alkyne group having from 2 to 18 carbon atoms, wherein the substituents are halo or hydroxyl and R′″ is —CF3 or a perfluorinated alkyl group having from 2 to 18 carbon atoms The number, locations and nature of the constituents Q are dependent upon the structure of the photochromic compound. |
| US08211337B2 |
Material for transparent conductive film and transparent conductive film
The present invention relates to a material for making a transparent conductive film, and a transparent conductive film. The material for making the transparent conductive film is composed of a mixed metal oxide comprising Zn, Sn, O, and at least one doping element selected from the group consisting of Sc, Bi, Cu, Y, La, Ag, and Au. |
| US08211330B2 |
Latent curing agent for epoxy resin and method for manufacturing the same
A latent epoxy resin curing agent is provided which can be manufactured without using an amphiphilic polymer compound requiring a painful trial and error selection process, exhibits excellent solvent resistance and low-temperature fast-curing ability, and contains an imidazole-based compound as a main component. In the latent epoxy resin curing agent containing the imidazole-based compound as a main component, the adduct particles of the epoxy-based compound and the imidazole-based compound are coated with an ethyl cellulose film, and the surface thereof is crosslinked with a polyfunctional isocyanate compound. The epoxy-based compound, the imidazole-based compound, and ethyl cellulose are dissolved in a predetermined saturated hydrocarbon-based solvent under stirring and heating. Then, the epoxy-based compound and the imidazole-based compound are subjected to adduct reaction to obtain a slurry of the adduct. After the slurry was cooled, the polyfunctional isocyanate compound is added thereto to crosslink the ethyl cellulose film. |
| US08211329B2 |
Lubricant composition and methods of manufacture thereof
Disclosed herein is a lubricant composition comprising soybean oil; and molybdenum disulfide; the molybdenum disulfide being dispersed in the soybean oil. Disclosed herein too is a method comprising agitating molybdenum disulfide with soybean oil in a reactor; the mixing being conducted in the presence of a magnetic field that is greater than the earth's field and an electrical field. Disclosed herein too is a coolant composition comprising water; soap and/or a surfactant; and a lubricant composition; the lubricant composition comprising soybean oil and molybdenum disulfide. Disclosed herein too is a method of manufacturing a coolant composition comprising mixing a lubricant composition, water and soap; the lubricant composition comprising a base oil and a metal sulfide. |
| US08211328B2 |
Crystallographically-oriented ceramic
A crystallographically-oriented ceramic containing Pb and in which piezoelectric/electrostrictive properties can be enhanced. Using a raw material having Pb(Zr1-xTiX)O3 as a main component, a ceramic sheet was formed with a thickness of 15 μm or less. In this material, grains were allowed to grow into an anisotropic shape, and crystal grains with specific crystal planes being aligned were produced. A non-oriented raw material having Pb(Zr1-xTiX)O3 as a main component and the crystal grains were mixed, and shaping was performed so that crystal grains were oriented in a predetermined direction. The shaped body was fired. In the resulting ceramic, the degree of orientation was high at 50% or more. It is possible to enhance the degree of orientation using, as crystal nuclei, a ceramic sheet which can have the same composition as that of the crystallographically-oriented ceramic. Therefore, production can be performed without adding an unnecessary element, for example, for orienting crystals. |
| US08211326B2 |
Magnetic material with cooling capacity, a method for the manufacturing thereof and use of such material
The invention relates to a material that can be used for magnetic refrigeration, wherein the material substantially has the general formula (AYB1-Y)2+δCWDXEZ Wherein: A is selected from Mn and Co; B is selected from Fe and Cr; of C, D and E at least two are different, have a non-vanishing concentration and are selected from P, B, Se, Ge, Ga, Si, Sn and Sb; wherein at least one of C, D and E is Ge or Si; W, X, Y and Zeach is a number in the range 0-1, and W+X+Z=1; andδis a number from (−0.1)-(+0.1). |
| US08211325B2 |
Process sequence to achieve global planarity using a combination of fixed abrasive and high selectivity slurry for pre-metal dielectric CMP applications
A method and apparatus for polishing or planarizing a pre-metal dielectric layer by a chemical mechanical polishing process are provided. The method comprises providing a semiconductor substrate having feature definitions formed thereon, forming a pre-metal dielectric layer over the substrate, wherein the as-deposited pre-metal dielectric layer has an uneven surface topography, and planarizing the uneven surface topography of the pre-metal dielectric layer using chemical mechanical polishing techniques, wherein planarizing the uneven surface topography comprises polishing the pre-metal dielectric layer with a fixed abrasive polishing pad and a first polishing composition to remove a bulk portion of the pre-metal dielectric layer and achieve a first predetermined planarity, and polishing the pre-metal dielectric layer with a non-abrasive polishing pad and high selectivity slurry to remove a residual portion of the pre-metal dielectric and achieve a second predetermined planarity. |
| US08211322B2 |
Method of forming a metal layer pattern having a nanogap and method of manufacturing a molecule-sized device using the same
A method of patterning a metal layer includes forming a first mask on a surface of the metal layer, the first mask having an opening through the first mask that exposes the metal layer, and forming a nanogap in the exposed metal layer using an ion beam directed through the opening. The first mask limits a lateral extent of the ion beam, and the nanogap has a width that is less than a width of the opening. |
| US08211315B2 |
Fluid separation microsystem
A microsystem for separating fluids not miscible with each other and contained in a mixture. The microsystem comprises at least one detection means intended to inspect at least one area of the mixture and to detect the presence of at least one of the fluids in this area. The microsystem further comprises at least one controlled means for opening or closing a passage. The microsystem further comprises at least one control means for the opening or the closing of a passage as a function of the nature of the fluid detected in the area inspected by the detection means, in such a way that the fluid whose presence has been detected flows or not through the passage. The detection means comprise a plurality of sensors arranged substantially around the controlled means. |
| US08211314B1 |
Process of making and using adsorbent to remove heavy metal from waste water
The present disclosure describes using the naturally present dissolved chemicals as precipitants from local water sources to form an adsorbent and a process of purifying the water using natural resources. The adsorbent may be processed at the right pH and temperature to purify and remove heavy metals from waste water. Once the heavy metals are removed the concentration of the heavy metals are estimated in the reusable water. The local authority acceptable level heavy metal containing reusable water is reclaimed for non-human consumption. This disclosure enables to conserve water and provide a cheap and an effective method to decontaminate industrial waste water. |
| US08211303B2 |
Water treatment apparatus and method
A mobile wastewater separator and recover unit and method for the separation and disposal/recovery of waste water for example in the oil and gas industry. It is fully self-contained and maintains the ability to separate heavy solids, floating contaminants, and water for recovery and reuse or disposal as required. Main components of the system are a large wastewater holding capacity implementing various compartments & separator/recovery mechanisms, evaporation compartments that are interchangeable for efficiency in both warm & extreme cold temperature operations, and finally a condensation recovery system and clean water holding compartment. |
| US08211300B2 |
Vehicle-mounted fuel separation system
A vehicle-mounted fuel separation system 24 is provided with a fuel heating device 56 heating stock fuel and a separator 57 separating stock fuel heated by the fuel heating device into a plurality of types of fuel. Furthermore, a forced exhaust device 66 forcibly exhausting the fuel in the fuel heating device from the fuel heating device when the temperature of the fuel in the fuel heating device becomes a reference temperature or more or is expected to become a reference temperature or more is provided. Due to this, a fuel separation system where excessive heating of the fuel by the fuel heating device of the fuel separation system is prevented is provided. |
| US08211299B2 |
Apparatus for removing iron powder from rolling oil
An apparatus is disclosed for removing iron powder from rolling oil used in a rolling mill has less trouble and ensures easy maintenance and long lifetime as well as improved workability. Each part combined to the apparatus can be moved and worked individually so as to facilitate repair while enhancing the effect of removing iron powder from the rolling oil. The apparatus includes a magnetic unit that is vertically supported on a frame and moved up and down by elevating means to be located inside or above the oil tank, and a scraper unit disposed at one side of the frame so as to be transverse to the magnetic unit. The scraper unit includes a scraper separating iron powder from the surface of the magnetic unit, and a chute positioned under the scraper to collect and convey iron powder. |
| US08211295B2 |
Process for extraction of bitumen from oilsands
Bitumen within raw oilsands may be cracked and fully recovered by light hydrocarbon extraction following exposure to modified natural zeolite catalysts under cracking conditions. The recovered bitumen is reduced in viscosity, with lower boiling point distributions. Effective cracking of oilsands bitumen using economical, abundant and readily disposable natural zeolites represents a significant step towards a waterless and environment friendly extraction process. |
| US08211290B2 |
Method and apparatus for removing impurities from waste water by electroflotation
The invention relates to a method and apparatus for removing impurities from waste water by electroflotation. The waste water to be cleaned is conducted through an electrolytic cell. Electrolysis is performed between two electrodes (1, 2) of different electronegativities, such that the more electronegative electrode (1), which is non-wearing in a cleaning process, is used for producing hydrogen gas and hydroxyl ions from water. The less electronegative electrode (2), which is an active, wearing electrode in a cleaning process, is used for producing metal ions in a solution to be cleaned. In addition to this basic reaction, a desired oxidation-reduction reaction is initiated in the cell in a strictly controlled electric field for removing one or more designated impurities from cleaned water. |
| US08211288B2 |
Method and apparatus for electrolyzing water
Feed water comprising an aqueous salt solution is supplied to an anode chamber and to a cathode chamber. The feed water is cathodically electrolyzed in the cathode chamber to produce alkaline electrolyzed water (catholyte) and is anodically electrolyzed in the anode chamber to produce electrolyzed water (anolyte) whose pH is modified. A portion of alkaline catholyte from the cathode chamber is recycled back to the feed water during continuous electrolysis to provide a blend of feed water and alkaline catholyte to the anode chamber to control pH of the anodically electrolyzed water therein to provide more stable bactericidal activity thereof over time. |
| US08211285B2 |
Copper-tin electrolyte and method for depositing bronze layers
Consumer goods and industrial articles are electro-plated with bronze layers for decorative reasons and to protect them against corrosion. The electrolytes used hitherto for producing decorative bronze layers are either cyanide-containing or, as in the case of baths based on organosulphonic acids, highly corrosive or have, as in the case of cyanide-free baths based on diphosphoric acid, unsatisfactory long-term stabilities. Electrolytes which are used for applying solderable bronze layers in the electronics industry usually contain toxic or very toxic thio compounds. The present invention provides a non-toxic electrolyte which displays long-term stability for the electrolytic deposition of decorative bronze layers and a corresponding process for the application of such decorative bronze layers to consumer goods and industrial articles. |
| US08211283B2 |
Microfabricated liquid junction reference electrode
A microfabricated liquid junction reference electrode that can be integrated with microfabricated chemical or electrical sensors, which electrode is an M/MX type reference electrode comprised of a metal and a metal salt, as well as a X− Containing Ionic Liquid having a constant activity of X− and a porous thin-film membrane impregnated with a Hydrophobic Ionic Liquid. |
| US08211282B2 |
Electrochemical sensor
An electrochemical sensor is provided that includes a housing having an outer wall, a plurality of longitudinal chambers disposed within the outer wall, and a reference chamber housing a reference electrode. Ionic communication between the target fluid and the reference electrode must pass sequentially through each of longitudinal chambers from a first longitudinal chamber to the reference chamber. In this manner, the sensor provides generally a long, tortuous flow path, or salt bridge, between the target fluid and the reference electrode, resulting in a high resistance factor for the sensor. |
| US08211278B2 |
Composition for making wettable cathode in aluminum smelting
Compositions for making wettable cathodes to be used in aluminum electrolysis cells are disclosed. The compositions generally include titanium diboride (TiB2) and metal additives. The amount of selected metal additives may result in production of electrodes having a tailored density and/or porosity. The electrodes may be durable and used in aluminum electrolysis cells. |
| US08211276B2 |
Methods and systems of producing fuel for an internal combustion engine using a plasma system at various pressures
Systems and methods for production of fuel for an internal combustion engine are described herein. Systems may include a plasma reformer and an internal combustion engine. The plasma reformer may produce a plasma at pressures between about 0.3 atmospheres and about 5 atmospheres. The plasma reformer may produce a gas stream from the liquid feed. The gas stream may include molecular hydrogen and carbon oxides. At least a portion of the gas stream may be provided to an internal combustion engine. |
| US08211274B2 |
Solidified biomass and production method thereof
A solidified biomass consisting of semi-carbonized or pre-semi-carbonized solid matter is pressure-formed from raw biomass material while being heated and has a maximum compressive strength of 60-200 MPa and calorific value of 18-23 MJ/kg. A method for producing the solidified biomass: includes crushing raw biomass material; loading a barrel with the crushed raw biomass material; inserting a pressure applying piston into a hollow of the barrel; pressure-forming the crushed raw biomass materials by applying pressure with the pressure applying piston while heating the material; obtaining semi-carbonized or pre-semi-carbonized solid matter by retaining constant time of the heating and the pressurizing; cooling the semi-carbonized or pre-semi-carbonized solid matter while maintaining pressure to obtain a cooled solid; and taking out and drying the cooled solid, wherein the pressure applying piston and the hollow of the barrel have very small clearance between their outer and inner peripheries. |
| US08211268B1 |
Tie layer compositions for fiber reinforced thermoplastic—thermoset structural element
A process for simultaneously consolidating to form a fiber reinforced thermoplastic and thermoset structural element that contain, in order; a fiber reinforced thermoplastic member, a tie layer, and a fiber reinforced thermoset member. The fiber reinforced thermoplastic member, contains multiple layers of fibers and a thermoplastic matrix at least partially surrounding the fibers. The fiber reinforced thermoset member contains multiple layers of fibers and a thermoset matrix at least partially surrounding the fibers. The tie layer contains a first polymer and a second polymer. |
| US08211263B2 |
Process and apparatus for making air-filled cellular structures for use as resilient cushions
A method for fabricating an air-filled cellular structure for use as a resilient cushion. The method includes providing a molding structure including a shelf substantially surrounding a depression, and a platform that fits within the depression and is selectively movable between a plurality of positions relative to the shelf, moving the platform to a preselected position relative to the shelf, wherein the preselected position corresponds to a substantially predetermined amount of air to be contained by the air-filled cellular structure, and using a vacuum device to draw air from within the depression. The method further includes engaging a first portion of a first expanse of generally air-impermeable material with the shelf, whereby the vacuum device draws a second portion of the first expanse of material against the moveable platform, and bonding a first portion of a second expanse of generally air-impermeable material to the first portion of the first expanse, thereby enclosing a volume of air between the first and second expanses. The method may further include bonding a third portion of the first expanse to a second portion of the second expanse, thereby decreasing the volume of the air enclosed between the first and second expanses. |
| US08211262B2 |
Method of using a welding machine incorporating a vacuum track assembly
A welding machine having a frame that includes end supports spanned by a top beam with a truncated V-shaped cross-section and a method of using the same. A vacuum track assembly disposed vertically beneath the top beam retains fabrics to be welded on a perforated surface using suction. A welding head travels along the top beam and applies heat and pressure to the surface to weld the fabrics together. The top beam and vacuum track assembly are extendable by including additional unit segments from which the beam and assembly are constructed. |
| US08211259B2 |
Separating method of bonded body
A separating method of a bonded body, the bonded body including two base members and a bonding film through which the base members are boded together, enabling to easily and efficiently separating the bonded body into the two original base members is provided. Further, the bonding film contains a silicone material composed of silicone compounds. The separating method includes: preparing the bonded body with the bonding film; and applying energy for separation to the bonding film so that cleavage is generated within the bonding film due to breakage of a part of molecular bonds of the silicone compounds, to thereby separate the bonded body into the first and second base members. |
| US08211258B2 |
Method and device for producing a tread for a vehicle tire
A tread for a vehicle tire, such as a pneumatic vehicle tire, is provided with an electrically conducting layer axially inside a portion of a first, radially outer rubber layer of the tread. The electrically conductive layer extends from a second, radially inner rubber layer of the tread on the radially inner side of the tread rubber material up to a ground contact surface of the tread. The rubber material of the electrically conducting layer and the rubber material of the radially inner rubber layer of the tread have a higher electrical conductivity than the rubber material of the radially outer rubber layer. First, a first rubber layer of higher electrical conductivity is formed over the circumference of the vehicle tire, and an accumulation of rubber material of higher electrical conductivity is built to extend over the circumference of the vehicle tire in a position in the region of axial extent of the layer of rubber material of higher electrical conductivity that is intended to extend up to the ground contact surface in the finished vehicle tire. Then the accumulation of rubber material is shaped to form a web, radially outwards from the inner rubber layer, and in its cross-sectional planes containing the axis of the vehicle tire a predetermined cross-sectional contour. Then the outer rubber layer of lower electrical conductivity is built on the radially outer surface of the first rubber layer, which adjoins the shaped web of rubber material of higher conductivity axially on both sides, and the tread profile is shaped and vulcanized. |
| US08211257B2 |
Tire building method and rotational transfer device for drum transfer support base in tire building process
The invention can perform building in a process for building a carcass band or a belt/tread band of a tire, in which two drum transfer support bases (10) supporting building drums (D1) are alternately shifted to first and second transfer sections (11), (12), in which predetermined building positions are set, a rotational transfer device (A) for rotational transfer of the drum transfer support bases (10) is mounted between the first transfer section (11) and the second transfer section (12), which are arranged to get out of position relative to and in parallel to each other, and two pairs of rotational transfer rails (27a), (28a) are juxtaposed on a rotating table (20), which has an axis (O) intermediate between the both transfer sections, to be positioned corresponding to extensions of travel rails (11a), (12a) arranged on the first and second transfer sections (11), (12) to receive two drum transfer support bases (10), (10), which enter from portions of the rails (11a), (12a) of the both transfer sections (11), (12), to have the same rotationally transferring to the other transfer section (12) or (11) at the same time. |
| US08211253B2 |
Method of manufacturing optical display unit and manufacturing system of optical display unit
Provided are a method of manufacturing an optical display unit and a manufacturing system of the optical display unit wherein in the case of sticking an optical film to an optical display substrate, a defective optical film is eliminated optimally and precision of the elimination can be confirmed. The method is characterized in that in the process of conveying sheet product, a predictive conveyance distance when conveying positional identification information provided to the sheet product from a first position upstream in the conveyance to a second position downstream of the first position in the conveyance is compared with a measured conveyance distance from the first position to the second position obtained by detecting the positional identification information by use of a detection means respectively at the first position and the second position, and the conveyance processing of the sheet product is corrected so that the measured conveyance distance is within the predetermined range of the predictive conveyance distance. |
| US08211252B2 |
Furazane derivatives, preparation thereof and energetic compositions containing them
A subject matter of the present invention is: the compounds of formula (I): in which: and Het is an azolyl radical: nitroazolyl or tetrazolyl; with the exception of 3-nitro-4-(4-nitro-1,2,3-triazol-1-yl)furazan; the preparation of said compounds; and the energetic compositions including at least one compound chosen from said compounds of formula (I) and 3-nitro-4-(4-nitro-1,2,3-triazol-1-yl)furazan. |
| US08211251B2 |
Local heat treatment of aluminum panels
A method of accomplishing precipitation hardening of a selected portion of an aluminum panel is disclosed herein. The method includes identifying at least one area of the aluminum panel that experiences thermal stress above a threshold value during a bake cycle, thereby identifying the selected portion. Prior to the bake cycle, the method further includes locally heating the selected portion at a predetermined temperature for a predetermined time sufficient to increase a local yield strength of the selected portion such that the increased local yield strength ranges from 150 MPa to 300 MPa. |
| US08211248B2 |
Aged-hardenable aluminum alloy with environmental degradability, methods of use and making
Disclosed herein is an aluminum alloy that is both age-hardenable and degradable in water-containing fluids. Some embodiments include aluminum alloy compositions with about 0.5 to 8.0 wt. % Ga (Gallium); about 0.5 to 8.0 wt. % Mg (Magnesium); less than about 2.5 wt. % In (Indium); and less than about 4.5 wt. % Zn (Zinc). |
| US08211246B2 |
Permanent magnet and motor and generator using the same
In one embodiment, a permanent magnet has a composition represented by (Sm1-xRx)(FepMqCurCo1-p-q-r)z, where R is at least one element selected from Nd and Pr, M is at least one element selected from Ti, Zr and Hf, and 0.22≦p≦0.45, 0.005≦q≦0.05, 0.01 ≦r≦0.1, 0.05≦x<0.5, and 7≦z≦9. The permanent magnet includes a Th2Zn17 crystal phase as a main phase, and a ratio of diffraction peak intensity I(113) from a (113) plane of the Th2Zn17 crystal phase in powder X-ray diffraction to diffraction peak intensity I(300) from a (300) plane in powder X-ray diffraction is in a range of 0.9≦I(113)/I(300)≦1.7. |
| US08211244B2 |
Tantalum carbide, method for producing tantalum carbide, tantalum carbide wiring and tantalum carbide electrode
The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing tantalum carbide which can form tantalum carbide having a prescribed shape using a simple method, can form the tantalum carbide having a uniform thickness even when the tantalum carbide is coated on the surface of an article and is not peeled off by a thermal history, tantalum carbide obtained by the manufacturing method, wiring of tantalum carbide, and electrodes of tantalum carbide, where the tantalum carbide is formed on the surface of tantalum or a tantalum alloy by placing the tantalum or tantalum alloy in a vacuum heat treatment furnace, heat-treating the tantalum or tantalum alloy under a condition where a native oxide layer of Ta2O5 formed on the surface of tantalum or tantalum alloy is sublimated to remove the Ta2O5, introducing a carbon source into the vacuum heat treatment furnace, and then heat-treating. |
| US08211240B2 |
Absorption of organic liquids using inorganic particulates
A method removes organic liquids from surfaces or volumes by identifying the presence of organic liquids on a surface or within a volume; providing absorbent, solid non-glass inorganic particles onto areas of the surface or within a volume where the organic liquids are present; absorbing or adsorbing organic liquids into the particles; and removing the particles with organic liquid therein. |
| US08211239B1 |
Method of cleaning beer kegs and other brewery processing equipment
A method for cleaning used beer kegs employing an aqueous solution of phosphoric acid, nitric acid and one or more surfactants, e.g., a detergent and/or wetting agent. Preferably, the aqueous cleaning solution has a total nitric acid content of 12 wt % or less. Complete cleaning can be achieved without using any caustic. The cleaning solution can be recycled repeatedly to clean multiple kegs on numerous occasions over a period of time, e.g., several weeks. |
| US08211229B2 |
Apparatus including column having hollow part filled with filler and solid film-formation material
A solid film-formation material feeding apparatus includes a supercritical fluid supply source for supplying supercritical fluid; and a column which is connected to the supercritical fluid supply source, and has a hollow part which is filled with a filler which is inactive for the supercritical fluid, wherein the hollow part can be further filled with a solid film-formation material which is soluble in the supercritical fluid. A column assembly which includes a plurality of the columns which may be connected in parallel to each other. |
| US08211228B2 |
Method for producing single crystal and a method for producing annealed wafer
The present invention is a method for producing a single crystal that is a multi-pulling method for pulling a plurality of single crystals from a raw material melt in a same crucible in a chamber by a Czochralski method, comprising steps of: pulling a single crystal from a raw material melt ; then additionally charging polycrystalline raw material in a residual raw material melt without turning off power of a heater, and melting the polycrystalline raw material; then pulling a next single crystal; and repeating the steps and thereby pulling the plurality of single crystals. |
| US08211227B2 |
Cement-graphite composite materials for vibration damping
This invention provides a material for vibration damping, said material comprising a composite, said composite comprising a cement matrix, and exfoliated graphite that is distributed in said composite. Said cement is preferably hydraulic cement containing calcium silicate. Said exfoliated graphite exhibits a morphology that enables the physical units of exfoliated graphite to connect mechanically. The proportion of exfoliated graphite in the composite is high enough for the exfoliated graphite to connect mechanically in the presence of cement. The proportion of cement in the composite is high enough for the cement to form a continuous matrix in the composite. This invention also provides a material for vibration damping, said material comprising a composite, said composite comprising a continuous cement matrix and a graphite network, said network being mechanically connected. In addition, this invention provides a method for making a material for vibration damping, said method comprising compressing a mixture of exfoliated graphite and cement particles at a pressure that is sufficient to cause the exfoliated graphite to bind the cement particles through mechanical connection between the physical units of exfoliated graphite, and curing the cement in the presence of water that is adequate for the cement particles to bond cementitiously to one another. |
| US08211226B2 |
Cement-based materials system for producing ferrous castings using a three-dimensional printer
Mixture for use in a three-dimensional printer to make molds suitable for producing ferrous coatings. The mixture includes cement, sand and accelerator. Grain sizes of the cement, sand and accelerator are selected to assure that the three-dimensional printer generates coherent layers. |
| US08211225B2 |
Magnetic pigments and process of enhancing magnetic properties
A pearlescent pigment and a process for enhancing the magnetic properties of a pearlescent pigment. The pearlescent pigment has a layer with regions of γ-Fe2O3 and regions of α-Fe2O3. The magnetic properties of a pearlescent pigment may be enhanced by the steps of: providing a platelet pigment with a layer of Fe2O3, with a magnetic susceptibility less than 0.1×10−5 m3/kg; reducing some or all of the Fe2O3 to Fe3O4; and oxidizing some or all of the Fe3O4 to γ-Fe2O3. The color difference (ΔE*) between the provided pigment and the resultant pigment is not more than about 5. |
| US08211224B2 |
Multi-colored lustrous pearlescent pigments and process for making
A pearlescent pigment comprising a substrate and a first layer, wherein the first layer comprises iron oxide, wherein the iron has from about 1% to about 30% Fe(II) and from about 70% to about 99% Fe(III). A process for making these pearlescent pigment, comprise reducing a metal oxide substrate with a hydrogen source in the presence of a noble metal catalyst in a liquid medium. The pigments may be used in a variety of applications including cosmetics, plastics, automotive, or architectural coatings. |
| US08211221B2 |
Colorant compound and ink including the colorant compound
The invention provides a colorant compound represented by the following general formula (1): wherein R1 and R2 represent independently from each other a species selected from at least one of a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, and an aralkyl group. R3 represents a species selected from at least one of a hydrogen atom, a cyano group, and —COR5, where R5 is any of a hydroxyl group, an alkoxy group, and an amino group. R4 represents a species selected from at least one of a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an aryl group, and an aralkyl group. Cy represents an aryl group. Optionally, at least one anionic group may be present in the general formula (1). |
| US08211219B2 |
Filter with exchangeable insert
A filter, in particular for compressed gas systems, includes a filter top part having at least one inlet channel and at least one outlet channel and a filter bottom part having a filter element, wherein the filter top part has a pressure-resistant housing and an insert which is suited in an optimal manner to the course of the inlet and outlet channels. |
| US08211215B2 |
Instrument gas conditioning system and apparatus
An instrument gas conditioning system is provided. The system includes filtering, and optionally drying, a gas stream to obtain a filtered, and optionally dried, gas stream. The filtered, and optionally dried, gas stream is heated in a heater and then regulated through a regulator. The filtered, heated, regulated, and, optionally dried, gas stream may be used as instrumentation gas. |
| US08211211B1 |
Multi-stage adsorption system for gas mixture separation
Methane product gas is produced from landfill gas and gob gas either by a three-stage process of PSA-TSA-PSA or PSA-PSA-PSA, or a two-stage process of PSA-PSA. |
| US08211209B2 |
Portable humidifying device and method for using same
Apparatuses for controlling a humidity level within an enclosed volume storage device and methods for using same. The apparatus, in one embodiment, comprises a container having outer walls defining an inner volume, at least one of the outer walls, preferably an lid wall, having perforations therein. The apparatus further comprises a composition capable of adsorbing and desorbing water and contained in the inner volume of the container. The composition is hydrated to a hydration level less than about 0.13 mL water per gram of the composition. The methods include a step of hydrating the composition in an apparatus of the invention to a hydration level less than about 0.13 mL water per gram of composition. |
| US08211206B2 |
Processing metallurgical slag
The invention provides a method of processing a starting material in the form of a metal oxide-containing raw metallurgical slag to obtain a processed slag product. The method includes admixing the raw slag with a reductant to obtain a reaction mixture and heating the reaction mixture to cause the reductant to reduce the metal oxide in the slag, to obtain molten metal, in particular containing ferromanganese, and molten processed slag, in particular having a manganese content of at most 10% by mass. The method further includes separating the molten processed slag from the molten metal and causing or allowing the molten processed slag to solidify, thereby to obtain a solid processed slag product. This processed slag product may be, as desired, a filler for use in brick-making or for use in formulating a ready-mix concrete, an extender for extending a cement or for producing a blended cement, or an aggregate for use in the construction or building industry. |
| US08211203B2 |
Matrix powder for matrix body fixed cutter bits
A matrix powder for forming a matrix bit body, the matrix powder essentially consisting of a plurality of carbide particles having a particle size distribution of ±20% of a median particle size; and a plurality of metal binder particles is disclosed. |
| US08211202B2 |
Gas-absorbing substance, gas-absorbing alloy and gas-absorbing material
The present invention relates to a gas-absorbing substance that contains at least Li and a solid material having a hardness of 5 or more, and absorbs at least nitrogen or oxygen at 25° C. under normal pressure, and a gas-absorbing alloy that contains at least two kinds of metals that are not allowed to mutually form an intermetallic compound, with a mixing enthalpy of the two kinds of metals being greater than 0 and at least one portion of the two kinds of metals being atomically mixed, and also concerns a gas-absorbing material that contains the gas-absorbing substance and the gas-absorbing alloy. |
| US08211200B2 |
Controlled release nitrogeneous fertilizer composition system
A controlled release nitrogeneous fertilizer composition system, comprising (a) a tannin selected from the group consisting of purified tannins, purified modified tannins, condensate tannins, and mixtures thereof; (b) a nitrogeneous fertilizer component selected from the group consisting of an ammonia fertilizer, an ammonium fertilizer, a urea fertilizer, a nitrogen containing fertilizer, a natural nitrogen containing organic fertilizer, a nitrogen containing waste product fertilizer, a slow and control release fertilizer, and mixtures thereof; and optionally (c) a carrier. Also disclosed is a method for making such fertilizer composition systems. |
| US08211196B2 |
Fuel gas conditioning system
A feed gas conditioner includes a pressure vessel that encloses at least part of a pre-heater. The pre-heater has an inlet for connection to a source of feed gas and an outlet for delivering the feed gas into the interior of the pressure vessel. An electrical heater element located within the pre-heater increases the temperature of the feed gas as it flows through the pre-heater. An expansion valve reduces the pressure of the feed gas as it flows from the pre-heater so as to initiate condensation. A super heater is at least partially located within the pressure vessel and has an inlet within the interior of the pressure vessel. A filter is in a flow path in the pressure vessel leading from the pre-heater heater to the super heater for removing condensate from the feed gas. An electrical heater element is in the super heater for heating the feed gas. |
| US08211195B2 |
Hot gas filtration fabrics with silica and flame resistant fibers
Hot gas filtration fabrics for bag filters can be made using fibers that include high silica fibers and at least one FR fiber. The fabrics can be made using these fibers by needling and/or water jet entanglement. The fabrics may be treated with binders with or without additives to enhance mechanical properties or to impart other characteristics such as gas adsorption. Certain non-woven fabrics made according to the invention have improved high temperatures filtration capabilities and mechanical properties. |
| US08211194B2 |
Dust remover
A dust remover includes a small container disposed above a work, an aperture provided on the small container. Air is supplied through the aperture to generate high-speed cyclone within the small container. A big container is formed with a suction opening through which dust containing air is sucked out and disposed above the small container to form a flow passage between the small container and the big container. A suction equipment is provided to suck dust containing air through the suction opening of the big container. |
| US08211193B2 |
Ultrapure colloidal silica for use in chemical mechanical polishing applications
A method of chemical mechanical polishing a surface of a substrate including the step of: contacting the substrate and a composition including a plurality of colloidal silica particles having less than 200 ppb of each trace metal impurity, excluding potassium and sodium, have less than 2 ppm residual alcohol and wherein the cumulative concentration of the trace metal, excluding potassium and sodium, is in the range from about 0.5 to about 5 ppm; and a medium for suspending the particles; wherein the composition is an ultrapure colloidal silica dispersion; and wherein the contacting is carried out at a temperature and for a period of time sufficient to planarize the substrate. |
| US08211192B2 |
Energy contained waste to energy process and system
An energy contained waste to energy process and system includes a waste treatment unit having a treatment chamber and including a pressurizing presser movably supported in the treatment chamber for pressing the energy contained waste in the treatment chamber until the air within the energy contained waste is squeezed out. A waste to energy conversion unit includes a conversion housing having a reaction chamber for receiving the energy contained waste from the treatment chamber, and a pyrolysis processor for pyrolysis processing the energy contained waste in the reaction chamber to decompose the energy contained waste into a fuel gas and powdered residue. An energy collection unit is communicated with the waste to energy conversion unit to collect the fuel gas and the powdered residue as an energy source for recycling use. |
| US08211191B2 |
Upright gasifier
A generally upright reactor system for gasifying a feedstock. The reactor system generally includes a main body, at least two inlet projections extending outwardly from the main body, and at least one inlet positioned on each of the inlet projections. Each of the inlets is operable to discharge the feedstock into the reaction zone. |
| US08211190B2 |
Fuel oil compositions
This invention relates to fuel oil, especially middle distillate fuel oil, compositions comprising middle distillate fuel oil and incorporated therein an incorporated therein an additive composition comprising (a) at least one fuel-soluble or fuel-dispersible neutral alkaline earth metal compound and/or at least one fuel-soluble or fuel-dispersible neutral alkali metal compound, and (b) at least one fuel-soluble or fuel-dispersible transition metal compound, characterized in that the fuel oil composition contains at most 0.05 mass % of sulfur, the total metal content derived from (a) and (b) in the fuel oil composition is at most 50 ppm by mass, and the mass proportion of (a) to (b), based on metal content, is in the range of from 1:99 to 99:1. |
| US08211187B2 |
Elevated vacuum locking system
Elevated vacuum locking systems for prosthetic limbs are disclosed. Some example embodiments may include a manifold mounted to the exterior of the distal end of a socket and may include a cavity adapted to receive a distal end of a plunger pin when the patient's residual limb and a liner are installed into the socket. Some example manifolds may include a through passage fluidicly connecting an interior of the cavity to a fitting mounted on an exterior of the manifold and/or a spool valve arranged to selectively vent the cavity to atmosphere via the through passage and a vent hole. The spool valve may be axially slidable between an open position and a shut position within a channel integrally formed with the manifold. |
| US08211180B2 |
Temporomandibular joint fossa-eminence prosthesis
A fossa-eminence prosthesis having a nonanatomic surface that is relatively flatter than the native fossa. The articular eminence of the patient can be surgically reduced before implanting the prosthesis. |
| US08211179B2 |
System, device and methods for replacing the intervertebral disc with a magnetic or electromagnetic prosthesis
One embodiment of the present application includes a spinal disk prosthesis with one end portion to form a load transmitting relationship with one vertebra of a patient's spine and another end portion to form a load transmitting relationship with another vertebra of the patient's spine. A tube connects the end portions together and a damping material is positioned inside the tube. The end portions each include a magnet to generate a corresponding magnetic field. These magnetic fields are oriented to provide a repulsive force between the end portions to provide a magnetic bearing. |
| US08211175B2 |
Articular disc prosthesis and method for implanting the same
An articular disc prosthesis and method of implanting the same within an intervertebral space between adjacent vertebral bodies. The prosthesis includes a pair of articular components and an articular ball disposed therebetween. Each of the articular components includes an outer shell portion and a removable inner insert portion. The insert portion includes a concave articular surface sized and shaped to receive a portion of the articular ball to provide articulating motion between the articular components. The outer shell portion includes a central hemi-cylindrical portion, a pair of laterally extending flanges, and an axially extending lip. Following removal of the natural intervertebral disc, a pair of hemi-cylindrical recesses are formed along a central region of the adjacent vertebral bodies to a predetermined depth. The prosthesis is implanted within the prepared disc space by axially displacing the hemi-cylindrical central portions of the articular components along the hemi-cylindrical recesses in the vertebral bodies. The lateral flanges and the axial lip of the articular components bear against the endplates of the adjacent vertebral bodies to stabilize the prosthesis and to prevent subsidence. |
| US08211173B2 |
Apparatus and process for delivering a silicone prosthesis into a surgical pocket
A tapered sleeve is provided that includes a lubricating coating on an inner surface. An implant (e.g., a pre-filled silicon breast implant) is introduced into a large end of the sleeve and extruded into a surgical pocket of minimal access incision size through a small-sized end of the apparatus. |
| US08211171B2 |
Transcatheter coronary sinus mitral valve annuloplasty procedure and coronary artery and myocardial protection device
A protective device or bridge (20) comprising a central arch (24) is suitable to be placed between an annuplasty device placed in the coronary sinus and an underlying coronary artery to inhibit transmission of compressive force on the coronary artery by the annuplasty device. |
| US08211167B2 |
Method of using a catheter with attached flexible side sheath
A method of positioning a main stent at a vessel bifurcation includes positioning a main guidewire in the main vessel; and advancing a stent delivery system to a position proximate the bifurcation. The stent delivery system includes a catheter with a flexible side sheath attached thereto and a main stent positioned over the catheter. The flexible side sheath is positioned to pass through the side opening in the main stent. The method also includes advancing a branch guidewire through the flexible side sheath and into the branch vessel; and subsequently, advancing the catheter over the main guidewire while advancing the flexible side sheath over the branch guidewire while viewing relative movement of a marker positioned on the flexible side sheath with respect to at least one marker positioned on the catheter. |
| US08211160B2 |
Stent graft assembly and method
A method for assembling a stent graft onto a balloon delivery catheter is disclosed. The method includes the steps of: assembling a graft over a stent with attached security rings and inserting the ends of the graft between the stent and the rings; placing the assembled stent graft on the delivery balloon of the delivery catheter; and crimping the stent graft onto the balloon. The stent may include a plurality of axially aligned belts that include a plurality of mid belts, and first and second end belts, where each of the mid belts includes a plurality of circumferentially spaced struts having first and second ends adjoining first sinusoidal-shaped elements, and each of the first and second end belts includes at least about twice the number of circumferentially spaced struts adjoining second sinusoidal-shaped elements. Also disclosed is a stent graft for use in practicing the method. |
| US08211159B2 |
Stent delivery system
A stent delivery system includes a catheter with an axially extending inner core and outer sheath. Axially spaced rings extending from a relatively narrow diameter portion of the inner core proximate the distal end thereof. The rings engage proximal portions of a compacted stent disposed within the sheath and over the core and rings. A proximal handle of the system has a first portion that supports the sheath and a second portion that supports the core for relative displacement of the core and the sheath. Retraction of the sheath relative to the core uncovers the stent engaged by the rings which tends to remain stationary relative to the core so that upon partial retraction of the sheath a distal end of the stent expands to its expanded form. Further retraction of the sheath deploys the stent, retracting the core returns the distal portion of the stent into the sheath. |
| US08211152B2 |
Tension fixation system
The present invention provides an apparatus and method for fixation of a bone anchor to a structural member used for spinal fixation, whereby spinal deformity can be corrected and mechanical stability of the spine is provided so that load is carried fully or partially through the structural member. This invention provides fixation of a bone anchor to a structural member through tensile loading of a component of the fixation mechanism. This invention is widely adaptable to a variety of bone anchors and structural members. This invention allows reduction of spine deformity resulting from varied spinal disease through the fixation mechanism alone without the need for added reduction instrumentation systems. This invention equally provides a fixation mechanism for fixation of a bone anchor to the structural member of a spine fixation system in the absence of deformity. |
| US08211151B2 |
Devices and methods for dynamic spinal stabilization and correction of spinal deformities
An apparatus for attachment to a vertebral body for correcting spinal deformities. The apparatus has a plate member having an upper surface and a lower surface. The upper surface having at least one receiving member defining a channel for receiving a flexible connection member. The at least one receiving member having a proximal portion and a distal portion. The proximal and distal portions interfacing along a frangible connection such that the at least one receiving member extends axially from the upper surface a first distance when the frangible connection is unbroken and the at least one receiving member extends axially from the upper surface a second distance when the frangible connection is broken. The second distance is less than the first distance. |
| US08211148B2 |
Prostheses for locking an artificial disc in an intervertebral disc space
A surgical implant for locking a spinal motion segment includes an anterior plate portion with laterally spaced interbody members extending posteriorly therefrom. The plate portion has passages to receive surgical fixing screws or other securing elements engaged in holes drilled in the vertebrae for securing the plate portion to the anterior faces of the vertebrae to be locked. The arms extend into a space between lateral portions of the vertebrae to be locked. |
| US08211146B2 |
Implantable device and method of forming
An implantable device includes a first arm member, a second arm member, a compressible member disposed between and coupled to the first arm member and the second arm member, and a tensioning member coupled to the first arm member and the second arm member. Wherein upon moving the first arm member toward the second arm member the tensioning member translates within the first arm member. |
| US08211145B2 |
Spinal stabilization implant and method of application
Vertebra bodies in the human spine are stabilized through the use of minimally invasive surgery for the implantation of an elongate implant plate assembly having spaced first and second screw receiving socket elements which are configured for respective attachment to first and second spaced vertebra with the aid of bone fixation screws and these elements are slidably received with respect to each other for adjustably changing the distance between the screw receiving socket elements. A lock assembly is also provided for selectively locking the first and second screw receiving elements from further relative sliding. An elongate insertion tool is releaseably secured to the plate assembly, and the insertion tool is configured for manipulating the plate assembly as a whole and for remotely manipulating the screw receiving socket elements for adjusting the distance therebetween. |