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| US08264509B2 |
Exposure head, image forming apparatus, and image forming method
An exposure head includes a light emitting segment that emits light; an electrical load that is electrically connected to a circuit in which a current to be supplied to the light emitting segment flows; and a current supply controller that supplies a first current to the light emitting segment to cause the light emitting segment to emit light and supplies a second current to the electrical load during the time when the current supply controller blocks the supply of the first current to the light emitting segment. |
| US08264503B1 |
Batch early engagement rules graphics processing
A method, system, and computer-readable storage medium are disclosed for rendering an artwork comprising a first plurality of objects. At least one common attribute shared by a second plurality of objects in the artwork may be automatically identified. The second plurality of objects may comprise a subset of the first plurality of objects. Each object of the second plurality of objects may be automatically assigned to a group. It may be determined whether the group is located within an area to be rendered. The group may be culled if the group is not located within the area to be rendered. |
| US08264502B2 |
System and method for comparing and reviewing documents
A document processing system for accurately and efficiently analyzing documents and methods for making and using same. Each incoming document includes at least one section of textual content and is provided in an electronic form or as a paper-based document that is converted into an electronic form. Since many categories of documents, such as legal and accounting documents, often include one or more common text sections with similar textual content, the document processing system compares the documents to identify and classify the common text sections. The document comparison can be further enhanced by dividing the document into document segments and comparing the document segments; whereas, the conversion of paper-based documents likewise can be improved by comparing the resultant electronic document with a library of standard phrases, sentences, and paragraphs. The document processing system thereby enables an image of the document to be manipulated, as desired, to facilitate its review. |
| US08264501B2 |
System and method for radial component scattering
A system, method, and computer program for radial component scattering, comprising calculating a bounding box for each of a plurality of parts; calculating a centroid corresponding to each of said bounding boxes; calculating a scatter circle for placement of said plurality of parts; calculating a number of locations to place said plurality of parts on said scatter circle; whereby said plurality of parts are added to an assembly view in a single operation such that a largest of said plurality of parts is at a start point, and appropriate means and computer-readable instructions. |
| US08264500B2 |
Image masks generated from local color models
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products, feature receiving an image mask where the image mask identifies a first opacity value of pixels in a raster image. The first opacity value ranges between a value representing foreground and a value representing background. Each pixel in the image has a color. A first boundary pixel is identified in the image. A second opacity value for the first boundary pixel is determined using a first local color model of opacity. The first local color model of opacity is determined based on the colors of the pixels in the image within a local neighborhood of the first boundary pixel. |
| US08264492B1 |
System, method and article of manufacture for a programmable processing model with instruction set
A system, method and article of manufacture are provided for programmable processing in a computer graphics pipeline. Initially, data is received from a source buffer. Thereafter, programmable operations are performed on the data in order to generate output. The operations are programmable in that a user may utilize instructions from a predetermined instruction set for generating the same. Such output is stored in a register. During operation, the output stored in the register is used in performing the programmable operations on the data. |
| US08264490B2 |
Practical modeling and acquisition of layered facial reflectance
Techniques are described for modeling layered facial reflectance consisting of specular reflectance, single scattering, and shallow and deep subsurface scattering. Parameters of appropriate reflectance models can be estimated for each of these layers, e.g., from just 20 photographs recorded in a few seconds from a single view-point. Spatially-varying specular reflectance and single-scattering parameters can be extracted from polarization-difference images under spherical and point source illumination. Direct-indirect separation can be employed to decompose the remaining multiple scattering observed under cross-polarization into shallow and deep scattering components to model the light transport through multiple layers of skin. Appropriate diffusion models can be matched to the extracted shallow and deep scattering components for different regions on the face. The techniques were validated by comparing renderings of subjects to reference photographs recorded from novel viewpoints and under novel illumination conditions. Related geometry acquisition systems and software products are also described. |
| US08264489B2 |
Interface remoting
Machine-readable media, methods, and apparatus are described for interface remoting. In some embodiments, a server may transmit motion commands to a remote device to update a graphical user interface displayed on the remote device. The motion commands may reference an image object of the remote device and may request the remote device to animate the image object. In some embodiments, the animation specified by the motion commands result in the remote device moving the image object from one location to another location, scaling the image object from a first scale to a second scale, and/or rotating the image object from a first orientation to a second orientation. |
| US08264488B2 |
Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and program
Provided is a shape information storage portion in which shape information, which is information specifying a shape of a solid object, which is a three-dimensional object, can be stored; a placement information storage portion in which placement information, which is one or more pieces of information that can be placed on a surface constituting the solid object, can be stored; an acquisition condition information storage portion in which acquisition condition information, which is information indicating a condition for acquiring information that is to be each placed on one or more surfaces constituting the solid object from the placement information, can be stored; and a surface information acquiring portion that acquires surface information, which is information that is to be placed on one or more surfaces of the solid object, from the placement information, using the acquisition condition information. |
| US08264487B2 |
Method for converting polygonal surfaces to levelsets
A method for use in computer graphics includes receiving data defining an explicit surface representation of three-dimensional (3D) geometry and casting a ray into the explicit surface representation. For each point where the ray intersects the explicit surface, a direction of the ray is compared to a direction of a surface normal of the explicit surface at that point, and then a count is incremented or decremented based on a first rule that uses a result of the comparison at that point. Then, for one or more voxels corresponding to the ray, data is generated for each voxel that indicates the voxel is either inside or outside of the explicit surface based on a second rule that uses a value of the count at that voxel. Another method includes defining a narrow band of voxels near the explicit surface, and then for each voxel in the narrow band, approximating a distance between the voxel and a closest point on the explicit surface by assuming a set of two-dimensional (2D) distances associated with the voxel and a portion of the explicit surface form a triangle. For each voxel outside of the narrow band, a distance to a closest point on the explicit surface is approximated by interpolating the approximated distances in the narrow band. |
| US08264486B2 |
Real-time high-speed three dimensional modeling system
A high-speed modeling system and a method of constructing a model are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, the system comprises first and second cameras, a control portion to synchronize the first and second cameras, and a projector of electromagnetic patterns. The first and second cameras are synchronized by the control portion to generate second frames a time interval after first frames are generated to thereby obtain a high frame-rate which is higher than the frame-rate of the first camera. Multiple imaging stations comprising first and second cameras may be directed to the path traveled by a mass at a high speed, in a prescribed arrangement, to model the mass with the high frame-rate system. |
| US08264485B2 |
Method and apparatus for visualizing 3D image data from tomographic imaging modalities
At least one embodiment of the present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for visualizing 3D image data from tomographic imaging modalities using a rendering technique in which every pixel is calculated by integrating or summing along respectively one ray through a volume surrounded by the 3D image data. In the method, a peeling function is additionally introduced into the integration or summation, by which, in the integration or summation, the 3D image data on the respective ray only contributes with its full data value to reducing the optical transparency beyond a prescribable value of an optical skin depth. The peeling function is selected such that, in a transition region before the prescribable value of the optical skin depth is reached, the 3D image data on the ray still contributes to reducing the optical transparency with a fraction of its full data value such that there is a smooth profile, generated by the peeling function, when an outer layer is peeled off. The method and the associated apparatus make it possible to avoid image artifacts such as pixel flickering during volume visualization. |
| US08264482B2 |
Interleaving drive circuit and electro-luminescent display system utilizing a multiplexer
A drive circuit for rapidly interleaving image data displayed on an EL device is disclosed. The drive circuit includes a signal source that provides a image data signals. Each image data signal is provided for a specified load period. A multiplexer receives the image data signals, and in response to a selection signal selects one of the image data signals to provide a control signal that directs the EL device to emit light. Additionally, a controller causes interleaving of the image data during multiple display periods; each display period is shorter than the load period. |
| US08264480B2 |
Input source search support method, and image display apparatus and projector using the search support method
An image display apparatus for displaying an image produced by image signals on a display section includes: a plurality of input terminals for receiving each of the image signals supplied from a plurality of input sources; an input selector for selecting a predetermined input terminal from the plural input terminals; a judging section for determining whether the image signals have been inputted to the input terminal selected by the input selector; an operating section which receives requirement of search processing for determining whether the image signals have been inputted to each of the plural input terminals; an image signal correcting section which generates image signals for producing a source search screen indicating search status for each of the input source names corresponding to the input terminals; and a control section for displaying an image of the source search screen produced by the image signals at least on the display section in response to search processing executed through the operation section. |
| US08264472B2 |
Storage medium storing information processing program and information processing apparatus
A computer readable storage medium storing an information processing program causes a computer to function as display control means, coordinate detecting means, and object selecting means. The display control means displays on a display device at least a portion of a virtual world in which a plurality of objects are provided. The coordinate detecting means detects input coordinates input by the pointing device. The object selecting means, when the input coordinates indicate any of the plurality of objects, selects the indicated object as a target to be operated, and when the input coordinates indicate none of the plurality of objects, selects at least one object satisfying a predetermined condition of the plurality of objects as a target to be operated. |
| US08264471B2 |
Miniature character input mechanism
A device includes a touch screen with a maximum of nine distinct touch areas, displays an input interface on the touch screen, where the input interface includes a scrollable character wheel, receives selections of characters from the character wheel, and displays the selected characters on the user interface. The receiving of selections includes detecting a scrolling up or down of the character wheel to position a character in a particular location, and detecting a pressing action on the character in the particular location. The input interface provides a way for a user to enter a phone number and place a call using only nine distinct touch areas. |
| US08264466B2 |
Touch screen having reduced visibility transparent conductor pattern
Disclosed is a transparent touch screen construction that includes a pattern of layer stacks disposed on a substrate. The layer stacks each include a transparent conductor layer and an intermediate layer positioned between the substrate and the transparent conductor layer. The intermediate layer has a refractive index that is lower than that of the transparent conductor layer and that of the substrate. The construction of the layer stacks reduces the difference in visible light transmission between the areas of the substrate covered by the stacks and the areas of the substrate left exposed by the stacks. Also disclosed are methods for reducing the visibility of a patterned transparent conductor in a touch screen by disposing an intermediate layer pattern between a substrate and a transparent conductor pattern, the intermediate layer pattern and transparent conductor pattern being coincident. |
| US08264465B2 |
Haptic feedback for button and scrolling action simulation in touch input devices
A planar touch control is used to provide input to a computer and haptic feedback is provided thereto. A touch control includes a touch input device with a planar touch surface that inputs a position signal to a processor associated with the computer based on a location of user implemented contact on the touch surface. The computer can position or modify a cursor or image in a displayed graphical environment based at least in part on the position signal, or perform a different function. At least one actuator is also coupled to the touch input device and outputs a force to provide a haptic sensation to the user via the touch surface. |
| US08264464B2 |
Method and system for activating an application on a portable electronic device
A method and system for activating an application on a portable electronic device are disclosed. A method of activating an application on a portable electronic device includes displaying a plurality of elements on a display device of the portable electronic device, wherein each element of the plurality of elements is associated with a respective application of a plurality of applications. In response to a first user interaction with a user interface component of the portable electronic device, changing an appearance of a first element of the plurality of elements, wherein the first element is associated with a first application of the plurality of applications. In response to a second user interaction with the user interface component, activating the first application. The first user interaction includes a user interaction along a first axis, and wherein the second user interaction includes a user interaction along a second axis. |
| US08264460B2 |
Method and system for secure password/pin input via mouse scroll wheel
A method and system for inputting a character string using a handheld input device, such as a mouse wheel or touchpad. Signals are grouped depending on a change in direction, depressing the mouse button as an interrupt, holding a mouse button down, etc., and the groupings are translated into symbols. Translation can be pre-determined or from a mapping file. Symbols can be appended into a character string and provided as a password, PIN, credit card, account number, or as other sensitive data. |
| US08264459B2 |
Noise attenuation in and for computer mice
In or for a computer mouse, an insert which fits inside a mouse cavity that, at the same time, readily accommodates the actuation of mouse buttons while not interfering with other moving parts inside the mouse. Accordingly, the insert would preferably occupy space within the cavity to reduce the free volume of space that would otherwise amplify a clicking noise from one or more mouse buttons, while also serving to actually dampen the clicking noise. The insert can preferably be custom-designed as to accommodate essentially any mouse design and thereby fit readily within the otherwise unoccupied interior space of the mouse body. Preferably, the material employed for such an insert may be embodied by a sound-dampening foam. |
| US08264457B2 |
System and method for simulating a computer mouse
A system and method for simulating a computer mouse uses a camera to capture images of a user's palm on a plane, transfers the images to a computer, analyzes the images to determine movement information of the user's palm, and determines a corresponding mouse operation according to preset associations between movements of the user's palm and operations on mouse buttons. The system and method further execute a computer command corresponding to the mouse operation associated with the movement information of the user's palm, so as to activate a action of a cursor displayed on a display screen of the computer. |
| US08264455B2 |
Mapping of physical controls for surface computing
Physical controls on a physical controller device (PCD) are dynamically mapped to application controls for an application being executed on a computer having a touch-sensitive display surface. The computer identifies a PCD which has been placed by a user on the display surface and displays a mapping aura for the PCD. When the user touches an activate direct-touch button displayed within the mapping aura, the computer activates a mapping procedure for the PCD and displays a highlighted direct-touch button over each application control which is available to be mapped to the physical controls on the PCD. When the user selects a particular application control which is available to be mapped by touching the highlighted button residing over the control, the computer creates a dynamic mapping between the selected application control and a user-selected physical control on the PCD. |
| US08264445B2 |
Pulse output circuit, shift register and display device
A drive circuit of a display device, which comprise only single conductive TFTs and in which amplitude of an output signal is normal, is provided.A pulse is inputted to TFTs 101 and 104 so that the TFTs would turn ON and then potential of a node á rises. When the potential of the node á reaches (VDD−VthN), the node á became in a floating state. Accordingly, a TFT 105 then turns ON, and potential of an output node rises as a clock signal reaches the level H. On the other hand, potential of a gate electrode of the TFT 105 further rises due to an operation of capacitance 107 as the potential of the output node rises, so that the potential of the output node would be higher than (VDD+VthN). Thus, the potential of the output node rises to VDD without voltage drop caused by a threshold of the TFT 105. An output at the subsequent stage is then inputted to TFTs 102 and 103 to turn the TFTs 102 and 103 ON, while the potential of the node á drops down to turn the TFT 105 OFF. A TFT 106 turns ON at the same time so that the potential of the output node would reach the level L. |
| US08264444B2 |
Low-flickering display device
A display device includes a pixel electrode; a transistor for supplying a driving voltage to the electrode pixel; and a gate-line driver circuit for providing a gate voltage to the transistor and inversely driving a driving voltage supplied to the electrode pixel via the transistor. The gate voltage has different voltage levels in a first driving state that the gate-line driver circuit drives the transistor with a level of the driving voltage and in a second driving state that the gate-line driver circuit drives the transistor with another level of the driving voltage. |
| US08264442B2 |
Driving method and driving device for displaying panel utilizing parallel driven drive controllers
A method of driving a display panel is provided which is capable of restoring normal operation to a timing controller in which an abnormality in display control has occurred. When a signal detecting section of one timing controller detects an abnormality that no signal is input or that a supply of a clock signal is stopped, the detected result is transferred from a two-way communicating section of the one timing controller to a two-way communicating section of the other timing controller. The other timing controller having received the detected result transfers a normal image signal and/or clock signal from the two-way communicating section of the other timing controller to the two-way communicating section of the one timing controller. The one timing controller exerts display control of a liquid crystal display panel according to the transferred image signal and/or clock signal. |
| US08264441B2 |
Method for driving liquid crystal display apparatus
In one embodiment of the present invention, when a still image is displayed, applied voltages respectively corresponding to a total of n (n being an integer of not less than 4) types of gradation 0 to (n−1) are outputted to pixels. On the other hand, when a moving image is displayed, an applied voltage corresponding to a predetermined gradation m (1≦m≦(n−2)) is applied to the pixels instead of applied voltages respectively corresponding to gradations of less than the predetermined gradation m. |
| US08264437B2 |
Display for high brightness conditions
A device including a housing and a display provided on a surface of the housing. The device also includes a light sensor provided on the surface of the housing, and a controller coupled to the display and the sensor. The controller is configured to change a display mode of the display from a first display mode to a monochromatic display mode when a light level of ambient light sensed by the light sensor exceeds a threshold value. |
| US08264435B2 |
Liquid crystal display device and driving method thereof
A liquid crystal display device includes pixels having a plurality of subpixels. The pixels include data displaying subpixels having a first pixel electrode receiving red, green, and blue data voltages to display an image, and a common electrode to which a common voltage is applied. The pixels further a viewing angle controlling subpixel driven in response to a voltage applied to the common electrode, a side electrode separated from the common electrode, and a second pixel electrode. Each of the subpixels includes a rib distorting an electric field applied to the corresponding liquid crystal layer. The viewing angle controlling subpixel delays a phase of the light from the data displaying subpixels when a voltage having a voltage difference from the common voltage is applied to the side electrode during a narrow viewing angle mode of the liquid crystal display device. |
| US08264433B2 |
Display apparatus
A display apparatus includes a display part in which a plurality of light guide elements are extended in the column direction, and are arranged in the row direction in parallel with each other. A plurality of scanning lines are extended in the row direction to intersect the light guide elements, arranged in the column direction, transmission lines are extended along the light guide elements, and each of the transmission lines is connected to the scanning lines, respectively. Control elements are provided at intersections of the light guide elements and the scanning lines, and each of the control elements causes a part of a light beam traveled in the light guide element to the outside of the light guide element in response to a scanning signal supplied to the scanning line through the transmission line. |
| US08264427B2 |
Electro-optical device, and electronic apparatus
Aspects of the invention provide an electro-optical device including first pixel portions each including an active element and second pixel portions each not including any active element, the first and second pixel portions being provided in an image display region of a substrate, a first driving device for driving the first pixel portions in an active driving method and a second driving device for driving the second pixel portions in a passive driving method. Accordingly, the invention can realize a display by using both an active driving method and a passive driving method with a simple structure. |
| US08264425B2 |
Method for compensating data, data compensating apparatus for performing the method and display apparatus having the data compensating apparatus
A method for compensating data for a data compensating apparatus in a display apparatus includes converting image data of an n-th frame (where “n” is a natural number) into pre-compensation data of the n-th frame having a gray scale less than or equal to a gray scale of the image data of the n-th frame based on pre-compensation data of an (n−1)-th frame, storing the pre-compensation data of the n-th frame, and generating compensation data of the n-th frame having a gray scale greater than or equal to the gray scale of the image data of the n-th frame by using the image data of the n-th frame and the pre-compensation data of the (n−1)-th frame. |
| US08264424B2 |
Plasma display module and its driving method, and plasma display
Luminance of a plasma display is enhanced while suppressing deterioration in resolution. In a plasma display module comprising panel sections (12, 18) and a circuit section (27) and performing display by receiving an interlace signal, two horizontal lines adjacent vertically in each of odd field and even field form a set, two vertically adjacent cells belonging to a set of two horizontal lines display one pixel, each field consists of a plurality of subframes, and two cells in the set are lighted or unlighted simultaneously in a certain subframe at least for some display load rate wherein the ratio of emission intensity is different from 1 when the two cells are lighted simultaneously. |
| US08264422B1 |
Safe head-up display of information
A system is provided for display of information. The system includes an audio device, a transparent display, and a mobile device in communication with the audio device and the transparent display. The mobile device projects information to the transparent display, and decreases projection of the information to the transparent display in response to a detection of an unsafe condition. |
| US08264416B2 |
Aperture antenna
An aperture antenna includes an outer conductor with substantially fixed inner diameter; and an inner conductor, an end thereof receding from an aperture of the outer conductor in a direction of electromagnetic radiation. |
| US08264415B2 |
Sealed transmitter assembly for subsurface utility installations
An assembly (10) for installation in a subsurface ground enclosure has an electronic transmitter, an antenna and other circuitry that are encapsulated against moisture conditions. The assembly (10) comprises a circuit board (31) supporting radio frequency transmitter circuitry, the circuit board (31) having at least two orthogonal edges (31b, 31c), an antenna (14, 15) having two 90-degree bent portions extending from orthogonal edges (31b, 31c) of the circuit board (31), a housing bottom portion (11) with an internal barrier (18) separating an L-shaped antenna compartment (13) adjacent two sides of the circuit board (31) from a battery compartment (16) underneath the circuit board (31), sealing material for encapsulating the circuit board (31) and the batteries (17) in the battery compartment (16), and a cover (20) that protects the antenna compartment (13) from entry of the sealing material. |
| US08264414B2 |
Antenna apparatus including multiple antenna portions on one antenna element
An antenna apparatus is provided with two feed ports respectively provided at positions on an antenna element, and the antenna element is simultaneously excited through the two feed ports so as to simultaneously operate as two antenna portions respectively associated with the two feed ports. The antenna apparatus is further provided with a slit provided between the two feed ports, for changing a resonant frequency of the antenna element and producing isolation between the feed ports at a isolation frequency, and provided with matching means for shifting an operating frequency of the antenna element from the changed resonant frequency to the isolation frequency. |
| US08264412B2 |
Antennas and antenna carrier structures for electronic devices
Antenna support structures and antennas are provided for wireless electronic devices such as portable electronic devices. Antenna resonating elements may be formed from conductive coatings on two-shot molded interconnect device dielectric antenna support structures. The conductive coatings may be formed from wet-plated copper or other conductive materials. The antenna support structure may have tabs that electrically connect antenna resonating elements to the case of a wireless electronic device that serves as an antenna ground plane. The antenna support structure may be curved about its longitudinal axis so that the antenna resonating elements on the support structure protrude upwards to enhance antenna performance. In a portable electronic device such as a portable computer, the antenna support structure may be mounted within a dielectric portion of the computer housing that is located between the display portion of the housing and the base of the housing. |
| US08264402B2 |
Radiolocation using path loss data
Determining the location of a station in a wireless network including determining path losses between the wireless station of unknown location and at least some access points at known locations. The determining includes receiving measurements from the wireless station of unknown location, and measuring the received signal strengths as a result of respective transmissions from at least some of access points at known respective transmit powers and known or determined locations to obtained measured path losses. The method further includes determining a location for the wireless station using the measured path losses and a calibrated path loss model. |
| US08264400B2 |
Signature matching method and apparatus
Described are computer-based methods and apparatuses, including computer program products, for signature matching. In some examples, the method for signature matching includes receiving a first target profile associated with a first data signal, the first data signal associated with a first target object; receiving a second target profile associated with a second data signal, the second data signal associated with the first target object or a second target object; generating a comparison distance utilizing a comparison distance function and based on a comparison of one or more data points associated with the first target profile and one or more data points associated with the second target profile; and determining a signature matching score based on the comparison distance. |
| US08264398B2 |
Onboard radar device and program of controlling onboard radar device
An onboard radar apparatus includes a transmission wave generating unit configured to generate a transmission wave, a vertically polarized wave transmitting antenna configured to vertically polarize and transmit the transmission wave, a horizontally polarized wave transmitting antenna configured to horizontally polarize and transmit the transmission wave, a receiving antenna configured to receive a reflection wave, a switch control unit configured to perform a switching between the vertically polarized wave transmitting antenna and the horizontally polarized wave transmitting antenna, and a receiving unit configured to receive one of the reflection waves based on receiving levels of the reflection waves, which have been received by the receiving antenna before and after the switching is performed by the switch control unit. |
| US08264394B2 |
Analog-to-digital converting circuit
The present invention relates to an analog-to-digital converting circuit, which comprises an integrating circuit, a reference signal generating circuit, a comparator, and a first counting circuit. The integrating circuit integrates an input signal for producing an integration signal. The reference signal generating circuit produces a plurality of reference signals. The comparator receives the integration signal and the plurality of reference signals, and compares the integration signal to the plurality of reference signals sequentially for producing a plurality of comparison signals. The first counting circuit receives the plurality of comparison signals produced by the comparator, and starts to count the plurality of comparison signals for producing a reset signal and resetting the integrating circuit. Because the integrating circuit is not reset once until the comparator produces the plurality of comparison signals, the number of times of resetting the integrating circuit can be reduced, and hence reducing the integral nonlinearity effect. Accordingly, the accuracy of the analog-to-digital converting circuit is enhanced. |
| US08264391B2 |
Area efficient selector circuit
A signal converting system has a multi-segment digital to analog converter coupled to an error shaping loop. A control value is received at a vector processor that indicates a number N of elements that are to be selected from a vector having M elements. The elements of the vector are sorted into a bitonic sequence and separated into a larger value group and a smaller value group using a bitonic split. Only the larger value group is sorted into an ordered sequence with repeated bitonic splits when the control value is less than M/2, and N largest elements are selected from the ordered sequence. Only the smaller value group is sorted into an ordered sequence with repeated bitonic splits when the control value is greater than M/2, and N−M/2 largest elements are selected from the ordered sequence. |
| US08264390B2 |
Conversion of a discrete time quantized signal into a continuous time, continuously variable signal
Provided are, among other things, systems, apparatuses, methods and techniques for converting a discrete-time quantized signal into a continuous-time, continuously variable signal. An exemplary converter preferably includes: (1) multiple oversampling converters, each processing a different frequency band, operated in parallel; (2) multirate (i.e., polyphase) delta-sigma modulators (preferably second-order or higher); (3) multi-bit quantizers; (4) multi-bit-to-variable-level signal converters, such as resistor ladder networks or current source networks; (5) adaptive non-linear, bit-mapping to compensate for mismatches in the multi-bit-to-variable-level signal converters (e.g., by mimicking such mismatches and then shifting the resulting noise to a frequently range where it will be filtered out by a corresponding bandpass (reconstruction) filter); (6) multi-band (e.g., programmable noise-transfer-function response) bandpass delta-sigma modulators; and/or (7) a digital pre-distortion linearizer (DPL) for canceling noise and distortion introduced by an analog signal bandpass (reconstruction) filter bank. |
| US08264387B2 |
Transceiver having multiple signal processing modes of operation
A transceiver includes a processor and an analog-to-digital converter. The processor is adapted to in a transmit mode of the transceiver, generate a modulated signal in response to a first digital signal. In a receive mode of the transceiver, the processor is adapted to generate a demodulated signal in response to a second digital signal. The analog-to-digital converter provides the first digital signal in the transmit mode and provides the second digital signal in the receive mode. |
| US08264382B2 |
Keyboard with a plurality of sensitive key elements
The present invention relates to a keyboard with a plurality of sensitive key elements (10, 12, 14) arranged on said keyboard according to a predetermined scheme. Each of the key elements (10, 12, 14) provides an analogue electric signal (U1, U2, U3). The analogous electric signal (U1, U2, U3) depends on the position of a fingertip. A contact surface of the key element (12) is subdivided into zones (A, B, C, D). The zones (A, B, C, D) are defined in such a way, that the zones (A, B, C, D) have different distances from the adjacent key elements (10, 14). Each zone (A, B, C, D) corresponds with a range of relationships between the signal (U2) of the key element (12) and the signal (U1, U3) of at least one adjacent key element (10, 14). |
| US08264375B2 |
Method and system for developing traffic messages
A computer implemented method of compressing a plurality of TPEG format traffic messages is provided. The method forms a template containing the data values of fields of a message management container, an event container and a location container and forms a global data set representing a base time of the traffic messages and data indicating the geographic region. The method creates compressed TPEG traffic messages comprising a template identification indicating the template and data values of the fields of the message management container, the event container and the location container not included in the template or global data set. |
| US08264370B2 |
Power and signal distribution system
A power and signal distribution system comprises a converter unit connected to a plurality of control units. The converter unit and the control units are arranged in areas difficult to access, for instance on the sea bed. The converter unit is connected to a remote monitoring and supplying device via at least one cable connection. Each control unit has assigned thereto at least one production apparatus for crude oil or natural gas corresponding gate valves, chokes, biops, actuators.In some embodiments, the power and signal distribution system the converter unit comprises a data separation device and a voltage converter. The converted voltage from the voltage converter is transmitted together with data/signals from the converter unit to at least one of the control units. |
| US08264366B2 |
Components, systems, and methods for associating sensor data with component location
Components having one or more sensors adapted to provide sensor data relating to a condition(s) of the component are disclosed. The component is adapted to communicate with another mating component to associate sensor data with identity information of the mating component. The sensor and identity information can be communicated remotely including via radio-frequency communications employing RF identification devices (RFIDs). Location of the mating component can be determined using the identity information of the mating component. In this manner, the sensor data can be associated with the location of the mating component using the identity information in a “component-to-component” configuration to provide location-specific sensor data. Having the ability to localize sensor data to a specific location can assist in pinpointing areas where performance or other condition issues may exist in a component, a mating component, an article of manufacture associated with the components, and/or communication and/or transmissions lines coupled between components. |
| US08264350B2 |
Adjustable constraining adaptive insert for merchandise security tag and method thereof
A security system includes a security device and a spacer. The security device defines a first opening having a first diameter. The spacer is removably positionable in the first opening to create a center opening having a second diameter smaller than the first diameter. The security device includes a magnetically actuable locking mechanism and a housing having the magnetically actuable locking mechanism disposed therein. The locking mechanism includes a magnetically actuable latch, a belt configured to provide a latch mating element for the latch, and a flexible element to bias the magnetically actuable latch and the belt into a locked position. The housing includes a passageway which defines a belt pathway configured to slidingly receive the belt therein. |
| US08264347B2 |
Seal system in situ lifetime measurement
A sealing system for sealing between two members includes a polymer seal disposed between the two members, a measurement device, and an evaluation unit. The measurement device is at least partially disposed within the polymer seal, is configured for measuring an aspect of the polymer seal indicating sealing performance of the polymer seal, and is configured for creating a signal corresponding to a measured aspect of the polymer seal. The evaluation unit is configured for evaluating the signal corresponding to the measured aspect of the polymer seal and for determining a sealing performance capability of said polymer seal. |
| US08264344B2 |
Remote surveillance and intervention using wireless phone
A mobile surveillance appliance receives sensed data over a wireless link from a remote sensing post which monitors a remotely monitored space having a predefined spatial location and transmits the sensed data. The mobile surveillance appliance provides a display of the sensed data from monitored space and an intervention controller which, when activated responsive to an event perceived on the display, encodes the predefined spatial location and an event melioration onto a remote intervention request, and transmits the intervention request to a remote intervener. The remote sensing post, mobile surveillance appliance, and remote intervener may communicate using SIP messaging. |
| US08264343B2 |
Wireless communication for hygiene dispenser systems
A communication system for handwash compliance monitoring, comprises a plurality of handwash monitoring sensors for collecting handwash compliance data at a respective plurality of handwash stations, at least one hub which wirelessly receives handwash compliance data transmitted from said plurality of handwash monitoring stations, a gateway which wirelessly receives handwash compliance data transmitted from the hub, and a wireless cellular telephone link for transmitting the handwash compliance data from the gateway to a central monitoring station. |
| US08264342B2 |
Method and apparatus to detect transponder tagged objects, for example during medical procedures
The presence or absence of objects (e.g., medical implements, medical supplies) tagged with transponders may be determined in an environment in which medical procedures (e.g., surgery) are performed via an interrogation and detection system which includes a controller and a plurality of antennas positioned along a patient support structure. The antennas may, for example, be positioned along an operating table, bed, a mattress or pad or a sheet and may be radiolucent. Respective antennas may successively be activated to transmit interrogation signals. Multiple antennas may be monitored for responses from transponders to the interrogation signals. For example, all antennas other than the antenna that transmitted the most recent interrogation signal may be monitored. |
| US08264340B2 |
Electronic device fastener
An electronic device fastener (EDF) to protect a portable device that is placed in a holder which may be a case, belt clip, holster, cradle, or the like worn or carried by the user that uses a release sensor, proximity sensor, shock sensor, and clip sensor to protect a portable device such as a cell phone, portable media player, personal digital assistant (PDA), two-way radio, GPS device, headset, or earpiece from loss and misplacement. The system can provide up to five modes of protection against loss and misplacement of a portable device. |
| US08264337B2 |
Pressure tank and detection method of pressure tank internal abnormality
A pressure tank including, a tank wall; a supporting member which includes fiber reinforced plastic and supports an outer surface of the tank wall; a supersonic wave sensor which is connected to the tank wall, and which detects a sonic wave propagated in the tank wall; and an internal abnormality determination member which is connected to the supersonic wave sensor, and which determines whether an internal abnormality exits in the tank wall, wherein the internal abnormality determination member determines the existence of the internal abnormality based on the detection result during gas is charged into the pressure tank, and outputs an abnormality signal when the internal abnormality was determined to exist. |
| US08264335B2 |
Device attached to a blister
A device adapted to be releasable attached to a blister including at least one piece of medicament. The device includes apparatus for releasable attachment to the blister, a sensor arrangement including at least one first sensor arranged to register the sound of the dispense of a piece of medicament, a time system arranged to register the time and/or date of the dispensing of said piece of medicament and a memory for storing data, such as time and/or date data, related to the dispense of the piece of medicament. |
| US08264330B2 |
Systems and method for communicating data in a railroad system
A communications system for use in transmitting data in a railroad system is provided. The communications system includes a track circuit having a plurality of rails configured to transmit an electrical signal thereon, a first processor communicatively coupled to the track circuit via a first locomotive on said track circuit, and a trackside communications station operable to output cab signaling data, wherein the trackside communications station includes a second processor communicatively coupled to the track circuit. The first processor is programmed to compare a received data signal to a pre-stored database, and generate a response based on the comparison. The second processor is programmed to generate a corrected signal using the generated response. |
| US08264329B2 |
Method and system for room activity communication
The invention relates to a method and system for room activity communication. In one embodiment, a tray sensing device detects the presence of a tray in a given location and forwards the information to a room controller. The tray can be a conventional tray for supporting food articles or can be supported or integral with a food cart. The system also includes a door lock/tag controller for monitoring door lock and door tag information. Information from the tray sensing device, door lock/tag controller is communicated to a room controller. The room controller of each room can include a wireless network to the tray controller and/or door lock/tag controller. The room controller can also monitor information of the room such as, for example, temperature, humidity and light intensity information, and receive information regarding room activities, such as, for example, room service ordering and status, housekeeping, minibar, phone messages and checkout routine. Information from the room controller can be forwarded to a central host controller for management of the information. The central host controller can display the information, activate an alarm or separate and send data to relevant controllers located, for example at security, service, housekeeping and front desk. The alarm can be an audio or visual alert. The alarm can be deactivated upon removal of the tray from the given location or acknowledgement of request. |
| US08264328B2 |
Sensor device with persistent low power beacon
One disclosed method involves providing a first device comprising a sensor configured to sense a stimulus experienced by the first device, a controller configured to process data received from the sensor and thereby obtain processed sensor data, a transmitter configured to wirelessly transmit the processed data, and a battery configured to supply power to at least the controller and the transmitter. The first device is operated in a first operational mode in which the sensor, the controller, and the transmitter are used at least occasionally to obtain and transmit processed data. When the battery is in a low power condition, the first device is operated in a second operational mode wherein the sensor, controller, and transmitter are not used to obtain and transmit processed sensor data, but wherein the first device at least occasionally transmits a signal that indicates a low power condition of the battery. |
| US08264327B2 |
Authentication apparatus, image sensing apparatus, authentication method and program therefor
The authentication apparatus calculates authenticities based upon similarity between detected face image data and a plurality of items of registered face image data prepared beforehand. In accordance with the calculated authenticities, the apparatus causes a display unit to display, as the result of authentication, either a registered name indicating registered face image data calculated to have a maximum authenticity from among the plurality of items of registered face image data, or any group name to which the registered face image data calculated to have the maximum authenticity and other registered face image data belong. |
| US08264324B2 |
Keyless device of vehicle
A keyless device of a vehicle changes a search area “A” of a vehicle exterior antenna to a search area “A2” that is smaller than a normal area “A1”, and sets an overlapped area of a search area “B” of a vehicle exterior antenna and a normal search area “B1” to correspond only to an interior of the vehicle. |
| US08264322B2 |
Wireless security control system
A security control system includes a remote access control system to receive wireless information from a central access control system. The remote access control system includes a remote access controller electrically coupled to a remote wireless communicator. The remote access controller receives information from the remote wireless communicator and uses the information to control locking and unlocking of the door. The remote wireless communicator also transmits wireless information to the central access control system and a switch is provided for selectively choosing between the receiving and transmitting the wireless information. The remote wireless communicator communicates via RF information, such as spread-spectrum RF. The remote access control system also includes a reader to read user data when presented to the reader. |
| US08264315B2 |
Linear variable differential transformers
Linear variable differential transformers include a core comprising a non-ferromagnetic material and a ferromagnetic material, and a coil assembly including an axial bore within which the core is disposed and through which the core axially translates. |
| US08264314B2 |
Magnetic arrays with increased magnetic flux
The embodiments of the invention generally relate to a novel magnet arrangement to further enhance the performance of the array. The new arrangement of magnets (for example, five configurations) can result in significantly much higher percentage gain in magnetic flux with respect to the largest magnetic flux of a component magnet, as compared to Halbach array configurations. |
| US08264309B2 |
Adjustable magnetic target
A magnetic target is provided for use with a magnetic proximity switch. The magnetic target includes a cylindrical body tube having an open end that partially defines a bore. A stationary magnet is located within the bore opposite the open end, and a movable magnet is disposed within the bore between the stationary magnet and the open end. An adjusting member is received into the bore, and a contact surface of the adjusting member engages the movable magnet. When the adjusting member is axially displaced, the contact surface causes a corresponding displacement of the movable magnet relative to the stationary magnet, eventually causing the magnetic flux field of each magnet to expand in a radial direction away from the longitudinal axis of each magnet. The stationary magnet and the movable magnet may be either axially-magnetized samarium-cobalt magnets or axially-magnetized neodymium magnets. |
| US08264307B2 |
Dual substrate MEMS plate switch and method of manufacture
Systems and methods for forming an electrostatic MEMS plate switch include forming a deformable plate on a first substrate, forming the electrical contacts on a second substrate, and coupling the two substrates using a hermetic seal. The deformable plate may have at least one shunt bar located at a nodal line of a vibrational mode of the deformable plate, so that the shunt bar remains relatively stationary when the plate is vibrating in that vibrational mode. A hermetic seal may be made around the device with a larger, secondary enclosure. Electrical access to the deformable plate may be accomplished by an electrical path which is independent of the seal. The electrical path may include a via through the first substrate or the second substrate, or a flash deposited on an external region of the switch. |
| US08264306B2 |
Movable contactor assembly for current limiting type molded case circuit breaker
A movable contactor assembly for a current limiting type MCCB comprising: a terminal base; a plurality of movable contactors having a cam surface portion; a pair of holder plates supporting the movable contactors; a plurality of first springs providing an elastic force to the movable contactors; a plurality of extending plate portions provided to face the side of one end portion of each of the movable contactors so as to be electrically connected with the movable contactors; a plurality of flexible wire plates electrically connecting the movable contactors and the terminal base and having a portion bendable toward the movable contactors or toward the extending plate portions; and a second spring providing an elastic force to the flexible wire plates so as to be tightly attached to the movable contactor. |
| US08264305B2 |
Resonator, substrate having the same, and method of generating resonance
A resonator having respective electrode planes of first and second internal electrodes disposed so as to be substantially parallel to a line of magnetic force of a magnetic field. In the resonator, respective electrode planes of first and second external electrodes are disposed so as to be substantially parallel to the line of magnetic force of the magnetic field in planes different from the electrode planes of the first and second internal electrodes. |
| US08264304B2 |
Slot-line type microwave device with a photonic band gap structure
A microwave device of the slot-line type with a photonic band gap structure, including at least: a first substrate in a dielectric material having a first permittivity ∈r1, a second substrate in a dielectric material having a second permittivity ∈r2, and between the two substrates, a conductive layer in which at least one slot-line is engraved, with, on the face of the first and second substrates opposite the face in contact with the conductive layer, facing the slot-line, periodic metal patterns. A compact filtering structure is realized. |
| US08264298B2 |
Filtering device and a method for filtering a signal
The present disclosure teaches a filtering device. The filtering device comprises a transforming unit, at least a first filtering element and a complementary filtering unit. The filtering device of the present disclosure allows an isolation of radio signals within a selected frequency band. Frequency bands closely-spaced to the selected frequency band may be suppressed. The present disclosure provides a reliable and almost identical response to temperature changes for the pass band within the selected frequency band and the stop bands closely-spaced to the selected frequency band. The filtering device withstands temperature changes without affecting a filtering performance different to the prior art. The present disclosure further provides a method for filtering an input signal as well as a computer program product for the manufacture of the filtering device and a computer program product for the carrying out of the method of filtering. |
| US08264297B2 |
Balun signal splitter
A balun signal splitter for use in transceiver systems, such as wireless communications systems, including a wide-band balun with a secondary winding for signal splitting between two operating bands (e.g., high-band and low-band) or modes. An example of a balun signal splitter configured for dual-band or dual-mode operation or includes a balun having a primary winding and a secondary winding, the secondary winding having a first port and a second port, a first network coupled to the first port and configured to present a short circuit impedance at the first port at out-of-band frequencies or during out-of-mode operation, and a second network coupled to the second port and configured to present a short circuit impedance at the second port at out-of-band frequencies or during out-of-mode operation. |
| US08264288B2 |
Quadrature voltage controlled oscillator including transmission line
A circuit includes an oscillator circuit including a first oscillator and a second oscillator. The first and the second oscillators are configured to generate signal having a same frequency and different phases. A transmission line is coupled between the first and the second oscillators. |
| US08264286B2 |
Phase-locked loop circuit
A first exemplary aspect of an embodiment of the present invention is a phase-locked loop circuit including: a voltage-current converter that converts a control voltage into a control current, the control voltage generated according to a phase difference between an input pulse signal and a feedback pulse signal fed back from an output side of a current controlled oscillator; the current controlled oscillator that generates an output pulse signal having a frequency according to the control current; a current detection unit that detects the control current; and a frequency range switch that switches a frequency range of the output pulse signal according to the detected control current. |
| US08264285B2 |
Method and apparatus for low latency proportional path in a digitally controlled system
A digitally controlled circuit and method includes an error input coupled to a proportional path. The proportional path includes a selector which directly receives the error input as a select signal. The selector receives a proportional control weight from a location other than the proportional path wherein the proportional control weight is input to a digitally controlled oscillator (DCO). |
| US08264282B1 |
Amplifier
Embodiments provide a configurable low noise amplifier circuit including a gain stage coupled to the input of the low noise amplifier circuit, the low noise amplifier circuit being configurable between one of a first topology in which the low noise amplifier circuit includes a degeneration inductance whereby the low noise amplifier circuit operates as an inductively degenerated low noise amplifier, and a second topology in which the low noise amplifier circuit includes an impedance matching stage coupled to an input of the configurable low noise amplifier circuit, the output of the impedance matching stage providing an input bias voltage for the impedance matching stage, and a feedback stage coupled to an output of the impedance matching stage and a voltage source, the feedback stage providing a compensated operating voltage for the impedance matching stage. |
| US08264280B2 |
Load driving circuit
Detection accuracy of a short circuit state in a load driving circuit is improved thereby operation efficiency of a motor may be enhanced. A gate control circuit 25 turns off NMOS transistors Q1 and Q4, turns on an NMOS transistor Q3, and turns on and off an NMOS transistor Q2 intermittently so as to control rotation of a motor 10. A detection circuit 30a detects a voltage Va at a connection node a between the NMOS transistor Q2 and the motor 10 a predetermined time after the NMOS transistor Q2 is turned on. A control circuit 20 turns off the NMOS transistor Q2 so as to cut off a current from a power supply to the motor 10 if the voltage Va at the connection node a is within a range in which the motor 10 is determined to be short-circuited. |
| US08264279B2 |
Electronic circuit
An electronic circuit includes a first transistor having a first terminal grounded, a second transistor having a control terminal coupled with a second terminal of the first transistor, a first terminal grounded via a first capacitor, and a second terminal to which a DC power supply is connected, a first distributed constant line having one end connected to a first node between the second terminal of the first transistor and the control terminal of the second transistor and another end grounded via a second capacitor, a second distributed constant line having one end connected to the second terminal of the first transistor and another end connected to the first node, a third distributed constant line having one end connected to the control terminal of the second transistor and another end connected to the first node, a resistor connected between a second node between the first line and the second capacitor and a third node between the first terminal of the second transistor and the first capacitor, and a path that connects the third node and the second terminal of the first transistor via the first line and the resistor in a DC circuit operation. |
| US08264278B2 |
Amplifier
An amplifier is realized by a distributed-constant-type amplifier including an input-side transmission line and an output-side transmission line, and a plurality of unit circuits coupled between the input-side transmission line and the output-side transmission line, in which each of the plurality of unit circuits is formed by including an amplification circuit having a gain equal to or greater than one. |
| US08264275B2 |
Amplifier arrangement and method for signal amplification
An amplification arrangement comprises a signal-processing element (SVE) with an integrator element (INT) that is coupled on the input side with a first input (E1) for feeding the input signal and with a second input (E2) for feeding a feedback signal. The signal-processing element (SVE) is designed to set a respective level of the input signal and/or the feedback signal as a function of a control signal. The amplifier arrangement furthermore comprises a pulse modulator (PM) that is designed to generate a pulse signal on a pulse output (POT) as a function of a signal applied on the output (SOT) of the signal-processing element (SVE). An output stage (OST) comprises a switching element (SW) that is designed to connect supply-voltage terminals (V1, V2, GND) to an output terminal (OOT) that is coupled with an amplifier output (AOT) and the second input (E2), and a control unit (CU) for driving the switching element (SW) that is coupled with the pulse output (POT). A level control unit (PSE) is designed to generate the control signal such that the respective level in the signal-processing element (SVE) is reduced as a function of an overshooting of a specified pulse-duty factor of the pulse signal. |
| US08264274B2 |
Non-volatile memory device and charge pump circuit for the same
A charge pump apparatus comprises a plurality of charge pump stages. The charge pump stages each include a respective output node. Output nodes are connected to charge boosting circuitry and to precharge circuitry. The charge boosting circuit receives one or more clock signals. The precharge circuits have a first state allowing the respective pump-stage output node to fluctuate at a level above a standby wordline voltage, and a second state coupling the respective pump-stage output node to the standby wordline voltage. |
| US08264273B2 |
Charge pump circuit and methods of operation thereof
A method of generating a voltage supply (Vout+, Vout−) from a single input supply (+VDD), comprising connecting at least one flying capacitor (Cf) to at least one reservoir capacitor (CR1, CR2) and to the input supply in repeated cycles so as to generate a voltage on said reservoir capacitor, the cycles differing between at least two modes so that each mode generates a different voltage on said reservoir capacitor the method including changing from an existing one of said modes to enter a new one of said modes during operation, and operating in at least one transitional mode for a period prior to entering fully said new mode. |
| US08264272B2 |
Digital control interface in heterogeneous multi-chip module
A front-end module comprises a plurality of chips that includes first and second functional blocks and an interconnection circuit. The first functional block is formed using a first process type and includes a digital control circuit that generates a digital control signal in response to an external control signal from outside the front end module. The second functional block is formed using a second process type and includes a digitally controlled circuit controlled by the digital control signal generated by the first functional block. The second process type is different from the first process type. The interconnection circuit couples the digital control circuit and the digitally controlled circuit to provide the digital control signal to the digitally controlled circuit. In one aspect, the first functional block may be a low noise amplifier formed by a pseudomorphic high electron mobility transistor process. The second functional block may be a power amplifier formed by a heterojunction bipolar transistor process. In another aspect, the first functional block may be a power amplifier formed by a heterojunction bipolar transistor process. The second functional block may be a low noise amplifier formed by a pseudomorphic high electron mobility transistor process. |
| US08264271B2 |
Load driving apparatus
Semiconductor relays switch power supplied from a power source to drive loads, and further detect current values of electric currents flowing through the loads. A control section intermittently turns ON the semiconductor relays via driving circuits, thereby limiting electric power consumption of the loads. Further, the control section calculates, based on the current values detected by the semiconductor relays, load electric power consumption of the loads, and estimated electric power consumption of the loads when the semiconductor relays are continuously ON, and allows a display section to display, as a value indicative of an energy-saving effect, an electric power amount difference i.e. a saved electric energy that is based on an electric power difference obtained by subtracting the load electric power consumption from the estimated electric power consumption. |
| US08264268B2 |
Offset-voltage calibration circuit
Provided is an offset-voltage calibration circuit. The circuit includes a comparator configured to receive at least two comparison voltages and output a result of a comparison between the comparison voltages, an up/down counter (UDC) configured to output an up-counting or down-counting output signal in response to an output signal of the comparator, and a current digital-to-analog converter (DAC) configured to control the amount of current supplied from a node to which the comparison voltage is applied, in response to the output signal of the UDC and control the magnitude of the comparison voltage. |
| US08264266B2 |
Clock with regulated duty cycle and frequency
A power-supply-independent clock, with controlled THigh and TLow that permits both frequency and duty cycle to be set simultaneously and independently. Depending upon the implementation, the control values can be varied for frequency and duty cycle as determined by the user, or can be dependent upon temperature, power supply variations, or any other variable within the system, design or device that includes the clock. |
| US08264263B2 |
Quasi-resonant composite resonance circuit
A composite resonance circuit is provided of which the resonance frequency is variable over a wide frequency range without changing the circuit constant of a non-resonant element having no resonance frequency. The composite resonance circuit comprises an input terminal; a resonance unit having first and second ports and quasi-resonating in response to AC signals respectively supplied to these ports; and phase shift circuits that perform different phase shifts on an AC signal supplied to the input terminal and supply first and second shifted signals subjected to the phase shift respectively to the first and second ports. The resonance unit is an impedance circuit that has at least four input terminals forming the first and second ports and that generates a quasi-resonant peak current under non-zero reactance in response to the first and second shifted signals coming in via the first and second ports. The quasi-resonant peak current is variable according to the frequency and phase shift quantities of the AC signals. Namely, the resonance frequency can be made to be variable. |
| US08264262B2 |
Delay-locked loop circuit and semiconductor device including the same
A delay-locked loop (DDL) circuit and a semiconductor device including the same are provided. The DDL circuit includes: a control voltage generator for generating a control voltage corresponding to a delay difference between an input clock and a plurality of comparison clocks by comparing the input clock with the plurality of comparison clocks that are sequentially generated and have different delays; a pulse width adjuster for adjusting a pulse width of the input clock according to a delay difference between the input clock and an arbitrary comparison clock of the comparison clocks and for generating a pulse-width-adjusted input clock as an adjusted input clock; and a delay unit for delaying the adjusted input clock in response to the control voltage and for outputting the delayed adjusted input clock as the comparison clocks and output clocks. |
| US08264259B2 |
Phase-locked loop circuit and delay-locked loop circuit
A phase-locked loop circuit includes a phase comparator that compares phases between a reference signal and a feedback signal and outputs a phase difference signal indicating a phase difference therebetween; a charge pump that outputs a charge pump current according to the phase difference signal; a low-pass filter that includes a resistor and a capacitor and that smoothes the charge pump current and converts the smoothed current into a control voltage; a voltage-controlled oscillator that generates an oscillation signal with a frequency according to the control voltage; and a frequency divider that generates a frequency-divided signal by frequency-dividing the oscillation signal and outputs the frequency-divided signal to the phase comparator as the feedback signal, wherein the resistor in the low-pass filter is a variable resistor that is changed according to the control voltage. |
| US08264257B2 |
Integrated circuit comprising a broadband high voltage buffer
The disclosure relates to an integrated circuit comprising a data buffer circuit comprising first and second transistors coupled to a contact pad and third and fourth transistors. A first bias voltage is applied on a conduction terminal of the third transistor and a second bias voltage is applied on a conduction terminal of the fourth transistor. A third bias voltage less than the second bias voltage is applied on a control terminal of the first transistor and a fourth bias voltage greater than the first bias voltage is applied on a control terminal of the second transistor. Application notably for the production of a so-called “High Speed” USB port. |
| US08264252B2 |
Termination circuit, semiconductor device, and electronic device
The termination circuit includes first and second resistance circuits and is connected to a transmission line. The first resistance circuit is disposed on at least one of a pull-up side, which is between the transmission line and a power source, and a pull-down side, which is between the transmission line and ground, and has a negative property, by which an increase in an applied voltage decreases a resistance value of the first resistance circuit. The second resistance circuit is connected in parallel to the first resistance circuit. The second resistance circuit has a positive property, by which an increase in the applied voltage increases a resistance value of the second resistance circuit. |
| US08264251B2 |
Characteristic measuring device for solar cell
A solar cell characteristic measuring device measures the output characteristics of a solar cell while avoiding junction capacitance. The device provides a solar cell load circuit by connecting the solar cell with an electronic load device setting a load current or voltage variably, and a measurement circuit connecting voltage and current detectors with the load. An operation point control element divides the magnitude of the load, taken from the solar cell, of the electronic load device into a plurality ranging from states of opening to short-circuiting, while driving the load device in the load circuit periodically and intermittently, changing the load magnitude stepwise and controlling the operation point of the solar cell, and a processing element reading and processing the detected values of the voltage and current detectors at each drive period of the electronic load device and for the period of the stable output voltage of the solar cell. |
| US08264250B2 |
Array substrate having increased inspection efficiency and display apparatus having the same
In an array substrate and a display apparatus, a pixel part has a plurality of gate lines, a plurality of data lines, and a plurality of pixels electrically connected to the gate and data lines. A driving circuit drives the pixel part electrically connected to a first end of the gate lines. An inspection circuit is electrically connected to a second end of the gate lines, and inspects the pixel part in response to an inspection signal externally provided. Thus, positions and causes for defects of the pixel part may be accurately detected, thereby improving inspecting efficiency. |
| US08264247B2 |
Electric potential sensor
The present invention provides an electric potential sensor for the measurement of potentials non-invasively. The sensor comprises at least one detection electrode arranged for capacitive coupling with a sample under test and for generating a measurement signal, and a sensor amplifier adapted to receive the measurement signal as input and to supply an amplified detection signal as output. Input impedance enhancing means are included for providing a high input impedance to the sensor amplifier for increasing the sensitivity of the electrode to reduced electric potentials, and a discrete pre-amplifier stage is arranged to co-operate with the sensor amplifier to reduce the input capacitance of the amplifier. |
| US08264243B2 |
Liquid concentration sensing device
A capacitance sensing section senses a capacitance between first and second electrodes. A temperature sensing section senses fuel temperature. A microcomputer functions as a concentration sensing section and senses a concentration of ethanol contained in fuel based on the capacitance sensed by the capacitance sensing section and the temperature sensed by the temperature sensing section. The microcomputer functions as an abnormality detecting section and performs abnormality determination to determine that an abnormality has occurred in the capacitance sensing section when the capacitance sensed by the capacitance sensing section does not change and the temperature sensed by the temperature sensing section changes. Since a dielectric constant has such a temperature characteristic that the dielectric constant changes with the temperature, the abnormality detecting section can detect occurrence of the abnormality in the capacitance sensing section. |
| US08264242B2 |
Proximity sensor and rotational operation detecting device
A proximity sensor for determining an approaching direction of an object is provided. Relative detection sensitivity is established in a first detection unit and a second detection unit such that a detection level of the first detection unit is greater than a detection level of the second detection unit when the object approaches from a first electrode in a direction of arranging the first electrode and a second electrode, and that the detection level of the second detection unit is greater than the first detection unit when the object approaches from a direction perpendicular to the direction of arranging the first electrode and the second electrode. A proximity position determining section is adapted to determine the approaching direction of the object based on the detection level of the first detection unit and the detection level of the second detection unit. |
| US08264241B2 |
Device and method for measuring an electrical property of a fluid flowing through a pipe
The invention relates to a device and a method for measuring an electrical property of fluid flowing through a pipe, comprising at least a first measuring electrode and a second measuring electrode placed in spatial contact with the pipe, wherein the first measuring electrode is received in a body placed inside the inner wall of the pipe, and the first measuring electrode is separated from the inner wall of the pipe by a gap, this gap extending over at least a part of the periphery of the inner wall of the pipe. As a result of these measures the distance between the measuring electrodes is greatly reduced, so that the measurement accuracy increases considerably. The measuring circuit is preferably adapted for repeated successive measurement of the resistance value and the capacitance of the fluid. |
| US08264235B2 |
Test structure for detection of defect devices with lowered resistance
The present invention relates to a test structure that comprises at least two devices under test DUT, which respectively have a first electrical device resistance in a non-defect state and a second electrical device resistance in defect state, the first being higher than the second electrical device resistance. In the test structure the DUTs are connected in parallel to a first test contact pad via a first conducting line and connected in parallel to a second test contact pad via a second conducting line, and respectively connected to the first conducting line via respective first test resistors, which have known respective electrical test resistances, such that a total electrical resistance between the first an second test contact pads is indicative of the number of DUTs, which have the second electrical device resistance. The test structure allows testing a larger number of DUTs in parallel in a single measurement. |
| US08264233B2 |
Magnetoresistive electrostatic discharge (ESD) detector
A magnetoresistive electrostatic discharge (ESD) event detector includes at least one magnetoresistive device. The at least one magnetoresistive device detects an ESD event in an ESD sensitive device based on magnetoresistive properties of the at least one magnetoresistive device. The magnetoresistive device has an ESD failure level that is lower than the ESD failure level of said ESD sensitive device. |
| US08264222B2 |
Tomographic magnetic particle imaging (MPI) method and associated arrangement
According to at least one embodiment of the invention, at least two excitation fields with frequencies capable of being differently prescribed act on the object in the examination space, with the gradient field approximately vanishing in the examination space. In another embodiment, an arrangement includes a Maxwell coil pair for generating an inhomogeneous magnetic field with a prescribable magnetic field gradient, at least one device for exciting two auxiliary fields with different frequencies and a detection coil for recording the response signal. |
| US08264221B2 |
Eddy current probe assembly adjustable for inspecting test objects of different sizes
An eddy current probe assembly suitable for inspecting a test object with longitudinal shape, being passed through the assembly in the object's axial direction during an inspection session, the probe assembly comprising multiple probe modules being disposed in a radial plane and with the modules partially overlaying on each other forming an iris structure encircling an inspection zone, wherein a movement in unison of each of the probe modules closer to or further away from the center of the inspection zone makes the inspection zone enlarged or contracted. Spring tension is applied on each of the probe modules so that constant life-off in maintained between the probe modules and the test surface. Array of eddy current elements for each probe module and multiple layers of probe modules can be employed to achieve complete coverage of the test surface. The radial cross-sectional shapes of the test objects can be of round or polygonal. |
| US08264218B2 |
Wing flap sensor unit
A wing flap sensor unit (2) having a position sensor (18) for detection of a rotation position of a shaft for operation of wing flaps and having a housing (4) which surrounds the position sensor (18), having an attachment component (20, 22) for attachment in an aircraft wing and having a connecting point (24) for an electrical connector of the position sensor (18). Hereby, the housing (4) is at least partially manufactured from titanium using a precision-casting method. The titanium precision-casting method makes it possible to achieve a particularly robust and lightweight housing. |
| US08264216B2 |
High-accuracy low-power current sensor with large dynamic range
A current sensing approach makes use of two shunts in series, embedded in a switching fabric, each shunt the object of a differential measurement of voltage drop across the shunt. Methodical make-before-break cycling of the switches in the switching fabric permit real-time or very near-real-time measurement of nearly all of the errors such as offset errors present in each differential-measurement path. Additional differential measurement paths can be connected with the shunts, with RFI filtering at shorter time constants to serve electronic fuse needs. |
| US08264213B2 |
Variable-frequency and multi-phase voltage regulator module and control method of the same
A control method of a variable-frequency and multi-phase voltage regulator module is provided. The variable-frequency and multi-phase voltage regulator module is connected to a central processing unit and embedded on a motherboard for providing a central-processing-unit current. The control method includes steps of: detecting an intensity of a central-processing-unit current of the central processing unit; providing a power to the central processing unit via M number of phases based on a first switching frequency if the intensity of the central-processing-unit current is greater than a reference-current value; and providing a power to the central processing unit via N number of phases based on a second switching frequency if the intensity of the central-processing-unit current is less than the reference-current value. |
| US08264210B2 |
Interface to regulate voltage for ASIC power management
A method and apparatus to regulate voltage used to power an ASIC comprising an ASIC having a signal source and a modulator. The modulator establishes a characteristic of a signal created by the signal source to indicate a voltage level to be used to power the ASIC. The signal is communicated to a voltage regulator to apply an optimal voltage to the ASIC. |
| US08264209B2 |
Method of and apparatus for operating a double-fed asynchronous machine in the event of transient mains voltage changes
The invention relates to a method and a device for operating an asynchronous motor (1) with double feeds, having a stator (1a) connected to a grid and a rotor (1b) connected to an inverter (6), said inverter (6) being designed such that it impresses a target value for an electrical variable in the rotor (1b). In a method according to the invention, after detecting a transient grid voltage change, a target value for the electrical variable determined from at least the rotor flux and the stator flux is impressed in the rotor (1b) such that an active reduction in the torque occurring during the transient grid voltage change is achieved. The target value of the electrical variable is preferably determined from a suitable weighting of the stator flux, rotor flux, stator voltage, stator current, rotor current, and, if available as a measured variable, stator voltage.; In this manner, torque peaks are similarly prevented for various types of grid faults, and the maximum time value of the rotor current is optimally reduced, and a rapid return to regular operation of the asynchronous motor is made possible. |
| US08264206B2 |
Battery and method of power conservation for the same
A lithium ion battery and a method of power conservation for the same are provided. A bare cell including an electrode assembly with a plurality of electrodes and a protective circuit are coupled together via the plurality of electrodes. The protective circuit includes a remaining charge control circuit that internally detects a long-term nonuse state of the lithium ion battery and blocks current between the bare cell and the protective circuit when the long-term nonuse state is detected. The method includes: detecting whether the battery is used as a power source for an external instrument; determining and recording a value of an accumulated nonuse time when the lithium ion battery was not used as a power source; and blocking an internal current and converting the battery to a long-term nonuse mode when the value of the accumulated nonuse time is above a value indicative of a predetermined time. |
| US08264204B2 |
Cell controller, battery module and power supply system
A cell controller with excellent reliability in which noise and soon are suppressed is provided. The cell controller includes, corresponding to the number of cell packs, a plurality of ICs each having a voltage detecting circuit detecting voltages of respective cells of a cell pack in which four cells are connected in series, a switch control circuit controlling conduction and a blocking operation of a plurality of switch elements connected in parallel to the respective cells via capacity adjusting resistors, a LIN1 terminal for inputting control information, a LIN2 terminal for outputting control information, a Vcc terminal and a GND terminal, and a LIN2 terminal of a higher-order IC and a LIN1 terminal of a lower-order IC are connected in a daisy chain. The Vcc terminal of each IC is connected to a positive electrode of a higher-order cell among cells constituting a corresponding cell pack via an inductor L for eliminating noise, and the GND terminal is coupled directly to the Vcc terminal of the lower-order IC. Noise is not superposed on the LIN1, LIN2 terminals. |
| US08264202B2 |
Method and apparatus for determining state of charge of a battery using an open-circuit voltage
A method and apparatus for determining the state of charge (SOC) of a battery is discussed. The method involves measuring the terminal voltage across the battery and the current flowing through the battery at a plurality of different times and fitting a line equation with a slope and an intercept to the terminal voltage and current data. The open-circuit voltage (OCV) is calculated from the intercept of the linear equation and the SOC is determined from the OCV by reference to a lookup table. |
| US08264197B2 |
Primary coil raising type non-contact charging system with elevating-type primary coil
The present invention provides a non-contact charging system with an elevating-type primary coil, which is convenient to align the position of a primary coil and a second coil and is energy-saving.In preferred embodiment, the non-contact charging system with an elevating-type primary coil of the present invention includes: a primary coil elevated from the ground surface to face a secondary coil of a vehicle; a concave portion in which a vehicle tire is put; a pressure plate installed on the concave portion and pushed to a predetermined depth by a vehicle load from the tire; and a hydraulic cylinder elevating the primary coil when the pressure plate is pushed down. |
| US08264195B2 |
Network topology for monitoring and controlling a solar panel array
Embodiments of a network topology for monitoring and controlling an array of solar panels include an intelligent node adapted to send and receive data and commands by at least two redundant means of communication. An intelligent node includes a solar panel, a node controller, a photovoltaic module, a bypass relay, a bypass bus, PLC and wireless communication interfaces for redundant means of communication, and sensor and actuator interfaces for monitoring and controlling the intelligent node. A PV module in the intelligent node may selectively be bypassed without interrupting network communications. Some embodiments include a plurality of intelligent nodes electrically connected serially into a chain of nodes and further connected to a gateway. Other embodiments include a plurality of chains of nodes connected to an inverter and a transformer, thereby defining an area. Additional embodiments further include a central server in communication with a plurality of areas. |
| US08264194B1 |
Power control for a low power display
A low power display device including a power control circuit for controlling power from an environmental energy source to a power storage device that is charged by the environmental energy source, is described. |
| US08264193B2 |
Photovoltaic power output-utilizing device
Briefly described, the invention provides a photovoltaic assembly power output utilizing device which partially charges a capacitor assembly. This capacitor assembly is then partially discharged by a DC/DC power converter in different ranges of voltages in which the power output from the photovoltaic assembly peaks for different light intensities. |
| US08264191B1 |
Load commutated current source inverter
A motor drive system using a current source inverter (CSI) for providing the main power and an active filter for providing the reactive power and harmonics is disclosed. The CSI can be a load-commutated inverter (LCI) build using silicon-controlled rectifiers (SCRs), while the active filter can be based on a voltage-controlled inverter. An LCI circuit comprising of SCRs, wherein CSI is autosequentially turned off is provided. In other words, the negative voltage for turning the SCR off is not load dependent. A control scheme for operating the motor drive system through proper control of the SCRs in the LCI circuit is also provided. As presented, the motor drive system is able to feed medium to high voltage motors using a simple circuit, such that low-frequency torque pulsations are eliminated. |
| US08264189B2 |
Motor controller and electric power tool having the same
A motor controller is provided with a first PWM circuit that repeatedly outputs an on-signal at a first carrier frequency, a second PWM circuit that repeatedly outputs an on-signal at a second carrier frequency that is lower than the first carrier frequency, an AND circuit that receives both the on-signal outputted from the first PWM circuit and the on-signal outputted from the second PWM circuit and outputs a third on-signal which is a logical product of the received on-signals, and a voltage apply circuit that applies a voltage to the motor intermittently in synchronization with the third on-signal outputted from the AND circuit. At least one of the first carrier frequency and the second carrier frequency is equal to or lower than 1 kHz or equal to or higher than 3 kHz. As a result, generation of an unpleasant noise by a motor controller using two PWM circuits may be suppressed. |
| US08264188B2 |
Voltage regulated DC supply circuit for a wire feed drive system
Systems and methods relating to a boosting rectifier and feeder motor drive circuit are provided. The circuit may be used to produce a regulated DC supply voltage from a variable input AC line voltage, chop the DC supply voltage and deliver a pulse width modulated motor voltage to a wire feed motor in the wire drive assembly. One embodiment relates to elimination of undesirable wire feeder inconsistencies due to motor loading conditions, distance between the primary power source and the wire feeder, and so forth. In certain embodiments, the circuit may contain power factor correction circuitry, which may reduce the size of circuit components due to increased efficiency. Current paths through the circuit during the positive and negative half cycles of the AC input voltage are provided. Exemplary controller logic that may be used to control the operation of the boosting rectifier and feeder motor drive circuit is provided. |
| US08264186B2 |
Control devices for fuel pump driving motors
The present invention includes a control device capable of applying a high voltage to a motor of a fuel pump for an appropriate period of time during a low voltage operation of the motor. |
| US08264185B2 |
Apparatus for rotating shutter's axis
An apparatus for electrically rotating a shutter's axis in order to fold and unfold the shutter includes an electrical motor; a gear that is driven by the motor; and a rotatable adapting unit or a flange to which the shutter's axis is connected. The rotatable adapting unit is connected to the gear. The apparatus may also include two switches, each switch stopping the motor when depressed, located at both ends of a rail, and wherein an element is installed in the rail capable to move along the rail and the element depresses one of the switches when arriving to any end of the rail. A circular plate with a spiral tunnel grooved on its surface is joined to the rotatable adapting unit or flange; and a pin is installed on the element and is settled in the grooved tunnel, moving the element along the rail according to the rotation of the plate. |
| US08264183B2 |
Windshield wiper control unit and windshield wiper control method
A windshield wiper control unit that controls a windshield wiper based on the position of an operation member, includes: an electric value detection unit that detects an electric value that continuously changes based on the position of the operation member; a setting unit that sets a reference electric value range that is a portion of a variation range of the electric value; a determination unit that determines whether the electric value detected by the electric value detection unit falls within the reference electric value range; and a position determination unit that determines the position of the operation member based on the reference electric value range. When the detected electric value falls outside the reference electric value range, the reference electric value range is updated in such a manner that the electric value, which falls outside the pre-update reference electric value range, falls within the post-update reference electric value range. |
| US08264170B2 |
Discharge lamp lighting device, method of driving discharge lamp, and projector
In at least one embodiment of the disclosure, a discharge lamp lighting device includes a discharge lamp driving unit that drives a discharge lamp by supplying an AC driving current to the discharge lamp. A memory unit is configured to store driving parameters for the AC driving current. A control unit is configured to control the discharge lamp driving unit based on the driving parameters stored in the memory unit. The driving parameters comprise a range of holding time values, each holding time value representing a time period in which the AC driving current is to be continuously maintained at a same polarity. Upon a predetermined time condition, the control unit selects one of the holding time values based on a predetermined probability and controls the discharge lamp driving unit based on the selected holding time value. |
| US08264167B2 |
Active enclosure for computing device
A computing device is disclosed. The computing device includes a housing having an illuminable portion. The computing device also includes a light device disposed inside the housing. The light device is configured to illuminate the illuminable portion. |
| US08264163B2 |
Backlight apparatus and transformer thereof
A transformer is disclosed. The transformer includes a first pin, a second pin, a first side winding, a second side winding, and a jump pin. The second side winding is coupled to the first pin and the second pin. The first pin is between the jump pin and the second pin. The jump pin is coupled to the second pin inside the transformer. |
| US08264157B2 |
Electronic device including an organic diode and a shunt and a process of forming the same
An electronic device can include an organic diode and a shunt that allows a significant current to bypass the organic diode, wherein the shunt is separate from the organic diode. Alternatively, an electronic device can include an organic diode lying along a first conduction path. The electronic device can also include a resistive member lying along a second conduction path that is parallel to the first conduction path. In another aspect, a process of forming an electronic device can include forming a first conductive member, forming a resistive member over the first conductive member, and forming an organic semiconductor layer over the first conductive member. The process can also include forming a second conductive member over the resistive member and the organic semiconductor layer, such that the resistive member and the organic semiconductor layer lie along parallel conduction paths between the first and second conductive members. |
| US08264151B2 |
Color variable field emission device
A field emission device having a simple structure and capable of readily changing emission colors of light by adjusting emission intensity of red, green and blue light is provided. In the field emission device, current that flows into each cathode electrode block is adjusted according to a very low control pulse signal of 0 to 5 V with a predetermined voltage applied to an anode electrode and a gate electrode over time, so that emission intensities of red, green and blue are individually adjusted. Therefore, the current that flows into each cathode electrode block is adjusted in a simple manner using a control pulse signal of a low level without a separate pulse driving high-voltage power supply, so that emission intensities of red, green and blue can be arbitrarily adjusted and emission colors of the field emission device can be readily changed. |
| US08264148B2 |
Discharge lamp
A discharge lamp may include a substantially ellipsoidal discharge vessel that surrounds an anode and a cathode that are respectively fixed by current-carrying electrode holders, the latter being guided through bulb shafts arranged diametrically on the discharge vessel, there being provided around the electrode holders at the transition from the discharge vessel to the bulb shafts constrictions that form a connecting channel between the discharge space, surrounded by the discharge vessel, and in each case the bulb shaft spaces surrounded by the bulb shafts, wherein at least one of the discharge vessel, the constrictions and the anode coating is designed in such a way as to reduce or avoid blackening of the discharge vessel in the light-emitting region. |
| US08264145B2 |
Display filter, display device including the same, and method of manufacturing the same
A display filter includes a base layer having a plurality of structures, the plurality of structures being projected from a first surface of the base layer, an external light shielding layer on the plurality of structures, the external layer being on an upper surface and on a first side surface of the structures, and an electromagnetic wave shielding layer on the plurality of structures, the electromagnetic wave shielding layer being on the upper surface and on a second side surface of the structures, the first and second side surfaces of the structures being opposite each other, and a portion of the external light shielding layer being between the structures and a portion of the electromagnetic wave shielding layer. |
| US08264143B2 |
Organic light emitting display
An organic light emitting display including a first substrate, a second substrate spaced from and positioned opposite the first substrate, a display unit positioned between the first and second substrates, a multi-layered structure between outside areas of the first and second substrates, and an adhesive member positioned in a formation area of the multi-layered structure and configured to seal the first and second substrates. |
| US08264139B2 |
Fluorescent display device and manufacturing method therefor
A fluorescent display device includes a housing having with a glass substrate and a circuit board adhered to the inner surface of the glass substrate of the housing. The circuit board includes an anode formed of multiple anode conductors, control elements for controlling the anode conductors and a phosphor layer formed on the anode conductors. The fluorescent display further includes an electron source formed above the anode in the housing, from which electrons are bombarded to the phosphor layer corresponding to the anode conductors selected by the control elements so that a desired display can be obtained. An aluminum thin film with the aluminum area ratio within a range from 30 to 60% is formed on the inner surface of the glass substrate and the circuit board is fixed to the aluminum thin film via a die-bond material. |
| US08264137B2 |
Curing binder material for carbon nanotube electron emission cathodes
A binder material, inorganic polymer, is used to formulate carbon nanotube pastes. This material can be cured at 200° C. and has a thermal-stability up to 500° C. Low-out gassing of this binder material makes it a good candidate for long life field emission devices. Due to better adhesion with this binder material, a strong adhesive peelable polymer from liquid form can be applied on the CNT cathode to achieve a uniform activation with even contact and pressure on the surface. The peelable polymer films may be used both as an activation layer and a mask layer to fabricate high-resolution patterned carbon nanotube cathodes for field emission devices using lithographic processes. |
| US08264135B2 |
Bezel-less electronic display
A bezel-less display is disclosed that includes an electronic display device and a cover. The electronic display device has an image-displaying portion and another portion adjacent the image-displaying portion along at least one side. The cover is positioned adjacent the electronic display device and includes a first portion positioned adjacent the image-displaying portion of the display device and a second portion positioned adjacent the other portion of the display device. The optical properties of the first and second portions of the cover are selected to present an appearance of a uniform cover without a bezel when the display device is not displaying an image. The optical properties of the first portion are also selected to transmit images displayed on the image-displaying portion. Preferably, the optical properties of the second portion are selected to mask the other portion of the display device. A secondary display device may also be provided that presents an image, such as a logo, independently of whether the other or main electronic display device is displaying an image. |
| US08264134B2 |
Ultraminiature broadband light source with spiral shaped filament
An ultraminiature light source using a double-spiral shaped tungsten filament includes end contact portions which are separated to allow for radial and length-wise unwinding of the spiral. The double-spiral filament is spaced relatively far apart at the end portions thereof so that contact between portions of the filament upon expansion is avoided. The light source is made by fabricating a double-spiral ultraminiature tungsten filament from tungsten foil and housing the filament in a ceramic package having a reflective bottom and a well wherein the filament is suspended. A vacuum furnace brazing process attaches the filament to contacts of the ceramic package. Finally, a cover with a transparent window is attached onto the top of the ceramic package by solder reflow in a second vacuum furnace process to form a complete hermetically sealed package. |
| US08264120B2 |
Permanent-magnet-less synchronous reluctance system
A permanent magnet-less synchronous system includes a stator that generates a magnetic revolving field when sourced by an alternating current. An uncluttered rotor is disposed within the magnetic revolving field and spaced apart from the stator to form an air gap relative to an axis of rotation. The rotor includes a plurality of rotor pole stacks having an inner periphery biased by single polarity of a north-pole field and a south-pole field, respectively. The outer periphery of each of the rotor pole stacks are biased by an alternating polarity. |
| US08264118B2 |
Motor assembly
A motor assembly includes a flexible base mount having an axial tube, a rigid outer mounting shell member inserted into and retained to the axial tube by retaining and retained members disposed therebetween, a stator winding subassembly surrounding the outer mounting shell member and supported by resting on a surrounding ledge of the axial tube, a plug member engaging in a socket cavity of the outer mounting shell member, a flexible inner mounting shell member inserted into the outer mounting shell member, a rotating shaft of a rotor subassembly received in the inner mounting shell member and rotatably born by an antifriction bearing, and an upper positioning ring resting on the bearing. Leakage of lubricant and deformation of the inner mounting shell member can be prevented. |
| US08264114B2 |
Electric rotating machine having improved stator coil arrangement for reducing magnetic noise and torque ripple
An electric rotating machine is disclosed which includes a stator and a rotor. The stator includes a hollow cylindrical stator core and first and second three-phase stator coils. The stator core has a plurality of stator core teeth formed at a predetermined pitch in a circumferential direction of the stator core. Each of the first and second three-phase stator coils is comprised of three phase windings. Each of the phase windings of the first and second three-phase stator coils is wound around each of a predetermined number of the stator core teeth by a predetermined number of turns. The rotor has a plurality of magnetic poles the polarities of which alternate between north and south in the circumferential direction of the stator core. Further, the first and second three-phase stator coils are offset in the circumferential direction of the stator core to have a phase difference of π/6 therebetween. |
| US08264110B2 |
Scanner motor
Disclosed herein is a scanner motor. The scanner motor includes a rotating shaft which is axially supported and rotatable, and a bearing which has the shape of a hollow cylinder. The bearing includes a hydrodynamic bearing portion provided on the upper portion of the bearing to rotatably support the rotating shaft, and an oil impregnated sintered bearing portion provided on the lower portion of the bearing. |
| US08264106B2 |
Motor and driving device having integrally formed magnetic-pole portions
A magnetic-pole portion can be formed by thread cutting, whereby a motor can be provided at lower cost as compared to a case where the magnetic-pole portion is formed by press-working. |
| US08264105B2 |
Resonant actuator for a personal care appliance having a programmable actuation capability
The drive system for a personal care appliance, such as a toothbrush, includes a first opposing pair of permanent magnet assemblies positioned longitudinally along the length of the internal surface of a cylindrical appliance housing, each first permanent magnet assembly having one portion with a north polarity and the other portion a south polarity, and a second pair of permanent magnet assemblies which are orthogonal to the first pair of permanent magnet assemblies, one second permanent magnet assembly having a plurality of abutting first parts along the length thereof, the parts alternating between a north polarity and a south polarity, the other second permanent magnet assembly having similar parts with reversed polarity. First and second armatures are mounted on, or a portion thereof forms, a spindle element which extends along the length of and outward from the cylindrical housing. A plurality of drive windings are positioned around the armatures in such a manner that application of current to the windings, under programmable control, produces axial and/or tangential movement of the spindle and the workpiece. |
| US08264104B2 |
Motor for optical systems
A motor for optical systems, for example endoscopes, has a stator with two permanent magnets having poles which are disposed in the same direction and are magnetically interconnected by a flux return element. A coil is disposed between the magnets. Laterally of each magnet, a pole shoe is also magnetically coupled with the flux return element. A slider of the motor includes a yoke of a soft magnetic material, which yoke is in magnetic engagement with the permanent magnets of the stator. When the coil is excited with a current, the slider can be displaced from its rest position along a longitudinal direction. |
| US08264103B1 |
System and method for enclosing information handling system component devices
An information handling system component contained within an information handling system housing uses the information handling system housing as at least a portion of a safety enclosure for hazardous functions of the component. A lock out device disables the hazardous function if the information handling system housing is moved relative to the component. For example, an optical disc drive laser is disabled if a Hall effect sensor in the chassis of the optical disc drive no longer senses a magnet placed in a portion of the information handling system housing used to enclose the optical disc drive. |
| US08264101B2 |
Beam power with multiple power zones
A beam power source transmits a signal indicating power availability, receives a request for power in response, and beams power in response to the request. |
| US08264095B2 |
Electrowave
A machine which capitalizes on the descent of water which has been elevated by making use of the random use of waves and or the velocity of the waters.A device which determines the true surface level in spite of random motions of the waters such as waves, surges and etc. by establishing the theory that water seeks its own level.A device which capitalizes on the velocity and weight of water, such as is present in waves and river waters, wherein the current has sufficient velocity to depress a ramp and produce useful energy. |
| US08264094B2 |
High voltage direct current link transmission system for variable speed wind turbine
A variable speed wind turbine having a doubly fed induction generator (DFIG), includes an exciter machine mechanically coupled to the DFIG and a power converter placed between a rotor of the DFIG and the exciter machine. Thus, the power converter is not directly connected to the grid avoiding the introduction of undesired harmonic distortion and achieving a better power quality fed into the utility grid. Moreover, the variable speed wind turbine includes a power control and a pitch regulation. |
| US08264093B2 |
Wave energy converter
A wave energy converting apparatus 44 and its associated tension mooring system 50 is described. The wave energy converting apparatus 44 comprises an elongate support structure 45 designed to extend above a mean water level in the ocean. The support structure 45 has a submerged member 46 provided in connection therewith below the mean water level. A float member 48 of positive buoyancy is slidably mounted on the support structure 45 so as to be movable in a vertical direction. The apparatus 44 also comprises a linear electric generator 49 having a stator provided in connection with the support structure 45 and a translator integrated into the body of the float member 48. Differential motion of the float member 48 relative to the support structure 45 results in the generation of electrical power by the linear electric generator 49. The tension mooring system 50 comprises a cable 51 extending from a ballast means 52 to a counterbalancing means 53 adapted to be suspended from the submerged member 46 via a pulley mechanism 54. The tension mooring system 50 allows the apparatus 44 to be “tuned” to the prevailing ocean conditions. |
| US08264086B2 |
Via structure with improved reliability
A via structure having improved reliability and performance and methods of forming the same are provided. The via structure includes a first-layer conductive line, a second-layer conductive line, and a via electrically coupled between the first-layer conductive line and the second-layer conductive line. The via has a substantially tapered profile and substantially extends into a recess in the first-layer conductive line. |
| US08264079B2 |
Semiconductor device mounted structure and its manufacturing method, semiconductor device mounting method, and pressing tool
While bumps formed on pads of a semiconductor chip and a board having a sheet-like seal-bonding resin stuck on its surface are set face to face, the bumps and the board are pressed to each other with a tool, thereby forming a semiconductor chip mounted structure in which the seal-bonding resin is filled between the semiconductor chip and the board and in which the pads of the semiconductor chip and the electrodes of the board are connected to each other via the bumps, respectively. Entire side faces at corner portions of the semiconductor chip are covered with the seal-bonding resin. Therefore, loads generated at the corner portions due to board flexures for thermal expansion and contraction differences among the individual members caused by heating and cooling during mounting as well as for mechanical loads after mounting so that internal breakdown of the semiconductor chip can be avoided. |
| US08264076B2 |
Power type LED
A group of LED chips mounted on the frame, with an exterior wrapping layer made of a fluorescent substance, wherein said support frame contains a left support and an opposite right support placed at a distance from each other. A group of LED chips is respectively fixed onto a chip-fixing surface of the left support and the right support, with all LED chips serial-connected or parallel-connected with conducting wires. One of the supports is used as the positive pole and the other is used as the negative pole. The middle segment of the left and right supports is wrapped with an insulating layer which combines the left and right supports into an integrated support frame and insulates them from each other. The outer side of the upper part of the two-support frame is covered with a fluorescent layer which can enclose LED chips. |
| US08264075B2 |
Stacked-die package including substrate-ground coupling
Method and apparatus are provided for semiconductor device packages. In an example, an apparatus can include a first semiconductor device, a ground pad situated on an uppermost portion of the first semiconductor device and configured to electrically couple portions of the first semiconductor device to aground potential, and a second semiconductor device having at least a portion in electrical communication with an uppermost face of the first semiconductor device through a first electrically-conductive adhesive. In an example, the first electrically-conductive adhesive can be electrically coupled to the ground bond pad on the first semiconductor device. |
| US08264071B2 |
Power semiconductor module with overcurrent protective device
A power semiconductor module having at least one fuse. The power semiconductor module comprises a housing, load terminal elements that lead outside of the housing, and a substrate disposed inside the housing with a plurality of metal connecting tracks of different polarity electrically insulated from one another. On at least one of these connecting tracks, at least one power semiconductor component is disposed and is connected correctly in terms of circuitry to first connecting elements that have a first line cross section. The fuse comprises a second connecting element that has a second line cross section, less than the first, and is disposed between two connecting tracks and/or between a connecting track and a load terminal element. The second connecting element is sheathed in one portion by an explosion protection means. |
| US08264070B2 |
Package structure with ESD and EMI preventing functions
A package structure with ESD (electrostatic discharge) and EMI (electromagnetic interference) preventing functions includes: a carrier having first and second ground structures electrically insulated from one another; a semiconductor component disposed on one surface of the carrier and electrically connected to the first ground structure; and a lid member disposed to cover the carrier and the semiconductor component and electrically connected to the second ground structure. The semiconductor component and the lid member are electrically connected with the first ground structure and the second ground structure, respectively, such that electrostatic charges and electromagnetic waves can be conducted away individually without damaging the semiconductor component, thereby improving yield and reducing the risk of short circuits. |
| US08264067B2 |
Through silicon via (TSV) wire bond architecture
A through silicon via architecture for integrated circuits is provided. The integrated circuit (IC) includes a substrate with a top surface and a bottom surface with circuitry formed on the top surface, a plurality of bonding pads formed along a periphery of the bottom surface, and a backside metal layer (BML) formed on the bottom surface and electrically coupled to a second subset of bonding pads in the plurality of bonding pads. A first subset of bonding pads in the plurality of bonding pads is electrically coupled to circuitry on the top surface with through silicon vias (TSV). The BML distributes electrical signals provided by the second subset of bonding pads. |
| US08264065B2 |
ESD/antenna diodes for through-silicon vias
Roughly described, an antenna diode is formed at least partially within the exclusion zone around a TSV, and is connected to the TSV by way of a metal 1 layer conductor at the same time that the TSV is connected to either the gate poly or a diffusion region of one or more transistors placed outside the exclusion zone. |
| US08264061B2 |
Phase change memory cell and devices containing same
A device with a memory array is disclosed. In one embodiment, the memory array includes a plurality of memory cells, each including an electrode and a phase change material. The electrode may be disposed on a substrate, the electrode having a sublithographic lateral dimension parallel to the substrate. The phase change material may be coupled to the electrode and include a lateral dimension parallel to the substrate and greater than the sublithographic lateral dimension of the electrode. |
| US08264053B2 |
Semiconductor device including a magnetic tunnel junction and method of manufacturing the same
To provide a semiconductor device that has an improved adhesion between a bottom conductive layer and a protection film protecting an MTJ element. This semiconductor device includes a bottom electrode formed over a semiconductor substrate, an MTJ element part formed over a part of the bottom electrode by lamination of a bottom magnetic film, an insulating film, a top magnetic film, and a top electrode in this order, and a protection film formed over the bottom electrode so as to cover the MTJ element part, wherein the bottom electrode is formed by amorphized metal nitride and the protection film is formed by an insulating film containing nitrogen. |
| US08264048B2 |
Multi-gate device having a T-shaped gate structure
A multi-gate device having a T-shaped gate structure is generally described. In one example, an apparatus includes a semiconductor substrate, at least one multi-gate fin coupled with the semiconductor substrate, the multi-gate fin having a gate region, a source region, and a drain region, the gate region being positioned between the source and drain regions, a gate dielectric coupled to the gate region of the multi-gate fin, a gate electrode coupled to the gate dielectric, the gate electrode having a first thickness and a second thickness, the second thickness being greater than the first thickness, a first spacer dielectric coupled to a portion of the gate electrode having the first thickness, and a second spacer dielectric coupled to the first spacer dielectric and coupled to the gate electrode where the second spacer dielectric is coupled to a portion of the gate electrode having the second thickness. |
| US08264047B2 |
Semiconductor component with a trench edge termination
A semiconductor component includes a semiconductor body having a first surface and a second surface, and having an inner region and an edge region. The semiconductor component further includes a pn-junction between a first semiconductor region of a first conductivity type and a second semiconductor region of a second conductivity type, the pn-junction extending in a lateral direction of the semiconductor body in the inner region. A first trench extends from the first side in the edge region into the semiconductor body. The trench has sidewalls that are arranged opposite to another and that are beveled relative to a horizontal direction of the semiconductor body. |
| US08264044B2 |
Integrated circuit including cross-coupled transistors having two complementary pairs of co-aligned gate electrodes with offset contacting structures positioned between transistors of different type
Each of first and second PMOS transistors, and first and second NMOS transistors has a respective diffusion terminal with a direct electrical connection to a common node, and has a respective gate electrode formed from an originating rectangular-shaped layout feature. Centerlines of the originating rectangular-shaped layout features are aligned to be parallel with a first direction. The first PMOS transistor gate electrode is electrically connected to the second NMOS transistor electrode. The second PMOS transistor gate electrode is electrically connected to the first NMOS transistor gate electrode. The first and second PMOS transistors, and the first and second NMOS transistors together define a cross-coupled transistor configuration having commonly oriented gate electrodes formed from respective rectangular-shaped layout features. |
| US08264036B2 |
Power semiconductor device with low on-state voltage and method of manufacturing the same
A semiconductor device according to the invention includes n-type semiconductor substrate 1; trenches 15 formed in the surface portion of semiconductor substrate 1; a protruding semiconductor region between trenches 15; p-type base layer 2 in the protruding semiconductor region, p-type base layer 2 being positioned as deep as or shallower than trench 15; an n++-type emitter region or a source region in the surface portion of p-type base layer 2; gate insulator film 4a on the first side wall of the protruding semiconductor region; and gate electrode 6 on gate insulator film 4a. Trench 15 is from 0.5 μm to 3.0 μm deep and the short side of trench 15 is 1.0 μm or longer. The short side of the protruding semiconductor region is from 0.5 μm to 3.0 μm long. Gate electrode 6 contains electrically conductive polycrystalline silicon as its main component. Gate electrode 6 is from 0.2 μm to 1.0 μm thick. The semiconductor device according to the invention is manufactured with very low manufacturing costs and with a high throughput of non-defective products. The semiconductor device according to the invention facilitates exhibiting a high IE effects, exhibiting a low ON-state voltage, preventing electric field localization from causing and realizing a high breakdown voltage. |
| US08264027B2 |
Printed non-volatile memory
A nonvolatile memory cell is disclosed, having first and second semiconductor islands at the same horizontal level and spaced a predetermined distance apart, the first semiconductor island providing a control gate and the second semiconductor island providing source and drain terminals; a gate dielectric layer on at least part of the first semiconductor island; a tunneling dielectric layer on at least part of the second semiconductor island; a floating gate on at least part of the gate dielectric layer and the tunneling dielectric layer; and a metal layer in electrical contact with the control gate and the source and drain terminals. In one advantageous embodiment, the nonvolatile memory cell may be manufactured using an “all-printed” process technology. |
| US08264026B2 |
Nonvolatile memory devices and methods of manufacturing the same
Nonvolatile memory devices and related methods of manufacturing the same are provided. A nonvolatile memory device includes a tunneling layer on a substrate, a floating gate on the tunneling layer, an inter-gate dielectric layer structure on the floating gate, and a control gate on the inter-gate dielectric layer structure. The inter-gate dielectric layer structure includes a first silicon oxide layer, a high dielectric layer on the first silicon oxide layer, and a second silicon oxide layer on the high dielectric layer opposite to the first silicon oxide layer The high dielectric layer may include first and second high dielectric layers laminated on each other, and the first high dielectric layer may have a lower density of electron trap sites than the second high dielectric layer and may have a larger energy band gap or conduction band-offset than the second high dielectric layer. |
| US08264025B2 |
Nonvolatile memory device and method of forming the nonvolatile memory device including giving an upper portion of an insulating layer an etching selectivity with respect to a lower portion
A nonvolatile memory device and a method of forming a nonvolatile memory device are provided. The nonvolatile memory device includes an active region of a semiconductor substrate defined by a device isolation layer, a tunnel insulating structure disposed on the active region, and a charge storage structure disposed on the tunnel insulating structure. The nonvolatile memory device also includes a gate interlayer dielectric layer disposed on the charge storage structure, and a control gate electrode disposed on the gate interlayer dielectric layer. The charge storage structure includes an upper charge storage structure and a lower charge storage structure, and the upper charge storage structure has a higher impurity concentration than the lower charge storage structure. |
| US08264024B2 |
Spin transistor, programmable logic circuit, and magnetic memory
A spin transistor includes a non-magnetic semiconductor substrate having a channel region, a first area, and a second area. The channel region is between the first and the second areas. The spin transistor also includes a first conductive layer located above the first area and made of a ferromagnetic material magnetized in a first direction; and a second conductive layer located above the second area and made of a ferromagnetic material magnetized in one of the first direction and a second direction that is antiparallel with respect to the first direction. The channel region introduces electron spin between the conductive layers. The spin transistor also includes a gate electrode located between the conductive layers and above the channel region; and a tunnel barrier film located between the non-magnetic semiconductor substrate and at least one of the conductive layers. |
| US08264023B2 |
Semiconductor device and manufacturing method of semiconductor device
A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate, a lower electrode, a magnetoresistive element, an upper electrode, and a protective film. The lower electrode is formed over the semiconductor substrate. The magnetoresistive element includes a fixed layer, a tunneling insulating film, and a free layer. The upper electrode is disposed over the free layer. The protective film covers the sides intersecting the main surfaces of the lower electrode, the fixed layer, the tunneling insulating film, the free layer, and the upper electrode. The fixed layer, whose magnetization direction is fixed, is disposed over the lower electrode. The tunneling insulating film is disposed over the fixed layer. The free layer, whose magnetization direction is variable, is disposed over a main surface of the tunneling insulating film. The width of the upper electrode is smaller than that of each of the lower electrode and the fixed layer. |
| US08264022B2 |
Semiconductor device including contact plug and associated methods
A semiconductor device and associated methods, the semiconductor device including a semiconductor layer including a first region and a second region, a first contact plug disposed on the semiconductor layer and electrically connected to the first region, a second contact plug disposed on the semiconductor layer and electrically connected to the second region, a conductive layer electrically connected to the first contact plug, the conductive layer having a side surface and a bottom surface, and an insulating layer disposed between the conductive layer and the second contact plug so as to insulate the conductive layer from the second contact plug, the insulating layer facing the side surface and a portion of the bottom surface of the conductive layer. |
| US08264017B2 |
Junction field effect transistor having a double gate structure
A junction field effect transistor includes a channel region, a gate region coupled to the channel region, a well tap region coupled to the gate region and the channel region, and a well region coupled to the well tap region and the channel region. A double gate operation is achieved by this structure as a voltage applied to the gate region is also applied to the well region through the well tap region in order to open the channel from both the gate region and the well region. |
| US08264016B2 |
Semiconductor device including a channel stop zone
A semiconductor device as described herein includes a body region of a first conductivity type adjoining a channel region of a second conductivity at a first side of the channel region. A gate control region of the first conductivity type adjoins the channel region at a second side of the channel region opposed to the first side, the channel region being configured to be controlled in its conductivity by voltage application between the gate control region and the body region. A source zone of the second conductivity type is arranged within the body region and a channel stop zone of the second conductivity type is arranged at the first side, the channel stop zone being arranged at least partly within at least one of the body region and the channel region. The channel stop zone includes a maximum concentration of dopants lower than a maximum concentration of dopants of the source zone. |
| US08264015B2 |
Semiconductor device wherein a first insulated gate field effect transistor is connected in series with a second field effect transistor
A semiconductor device in which a first insulated gate field effect transistor (1) is connected in series with a second field effect transistor, FET, (2), wherein the second field effect transistor (2) has a heavily doped source region (19A) which is electrically connected to a heavily doped drain contact region (191) of the first insulated gate field effect transistor, and further that the breakthrough voltage of the first insulated gate field effect transistor (1) is higher than the pinch voltage, Vp, of the second field effect transistor (2). |
| US08264012B2 |
Semiconductor device and manufacturing method thereof
A semiconductor device includes a field effect transistor and a strain generating layer to apply a stress to a channel region of the field effect transistor. The strain generating layer contains at least one of oxygen and nitrogen of 1.0×1018 cm−3 to 5.0×1019 cm−3, or alternatively, the strain generating layer contains self-interstitial atoms and/or vacancies of 1.0×1018 cm−3 to 5.0×1019 cm−3. In the latter case, at least a portion of the self-interstitial atoms and/or the vacancies exist as a cluster. |
| US08264011B2 |
Semiconductor device
CMOS inverters are included in a standard cell. Power supply lines are electrically connected to CMOS inverters, and include lower layer interconnects and upper layer interconnect. Lower layer interconnects extend along a boundary of standard cells adjacent to each other and on the boundary. Upper layer interconnects are positioned more inside in standard cell than lower layer interconnects, as viewed from a plane. CMOS inverters are electrically connected through upper layer interconnects to lower layer interconnects. Thus, a semiconductor device is obtained that can achieve both higher speeds and higher integration. |
| US08264010B2 |
Layout for high density conductive interconnects
In one embodiment of the present invention, a method for connecting a plurality of bit lines to sense circuitry comprises providing a plurality of bit lines extending from a memory array in a first metal layer. The plurality of bit lines are separated from each other by an average spacing x in a first region of the first metal layer. The method further comprises elevating a portion of the plurality of bit lines into a second metal layer overlying the first metal layer. The elevated bit lines are separated from each other by an average spacing y in the second metal layer, with y>x. The method further comprises extending a portion of the plurality of bit lines into a second region of the first metal layer. The extended bit lines are separated from each other by an average spacing z in the second region of the first metal layer, with z>x. The method further comprises connecting a bit line in the second metal layer and a bit line in the first metal layer to the sense circuitry. |
| US08264004B2 |
Mechanism for forming a remote delta doping layer of a quantum well structure
A method of fabricating a quantum well device includes forming a diffusion barrier on sides of a delta layer of a quantum well to confine dopants to the quantum well. |
| US08264003B2 |
Merged cascode transistor
A merged gate transistor in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention includes a semiconductor element, a supply electrode electrically connected to a top surface of the semiconductor element, drain electrode electrically connected to the top surface of the semiconductor element and spaced laterally away from the supply electrode, a first gate positioned between the supply electrode and the drain electrode and capacitively coupled to the semiconductor element to form a first portion of the transistor and a second gate positioned adjacent to the first gate, and between the supply electrode and the drain electrode to form a second portion of the transistor, wherein the second gate is also capacitively coupled to the semiconductor element. The first gate is connected to an input voltage signal such that conduction of the first portion is based on a value of the input voltage signal and the second gate is connected to a predetermined constant voltage such that the second portion of the transistor conducts until a voltage difference between the predetermined constant voltage and a voltage at the source electrode reaches a predetermined level. |
| US08263998B2 |
Light-emitting device
A light-emitting device comprising a semiconductor light-emitting stack, comprising a light emitting area; an electrode formed on the semiconductor light-emitting stack, wherein the electrode comprises a current injected portion and an extension portion; a current blocking structure formed between the current injected portion and the semiconductor light-emitting stack, and formed between a first part of the extension portion and the semiconductor light-emitting stack; and an electrical contact structure formed between a second part of the extension portion and the semiconductor light-emitting stack. |
| US08263996B2 |
Light emitting device and fabrication method thereof and light emitting system using the same
A light emitting device comprises a light emitting element having a first electrode and a second electrode, and a semiconductor member having a cavity in a principal surface thereof, inside which the light emitting element is mounted, and electrically connected to the light emitting element, wherein the semiconductor member is constructed as a voltage regulating diode for stabilizing a voltage supplied from the exterior. As a result, the light emitting element can be protected from a static electricity or a surge voltage flowed therein from the exterior, the entire size of the system can be remarkably reduced so as to simplify a structure thereof, and heat generated from the system can be effectively discharged to the exterior. In addition, by providing a reflection portion in the cavity, light emitted from the light emitting element can be efficiently condensed. |
| US08263995B2 |
Three dimensional features on light emitting diodes for improved light extraction
A method is disclosed for obtaining a high-resolution lenticular pattern on the surface of a light emitting diode. The method comprises imprinting a patterned sacrificial layer of etchable material that is positioned on a semiconductor surface that is in turn adjacent a light emitting active region, and thereafter etching the imprinted sacrificial layer and the underlying semiconductor to transfer an imprinted pattern into the semiconductor layer adjacent the light emitting active region. |
| US08263988B2 |
Solid state lighting devices with reduced crystal lattice dislocations and associated methods of manufacturing
Solid state lighting devices and associated methods of manufacturing are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a solid state lighting device includes a substrate material having a substrate surface and a plurality of hemispherical grained silicon (“HSG”) structures on the substrate surface of the substrate material. The solid state lighting device also includes a semiconductor material on the substrate material, at least a portion of which is between the plurality of HSG structures. |
| US08263986B2 |
Optically interrogated solid state biosensors incorporating porous materials—devices
Quantitative understanding of neural and biological activity at a sub-millimeter scale requires an integrated probe platform that combines biomarker sensors together with electrical stimulus/recording sites. Optically addressed biomarker sensors within such an integrated probe platform allows remote interrogation from the activity being measured. Monolithic or hybrid integrated silicon probe platforms would beneficially allow for accurate control of neural prosthetics, brain machine interfaces, etc as well as helping with complex brain diseases and disorders. According to the invention a silicon probe platform is provided employing ultra-thin silicon in conjunction with optical waveguides, optoelectronic interfaces, porous filter elements, and integrated CMOS circuitry. Such probes allowing simultaneously analysis of both neural electrical activities along with chemical activity derived from multiple biomolecular sensors with porous membrane filters. Such porous silicon and polymer filters providing biomolecular filtering and optical filtering being compatible with post-processing wafers with integrated CMOS electronics. |
| US08263985B2 |
Semiconductor light emitting device having one or more recesses on a layer
Disclosed is a semiconductor light emitting device. The semiconductor light emitting device comprises a first conductive semiconductor layer, an active layer on the first conductive semiconductor layer, and a second conductive semiconductor layer comprising a plurality of recesses on the active layer. |
| US08263982B2 |
Thin film transistor with a high impurity region overlapping the gate electrode
A thin film transistor includes a gate electrode and a semiconductor layer. The semiconductor layer includes a channel region, a source region, a drain region, a low-concentration impurity region provided between the channel region and the source or drain region and a high-concentration impurity region. The high-concentration impurity region overlaps with the gate electrode. |
| US08263981B2 |
Display panel
A display panel having a display area and a non-display area outside the display area is provided. The display panel includes a first substrate, a conductive light-shielding pattern, color filter patterns, first spacers, transparent pads, a second substrate, scan lines, data lines, pixel structures, third pads and fourth pads. The conductive light-shielding pattern defines a conductive matrix pattern, a plurality of first pads and second pads. Each first pad is electrically connected with one of the corresponding second pads through the conductive matrix pattern. The color filter patterns include a plurality of first filter patterns and second filter patterns. The second filter patterns are located within the non-display area and disposed on the second pads. The first spacers are disposed on the second filter patterns, and the transparent pads cover the first spacers and contact the second pads. |
| US08263978B2 |
Thin film transistor and method of manufacturing the same
A thin film transistor (TFT) and a method of manufacturing the same are provided, the TFT including a gate insulating layer on a gate. A channel may be formed on a portion of the gate insulating layer corresponding to the gate. A metal material may be formed on a surface of the channel. The metal material crystallizes the channel. A source and a drain may contact side surfaces of the channel. |
| US08263974B2 |
Organic light emitting device
Embodiments of the present invention are directed to a heterocyclic compound and an organic light-emitting device including the heterocyclic compound. The organic light-emitting devices using the heterocyclic compounds have high-efficiency, low driving voltage, high luminance and long lifespan. |
| US08263973B2 |
Anthracene compounds for luminescent applications
This invention relates to anthracene derivatives that are useful in electroluminescent applications. It also relates to electronic devices in which the active layer includes such an anthracene derivative. |
| US08263970B2 |
Optical device having solvate and manufacturing method thereof
The present invention discloses a manufacturing method for an optical device having a solvate, comprising the following steps: providing a substrate, depositing a solute on the substrate, and placing the substrate in the vapor environment of a solvent such that the solvent and the solute on the substrate form a solvate exhibiting optical properties. Furthermore, the present invention provides an optical device having a solvate, which modulates the photoluminescence (PL) intensity of the optical device via the solvate. The optical device is obtained by means of the above-described manufacturing method. |
| US08263966B2 |
Photodetector and method for manufacturing photodetector
A photodetector 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: an n-type InAs substrate 12; an n-type InAs buffer layer 14 formed on the n-type InAs substrate 12; an n-type InAs light absorbing layer 16 formed on the n-type InAs buffer layer 14; an InAsXPYSb1-X-Y cap layer 18 (X≧0, Y>0) formed on the n-type InAs light absorbing layer 16; a first inorganic insulating film 20 formed on the cap layer 18, and having an opening portion 20h in a deposition direction; a p-type impurity semiconductor region 24 fowled by diffusing a p-type impurity from the opening portion 20h of the first inorganic insulating film 20, and reaching from the cap layer 18 to an upper layer of the n-type InAs light absorbing layer 16; and a second inorganic insulating film 22 formed on the first inorganic insulating film 20 and on the p-type impurity semiconductor region 24. |
| US08263963B2 |
Phase change memory device
Provided are a phase change memory device and a method for forming the phase change memory device. The method includes forming a phase change material layer by providing reactive radicals to a substrate. The reactive radicals may comprise precursors for a phase change material and nitrogen. |
| US08263961B2 |
Thin film memory device having a variable resistance
A thin film storage device includes a first electrode (3), a first variable resistance thin film (2), and a second electrode (1). The first electrode (3) is formed over a surface of a substrate (4). The first variable resistance thin film (2) is formed over a surface of the first electrode (3). The second electrode (1) is formed over a surface of the first variable resistance thin film (2). The first variable resistance thin film (2) comprises a material whose resistance in a bulk state changes in accordance with at least one of a lattice strain and a change of charge-order. |
| US08263959B2 |
Phase change memory device and method of manufacture thereof
A method of manufacturing a memory device is provided. The method includes forming an electrode over a substrate. The method also includes forming an opening in the electrode to provide a tapered electrode contact surface proximate the opening. The method further includes forming a phase change feature over the electrode and on the tapered electrode contact surface. |
| US08263958B2 |
Layered resistance variable memory device and method of fabrication
The invention is related to methods and apparatus for providing a resistance variable memory element with improved data retention and switching characteristics. According to one embodiment of the invention, a resistance variable memory element is provided having at least one silver-selenide layer in between two glass layers, wherein at least one of the glass layers is a chalcogenide glass, preferably having a GexSe100−x composition. According to another embodiment of the invention, a resistance variable memory element is provided having at least one silver-selenide layer in between chalcogenide glass layers and further having a silver layer above at least one of said chalcogenide glass layers and a conductive adhesion layer above said silver layer. According to the another embodiment of the invention, a resistance variable memory element is provided having a first chalcogenide glass layer, a silver layer over said chalcogenide glass layer, a second chalcogenide glass layer over said silver layer, a second silver layer over said second chalcogenide glass layer, and a conductive adhesion layer over said a second silver layer. |
| US08263956B2 |
Optical flow channel measuring instrument
An optical measuring instrument includes: a flow channel for allowing a specimen to be circulated therein; a first light source including a light emitting diode for emitting light to be used for optical adjustment and/or image confirmation in the flow channel; a second light source for irradiating light upon the specimen circulated in the flow channel; and a light detector for detecting the spectrum intensity of the light emitted from the first and second light sources. |
| US08263950B2 |
Radiation source
A radiation source may include a radiation emitter for emitting radiation, a collector for collecting radiation emitted by the radiation emitter, and an outlet configured, in use, to introduce a cooled gas into the radiation source. |
| US08263946B2 |
Method and apparatus for high-resolution optical scanning of a sample
A method and an apparatus are suggested for high-resolution optical scanning, particularly in a laser scanning fluorescence microscope. A sample to be scanned comprises a first and a second substance that are switchable into a first and second energy state. In the scanning process, excitation, de-excitation and detection for the first substance is carried out at a different point in time than for the second substance. This achieves a high spatial resolution beyond the diffraction limit while at the same time a high level of information is provided with physically simple and economical means. |
| US08263941B2 |
Mass analysis magnet for a ribbon beam
A ribbon beam mass analyzer having a first and second solenoid coils and steel yoke arrangement. Each of the solenoid coils have a substantially “racetrack” configuration defining a space through which an ion ribbon beam travels. The solenoid coils are spaced apart along the direction of travel of the ribbon beam. Each of the solenoid coils generates a uniform magnetic field to accommodate mass resolution of wide ribbon beams to produce a desired image of ions generated from an ion source. |
| US08263938B2 |
Dual energy radiation scanning of objects
In one embodiment, a method of examining an object is disclosed comprising scanning an object at first and second radiation energies, detecting radiation at the first and second energies, and calculating a function of the radiation detected at the first and second energies. The function may be calculated for corresponding portions of the object. It is determined whether the object at least potentially comprises high atomic number material having an atomic number greater than a predetermined atomic number based, at least in part, on the function. The function may be a ratio. The function may be compared to a second function, which may be a threshold having a value based, at least in part, on material of the predetermined atomic number. The second function may be the same as the first function. |
| US08263936B2 |
Transmission electron microscope having electron spectroscope
A transmission electron microscope is capable of correcting, with high efficiency and high accuracy, an electron energy loss spectrum extracted from each of measured portions included in an electron energy loss spectral image with two axes representing the amount of an energy loss and positional information on a measured portion. The transmission electron microscope has an electron spectroscope and a spectrum correction system. The spectrum correction system corrects a spectrum extracted from each measured portion included in an electron energy loss spectral image acquired from a sample based on a difference between a spectrum extracted from a standard portion of a standard spectral image and a spectrum extracted from a portion different from the standard portion. |
| US08263935B2 |
Charged particle beam apparatus
A charged particle beam apparatus for obtaining information of an uneven surface or a depression/protrusion of a sample by irradiating a charged particle beam to a sample having an uneven surface or a depression/protrusion at a plurality of focal positions, measuring signal emitted from the sample, and comparing profile waveforms corresponding to edge portions of the uneven surface. |
| US08263933B2 |
Device and method for analyzing an organic sample
A device and method for analyzing an organic sample provide high spatial resolution. A focused ion beam is directed onto the organic sample. Fragments detached from the sample are examined using mass spectroscopy. |
| US08263931B2 |
Method for identifying in particular unknown substances by mass spectrometry
In order to use the mass spectrometrical analysis at the same time to determine the structure and/or families and/or the chemical properties of a substance, free of subjective evaluation, in the shortest amount of time, in an automatable fashion and with high accuracy, without requiring identical fragmentation patterns and/or defined comparison or identification rules, according to the invention a fragmentation graph is formed from one or more mass spectrometrical fragmentation spectra of the substance, the data of the graph being compared to reference data preferably stored in an electronic database. The invention is used in particular in biological, pharmaceutical and chemical applications for determining the structure and/or the family and/or the chemical properties of unknown substances. |
| US08263925B2 |
Acquisition circuit comprising a buffer capacitor
The acquisition circuit comprises a second and third electronic switch connected in series between a photodetector and a first input terminal of an amplifier. A reference voltage is applied to a second input terminal of the amplifier, the reference voltage being applied between the photodetector and the second electronic switch by means of a fourth electronic switch. An integration capacitor and a first electronic switch are connected in parallel between the first input terminal and an output terminal of the amplifier. A buffer capacitor is connected between a common terminal of the second and third electronic switches and a secondary voltage. The electrical capacitance of the buffer capacitor is at least equal to that of the integration capacitor. |
| US08263924B2 |
Ground and power mesh in an integrated circuit chip
A chip device with a number of individually powered parts, such as photoreceptors. A mesh is provided to provide power to the individual photoreceptors. The mesh may be provided for ground and power and/or both. The mesh may be on different layers, so that one portion of the mesh is exactly over the other portion of the mesh. The mesh takes up a portion of real estate on the chip in between the individual photoreceptors, in locations where image sensing parts cannot be located. In an embodiment, the mesh can be intentionally broken at various locations to optimize the path length. |
| US08263923B2 |
4T-4S step and repeat unit pixel and image sensor including the unit pixel
Disclosed are a 4T-4S step & repeat unit pixel used in an image sensor and an image sensor having the same. The 4T-4S step & repeat unit pixel has four diffusion area patterns for photodiodes and three diffusion area patterns for an image signal conversion circuit. An aperture ratio of the image sensor increases in maximum by using four photodiodes arranged in a diagonal direction from each other and three diffusion area patterns arranged between the photodiodes near their edges. |
| US08263922B2 |
Image sensor
The present invention provides an image sensor. The image sensor comprises a plurality of pixels. Each pixel comprises an optical element and at least a dummy metal segment disposed above the optical element, wherein the dummy metal segment is not directly above the optical element. The image sensor includes a dummy metal segment with a size different from a size of another dummy metal segment included in the image sensor. |
| US08263918B2 |
Microwave packaging
A microwave packaging made of a flexible, heat-sealable laminate has a grid structure made of electrically non-conductive cells that do not absorb microwaves, and an electrically conductive metal grid that separates the cells from one another. The metal grid has a layer thickness of at least 1 μm, and the cells each have a size between 100 mm2 and 1200 mm2. The proportion of the non-conductive area formed by the cells amounts to at least 50% of the total area. A liquid-tight outer film follows a first side of the metal grid directly or by way of at least one connecting layer, and a moisture-absorbent layer follows a second side of the metal grid directly or by way of at least one intermediate layer, and has a polymer base substance and extends essentially over the entire area of the laminate. The microwave packaging is formed from the laminate by heat-sealing. |
| US08263915B2 |
Electric induction impeder
An impeder for use in an electric induction welding process is provided. A cooling medium is circulated centrally through the impeder's magnetic material and between the interior of the impeder's high temperature enclosure and the exterior of the magnetic material within the impeder with the impeder entry and exit passages for the cooling medium located on the same side of the impeder. |
| US08263913B2 |
Device equipped with planar heater
The planar heater includes an insulating substrate, an electric conductive film disposed on the substrate, a plurality of electrodes both attached to one side of the electric conductive film, and an insulating film covering the electric conductive film. The electric conductive film is preferably formed of material having a resistance temperature coefficient of 420 ppm/° C. or higher at normal temperature. |
| US08263909B2 |
Cooking apparatus and heater supporter for the same
A heater supporter for use in a cooking apparatus is provided. The heater supporter may include a clip portion that receives a heater, an extension portion that supports the clip portion, and a hook portion that couples the heater supporter to an installation plane of the heater. The extension portion may include an elastic portion that elastically supports the clip portion and heater therein, and maintains at least a predetermined distance between the heater and the installation plane. The heater supporter may be formed of a single panel to simplify fabrication and reduce cost. |
| US08263908B2 |
Heater plate and a method for manufacturing the heater plate
A heater plate may be manufactured by receiving a sheath heater within a groove portion formed in a base member made of aluminum or aluminum alloy. At least one joint member made of aluminum or aluminum alloy may be placed into the groove portion so as to fix the sheath heater in the groove portion. The joint member may have two correspondingly tapered portions facing each other which extend toward a lower end thereof such that a distance between the two tapered portions becomes narrower and a width of a surface portion contacting with the sheath heater in the joint member is larger than a width of the sheath heater. The base member and the joint member may be metal-bonded such that a force is added from an upper surface of the base member toward the sheath heater direction, wit the sheath heater fixed in place therebetween. |
| US08263907B2 |
Method of baking and an oven
A baker's oven 10 and a method of operating the baking oven 10. The baking oven 10 including heating means 50 arranged to underlie baking trays 31 to provide a substantial proportion of the heat to the baking trays 31 than to other portions of the oven, a temperature sensor 62 for providing a signal indicative of oven temperature. An interface 60 is adapted to receive information from a baker indicative of a bake program and information corresponding to products being loaded into the oven. The control means 61 is operatively connected to the heating means 50, the temperature sensor 62 and the interface 60 to receive signals corresponding to oven variables comprising the oven temperature and a fixed baking time indicative of the product. The control means 61 is adapted to deactivate the heating means 50 after a first predetermined portion of the fixed baking time has elapsed in response to the oven temperature reaching a trip temperature. |
| US08263905B2 |
Heat generation sheet and method of fabricating the same
Provided are a heat generation sheet and a method of fabricating the same. The heat generation sheet includes: a base comprising first and second sides; a heat generation layer which is formed in at least one region of the first side of the base and in which a plurality of conductive nanoparticles are physically necked; a protective layer protecting the heat generation layer; and an electric feeding part supplying power to the heat generation layer. The heat generation layer is formed by coating and heat treating a nanoparticle dispersion solution. |
| US08263903B2 |
Method for stablizing an output of a pulsed laser system using pulse shaping
A method for stabilizing an output of a pulsed laser system includes a directly modulated laser diode by mitigating the effect of switching transients on the temporal shape of the outputted pulses. The method includes controlling a pulse shaping signal to define, over time, processing and conditioning periods. During the processing periods, the pulse shaping signal has an amplitude profile tailored to produce the desired temporal shape of the output. Each conditioning period either immediately precedes or follows a processing period. During a given processing period, the amplitude profile of the pulse shaping signal is tailored so that the drive current of the laser diode is lower than its maximum value during the corresponding processing period, and is of the same order of magnitude as the laser threshold current of the laser diode. In this manner, the stability of the output during the corresponding processing period is improved. |
| US08263900B2 |
Laser beam processing machine
A laser beam processing machine is provided which includes a laser beam irradiation unit including a laser beam oscillation unit and a processing head provided with a condenser lens condensing a laser beam oscillated from the laser beam oscillation unit. The processing head includes a liquid column forming mechanism provided with a jet nozzle adapted to jet liquid along an optical path for the laser beam condensed by the condenser lens, and a water droplet suction mechanism disposed below the liquid column forming mechanism and provided with an insertion passage through which a liquid column jetted from the jet nozzle is passed and with an annular suction port formed to surround the insertion passage and communicate with suction means. |
| US08263898B2 |
Device for producing tailored blanks by cutting welding sheets to be joined
The invention relates to a device and a method for producing tailored blanks. The device comprises a workpiece carrier for the sheets (15a, 15b) that are to be joined into tailored blanks in the butt joint by welding. The invention further comprises a plurality of laser welding heads (14a, 14b), which are arranged one behind the other over the workpiece carrier and along the butt joint to be welded and can be moved with an advancing device (11a, 11b), wherein the heads can be aligned with the joint using positioning means, wherein at least two combined laser cutting and welding heads (14a, 14b) are carried by at least two independent arms (13a, 13b), each associated with independent units (11a, 11b) of the advancing device, and wherein the positioning means can adjust the distances of the units (11a, 11b) in the direction of the butt joint and also the distances of the cutting and welding heads (14a, 14b) in the transversal direction to the butt joint. |
| US08263897B2 |
Induction device
A device for sustaining a plasma in a torch is provided. In certain examples, the device comprises a first electrode configured to couple to a power source and constructed and arranged to provide a loop current along a radial plane of the torch. In some examples, the radial plane of the torch is substantially perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the torch. |
| US08263895B2 |
Electro-discharge electrode and method of use
An electrode for machining a pattern in a workpiece has a conductive body with a lattice of closed cells and a plurality of open cells. The open cells are positioned at an edge of the lattice of closed cells. The closed cells are defined by interconnected webs, and the open cells are defined by fins extending from the interconnected webs. A thickness of the fins is less than a thickness of the webs. In use, the electrode is positioned at a plurality of locations on the workpiece, such that a position of the fins of the electrode at each location overlaps a position of the fins of the electrode at an adjacent location. The pattern is formed at each of the plurality of locations by passing electrical charges repeatedly between the electrode and the workpiece and advancing the electrode into the workpiece. |
| US08263891B2 |
Electric switching arrangement and mounting method
An electric switching arrangement disposable in an arcing chamber, the electric switching arrangement including a busbar having a termination surface, a moving contact, a fixed contact carrier having a contact facing carrier, and a fixed contact disposed on the fixed contact carrier at a distance from the termination surface and coupled to the termination surface. The electric switching arrangement further including a ferromagnetic switch arc splitter non-positively disposed on the fixed contact carrier. |
| US08263880B2 |
Assembly comprising electric and/or electronic components
A module of electric and/or electronic components, wherein the module is cast with a curable electrically insulating casting material in a housing, characterized in that at least one terminal extending at least slightly into the housing and remaining accessible from outside the housing is provided on the housing, is electrically connected to the module, and is cast together with the module from the inside. |
| US08263879B2 |
Axiocentric scrubbing land grid array contacts and methods for fabrication
A contact structure and assembly and a method for manufacturing the same for a microelectronics device includes first and second electrically conductive contacts being helically shaped. A carrier element is attached to and positioned between the first and second contacts. The first and second contacts are in electrical communication with each other, and the first and second contacts are in a mirror image relationship with each other. A pair of insulating substrates each include electrically conductive members. A contact point on each of the first and second contacts is attached and electrically communicating to respective electrically conductive members such that the first and second electrically conductive contacts between the pair of insulating substrates form an electrically conductive package. A metal layer on the carrier element provides electrical conductivity through a first opening defined by the carrier element between the first and second portions of the helix shaped contact. |
| US08263877B2 |
Printed circuit board
A printed circuit board includes a first signal layer, a second signal layer, and a dielectric layer sandwiched between the first signal layer and the second signal layer. The first signal layer includes two pads. The second signal layer includes two conducting pieces connected to two signal traces. The shape and material of the pads are the same as the shape and material of the conducting pieces. The projections of the pads on the second signal layer are overlapping with the conducting pieces. |
| US08263873B2 |
Flexible printed circuit board for large capacity signal transmission medium
Provided is a flexible printed circuit board (FPCB) for a large capacity signal transmission medium that may maintain an impedance suitable for accurately transmitting a large capacity signal such as a low-voltage differential signaling (LVDS) signal and may also have an excellent flexibility. A copper foil large capacity signal wire includes a plurality of first pads and a plurality of second pads that are spaced apart from each other at predetermined intervals and are alternately provided, to receive a large capacity signal from a television main board and to transmit the received large capacity signal to a display device. The first pad has a positive phase and the second pad has a negative phase. A copper foil ground layer is attached at a distance from the cooper foil large capacity signal layer to ground the large capacity signal that is transmitted to and is returned from the display device. |
| US08263872B2 |
Method and apparatus for attaching a flex circuit to a printed circuit board
Methods and systems for bonding a flex circuit to a printed circuit board (PCB) using an anisotropic conductive film (ACF) bonding process are disclosed. According to one aspect of the present invention, supports may be attached to an electromagnetic interference (EMI) shielding can in such a way that the EMI shielding can is arranged to support and/or spread forces involved in ACF bonding. The supports may be located proximate to the walls of the EMI shielding can, and positioned such that the supports effectively do not come into contact with components mounted on a PCB along with the EMI shielding can. |
| US08263868B2 |
Device for absorption of noise
A device for absorbing the electrical noise in cables contains a housing with a feed-through for a cable, which in the fastened position projects out of both end-faces of the housing. Externally on each of the end faces there are two strips which between them form a slot, and these strips form fixing edges bounding the slot The strips are connected to the end-faces of the housing in such a way that they are able to turn away from one another, so that their fixing edges can be moved further away or nearer along the longitudinal direction of the cable. By this means the breadth of the slot can be adapted to the flexibility and/or the diameter of the cable. |
| US08263858B2 |
Solar cell electrode
This invention relates to an electrode used in a solar cell that exhibits good conductivity at the N layer and P layer and to a conductive paste used for producing such an electrode. |
| US08263856B2 |
Inverted metamorphic multijunction solar cells with back contacts
A method of manufacturing a solar cell by providing a first substrate; depositing sequentially on the first substrate a plurality of semiconductor layers, the plurality of semiconductor layers comprising a first layer and a last layer in the direction of deposition; forming a backside contact layer on the last semiconductor layer; forming on the last semiconductor layer a back cathode contact isolated from at least a first portion of the backside contact layer, the first portion forming the anode contact; attaching a second substrate on the backside contact layer and removing the first substrate to expose the first semiconductor layer and to define a front surface and an opposite back surface of a solar cell; forming a front cathode contact on the front surface of the solar cell; etching a first trench through the plurality of semiconductor layers to define an active portion of the solar cell with a first mesa structure including the front cathode contact and the anode contact and being surrounded by the first trench, the first mesa having a first sidewall in the first trench and a lateral peripheral region beyond the sidewall, and forming in the lateral peripheral region an electrically conductive layer extending from the front surface where it is electrically connected to the front cathode contact along the first sidewall of the first trench to be electrically connected to the back cathode contact. |
| US08263853B2 |
Wafer level interconnection of inverted metamorphic multijunction solar cells
A method of forming a plurality of discrete, interconnected solar cells mounted on a carrier by providing a first semiconductor substrate; depositing on the first substrate a sequence of layers of semiconductor material forming a solar cell structure; forming a metal back contact layer over the solar cell structure; mounting a carrier on top of the metal back contact; removing the first substrate; and lithographically patterning and etching the solar cell structure to form a plurality of discrete solar cells mounted on the carrier. |
| US08263852B2 |
Insulating device of concentration photovoltaic heat sink
A heat sink has a number of fixing frames. The fixing frames are soldered with of solar cell devices. And, the fixing frames are defined with insulating ink. Hence, the fixing frames can be used for insulating and locating the of a solar cell devices. Besides, with the insulating ink, solar cells of the solar cell devices are prevented from being contacted with the heat sink. As a result, a good electrical property is obtained on assembling and using the solar cell devices. |
| US08263850B2 |
Percussion detecting apparatus
A percussion detecting apparatus capable of enhancing an effect of disturbance interception by intercepting a micro-vibration conveyed from a support frame. A pad member has a pad having a back-side surface to which a base is fixed, and a percussion sensor is disposed on a back-side surface of the base. The pad member is supported by a frame via fixing members integral with the pad member and intervening members made of silicon rubber. Vertical protrusions having different protrusion heights are formed on an upper surface of a flange of each intervening member, and horizontal protrusions are formed on an inner peripheral surface of a through-hole of each intervening member. When the pad member in an unstruck state, each fixing member is in contact with a corresponding one of the intervening members only at the vertical and horizontal protrusions of the intervening member. |
| US08263848B2 |
Drum
A drum having a resonant chamber for producing a range of sounds and at least one device for allowing the sound so produced to be altered, which includes a plurality of internal snares which can be brought into contact with the internal surface of the external surface of the resonant chamber which is struck by the player. The drum may also include a bass drum stick mounted within the chamber and adapted for movement to be able to selectively strike the inner surface of the drum which is struck by the player. The bass drum stick may include a pedal, or other device, operable by the player and external to the drum for effecting movement of the bass drum stick. |
| US08263847B2 |
Portable drum
A portable drum that includes a drum head and a detachable drum shell, where the drum head may include an upper drum head and a detachable lower drum head and the drum shell may include one or more detachable sections. Once assembled, the upper drum head, the detachable lower drum head, and the sections of the drum shell may be held in place by a tensioning system that may include vertical straps and a waist belt strap. The portable drum may be disassembled and placed in a travel mode by nesting the sections of the drum shell in the lower drum head, and then placing the lower drum head into the upper drum head. |
| US08263841B1 |
Inbred maize variety PH13JC
A novel maize variety designated PH13JC and seed, plants and plant parts thereof. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprise crossing maize variety PH13JC with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH13JC through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. Hybrid maize seed, plant or plant part produced by crossing the variety PH13JC or a locus conversion of PH13JC with another maize variety. |
| US08263835B1 |
Soybean variety XB50K10
A novel soybean variety, designated XB50K10 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety XB50K10, cells from soybean variety XB50K10, plants of soybean XB50K10, and plant parts of soybean variety XB50K10. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety XB50K10 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic, mutant trait, and/or native trait into soybean variety XB50K10, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety XB50K10. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety XB50K10 are further provided. |
| US08263832B2 |
Soybean variety A1016467
The invention relates to the soybean variety designated A1016467. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety A1016467. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety A1016467 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety A1016467 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods. |
| US08263830B2 |
Soybean variety A1015481
The invention relates to the soybean variety designated A1015481. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety A1015481. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety A1015481 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety A1015481 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods. |
| US08263829B2 |
Soybean variety A1015993
The invention relates to the soybean variety designated A1015993. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety A1015993. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety A1015993 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety A1015993 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods. |
| US08263824B2 |
Polypeptides having lipase activity and polynucleotides encoding same
The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having lipase activity and isolated polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods for producing and using the polypeptides. |
| US08263821B2 |
Non-invasive real-time in vivo bioluminescence imaging of local CaÂ2+ dynamics in living organisms
The invention relates to a method for optical detection of the dynamics of Ca2+ in a biological system, said method comprising monitoring the photons emitted by a recombinant Ca2+-sensitive polypeptide, which comprises or consists of a chemiluminescent protein linked to a fluorescent protein, present in said biological system. In a particular embodiment, said recombinant polypeptide comprises or consists of the Aequorin and GFP linked by a linker allowing chemiluminescence resonance energy transfer (CRET), and optionally comprises a peptidic fragment capable of targeting said recombinant polypeptide into a specific cellular domain or compartment.The present invention also concerns a transgenic non-human animal expressing said recombinant polypeptide sensitive to calcium concentration, in conditions enabling the in vivo monitoring of Ca2+ dynamics. In a particular embodiment, the expression and/or localization of said recombinant polypeptide is restricted to a specific tissue, a single-cell type and/or in a particular cellular compartment or domain. |
| US08263820B2 |
Thin absorbent core substantially free of cellulose fibers
Absorbent core for disposable absorbent articles. The core comprises a substrate layer and a non uniform layer of absorbent material comprising an absorbent polymer material and a first and second surface. The non uniform layer of absorbent material comprises a layer of a thermoplastic material comprising a layer of thermoplastic material first surface and a layer of thermoplastic material second surface. The non uniform layer of absorbent material second surface is in at least partial contact with the substrate layer. Portions of the layer of thermoplastic material second surface are in direct contact with the substrate layer first surface and portions of the layer of thermoplastic material second surface are in direct contact with the non uniform layer of absorbent material first surface. The substrate layer comprises a fibrous material substantially free of cellulose fibers, the substrate layer having a basis weight from about 25 g/m2 to 120 g/m2. |
| US08263818B2 |
Isomerization of 1,1,3,3-tetrafluoropropene
The present invention involves methods for isomerization of 1234zc. Also provided are methods for managing 1,1,3,3-tetrafluoropropene produced as a byproduct in a process for synthesizing trans-1,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene from 245fa, wherein 1234zc is converted into trans/cis-1234ze with the help of a catalyst in the absence of HF and in an isomerization reactor, or is converted into 1234zc and/or 245fa with the help of a catalyst in the presence of HF in a separate reactor or preferably in the same reactor of 245fa dehydrofluorination. |
| US08263817B2 |
Synthesis of 1234YF by selective dehydrochlorination of 244BB
Disclosed is a process for the manufacture of 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene comprising: (a) contacting 1,1,1,2,tetrafluoro-2-chloropropane with a catalyst comprised of chromium (III) oxide, and at least 1% of an alkali metal, to produce a product mixture comprising 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene; and (b) recovering said 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene from the product mixture produced in step (a) above. |
| US08263816B2 |
1,2,3,3,3-Pentafluoropropene production processes
A process is disclosed for making CF3CF═CHF. The process involves reacting CF3CClFCCl2F with H2 in a reaction zone in the presence of a catalyst to produce a product mixture comprising CF3CF═CHF. The catalyst has a catalytically effective amount of palladium supported on a support selected from the group consisting of alumina, fluorided alumina, aluminum fluoride and mixtures thereof and the mole ratio of H2 to CF3CClFCCl2F fed to the reaction zone is between about 1:1 and about 5:1.Also disclosed are azeotropic compositions of CF3CClFCCl2F and HF and azeotropic composition of CF3CHFCH2F and HF. |
| US08263811B2 |
Iodinated organic substances of low molecular mass and process for preparing them
Process for preparing one or more iodinated organic substances having a molecular mass of less than 2000 (substances (S)) using (A) at least one free-radical-generating substance chosen from peroxides, diazo compounds, dialkyldiphenylalkanes, substances derived from tetraphenylethane, boranes and iniferter substances comprising at least one thiuram disulphide group, (B) an ethylenically unsaturated substance capable of adding a free radical to its ethylenic double bond, (C) molecular iodine, which comprises the steps according to which at least a fraction of (A), at least a fraction of (B) and at least a fraction of (C) are introduced into a reactor, and then the contents of the reactor are caused to react, while introducing therein the possible remainder of (A), the possible remainder of (B) and the possible remainder of (C), until a moment is reached when the content of the reactor is a mixture comprising one or more substances (S). Iodinated organic substances for whose preparation the abovementioned process is particularly well suited. |
| US08263806B2 |
Method for producing sulfonamides
The invention relates to methods for producing sulfonamides of formula I, wherein the variables have the designations cited in the description, by reacting m-nitro-benzoic acid chlorides of formula II with aminosulfons of formula III, under the influence of B equivalents of base IV. Said method is characterized in that, during step a) the aminosulfon of formula III is reacted with B1 equivalents of base IV, and during step b), the reaction mixture resulting from step a) is reacted with m-nitro-benzoic acid chlorides of formula II and B2 equivalents of base IV; B, B1 and B2 having the designations cited in the description. |
| US08263801B2 |
Process for producing allyl acetate
A process for producing allyl acetate is disclosed. The process comprises reacting a feed comprising propylene, acetic acid, oxygen, and carbon dioxide in the presence of a supported palladium catalyst. The feed comprises from 2 to 6 mole percent carbon dioxide, which improves the selectivity to allyl acetate. |
| US08263799B2 |
Chiral binaphthyl compounds
The present invention relates to chiral binaphthyl compounds having good solubility and high helical twisting power. The chiral binaphthyl compounds as dopants in the liquid crystal compositions can help enhance the display quality of the liquid crystal panels. |
| US08263797B2 |
Method for producing cyclopropane carboxylic acid compound and intermediate therefor
A method for producing a cyclopropanecarboxylic acid compound represented by formula (VI) (wherein R denotes the same as below), which comprising reacting a compound represented by formula (V) (wherein R denotes a chain hydrocarbon group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms or the like, and R1 denotes a chain hydrocarbon group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms optionally substituted with a halogen atom or the like) with an alkali metal borohydride compound in the presence of a solvent. |
| US08263795B2 |
Copper precursors for thin film deposition
Non-fluorinated copper precursors and methods for making and using same are described herein. In certain embodiments, the copper precursors described herein may be used as precursors to deposit copper films and alloys thereof on a substrate through, for example, atomic layer deposition or chemical vapor deposition conditions. |
| US08263786B2 |
Methods for producing cyclic phenol sulfides
The object of the present invention is, in methods for producing cyclic phenol sulfides, to provide methods for producing a number of more macrocyclic products, which comprise the steps of producing a mixture of cyclic phenol sulfides from an inexpensive raw material in one step without inducing the reduction in yield of a cyclic quatromer; and easily separating and purifying a single component from the mixture of cyclic phenol sulfides.The present invention discloses methods for producing a cyclic phenol sulfide which comprises the step of reacting a phenol compound as a raw material, in a one-step reaction, with 1.7 to 2.5 molar equivalent of sulfur and 0.25 to 0.75 molar equivalent of an alkali metal reagent per 1 mol of the phenol compound to obtain a mixture of cyclic phenol sulfide wherein m=4 and at least one kind(s) of cyclic phenol sulfide wherein m=5 to 9, or each separate cyclic phenol sulfide comprised in the mixture. |
| US08263784B2 |
Method for the synthesis of a ramipril intermediate
The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of octahydrocyclopenta[b]pyrrole-2-carboxylic acid and esters thereof of general formula (1) in the presence of a cobalt and/or nickel comprising catalyst and to the use of compounds of general formula (1) in the synthesis of ramipril. |
| US08263783B2 |
Process for the sulfinylation of a pyrazole derivative
The present invention relates to a process for the sulfinylation of a pyrazole derivative, characterized in that 5-amino-1-[2,6-dichloro-4-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]-1H-pyrazole-3-carbonitrile (II) is reacted with a sulfinylating agent selected from trifluoromethylsulfinic acid, trifluoromethylsulfinic acid anhydride, and a trifluoromethylsulfinate alkaline or alkaline earth metal salt and mixtures of the acid and/or the salt(s), in the presence of at least one amine acid complex wherein the amine(s) are selected from tertiary amines and the acid(s) are selected from hydrofluoric, hydrochloric, hydrobromic and hydroiodic acid and sulfonic acid derivatives, and with the addition of a halogenating agent. |
| US08263780B2 |
Process for the preparation of 2-imino-thiazolidin-4-one derivatives
The present invention relates to a new process for the preparation of 2-imino-thiazolidin-4-one compounds of the Formula (I) and (II) and to compounds of Formula (II) as such. The present compounds of Formula (II) can be used as intermediates in the preparation of thiazolidin-4-one derivatives of the General Formula (II), which thiazolidin-4-one derivatives being described in WO 2005/054215 to act as immunosuppressive agents. |
| US08263778B2 |
Process for producing pyripyropene derivatives and intermediates for the production thereof
Disclosed is a process for producing compound C represented by formula C: wherein R′ represents straight chain, branched chain, or cyclic C2-6 alkylcarbonyl, wherein R1b is used as a protective group for hydroxyl at the 7-position of compound C. R1b represents formyl; optionally substituted straight chain C1-4 alkylcarbonyl; optionally substituted benzyl; group —SiR3R4R5 optionally substituted by halogen atom wherein R3, R4, and R5 each independently represent straight chain or branched chain C1-6 alkyl or phenyl; C1-6 alkyloxy-C1-6 alkyl optionally substituted by halogen atom; C1-6 alkylthio-C1-6 alkyl optionally substituted by halogen atom; straight chain, branched chain, or cyclic C1-4 alkyl optionally substituted by halogen atom, provided that, when alkyl in the C1-4 alkyl group is of a branched chain or cyclic type, the alkyl group is C3-4 alkyl; C2-6 alkenyl optionally substituted by halogen atom; C2-6 alkynyl optionally substituted by halogen atom; or an optionally substituted saturated or unsaturated five- or six-membered heterocyclic group. The process can produce pyripyropene derivatives that have acyloxy groups at the 1- and 11-positions and a hydroxyl group at the 7-position and are useful as insect pest control agents at a high yield. |
| US08263763B2 |
Chemically modified polyaminosaccharide by a hydrocarbyl sultone compound
This invention discloses chemically modified polyaminosaccharides, in particular chemically modified chitosans, in the molecular structure of which a predetermined proportion of the amino functional groups is sulfonated by the hydrocarbyl sultone compound via a covalent bond. Such chemically modified polyaminosaccharides may be produced by a process of sulfonating an un-modified polyaminosaccharide having amino functional groups by a hydrocarbyl sultone compound in the presence of an organic solvent under a suitable temperature. Chemically modified chitosans of this invention may be used in a variety of applications, including wound healing. |
| US08263761B2 |
Group of nucleic acid fragments for prevention of HIV infection or AIDS and the usage thereof
The invention provides a group of nucleic acid fragments, shown in the sequence listing, for prevention of HIV infection or AIDS and the usage thereof. In the invention, a series of RNA fragments, which are highly homogenous to all the published HIV gene sequences, were obtained by homology compare. The double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) derived from these fragments can effectively inhibit the expression of the HIV genes. The RNA transcribed by plasmid, also can suppress the expression of the HIV in the cell. After the adenovirus or associated virus which carry DNA corresponding above RNA infect the cell, the transcription dsRNA can inhibit the expression of the HIV genes. |
| US08263760B2 |
Methods and means for treating DNA repeat instability associated genetic disorders
The current invention provides for methods and medicaments that apply an oligonucleotide comprising aninosine and/or an uracile and/or a nucleotide containing a base able to form a wobble base pair, said oligonucleotide being preferably RNAse H substantially independent and being complementary only to a repetitive sequence in a human gene transcript, for the manufacture of a medicament for the diagnosis, treatment or prevention of a cis-element repeat instability associated genetic disorders in humans. The invention hence provides a method of treatment for cis-element repeat instability associated genetic disorders. The invention also pertains to a modified oligonucleotide which can be applied in a method of the invention to prevent the accumulation and/or translation of repeat expanded transcripts in cells. |
| US08263758B2 |
Leaf-specific chlorophyll a/b binding protein gene promoter from oil palm
The present invention discloses a promoter sequence of light-harvesting chlorophyll a/b binding protein pGWLS01 isolated from the oil palm leaf. This promoter enables the manipulation of oil palm leaves for the production of high value-added products via genetic engineering tools. The novel features of the promoter itself which regulate high and specific expression of foreign genes in the leaves will avoid the interference of novel products in the commodity oil extracted from mesocarp and kernel tissues. Furthermore, the promoter is also potentially useful in the production of insect-resistant palm. |
| US08263757B2 |
Promiscuous HER-2/Neu CD4 T cell epitopes
The present invention relates to the discovery of novel T cell epitopes of the human HER-2/Neu protein that is promiscuous for at least 25 different HLA-DR alleles. The invention also relates to compositions that contain one of the novel epitopes or a fusion peptide of such a epitope and a heterologous polypeptide. Further disclosed herein is the use of the epitopes or their fusion peptides, and compositions containing the epitopes or their fusion peptides. |
| US08263752B2 |
Methods for separating soluble selenoglycoproteins
The invention relates to soluble selenium compositions and methods of production, separation and purification thereof. In particular the present invention provides methods of preparing water soluble selenoglycoproteins (e.g., via extracting selenoglycoproteins from selenium enriched yeast), methods of supplementing a selenium deficient composition via admixing water soluble selenoglycoproteins with the selenium deficient composition, compositions comprising the water soluble selenoglycoproteins and methods of administering the same. |
| US08263750B2 |
Method for purifying a protein using protein-A affinity chromatography using an intermediate wash step
A method for purifying a protein using Protein A chromatography comprising a) absorbing the protein to Protein A immobilized on a solid support; b) removing contaminants by washing the immobilized Protein A containing the absorbed protein with a buffer comprising one or more chaotropic agents in combination with one or more hydrophobic modifiers and having a pH of at least 7.0; and c) eluting the protein from the Protein A immobilized on the solid support. |
| US08263749B2 |
Imatinib immunoassay
Novel conjugates and immunogens derived from imatinib and monoclonal antibodies generated by these immunogens are useful in immunoassays for the quantification and monitoring of imatinib or its pharmacologically active salts in biological fluids. |
| US08263746B2 |
Anti-CD38 human antibodies and uses thereof
The present invention provides recombinant antigen-binding regions and antibodies and functional fragments containing such antigen-binding regions that are specific for CD38, which plays an integral role in various disorders or conditions. These antibodies, accordingly, can be used to treat, for example, hematological malignancies such as multiple myeloma. Antibodies of the invention also can be used in the diagnostics field, as well as for investigating the role of CD38 in the progression of disorders associated with malignancies. The invention also provides nucleic acid sequences encoding the foregoing antibodies, vectors containing the same, pharmaceutical compositions and kits with instructions for use. The invention also provides isolated novel epitopes of CD38 and methods of use therefore. |
| US08263742B2 |
Methods for detection of methyl-CpG dinucleotides
The invention provides methods for enriching methyl-CpG sequences from a DNA sample. The method makes use of conversion of cytosine residues to uracil under conditions in which methyl-cytosine residues are preserved. Additional methods of the invention enable to preservation of the context of me-CpG dinucleotides. The invention also provides a recombinant, full length and substantially pure McrA protein (rMcrA) for binding and isolation of DNA fragments containing the sequence 5′-CMeCpGG-3′. Methods for making and using the rMcrA protein, and derivatives thereof are provided. |
| US08263740B2 |
Compositions containing, methods involving, and uses of non-natural amino acids and polypeptides
Non-natural amino acids and polypeptides that include at least one non-natural amino acid, and methods for making such non-natural amino acids and polypeptides are disclosed. The non-natural amino acids, by themselves or as a part of a polypeptide, can include a wide range of possible functionalities, but typically have at least one oxime, carbonyl, dicarbonyl, and/or hydroxylamine group. The non-natural amino acid polypeptides are further modified post-translationally. The non-natural amino acid polypeptides and modified non-natural amino acid polypeptides have many uses, including therapeutic, diagnostic, and other biotechnology uses. |
| US08263739B2 |
Compounds for targeting endothelial cells, compositions containing the same and methods for their use
The present invention provides compounds for targeting endothelial cells, tumor cells or other cells that express the NP-1 receptor, compositions containing the same and methods for their use. Additionally, the present invention includes diagnostic, therapeutic and radiotherapeutic compositions useful for visualization, therapy or radiotherapy. |
| US08263737B2 |
PMMA binding peptides
Peptides are provided that have binding affinity for polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA). The polymethyl methacrylate-binding peptides may be used to prepare peptide-based reagents suitable for use in a variety of applications. The peptide-based reagents may be used to couple benefit agents to a PMMA polymer surface or may be used to couple a benefit agent comprising a PMMA polymer surface to a target surface, such as a body surface. |
| US08263735B2 |
Polymer compound and polymer light-emitting device using the same
A polymer compound comprising at least one repeating unit selected from the group of repeating units shown by formula (1) or formula (2), wherein Ar1 to Ar4 represent an arylene group etc.; E1, E2, and E3 represent an aryl group (A) having three or more substituents, or a heterocyclic group (B) having one or more substituents, and the total number of substituents and hetero atoms of the heterocyclic ring is three or more; a and b represent 0 or 1, and 0<=a+b<=1, wherein Ar5 to Ar10 and Ar11 represent an arylene group etc.; E4 to E9 represent an aryl group or a monovalent heterocyclic group; l, m and n represent 0 to 2; o and p represent 0 or 1, and l+m+n+o+p is 2 or more. |
| US08263734B2 |
System and method for reducing off-gassing of polyphenylene sulfide
The techniques provide a system and a method of producing polyphenylene sulfide (PPS) polymer. The PPS polymer is produced by reacting a sulfur source and a dihaloaromatic compound in the presence of a polar organic compound in a polymerization mixture in a polymerization vessel. The PPS polymer is washed with a base to lower the oligomer content of the PPS polymer and thus the off-gassing during processing. |
| US08263733B2 |
Application of coil tube evaporators for the production of polyamides
Helical tube evaporators are used to concentrate aqueous extract solutions from the extraction of polyamides based on polyamide 6.A process for preparing polyamides based on polyamide 6 comprises the stages of b) monophasic or biphasic reaction of aqueous extract solutions from the extraction of polyamides based on polyamide 6, which may be enriched with caprolactam, aminocapronitrile, aminocaproic acid or mixtures thereof, in a prereactor at pressures in the range from 5 to 40 bar and temperatures in the range from 150 to 300° C., the gaseous phase formed being removable from the liquid phase in the case of the biphasic reaction, c) discharge of the reaction mixture from stage b) through a helical tube evaporator at a temperature in the range from 220 to 300° C. with pressure reduction to about atmospheric pressure and removal of a gaseous phase to obtain a liquid phase, d) further reaction of the liquid phase from stage c) at temperatures in the range from 240 to 300° C. and pressures in the range from atmospheric pressure to 2 bar with removal of a gaseous phase. |
| US08263729B2 |
Method for making polycarbonate
A method of making polycarbonate comprises polymerizing, in a melt polymerization reaction, an aromatic dihydroxy compound and a diaryl carbonate in a presence of a polymerization catalyst and producing a by-product vapor stream comprising the dihydroxy compound, the diaryl carbonate and a diaryl carbonate by-product, adding a low vapor pressure compound to the by-product vapor stream to produce a modified by-product vapor stream, introducing the modified by-product vapor stream to a separation unit, removing the volatile diaryl carbonate by-product from the modified by-product vapor stream in the separation unit to form a treated by-product stream and returning the treated by-product stream to the polymerization reaction. Alternatively, the low vapor pressure compound can be added directly to the separation unit. |
| US08263723B2 |
Organopolysiloxane, method of manufacturing thereof, curable silicone composition, and cured product thereof
A curable organopolysiloxane composition comprising: (A) an novel organopolysiloxane represented by the following average structural formula: R1aSiO(4-a)/2 {wherein R1 represents a substituted or non-substituted monovalent hydrocarbon group, an alkoxy group, a hydroxyl group, or an organopolysiloxane residue of the following general formula: —X—(SiR2O)mSiR23 (wherein R2 are the same or different, substituted or unsubstituted monovalent hydrocarbon groups; X represents oxygen atoms or a bivalent hydrocarbon group; and ‘m’ is an integer equal to or greater than 1); however, at least one R1 in one molecule is the aforementioned organopolysiloxane residue, at least one R1 is a monovalent hydrocarbon group having aliphatic carbon-carbon double bonds, and ‘a’ is a positive number that satisfies the following condition: 0 |
| US08263720B1 |
Sacrificial adhesive coatings
Combinations of solubilized, covalently crosslinked, siloxy-containing polymers in a solvent system of a volatile hydrophobic (non-polar) liquid that is non-stinging to a user are excellent non-irritating liquid coating materials for forming films, which, after solvent evaporation, are water insoluble but water-vapor permeable and lightly adherent to surfaces such as skin and mucous membranes. The crosslinking content is greater than 1 weight % and can be as much as 16 weight %. In comparison to non-crosslinked polysiloxy films, or crosslinked films of 1 weight % or less, the enhanced crosslinked polysiloxy films, while continuing to be soluble in the solvent, have reduced tack and reduced adhesion to skin and can act as sacrificial coatings under strongly adherent pressure sensitive adhesives. |
| US08263711B2 |
(Meth)acryloyl-aziridine crosslinking agents and adhesive polymers
Described is a pre-adhesive, curable composition comprising an acid-functional (meth)acrylate copolymer and a novel (meth)acryloyl-aziridine crosslinking agent, which when crosslinked provides a pressure-sensitive adhesive composition. |
| US08263707B2 |
Soft heterogeneous isotactic polypropylene compositions
The present invention also discloses a heterogeneous blend composition comprising; a) from 1% to 99% by weight of the blend of a first polymer component comprising a copolymer of 5% to 35% by weight of the first polymer component consisting predominantly of alpha olefin derived units and 65% to 95% by weight of the first polymer component of propylene derived units having a crystallinity of 0.1% to about 25% from isotactic polypropylene sequences, a melting point of from 45° C. to 105° C., and wherein the Melt Flow Rate (MFR@230° C.) of the first polymer component is between 300 g/10 min to 5000 g/10 min b) from 1% to 99% by weight of the blend of a second polymer component comprising isotactic polypropylene and random copolymers of isotactic propylene, wherein the percentage of the copolymerized alpha-olefin in the copolymer is between 0.0% and 9% by weight of the second polymer component and wherein the second polymer component has a melting point greater than about 110° C., wherein the first polymer component has less than 1000 ppm of reaction products arising from the chemical reaction of a molecular degradation agent. |
| US08263706B2 |
Acrylic Blends
An acrylic polymeric composition comprising a melt blend of a thermoplastic high molecular weight acrylic material (HMWA) and a thermoplastic low molecular weight acrylic material (LMWA) is described. At least 70% w/w of the HMWA and the LMWA comprises an alkyl (alk)acrylate (co)polymer. The HMWA has a weight average molecular weight (Mw) of between 40 k Daltons and 1000 k Daltons and the LMWA has a weight average molecular weight (Mw) of between the entanglement molecular weight (Me) (expressed in k Daltons) and 250 k Daltons. A method of producing an acrylic polymeric composition and the use of an acrylic polymeric composition are described together with thick section molded products. |
| US08263700B2 |
Pigment dispersions, related coating compositions and coated substrates
Disclosed are pigment dispersions and coating compositions that include such pigment dispersions. The pigment dispersions include: (a) a pigment; (b) an acid functional, hydroxyl functional and secondary amine functional acrylic polymer having a weight average molecular weight of at least 11,000; and (c) a liquid carrier comprising an organic solvent. |
| US08263696B2 |
Hot melt pressure sensitive adhesives for paper labels
A HMPSA is provided that preferably includes at least a) from 30 to 50% of a mixture of triblock and diblock styrenic copolymers having an overall styrene content comprised between 14 and 40%, b) from 40 to 55% of a tackifying resin with a softening temperature comprised between 70 and 150° C. obtainable by hydrogenating, polymerizing or copolymerizing mixtures of aliphatic unsaturated hydrocarbons having about 5, 9 or 10 carbon atoms; c) from 4 to 20% of a hydrocarbon oil with an aromatic content less than 15%; d) from 1 to 6% of a filler selected among calcium carbonate or a low molecular weight homopolymer or copolymer of polyethylene. A laminated system is also provided that includes at least an adhesive layer utilizing the HMPSA and paper facestock. Also included are PSA labels obtainable from the laminated system with a reduced tendency to discolor after storage. |
| US08263695B2 |
Polyvinylidene fluoride having an increased melting point
The invention relates to compositions of polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) and its copolymers that have been modified with an onium salt. The PVDF compositions exhibit an increased melting point, a reduced heat distortion and piezo properties. The improved properties can be further enhanced through annealing, and/or the addition of nanoclays. Additionally, the combination of PVDF, nanoclays and annealing can also produce a PVDF with an increased melting point and piezoelectric properties. |
| US08263693B2 |
Flame retardant resin composition having good impact strength and high melt flow index
The present invention provides a flame retardant resin composition comprising (A) 100 weight part of a basic resin comprising acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene copolymer resin and styrene-acrylonitrile copolymer resin; and (B) 10-30 weight part of a bromine-based organic compound flame retardant, and selectively comprising (C) 1-20 weight part of an antimony-based auxiliary flame retardant and (D) 1-10 weight part of one or more compounds selected from the group consisting of metalstearate and stearamide compounds, wherein the bromine-based organic compound flame retardant (B) is octabromodiphenyl ethane. The flame retardant resin composition of the present invention has excellent flame retardancy, impact strength and melt flow index. |
| US08263692B2 |
Propylene-based polymer, articles, and process for producing same
Disclosed are propylene-based polymer compositions and processes for producing same. Polymerization with an improved catalyst composition provides a propylene-based polymer with improved stiffness. |
| US08263690B2 |
Polylactic acid composition
It is an object of the present invention to provide a composition which contains polylactic acid and has excellent heat stability, mechanical strength and color. The composition contains 0.001 to 0.1 part by weight of a metal catalyst and 0.001 to 0.5 part by weight of a phosphono-fatty acid ester based on 100 parts by weight of polylactic acid. |
| US08263689B2 |
Water-based adhesives for industrial applications
The invention relates to water-based adhesives for industrial applications obtained by mixing water-redispersible polymer powder and water-soluble polymer powder with water, wherein the weight ratio of the water-redispersible polymer powder to the water-soluble polymer powder is from about 0.001:1 to 100:1 and the water-based adhesive has a set speed of less than 300 sec, when measured with a 36 μm thick layer at 23° C. and 50% relative humidity and 385 μm thick carton boards with a weight of 275+/−3 g/m2 and Cobb values on one side of 43 g/min/m2 and 27 g/min/m2 on the other side, has a solids content of about 7.5 to 70 wt.-% and a Brookfield viscosity at 23° C. at 20 rpm, measured according to the ASTM D1084 standard, of about 500 to 10,000 mPas. The water-based industrial adhesive has the capability to bond a low surface tension substrate to a cellulosic substrate, in particular with a weight-ratio of water-redispersible polymer powder to water-soluble polymer powder from about 0.5:1 to 100:1 thus can replace conventional aqueous adhesives based on synthetic polymer dispersions. The benefits of the invention are manifold such as faster set speeds and increased machine speeds, logistical advantages due to handling powders instead of liquids, leading to e.g. prolonged shelf life, no water transportation and being an environmentally friendly, low VOC containing adhesive. |
| US08263688B2 |
Dispersion-retaining agent for hydraulic composition
The present invention provides a dispersion-retaining agent for a hydraulic composition being excellent in both fluidity retainability and viscosity retainability and further a dispersion-retaining agent exhibiting fluidity retainability and viscosity retainability regardless of the type of hydraulic powder. The present invention relates to a dispersion-retaining agent for a hydraulic composition, containing a copolymer obtained by polymerizing specific monomer 1 represented by formula (1), with monomer 2 represented by formula (2), the corresponding alcohol compound of which satisfies specific physical properties, wherein, in the constituent monomers of the copolymer, the proportion of the monomer 1 is in a specific range, a specified monomers is used as at least a part of the monomer 2, and the proportion of monomers having an acid group or a neutralized group thereof is 5% by weight or less. |
| US08263686B2 |
Optical semiconductor-sealing composition
The present invention provides an optical semiconductor encapsulating composition comprising (A) an epoxy compound, (B) a carboxylic anhydride curing agent, (C) a curing accelerator, and (D) surface-coated silica particles having an average particle diameter of 5 to 50 nm in which 0.2 to 3 mmol of a silane coupling agent (D2) that contains an epoxy group-containing silane coupling agent (d1) is reacted with 1 g of silica particles (D1) to surface-coat the silica particles, the epoxy group being converted into a hydroxyl group through ring opening; and an optical semiconductor device in which an optical semiconductor is encapsulated with the composition. |
| US08263684B2 |
Coating composition, coating film, and method of reducing underwater friction
It is an object of the present invention to provide a coating composition which can attain low friction performance without impairing the functions of a conventional coating composition, a coated film formed by using the same and a method of reducing friction in water.A coating composition containing an organic polymer particle,wherein said organic polymer particle has the solubility at 23° C. in the artificial seawater specified in ASTM D1141-98 of 15 g/liter or less, the water-absorbing amount for the artificial seawater specified in ASTM D1141-98 of 0.01% by mass or more and a particle diameter of 0.05 to 100 μm. |
| US08263682B1 |
Solvent-based dye sublimation ink composition
A solvent-based dye sublimation ink composition includes specific chemical formulations of production agents for its manufacture in several colors. The sublimation ink composition includes a vinyl chloride-vinyl acetate copolymer, a polymeric amide, 2-methoxy-1-methylethyl acetate, N-butyl acetate, butan-2-OL, petroleum distillate, disperse and/or solvent dyes, propylene glycol and one or more acetates. Once produced, the solvent-based dye sublimation ink of the present invention may be used with ink jet printers and prevents or minimizes paper cockling while exhibiting outstanding stability and high print density capabilities. |
| US08263678B2 |
Compositions for repelling fluid and uses thereof
Provided are compositions for repelling fluids comprising a volatile liquid carrier, a powder-feel agent and less than 5 weight % of an ester selected from the group consisting of formula I, formula II, formula III, and combinations of two or more thereof: wherein R1, R2, R3, R5, R6, R8 and R9 are independently linear or branched, substituted or unsubstituted, saturated or unsaturated, C3-C22 alkyl or alkenyl groups, R4 is a linear or branched, substituted or unsubstituted, saturated or unsaturated, C3-C22 alkylene or alkenylene moiety, and R7 is a linear or branched, substituted or unsubstituted, saturated or unsaturated C3-C22 moiety, the composition being substantially anhydrous. Also provided are methods of improving dryness and/or comfort associated with the intimate area, as well as, kits comprising the composition and an absorbent article. |
| US08263677B2 |
Removable color gel basecoat for artificial nail coatings and methods therefore
The present disclosure relates generally to compositions for natural and artificial nail coatings, and particularly, but not by way of limitation, to polymerizable compositions and adhesion-promoting basecoats polymerized therefrom. The disclosure further relates to methods of making a polymerized basecoat that are more easily removed than artificial nail enhancements and more durable and long lasting than nail polish coatings. |
| US08263674B2 |
Eco friendly crosslinked flame retardant composition for wire and cable
An eco friendly radiation cross-linked composition is described that demonstrates excellent resistance to fire and high temperature along with good mechanical properties. The composition which is based on a blend of EVA with a LLDPE, is free of monomer such as vinyl co-agent for radiation cross-linking. The halogen free flame retardant composition is a mixture of 20 to 90% by weight of magnesium hydroxide (powder A) and 90% to 20% of powder B. Preferably the powder B is a double salt of magnesium carbonate and calcium carbonate and the magnesium hydroxide has a specific surface treatment. In addition, 0.5 to 5 parts of flame retardancy agents are selected from talc, zinc borate or molybdate derivative. The chemicals used here reduce toxicity in the environment and do not release toxic chemicals to air and soil during fire. The flame retardant cross-linked polyolefin composition is particularly useful for insulating wires and cables. |
| US08263671B2 |
Ion exchangeable mixture and method of producing the same
An ion exchangeable mixture containing a polymeric compound consisting of an ion exchange resin, an acrylamide mixture containing at least one bisacrylamide and at least one acrylamide, and a copolymer obtained by reacting the polymeric compound with the acrylamide mixture, and a method of producing the same are provided. The ion exchangeable membrane produced by using the ion exchangeable mixture has significantly smaller electric resistance than conventional ion exchangeable membranes, and has excellent selective permeability because the ion exchangeable membrane is electrically charged. The ion exchangeable membrane can be produced under very mild production conditions, and thus can be produced very easily. Furthermore, the ion exchangeable membrane can be also formed into film during a crosslinking reaction in a solvent of water, and thus is advantageous in that the ion exchangeable membrane can be freely produced into desired sizes, shapes and forms. |
| US08263669B2 |
Hydrolysis resistant organomodified trisiloxane ionic surfactants
The present invention provides for a composition comprising a siloxane having the formula: M1D M2 wherein M1=(R1)(R2)(R3)SiO1/2; M2=(R4)(R5)(R6)SiO1/2 and D=(R7)(Z)SiO2/2 where R1, R2, R3 R4, R5, R6 and R7 are each independently selected from the group consisting of 1 to 4 carbon monovalent hydrocarbon radicals, aryl, and a hydrocarbon group of 4 to 9 carbons containing an aryl group; Z is a pendant hydrophilic ionic group selected from the group consisting of R8—RA, R9 Rc and R10—RZ; RA being an anionic substituent, Rc a cationic substituent or Rz a zwitterionic substituent on the D group wherein the composition is resistant to hydrolysis under either basic or acidic conditions. |
| US08263665B2 |
Polymeric micelles for drug delivery
The present invention relates to the field of polymer chemistry and more particularly to multiblock copolymers and micelles comprising the same. |
| US08263664B2 |
pH-sensitive polymeric micelles for drug delivery
Mixed micelles containing poly(L-histidine-co-phenylalanine)-poly(ethylene glycol) block copolymer and poly(L-lactic acid)-poly(ethylene glycol) block copolymer are a pH-sensitive drug carrier that release the drug in an acidic microenvironment, but not in the blood. Since the microenvironment of solid tumors is acidic, these mixed micelles are useful for treating cancer, including those cancers exhibiting multidrug resistance. Targeting ligands, such as folate, can also be attached to the mixed micelles for enhancing drug delivery into cells. Methods of treating a warm-blooded animal with such a drug are disclosed. |
| US08263663B2 |
Azide functionalized peptide targeting groups
The present invention relates to the field of polymer chemistry and more particularly to multiblock copolymers and micelles comprising the same. |
| US08263662B2 |
Methods of treating non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) using cysteamine products
The disclosure relates, in general, to treatment of fatty liver disorders comprising administering compositions comprising cysteamine products. The disclosure provides administration of enterically coated cysteamine compositions to treat fatty liver disorders, such as non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH). |
| US08263661B2 |
Development of new selective estrogen receptor modulators
The present disclosure concerns a new class of selective estrogen receptor modulators (SERMs). The disclosure also includes the identification of a previously unknown membrane associated estrogen receptor. Methods for making and using the disclosed SERMs are disclosed, including pharmaceutical formulations of the disclosed novel compounds in useful compositions. |
| US08263657B2 |
Inhibitors against the production and release of inflammatory cytokines
A medicament having inhibitory activity against NF-κB activation, which comprises a compound represented by the following general formula (I) or a pharmacologically acceptable salt as an active ingredient: wherein X represents a connecting group, A represents hydrogen atom or acetyl group, E represents an aryl group or a heteroaryl group, and ring X represents an arene or a heteroarene. |
| US08263656B2 |
Substituted aminotetralines
The invention is concerned with the compounds of formula I: and pharmaceutically acceptable salts and esters thereof, wherein R1-R4 are defined in the detailed description and claims. In addition, the present invention relates to methods of manufacturing and using the compounds of formula I as well as pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds. The compounds of formula I are antagonists at the CRTH2 receptor and may be useful in treating diseases and disorders associated with that receptor such as asthma. |
| US08263652B2 |
Stabilized pediatric suspension of carisbamate
The present invention provides a stabilized pharmaceutical suspension of carisbamate for pediatric and adult use. More particularly, the suspension is stabilized with hypromellose (HPMC) to prevent crystal growth of the suspended particles and to prevent re-crystallization of the drug product with change in polymorphic form. |
| US08263649B2 |
Benzofuran type derivatives, a composition comprising the same for treating or preventing cognitive dysfunction and the use thereof
The present invention relates to the novel benzofuran derivatives, the preparation thereof and the composition comprising the same. The benzofuran derivatives of the present invention showed potent inhibiting activity of beta-amyloid aggregation and cell cytotoxicity resulting in stimulating the proliferation of neuronal cells as well as recovering activity of memory learning injury caused by neuronal cell injury using transformed animal model with beta-amyloid precursor gene, therefore the compounds can be useful in treating or preventing cognitive function disorder. |
| US08263648B2 |
Diebenzofuran derivatives as inhibitors of PDE-4 and PDE-10
The present invention relates to novel heterocyclic compounds that are useful as phosphodiesterase inhibitors (PDEs) in particular phosphodiesterase type 4 (PDE IV) inhibitors and phosphodiesterase type 10 (PDE 10) inhibitors, processes for their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use in treating allergic and inflammatory diseases as well as for inhibiting the production of Tumor Necrosis Factor (TNF-α). |
| US08263643B2 |
Polyphenol compounds with modulating neurotransmitter release
Disclosed is a composition for modulating the release of a neurotransmitter, which includes naturally extracted polyphenols as an active ingredient. The disclosed composition suppresses the formation of a SNARE complex, thereby modulating the release of a neurotransmitter, and thus can be used as a modulator for a reaction within a cell related to the SNARE complex. Such an inhibitor of the SNARE complex formation can be used as a composition for reducing wrinkles and relieving pain. |
| US08263642B2 |
Antimicrobial compounds and methods of use thereof
In one aspect, the invention relates to compounds and methods useful for activating heme sensor systems; for decreasing virulence of bacteria, for example, Staphylococcus aureus; pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds; and methods of treating microbial-related disorders. 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. |
| US08263638B2 |
Dosing regimens for ion channel modulating compounds
Dosing regimens, routes of administration and methods for the treatment or prevention of arrhythmias are disclosed. In these methods, arrythmias (e.g. atrial fibrillation, atrial flutter, early after depolarizations and prolongation of QT interval) may be reduced or eliminated by administering ion channel modulating compounds to a subject in need thereof via the dosing regimens disclosed herein. |
| US08263636B2 |
Dual alanyl aminopeptidase and dipeptidyl peptidase iv inhibitors for functionally influencing different cells and for treating immunological inflammatory, neuronal and other diseases
The present invention relates to substances capable of specifically inhibiting Ala-p-nitroanilide-cleaving peptidases and Gly-Pro-p-nitroanilide-cleaving peptidases as well, for a use in the medical field. Furthermore, the invention relates to the use of at least one of such substances or of at least one pharmaceutical or cosmetic composition containing at least one such substance for a prophylaxis or a therapy of diseases, particularly for a prophylaxis and a therapy of diseases accompanied by an excessive immune response (autoimmune diseases, allergies, transplant rejections), of other chronic-inflammatory diseases, of neuronal diseases and cerebral damage, of skin diseases (inter alia acne, psoriasis), of tumor diseases and of specific virus infections (inter alia SARS). |
| US08263635B2 |
Inhibitors of CYP 17
The present invention provides compounds of Formula (I) and (II), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, where R53, R54, p, q, and n are as defined herein. The compounds of the present invention have been found to be useful as 17α-hydroxylase/C17,20-lyase inhibitors. |
| US08263627B2 |
Pyridyl amide T-type calcium channel antagonists
The present invention is directed to pyridyl amide compounds which are antagonists of T-type calcium channels, and which are useful in the treatment or prevention of disorders and diseases in which T-type calcium channels are involved. The invention is also directed to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds and the use of these compounds and compositions in the prevention or treatment of such diseases in which T-type calcium channels are involved. |
| US08263618B2 |
8-azabicyclo[3.2.1]octane compounds as MU opioid receptor antagonists
The invention provides novel 8-azabicyclo[3.2.1]octane compounds of formula (I): wherein R1, R2, R3, A, and G are defined in the specification, or a pharmaceutically-acceptable salt or solvate thereof, that are antagonists at the mu opioid receptor. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds, methods of using such compounds to treat conditions associated with mu opioid receptor activity, and processes and intermediates useful for preparing such compounds. |
| US08263616B2 |
4,5,6,7-tetrahydroimidazo[4,5-c]pyridine compounds
The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I), and their pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates, hydrates, geometrical isomers, tautomers, optical isomers or N-oxides, which are inhibitors of SSAO activity. The invention further relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds and to the use of these compounds for the treatment of medical conditions wherein inhibition of SSAO activity is beneficial, such as inflammatory diseases and immune disorders. |
| US08263615B2 |
Bis-heterocyclic imidazolyl compounds
Heterocyclic compounds of the general formula (I) are provided in which R, R1, R2, R3, R4 and n have the definitions elucidated in more detail in the description, to a process for preparing them and to the use of these compounds as medicaments, particularly as aldostereone synthase inhibitors, |
| US08263606B2 |
Spiro-oxindole compounds and their use as therapeutic agents
This invention is directed to spiro-oxindole compounds, as stereoisomers, enantiomers, tautomers thereof or mixtures thereof; or pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates or prodrugs thereof, for the treatment and/or prevention of sodium channel-mediated diseases or conditions, such as pain. |
| US08263601B2 |
Deuterium substituted xanthine derivatives
This invention relates to novel compounds that are substituted xanthine derivatives and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. In particular, this invention relates to novel substituted xanthine derivatives that are derivatives of a pentoxifylline metabolite. This invention also provides compositions comprising one or more compounds of this invention and a carrier and the use of the disclosed compounds and compositions in methods of treating diseases and conditions for which pentoxifylline and related compounds are beneficial. The compounds of the invention are represented by one of the following structural formulas: wherein the values of R1, R2, Y1 and Y2 are described herein. |
| US08263599B2 |
STAT3/5 activation inhibitor
An object of the present invention is to provide a STAT3/5 activation inhibitor. The present invention provides a STAT3/5 activation inhibitor containing an aromatic compound represented by the general formula or a salt thereof as an active ingredient: wherein X1 represents a nitrogen atom or a group —CH═, R1 represents a group —Z—R6, in which Z represents a group —CO—, a group —CH(OH)— or the like, R6 represents a 5- to 15-membered monocyclic, dicyclic or tricyclic saturated or unsaturated heterocyclic group having 1 to 4 nitrogen atoms, oxygen atoms or sulfur atoms, R2 represents a hydrogen atom or a halogen atom, Y represents a group —O—, a group —CO—, a group —CH(OH)— or a lower alkylene group, and A represents a group wherein R3 represents a hydrogen atom, a lower alkoxy group or the like, p represents 1 or 2, R4 represents an imidazolyl lower alkyl group or the like. |
| US08263595B2 |
Triazolopyridine compounds and their use as ask inhibitors
The present invention relates to triazolopyridine compounds according to Formula (I), their use as medicament, for treating autoimmune disorders, inflammatory diseases, cardiovascular diseases and/or neurodegenerative diseases and a process for their preparation. |
| US08263593B2 |
Therapeutic compounds
Compounds comprising formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, are disclosed, wherein J, B, Y, and A are as described. Methods, compositions, and medicaments related thereto are also disclosed, for treating baldness, glaucoma or inflammatory bowel diseases. |
| US08263592B2 |
Equilibrative nucleoside transporter ENT1 inhibitors
The present invention is related to novel compounds of formula (I) having equilibrative nucleoside transporter ENT1 inhibiting properties, pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds, chemical processes for preparing these compounds and their use in the treatment of diseases linked to the inhibition of ENT1 receptors in animals, in particular humans. |
| US08263588B2 |
Gonadotropin-releasing hormone receptor antagonists and methods relating thereto
GnRH receptor antagonists are disclosed which have utility in the treatment of a variety of sex-hormone related conditions in both men and women. The compounds of this invention have the structure: wherein R1a, R1b, R1c, R1d, R2, R2a, and A are as defined herein, including stereoisomers, esters, solvates, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. Also disclosed are compositions containing a compound of this invention in combination with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, as well as methods relating to the use thereof for antagonizing gonadotropin-releasing hormone in a subject in need thereof. |
| US08263586B2 |
OXO bridged diazepan orexin receptor antagonists
The present invention is directed to oxo bridged diazepan compounds which are antagonists of orexin receptors, and which are useful in the treatment or prevention of neurological and psychiatric disorders and diseases in which orexin receptors are involved. The invention is also directed to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds and the use of these compounds and compositions in the prevention or treatment of such diseases in which orexin receptors are involved. |
| US08263581B2 |
Non-sedating antihistamine injection formulations and methods of use thereof
Described herein are injectable compositions containing non-sedating or second and third generation antihistamines such as cetirizine/levocetirizine and methods of use thereof. Specifically, methods of treating acute allergic reactions including anaphylaxis with the compositions are disclosed. In certain embodiments, the injectable compositions are bioequivalent to currently marketed oral dosage forms. In other embodiments, the non-sedating or second and third generation antihistamine injectable formulations are therapeutically equivalent to diphenhydramine injectable formulations and/or are more effective than placebo. In other embodiments, a non-sedating antihistamine injectable composition is delivered by an autoinjector. |
| US08263575B2 |
Phosphoramidate derivatives of nucleoside compounds for use in the treatment of cancer
The compounds are phosphoramidate derivatives of nucleoside compounds such as cladribine, isocladribine, fludarabine and clofarabine useful in the treatment of cancer. |
| US08263573B2 |
Delivery of dsRNA to arthropods
The invention is to methods of gene silencing in arthropods using dsRNA. The method is include contacting the arthropod with, and/or directly feeding the arthropod, the dsRNA to the arthropods to deliver the dsRNA to arthropod tissues. It is envisaged that the methods of the invention will have use in determining the biological function of genes in arthropods. Methods of pest control of arthropods, and of protecting arthropods against parasites and predators are provided. Transgenic arthropods expressing dsRNA molecules are also provided by the present invention. |
| US08263571B2 |
Gene silencing of the brother of the regulator of imprinted sites (BORIS)
The present invention provides methods and compositions useful for inhibiting expression of the gene encoding the transcription factor, Brother of the Regulatory of Imprinted Sites (BORIS) by RNA interference. Methods of the present invention can be used to silence BORIS in cancer cells, which results in apoptosis and may be useful as for treating cancer in mammals. The methods of the invention directed to cancer therapy can be used alone or in combination with standard cancer treatments such as surgery, radiation, chemotherapy, and immunotherapy. |
| US08263570B2 |
Treating picornavirus infection by targeting MicroRNA miR-141
Treatment of picornavirus infection by inhibiting miR-141 activity. Also disclosed herein are a method for identify miR-141 inhibitory compounds and a method for identifying a target viral infection to be treated by anti-miR-141 therapy. |
| US08263568B2 |
Chromatography of metal complexes
A high performance liquid chromatography method to routinely and reproducibly detect and quantitate metal complexes is provided. The metal complexes used in the method of the invention can be different metal complexes, or they can be stereoisomers of the same metal complexes. The high performance liquid chromatography method of the present invention is suitable for the separation of diastereomers of the same metal complexes. Also provided is a chiral high performance liquid chromatography method to separate enantiomers of metal complexes. Superoxide dismutase mimetic compounds are also provided. |
| US08263565B2 |
Nanoemulsion comprising metabolites of ginseng saponin as an active component and a method for preparing the same, and a skin-care composition for anti-aging containing the same
Disclosed herein is nanoemulsion prepared by emulsifying main metabolites of ginseng saponin obtained by conversion of glucose, i.e. compound K (20-O-β-D-glucopyranosyl-20(S)-protopanaxadiol), ginsenoside F1 (20-O-β-D-glucopyranosyl-20(S)-protopanaxatriol) and compound Y (20-O-[α-L-arabinopyranosyl(1→6)-β-D-glucopyranosyl]-20(S)-protopanaxadiol); and admixture thereof, in fine emulsion or liposome with dermotropic emulsifier by nano-emulsification; and having enhanced skin penetration, so to be effective in promoting proliferation of fibroblast and biosynthesis of collagen. |
| US08263562B2 |
Peptides for preventing or treating liver damage
The application of a peptide having sequence of formula I or its derivant in preparing the medicine for preventing or treating liver damage, especially liver damage and hepatitis C is disclosed, Xaa1-Gln-Xaa2-Xaa3-Thr-Ser-Gly-Xaa4 (formula I) wherein, Xaa1 is deletion, Ala, Gly, Val, Leu or Ile, Xaa2 is Thr or Ser, Xaa3 is Tyr, Phe or Trp, and Xaa4 is deletion, Ala, Gly, Val, Leu, Ile or Pro. The composite medicine containing the said peptide, its preparation method, and the polynucleotide for coding the said peptide are also disclosed. |
| US08263557B2 |
Method and mixture for in vivo photochemical cross-linking of collagen
A method and a composition for photochemical cross linking of collagen by photoactive agent in-vivo are presented. The method includes a non-toxic photoactive formulation of the composition with collagen, which is administered to treatment area locally; followed by irradiation with suitable wavelength. In one of the embodiment liposomal formulated mTHPC is added to the collagen and is irradiated with a 652 nm laser, resulting in producing efficient collagen scaffolds with strengthen and stabilized microstructure, thus improving the physiochemical properties of the collagen scaffold. It improves the thermostability, mechanical property and swelling ratio of newly formed scaffold. Photochemical cross-linked collagens shows antimicrobial effect, when irradiated with suitable wavelength it disinfects the treatment site and curbs microbial growth. |
| US08263552B2 |
Glucagon-like-peptide-2 (GLP-2) analogues
GLP-2 analogues are disclosed which comprise one of more substitutions as compared to [hGly2]GLP-2 and which improved biological activity in vivo and/or improved chemical stability, e.g., as assessed in in vitro stability assays. More particularly, preferred GLP-2 analogues disclosed herein comprise substitutions at one or more of positions 8, 16, 24 and/or 28 of the wild-type GLP-2 sequence, optionally in combination with further substitutions at position 2 (as mentioned in the introduction) and one or more of positions 3, 5, 7, 10 and 11, and/or a deletion of one or more of amino acids 31 to 33 and/or the addition of a N-terminal or C-terminal stabilizing peptide sequence. The analogues are particularly useful for the prophylaxis or treatment of stomach and bowel-related disorders and for ameliorating side effects of chemotherapy. Also disclosed are methods and kits for selecting a patient from populations suited for treatment with GLP-2 analogues. |
| US08263549B2 |
C5-substituted, proline-derived, macrocyclic hepatitis C serine protease inhibitors
The present invention relates to 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 a compound of the present invention. |
| US08263547B2 |
DISC-1 pathway activators in the control of neurogenesis
The invention relates to methods of treating neurological disorders in a subject, by activating a DISC1 pathway. Methods of promoting neurogenesis in adult neural progenitor cells, enhancing nerve generation and treating GSK3 disorders as well as related compositions are also provided. |
| US08263546B2 |
Prevention and treatment of osteoarthritis
Subjects lacking Nfat1 display osteoarthritis in weight-bearing joints. Osteoarthritic changes associated with Nfat1 deficiency are characterized by articular cartilage degradation, articular chondrocyte proliferation/clustering, progressive articular surface destruction, periarticular chondro-osteophyte formation, and exposure of thickened subchondral bone. Methods of treating osteoarthritis, methods of diagnosis and early prediction of the onset of osteoarthritis, and methods for screening drug candidates that may be useful for treatment of osteoarthritis are presented. |
| US08263544B2 |
Detergent compositions for cleaning and fabric care
Detergent compositions comprising selected deposition polymers for improved deposition of fabric care benefit agents, such as organosilicones, polyolefin dispersions, polymer latexes, microencapsulated fabric care actives, onto fabrics through the laundering operation. |
| US08263543B2 |
Fabric care compositions comprising organosiloxane polymers
The present composition relates to fabric care compositions comprising an organosiloxane polymer. Methods of using such compositions including contacting a fabric with the composition and rinsing the fabric are also disclosed. |
| US08263539B2 |
Dynamic multi-purpose composition for the removal of photoresists and methods for its use
Improved dry stripper solutions for removing one, two or more photoresist layers from substrates are provided. The stripper solutions comprise dimethyl sulfoxide, a quaternary ammonium hydroxide, and an alkanolamine, an optional secondary solvent and less than about 3 wt. % water and/or a dryness coefficient of at least about 1. Methods for the preparation and use of the improved dry stripping solutions are additionally provided. |
| US08263538B2 |
Personal wash cleanser with mild surfactant systems comprising defined alkanoyl compounds and defined fatty acyl isethionate surfactant product
The present invention relates to super mild surfactant systems. Specifically, a combination of specific alkanoyls or mixtures of alkanoyl surfactants with specifically identified fatty acyl isethionate product provide synergy which reduces irritation (as measured by Patch Testing) so greatly that it is comparable to mildness which normally can be only achieved using very high amounts of benefit agent (e.g., emollient). |
| US08263535B2 |
Method for producing polyalkenyl succinimide products, novel polyalkenylsuccinimide products with improved properties, intermediate products
A process for the preparation of polyalkenylsuccinimide products, in particular polyisobutenylsuccinimide products, is proposed, in which a polyalkene is reacted with a maleic acid, maleic anhydride or a functional derivative thereof to give a polyalkenylsuccinic anhydride and the polyalkenylsuccinic anhydride is then reacted with an oligoamine or polyamine, the polyalkenylsuccinic anhydride either (a) first being reacted with an alcohol or phenol and, without isolation of the reaction product, then with the oligoamine or polyamine, or (b) the polyalkenylsuccinic anhydride being reacted with the oligoamine or polyamine in the presence of an alcohol or phenol and (c) if desired, the alcohol or the phenol then being removed. Novel polyalkenylsuccinimide products, in particular polyisobutenylsuccinimide products, and fuel additives are also proposed. |
| US08263533B2 |
Method of treating underground formations or cavities by microgels
The present invention relates to a method of treating porous and permeable underground formations or cavities of reservoir rock or sand foundation type. The method consists in injecting a liquid composition comprising microgels into the formations in order to reduce the production of water, gas or sands, and/or for zone abandonment. |
| US08263531B2 |
Low resistance splice for high temperature superconductor wires
Under one aspect, a laminated, spliced superconductor wire includes a superconductor joint, which includes (i) first and second superconductor wires, each wire including a substrate, a superconductor layer overlying the substrate, and a cap layer overlying the superconductor layer; and (ii) a conductive bridge, the conductive bridge including a substrate, a superconductor layer overlying the substrate, and a cap layer overlying the superconductor layer, wherein the cap layer of the conductive bridge is in electrically conductive contact with a portion of the cap layer of each of the first and second superconductor wires through an electrically conductive bonding material. The spliced wire also includes (b) a stabilizer structure surrounding at least a portion of the superconductor joint, wherein the superconductor joint is in electrical contact with the stabilizer structure; and (c) a substantially nonporous electrically conductive filler, wherein the filler substantially surrounds the superconductor joint. |
| US08263528B2 |
Natural flower preserving process
The present invention relates to a method for providing flowers characterized in that they have the look and feel of fresh flowers. The method comprises a selection and cutting step, a step of setting up holder devices on grids, and three optionally repeatable dehydration, infiltration and evaporation steps. The present invention does not require the use of molecular sieves during the method. The method is also technically advanced and can therefore be implemented on an industrial scale. |
| US08263527B2 |
Insecticidal compositions suitable for use in preparation of insecticidal liquid fertilizers
Insecticidal compositions suitable for use in preparation of insecticidal liquid fertilizers comprising a pyrethroid, a hydrated aluminum-magnesium silicate, and at least one dispersant selected from the group consisting of a sucrose ester, a lignosulfonate, an alkylpolyglycoside, a naphthalenesulfonic acid formaldehyde condensate and a phosphate ester are disclosed. |
| US08263526B2 |
Compositions of keratin hydrolysate and microbes for pest control applications
The combination of keratin hydrolysate with viable cells or infectious propagules of a fungal biological control agent such as Paecilomyces species, Metarhizium species, Beauveria species, and/or Verticillium species, provides effective control of soil-dwelling or subterranean insects, including termites, and particularly those belonging to the family Rhinotermitidae, such as the Formosan subterranean termite and native North American subterranean termites. In use, a foam-forming composition comprising the keratin hydrolysate and an insecticidally effective amount of the fungus are applied to the insects, the locus of the insects, to material susceptible to infestation by said insects, or to the locus of material susceptible to infestation by said insects. |
| US08263519B2 |
Sour service dewaxing catalyst without separate hydrogenation function
Catalysts for dewaxing of hydrocarbon feeds, particularly feeds with elevated sulfur and nitrogen levels, are provided. The dewaxing catalysts include a zeolite with a low silica to alumina ratio combined with a low surface binder, or alternatively the formulated catalyst has a high ratio of zeolite surface area to external surface area. |
| US08263518B2 |
Catalyst having an improved crush strength and methods of making and using same
A method of preparing a catalyst comprising selecting a zeolite having a mean particle size of equal to or less than about 6 microns, blending the zeolite with a binder and water to form a paste, shaping the paste into a bound zeolite support, adding a metal to the bound zeolite support to form a metalized catalyst support, and adding at least one halide to the metalized catalyst support to form the catalyst. A catalytic reforming process for converting hydrocarbons to aromatics comprising: contacting a catalyst comprising a silica bound zeolite, a Group VIII metal supported thereby, and at least one halide with a hydrocarbon feed in a reaction zone under reforming conditions and recovering aromatics from the reaction zone, wherein the silica bound zeolite comprises a zeolite having a mean particle size of equal to or less than about 6 microns and a median particle size of equal to or less than about 5 microns. |
| US08263516B2 |
Method for manufacturing a structure provided with DDR zeolite membrane
A method for manufacturing a DDR zeolite membrane element including the steps of: immersing a porous substrate in a raw material solution, forming a DDR zeolite membrane containing 1-adamanthanamine on a surface of the porous substrate by subjecting a DDR zeolite to hydrothermal synthesis in the presence of DDR zeolite seed crystals, applying a glass paste onto the surface of the porous substrate so as to contact the membrane, and heating the membrane at 500 to 800° C., thereby burning away the 1-adamanthanamine contained in the membrane and melting the glass paste to form a membrane-like glass seal contacting the membrane on the surface of the porous substrate. The method for manufacturing a DDR zeolite membrane element can inhibit the permeation of the DDR zeolite membrane from being hindered in a contact portion between the membrane and the glass seal and inhibit poor seal of the glass seal. |
| US08263515B2 |
Nanostructured dielectric materials for high energy density multi layer ceramic capacitors
A high energy density multilayer ceramic capacitor, having at least two electrode layers and at least one substantially dense polycrystalline dielectric layer positioned therebetween. The at polycrystalline dielectric layer has an average grain size of less than about 300 nanometers, a particle size distribution of between about 150 nanometers and about 3 micrometers, and a maximum porosity of about 1 percent. The dielectric layer is selected from the group including TiO2, BaTiO3, Al2O3, ZrO2, lead zirconium titanate, and combinations thereof and has a breakdown strength of at least about 1100 kV per centimeter. |
| US08263511B2 |
High purity fused silica with low absolute refractive index
A fused silica glass article having a low absolute refractive index and low concentrations of hydroxyl groups, halogens, and metal having a low absolute refractive index. The glass article contains less than about 10 ppm protium-containing and deuterium-containing hydroxyl groups by weight and less than about 20 ppm halogens by weight. The silica glass article also has an absolute refractive index (ARI) less than or equal to 1.560820. In one embodiment, the ARI of the fused silica article is achieved by lowering the fictive temperature of the fused silica. A method of lowering the fictive temperature is also described. |
| US08263509B2 |
Glass-ceramic containing nanoscale barium titanate and process for the production thereof
A process for the production of a glass-ceramic comprises the following steps: a) providing a mixture comprising at least SiO2, Al2O3, BaO and TiO2, b) melting the mixture in order to produce a glass phase, c) cooling the glass phase, and d) ceramicizing the glass phase. In the process, the glass phase is heated over the course of at most 5 minutes, preferably over the course of at most 3 minutes, to a temperature in the region of the crystallization temperature of Ba1-xZ1xTi1-yZ2yO3, whereby Z1 is an element selected from the group consisting of Sr, Ca, Ce, Pb, La and Sm, whereby Z2 is an element selected from the group consisting of Zr, Hf, Nb, V, Y, Sc and Ta, and whereby x and y are each independently of one another 0≦x,y≦0.5, preferably 0≦x,y≦0.1, but substantially below the crystallization temperature of Ba[Al2Si2O8]. |
| US08263506B2 |
Nonwoven lyocell fiber webs for filtration
Cellulose filtration products comprising nonwoven lyocell fiber webs in which the fibers have a diameter of from 3 to 12 microns, the largest pore diameter of less than about 300 microns and a mean flow pore diameter of less than about 150 microns are disclosed. Multilayer nonwoven lyocell fiber webs are also disclosed which have lower mean flow pore diameters and lower pore sizes. |
| US08263505B2 |
Hybrid fabric
This disclosure relates to a “hybrid” fabric made from a textured multifilament yarn in combination with an untextured multifilament yarn. The portion of multifilament yarns comprising this hybrid fabric are substantially without bulk or texture while the textured portion of multifilament yarns comprising the fabric have bulk. Such hybrid fabrics from this combination of yarns retain substantially similar abrasion resistance and tactility of a fabric made entirely of high tenacity air textured multifilament yarns. Nylon woven hybrid fabrics disclosed herein provide excellent properties especially for uses in apparel, rucksacks, softsided luggage, duffle bags, tenting and the like. |
| US08263504B2 |
Fiber reinforcing texture for making a composite material part
A fiber reinforcing texture (10) woven as a single part for fabricating a composite material part having an inner portion (12), or core, made by three-dimensional weaving with yarns made up from discontinuous fibers, and a portion (14, 16) adjacent to an outside surface, or skin, made by weaving with yarns made up from continuous filaments. |
| US08263503B2 |
Composite materials
A composite material, the composite material comprising at least one prepreg, said prepreg comprising at least one polymeric resin and at least one fibrous reinforcement; and conducting particles dispersed in the polymeric resin. |
| US08263502B2 |
Forming substrate structure by filling recesses with deposition material
A substrate structure is produced by forming a first material layer on a substrate having a recess, removing the first material layer from the portion of the substrate except for the recess using a second material that reacts with the first material, and forming a deposition film from the first material layer using a third material that reacts with the first material. A method of manufacturing a device may include the method of forming a substrate structure. |
| US08263501B2 |
Silicon dioxide film fabricating process
A silicon dioxide film fabricating process includes the following steps. Firstly, a substrate is provided. A rapid thermal oxidation-in situ steam generation process is performed to form a silicon dioxide film on the substrate. An annealing process is performed to anneal the substrate in a first gas mixture at a temperature in the range of 1000° C. to 1100° C. |
| US08263498B2 |
Semiconductor device fabricating method, plasma processing system and storage medium
Disclosed is a semiconductor device fabricating method. A substrate is provided thereon with: an inorganic insulating film; a first inorganic sacrifice film stacked on the inorganic insulating film and having components different from those of the inorganic insulating film; a second sacrifice film formed of an inorganic insulative film stacked on the first sacrifice film, wherein a pattern for forming grooves for wiring embedment is formed in the second sacrifice film; and an organic layer including a photoresist film, wherein a pattern for forming holes for wiring embedment is formed in the organic film. According to the present invention, the thickness of the organic layer is set to be greater than the sum of the thicknesses of etch target films, i.e., the insulating film, the first sacrifice film and the second sacrifice film; the etch target films are etched in a selectivity-less manner by using plasma generated from a mixed gas of CF4 gas and CHF3 gas. |
| US08263497B2 |
High-yield method of exposing and contacting through-silicon vias
An assembly including a main wafer having a body with a front side and a back side and a plurality of blind electrical vias terminating above the back side, and a handler wafer, is obtained. A step includes exposing the blind electrical vias to various heights on the back side. Another step involves applying a first chemical mechanical polish process to the back side, to open any of the surrounding insulator adjacent the end regions of the cores remaining after the exposing step, and to co-planarize the via conductive cores, the surrounding insulator adjacent the side regions of the cores, and the body of the main wafer. Further steps include etching the back side to produce a uniform standoff height of each of the vias across the back side; depositing a dielectric across the back side; and applying a second chemical mechanical polish process to the back side. |
| US08263496B1 |
Etching method for preparing a stepped structure
A method of preparing a stepped structure in a multi-layer film stack on a substrate is described. The multi-layer film stack includes alternating layers of differing composition, wherein the alternating layers of differing composition include one or more layers of a first composition and one or more layers of a second composition. The method includes transferring a mask pattern to the one or more layers of the first composition to form a first layer pattern in the one or more layers of the first composition using a first etch process, trimming the mask pattern to expose another portion of the one or more layers of the first composition using a mask trim process, and following the trimming, transferring the first layer pattern to the one or more layers of the second composition using a second etch process. |
| US08263472B2 |
Deep trench electrostatic discharge (ESD) protect diode for silicon-on-insulator (SOI) devices
A semiconductor includes a bulk substrate of a first polarity type, a buried insulator layer disposed on the bulk substrate, an active semiconductor layer disposed on top of the buried insulator layer including a shallow trench isolation region and a diffusion region of the first polarity type, a band region of a second polarity type disposed directly beneath the buried insulator layer and forming a conductive path, a well region of the second polarity type disposed in the bulk substrate and in contact with the band region, a deep trench filled with a conductive material of the first polarity type disposed within the well region, and an electrostatic discharge (ESD) protect diode defined by a junction between a lower portion of the deep trench and the well region. |
| US08263468B2 |
Thin body semiconductor devices
A method for fabricating an FET device is disclosed. The method includes providing a body over an insulator, with the body having at least one surface adapted to host a device channel. Selecting the body to be Si, Ge, or their alloy mixtures. Choosing the body layer to be less than a critical thickness defined as the thickness where agglomeration may set in during a high temperature processing. Such critical thickness may be about 4 nm for a planar devices, and about 8 nm for a non-planar devices. The method further includes clearing surfaces of oxygen at low temperature, and forming a raised source/drain by selective epitaxy while using the cleared surfaces for seeding. After the clearing of the surfaces of oxygen, and before the selective epitaxy, oxygen exposure of the cleared surfaces is being prevented. |
| US08263466B2 |
Channel strain induced by strained metal in FET source or drain
A process for forming a FET (e.g., an n-FET or a p-FET), in which during formation a metal which makes up a source or drain of the transistor is stressed so that stress is induced in a semiconductor channel of the transistor. |
| US08263461B2 |
Lateral double diffused metal oxide semiconductor
Disclosed are lateral double diffused metal oxide semiconductor (LDMOS) transistors having a uniform threshold voltage and methods for manufacturing the same. The methods include forming a polysilicon layer over the semiconductor substrate including a shallow trench isolation region, etching a portion of the polysilicon layer over an active region, implanting first conductive-type impurity ions using the polysilicon layer as a mask to form a first conductive-type body region, implanting second conductive-type impurity ions using the polysilicon layer as a mask to form a second conductive-type channel region in the first conductive-type body region, removing the polysilicon layer, forming gate electrodes in the polysilicon-free region, and forming a source region and a drain region in the first conductive-type body region using the gate electrode and the shallow trench isolation as ion-implantation masks. |
| US08263457B2 |
Methods of forming a plurality of capacitors
A method of forming a plurality of capacitors includes an insulative material received over a capacitor array area and a circuitry area. The array area comprises a plurality of capacitor electrode openings within the insulative material received over individual capacitor storage node locations. The intervening area comprises a trench. Conductive metal nitride-comprising material is formed within the openings and against a sidewall portion of the trench to less than completely fill the trench. Inner sidewalls of the conductive material within the trench are annealed in a nitrogen-comprising atmosphere. The insulative material within the array area is etched with a liquid etching solution effective to expose outer sidewall portions of the conductive material within the array area. The conductive material within the array area is incorporated into a plurality of capacitors. |
| US08263456B2 |
Methods of manufacturing capacitor and semiconductor device including the same
A capacitor includes a first capacitor structure on a substrate, the first capacitor structure including a first electrode, a first dielectric layer pattern, and a second electrode, a second capacitor structure on the first capacitor structure, the second capacitor structure including a third electrode, a second dielectric layer pattern, and a fourth electrode, at least one first contact pad on a side of the first electrode, and a wiring structure connecting the at least one first contact pad and the fourth electrode. |
| US08263455B2 |
Method of forming variable resistance memory device
Provided are a method of forming an electrode of a variable resistance memory device and a variable resistance semiconductor memory device using the method. The method includes: forming a heat electrode; forming a variable resistance material layer on the heat electrode; and forming a top electrode on the variable resistance material layer, wherein the heat electrode includes a nitride of a metal whose atomic radius is greater than that of titanium (Ti) and is formed through a thermal chemical vapor deposition (CVD) method without using plasma. |
| US08263453B2 |
Method for forming semiconductor devices with active silicon height variation
A method far farming different active thicknesses on the same silicon layer includes masking the silicon layer and exposing selected regions of the silicon layer. The thickness of the silicon layer at the exposed regions is changed, either by adding silicon or subtracting silicon from the layer at the exposed regions. Once the mask is removed, the silicon layer has regions of different active thicknesses, respectively suitable for use in different types of devices, such as diodes and transistors. |
| US08263447B2 |
Pixel structure and manufacturing method thereof and display panel
A pixel structure and a manufacturing method thereof and a display panel are provided. An electrode material layer, a shielding material layer, an inter-layer dielectric material layer, a semiconductor material layer and a photoresist-layer are sequentially formed on a substrate. The semiconductor material layer, the inter-layer dielectric material layer, the shielding material layer and the electrode material layer are patterned using the photoresist-layer as a mask to form a semiconductor pattern, an inter-layer dielectric pattern, a shielding pattern and a pixel electrode. A source/drain electrically connected to the pixel electrode and covering a portion of the semiconductor pattern is formed on the pixel electrode. A channel is another portion of the semiconductor uncovered by the source/drain. A dielectric layer covering the source/drain, the semiconductor pattern, the inter-layer dielectric pattern, the shielding pattern and the pixel electrode and a gate disposed on the dielectric layer above the channel are formed. |
| US08263446B2 |
Asymmetric FinFET devices
Asymmetric FET devices, and a method for fabricating such asymmetric devices on a fin structure is disclosed. The fabrication method includes disposing over the fin a high-k dielectric layer followed by a threshold-modifying layer, performing an ion bombardment at a tilted angle which removes the threshold-modifying layer over one of the fin's side-surfaces. The completed FET devices will be asymmetric due to the threshold-modifying layer being present only in one of two devices on the side of the fin. In an alternate embodiment further asymmetries are introduced, again using tilted ion implantation, resulting in differing gate-conductor materials for the two FinFET devices on each side of the fin. |
| US08263442B2 |
Thin film transistor substrate of horizontal electric field type liquid crystal display device and fabricating method thereof
A thin film transistor substrate of horizontal electric field type liquid crystal display device includes: a gate line and a common line arranged in parallel on a substrate; a data line crossing the gate line and the common line to define a pixel area; a thin film transistor having a gate connected to the gate line and a source electrode connected to the data line; a common electrode extending from the common line into the pixel area; a protective film for covering a plurality of signal lines and electrodes and the thin film transistor; a pixel hole in the protective film having an elongated shape that parallels the common electrode; and a pixel electrode connected to a side surface of a drain electrode of the thin film transistor within the pixel hole. |
| US08263438B2 |
Method for connecting a die assembly to a substrate in an integrated circuit
A semiconductor device includes a substrate, a die assembly attachable to the substrate and a flexible strip extending over the substrate and the die assembly. The flexible strip has one or more routing circuits carried thereon. The die assembly and the substrate are arranged to be electrically connected through the one or more routing circuits carried on the flexible strip. |
| US08263437B2 |
Semiconductor device and method of forming an IPD over a high-resistivity encapsulant separated from other IPDS and baseband circuit
A semiconductor device has a first conductive layer formed over a sacrificial substrate. A first integrated passive device (IPD) is formed in a first region over the first conductive layer. A conductive pillar is formed over the first conductive layer. A high-resistivity encapsulant greater than 1.0 kohm-cm is formed over the first IPD to a top surface of the conductive pillar. A second IPD is formed over the encapsulant. The first encapsulant has a thickness of at least 50 micrometers to vertically separate the first and second IPDs. An insulating layer is formed over the second IPD. The sacrificial substrate is removed and a second semiconductor die is disposed on the first conductive layer. A first semiconductor die is formed in a second region over the substrate. A second encapsulant is formed over the second semiconductor die and a thermally conductive layer is formed over the second encapsulant. |
| US08263427B2 |
Combinatorial screening of transparent conductive oxide materials for solar applications
Embodiments of the current invention include methods of improving a process of forming a textured TCO film by combinatorial methods. The combinatorial method may include depositing a TCO by physical vapor deposition or sputtering, annealing the TCO, and etching the TCO where at least one of the depositing, the annealing, or the etching is performed combinatorially. Embodiments of the current invention also include improved methods of forming the TCO based on the results of combinatorial testing. |
| US08263422B2 |
Bond pad isolation and current confinement in an LED using ion implantation
An improved method of creating LEDs is disclosed. Rather than using a dielectric coating to separate the bond pads from the top surface of the LED, this region of the LED is implanted with ions to increase its resistivity to minimize current flow therethrough. In another embodiment, a plurality of LEDs are produced on a single substrate by implanting ions in the regions between the LEDs and then etching a trench, where the trench is narrower than the implanted regions and positioned within these regions. This results in a trench where both sides have current confinement capabilities to reduce leakage. |
| US08263421B2 |
Manufacturing method of semiconductor device
An object is to provide a manufacturing method of a microcrystalline semiconductor film with favorable quality over a large-area substrate. After forming a gate insulating film over a gate electrode, in order to improve quality of a microcrystalline semiconductor film formed in an initial stage, glow discharge plasma is generated by supplying high-frequency powers with different frequencies, and a lower part of the film near an interface with the gate insulating film is formed under a first film formation condition, which is low in film formation rate but results in a good quality film. Thereafter, an upper part of the film is deposited under a second film formation condition with higher film formation rate, and further, a buffer layer is stacked on the microcrystalline semiconductor film. |
| US08263416B2 |
Turbidimetric immunoassay for assessing human Cystatin C
There is a demand for improved turbidimetric immunoassays for human Cystatin C in biological samples, especially in human clinical samples of body fluids. The present invention provides a turbidimetric immunoassay method and reagent set enabling measurement of human Cystatin C by turbidimetric methods, resulting in a surprisingly stronger and faster turbidimetric signal than in the present state of the art. The increased and faster signal is accomplished by the use of new reagents and compositions, and enables shorter assay times and kinetic reading with a stronger signal, improving overall assay speed and quality. Improved robustness to lipid interference and improved linearity is achieved. |
| US08263414B2 |
Dispensing of a diagnostic liquid onto a diagnostic reagent
Biological fluid samples are deposited by methods that produce a uniform layer of the sample over a reagent-containing surface. In one embodiment, a nozzle having multiple openings is used to deposit a sample over the reagent-containing surface simultaneously. In an alternative embodiment, single droplets of the sample are deposited in a pattern on the surface, preferably in a sequence of parallel lines. The reaction between the biological sample and the reagents is read from a spectrographic image of the reagent-containing surface obtained by optical methods. |
| US08263413B1 |
Methods for analyzing lipids and membrane proteins in biological matter using stable isotopes and mass spectrometry
Methods for accurately comparing the levels of ionizable lipids in two cell populations that differ in some respect from each other using mass spectroscopy and isotopic labeling are provided. The methods can be used to identify a change in a lipid of interest in response to a cellular, chemical, genetic, or environmental change to the cell population (i.e., a lipid response to a cell perturbation). The change in the lipid of interest can be a change in composition, rate of synthesis, and/or location of the lipid. |
| US08263410B2 |
Method and apparatus for detecting metal ions, probe used for the same and preparation method thereof
Disclosed is an innovative method for detecting metal ions based on selective plasmonic resonance energy transfer between metal-ligand complexes and a single nanoplasmonic particle as a probe. The selective plasmonic resonance energy transfer occurs if a resonance frequency matching condition between the single nanoplasmonic particle and the metal-ligand complexes is satisfied. |
| US08263409B2 |
Method and apparatus for estimating a mechanical property
An apparatus for estimating or supervising one or more internal mechanical properties of a metal alloy object with a known chemical composition based on the resistivity of the metal alloy object. The apparatus includes a device for measuring the resistivity of the metal alloy object, and a computation unit adapted to calculate the content of dissolved alloying elements in the metal alloy object based on the measured resistivity and the known chemical composition of the metal alloy, and based thereon to calculate at least one internal mechanical property of the metal alloy object. |
| US08263408B2 |
Method to characterize blood and red blood cells via erythrocyte membrane fragility quantification
A method for quantifying the quality degradation of individual stored red blood cell (RBC) units, thereby yielding information to improve decisions regarding their respective allocation, patient suitability, and use. The method comprises: a hemolysis step; an optical analysis step; and a computation step. The method is amenable to clinical implementation as well as indicative of any given unit's relative viability and thus prospective efficacy. This would provide clinicians with actual data on RBC quality when making decisions about which and how many units to use for transfusion of a given patient. Moreover, deploying this testing throughout the supply chain will improve distribution, planning, and inventory control decisions. A vital aspect of this testing method is the accumulation of copious output and other associated data and the mathematical analyses thereof to optimize algorithms by which to characterize each subsequent test output as meaningfully as possible. While the present invention is directed toward applications in blood quality control, the core technology of “quantifying RBC fragility via stress-induced hemolysis and subsequent optical and computational analysis” could have broader application, such as in disease diagnosis. |
| US08263404B2 |
Method for enriching rare cell subpopulations from blood
An antigen-dependent negative selection blood cell separation method is described. Rare circulating epithelial cells can be separated from blood by depleting erythrocytes from a blood sample. Erythrocytes are depleted by agglutination. The new method comprises the use of an agglutinating agent, such as an anti-glycophorin A or glycophorin B antibody, as glycophorin A or B are present on erythrocytes and not on the desired epithelial cells. With regular mixing, desired rare circulating epithelial cells do not become entrapped in the red cell agglutinate. |
| US08263401B2 |
Adenylyl cyclase antibodies, compositions and uses thereof
The invention relates to compositions and methods for diagnosing and treating cardiac conditions and neurodegenerative diseases using antibodies which specifically recognize and bind to the adenylyl cyclase 5 isoform in the heart and brain. These antibodies demonstrate high specificity to the AC5 isoform and do not cross react to any other AC5 isoform. The invention further relates to methods of delivery of drugs to the site of injured tissue using the antibodies of the present invention. |
| US08263398B2 |
Promoter and viral vector containing the same
The invention constructs an activating KRASmutant but not p53-responsive promoter and generates an E1B-55kD-deleted (ΔE1B-55kD) adenovirus, harboring a transcriptionally activating transgene and holding lytic replication ability in the tumor cells with activating KRASmutant. The adenovirus of the invention can be used in the treatment of cancers. |
| US08263397B2 |
Female specific insect expression system
The present invention provides an insect expression system that may be used to provide biological control of pest insects and control transmission of infectious diseases transmitted to the human population by insects. |
| US08263396B2 |
Methods and compositions for the production of recombinant virus vectors
A method for the production of a replication-deficient recombinant virus vector is disclosed. The replication-deficient recombinant virus vector has a recombinant virus genome with one or more defective viral genes. The method comprises infecting a host cell with a carrier virus having a carrier virus genome encoding one or more trans factors or variants thereof, incubating the infected host cell for a desired period of time, and isolating the replication-deficient recombinant virus vector. The carrier virus is a cytoplasmic virus that retains the carrier virus genome in the cytoplasm of the host cell. The host cell contains the recombinant viral genome and retains the recombinant viral genome in a nucleus of the host cell. Also disclosed is a carrier virus for the production of a replication-deficient recombinant virus vector. |
| US08263393B2 |
Means and methods for producing a protein through chromatin openers that are capable of rendering chromatin more accessible to transcription factors
Described are means and methods for providing a cell with a protein expression unit, the method comprising providing a nucleic acid sequence comprising the unit with a nucleic acid sequence encoding a binding site for a member of a chromatin modification system for rendering chromatin more accessible for transcription (opener), wherein the opener is present in the cell. Preferred openers comprise histone modification proteins, chromatin remodeling proteins and trithorax group proteins or equivalents. The cells thus generated and nucleic acid sequences encoding such openers are provided. Openers are preferred in the context of STAR and TRAP sequences. |
| US08263392B2 |
Methods and compositions related to continuous flow thermal gradient PCR
Disclosed are compositions and a method for amplification and detection of nucleic acid sequences based on continuous flow thermal gradient PCR. |
| US08263388B2 |
Method and apparatus for detecting specific DNA sequences
An apparatus for detecting the presence of a microorganism in a sample includes a housing that includes a base fixed with a first DNA primer having a nucleotide sequence that is complementary to a DNA sequence of the microorganism of interest, a fibrinogen-splitting agent that is bound with a second DNA primer having a nucleotide sequence that is also complementary to a DNA sequence of the microorganism of interest, a rinsing unit configured to rinse the housing; and a fibrinogen adding unit configured to add fibrinogen to the housing so that the fibrinogen chemically reacts with the fibrinogen-splitting agent to produce a viscous substance, an ultrasonic emitter configured to emit ultrasonic signal to the housing, and an ultrasonic receiver configured to receive ultrasonic signal from the housing and transmit the received ultrasonic signal to an ultrasonic analyzer, wherein the ultrasonic analyzer determines whether the microorganism of interest exists. |
| US08263386B2 |
Digital bio disc (DBD), DBD driver apparatus, and assay method using the same
An aspect of embodiment relates to a digital bio disc (DBD) including new valve control means and fluid movement system, a digital bio disc (DBD) driver apparatus, and an assay method using the same. More particularly, an aspect of embodiment relates to a DBD with a lab-on-a-chip for various diagnostic assays, nucleic acid hybridization assays, or immunoassays, a DBD driver apparatus integrated with a controller for controlling the DBD and a general optical disc (CD or DVD), and an assay method using the same. |
| US08263384B2 |
Biological production of thymidine
Novel organisms, including DNA construct host cell combinations, are disclosed. The organisms comprise a transcription unit (e.g. operon) comprising DNA sequences encoding for enzymes which promote the supply of single carbon units for the conversion of dUMP to dTMP. Examples include: dihydrofolate reductase genes e.g. T4 frd; Serine Hydroxymethyltransferase genes e.g. glyA; 3-phosphoglycerate dehydrogenase genes e.g. serA; and THF synthase genes e.g. ADE3. The organisms are used in a biological method of producing thymidine with significantly reduced levels of uridine. |
| US08263377B2 |
Label free kinase assays and reagents
This disclosure describes methods and compositions for measuring the binding specificity, kinetics and affinity of kinase inhibitors indirectly using mass sensing analytical techniques, such as SPR, through the competitive displacement of detectable signal-inducing kinase binding molecule. Further provided are methods for preparing such molecules. |
| US08263376B2 |
Lipoxygenase
The present disclosure relates to an isolated lipoxygenase. The lipoxygenase of the present disclosure includes polypeptide with at least 80% sequence homology to the mature peptide shown in SEQ ID NO: 2. Lipoxygenase of the present disclosure is suitable for use in, among other things, baking and in detergent compositions. |
| US08263367B2 |
Nucleic acid interaction analysis
The present invention provides at least one isolated linear composite nucleic acid molecule comprising at least one first tag from at least one first nucleic acid molecule and at least one second tag from at least one second nucleic acid molecule, wherein the first and second nucleic acids interact in a nucleic acid mixture; and wherein the first and second tags are from different nucleic acid molecules. The invention also provides a method of producing at least one isolated linear composite nucleic acid and to a method of detecting and/or identifying nucleic acid interactions. |
| US08263366B2 |
Method for tracing gram-negative bacteria inside animal model using stable and bioluminescence-based expression system therefor
A method of creating a biotechnological product and an efficient and stable bio-luminescence vector which could be used for tracking Gram-negative bacteria when distributing inside animal body are provided. Through conjugation, this auto-luminescence vector can be easily transmitted from bacteria to bacteria among Gram-negative bacteria, and may facilitate bacteria to be luminescence-labeled for subsequently analyzing the dynamic change of bio-luminescent bacteria within animal body in vivo. This system includes a lacZ promoter-driven luxABCDE, a high copy number of ColE1 replicon, and a high plasmid stability of the conjugative and broad host-ranged plasmid pSE34 from Salmonella enterica serovar Enteritidis Sal550. This resulting construct pSE-Lux1 can not only conjugatively transmit among bacteria with broad host range, but also stably maintain in bacteria to efficiently express the bio-luminescent luxABCDE without supplementing the subtract for luciferases and the antibiotics for plasmid selection. |
| US08263362B2 |
Cytochrome P450S and uses thereof
The invention features isolated cytochrome P450 polypeptides and nucleic acid molecules, as well as expression vectors and transgenic plants containing these molecules. In addition, the invention features uses of such molecules in methods of increasing the level of resistance against a disease caused by a plant pathogen in a transgenic plant, in methods for producing altered compounds, for example, hydroxylated compounds, and in methods of producing isoprenoid compounds. |
| US08263356B2 |
Antibodies and methods for predicting dental caries
The present invention relates to antibodies, binding portions thereof, or probes that bind specifically to glucosyltransferase enzymes, and uses of these agents for detecting glucosyltransferase enzyme(s) in a sample and for diagnosing predisposition of a human child to early childhood caries. The present invention also relates to a kit for detecting a glucosyltransferase enzyme in an oral sample from an animal. |
| US08263354B2 |
Methods for assessing cancer for increased sensitivity to 10-propargyl-10-deazaaminopterin
Sensitivity of a patient's cancer to treatment with 10-propargyl-10-deazaaminopterin is assessed and patients are selected for treatment of cancer with 10-propargyl-10-deazaaminopterin, by determining the amount of a selected polypeptide expressed by the cancer and comparing the amount with the amount of the selected polypeptide expressed by a reference cancer. The polypeptide includes a member of a folate pathway polypeptide within a cell and may include at least one of reduced folate carrier-1 enzyme (RFC-1), dihydrofolate reductase (DHFR), folylpoly-gamma-glutamate synthetase (FPGS), thymidylate synthase (TS), γ-glutamyl hydrolase (GGH), and glycinamide ribonucleotide formyltransferase (GARFT). |
| US08263353B2 |
Method for detecting autoprocessed, secreted PCSK9
The present invention provides a method for detecting autoprocessed, secreted PCSK9, a protein involved in cholesterol homeostasis, and for effectively identifying compounds that inhibit autocleavage and secretion from cells. The disclosed method involves the insertion of an epitope tag into a PCSK9 expression construct immediately C-terminal to the pro domain ending at an amino acid residue corresponding to Q152 of human PCSK9. Upon autoprocessing, the epitope tag is exposed and capable of recognition by anti-epitope antibodies or other suitable identification system, allowing for the selective and exclusive identification and/or quantification of processed PCSK9. The present disclosure thus advances the goal of providing enabling technology to the art for the effective identification of therapeutics effective in combating coronary heart disease. |
| US08263350B2 |
Molecular affinity clamp technology and uses thereof
The invention provides a molecular affinity clamp. The architecture of the affinity clamp is modular with two biorecognition modules, each capable of binding a target motif. The first biorecognition module has a recognition domain that possesses inherent or natural specificity for the target motif. The second biorecognition module also has a recognition domain that binds the motif. The two biorecognition modules are tethered together either directly, e.g., via a peptide bond between the two modules, or indirectly, e.g., via a linker moiety or linker. The invention further provides a novel affinity ligand which is specifically bound by the molecular affinity clamps of the invention. |
| US08263342B2 |
Urinary proteomic biomarker patterns in preeclampsia
The invention relates, in part, to methods of using proteomic biomarkers to diagnose preeclampsia. In some aspects the invention, in part, relates to the detection of serpina-1 polypeptide and/or albumin polypeptide in samples from pregnant subjects. Samples from subjects may be compared to control samples to diagnose preeclampsia and/or to determine the onset, progression, or regression of preeclampsia in a subject. The invention also relates, in part, to screening methods to identify agents that can be used to treat preeclampsia and to determine the efficacy of a preeclampsia treatment. The invention, in part, also includes kits that are useful to diagnose and assess preeclampsia in a subject. |
| US08263339B2 |
Abscription based molecular detection
The present invention provides methods for detecting biomarkers based on Abscription®, abortive transcription technology. Particularly, the present invention provides bisulfate free methods for detecting methylation of CpG islands from small samples of DNA. The methods are suitable for multiplexing and can be used to analyze multiple CpG islands from a single sample in a short time. |
| US08263337B2 |
Genetic markers of schizophrenia
The invention includes method of determining if a subject has a genetic predisposition to clinically diagnosed schizophrenia (SZ), schizotypal personality disorder (SPD), and/or schizoaffective disorder (SD). |
| US08263335B2 |
Methods for high fidelity production of long nucleic acid molecules with error control
A method for synthesizing a nucleic acid having a desired sequence and length comprises providing a solid support having an immobilized nucleic acid, performing a nucleic acid addition reaction to elongate the immobilized nucleic acid by adding a nucleotide or an oligonucleotide to the nucleic acid, determining whether the nucleotide or the oligonucleotide is added to the nucleic acid by detecting whether there is an increase in electrophoretic force applied to the solid support when an electric field and a magnetic field gradient are applied to the support, wherein the increase in electrophoretic force applied to the support is caused by adding the nucleotide or the oligonucleotide to the nucleic acid, repeating the addition reaction and determination steps if the nucleotide or the oligonucleotide is not added to the nucleic acid, and continuing until the immobilized nucleic acid has a desired sequence and length. |
| US08263331B2 |
Device and method for the detection of an analyte
A device and a method are disclosed for the detection and/or for the quantification of an analyte. In at least one embodiment, the device includes a basic matrix and magnetized nanoparticles, which are arranged in moveable fashion in or at the basic matrix and to which catcher molecules that bind specifically to the analyte are anchored. Further, the mobility of the nanoparticle in the basic matrix can be influenced by a binding of the analyte to be detected to the catcher molecules and can be read out magnetically. |
| US08263323B2 |
Method of forming fine pattern using block copolymer
A method of forming a fine pattern includes forming an organic guide layer on a substrate, forming a photoresist pattern on the organic guide layer, the photoresist pattern including a plurality of openings exposing portions of the organic guide layer, forming a material layer on the exposed portions of the organic guide layer and on the photoresist pattern, the material layer including block copolymers, and rearranging the material layer through phase separation of the block copolymers into a fine pattern layer, such that the fine pattern layer includes a plurality of first blocks and a plurality of second blocks arranged in an alternating pattern, the plurality of first blocks and the plurality of the second blocks having different repeating units of the block copolymers. |
| US08263321B2 |
Polymer having antireflective properties and high carbon content, hardmask composition including the same, and process for forming a patterned material layer
An antireflective hardmask composition includes an organic solvent, an initiator, and at least one polymer represented by Formulae A, B, or C as set forth in the specification. |
| US08263320B2 |
Method, program and system for processing substrate
The invention relates to a method for processing a substrate on which a target film is formed. The method includes forming a first film on the target layer; forming a second film on the first film, the second film being photosensitive; patterning the second film with a photolithography process; removing a portion of the first film selectively using the second film as a mask; removing a portion of the target film selectively using the second film as a mask; reducing the width of first film to an intended width by removing sidewall portions thereof; forming a third film at least on the first film and on the top of the target film; removing the first film and the second film; and removing a portion of the target film using the third film as a mask. |
| US08263318B2 |
Methods for mastering microstructures through a substrate using negative photoresist
Microstructures are fabricated by impinging a radiation beam, such as a laser beam, through a substrate that is transparent to the laser beam, into a negative photoresist layer on the substrate. The negative photoresist layer may be subsequently developed to provide a master for optical and/or mechanical microstructures. Related systems, microstructure products and microstructure masters also are disclosed. |
| US08263317B2 |
Formation of deep hollow areas and use thereof in the production of an optical recording medium
At least one hollow zone is formed in a stack of at least one upper layer and one lower layer. The upper layer is patterned to form at least a first hollow region passing through said upper layer. The first hollow region is extended by a second hollow region formed in the lower layer by etching through an etching mask formed on the patterned upper layer. The etching mask is formed by a resin layer, positively photosensitive to an optic radiation of a predetermined wavelength, exposed to the said optic radiation through the stack and developed. The lower and upper layers of the stack are respectively transparent and opaque to said predetermined wavelength so that the patterned upper layer acts as exposure mask for the resin layer. |
| US08263316B2 |
Electronic device manufacture
Electronic devices having a metal line-containing layer including an air gap region and a low-k dielectric material region where the air gap region includes a dense packing of metal lines is provided. Methods of forming such electronic devices are also provided. |
| US08263315B2 |
Pattern-forming method
A pattern-forming method includes selectively exposing a resist layer formed using a positive-tone radiation-sensitive resin composition including a resin component and an acid generator. The resist layer is developed to form a first pattern. An uncrosslinked embedded section is formed adjacent the first the pattern using a pattern-forming resin composition including a polymer. The polymer has a carbon content higher than that of the resin component, does not include silicon atom in a molecule, and is crosslinkable due to an acid generated from the acid generator. The uncrosslinked embedded section is crosslinked in an area around an interface with the first pattern to form an array structure. The first pattern, a first crosslinked section, the uncrosslinked embedded section, and a second crosslinked section are repeatedly arranged in the array structure in this order. The first pattern and the uncrosslinked embedded section are removed to form a second pattern. |
| US08263309B2 |
Composition and method for reducing pattern collapse
A radiation-sensitive composition and method for using the composition to reduce the probability of pattern collapse is provided. The radiation-sensitive composition includes a bulk matrix of radiation-sensitive material with a base-reactive, surface-modifying agent dispersed throughout the matrix. The base-reactive, surface-modifying agent is reactive to hydroxide and increases the surface hydrophobicity of a pattern formed in a layer of the radiation-sensitive composition upon treatment with a basic developing solution during lithographic processing of a substrate. |
| US08263308B2 |
Polyimide silicone, photosensitive resin composition containing the novel polyimide silicone, and method for pattern formation
A polyimide silicone having in the molecule a phenolic hydroxy group in which a part or all of hydrogen atoms are substituted with an acid labile group is provided. The polyimide silicone comprises the unit represented by the formula (1): wherein X is a tetravalent group at least a part of which is a tetravalent organic group represented by the formula (2): wherein R1 is a monovalent hydrocarbon group, R2 is a trivalent group, and n is an integer of 1 to 120 on average; and Y is a divalent organic group at least a part of which is a divalent organic group having a phenolic hydroxy group in which a part or all of hydrogen atoms are substituted with an acid labile group represented by the formula (3): wherein R3 and R4 are a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group, and R5 is an alkyl group, an aryl group, or an aralkyl group. R3 and R4, R3 and R5, or R4 and R5 may be bonded to each other to form a ring together with the carbon atom or the carbon atom and the oxygen atom to which they are bonded with the proviso that the R3, R4, and R5 are independently an alkylene group. |
| US08263306B2 |
Use of blended solvents in defectivity prevention
The present invention provides a blended solvent for solubilizing an ultraviolet photoresist. The blended solvent comprises a mixture of from about 5 vol % to about 95 vol % of a first solvent, wherein the first solvent comprises a cyclic ester. A balance of the mixture comprises a second solvent, wherein the second solvent comprises a volatile organic liquid. |
| US08263304B2 |
Toner, method for producing toner, and developer
A method for producing a toner including periodically forming and discharging liquid droplets of a toner composition liquid containing at least a resin, a releasing agent and a colorant from a plurality of nozzles formed in a thin film which is provided in a reservoir for the toner composition liquid, by vibrating the thin film using a mechanically vibrating unit, and forming toner particles by solidifying the liquid droplets, wherein the forming toner particles comprises primarily drying the liquid droplets under a stream of dry gas containing an organic solvent whose partial pressure is equal to or higher than 1/10 of a saturated vapor pressure thereof but is equal to or lower than the saturated vapor pressure, the saturated vapor pressure being that at a drying temperature; and secondarily drying the primarily dried liquid droplets for solidification while the organic solvent is being evaporated. |
| US08263301B2 |
Low friction electrostatographic imaging member
Present embodiments pertain to an improved electrostatographic imaging member having low contact friction surfaces to ease sliding mechanical interaction and suppressing abrasion/wear failure and methods of preparing thereof. The improved imaging member has layers comprising one or two low surface energy polymeric materials that enhance the physical and mechanical functions and reduce the layers surface contact friction of the imaging member to extend service life. |
| US08263297B2 |
Electrophotographic photoconductor and electrophotographic apparatus
An electrophotographic photoconductor including a conductive support and a photosensitive layer, wherein the photosensitive layer contains a charge generation agent, a charge transport agent and a binder resin, and wherein the charge generation agent contains an asymmetric disazo pigment represented by General Formula (I), the charge transport agent contains a triphenylamine compound represented General Formula (IX), and the mass ratio of the charge transport agent to the binder resin is 0.3 to 2.0, where R1 and R2 each represent a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, alkoxy group, aryl group or heterocyclic group, provided that R1 and R2 are different, where R3 to R5 each represent hydrogen, a halogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, which may have a substituent, an alkoxy group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, which may have a substituent, or a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group having 6 to 12 carbon atoms. |
| US08263295B2 |
Method for optical proximity correction of a reticle to be manufactured using variable shaped beam lithography
A method for optical proximity correction (OPC) of a desired pattern for a substrate is disclosed in which a plurality of variable shaped beam (VSB) shots are determined which can form on a surface an OPC-corrected version of the desired substrate pattern. Shots within the plurality of VSB shots are allowed to overlap each other. Dosages of the shots may also be allowed to vary with respect to each other. The union of the plurality of shots may deviate from the OPC-corrected version of the desired pattern for the substrate. In some embodiments, optimization may be used to minimize shot count. In other embodiments, the plurality of shots may be optionally selected from one or more pre-computed VSB shots or groups of VSB shots, that is, glyphs. A method for creating glyphs is also disclosed, in which patterns that would result on a surface from one or a group of VSB shots are pre-calculated. |
| US08263294B2 |
Lithographic mask and manufacturing method thereof
Cleaning is carried out by using a sulfuric acid type detergent at a resist stripping and cleaning step (step 5) in a semitranslucent portion forming process and a resist stripping and cleaning step (step 10) in a shielding band forming process, and a sulfuric acid removing step of partially or wholly removing a surface layer portion in a pattern into which a sulfate ion is adsorbed is then carried out to effectively remove the adsorbed sulfate ion. |
| US08263290B2 |
Precious metal oxide catalyst for water electrolysis
The invention is directed to iridium oxide based catalysts for use as anode catalysts in PEM water electrolysis. The claimed composite catalyst materials comprise iridium oxide (IrO2) and optionally ruthenium oxide (RuO2) in combination with a high surface area inorganic oxide (for example TiO2, Al2O3, ZrO2 and mixtures thereof). The inorganic oxide has a BET surface area in the range of 50 to 400 m2/g, a water solubility of lower than 0.15 g/l and is present in a quantity of less than 20 wt. % based on the total weight of the catalyst. The claimed catalyst materials are characterized by a low oxygen overvoltage and long lifetime in water electrolysis. The catalysts are used in electrodes, catalyst-coated membranes and membrane-electrode-assemblies for PEM electrolyzers as well as in regenerative fuel cells (RFC), sensors, and other electrochemical devices. |
| US08263281B2 |
Method for operating fuel-cell electricity-generating device
A stable and high reliability fuel cell electricity-generating device capable of generating electricity even in the case of sudden drop of load power includes a fuel cell generating electric power from a fuel and an oxidizer, a fuel processor producing fuel to be supplied into the fuel cell from an electricity-generating material, a combustion device combusting a residual fuel gas unconsumed in the fuel cell to raise the temperature of the fuel processor, and an electric power generation instructor determining the electric power generated by the fuel cell, wherein when the electric power generation instructor either decreases or prevents a decrease in the electric power generated by the fuel cell upon a decrease of load power to be supplied, depending on the temperature of the fuel processor. |
| US08263279B2 |
Apparatus for optimized cooling of a drive unit and a fuel cell in a fuel cell vehicle
A system for cooling a fuel cell stack and a drive unit in a fuel cell vehicle is disclosed, wherein the system includes a drive unit and a fuel cell stack. An oil cooling loop for the drive unit includes a three way valve, a liquid to liquid heat exchanger, and a pump. The liquid to liquid heat exchanger may be used to transfer drive unit off heat into the stack coolant loop. By not using an oil to air heat exchanger overall heat exchanger arrangement air side pressure drop can be minimized and airflow increased. The three way valve allows decoupling of the cooling loops if needed to inhibit negative impact on the fuel cell stack. |
| US08263276B1 |
Startup power control in a fuel cell system
A method for starting up a fuel cell arrangement includes receiving a first electrical signal from an alternative power source. At least a portion of the first electrical signal is provided to a balance of plant (BOP) load, where the BOP load is in electrical communication with a fuel cell system. It is determined whether a startup threshold of the fuel cell system is met. If the startup threshold is met, a second electrical signal is provided from the fuel cell system to the BOP load, where a combination of the first electrical signal and the second electrical signal corresponds to a load demand of the BOP load. A value of the second electrical signal is increased and a value of the first electrical signal is decreased until the load demand of the BOP load is met by the fuel cell system. |
| US08263272B2 |
Cogeneration system using fuel cell
A cogeneration system using a fuel cell includes a gas-mixture-supply passage L supplied with a fuel gas and an oxidant gas; a gas combustor 31 for combusting the gas mixture which has passed through the gas-mixture-supply passage L; a combustion chamber 3 for housing the gas combustor 31; and a power generator 2 disposed on the gas-mixture-supply passage L and having at least one fuel cell that generates power from the gas mixture flowing through the supply passage L. The power generator 2 is located in the combustion chamber 3, so as to be heated by the heat of combustion produced in the combustion chamber 3. |
| US08263267B2 |
Rechargeable battery and associated methods
A rechargeable battery and associated methods, the rechargeable battery including an anode, a cathode, wherein the cathode includes a ternary cathode-active material, a separator interposed between the cathode and the anode, an electrolyte, and a housing enclosing the electrolyte, the anode, and the cathode, wherein the electrolyte includes a lithium salt, a non-aqueous organic solvent, about 0.5 weight % to about 5 weight % of succinonitrile, and at least one of about 1 weight % to about 10 weight % of halogenated ethylene carbonate and about 1 weight % to about 5 weight % of vinyl ethylene carbonate. |
| US08263265B2 |
Si/C composite, anode active materials, and lithium battery including the same
An Si/C composite includes carbon (C) dispersed in porous silicon (Si) particles. The Si/C composite may be used to form an anode active material to provide a lithium battery having a high capacity and excellent capacity retention. |
| US08263256B2 |
Cell
A highly safety cell is provided in which short-circuiting is unlikely to occur. In order to prevent short-circuiting, for example, burrs generated when a laminate film used as an exterior packaging material is cut are prevented from penetrating an interior resin layer of the laminate film. When an electrode terminal extension side of the laminate film is thermal welded, heating and compression are performed by a heater head on a part of the laminate film apart from the edge portion thereof so that the thickness of the above edge portion is larger than that of a thermal welded portion. In addition, thermal welding is performed so that the thickness of a thermal welded portion including an electrode terminal is larger than that of a thermal welded portion including no electrode terminal, and as a result, short-circuiting can be more effectively prevented. |
| US08263255B2 |
Rechargeable battery and battery module
A battery includes a battery case, an electrode assembly in the battery case, the electrode assembly including a first electrode, a first terminal exposed to an exterior of the battery case, the first terminal being electrically connected to the first electrode, a first fixing member mechanically coupling the first terminal to the battery, the first fixing member forming at least part of an electrical path from the first terminal to the first electrode, and a corrosion resistance member providing an electrical path from the first terminal to the first fixing member and being in direct contact with each of the first terminal and the first fixing member. |
| US08263253B2 |
Secondary battery
A secondary battery including an electrode assembly; a can having an opening at an upper portion thereof and housing the electrode assembly; a cap assembly sealing the opening of the can; and an insulation case disposed between the electrode assembly and the cap assembly, the insulation case having an impact absorber configured to deform and absorb an external impact. |
| US08263250B2 |
Liquid cooling manifold with multi-function thermal interface
A liquid cooling manifold assembly for use in the thermal management system of a battery pack is provided. The liquid cooling manifold assembly includes a coolant channel portion through which the coolant channels run, and a dual layer thermal interface interposed between the coolant channel portion and the cells of the battery pack. The outer material layer of the dual layer thermal interface is comprised of an electrically non-conductive, high dielectric material that is preferably tear resistant, deformable and has a high tensile strength and a relatively low surface friction. The inner material layer of the dual layer thermal interface is comprised of a highly compressible material. |
| US08263249B2 |
Foldable battery cartridge and middle or large-sized battery module
Disclosed herein is a battery cartridge having two or more unit cells mounted therein, wherein the battery cartridge includes a rotation part, which is formed at a cartridge case constructed generally with a plate-shaped structure, in the longitudinal direction of the battery cartridge and/or in the lateral direction of the battery cartridge, such that the battery cartridge can be folded by a predetermined angle in the longitudinal direction of the battery cartridge and/or in the lateral direction of the battery cartridge. The battery cartridge can be folded by a predetermined angle through the provision of the rotation part, and therefore, the battery cartridge is constructed in various structures as compared to the conventional rigid battery cartridge. |
| US08263245B2 |
Cap assembly and secondary battery using the same
A cap assembly to prevent the leakage of an electrolyte and a secondary battery including the cap assembly. The cap assembly comprises a cap plate having an electrolyte inlet is formed, and an electrolyte inlet switch board to selectively cover the electrolyte inlet. The electrolyte inlet switch board can be shaped as a rectangular prism, can have a corrugated surface, or can have corrugations formed on two opposing surfaces. |
| US08263238B2 |
Ambipolar host in organic light emitting diode
Some embodiments provide a compound represented by Formula 2B: wherein Ph1 and Ph2 are independently optionally substituted 1,4-interphenylene or optionally substituted 1,3-interphenylene, y may be 0 or 1, and z may be 0 or 1. In some embodiments, R9 and R10 are independently H, C1-3 alkyl, or C1-3 perfluoroalkyl. In some embodiments, R11, R12, R13, R14, R15, R16, R17, R18, R19, R20, R21, and R22 are independently selected from the group consisting of H, C1-12 alkyl, C1-6F1-13 fluoroalkyl, and optionally substituted phenyl. Other embodiments provide an organic light-emitting diode device comprising a compound of Formula 2B. |
| US08263237B2 |
Red phosphorescent composition and organic electroluminescent device using the same
A red phosphorescent compound, includes a host material being capable of transporting an electron or a hole; and a dopant material represented by the following formula 1: wherein each of R1 to R4 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen atom (H), C1 to C6 alkyl and C1 to C6 alkoxy, and at least one of R1 to R4 is C1 to C6 alkyl, and wherein each of R5 to R7 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, C1 to C6 alkyl and pyrrole, and at least one of R5 to R7 is pyrrole, and wherein each of X and Y is selected from the group consisting of H, non-substituted C1 to C6 alkyl and C1 to C6 alkyl substituted by fluorine. |
| US08263236B2 |
Organic electroluminescence device
A compound is represented by the following formula (I): wherein N represents a nitrogen atom; C represents a carbon atom; Pt represents a platinum atom; Z1, Z4, Z5, and Z8 represent a carbon atom or a nitrogen atom; Z2, Z3, Z6, and Z7 represent a carbon atom, a nitrogen atom, an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom; Z11, and Z16 represent a carbon atom or a nitrogen atom; Z12, Z13, Z14, Z15, Z17, Z18, Z19, and Z20 represent a carbon atom, a nitrogen atom, an oxygen atom, or a sulfur atom; Y1 and Y2 represent a single bond, an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom, a nitrogen atom; A11 represents a divalent linking group; B1 and B2 represent a single bond or a divalent linking group. |
| US08263235B2 |
Organic light emitting device having a high light extraction efficiency
An organic light emitting device having a high light extraction efficiency and being excellent in an light emitting efficiency and durability is provided. The organic light emitting device includes an anode and a cathode, and a layer formed of an organic compound interposed between the anode and the cathode. The layer formed of the organic compound includes a light emitting layer, and the light emitting layer is formed of at least one organic light emitting material and an aliphatic compound, and a refractive index of the light emitting layer is 1.40 or more to 1.60 or less. |
| US08263234B2 |
High-strength steel sheet, strength member for vehicles using the same, and method for producing strength member for vehicles
A high-strength steel sheet includes a stress-strain diagram obtained by a tensile test of the steel, and a gradient of stress in the stress-strain diagram, wherein the gradient dσ/dε in 3 to 7% of true strain is 5000 MPa or more. |
| US08263227B2 |
Coated article with low-E coating including zirconium oxide and/or zirconium silicon oxynitride and methods of making same
This application relates to a coated article including at least one infrared (IR) reflecting layer of a material such as silver or the like in a low-E coating. In certain embodiments, at least one layer of the coating is of or includes zirconium oxide (e.g., ZrO2) or zirconium silicon oxynitride (e.g., ZrSiOxNy). When a layer comprising zirconium oxide or zirconium silicon oxynitride is provided as the uppermost or overcoat layer of the coated article (e.g., over a silicon nitride based layer), this results in improved chemical and heat stability in certain example embodiments. Coated articles herein may be used in the context of insulating glass (IG) window units, vehicle windows, or in other suitable applications such as monolithic window applications, laminated windows, and/or the like. |
| US08263224B2 |
Resin composition
Disclosed is a resin composition containing a hexagonal ferrite and a resin, which is characterized in that the hexagonal ferrite is contained in an amount of 50-98 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of the total of the resin composition. |
| US08263223B2 |
Coated surfaces for immobilizing negatively charged anticoagulating agents from blood fluid
A wound closure apparatus is provided which utilizes blood fluid by activating the clotting cascade of blood fluid outside the body within a substantially enclosed sterile container then introducing, the blood fluid to the wound site to complete clotting. An apparatus for providing ways of inhibiting anticoagulating agents, and slowing fibrin clot degradation are also disclosed. Kits for practicing the invention singularly or in combination with, and/or associated with preferred procedures are also disclosed. The invention provides a clotting cascade initiation apparatus (1) including a substantially enclosed sterile containment chamber within which an aliquot of blood fluid, either autologous or from donor sources can be received, and retained. In preferred embodiments, the sterile containment chamber further includes a heparin binding agent which will bind heparin and remove it from the blood fluid. In further embodiments, the containment chamber will also include a procoagulating agent, wherein a clotting cascade can be initiated when the blood fluid is accepted into the sterile containment chamber. |
| US08263220B2 |
Work subject material, surface protection sheet and method of working
A work subject material comprising a metal plate for use in punching and/or bending and, attached thereto, a surface protection sheet, characterized in that the surface protection sheet comprises a support base material and an adhesive layer superimposed on one surface of the support base material and that the surface protection sheet exhibits a coefficient (I) not more than 21.0, a coefficient (II) not less than 4.0 and a coefficient (III) not more than 1.5, which are calculated by the following formulae: (I)=thickness of support base material (mm)×elongation at break of surface protection sheet (%); (II)=thickness of support base material (mm)×strength at break of surface protection sheet (N/20 mm); and (III)=coefficient (I)/coefficient (II). |
| US08263212B2 |
Composite material repair
A repaired composite material component 24 comprises parent composite material 12, a primary region 14 of replacement composite material and a secondary region 26 of replacement composite material which has a greater tendency to debond under loading of the repaired composite material component 24 than the primary region 14. |
| US08263211B2 |
Insert molding laminate and manufacturing method thereof, and insert molding and manufacturing method thereof
The invention provides an insert molding laminate providing excellent transparency to a transparent window portion and excellent adhesiveness to both a capacitance-type touch sensor and an injection-molded resin portion, and a manufacturing method thereof, and an insert molding and a manufacturing method thereof. The insert molding laminate comprises a glass substrate, a heat-resisting adhesive layer having a frame shape and formed on peripheral portions of one surface of the glass substrate, a transparent pressure-sensitive adhesive layer formed on an inner side portion of the one surface of the glass substrate and shaped to partially overlap the heat-resisting adhesive layer in a thickness direction of the glass substrate, and a capacitance-type touch sensor laminated on the transparent pressure-sensitive adhesive layer and having a configuration smaller than an outer configuration of the glass substrate. |
| US08263204B2 |
Hook surface fastener
A hook surface fastener excellent in the heat resistance, flame resistance, retention of hook shape, and pull-out resistance of hook engaging elements (fibers). The hook surface fastener is composed of a base fabric and the hook engaging elements formed on the base fabric. The base fabric is a woven fabric composed of warp yarns, weft yarns and fibers constituting the hook engaging elements. The warp yarns and the fibers constituting the hook engaging elements are polyphenylene sulfide fibers. The weft yarns are substantially non-twisted, paralleled yarns of polyphenylene sulfide fibers and heat-fusible fibers having a melting point or softening point each being 230° C. or lower. The polyphenylene sulfide fibers constituting the hook engaging elements have a crystal orientation of 85.0 to 90.0% and a crystallinity of 32.0 to 42.0% so that the retention of hook shape is good. The fibers constituting the hook engaging elements are anchored to the base fabric by fusion of the heat-fusible fibers. Therefore, the pull-out resistance of the hook engaging elements (fibers) is good even if a resin coat layer is substantially not provided on the back surface of the base fabric. A hook surface fastener substantially free from the resin coat layer has a good heat resistance and flame resistance. |
| US08263203B2 |
Filler for artificial turf system
Artificial turf for use with an artificial turf system, which may also include a base layer and a support layer. The artificial turf comprising a backing supporting pile tufts of between ¼″ to 4″ in length, in position on its upper surface. The backing may comprise a porous synthetic foam or backing sheet. A filler of particles shaped to have no sharp edges and of substantially equal size are interspersed over the backing and about the tufts up to at least half thick length. The artificial turf substantially retains its resiliency, porosity and equal density throughout. |
| US08263201B2 |
Self-laminating rotating cable marker label with breakaway portion
A self-laminating rotating cable marker label is constructed of a transparent film having a first adhesive area, an adhesive-free smooth area, and a second adhesive area. A print-on area forms one side of the transparent film, the print-on area adapted to receive indicia identifying the cable about which the marker label is applied. A perforation extends across the transparent film providing a line of separation of the transparent film. When wrapped around a cable, the second adhesive area overlies the print-on area such that the cable identifying indicia is visible through the transparent second adhesive area. As the transparent film is wrapped around the cable, the first adhesive area adheres to the cable. The remainder of the transparent film is rotated, breaking the perforation, whereby the smooth area of the film in contact with the cable provides smooth rotation of the label around the cable. |
| US08263200B2 |
Composite structure and related method to obtain it
A method of making a composite structure (1) that comprises a curved body (5) and an integral rim (3) extending from an end of the curved body. The method comprises the steps of: forming a diaphragm pack (19) comprising a flat stack (13) of composite plies between two diaphragms (15 A, 15B), wherein each ply (L1, L2, L3) of the flat stack (13) is made up of a plurality of composite tiles (9). Each tile (9) includes at least a first portion (9A) and a second portion (9B) that have side edges of the first portion (9A) configured to abut against side edges of adjacent tiles and side edges of the second portion (9B) configured to overlap side edges of adjacent tiles. Air is evacuated from within the diaphragm pack (19) either before or after placing the diaphragm pack (19) within a double diaphragm forming apparatus comprising a hollow forming tool (23), wherein the first portion (9A) of the composite tiles (9) is supported on an upper surface (23 A) of the tool (23). Heat (25) is applied to the diaphragm pack (19); when the stack reaches the forming temperature a vacuum (Pv) is applied between the lower diaphragm (15B) and the hollow forming tool (23) such the second portion (9B) of the composite tiles (9) are drawn downwards into contact with the internal wall (23B) of the forming tool (23) to move the edges of the second portion (9B) of adjacent tiles to abut against side edges of adjacent tiles (9). The first portion (9A) of each tile (9) forms part of the rim (3) and the second portion (9B) of each tile forms art of the curved body (5). |
| US08263196B2 |
Protection of printed images from gasfade
A print medium having increased resistance to gasfade. An inhibitor comprising a sulfur-containing polymer is incorporated into the print medium. The sulfur-containing polymer is poly(1,4-phenylene sulfide) or poly(1,3-phenylene sulfide). The inhibitor is present in at least a surface of the print medium and may be present in the print medium in a concentration from approximately 0.25% by weight per cm2 of the print medium to approximately 30% by weight per cm2 of the print medium. A method of forming the print medium is disclosed as is a method of producing a printed image having increased resistance to gasfade. |
| US08263191B2 |
Method for the creation of color effect images
There is described a method of producing color effect images on a carrier substrate, wherein it is provided that a latent magnetic image comprising magnetic pixels and non-magnetic pixels is produced on a magnetizable printing form, a carrier substrate with a decorative layer applied to the carrier substrate and provided with non-spherical, preferably needle-form or flake-form magnetic color effect pigments is moved past the magnetizable printing form so that color effect pigments of the decorative layer are changed in their orientation relative to the carrier substrate by the field line image produced by the magnetic pixels of the magnetizable printing form, and the color effect pigments are fixed in the decorative layer in the orientation which is changed by the field line image of the printing form. There is further described an apparatus for carrying out the method and a multi-layer body produced therewith. |
| US08263182B2 |
Inkjet printing system, ink, and process
An inkjet printing system comprises an inkjet printer and an inkjet ink comprising water, a self-dispersing carbon black pigment, and a water soluble polymer containing carboxylate groups, wherein: the carbon black pigment comprises greater than 11 weight % volatile surface functional groups; and the ink also contains an organic base having a pKa>7.5 and an optional inorganic base in combined amounts sufficient to provide alkaline equivalents of at least 150% of the acid equivalents of the water soluble polymer; provided the equivalents of the organic base are greater than or equal to the equivalents of the inorganic base. |
| US08263178B2 |
Plasma surface treatment using dielectric barrier discharges
A process for the in-flight surface treatment of powders using a Dielectric Barrier Discharge Torch operating at atmospheric pressures or soft vacuum conditions is described herein. The process comprising feeding a powder material into the Dielectric Barrier Discharge Torch yielding powder particles exhibiting a reduced powder agglomeration feature; in-flight modifying the surface properties of the particles; and collecting coated powder particles. An apparatus for surface treating micro- and nanoparticles comprising a Dielectric Barrier Discharge Torch operating at atmospheric pressure or soft vacuum conditions is also described herein. |
| US08263175B2 |
Method for manufacturing color organic EL display
A color organic EL display includes: a substrate; a color filter layer disposed on the substrate; a gas barrier layer disposed on the color filter layer; and an organic EL structural body disposed on the gas barrier layer. The substrate and the color filter layer provide an underlayer of the gas barrier layer. The underlayer is a degassed underlayer. The gas barrier layer is provided by an atomic layer deposition method at a temperature equal to or lower than a decomposition starting temperature of the color filter layer. |
| US08263174B2 |
Light emitting device and method for manufacturing light emitting device
Disclosed is a light emitting device manufacturing apparatus including a plurality of processing chambers for performing a substrate processing for forming, on a target substrate, a light emitting device having multiple layers including an organic layer, wherein each of the plurality of processing chambers is configured to perform a substrate process on the target substrate while maintaining the target substrate such that its device forming surface, on which the light emitting device is to be formed, is oriented toward a direction opposite to a direction of gravity. |
| US08263168B2 |
Indulgent edible composition
The present invention is directed to an indulgent edible composition that provides an orally pleasurable eating experience similar to chocolate as the chocolate melts in the oral cavity comprising (a) a starch that when combined with water in a weight ratio of 5:95 starch to water, has a viscosity at 22° C. of about 0.03 Pa-s to about 2 Pa-s at a shear rate of 10 sec−1; (b) a protein-containing component that will substantially hydrate in water and will not coagulate; (c) a sweetener that when substantially hydrated is at least 90% free of crystals in said edible composition; (d) a fat-containing component that melts at a temperature of about 45° C. or less; (e) a hydrocolloid gelling agent that facilitates the formation of a gel matrix that will break down at a temperature of about 45° C. or less; and (f) an edible surfactant that is food-grade and has a HLB value of about 0 to about 12, wherein the edible composition has a total moisture content from about 10% to about 50% moisture by weight of the composition. |
| US08263165B2 |
Production of consumable alcohols and components thereof
The invention is directed to a process for producing consumable alcohols and components thereof, in particular for producing consumable alcohols and components thereof using high throughput rapid screening and production of combinatorial libraries of consumable alcohols and components. In particular, the consumable alcohol is wine, Scotch, cognac, ports, beer, gin, vodka, rum, sherry, champagne, tequila, and the like and components thereof. Most particularly, the consumable alcohol is wine, wine blends, and components thereof. |
| US08263163B2 |
Cold-water soluble extruded starch product
Disclosed is a cold-water soluble starch and a process for preparing same. Generally, the process comprises providing a hydroxyalkyl starch and applying a shearing force to the starch in an extruder in the presence of moisture, the force and the moisture each being sufficient to gelatinize at least substantially all of the granules of the starch to thereby form a sheared starch. The starch is heated to its gelatinization temperature after the starch has passed partially through the barrel of the extruder, with the moisture being maintained at a level sufficiently high to allow gelatinization but sufficiency low to protect the starch from becoming too sticky to extrude. The extruded starch product thus formed may be used in connection with a number of film-forming, coating, and other applications. |
| US08263160B1 |
Product-by-process and process for preparations having an aroma and taste of grilling, char-grilling, charcoal broiled grilling and woodfired grilling
A system and method for preparation of meat flavorants, and flavorants, having increased flavor and aromatic intensity and which more closely resemble the natural flavor and aroma of cooked meat. Preheated edible, food grade oils and fats are exposed to temperatures between 290° C. and 475° C. under vacuum, in the presence of oxygen. The developing flavor vapors are immediately and completely removed from the heated oils and fats. The mixture of air-purge/flavor-vapor is immediately carried away from the heat transfer surface of the edible oil or fat. An evaporator, preferably a spinning disc, spinning band or thin film evaporator, without a condenser is used as process equipment. The air-purged flavor-vapors are diffused and absorbed in an absorption device into suitable food-grade liquids. |
| US08263159B2 |
Frozen product and method for its production
A method of producing an extruded water-based frozen composition having a high ice content, using a screw barrel extruder having a barrel provided with an inlet and an exit die, the method comprising (a) feeding an unfrozen composition into the barrel of the extruder via the inlet thereof, the unfrozen composition comprising (i) at least 85%, preferably at least 90% by weight of the water; and (ii) at least 0.5%, preferably at least 1%, more preferably at least 2% by weight of a balance consisting of one or more other ingredients; (b) freezing the unfrozen composition inside the barrel to form the frozen composition; and (c) extruding the frozen composition through the exit die of the extruder to form said water-based frozen product; wherein at least part of the barrel is cooled with a coolant at a first temperature sufficient to form the frozen composition, and preferably the exit die is cooled with a coolant at a temperature higher than the first temperature, such that the frozen composition is still frozen but extrudable. |
| US08263154B2 |
Method for the production of whole nixtamalized corn flour, using a vacuum classifier cooler
A process and apparatus for the continuous production of whole nixtamalized corn flour, includes a whole clean corn precooking with a lime solution to effect a partial hydrolysis of pericarp and bran with reduced soluble corn loss in Nejayote wastewater. Moisture content is then stabilized, followed by milling and drying preconditioned corn for further endosperm gelatinization in the whole ground kernel, venting and separating the dry-milled fractions. Adiabatic cooling under a partial vacuum of the vented dry-grind fractions and classifying with an upwardly airstream to strip the fine-grind from the coarse grind while the latter is separated downwardly as a moving bed. Venting and separating the classified fine grind fraction; sifting and recovering the cooled and classified fine grind so segregated from the coarse grind, remilling and further screening the coarse grind produces a whole nixtamalized corn flour for tortilla and whole grain corn-based foods. |
| US08263153B2 |
Method of preventing or reducing haze in a beverage using silane-treated silica filter media
The present invention provides a method for preventing or reducing haze development in a beverage. Silane-treated silica filter media are synthesized. By contacting the beverage with the silane-treated silica filter, one or more haze-forming components bind to the silane-treated silica filter media and are removed by filtration. In addition, particulates in the beverage are removed by filtration. Beverages that tend to develop haze on standing and/or chilling such as alcoholic, fruit, and vegetable beverages, are suitable for the present invention. This haze in a beverage is mainly caused by polyphenols and proteins. The present invention provides a method that can reduce the levels of both polyphenols and proteins. The silica filter media useful for the present method include rice hull ash, oat hull ash, or diatomaceous earth. |
| US08263152B2 |
Method of producing ice-candy in an ice-candy molding container
An ice-candy forming container is provided which produces ice-candies having a complicated shape copying the face of a cartoon character or the like with higher quality and without a loss in shape. A forming container includes a first mold having a pattern portion formed in one face thereof, and a second mold configured to slide over and along the one face of the first mold, in a close contact relation, in directions designated by arrows A1-A2, so as to contain the first mold therein. In such a containing position, the second mold contacts externally and closely substantially an entire surface of the outer periphery of the pattern portion. |
| US08263151B2 |
Peracid and 2-hydroxy organic acid compositions and methods for treating produce
Methods and compositions for treating produce to control microorganisms are provided. The method treats produce by contacting the surface of the produce with an aqueous solution comprising i) an organic peracid of the formula RC(O)OOH wherein R is methyl, ethyl, n-propyl, or s-propyl; ii) a 2-hydroxy organic acid selected from tartaric acid, citric acid, malic acid, mandelic acid, and lactic acid; and (optionally) iii) an anionic surfactant; wherein the aqueous solution has a pH from 2.5 to 6.0. |
| US08263148B2 |
Capsule for preparation of a beverage with a delivery wall forming a confined flowpath
A capsule for preparation of a beverage in a beverage production machine that includes a body and a delivery wall forming a chamber containing an extractable beverage ingredient, The delivery wall has at least one outlet, an inner layer including at least one first orifice and an outer layer including at least a second orifice, with the first and second orifices extending in the axial direction of the capsule, The first and second layers are adjacent or the first and second layers are distant by a confined gap and when a gap is present, a labyrinth structure is provided which extends transversally in the gap between the first and second orifices. |
| US08263142B2 |
Method of obtaining a hydroxytyrosol-rich composition from vegetation water
The invention provides olive-derived hydroxytyrosol. According to one aspect of the invention, vegetation water is collected from olives. Acid is added to stabilize the vegetation water and prevent fermentation. The mixture is incubated to allow oleoeuropein to convert to hydroxytyrosol, and then fractionated to separate hydroxytyrosol from other components. The hydroxytyrosol is useful as a natural anti-bacterial, anti-viral and fungicidal product for agricultural and pest control applications. In addition, it is useful as a therapeutic and anti-oxidant for a variety of health purposes. |
| US08263141B2 |
Tablet with remedial composition and methods for treating medical disorders and ailments
The invention discloses a pharmaceutical composition useful for treatment and prevention of medical disorders and ailments. The aforesaid composition comprises active ingredients comprising; Turmeric extract, Turmeric powder, Selenium or source of Selenium, especially Selenomethionine, and Green tea extract. The disclosed pharmaceutical composition is especially adapted for treatment of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and colorectal cancer (CRC). |
| US08263140B1 |
Pomegranate based skin protectant and topical application
A cosmetic composition is provided having ingredients that may prevent signs or conditions of aging and/or damage in skin, improve the aesthetic appearance of skin, and promote recovery from environmental stresses. The composition includes natural ingredients, including pomegranate juice concentrate; pomegranate extract; pomegranate seed oil; and at least one pharmaceutically or cosmetically acceptable vehicle. |
| US08263139B2 |
Protein kinase modulation by hops and Acacia products
Botanical compounds to modulate kinase activity are disclosed. The compounds and methods disclosed also inhibit expression of COX-2, inhibit synthesis of prostaglandins selectively in target cells, and inhibit inflammatory response selectively. The compositions contain at least one fraction isolated or derived from hops or Acacia. |
| US08263138B2 |
Antimicrobial composition and uses thereof
A composition for prophylactic and/or therapeutic medicinal applications, or plant protection applications, in particular for the control of microorganisms, either planktonic or organized in biofilms. The composition includes at least one ion selected from hypohalite, at least one compound selected from lactoferrin, lactoferrin peptide, lysozyme, immunoglobulins or a combination thereof, optionally hypothiocyanite, and optionally at least one growth factor. |
| US08263131B2 |
Method for treating infectious organisms normally considered to be resistant to an antimicrobial drug
The present invention relates to compositions of submicron- to micron-size particles of antimicrobial agents. More particularly the invention relates to a composition of an antimicrobial agent that renders the agent potent against organisms normally considered to be resistant to the agent. The composition comprises an aqueous suspension of submicron- to micron-size particles containing the agent coated with at least one surfactant selected from the group consisting of: ionic surfactants, non-ionic surfactants, biologically derived surfactants, and amino acids and their derivatives. The particles have a volume-weighted mean particle size of less than 5 μm as measured by laser diffractometry. |
| US08263128B2 |
Solid pharmaceutical dispersions with enhanced bioavailability
Spray dried solid dispersions comprising a sparingly soluble drug and hydroxypropylmethylcellulose acetate succinate (HPMCAS) provide increased aqueous solubility and/or biavailability in a use environment. |
| US08263127B2 |
Photochemical activation of surfaces for attaching biomaterial
A water-soluble photo-activatable polymer including: a photo-activatable group adapted to be activated by an irradiation source and to form a covalent bond between the water-soluble photo-activatable polymer and a matrix having at least one carbon; a reactive group adapted to covalently react with a biomaterial for subsequent delivery of the biomaterial to a cell; a hydrophilic group; and a polymer precursor. A composition including a monomolecular layer of the water-soluble photo-activatable polymer and a matrix having at least one carbon, wherein the monomolecular layer is covalently attached to the matrix by a covalent bond between the photo-activatable group and the at least one carbon. The composition further includes a biomaterial having a plurality of active groups, wherein the biomaterial is covalently attached to the monomolecular layer by covalent bonding between the active groups and reactive groups. Also provided is a method for delivery of a biomaterial to a cell. |
| US08263124B2 |
Anthistamine-decongestant pharmaceutical compositions
The present invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions of antihistamine-decongestant combination. Specifically the invention relates to bilayered tablet formulation comprising antihistaminic decongestant combination. More specifically present invention relates to the novel polymorph of fexofenadine or pharmaceutically accepted salts thereof, with at least one decongestant in the form of bilayered tablet. The preferred polymorphs are polymorph A and polymorph X of fexofenadine hydrochloride. |
| US08263122B2 |
Wet granulation using a water sequestering agent
Disclosed are tablets comprising hydrolytically stable formulations of (6-(5-fluoro-2-(3,4,5-trimethoxyphenylamino)pyrimidin-4-ylamino)-2,2-dimethyl-3-oxo-2H-pyrido[3,2-b][1,4]oxazin-4(3H)-yl)methyl phosphate disodium salt (Compound 1) prepared by a wet granulation process. |
| US08263121B2 |
Solid pharmaceutical preparation
The present invention provides a solid preparation containing an insulin sensitizer and an active ingredient (except insulin sensitizers), which shows in vivo dissolution behavior of an insulin sensitizer, which is similar to the dissolution behavior of an insulin sensitizer from “a solid preparation containing an insulin sensitizer alone as an active ingredient”.The present invention provides a solid preparation containing (1) a layer containing an insulin sensitizer, and (2) a layer containing (a) an active ingredient (except insulin sensitizers), (b) microcrystalline cellulose having a mean particle size of 5-25 μm, (c) microcrystalline cellulose having a mean particle size of 30-100 μm and (d) polyvinylpyrrolidone K-90. |
| US08263119B2 |
Capsule formulations containing lanthanum compounds
The present invention includes an oral pharmaceutical capsule comprising a shell, lanthanum carbonate or lanthanum carbonate hydrate, and a lubricant such as talc, wherein the shell encapsulates the lanthanum carbonate or lanthanum hydrate and the lubricant. Capsule shells comprise, for example, gelatin. The capsules of the present invention dissolve at a similar rate before and after storage. The oral pharmaceutical capsules of the present invention can be administered to treat a patient at risk for or suffering from hyperphosphatemia, at risk for or suffering from chronic kidney disease (CKD), at risk for or suffering from soft tissue calcification associated with CKD, or at risk for or suffering from secondary hyperparathyroidism. |
| US08263118B2 |
Bioresorbable fillers constituted by phospholipid liposomes and hyaluronic acid and/or the derivatives thereof
The present invention describes a new bioresorbable filler constituted by hyaluronic acid and/or the derivatives thereof structured with/in phospholipid liposomes, which increase the residence time of the starting polymer in situ. Said fillers described herein are substantially intended to increase the soft tissues in aesthetic surgery and dermocosmetics for the correction of mild to medium defects, but because of their special characteristics they can also be used in other fields of application. |
| US08263114B2 |
Topical pharmaceutical formulation
A composition comprising a non-volatile silicone fluid in admixture with fumed silica and a pharmaceutical active agent. |
| US08263111B2 |
Non-hormonal vaginal contraceptive
The present invention relates to a non-hormonal, biocompatible, and biodegradable intravaginal device for the delivery of spermiostatic, spermicidal and anti-infectious agents. The present invention also relates to methods of contraception using such a device, as well as the prevention and treatment of sexually transmitted diseases and vaginal infections through the application of the device. |
| US08263105B2 |
Biomaterial drug delivery and surface modification compositions
An antimicrobial coating is provided for use on textiles, medical devices, packaging materials, and the like. |
| US08263100B2 |
Silver-containing foam structure
A method of producing a hydrophilic polyurethane foam structure containing a silver salt, chosen from the group of silver sulphate, silver citrate, silver acetate, silver carbonate, silver lactate and silver phosphate, or a mixture of these salts includes the steps of (a) providing a water phase containing a surfactant, and at least one silver salt, wherein the at least one silver salt is dispersed in the water phase; (b) providing a isocyanate-terminated polyether having functionality of more than (2); (c) mixing the water phase and the isocyanate-terminated polyether, immediately transferring the resulting mixture to a mould whereby a foam structure is obtained; and (d) drying the foam structure until it has a moisture content of at most 10% (wt). The hydrophilic polyurethane foam structure produced by the method and a wound dressing containing the foam structure are also described. |
| US08263097B2 |
Methods and compositions for treating acne
A method for treating acne on the skin. The method has the steps of (a) providing an drapeable or flexible porous article impregnated with an aqueous cleansing composition having a carrier, benzoyl peroxide, and one or more cleansing agents; (b) contacting an area of the skin affected by acne with the porous article such that the skin is contacted by the composition; and (c) removing the composition from the skin wherein residual benzoyl peroxide remains on the skin in an anti-acne effective amount. There are also anti-acne compositions. |
| US08263095B2 |
Methods of use for peptides having activities of insulin like growth factor-1
The present invention relates to a peptide having the activity of insulin like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) and derived from IGF-1, a composition for improving skin conditions or treating a periodontal disease comprising the peptide. The IGF-1 mimicking peptides of this invention have identical functions or actions to natural-occurring IGF-1 and much better stability and skin permeation than natural-occurring IGF-1. In these connections, the composition comprising the peptides of this invention can exhibit excellent efficacies on the treatment, prevention and improvement of diseases or conditions demanding IGF-1 activities. In addition, the peptides of this invention can be advantageously applied to pharmaceutical compositions, quasi-drugs and cosmetics. |
| US08263093B2 |
Methods and compositions for administration of TRPV1 agonists
Compositions are provided that contain a TRPV1 agonist, such as capsaicin, and a solvent system. Topical application of the composition results in rapid delivery of agonist to the dermis and epidermis. Method of using the compositions for reducing nociceptive nerve fiber function in subjects, and for treatment of capsaicin-responsive conditions are also provided. |
| US08263090B2 |
Variants of group 1 allergens from Poaceae having reduced allergenicity and maintained T-cell reactivity
The present invention relates to the preparation and use of variants of the group 1 allergens of the Poaceae (sweet grasses) which are characterised by reduced IgE reactivity compared with the known wild-type allergens and at the same time by substantially maintained reactivity with T-lymphocytes. These hypoallergenic allergen variants can be employed for the specific immunotherapy (hyposensitisation) of patients having grass pollen allergy or for the preventive immunotherapy of grass pollen allergies. |
| US08263085B2 |
Gammaretrovirus associated with cancer
The present invention provides for isolated nucleic acid sequences encoding viruses; isolated polypeptides comprising amino acid sequences of the virus; vectors comprising the viral nucleic acid sequences; cells comprising the vectors; antibodies and antigen binding fragments thereof which have binding specificity for the virus; methods of detecting or screening for the virus (e.g., in an individual); methods of identifying agents that inhibit the virus; methods of inducing an immune response to the virus; methods of treating disease associated with the presence of XMRV in an individual (e.g., cancer such as prostate cancer); methods of detecting asymptomatic cancer (e.g., prostate cancer); methods of identifying an individual at risk for developing cancer (e.g., prostate cancer); and kits for detecting the virus. |
| US08263081B2 |
Antibody-light fusion products for cancer therapeutics
Antibody-LIGHT fusion products or conjugates stimulate immunity against tumors and eradicate metastases. Tumor-specific antibodies coupled with LIGHT effectively target metastatic tumors and reduces cancer metastases. |
| US08263080B2 |
Use of agonists and antagonists of IL-23 in the treatment of viral infection
Provided are methods of modulating cytokine activity, e.g., for the purpose of treating viral infections. Also provided are reagents for use in screening for agonists or antagonists of IL-23. |
| US08263077B2 |
Cell growth inhibitors containing anti-glypican 3 antibody
Provided is a cell growth inhibitor that can be used for treating diseases based on abnormal cell proliferation, and in particular cancer. The cell growth inhibitor contains an anti-glypican 3 antibody as an active ingredient. |
| US08263076B2 |
Anti-inflammatory dAb
The present invention provides a recombinant domain antibody (dAb) which binds to human TNFα, the dAb comprising an immunoglobulin heavy or light chain variable domain comprising at least one complementarity determining region (CDR) having a sequence derived from a New World primate. |
| US08263075B2 |
Antibody molecule for human GM-CSF receptor alpha
Binding members are provided for alpha chain of receptor for granulocyte macrophage colony stimulating factor (GM-CSFRα), especially antibody molecules. Use of the binding members in treating inflammatory and autoimmune diseases, e.g. rheumatoid arthritis, asthma, allergic response, multiple sclerosis, myeloid leukaemia and atherosclerosis is also provided. |
| US08263070B2 |
Methods of modulating CD200 receptors
Provided are methods for modulating activity of the immune system using agonists or antagonists of a CD200 receptor. Also provided are methods of treatment and diagnosis of immune disorders. |
| US08263063B2 |
Multimeric VLA-4 antagonists comprising polymer moieties
Disclosed are conjugates exhibiting VLA-4 antagonistic properties. Certain of these conjugates also inhibit leukocyte adhesion and, in particular, leukocyte adhesion mediated by VLA-4. The conjugates of this invention are characterized as containing more than one VLA-4 inhibiting compound covalently attached to a bio-compatible polymer, such as polyethylene glycol. Conjugates of the invention are defined by formula I, wherein A, B, and q are described in the specification. Such conjugates are useful in the treatment of inflammatory diseases in a mammalian patient, e.g., human, such as asthma, Alzheimer's disease, atherosclerosis, AIDS dementia, diabetes, inflammatory bowel disease, rheumatoid arthritis, tissue transplantation, tumor metastasis, and myocardial ischemia. The conjugates can also be administered for the treatment of inflammatory brain diseases such as multiple sclerosis. |
| US08263061B2 |
Alkyl quaternium silicone compounds
The present invention is directed to a series of alkyl quaternium silicone compounds having both alkyl groups and fatty quaternary nitrogen groups attached in one molecule, and the intermediates formed during the production thereof, that are suitable for use in personal care and other applications. These compounds by virtue of their unique structure provide outstanding micro-emulsions and provide outstanding hair conditioning. The compounds of the present invention are represented by Formula 1: wherein, a is an integer ranging from 0 to 200: b is an integer ranging from 1 to 40: c is an integer ranging from 1 to 40; n is an integer ranging from 1 to 50; x is an integer ranging from 0 to 21; and R is: or R is: |
| US08263060B2 |
Fast degrading polymers
The invention provides polyanhydrides that degrade in less than 60 hours following topical administration to deliver biologically active compounds. |
| US08263056B2 |
Dyed-hair-binding peptides and peptide-based hair reagents for personal care
Peptides have been identified that bind with high affinity to dyed hair. Peptide-based hair reagents formed by coupling a dyed-hair-binding peptide to a benefit agent are described. The peptide-based hair reagents include peptide-based hair conditioners and hair colorants. The peptide-based hair conditioners and hair colorants are comprised of a dyed-hair-binding peptide coupled to a hair conditioning agent or a coloring agent, respectively. The peptide-based hair reagents or the dyed-hair-binding peptides may also be used as a protective sealant to improve color retention of dyed hair. |
| US08263055B2 |
Long lasting and waterproof lash extension composition
Compositions and methods for the in situ formation of cross-linked polymeric filaments are disclosed. The disclosed filaments are preferably elastomeric, water-resistant, oil-resistant, long-wearing. The filament forming compositions generally comprise one or more cross-linkable polymers having at least one functional group capable of forming cross-links and a cross-linking agent, the presence of which promotes cross-linking of the polymers. The compositions may be used for lengthening and/or volumizing keratin fibers, for example, eyelashes. |
| US08263052B1 |
Topical drying composition comprising encapsulated trehalose and method of using same
A topical drying composition is provided for removal of sweat from skin areas which are vulnerable to sweating after sweat producing activities. The drying efficacy of the composition is due to the presence of encapsulated trehalose, with or without aluminum used as aluminum zirconium compound. Application of an effective amount of the composition to the skin prior to exercise or sweat removal activity reduces sweating and accelerates drying of the skin. |
| US08263047B2 |
Topical anesthetic for dental procedures
A topical anesthetic for dental procedures is provided containing about 3 wt % to 10 wt % tetracaine in a vehicle suitable for administration to the oral mucosa. The vehicle for transporting the tetracaine includes a water soluble mucoadhesive or a combination of mucoadhesives such as a high molecular weight poly(ethylene oxide) homopolymer and a cellulose polymer. The vehicle may additionally include a penetration enhancer such as propylene glycol. The tetracaine is ground into a powder and is suspended in a plasticized hydrocarbon gel which completes the vehicle. |
| US08263046B2 |
N-phenyl-N-pyridinyl-benzamides and benzenesulfonomides having cooling properties
Used as cooling agents are the compounds of formula (I), wherein Y is carbonyl (C(═O)) or sulfonyl (SO2—); and X is OCH3, CN, C(═O)NHR, C(═O)OR, or halogen; and R is hydrogen or C1-C4 alkyl. |
| US08263045B2 |
Sunless tanning composition and method of sunless tanning
A sunless tanning composition having dihydroacetone and an amphoglycinate (amphoacetate) in an amount effective for sunless tanning is provided. Also provided is a method of sunless tanning having the step of topically applying to the skin an effective amount of a sunless tanning composition having dihydroacetone and an amphoglycinate. |
| US08263042B2 |
Contrast agents for myocardial perfusion imaging
The present disclosure is directed, in part, to compounds and methods for imaging myocardial perfusion, comprising administering to a patient a contrast agent which comprises a compound that binds MC-1, and an imaging moiety, and scanning the patient using diagnostic imaging. |
| US08263039B2 |
Use of DKK-1 protein in the cancer diagnosis
Use of DKK-1 protein or the nucleic acid sequence in preparation of cancer diagnostic agents or kits, method to detect liver cancer with the monoclonal antibody thereof, the kit comprising anti-DKK-1 antibody or protein specific nucleic acid probes, together with a label, and method to detecting specific DKK-1 protein expression are disclosed. |
| US08263038B2 |
Method of devolatilizing recycled carbon black and associated method
A method for controlling volatiles in recycled carbon black, such as from pyrolysis of tires, includes deagglomerating the recycled carbon black to substantially reduce the carbon black particle size and impinging an air current on the carbon black particles, preferably in a countercurrent direction, to increase the processing temperature and thereby enhance the release of volatiles. Associated apparatus is disclosed. |
| US08263032B2 |
Oxidation catalyst
An oxidation catalyst comprises an extruded solid body comprising: 10-95% by weight of at least one binder/matrix component; 5-90% by weight of a zeolitic molecular sieve, a non-zeolitic molecular sieve or a mixture of any two or more thereof; and 0-80% by weight optionally stabilized ceria, which catalyst comprising at least one precious metal and optionally at least one non-precious metal, wherein: (i) a majority of the at least one precious metal is located at a surface of the extruded solid body; (ii) the at least one precious metal is carried in one or more coating layer(s) on a surface; (iii) at least one metal is present throughout the extruded solid body and in a higher concentration at a surface; (iv) at least one metal is present throughout the extruded solid body and in a coating layer(s) on a surface; or (v) a combination of (ii) and (iii). |
| US08263031B2 |
Method for purifying exhaust gas and system therefor
A method is provided for purifying exhaust gas from an engine having an exhaust passage with a selective reducing catalyst and an oxidation catalyst upstream of the selective reducing catalyst. The method calculates an amount of NOx that flows into the selective reducing catalyst; sets an amount of an additive agent to be supplied to the selective reducing catalyst based on the calculated amount of NOx; determines a degradation degree of the oxidation catalyst; determines whether a correction to the amount of the additive agent is necessary based on the determined degradation degree of the oxidation catalyst; corrects the amount of the additive agent to be supplied when the correction is necessary; and supplies the additive agent to the selective reducing catalyst in the corrected amount if the amount is determined to be corrected and in the uncorrected amount if the amount is determined not to be corrected. |
| US08263030B1 |
Controlled in-situ dissolution of an alkali metal
A method for the controllable dissolution of one or more alkali metals from a vessel containing a one or more alkali metals and/or one or more partially passivated alkali metals. The vessel preferably comprising a sodium, NaK or other alkali metal-cooled nuclear reactor that has been used. The alkali metal, preferably sodium, potassium or a combination thereof, in the vessel is exposed to a treatment liquid, preferably an acidic liquid, more preferably citric acid. Preferably, the treatment liquid is maintained in continuous motion relative to any surface of unreacted alkali metal with which the treatment liquid is in contact. The treatment liquid is preferably pumped into the vessel containing the one or more alkali metals and the resulting fluid is extracted and optionally further processed. Preferably, the resulting off-gases are processed by an off-gas treatment system and the resulting liquids are processed by a liquid disposal system. In one preferred embodiment, an inert gas is pumped into the vessel along with the treatment liquid. |