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| US08305101B2 |
Microelectronic contactor assembly, structures thereof, and methods of constructing same
A plurality of inserts are anchored in holes or recesses in a probe head. Shafts are coupled to the inserts, and adjustable multi-part fasteners are attached to the shafts and to a stiffener. The multi-part fasteners are operated to move the shafts and couple the probe head, the stiffener, and other components of a microelectronic contactor assembly. In some embodiments, the inserts may be anchored in the probe head using an adhesive. In some embodiments, the probe head may comprise more than one major substrate, and the inserts may be anchored in either of the substrates. |
| US08305100B2 |
Diagnosing an electronic sensor
The apparatus (1) for checking the operational condition of an electronic sensor element (3) which measures a physical quantity comprises testing means for providing a test deflection, corresponding to a specific change in the measured physical quantity, in the measurement signal produced by the sensor element and by a measuring circuit (2) connected thereto. According to the invention, the testing means comprise a testing circuit (4) which is galvanically separated from the measuring circuit and includes a light source (5a, 5b), and a light-sensitive component (6a, 6b) connected to the measuring circuit for receiving a light signal (7a, 7b) emitted by the light source and for further providing in the measurement signal a test deflection proportional to the light signal. |
| US08305099B2 |
High speed full duplex test interface
A full duplex, high speed test interface comprises a tester side circuit and a device under test side circuit, each comprising balancing circuits. The balancing circuit of the test side circuit is configured to cancel its own transmitted data at the test side circuit such that the transmitted data does not influence any other signal generated at the test side circuit. Similarly, the balancing circuit of the device under test side circuit is configured to cancel its own transmitted data at the device under test side circuit such that the transmitted data does not influence any other signal generated at the device under test side circuit. |
| US08305098B2 |
Element usable with the method, and a standalone probe card tester formable using the method
A probe card assembly used to test electronic devices in an automated test equipment system. The probe card assembly includes a substrate having a plurality of through-holes contained therein and a plurality of electrical contact elements. Each of the plurality of electrical contact elements has characteristics of both a torsional beam and a cantilever beam design and is configured to scrub a test pad associated with the electronic device in two directions concurrently. The plurality of electrical contacts is configured to be magnetically aligned to the substrate. Each of the plurality of electrical contact elements is further configured to be removably adhered to the substrate thus allowing easy field replacement of individual electrical contact elements. |
| US08305094B2 |
Resistance measuring device, display panel, and measuring method of bonding resistance
The resistance measuring device of the present invention includes switch transistors and switch conductive lines disposed between the bonding pads on a first substrate and between the bumps on a second substrate, such that the bonding pads and the bumps are conducted when the transistors are turned on, and the bonding resistance between at least one of the bonding pads and its corresponding bump can be directly measured. |
| US08305090B2 |
Capacitance touch sensing device and door locking device
A capacitance touch sensing device that detects the touch of a user against a surface of a door handle on the outside of a vehicle includes an upper sensor electrode provided in an upper portion of the door handle, a lower sensor electrode provided in a lower portion of the door handle, an upper detecting portion that detects when the user has touched an upper surface of the door handle based on output from the upper sensor electrode, and a lower detecting portion that detects when the user has touched a lower surface of the door handle based on output from the lower sensor electrode. The detection sensitivity of one of the upper detecting portion or the lower detecting portion is lower than the detection sensitivity of the other. |
| US08305088B2 |
Process and device for differentiating objects influencing an electromagnetic alternating field, in particular metal objects
A process for differentiating conductive and/or ferromagnetic objects (O) in a material stream (2) comprises generating an electromagnetic alternating field by exciting a coil (S) with a sinusoidal voltage (ue(t)) of a constant frequency (fM), detecting an impedance change in the coil, which has been caused by an object (O), by determining at least one pair of values from a peak value (ÎM) and a phase shift (Φm) of the coil current (iM(t)) toward the excitation potential (ue(t)) of the coil, and determining the material by comparing the peak values (ÎM) and phase shifts (Φm) with reference values, wherein the peak values (ÎM) of the coil current (iM(t)) are calculated at at least one measuring phase angle (Φm) with the aid of a window comparator having a constant window width (Δi), wherein the time (ΔtM) between the window inlet point (p4) and the window outlet point (p6) of the coil current (iM(t)) is measured and the gradient of the current profile (iM(t)) is calculated from the window width (Δi) and the measured time (ΔtM) and the peak value (ÎM) is calculated from the gradient of the sinusoidal current profile iM(t) and its frequency (fM). |
| US08305084B2 |
Voltage measuring apparatus for assembled battery
A voltage measuring apparatus measures an output voltage of an assembled battery in which a plurality of unit cells are connected in series and are divided into a plurality of blocks. The apparatus includes: a block voltage detection section which detects a voltage of at least one of the plurality of blocks and provides an analog voltage signal; a reference power supply which generates a reference voltage; a sampling voltage generation section which generates a sampling voltage based on the reference voltage; a storage for storing voltage date corresponding to the sampling voltage; and an A/D conversion section of the block voltage detection section that digitizes the sampling voltage with the reference voltage for A/D conversion. A difference between the digitized sampling voltage and the voltage data is calculated and it is determined that abnormality occurs in the A/D conversion section when the difference is larger than a threshold. |
| US08305080B2 |
Power supply for magnetic resonance imaging system
In one embodiment, a power supply for a static tap changer transformer is provided. The power supply comprises a rectifier section configured to supply input voltage, a latch circuit section coupled to the rectifier section and a tap changing section comprising three taps for each phase of three phase input power supply. The latch circuit section comprises a zener breakdown circuit with a selected breakdown voltage rating, an operational amplifier configured to activate the latch circuit section when the input voltage is higher than the selected breakdown voltage, a gate control device configured to generate a tap changing signal and thereby control the operation of the latch circuit section and a semi-conductor diode coupled to the gate control device and the operational amplifier, the semiconductor diode configured to provide the tap changing signal to the operational amplifier. Further, each tap in the tap changing section comprises a single MOSFET configured to act as a switch based on the output from the zener breakdown circuit and the gate control device. |
| US08305070B2 |
Programmable power supply controller and methodology for automatic phase adjustment of a PWM output signal
A controller and methodology for a power supply are disclosed. The controller includes output channels for providing a pulse width modulation (PWM) voltage signal for driving a load, for example, a microprocessor. Each channel provides a portion of the PWM signal. The controller receives user input information and uses that information to automatically determine window sizes. A window size defines the maximum output current level for a given window. The controller uses feedback signals to determine the current being drawn by the load, and selects the number of windows and channels that are needed to adequately provide that current. The controller selectively activates and deactivates the output channels accordingly. In response a change in the user input information the controller automatically adjusts the window sizes. |
| US08305064B2 |
Control device for a switching converter
A control device for a switching converter, the converter having at least one transistor supplied by an input voltage and adapted to supply a load by means of an output voltage. The converter also including a circuit adapted to turn on and off the at least one transistor. The control device includes an operation circuit adapted to change the state of the at least one transistor from turned on to turned off or vice versa, respectively when the output voltage goes down or goes up by a first voltage of a given value by defining a first state; the operation circuit including a further circuit adapted to generate a ramp signal and to change the first state of the at least one transistor from turned on to turned off or vice versa when the ramp voltage is equal to the output voltage of the converter. |
| US08305062B2 |
Method for controlling a voltage regulator, in particular a converter of the multiphase interleaving type and corresponding controller
An embodiment of method is described for controlling a voltage regulator of the type comprising at least one modulator of the PWM type, the method comprising: 1) generation of a control voltage signal for said PWM modulator; 2) frequency modulation of said control voltage signal obtaining a modulated control voltage signal having an harmonic at a switching frequency of said voltage regulator of reduced entity with respect to said control voltage signal; and 3) application of said modulated control voltage signal to said PWM modulator for generating a driving signal for said voltage regulator. |
| US08305061B1 |
Apparatus and method for digitally controlled buck-boost switching regulator
A buck/boost regulator controller is provided. The buck-boost regulator controller controls four switches in an H-bridge configuration to control voltage regulation. The buck/boost regulator controller includes a digital error amplifier and buck-boost control logic. The digital error amplifier provides a multi-bit digital error voltage signal that is based on the difference between the output voltage and the desired output voltage. The buck-boost control logic controls the opening and closing of the four switches in the H-bridge based, in part, on the multi-bit digital error voltage signal. |
| US08305060B2 |
Switching power supply device and a semiconductor integrated circuit
In a switching power source which controls a current which flows in an inductor through a switching element which performs a switching operation in response to a PWM signal, and forms an output voltage by a capacitor which is provided in series in the inductor, a booster circuit which is constituted of a bootstrap capacity and a MOSFET is provided between an output node of the switching element and a predetermined voltage terminal. The boosted voltage is used as an operational voltage of a driving circuit of the switching element, another source/drain region and a substrate gate are connected with each other such that when the MOSFET is made to assume an OFF state, and a junction diode between one source/drain region and the substrate gate is inversely directed with respect to the boosted voltage which is formed by the bootstrap capacity. |
| US08305058B2 |
Power supply having an improved maximum power point tracking function
The present invention relates to power supplies, and more particularly, to a power supply having a maximum power point tracking function that can reduce manufacturing costs and circuit size by using a maximum power point tracking section with a simplified circuit in a solar photovoltaic power generator supplying power using sunlight instead of using a micro controller, the maximum power point tracking section that controls power switching according to a result of integration of a value obtained by dividing a power variation by a voltage variation to track a maximum power value. A power supply having a maximum power point tracking function according to an aspect of the invention may include: a converter section switching input power, and converting the switched input power into predetermined DC power; and a maximum power point tracking section detecting a voltage and a power value of the input power, dividing a variation of the detected power by a variation of the detected voltage, integrating a result of the division, and controlling the switching operation of the converter section according to a value of the integration. |
| US08305055B2 |
Non-inverting buck boost voltage converter
A non-inverting buck boost voltage converter includes a buck boost voltage regulation circuitry for generating a regulated output voltage responsive to an input voltage. A current sensor monitors an input current to the buck boost voltage regulation circuitry. Buck boost mode control circuitry controls the buck boost voltage regulation circuitry using peak current mode control in a buck mode of operation and valley current mode control in boost mode of operation responsive to the monitored input current. |
| US08305054B2 |
Inductive conversion device and energy control method
An energy control method for a inductive conversion device comprising: determination of individual error of multiple output voltages; determination of peak current based on the errors, determination of total energy through the peak current and charging to at least one inductor according to the peak current, whereas the inductor will store the total energy. |
| US08305053B2 |
System and method for controlling a power switch in a power supply system
One embodiment of the invention includes a power supply system. The system includes at least one power switch configured to be activated and deactivated based on a duty-cycle of a respective at least one control signal to generate an output voltage. The system also includes a gate driver configured to generate the at least one control signal and to adjust a slew-rate of each pulse of the at least one control signal to substantially mitigate amplitude ringing at a switching node during a first rising-edge portion and to substantially mitigate conduction losses associated with the at least one power switch during activation and deactivation of the at least one power switch during a second rising-edge portion. |
| US08305048B2 |
Vehicle power generating device and an alternator control method
A vehicle power generating device includes an alternator which has a voltage regulator that keeps the voltage of generated power constant, and an electronic control unit that controls the voltage regulator. In this vehicle power generating device, the alternator has an abnormally high temperature determining portion that determines whether the temperature of the alternator is abnormally high, and an abnormal signal outputting portion which, when it has been determined by the abnormally high temperature determining portion that the temperature of the alternator is abnormally high, outputs a signal indicative of the determination that the temperature is abnormally high to the electronic control unit. Also, when the electronic control unit receives the signal indicative of the determination that the temperature is abnormally high, the electronic control unit controls the voltage regulator such that the voltage generated by the alternator is suppressed. |
| US08305044B2 |
Battery pack, information processing apparatus, charge control system, charge control method by battery pack, and charge control method by charge control system
A battery pack includes: an obtaining unit for obtaining computation information for calculating a charge current including temperature information of a battery; a computation unit for computing a charge current for the battery based on the computation information; and a notification unit for notifying a computer of the charge current computed by the computation unit. The notification unit uses a dedicated command to notify the computer of the charge current. The battery pack includes: a storage unit for storing therein a first threshold value and a second threshold value relating to the temperature information, and the computation unit may compute the optimal charge current depending on which of ranges divided by the first threshold value and the second threshold value the temperature information belongs to. |
| US08305042B2 |
Electric hand-held power tool with a shut-off delay device
The invention relates to a handheld electrical machine tool having at least one electrical drive, at least one electrical device requiring electrical energy for its operation, a shut-off delay apparatus for the electrical drive and/or the electrical device and having at least one rechargeable battery for the electrical supply to the drive and the electrical device. Provision is made for the handheld electrical machine tool to have an exhaustive discharge protection apparatus (8), which predetermines the delay time (t) of the shut-off delay apparatus (3) as a function of the state of charge of the rechargeable battery (9) detected by it. In addition, the invention relates to a corresponding method. |
| US08305040B2 |
Battery charging method
A battery charging method is provided for extending life of batteries. The method includes providing an appropriate charge-off voltage with respect to variation in both of a remaining capacity and an idle time of the battery. Further, the charge-off voltage may vary according to the remaining capacity and the idle time of the battery, so as to increase charging efficiency of the battery. Additionally, the present invention also provides adjusting a charge-off current to a value according to the variation in an actual capacity of the battery. |
| US08305037B2 |
Battery powered device
A battery powered device includes a base unit, a connector coupled to the base unit for controlling an electronic device, and a retaining cap. The connector further comprises one or more contact points. The retaining cap further comprises a cell for powering the base unit, one or more electrical contact terminals for coupling the cell and the one or more contact points for providing an electrical connection to the base unit, and a locking mechanism for locking the retaining cap to the base unit and for sealing the electrical connection to the base unit. Further, the coupling of the base unit and connector, and locking of the base unit and the retaining cap provides powering of the battery powered device. |
| US08305035B2 |
Energy storage device
In an energy storage device, a charging circuit is electrically coupled to the energy storage section. A first comparator is electrically coupled to an energy storage section, and its output is inverted when voltage Vc of the energy storage section reaches first predetermined voltage Vc1. A second comparator is electrically coupled to the energy storage section, and its output is inverted when voltage Vc of the energy storage section reaches second predetermined voltage Vc2. A control circuit is electrically coupled to the first comparator and the second comparator. The control circuit obtains period tm from inversion of the output of the first comparator to the output of the second comparator. Capacitance C of the energy storage section is calculated based on this period tm and voltage change width ΔVc between the first predetermined voltage Vc1 and the second predetermined voltage Vc2. |
| US08305033B2 |
Proximity detection circuit for on-board vehicle charger
A proximity detection circuit suitable for use with an on-board vehicle charger, such as but not limited to the type of charges used within hybrid and hybrid electric vehicles, to facilitate current conservation during period of time when it is unnecessary or otherwise undesirable for the on-board charger to test for connection of a cordset or other connection used to connect the on-board charger to a charging station or other current source. |
| US08305030B2 |
Classified solar charging method
A classified solar charging method defines four magnitude classes of charging current in accordance with a combination selected from four magnitude classes of power production of a solar cell and four magnitude classes of capacity of each rechargeable battery of a rechargeable battery pack. In addition to the optimal charging current, the method simultaneously takes an operating temperature of the rechargeable battery into account upon using the solar cell to store energy in the rechargeable battery. Accordingly, the present invention can selectively charge overall, partial or single rechargeable battery based on the power production of the solar cell and the capacity of the rechargeable battery to enhance a charging efficiency and reduce a charging time. |
| US08305027B2 |
Electric compressor control device
An electric compressor control device includes: an inverter for electric compressor motor; a communication microcontroller arranged in a low-voltage region for transmission of an instruction signal via a high-speed communication bus; and a control microcontroller arranged in a high-voltage region and connected to the communication microcontroller via an insulation element for transmitting the instruction signal from the communication microcomputer as an inverter control signal to the inverter. The power voltage of the communication microcomputer is supplied from a low-voltage power source. The voltage from the low-voltage power source is transformed via a transformer and supplied as a power voltage of the control microcontroller. Thus, it is possible to use the existing insulation element at an insulation boundary between the low-voltage region and the high-voltage region so as to surely supply a predetermined power voltage to the microcontroller for controlling the inverter, thereby improving the communication reliability of the entire control device. |
| US08305024B2 |
Motor starting and switching
A method of starting and apparatus for starting a multiphase electrical machine is disclosed. The aim is to reduce oscillatory pulsation in torque generated by the motor and inrush current that occurs shortly after start-up. The starting method comprises the steps of first connecting at least one, but less than all, of a plurality of windings to a respective phase-shifted supply voltage at a controlled point in the supply phase. Then, after a controlled delay following the first connection, connecting the or each remaining winding of the machine a respective phase-shifted supply voltage. The invention has particular application to multiphase (most usually, 3-phase) motors. However, it can also be applied to other electrical machines, such as generators and transformers. The method can be performed at initial start-up or, in the case of application to a motor, at Y-delta switchover. |
| US08305023B2 |
System and method for driving a drawer of a refrigerator
A system and method for driving a drawer of a refrigerator is provided. This system and method allows a drawer to be withdrawn from or inserted into a main body of a refrigerator at a preset speed regardless of the weight of items stored within the drawer, thus increasing reliability of the driving system and enhancing utility of the drawer. |
| US08305021B2 |
Dual purpose permanent magnet speed sensor and generator
An apparatus is disclosed for simultaneously measuring the rotational speed and/or direction of a shaft, and providing control power in accordance with the shaft rotation. The apparatus includes a permanent magnet machine (PMM) having a multipole rotor and a stator. The rotor has a plurality of permanent magnet poles and connection to the rotating shaft; the stator includes a winding and electrical connections, so that motion of the rotor with respect to the stator causes a voltage signal at the electrical connections. The apparatus also includes a circuit including a power conversion portion and a speed/direction sensing portion. The circuit receives the voltage signal from the PMM, and simultaneously outputs control power from the power conversion portion and a signal indicating the rotational speed and/or direction of the shaft from the sensing portion. |
| US08305016B2 |
Control device with learning function for electric motors
A control device for electric motors, capable of precisely moving one object by using two electric motors based on periodically repeated commands. The control device includes a first learning controller for calculating an amount of correction so that a positional deviation of a first electric motor is minimized, and a second learning controller for calculating an amount of correction so that a positional deviation of a second electric motor is minimized. The first and second learning controllers are independent from each other, and configured to minimize the positional deviation of the corresponding electric motor. The parameters set in the learning controllers, each defining the response of learning control of each electric motor, are equal to each other. |
| US08305014B1 |
Lighting control using scan and step change
A lighting control system determines an optimal way to operate one or more lamps to achieve a desired light output and/or to control one or more parameters. The lighting control system includes a detection circuit and a control circuit. The control circuit performs a wide-scope scan and a narrow-scope scan to find the best way to operate the lamps. The wide-scope scan includes driving the lamp(s) using multiple output settings, evaluating the light output at each setting, and determining which setting produced the best results. The narrow-scope scan includes making small adjustments to the settings to better refine the light output. The detection circuit includes one or more sensors for providing measurements of the light output by the lamp(s) or of a controller parameter, such as power consumption, for each setting evaluated by the control circuit. |
| US08305013B2 |
Circuits and methods for controlling dimming of a light source
A controller that monitors a rectified voltage and detects whether the rectified voltage comes from a TRIAC dimmer or an on/off switch dimmer is disclosed. The controller controls dimming of a light source according to the rectified voltage if the rectified voltage comes from the TRIAC dimmer. The controller controls dimming of the light source according to an operation of the on/off switch dimmer if the rectified voltage comes from the on/off switch dimmer. |
| US08305011B2 |
Driving circuit for light emitting elements
Multiple LED terminals are provided to multiple LEDs, respectively. Each of these LED terminals is connected to the anode of the corresponding LED. A booster circuit boosts an input voltage. Multiple constant current sources are provided to the multiple LEDs, respectively. One terminal of each of the constant current sources is connected to the corresponding one of the LEDs via the corresponding one of the LED terminals. Multiple switches are provided to the multiple constant current sources, respectively, each of which selectively outputs a voltage selected from the input voltage and the output voltage of the booster circuit to the corresponding constant current source. A control circuit monitors each of the voltages at the multiple LED terminals, and controls the connection state of each of the switches based upon the corresponding voltage. |
| US08305009B2 |
Inverter driver and lamp driver using the same
An inverter driver controls an inverter that supplies driving voltages to a plurality of discharge lamps. The inverter driver includes a first amplifier having an output terminal, a second amplifier having an output terminal connected to the output terminal of the first amplifier, and a capacitor connected between the output terminal and a ground source. The first amplifier outputs only a negative current corresponding to the maximum value among the driving voltages supplied to the plurality of discharge lamps, and the second amplifier outputs a current corresponding to the maximum value among the driving currents flowing through the plurality of discharge lamps. Such inverter driver controls the inverter according to a voltage of the capacitor. |
| US08305008B2 |
Constant-current controller for LED light string
A constant-current controller for a LED light string has a control unit, multiple constant current circuits, multiple first switches and multiple second switches. The control unit outputs driving signals to turn on the first switches, causing the second switches being turned on subsequently. Therefore, the constant current circuits output electric currents flowing through the second switches to activate the LED light string. |
| US08305005B2 |
Integrated circuit for driving high-voltage LED lamp
An integrated circuit for driving high-voltage LED lamps is applied to a rectified alternative current (AC) power and a plurality of LED stacks. The integrated circuit includes a control unit, a plurality of current-clamping units which electrically connect to the control unit and the LED stacks respectively, and a plurality of current-sensing units which electrically connect to the current-clamping units and the control unit. When the rectified power is switched on, the current-sensing unit constantly monitors the electrical current flowing through the respective current-clamping unit and feeds back the monitored data to the control unit. The control unit sequentially switches on or off the current-clamping units according to the combinatorial logic state of the monitored data. |
| US08305004B2 |
Apparatus and method for constant power offline LED driver
A single-stage integrated circuit drives LED sources in a constant power mode to eliminate the need for LED current sensing, while reshaping the waveform of the inductor current near line zero crossing to achieve high power factor. The integrated circuit achieves substantially constant input power by maintaining a constant voltage at a power factor corrector controller through an input voltage feedforward system. Accordingly, the disclosed circuit provides a high power factor, high efficiency, simple, and cost-effective solution with substantially consistent input power for both isolated and non-isolated offline LED applications. |
| US08305001B2 |
Light-emitting diode driver circuit and lighting apparatus
A light-emitting diode driver circuit includes: a first-rectifier circuit to output a first-rectified voltage; a transformer including primary and secondary coils and an auxiliary coil inductively coupled to the primary or secondary coils, the primary coil being applied with the first-rectified voltage; a transistor connected in series to the primary coil; a second-rectifier circuit to output a second-rectified voltage obtained by rectifying a voltage generated in the auxiliary coil; a capacitor to be charged with the second-rectified voltage; and a control circuit to control on and off of the transistor based on a charging voltage of the capacitor so that the charging voltage becomes equal to a predetermined voltage, the secondary coil outputting a voltage that varies with a frequency corresponding to a frequency of the first-rectified voltage and that corresponds to a turns ratio between the primary and secondary coils, as a voltage for driving a light-emitting diode. |
| US08304990B2 |
Hermetically sealing a device without a heat treating step and the resulting hermetically sealed device
A method for hermetically sealing a device without performing a heat treatment step and the resulting hermetically sealed device are described herein. The method includes the steps of: (1) positioning the un-encapsulated device in a desired location with respect to a deposition device; and (2) using the deposition device to deposit a sealing material over at least a portion of the un-encapsulated device to form a hermetically sealed device without having to perform a post-deposition heat treating step. For instance, the sealing material can be a Sn2+-containing inorganic oxide material or a low liquidus temperature inorganic material. |
| US08304985B2 |
Light emitting device having singlet and triplet compounds with different emission colors
There is provided a light emitting device which enables a color display with good color balance. A triplet compound is used for a light emitting layer of an EL element that emits red color, and a singlet compound is used for a light emitting layer of an EL element that emits green color and a light emitting layer of an EL element that emits blue color. Thus, an operation voltage of the EL element emitting red color may be made the same as the EL element emitting green color and the EL element emitting blue color. Accordingly, the color display with good color balance can be realized. |
| US08304979B2 |
Light emitting device having inorganic luminescent particles in inorganic hole transport material
A light emitting device (10) of the present invention includes luminescent particles (14) and a pair of electrodes (12, 16) for injecting an electric current into the luminescent particles (14). An inorganic hole transport material (15) is disposed between the electrodes (12, 16). The luminescent particles (14) are dispersed in the inorganic hole transport material (15). Conductive fine particles may be adhered to at least a part of the surfaces of the luminescent particles (14) for the purpose of achieving further high brightness and high efficiency. |
| US08304978B2 |
Light source module and display apparatus having the same
A light source module includes first and second light sources. The first light source includes a blue light-emitting body emitting blue light and a red fluorescent material disposed around the blue light-emitting body emitting red light by virtue of being excited by the blue light. The second light source is disposed adjacent to the first light source, and includes a green light-emitting body emitting green light. The blue and green light-emitting materials may include a light-emitting diode (LED) chip including substantially the same material. Accordingly, since a variation of light efficiency of the light source module with respect to temperature is small, a color feedback system may be omitted, and color reproducibility may be high. |
| US08304975B2 |
Electron beam apparatus and image display apparatus using the same
There is provided a new electron beam apparatus which improves the instability of an electron emission characteristic and provides a high efficient electron emission characteristic. The electron beam apparatus includes: an insulating member having a recess on its surface; a cathode having a protruding portion extending over the outer surface of the insulating member and the inner surface of the recess; a gate positioned at the outer surface of the insulating member in opposition to the protruding portion; and an anode positioned in opposition to the protruding portion through the gate. |
| US08304974B2 |
Fluorescent lamp
The present invention relates to a fluorescent lamp including: a discharge space containing a discharge gas and being surrounded by a glass; a discharge electrode; a phosphor; and a mayenite type compound provided on at least a part of an inner surface contacting the discharge gas. According to the fluorescent lamp of the present invention, a fluorescent lamp that has good luminous efficiency of ultraviolet ray from a discharge gas, has good discharge characteristics such as discharge starting voltage and discharge sustaining voltage in a fluorescent lamp, is chemically stable, has excellent oxidation resistance, has excellent sputtering resistance, and can achieve electric power saving is provided. |
| US08304973B2 |
Flash lamp
In a flash lamp 1, a front end part 62 of a cathode 60 and a front end part 72 of an anode 70 are opposed to each other on a reference line RL, and with respect to a reference surface RS including the reference line RL, a front end part 82 of a trigger electrode 80 is located on one side, and a front end part 92 of a trigger electrode 90 is located on the other side. Further, a terminal end 82a of the front end part 82 of the trigger electrode 80 and a terminal end 92a of the front end part 92 of the trigger electrode 90 are separated from the reference line RL, and each front end part 82, 92 is formed so as to taper toward the reference line RL. Accordingly, an arc discharge occurs in a limited route R from a terminal end portion of the front end part 62 of the cathode 60 through a terminal end portion of the front end part 82 of the trigger electrode 80 and a terminal end portion of the front end part 92 of the trigger electrode 90 to a terminal end portion of the front end part 72 of the anode 70. |
| US08304969B2 |
Heat insulation structure for cooling fan
A heat insulation structure for cooling fan includes a base, a blade hub, and a stator. The base has a ceramic bearing sleeve, which defines an axial inner space for receiving at least one bearing therein. The bearing has an axial shaft hole; and a heat insulating nanomaterial is applied between the bearing and the bearing sleeve. The blade hub has a plurality of blades and a rotor shaft provided thereon. The rotor shaft has an end connected to the blade hub and another end inserted in the shaft hole on the bearing. The stator is fitted around the bearing sleeve, and a heat insulating nanomaterial is applied between the stator and the bearing sleeve. The ceramic bearing sleeve and the heat insulating nanomaterial together protect the bearing against damage caused by heat produced by windings wound around the stator to thereby largely increase the lifetime of the cooling fan. |
| US08304966B2 |
Piezoelectric thin film element and manufacturing method of the piezoelectric thin film element, piezoelectric thin film device
To provide a piezoelectric thin film element capable of improving piezoelectric characteristics and realize a piezoelectric thin film device with high performance and high reliability, comprising: a substrate; and a piezoelectric thin film formed on the substrate by a sputtering method, with perovskite oxide expressed by (NaxKyLiz)NbO3 (0≦x≦1, 0≦y≦1, 0≦z≦0, 2, x+y+z=1) as a main phase, wherein an absolute value of an internal stress of the piezoelectric thin film is 1.6 GPa or less. |
| US08304964B2 |
Mobile device and power supply device with converter for converting energy of mechanical movement into electrical energy
A mobile device and a power supply device are provided in which a first part of a connector detachably connects an electrical device to the mobile device, a second part of the connector matches the first part, and a converter generates electrical energy by converting energy of a mechanical movement into electrical energy, where the electrical energy is generated by relative mechanical movement occurring between first and second parts of the connector when the first and second parts are connected. |
| US08304959B2 |
Surface acoustic wave device
A surface acoustic wave device includes a piezoelectric substrate including an R-plane, a-plane, or m-plane sapphire substrate and a LiNbO3 film of (90°, 90°, −15° to 15°) or (0°, 90°, −15° to 15°) in terms of Euler angles (φ, θ, Ψ) disposed on the sapphire substrate, and electrodes disposed on the piezoelectric substrate and made of metal. |
| US08304955B2 |
PM stepping motor having a stator assembly
A PM stepping motor includes: a stator assembly composed of two stator units which are axially coupled to each other with a molding resin material, and each of which includes: inner and outer yokes each having a plurality of pole teeth; a bobbin including inner and outer flanges; and a coil wound around the bobbin, thus providing two such inner yokes, outer yokes, bobbins and coils in total; a rotor assembly which includes a shaft and a magnet, and which is rotatably disposed in the hollow of the stator assembly; and two bearings to rotatably support the shaft of the rotor assembly, wherein the two bobbins are formed of the molding resin material to be consolidated with the two inner yokes, and wherein a plurality of protrusions are formed of the molding resin material to extend integrally from the outer flange of each of the two bobbins. |
| US08304952B2 |
Electric motor with no counter electromotive force
An electromagnetic motor system with no counter/back electromotive force due to the ability of the system to change from one magnetic state to another magnetic state in a defined sequence. In the first state a kinetic energy component is added to the system's rotor where two permanent magnetic materials, which are affixed to the rotor, are allowed to come into an angular range such that they act in a symmetrical manner on a fixed soft ferromagnetic material. This fixed soft ferromagnetic material also acts as the core of an electromagnetic coil and when the rotor's permanent magnets are at the closest proximity to the soft ferromagnetic core a voltage is applied across the coil, resulting in the soft ferromagnetic coil being saturated in a horizontal manner where previously it was polarized in a vertical manner while under the influence of the rotor's two permanent magnets. |
| US08304950B2 |
Dynamoelectric machine
A dynamoelectric machine that can suppress increases in rotor inertia to extend belt service life and increase field magnetomotive force to increase output. In the dynamoelectric machine, first and second magnetic guidance members are fitted into first and second holding grooves that are disposed so as to extend axially on facing portions of first and second trough portions radially outside inner wall surfaces, and are disposed so as to span over first and second trough portions. First and second permanent magnets that are magnetically oriented in a reverse direction to a magnetic field that originates from a field coil are fitted into and held by interfitting grooves of the first and second magnetic guidance members so as to face inner circumferential surfaces near tip ends of second and first claw-shaped magnetic pole portions so as to have a predetermined clearance. |
| US08304946B2 |
Spindle motor
The present invention provides a spindle motor which has superior operating characteristics. The spindle motor includes a stationary support shaft which is fastened to a base plate, a thrust plate which is fitted over the stationary support shaft, a sleeve which is rotatably provided around the stationary support shaft and is coupled to a rotor casing, and an annular stopper which is fastened to the sleeve or the rotor casing to support the lower surface of the thrust plate and prevent the sleeve from being removed. A first fluid sealing part is formed between the stopper and the thrust plate. The spindle motor further includes an annular sealing cap which is coupled to the sleeve or the rotor casing to store fluid between the sealing cap and an upper surface of the sleeve. A second fluid sealing part is formed between the sealing cap and the stationary support shaft. |
| US08304940B2 |
Stator
A stator that includes a cylindrical stator core, which has a plurality of slots that are provided at predetermined intervals in a circumferential direction and open toward an inner peripheral surface of the stator core; and a coil, which has a coil end portion protruding from an axial end of the stator core. |
| US08304937B2 |
AMPG device for generation of electrical energy from vibrations, an AMPG device assemby, and a method to optimize the generation of said electrical energy
An AMPG device for generation of electrical energy, including a bobbin, at least one magnet, and at least one spring member. The magnet is arranged to be movable together with the spring member. The device is arranged so that when exposed to an acceleration component in a possible path of mobility of the first magnet, the first magnet will, due to its association with the spring member, move in an oscillating manner in relation to the bobbin, so as to generate electrical energy. The device is arranged to at a limiting position of the mobile magnet's path of mobility a spring member with an equal or higher spring constant than the remainder portions of the magnet's mobile path acting on the magnet. An AMPG device assembly includes several AMPG devices. A method to optimize the electrical output of the device adapts the device to the frequencies appearing in the application where it shall be used. |
| US08304932B2 |
Efficient solar energy power creation systems
Different systems to achieve solar power conversion are provided in at least three different general aspects, with circuitry that can be used to harvest maximum power from a solar source (1) or strings of panels (11) for DC or AC use, perhaps for transfer to a power grid (10) three aspects can exist perhaps independently and relate to: 1) electrical power conversion in a multimodal manner, 2) alternating between differing processes such as by an alternative mode photovoltaic power converter functionality control (27), and 3) systems that can achieve efficiencies in conversion that are extraordinarily high compared to traditional through substantially power isomorphic photovoltaic DC-DC power conversion capability that can achieve 99.2% efficiency or even only wire transmission losses. Switchmode impedance conversion circuits may have pairs of photovoltaic power series switch elements (24) and pairs of photovoltaic power shunt switch elements (25). |
| US08304929B2 |
Inverter with network interface
An inverter configured for use within a vehicle to power consumer electronic devices and other types of devices requiring single-phase, AC energy. The inverter may include a network interface or other type of the connection to a vehicle data bus or other message exchange system in order to communicate with an electronic control unit (ECU) or other feature included within the vehicle to monitor and control energy consumption by one or more vehicle subsystems. |
| US08304924B2 |
Composition for sealing semiconductor, semiconductor device, and process for producing semiconductor device
The invention provides a composition for sealing a semiconductor, the composition being able to form a thin resin layer, suppress the diffusion of a metal component to a porous interlayer dielectric layer, and exhibit superior adherence with respect to an interconnection material. The composition for sealing a semiconductor contains a resin having two or more cationic functional groups and a weight-average molecular weight of from 2,000 to 100,000; contains sodium and potassium each in an amount based on element content of not more than 10 ppb by weight; and has a volume average particle diameter, measured by a dynamic light scattering method, of not more than 10 nm. |
| US08304923B2 |
Chip packaging structure
A chip packaging structure comprising a chip, a plurality of conductive pillars surrounding the chip, an encapsulation encapsulating the chip and the conductive pillars, and a connecting layer is provided. The encapsulation has a first side and a second side corresponding to the first side. The connecting layer is disposed at the first side of the encapsulation and electrically connected between the chip and the conductive pillars. Furthermore, a chip packaging process accompanying the chip packaging structure is also provided. The chip packaging structure is more useful and powerful and is suitable for various chip packaging applications, and the chip packaging process can reduce the manufacturing time and save the production cost. |
| US08304920B2 |
Energy ray-curable polymer, an energy ray-curable adhesive composition, an adhesive sheet and a processing method of a semiconductor wafer
In a pressure-sensitive adhesive composition or a pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet containing an energy ray-curable polymer, problems associated with the volatilization of a low molecular weight compound contained in the composition are overcome. An energy ray-curable polymer characterized by comprising a radical generating group, which is capable of initiating a polymerization reaction upon excitation with an energy ray, and an energy ray-polymerizable group bonded together in the main or side chain. |
| US08304914B2 |
Flash memory device with word lines of uniform width and method for manufacturing thereof
A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device, the method including: forming a bit line in a semiconductor substrate; forming a plurality of word lines which intersect with the bit line at predetermined intervals on the semiconductor substrate; eliminating a portion of the plurality of word lines; forming an interlayer insulating film on the semiconductor substrate; and forming a metal plug which penetrates through the interlayer insulating film and is coupled to the bit line in a region where the portion of the plurality of word lines was eliminated. |
| US08304913B2 |
Methods of forming fully embedded bumpless build-up layer packages and structures formed thereby
Methods of forming a microelectronic packaging structure and associated structures formed thereby are described. Those methods may include a die embedded in a coreless substrate, wherein a mold compound surrounds the die, and wherein the die comprises TSV connections on a first side and C4 pads on a second side of the die, a dielectric material on a first side and on a second side of the mold compound; and interconnect structures coupled to the C4 pads and to the TSV pads. Embodiments further include forming packaging structures wherein multiple dies are fully embedded within a BBUL package without PoP lands. |
| US08304911B2 |
Semiconductor structure and manufacturing method of the same
A semiconductor structure and a manufacturing method of the same are provided. The semiconductor structure includes a substrate, a first stacked structure, a second stacked structure, a dielectric element, and a conductive line. The first stacked structure and the second stacked structure are disposed on the substrate. Each of the first stacked structure and the second stacked structure includes conductive strips and insulating strips stacked alternately. The conductive strips are separated from each other by the insulating strips. The dielectric element is disposed on the first stacked structure and the second stacked structure and includes a second dielectric portion. The first stacked structure and the second stacked structure are separated from each other by only the second dielectric portion. The conductive line is disposed on the stack sidewalls of the first stacked structure and the second stacked structure far from the second dielectric portion. |
| US08304906B2 |
Partial air gap formation for providing interconnect isolation in integrated circuits
Partial air gap formation for providing interconnect isolation in integrated circuits is described. One embodiment is an integrated circuit (“IC”) structure includes a substrate having two adjacent interconnect features formed thereon; caps formed over and aligned with each of the interconnect features; sidewalls formed on opposing sides of each of the interconnect features and a gap formed between the interconnect features; and a dielectric material layer disposed over the substrate to cover the caps and the gap. |
| US08304905B2 |
Semiconductor device
A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor chip, wiring formed thereon, a first insulating film formed on the wiring, provided with a first opening, a pad electrode formed so as to be in contact with the wiring, a second insulating film formed on the pad electrode film, provided with a second opening, and a flip chip bump formed so as to be in contact with the pad electrode film. In this case, the second insulating film exists between the flip chip bump and the pad electrode film, in a region directly underneath the outer edge of the flip chip bump, as seen in a plan view, and the outer edge of the flip chip bump is formed in a region inside the outer edge of the pad electrode film. |
| US08304902B2 |
Semiconductor device
A power semiconductor chip (first semiconductor chip) 41 is mounted on the main surface of a first radiator plate 31, and a control IC chip (second semiconductor chip) 42 is mounted on the main surface of a second radiator plate 32. The first radiator plate 31 has an extending portion 31A extending toward the side on which the second radiator plate 32 is provided in the arrangement direction of first lead terminals (lead terminals 21 to 24). The first lead terminals (lead terminals 21 to 24) are connected to a first side of the first radiator plate 31 to function as extraction electrodes of a rear side electrode (D: drain electrode) of the power semiconductor chip 41. A second lead terminal (lead terminal 25) is connected to a bonding pad 411 serving as a source electrode (S). The third lead terminals (lead terminals 26 to 28) are connected to an electrode of the control IC chip 42. |
| US08304899B2 |
Element wafer and method for manufacturing the same
A recessed portion is provided in first and second insulating films, the first insulating film being stacked on a semiconductor wafer, the second insulating film being stacked on the first insulating film. The first and second insulating films are processed to form wiring in a formation region of the semiconductor wafer in which an acceleration sensor is to be formed. After a sacrificial film is stacked on the wiring and processed, a conductive film is stacked on the wiring and processed to form a plurality of thin film structures in the formation region. The recessed portion surrounds the formation region. |
| US08304897B2 |
Thermal interface material design for enhanced thermal performance and improved package structural integrity
An electronic package 100 comprising a semiconductor device 105, a heat spreader layer 110, and a thermal interface material layer 115 located between the semiconductor device and the heat spreader layer. The thermal interface material layer includes a resin layer 120 having heat conductive particles 125 suspended therein. A portion of the particles are exposed on at least one non-planar surface 135 of the resin layer such that the portion of exposed particles 130 occupies a majority of a total area of a horizontal plane 140 of the non-planar surface. |
| US08304895B2 |
Semiconductor package and method of fabricating the same
A semiconductor package is provided. The semiconductor package includes a package body, a plurality of semiconductor chips, and an external connection terminal. The package body is stacked with a plurality of sheets where conductive patterns and vias are disposed. The plurality of semiconductor chips are inserted into insert slots extending from one surface of the package body. The external connection terminal is provided on other surface opposite to the one surface of the package body. Here, the plurality of semiconductor chips are electrically connected to the external connection terminal. |
| US08304891B2 |
Semiconductor package device, semiconductor package structure, and fabrication methods thereof
A semiconductor package device, a semiconductor package structure, and fabrication methods thereof are provided, which mainly includes disposing a plurality of semiconductor chips on a wafer formed with TSVs (Through Silicon Vias) and electrically connecting the semiconductor chips to the TSVs; encapsulating the semiconductor chips with an encapsulant; and disposing a hard component on the encapsulant. The hard component ensures flatness of the wafer during a solder bump process and provides support to the wafer during a singulation process such that the wafer can firmly lie on a singulation carrier, thereby overcoming the drawbacks of the prior art, namely difficulty in mounting of solder bumps, and difficulty in cutting of the wafer. |
| US08304889B2 |
Power semiconductor module and fabrication method thereof
An elastic printed board is provided so that stress applied by the silicon gel is absorbed by the printed board. Further, the printed board is formed to be so narrow that the stress can escape. On the other hand, the wires on which a high voltage is applied are patterned on respective printed boards. This serves to prevent discharge through the surface of the same printed board serving as a current passage. This design makes it possible to hermetically close the power module, prevent intrusion of moisture or contamination as well as displacement, transformation and cracks of the cover plate. |
| US08304885B2 |
Semiconductor device and electronic apparatus equipped with the semiconductor device
A semiconductor device comprises an IC chip body and a package substrate that has thereon many external electrodes arranged in a two-dimensional grid configuration. Groups of signal lines that are likely to emit noise (noisy signal lines) are separated and spaced apart from groups of signal lines that are susceptible to noise (noise susceptible signal lines). Each of the noisy signal lines and noise susceptible signal lines is connected to an associated member of an associated IC pad group separated and spaced apart from other IC pad groups. Further, each of the noisy signal lines and noise susceptible signal lines is connected to an associated member of an associated external electrode group selected from the multiplicity of external electrodes arranged in a two-dimensional grid configuration on the package substrate. Thus, groups of potentially interfering signal lines are mutually separated and spaced apart from one another, thereby suppressing the noise. |
| US08304878B2 |
Embedded component substrate, semiconductor package structure using the same and fabrication methods thereof
An embedded electronic component semiconductor package structure and a packaging process thereof are provided. By providing two or more preformed building blocks, the electronic component can be assembled to the joined building blocks to obtain the embedded component semiconductor package structure. |
| US08304877B2 |
Semiconductor device
A semiconductor device which has a plurality of semiconductor chips stacked on a substrate. The semiconductor device includes semiconductor chip 2, semiconductor chip 3a stacked on substrate 4 together with semiconductor chip 2, and having a foot print larger than semiconductor chip 2, through electrode 22 extending through semiconductor chip 2 only in a central portion of semiconductor chip 2, through electrode 32 extending through semiconductor chip 3a at a position facing to through electrode 22, and conduction bump 7b arranged between through electrode 22 and through electrode 32, and conductively connecting through electrode 22 with through electrode 32. |
| US08304874B2 |
Stackable integrated circuit package system
A stacked integrated circuit package-in-package system is provided including forming a first external interconnect; mounting a first integrated circuit die below the first external interconnect; stacking a second integrated circuit die over the first integrated circuit die in an offset configuration not over the first external interconnect; connecting the first integrated circuit die with the first external interconnect; and encapsulating the second integrated circuit die with the first external interconnect and the first integrated circuit die partially exposed. |
| US08304872B2 |
Lead frame, method for manufacturing the same and semiconductor device
A lead frame includes a lead frame body 21 having a die pad 24 to which a semiconductor chip 12 is bonded and a plurality of leads 25 arranged around the die pad 24 and made of Cu or an alloy containing Cu, and a metallic film formed on the lead frame body 21 and to connected to a metallic wire 15 connected to the electrode pad 36 of the semiconductor chip 12. The metallic film is an Ag-plated film 22 with nanoparticles 34 arranged in gaps 33 among Ag crystal grains 31. |
| US08304870B2 |
Electronic device, relay member, and mounting substrate, and method for manufacturing the electronic device
The relay member is at least partly positioned between the semiconductor chip and lead in the plan view, and metal pieces insulated from one another are arranged on the surface. At least either of the first wire and the second wire has their respective other ends and joined to at least one of the metal pieces arranged on the surface of the relay member. Also, the first wire and the second wire have their respective other ends and joined to each other at that part of the relay member which is between the semiconductor chip and the lead. The foregoing structure is highly reliable and versatile for wire connection. |
| US08304868B2 |
Multi-component electronic system having leadframe with support-free with cantilever leads
A pallet (501) supporting a half-etched leadframe with cantilever-type leads (403) without metallic supports during the step of attaching components (510) to the leads in order to assemble an electronic system. After assembly, the pallet is removed before the molding step that encapsulates (601a) the components on the leadframe and mechanically supports (601b) the cantilever leads. The pallet is machined from metal or inert plastic material, tolerates elevated temperatures during soldering, and is reusable for the next assembly batch. |
| US08304863B2 |
Electromigration immune through-substrate vias
A through-substrate via (TSV) structure includes at least two electrically conductive via segments embedded in a substrate and separated from each other by an electrically conductive barrier layer therebetween. The length of each individual conductive via segment is typically equal to, or less than, the Blech length of the conductive material so that the stress-induced back flow force, generated by each conductive barrier layer, cancels the electromigration force in each conductive via segment. Consequently, the TSV structures are immune to electromigration, and provide reliable electrical connections among a chips stacked in 3 dimensions. |
| US08304857B2 |
Semiconductor device
A semiconductor device in which size reduction is possible without functional devices below pads being damaged by stress. The semiconductor device has a plurality of pads above a semiconductor substrate as terminals for external connection. A plurality of dual use pads which are used in both a probing test and assembly are provided in a first area above a main surface of the semiconductor substrate, an application of pressure by a probe during the probing test being permitted in the first area, and a plurality of assembly pads which are not used in the probing test are provided in a second area above the main surface of the semiconductor substrate, the application of pressure by the probe during the probing test being not permitted in the second area. |
| US08304851B2 |
Semiconductor thermocouple and sensor
Conventional “on-chip” or monolithically integrated thermocouples are very mechanically sensitive and are expensive to manufacture. Here, however, thermocouples are provided that employ different thicknesses of thermal insulators to help create thermal differentials within an integrated circuit. By using these thermal insulators, standard manufacturing processes can be used to lower cost, and the mechanical sensitivity of the thermocouple is greatly decreased. Additionally, other features (which can be included through the use of standard manufacturing processes) to help trap and dissipate heat appropriately. |
| US08304850B2 |
Integrated infrared sensors with optical elements, and methods
An infrared (IR) radiation sensor device (27) includes an integrated circuit radiation sensor chip (1A) including first (7) and second (8) temperature-sensitive elements connected within a dielectric stack (3) of the chip, the first temperature-sensitive element (7) being more thermally insulated from a substrate (2) than the second temperature-sensitive element (8). Bonding pads (28A) on the chip (1) are coupled to the first and second temperature-sensitive elements. Bump conductors (28) are bonded to the bonding pads (28A), respectively, for physically and electrically connecting the radiation sensor chip (1) to corresponding mounting conductors (23A). A diffractive optical element (21,22,23,31,32 or 34) is integrated with a back surface (25) of the radiation sensor chip (1) to direct IR radiation toward the first temperature-sensitive element (7). |
| US08304844B2 |
Pressure measuring device
A pressure measuring device having a pedestal, an intermediate piece of semiconductor arranged on the pedestal and, connected with the pedestal and arranged on the intermediate piece and connected with the intermediate piece, a semiconductor pressure sensor having a support and a measuring membrane, or diaphragm. The pressure measuring device offers reliable protection of the sensitive measuring membrane, or diaphragm, against mechanical distortions. Provided extending in the interior of the intermediate piece is an annular cavity, which surrounds a first cylindrical section and, pedestal end thereof, a second cylindrical section of the intermediate piece. The second cylindrical section has a greater outer diameter than the first cylindrical section. The cavity is open on an end of the intermediate piece toward the pedestal. The second cylindrical section has an end face facing the pedestal and lying on an end face of the pedestal, for forming a connecting area, via which the intermediate piece is mechanically connected with the pedestal. |
| US08304842B2 |
Interconnection structure for N/P metal gates
The disclosure relates to integrated circuit fabrication, and more particularly to an interconnection structure for N/P metal gates. An exemplary structure for an interconnection structure comprises a first gate electrode having a first portion of a first work-function metal layer under a first portion of a signal metal layer; and a second gate electrode having a second portion of the first work-function metal layer interposed between a second work-function metal layer and a second portion of the signal metal layer, wherein the second portion of the signal metal layer is over the second portion of the first work-function metal layer, wherein the second portion of the signal metal layer and the first portion of the signal metal layer are continuous, and wherein a maximum thickness of the second portion of the signal metal layer is less than a maximum thickness of the first portion of the signal metal layer. |
| US08304837B2 |
Differentially recessed contacts for multi-gate transistor of SRAM cell
A complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor static random access memory cell that includes a plurality of P-channel multi-gate transistors and a plurality of N-channel multi-gate transistors. Each transistor includes a gate electrode and source and drain regions separated by the at least one gate electrode. The SRAM cell further includes a plurality of contacts formed within the source and drain regions of at least one transistor. A plurality of contacts of at least one transistor are recessed a predetermined recess amount, wherein a resistance of the at least one transistor is varied based upon the predetermined recess amount. |
| US08304833B2 |
Memory cell with a channel buried beneath a dielectric layer
The invention provides various embodiments of a memory cell formed on a semiconductor-on-insulator (SeOI) substrate and comprising one or more FET transistors. Each FET transistor has a source region and a drain region at least portions of which are arranged in the thin layer of the SeOI substrate, a channel region in which a trench is made, and a gate region formed in the trench. Specifically, the source, drain and channel regions also have portions which are arranged also beneath the insulating layer of the SeOI substrate; the portion of channel region beneath the insulating layer extends between the portions of the source and drain regions also beneath the insulating layer; and the trench in the channel region extends into the depth of the base substrate beyond the insulating layer. Also, methods for fabricating such memory cells and memory arrays including a plurality of such memory cells. |
| US08304824B2 |
Semiconductor device comprising buried word lines
A semiconductor device includes: an isolation layer for defining a plurality of active areas of a substrate, where the isolation layer is disposed on the substrate; a plurality of buried word lines having upper surfaces that are lower than the upper surfaces of the active areas, being surrounded by the active areas, and extending in a first direction parallel to a main surface of the substrate; a gate dielectric film interposed between the buried word lines and the active areas; and a plurality of buried bit lines having upper surfaces that are lower than the upper surfaces of the plurality of buried word lines and extending parallel to the main surface of the substrate in a second direction that differs from the first direction. |
| US08304821B2 |
CMOS image sensor
A complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) image sensing device includes a semiconductor substrate; a photodiode defined on the substrate; a gate dielectric layer provided over the photodiode and the substrate; a polysilicon interconnect contacting a given area of the photodiode via an opening in the gate dielectric layer; a reset transistor coupled to the photodiode; a source follower transistor coupled to the photodiode; and a select transistor coupled to the source follower transistor. The given area of the photodiode defines a node that is coupled to the reset transistor and source follower transistor. |
| US08304819B2 |
Semiconductor device including metal silicide layer and method for manufacturing the same
A device formed from a method of fabricating a fine metal silicide layer having a uniform thickness regardless of substrate doping. A planar vacancy is created by the separation of an amorphousized surface layer of a silicon substrate from an insulating layer, a metal source enters the vacancy through a contact hole through the insulating layer connecting with the vacancy, and a heat treatment converts the metal in the vacancy into metal silicide. The separation is induced by converting the amorphous silicon into crystalline silicon. |
| US08304818B2 |
Dram arrays, vertical transistor structures, and methods of forming transistor structures and dram arrays
The invention includes a method of forming a semiconductor construction. Dopant is implanted into the upper surface of a monocrystalline silicon substrate. The substrate is etched to form a plurality of trenches and cross-trenches which define a plurality of pillars. After the etching, dopant is implanted within the trenches to form a source/drain region that extends less than an entirety of the trench width. The invention includes a semiconductor construction having a bit line disposed within a semiconductor substrate below a first elevation. A wordline extends elevationally upward from the first elevation and substantially orthogonal relative to the bit line. A vertical transistor structure is associated with the wordline. The transistor structure has a channel region laterally surrounded by a gate layer and is horizontally offset relative to the bit line. |
| US08304817B2 |
Field effect transistor and method for manufacturing the same
A method for manufacturing a field effect transistor, includes: forming a mask of an insulating film on a semiconductor layer containing Si formed on a semiconductor substrate; forming the semiconductor layer into a mesa structure by performing etching with the use of the mask, the mesa structure extending in a direction parallel to an upper face of the semiconductor substrate; narrowing a distance between two sidewalls of the mesa structure and flattening the sidewalls by performing a heat treatment in a hydrogen atmosphere, the two sidewalls extending in the direction and facing each other; forming a gate insulating film covering the mesa structure having the sidewalls flattened; forming a gate electrode covering the gate insulating film; and forming source and drain regions at portions of the mesa structure, the portions being located on two sides of the gate electrode. |
| US08304816B2 |
Image sensor capable of increasing photosensitivity
An image sensor capable of overcoming a decrease in photo sensitivity resulted from using a single crystal silicon substrate, and a method for fabricating the same are provided. An image sensor includes a single crystal silicon substrate, an amorphous silicon layer formed inside the substrate, a photodiode formed in the amorphous silicon layer, and a transfer gate formed over the substrate adjacent to the photodiode and transferring photoelectrons received from the photodiode. |
| US08304814B2 |
Power semiconductor device
A bipolar power semiconductor device is provided with an emitter electrode on an emitter side and a collector electrode on a collector side. The device has a trench gate electrode and a structure with a plurality of layers of different conductivity types in the following order: at least one n doped source region, a p doped base layer, which surrounds the at least one source region, an n doped enhancement layer, a p doped additional well layer, an additional n doped enhancement layer, an additional p doped well layer, an n doped drift layer and a p doped collector layer. The trench gate electrode has a gate bottom, which is located closer to the collector side than the additional enhancement layer bottom. |
| US08304808B2 |
Electric field read/write head
Provided is an electric field head including a resistance sensor to read information recorded on a recording medium. The resistance sensor includes a first semiconductor layer including a source and a drain, and a second semiconductor layer that is heterogeneously combined with the first semiconductor layer. Also, the electric field head further includes a channel between the source and the drain, in a junction region of the first and second semiconductor layers. |
| US08304806B2 |
ESD and EMC optimized HV-MOS transistor
Devices and circuits related to Electrostatic discharge (ESD) and Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) are herein described. An ESD protection device is incorporated into a transistor in order to protect the gate of the transistor from excessive current loads related to ESD or EMC events. In an implementation, a device includes a first diode and a second diode that are electrically connected via their respective cathodes. The breakdown voltage of the first diode is lower than the breakdown voltage of the second diode in order to divert excessive current through the second diode. |
| US08304797B2 |
Light emitting diode light source having a ceramic substrate
An LED light source (10) comprises a ceramic substrate (20) with first and second opposed surfaces (30, 40). Pockets (50) are formed in the first surface (30) and each of the pockets includes a bottom (60) and a sidewall or sidewalls (70). A final electrical contact (105) comprised of a first electrically conductive material (57) with a coating of a second electrically conductive material (100) thereover is positioned in each of the pockets (50). An LED (110) is positioned in each of the pockets (50) and affixed to the electrical contact (105) and electrical connections (120), preferably in form of wire bonds, join the LEDs, the electrical connections (120) extending from a first LED (110) to an adjacent electrical contact (105). The ceramic substrate (20) is formed by injection molding a ceramic material and binder to form a green substrate (12) and subsequently sintering the green substrate to form the substrate (20). An LED light (150) can be formed from the LED light source (10) by adding a dome (150) formed of a ceramic material containing therein a homogeneous dispersion of a phosphor material capable of emitting light when excited by the light emitted from the operating LEDs (110). |
| US08304792B2 |
Semiconductor light emitting apparatus and optical print head
A semiconductor light emitting apparatus is supplied capable of providing a high performance that can optimize simultaneously both an electrical characteristic and a light emitting characteristic. The semiconductor apparatus comprises an anode layer; a cathode layer that has a conductive type different from that of the anode layer; a gate layer that controls an electrical conduction between the anode layer and the cathode layer; an active layer that is set between the anode layer and the cathode layer and emits light through recombination of electron and positive hole; a first cladding layer that is set on one surface of the active layer and has an energy band gap larger than that of the active layer; and a second cladding layer that is set on other surface of the active layer, has an energy band gap larger than that of the active layer and has a conductive type different from that of the first cladding layer, wherein a thickness of the gate layer is or below a mean free path of carriers implanted into the gate layer. |
| US08304788B2 |
Display apparatus and method of producing same
To further improve light extraction efficiency, a light-emitting apparatus includes a cavity for resonating light emitted from a emission layer between a first reflective surface and a second reflective surface. The first reflective surface is located on a first electrode side relative to the emission layer. The second reflective surface is located on a second electrode side relative to the emission layer. A periodic structure for extracting, to outside of a light-emitting device, light which is generated from the emission layer and wave-guided in an in-plane direction of the light-emitting device between the first reflective surface and the second reflective surface is formed in the first reflective surface, or in the second reflective surface, or between the first reflective surface and the second reflective surface. |
| US08304783B2 |
Schottky diodes including polysilicon having low barrier heights and methods of fabricating the same
Hybrid semiconductor devices including a PIN diode portion and a Schottky diode portion are provided. The PIN diode portion is provided on a semiconductor substrate and has an anode contact on a first surface of the semiconductor substrate. The Schottky diode portion is also provided on the semiconductor substrate and includes a polysilicon layer on the semiconductor substrate and a ohmic contact on the polysilicon layer. Related Schottky diodes are also provided herein. |
| US08304780B2 |
Printed dopant layers
A method for making an electronic device, such as a MOS transistor, including the steps of forming a plurality of semiconductor islands on an electrically functional substrate, printing a first dielectric layer on or over a first subset of the semiconductor islands and optionally a second dielectric layer on or over a second subset of the semiconductor islands, and annealing. The first dielectric layer contains a first dopant, and the (optional) second dielectric layer contains a second dopant different from the first dopant. The dielectric layer(s), semiconductor islands and substrate are annealed sufficiently to diffuse the first dopant into the first subset of semiconductor islands and, when present, the second dopant into the second subset of semiconductor islands. |
| US08304778B2 |
Thin film transistor and pixel structure having the thin film transistor
A thin film transistor (TFT) and a pixel structure having the TFT are provided. The TFT is configured on a substrate. Besides, the TFT includes a gate, a gate insulation layer, a source, a channel layer, and a drain. The gate insulation layer covers the gate and the substrate. The source is configured on a portion of the gate insulation layer. The channel layer is configured on the gate insulation layer and covers a portion of the source located above the gate. The drain is configured on and electrically connected to the channel layer. |
| US08304774B2 |
Transistor and method for fabricating the same
The invention provides a transistor having a leak current between a source and drain in a nitride compound semiconductor formed on a substrate that is reduced. A gate electrode, a source electrode and a drain electrode are formed respectively on the surface of the nitride compound semiconductor formed on the silicon substrate in the transistor. At least one of the source electrode and the drain electrode is surrounded by an auxiliary electrode connected with the gate electrode. Because a depletion layer is formed in the nitride compound semiconductor under the auxiliary electrode, a route of the leak current is shut off and the leak current between the source and drain may be effectively reduced. |
| US08304773B2 |
Oxide semiconductor thin-film transistor
A transistor includes a gate electrode, a gate insulating layer, a semiconductor layer including an amorphous oxide, source-drain electrodes, and a protective layer on a substrate. The semiconductor layer includes a first region corresponding to a region in which the source-drain electrodes are formed, and a second region not corresponding to the region in which the source-drain electrodes are formed. At least the first region includes a crystalline component having a composition different from the composition of the amorphous oxide in the second region. |
| US08304764B2 |
Organic electroluminescent element
The present invention provides a white organic electroluminescent element which can emits white light and is free from deviation of chromaticity. This organic electroluminescent element comprises a substrate and, provided on the substrate, at least an anode, a cathode, and a light emitting layer held between the anode and the cathode. This organic electroluminescent element is characterized in that the light emitting layer contains at least three types of light emitting materials different from each other in λ max, and the absolute value of HOMO level of the light emitting material having the shortest wavelength is smaller than the absolute value of HOMO level of the other light emitting materials. |
| US08304763B2 |
Thin-film semiconductor device and field-effect transistor
A semiconductor thin film (1) that is laminated on a gate electrode (13) with a gate insulation film (15) therebetween is included. The semiconductor thin film (1) has a layered structure and includes at least two semiconductor layers (a, a′). In the semiconductor thin film (1), for example, an intermediate layer (b) composed of a material different from the two semiconductor layers (a, a′) is sandwiched between the semiconductor layers (a, a′). The two semiconductor layers (a, a′) are composed of an identical material and the intermediate layer (b) is composed of an insulation material. A material constituting such a layered structure is composed of an organic material. Thus, a thin-film semiconductor device and a field-effect transistor in which a decrease in the mobility caused by heating and degradation of characteristics caused by the decrease can be suppressed and the heat resistance is enhanced are provided. |
| US08304761B2 |
Organic field effect transistor and making method
In an organic field effect transistor with an electrical conductor-insulator-semiconductor structure, the semiconductor layer is made of an organic compound, and the insulator layer is made of a polymer obtained through polymerization or copolymerization of 2-cyanoethyl acrylate and/or 2-cyanoethyl methacrylate. |
| US08304759B2 |
Integrated image sensor system on common substrate
It is highly desirable to design a monolithic image sensor (and array), which could offer high quantum efficiency over broad spectral ranges, and the possibility to rapidly and randomly address any element in the array. This invention utilizes the growth of semiconductor nanowires such as Si, Ge, Si:Ge, ZnO, or their alloys based nanowires on standard substrates to create multispectral image sensors and photovoltaic cells having these highly desirable features. |
| US08304753B2 |
Image reading device
An image reading device comprises: a light source; a first optical element that focuses light emitted from the light source, the emitted light being reflected by a medium in a first detection area; a first detector that outputs first detection information in response to arrival of light in the first detection area; a second optical element that guides to a second detection area a portion of the light emitted from the light source, which portion does not arrive at the reflective medium in the first detection area; a second detector that outputs second detection information responsive to detection of light at the second detection area; and a generator that generates image data of the medium by revising the first detection information on the basis of the second detection information. |
| US08304751B2 |
Charged particle beam irradiation apparatus
In a charged particle beam irradiation apparatus to be adapted to a particle beam cancer treatment system or the like, a desired depth dose distribution is highly precisely created. In the charged particle beam irradiation apparatus that irradiates a particle beam, which is radiated from a particle beam generation unit, to a subject to be irradiated via a ridge filter exhibiting a cyclic thickness distribution for causing the particle beam to exhibit a desired energy distribution, the ridge filter has plural ridges thereof arranged to be perpendicular to entering directions of the particle beam. |
| US08304747B2 |
Sensors and methods for determining whether an item has been exposed to an environmental condition
A method for determining whether an item has been exposed to an environmental condition during a monitoring period. The method includes placing a sensor at least in proximity to the item at the beginning of the monitoring period so that the sensor will be exposed to a level of an environmental condition that can be correlated to an exposure level of the item to the environmental condition; reading the sensor; and determining from reading the sensor whether the item has been exposed to the environmental condition. The sensor includes a detecting material comprising a photochromic or photothermochromic material, the detecting material selected so that upon exposure to the environmental condition the detecting material exhibits a detectable color change. |
| US08304746B2 |
Fluorescent measurement device for living body and exciting light-irradiating device for fluorescent measurement
Disclosed herein is a fluorescence measurement device for a living body configured to be able to reduce wavelength components that will become leak light and to easily switch a wavelength and an irradiation direction. The fluorescence measurement device for a living body comprises: a sample holder on which a living body sample is to be placed; an exciting light-irradiating device having a plurality of exciting light sources arranged at mutually different positions, each of which is composed of a laser diode or a light-emitting diode and is provided with a filter having an optical property to eliminate, from a spectrum of the exciting light source, disturbing wavelength components overlapping with wavelength components of fluorescence to be detected; an electrical switch for switching lighting of the exciting light sources; a detector for picking up an image produced by fluorescence emitted from the sample placed on the sample holder; and an image display device for displaying the image picked up by the detector. |
| US08304731B2 |
Infrared light detector
An infrared light detector with an infrared light sensitivity thereof further improved. According to the infrared light detector, an isolated region of a first electronic layer is switched between a “disconnected status” and a “connected status”. Under the connected status, saturation of an electrostatic charge quantity of the isolated region in the disconnected status is eliminated, and consequently, saturation of a variation amount of an electrical conductivity of a second electronic layer is eliminated. Therefore, the infrared light sensitivity is further improved by time integration of the variation amount of the electrical conductivity of the second electronic layer. |
| US08304730B2 |
Nadir emissive hyperspectral measurement operation (NEHMO)
A method for measuring spectral characteristics includes capturing spectral-spatial data that includes radiance measurements over spectrally flat, highly emissive surface portions of a sample material and heater at least two different heater temperatures for transmissive and/or emissive configurations. Temperatures of the sample material and heater are determined at the different heater temperatures for each configuration using, in each instance, radiance measurements taken after the temperatures of the heater and sample material have both stabilized. The transmissivity of the sample material is determined using the temperatures determined in the transmissive configuration and spectral-spatial data collected at selected points of interest over the sample material. The emissivity of the sample material is determined using the temperatures determined in the emissive configuration, the spectral-spatial data collected at selected points of interest over the sample material, and the transmissivity. The reflectivity of the sample material is determined using the emissivity and transmissivity. |
| US08304726B2 |
Test apparatus
A scan control unit for generating two-dimensional coordinates for performing a scan with an electron beam of an electron scanning microscope is provided with first and second transforming units for transforming coordinates in the horizontal (X) direction and the vertical (V) direction. An area to be tested in a sample is scanned with an electron beam in an arbitrary direction. As the first and second transforming units, small-capacity transformation tables (LUTs) capable of operating at high speed in each of the horizontal (X) direction and the vertical (Y) direction are used. By also using a large-capacity transformation table (LUT) that stores coordinate transformation data corresponding to plural scan types, a test apparatus compatible with the plural scan types, having multiple functions, and capable of performing high-speed scan control is realized. |
| US08304725B2 |
Charged particle beam system
A charged particle beam system wherein the output of the secondary electron detector is detected while the retarding voltage is varied between the values for which the secondary electrons do not reach the sample and the values for which the secondary electrons reach the sample, and the surface potential of the sample is determined on the basis of the relationship between the retarding voltage and the detected output of the secondary electron detector. |
| US08304724B2 |
Microstructured pattern inspection method
The edges of the reticle are detected with respect to the microstructured patterns exposed by the stepper, and the shapes of the microstructured patterns at the surface and at the bottom of the photoresist are detected. The microstructured patterns are evaluated by calculating, and displaying on the screen, the dislocation vector that represents the relationship in position between the detected patterns on the surface and at the bottom of the photoresist. Furthermore, dislocation vectors between the microstructured patterns at multiple positions in a single-chip or single-shot area or on one wafer are likewise calculated, then the sizes and distribution status of the dislocation vectors at each such position are categorized as characteristic quantities, and the corresponding tendencies are analyzed. Thus, stepper or wafer abnormality is detected. |
| US08304721B2 |
Micro cross-section processing method
A micro cross-section processing method includes the steps of determining a linear cross-section estimated position including an observation object on a surface of the sample, irradiating the focused ion beam to the cross-section estimated position perpendicularly to or at a tilt angle to form a cross-section at a position in front of the cross-section estimated position, irradiating the focused ion beam to both ends of the cross-section to form side cuts extending to a position in rear of the cross-section estimated position, irradiating the focused ion beam to a position on the surface of the cross-section and at a position deeper than the observation object to form a bottom cut extending to a position in rear of the cross-section estimated position, irradiating the focused ion beam along from the side cuts to the cross-section estimated position to form wedges connecting to the bottom cut, and applying impact to a region in front of the cross-section estimated position of the sample to cleave the vicinity of the cross-section estimated position between the wedges and form a plane of cleavage. |
| US08304719B2 |
Precise and thorough background subtraction
A method for identifying and characterizing components of interest in complex samples includes subjecting both a sample and its control samples to chromatography/high resolution mass spectrometry analysis to detect ions of the samples. The method includes defining sections of control sample data within specified chromatographic fluctuation time and mass precision windows around each ion or each group of the same ions of question in the test sample data. The defined sections of the control sample data are examined and the maximal intensities are subtracted from respective ions in the test sample. Components of interest are determined from the resultant data of the test sample. The method can be used for identifying molecular ions and/or their fragment ions for components of interest in complex samples. |
| US08304718B2 |
Discontinuous atmospheric pressure interface
A method of interfacing atmospheric pressure ion sources, including electrospray and desorption electrospray ionization sources, to mass spectrometers, for example miniature mass spectrometers, in which the ionized sample is discontinuously introduced into the mass spectrometer. Discontinuous introduction improves the match between the pumping capacity of the instrument and the volume of atmospheric pressure gas that contains the ionized sample. The reduced duty cycle of sample introduction is offset by operation of the mass spectrometer under higher performance conditions and by ion accumulation at atmospheric pressure. |
| US08304716B2 |
Sampling device for ion migration spectrometer and method for using the same, and ion migration spectrometer
The present invention discloses a sampling device for an ion migration spectrometer (IMS), comprising: an inner sleeve part, inside of which an inner cavity is defined, one end of the inner sleeve part is connected with an inlet of an migration pipe via an inner-layer channel, and the other end of the inner sleeve part is configured with an inner end cap having an inner opening; and an outer sleeve part, which is configured as an eccentric sleeve that is coaxial with the inner sleeve part and able to rotate with respect to the inner sleeve part, so as to form a sleeve cavity between the inner sleeve part and the outer sleeve part, wherein one end of the outer sleeve part is configured with at least one connecting opening that is selectively connected with the inner-layer channel, and the other end of the outer sleeve part is configured with an outer end cap, on which a first outer opening selectively connected with the inner opening and a second outer opening selectively connected with the sleeve cavity are configured, wherein the outer end cap is configured to be able to rotate between a first location and a second location with respect to the inner end cap, so as to selectively introduce a sample to be detected into the inner-layer channel via one of the inner cavity and the sleeve cavity. Moreover, the present invention further relates to a method for solid and gas sampling by using the above sampling device. |
| US08304711B2 |
Vehicle rearview mirror system
An interior rearview mirror system for a vehicle includes an interior rearview mirror assembly having a reflective element and ambient and glare light sensors. A control circuit is operable to establish a reflectance level of the reflective element. At least one of (a) the mirror system includes a charge accumulation device selectively connected with the ambient or glare light sensor and the control circuit establishes the ambient and glare light levels as a function of time for an output of the charge accumulation device to reach a reference level when connected to the respective light sensor, (b) a common element is used to measure outputs of the light sensors sequentially to correspond errors due to component variations, and (c) the mirror system includes temperature compensation of the glare and/or ambient light sensor and the temperature compensation is responsive to a reference light sensor that is substantially not exposed to light. |
| US08304707B2 |
Method and apparatus providing an optical guide in image sensor devices
A device and method for providing an optical guide of a pixel to guide incoming light to/from a photo-conversion device of the pixel to improve the optical crosstalk immunity. The optical guide includes an optically reflecting barrier formed as a trench filled with a material which produces reflection. The trench fill material may have an index of refraction that is less than the index of refraction of the material used for the trench surrounding layers to provide a light reflective structure or the trench fill material may provide a reflection surface. |
| US08304705B2 |
System and method for adjusting light sources in measurement of a surface image
A computer-implemented method for adjusting light intensity of light sources of an image measuring machine in measurement of a surface image of an object includes obtaining the surface image of the object, setting one light source to be adjusted and adjusting a light intensity of the light source according to an adjusting mode. The method further includes computing an optimum light intensity level, adjusting a light intensity to the optimum light intensity level to obtain an optimum surface image of the object, and storing the optimum surface image and the optimum light intensity level into a storage system. |
| US08304702B2 |
Cooking apparatus
A cooking apparatus is provided. The cooking apparatus includes a cooking cavity, an upper space formed above the cooking cavity, lateral side spaces formed to at opposite lateral sides of the cooking cavity, a rear space formed behind the cooking cavity, and a lower space formed below the cooking cavity. A fan provided in the rear space generates a cooling flow that cools components housed in the rear space. A cooling flow path extends from the rear space and into the upper space and lateral side spaces. Flow from the upper space enters the door to cool the door and is exhausted through a lower portion of the door. Flow from the lateral side spaces, which includes an exhaust flow from the cooking cavity, is guided to the lower space and exhausted. In this manner, the cooking apparatus can be completely cooled and cooking odors and heat appropriately exhausted by the cooling fan positioned in the rear space. |
| US08304701B2 |
Ceramic heater and method for making the same
A resistive heating element 30 has a higher molybdenum carbide content in a central portion 35 than in a peripheral portion 34. Since molybdenum carbides have a low temperature coefficient of resistance compared to molybdenum, the amount of heat generated in the central portion 35 of the resistive heating element 30 does not increase as much as in the peripheral portion 34 even when the temperature is increased, and the increase in difference in temperature between the peripheral portion 34 and the central portion 35 can be suppressed. In other words, generation of hot spots near the center can be suppressed and a good uniform heating property in a wide range of operation temperatures can be obtained. |
| US08304699B2 |
Proximity sensor
A proximity switch flow sensor detects movement of a faucet handle of a faucet of a hot water container in order to detect flow from the hot water container. The proximity switch flow sensor includes an emitter paired with a detector, which can be mounted in association with the faucet handle to detect open and closed positions of the faucet handle, to provide electronic logic information regarding the status of the faucet handle position, as an indication of a flow condition, to a control unit that controls heating of water in the hot water container. An electro-mechanical switch and a mechanism to transfer movement of the faucet handle to the switch may also be used to detect open and closed positions of the faucet handle as an indication of a flow condition. |
| US08304696B2 |
Air circulator for an oven
An air circulator and an oven including such an air circulator. Ducting has an inlet located toward an upper end of a cooking chamber of the oven and an outlet proximate the lower portion of the chamber. An air mover can move air in the chamber though a fluid passage defined in the ducting from the upper portion of the chamber to the lower portion. |
| US08304693B2 |
Refractory materials reinforced composites for the GMAW contact tips
A contact tip for a welding torch includes a refractory material reinforced copper composite including approximately 10 to 50% by volume of a refractory material and at least one of copper and a copper alloy. The refractory material is one of a metal and a ceramic material. The contact tip may include an elongated, generally cylindrical body having a front contact end, an opposite rear retaining end, and a passageway extending from the rear retaining end to the front contact end. A portion of the passageway may be defined by the refractory material reinforced copper composite. The portion may have a diameter that is approximately 3 to 8% larger than an outer diameter of a consumable electrode wire, and the portion may have a length of approximately 0.2 to 0.6 inches. |
| US08304688B2 |
Apparatuses for fabricating micro patterns using laser diode array and methods for fabricating micro patterns
Apparatuses for fabricating micro patterns using a laser diode array and methods for fabricating micro patterns are presented. The apparatus includes a laser diode array having at least one laser diode wherein light emitted from each laser diode is focused by a convex lens onto a second material layer attached to a first material layer. At least one driving shaft drives motion of the first and the second material layers. An adjustment means is used for adjusting the gap and pitch between adjacent laser diodes. |
| US08304687B2 |
Process and apparatus for spot welding with a laser beam
The invention relates to a laser spot welding process for executing a spot weld in two successive steps, namely a first step of preparing the surface state of the material to be welded and a second step of welding as such. The luminous energy (BR) reflected by the weld region of the material is measured in real time during the first step and then processed by a controller circuit (37) connected to a control circuit (30) of the laser source (31). In this way, the characteristics (LM) of the laser beam are adjusted in real time as a function of the measurements effected to allow effective control of the quality of the weld obtained, and in particular of its dimensions.The invention also relates to a welding device for implementing this process. |
| US08304684B2 |
Plasma arc torch rotational assembly
A plasma torch rotation assembly for relieving stress on a lead. The rotation assembly can include an outer housing, which can have a mounting surface adapted to be fixedly coupled to a torch mount. The rotation assembly can include an inner component disposed at least partially within the outer housing, and a bearing structure disposed between the outer housing and the inner component. The bearing structure can facilitate rotational movement of the outer housing relative to the inner component, about a longitudinal axis of the rotation assembly. The rotation assembly can include a torch adapter disposed near a first end of the inner component. The torch adapter can be adapted to mate with a plasma arc torch. The rotation assembly can include a receiving portion disposed at a second end of the inner component, the receiving portion adapted to receive at least a portion a lead. |
| US08304682B2 |
Welder
The system provides both a portable and appliance welding system. It can be use in the shop and field. In either location it can be plugged in or battery driven. When plugged in it can weld while charging simultaneously offering 100% duty cycle for heavy shop use, and a full range of metal thicknesses can be welded with ease. The system is implemented with a solid state high energy circuit; unrestricted and unfiltered, offering a wide spectrum of pure analog power. The systems is compact for maximum portability and use in remote field operations, yet can handle deep welds in a variety of metal compositions, conditions, environments, and sizes. The system uses a proven and robust storage medium of direct electric potential energy that is supplied by industrial batteries. |
| US08304679B2 |
Vacuum insulated switchgear
A vacuum insulated switchgear comprising a vacuum container accommodating at least a pair of movable contacts and a pair of fixed contacts, wherein the movable contacts are capable of taking three positions, the switchgear being a double-break three-position type switch having breaking and disconnecting functions. |
| US08304677B2 |
High voltage gas circuit breaker
The present invention relates to a high-voltage gas circuit breaker, and there is provided a gas circuit breaker including a movable arc contact and a fixed arc contact engaged with the movable arc contact; a cylinder rod coupled with the movable arc contact; an insulating rod connected to the cylinder rod through a link mechanism in which an end thereof is connected to an operating mechanism; and an ejection nozzle for ejecting an arc-extinguishing gas between the movable arc contact and the fixed arc contact, wherein the link mechanism is reduced in a length direction of the insulating rod to pull the cylinder rod to a side of the insulating rod when the insulating rod is moved apart from the cylinder rod. |
| US08304675B2 |
Matrix touch panel
A matrix touch panel has an upper panel, a separation layer, an insulation layer and a lower panel. The lower panel has a plurality of first transparent electrodes on a bottom intersected by a plurality of second transparent electrodes on the upper panel. A plurality of wires and leading lines are formed on a border of the upper and lower panels. One terminal of each wire is connected to one end of the corresponding first or second transparent electrode, and the other terminal is connected with a corresponding leading line. One end of the first and second transparent electrode corresponding to the wires has an inner lead and an outer lead. The outer lead is electrically connected with the wires. An area defined between the inner lead and the outer lead varies to generate different impedance to balance the impedance difference among the wires with different lengths. |
| US08304674B2 |
Signaling device for circuit breaker and electrical apparatus comprising the signaling device
A signaling device having an electrical switch configured to generate an electrical signal indicating a transition of an associated circuit breaker from a first state to a second state. A movable body is pivotally mounted around a first axis (101) so as to interact with the actuating mechanism. A return spring is operatively connected to the pivoting body (3) and is mounted around an axis substantially parallel to said first axis. |
| US08304673B2 |
Push-button switch with display screen
A push-button switch with display screen includes a seat having an open-topped recess, a top cover located in the recess, a display screen, such as an LCD, an OLED or a TFT-LCD, located in below the top cover, an actuating member located in the recess below the display screen and connected to a microswitch located below the seat, a frame-like light-guiding member located in the recess around a periphery of the top cover, and a circuit board with light-emitting diodes located in the recess below the light-guiding member. The display screen is connected to an external circuit for displaying different dynamic or non-dynamic indicating images. When the light-emitting diodes are turned on to emit light onto the light-guiding member, a bright rim is generated along the periphery of the top cover to highlight the indicating images on the display screen and give the push-button switch a beautiful eye-catching appearance. |
| US08304670B2 |
Portable weighing system with alignment features
A system for weighing a load is disclosed. The weighing system includes a pad having at least one transducer for weighing a load disposed on the pad. In some embodiments the pad has a plurality of foot members and the weighing system may include a plate that disposed underneath the pad for receiving the plurality of foot member and for aligning the foot members when the weighing system is installed. The weighing system may include a spacer disposed adjacent the pad and in some embodiments, a spacer anchor operatively secures the spacer to a support surface, such as a plate, a railway bed, or a roadway. In some embodiments the spacer anchor operatively secures both the spacer and the pad to a roadway. |
| US08304668B2 |
Scale with kiosk ordering interface system and method
A food product scale is adapted to interface with an electronic product ordering system, such as a kiosk ordering system, enabling store personnel to more readily identify, process and complete such orders. |
| US08304665B2 |
Package substrate having landless conductive traces
A package substrate having landless conductive traces is proposed, which includes a core layer with a plurality of plated through holes formed therein, and a plurality of conductive traces formed on at least a surface of the core layer. Each of the conductive traces has a connection end, a bond pad end, and a base body connecting the connection end and the bond pad end, the conductive trace is electrically connected to a corresponding one of the plated through holes through the connection end, and the connection end has a width greater than that of the base body but not greater than the diameter of the plated through hole, thereby increasing the contact area between the conductive trace and the plated through hole and preventing the contact surface of the conductive trace with the plated through hole from cracking. |
| US08304662B2 |
Buildup board, and electronic component and apparatus having the buildup board
A buildup board includes a buildup layer having a multilayer structure and/or a core layer having a multilayer structure. The multilayer structure includes a signal wiring pattern, a pad connected to the signal wiring pattern, an insulating part arranged around the pad on the same layer as the pad, and a conductor arranged around the insulating part on the same layer as the pad. The multilayer structure has at least two different keepouts where the keepout is defined as a minimum interval between an outline of the pad and the conductor closest to the pad on the same layer. |
| US08304659B2 |
Differential trace profile for printed circuit boards
Circuit boards and methods for their manufacture are disclosed. The circuit boards carry high-speed signals using conductors formed to include lengthwise channels. The channels increase the surface area of the conductors, and therefore enhance the ability of the conductors to carry high-speed signals. In at least some embodiments, a discontinuity also exists between the dielectric constant within the channels and just outside the channels, which is believed to reduce signal loss into the dielectric material. |
| US08304658B2 |
Ni-P layer system and process for its preparation
The invention relates to a layer system comprising on a substrate, the surface of which has been electropolished, (i) a Ni layer having a thickness ≦3.0 μm, (ii) a Ni—P layer having a thickness ≦1.0 μm, and (iii) a Au layer having a thickness ≦1.0 μm. |
| US08304657B2 |
Printed wiring board and method for manufacturing printed wiring board
A printed wiring board includes a core substrate having a penetrating hole, a first circuit on a first surface of the substrate, a second circuit on a second surface of the substrate, and a through-hole conductor in the hole connecting the first and second circuits. The hole has first and second opening portions. The first opening portion becomes thinner toward the second surface. The second opening portion becomes thinner toward the first surface. The first opening portion has first and second portions. The second opening portion has first and second portions. The first and second portions of the first opening portion form inner walls bending inward at the boundary between the first and second portions. The first and second portions of the second opening portion form inner walls bending inward at the boundary between the first and second portions. |
| US08304654B2 |
Coaxial cable
A coaxial cable includes an electric conductor, an insulating layer formed on a periphery of the electric conductor, wherein the insulating layer includes an insulating material including a fluorine-containing polymer obtained by grafting at least one compound selected from unsaturated carboxylic acids and esters of the unsaturated carboxylic acids to a tetrafluoroethylene-perfluoroalkylvinylether copolymer, a conductive layer formed on a periphery of the insulating layer, wherein the conductive layer includes a sintered product from a metallic nanoparticle paste, and an outer insulating layer formed on a periphery of the conductive layer. |
| US08304649B2 |
Waterproofing method for electric wire and the wire having waterproof part formed by the waterproofing method
A waterproofing method is provided for a wire to be arranged in a water susceptible area of a vehicle. The method includes removing an insulating coating layer in a lengthwise intermediate part of the wire to expose a core. A fluid waterproofing agent then is dropped to an exposed core section. Negative pressure then is introduced into the inside of the insulating coating layer from wire ends to suck the waterproofing agent into the inside of the insulating coating layer. Alternatively the exposed core section is loaded with pressure air to press the waterproofing agent into the inside of the insulating coating layer. Thus the waterproofing agent is infiltrated between the strands inside the insulating coating layer. |
| US08304647B2 |
Luminescent solar collector
Disclosed are fluorescent dye compounds of Formula (I): wherein R1, R2, and G are as described herein. The fluorescent dyes are suitable for use in luminescent solar collectors or as a colorant. Methods of making the fluorescent dyes and luminescent solar collectors comprising them are also described. |
| US08304645B2 |
Luminescent solar collector
A luminescent solar collector contains a first fluorescent dye and a dye compound of Formula (I) or (II): where R, R′, m, and k are as described herein. The luminescent solar collector has improved output. |
| US08304642B1 |
Music and lyrics display method
The MUSIC AND LYRICS DISPLAY METHOD provides for a complete solution comprising a way of displaying correct portions of lyrics and or musical notation at appropriate times while something live is happening. By using a predetermined series of symbols in a song sequence, symbols may serve as indices for looking up and displaying distinct portions of lyrics identified by corresponding symbols comprised within bodies of lyrics. Furthermore, when displaying words and music notation, notes are spaced horizontally to align with words that are large and not broken up, such that words are natural looking and easy to read, while musical notes are easy to sight read with words to which they obviously correspond. Another aspect of the present invention allows for providing such multimedia in such a way that users may play audio for free for a certain span of days or demo trial period, and where users may register to retain access thereto. |
| US08304638B2 |
Inbred sunflower (Helianthus annuus) line, designated OI1153A/B
The present invention relates to an inbred sunflower line, designated OI1153A/B. The invention relates to the seeds of inbred sunflower line OI1153A/B, to the plants of inbred sunflower line OI1153A/B and to the methods for producing a sunflower plant, either inbred or hybrid, by crossing the inbred line OI1153A/B with itself or another sunflower line. The invention further relates to methods for producing a sunflower plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic plants produced by that method and to methods for producing other inbred sunflower lines derived from the inbred OI1153A/B. |
| US08304635B1 |
Maize variety hybrid X08A105
A novel maize variety designated X08A105 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof, produced by crossing Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. proprietary inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprises crossing hybrid maize variety X08A105 with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X08A105 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. This invention relates to the maize variety X08A105, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X08A105. This invention further relates to methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X08A105. |
| US08304633B1 |
Inbred maize variety PH18G5
A novel maize variety designated PH18G5 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprise crossing maize variety PH18G5 with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH18G5 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 PH18G5 or a locus conversion of PH18G5 with another maize variety. |
| US08304629B1 |
Soybean cultivar 00330721
A soybean cultivar designated 00330721 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 00330721, to the plants of soybean cultivar 00330721, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 00330721, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 00330721. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. The invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 00330721. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 00330721, and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar 00330721 with another soybean cultivar. |
| US08304627B1 |
Soybean variety XBP00902
A novel soybean variety, designated XBP00902 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety XBP00902, cells from soybean variety XBP00902, plants of soybean XBP00902, and plant parts of soybean variety XBP00902. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety XBP00902 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic trait, a mutant trait, and/or a native trait into soybean variety XBP00902, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety XBP00902, and methods of characterizing soybean variety XBP00902. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety XBP00902 are further provided. |
| US08304625B1 |
Soybean variety XBP38009
A novel soybean variety, designated XBP38009 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety XBP38009, cells from soybean variety XBP38009, plants of soybean XBP38009, and plant parts of soybean variety XBP38009. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety XBP38009 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic trait, a mutant trait, and/or a native trait into soybean variety XBP38009, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety XBP38009, and methods of characterizing soybean variety XBP38009. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety XBP38009 are further provided. |
| US08304624B2 |
Soybean variety A1024320
The invention relates to the soybean variety designated A1024320. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety A1024320. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety A1024320 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety A1024320 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods. |
| US08304622B1 |
Soybean variety XBP40007
A novel soybean variety, designated XBP40007 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety XBP40007, cells from soybean variety XBP40007, plants of soybean XBP40007, and plant parts of soybean variety XBP40007. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety XBP40007 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic, mutant trait, and/or native trait into soybean variety XBP40007, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety XBP40007. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety XBP40007 are further provided. |
| US08304616B2 |
Soybean variety G00-3209
Embodiments of the invention relate to the new soybean variety designated G00-3209 as well as the seeds, plants and derivatives of the new soybean variety G00-3209. Also provided are tissue cultures of the new soybean variety G00-3209 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Additional embodiments of the invention are directed to methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the new soybean variety G00-3209 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods. |
| US08304614B2 |
Canola cultivar G2X0044
The present invention relates to a new and distinctive canola cultivar, designated G2X0044. Also included are seeds of canola cultivar G2X0044, to the plants, or plant parts, of canola G2X0044 and to methods for producing a canola plant produced by crossing the canola G2X0044 with itself or another canola cultivar, and the creation of variants by mutagenesis or transformation of canola G2X0044. |
| US08304610B2 |
Brassica juncea lines with high oleic acid profile in seed oil
In various aspects, the invention provides Brassica juncea plants, seeds, cells, nucleic acid sequences and oils. Edible oil derived from plants of the invention may have significantly higher oleic acid content than other B. juncea plants. In one embodiment, the B. juncea line MJ02-357-3 contains a mutant allele MJ02-313-1/BjFAD2-a at the BjFAD2-a gene locus, having a single base-pair change (a G to A substitution in the ORF at position 281 in reference to the first ATG start codon) relative to the wild type sequence. The change is predicted to encode a Glycine-94 Aspartic acid mutation in the sequence of the predicted BjFAD2-a protein. In another embodiment, the B. juncea line MJ02-357-3 contains a mutant allele MJ02-357-3/BjFAD2-a at the BjFAD2-a gene locus, having a single base-pair change (a C to T substitution in the ORF at position 647 in reference to the first ATG start codon) relative to the wild type sequence. The change is predicted to encode a Proline-216 Leucine mutation in the sequence of the predicted BjFAD2-a protein. As a result of these mutations, it can be predicted that the function of the BjFAD2-a proteins are negatively affected in Brassica juncea lines MJ02-313-1 and MJ357-3 as reflected in the increased levels of oleic acid in seed oil in comparison with the wild-type line J96D-4830. Seeds from MJ02-313-1 and MJ02-357-3 plants may for example yield an oil having oleic acid content of greater than 70% by weight. |
| US08304606B2 |
Genetically modified plants which synthesize a starch having increased swelling power
The present invention relates to genetically modified plant cells and plants, and to processes for the production of genetically modified plant cells and plants which have an increased activity of a protein having the activity of a starch synthase II and an increased activity of a protein having the activity of a glucan-water dikinase. Plants of this type synthesize starches having increased hot water swelling power. The present invention likewise relates to starches having increased hot water swelling power, and to processes for their production. |
| US08304605B2 |
DIG-11 insecticidal cry toxins
DIG-11 Cry toxins, polynucleotides encoding such toxins, use of such toxins to control pests, and transgenic plants that produce such toxins are disclosed. |
| US08304603B2 |
Plants with increased tolerance to water deficit
The invention relates to a method for increasing the tolerance of a plant to water deficit, by overexpression in the plant of a protein, designated ABA4, which is involved in the conversion of violaxanthin to neoxanthin in the biosynthesis of abscisic acid. |
| US08304600B2 |
Absorbent article
An absorbent article comprising nonwoven fabric having convex and concave surfaces, and that allows liquid such as excreta and the like to permeate quickly. A sanitary napkin has a plurality of raised ridge portions and groove portions in a top sheet member. The fiber density of the side edge portions of each of the plurality of raised ridge portions in the thickness direction of the nonwoven fabric is substantially uniform, and is higher than the average fiber density in the raised ridge portions. The fiber density of the central portion between both the side edge portions of each of the plurality of raised ridge portions is substantially uniform in the thickness direction of the nonwoven fabric, and is lower than the average fiber density in the raised ridge portions. |
| US08304599B2 |
Polymeric film exhibiting improved anti-blocking characteristics and process of making
A method of forming a film resistant to blocking including the steps of providing a polymeric film having a first and second surface; applying the anti-blocking agent in a fluid or molten state to at least the first surface of the polymeric film; and gathering the treated film. The anti-blocking agent may be substantially acrylic free. |
| US08304596B2 |
Fecal sampling device and method
A fecal sample collecting device and method. The device of an embodiment includes a removable first layer, having primary and secondary apertures and a second layer having a releaseable adhesive on an inner surface that secures the first and second layers, a flap aligned with the primary aperture, and an integrally formed removable tab. The device also includes a sheet between the two layers. In a first configuration, the sheet is aligned with the primary aperture such that a sample is deposited thereon when the device is used to wipe one's anus, and the removable tab is aligned with the secondary aperture such that a second sample is deposited thereon. Subsequently, the first layer is discarded, thereby exposing the adhesive on the inner surface of the second layer. The device is placed in a second configuration by folding the inner surface upon itself. Thus, primary and secondary samples are enclosed. |
| US08304595B2 |
Resorbable nanoenhanced hemostatic structures and bandage materials
Methods, systems, and apparatuses for nanomaterial-enhanced hemostatic medical devices are provided. Hemostatic materials and structures are provided that induce coagulation of blood at a wound/opening caused by trauma, a surgical procedure, ulceration, or other cause. The hemostatic materials and structures may incorporate nanostructures and/or further hemostatic elements such as polymers and/or glass beads. The hemostatic materials and structures may be resorbable. Example embodiments include hemostatic bandages, hemostatic plugs, and hemostatic formulations. |
| US08304593B2 |
Hydrocarbon conversion using an improved molecular sieve
The present invention comprises a hydrocarbon-conversion process using an improved MgAPSO-31 molecular sieve which demonstrates a favorable combination of conversion and selectivity in aromatics conversion. The sieve has a specific combination of crystal configuration, being limited in diameter and length, specified crystallinity as measured by an X-Ray Diffraction Index (XRDI), and a narrow range of magnesium content. |
| US08304590B2 |
Autothermal and mobile torrefaction devices
Autothermal torrefaction devices, which can be either stationary of mobile, are provided and include a torrefaction chamber having a chamber inlet for receiving biomass and at least one chamber outlet. The torrefaction chamber can be substantially surrounded by an exterior housing defining an outer jacket and having a jacket inlet and a jacket outlet. The outer jacket and torrefaction chamber define a space therebetween such that a burner unit including an inlet operatively connected to the chamber outlet and an outlet operatively connected to the jacket inlet allows vapors produced or released from within the torrefaction chamber to travel into the burner unit for combustion of at least a portion of the vapors and subsequently travel through the space between the jacket and the torrefaction chamber to provide heat necessary for autothermal torrefaction of biomass. |
| US08304586B2 |
Process for purifying ethanol
Purifying and/or recovery of ethanol from a crude ethanol product obtained from the hydrogenation of acetic acid. Separation and purification processes of crude ethanol mixture are employed to allow recovery of ethanol and remove impurities. In addition, the process involves returning acetaldehyde separated from the crude ethanol product to the reactor. |
| US08304585B2 |
Production process of 1,6-hexanediol
A method is provided for producing highly pure 1,6-hexanediol in which the contents of impurities such as 1,4-cyclohexanediol, 1,5-hexanediol, 1,2-cyclohexanediol, 1,7-pentanediol, 1,5-pentanediol and high boiling point components are significantly reduced. The process contains the steps of (1) treating an aqueous extraction concentrate of a reaction mixture obtained by oxidation of cyclohexane with a lower alcohol to esterify monocarboxylic acids and dicarboxylic acids contained in the extract, and simultaneously removing and separating by distillation water, excess lower alcohols and carboxylic acid esters; (2) converting oligomer esters contained in the bottom liquid to carboxylic acid esters by depolymerizing the oligomer esters at a high temperature and high pressure in the presence of a lower alcohol and a catalyst; and (3) hydrogenating the carboxylic acid esters distilled off in step (1) and the carboxylic acid esters obtained in step (2) either respectively or collectively to convert to 1,6-hexanediol. |
| US08304583B2 |
Hydrogenation of aliphatic dialdehydes to aliphatic diols
A process of hydrogenating an aliphatic dialdehyde, preferably, a C6-C16 alicyclic dicarboxaldehyde, to form an aliphatic diol, preferably, a C6-C16 alicyclic diol, most preferably, cis/trans-(1,3)(1,4)-cyclohexanedimethanol. The process involves contacting one or more aliphatic dialdehydes in a liquid phase with hydrogen in the presence of a hydrogenation catalyst in a hydrogenation zone and in the presence of water in an amount equal to or greater than 10 weight percent, based on the weight of the total liquid feed to the hydrogenation. The alicyclic dicarboxaldehyde is preferably prepared via hydroformylation of an olefin with subsequent extraction of the alicyclic dicarboxaldehyde product from the hydroformylation product fluid. |
| US08304582B2 |
Fluidized catalytic process for production of dimethyl ether from methanol
The present invention provides a fluidized catalytic process for production of dimethyl ether from methanol, wherein said process is carried out in a reactor in which the catalyst is in a fluidized state. Said process comprises the following steps of (1) feeding the methanol feedstock via two or more locations selected from the bottom, lower part, middle part and upper part of the reactor, contacting with the catalyst for preparation of dimethyl ether by methanol dehydration, carrying out the reaction of preparing dimethyl ether by methanol dehydration to obtain the reaction stream, separating said reaction stream to obtain a coked catalyst and a crude product primarily containing the target product, i.e. dimethyl ether; (2) totally or partially feeding the coked catalyst obtained in step (1) into a regenerator in a continuous or batch manner for regeneration via coke-burning, the regenerated catalyst being directly recycled to step (1) after being totally or partially cooled. |
| US08304581B2 |
Method of enantioselective addition to enones
The present invention relates to a method of enantioselective addition to enones, including: reacting R3(CH2)pCH═CR5C(═O)Y(CH2)qR4 with R6ZnR7 in the presence of a compound represented by the following formula (I) and a transition metal catalyst, in which Y, p, q, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6 and R7 are defined the same as the specification. Accordingly, the present invention can perform asymmetric conjugate addition in high yields and enantioselectivity. |
| US08304578B2 |
Process for producing 1-[2-(dimethylamino)-1-(4-phenol)ethyl]cyclohexanol
The present invention relates to an improved, process for large scale production of 1-[2-(dimethylamino)-1-(4-phenol)ethyl]cyclohexanol (O-desmethylvenlafaxine) or its pharmaceutically acceptable salts with increased yield and minimal impurities. |
| US08304577B2 |
Modulators of G protein-coupled receptor 88
The present disclosure is generally directed to compounds which can modulate G-protein coupled receptor 88, compositions comprising such compounds, and methods for modulating G-protein coupled receptor 88. |
| US08304576B2 |
Process for production of halogenated alpha-fluoroethers
Halogenated α-fluoroethers (or bis-derivatives thereof) can be produced by reacting a halogenated hemiacetal (or bis-derivative thereof) with sulfuryl fluoride (SO2F2) in the presence of an organic base. The reaction is conducted preferably in the presence of “a salt or complex of an organic base with hydrogen fluoride”, whereby the objective dehydroxyfluorination can proceed extremely favorably. It is still preferable to use as the starting substrate a halogenated hemiacetal prepared from fluoral or 3,3,3-trifluoropyruvic acid ester. Thus, industrially important halogenated α-fluoroethers can be industrially produced with high selectivity and in high yield. |
| US08304574B2 |
Biolubricant esters from the alcohols of unsaturated fatty acids
The present invention is generally directed to triester-based lubricant compositions. The present invention is also directed to methods of making these and other similar lubricant compositions. In some embodiments, the methods for making such triester-based lubricants utilize a biomass precursor comprising mono-unsaturated fatty acids, wherein such mono-unsaturated fatty acids are reduced to mono-unsaturated fatty alcohols en route to the synthesis of triester species for use as/in the triester-based lubricant compositions. Subsequent steps in such synthesis may employ carboxylic acids and/or acyl halides/anhydrides derived from biomass and/or Fischer-Tropsch synthesis. |
| US08304569B2 |
Method for producing isocyanate-terminated siloxanes
Isocyanate-functional or protected isocyanate-functional organopolysiloxanes are prepared directly by reaction of a siloxane bearing at least one silicon-bonded hydroxyl group with an alkoxy-functional α-silane containing an isocyanate group or blocked isocyanate group. |
| US08304568B2 |
Organopolysiloxanes having polyhydroxyamido groups and preparation thereof
Polyhydroxyamido group-containing polyorganosiloxanes contain from 20 to 90% of end groups which are polyhydroxyamido groups, and are free flowing. |
| US08304566B2 |
Processes and apparatus for small-scale in situ biodiesel production
Processes and apparatus produce economically feasible biodiesel without subsidies. Toward that end, integrated small plants process materials containing lipids with anhydrous bioethanol as solvent and reactant, and sulfuric acid and potassium hydroxide mainly as catalysts to produce up to 3 million gallons of biodiesel per plant per year. The product is predominantly fatty acids ethyl esters (FAEE) and a chemically-enhanced organic fertilizer as byproduct. The raw material may include a wide variety of non-edible solid matter that contains lipids, which normally have from 0.5% to 80% by weight of free fatty acids in total oils. Multiple apparatus makes this process feasible. In addition to not competing with food production, since they supply fertilizer for small scale farmers, the processes and apparatus allow sustainable liquid fuel production. |
| US08304560B2 |
Aptamer conjugates
Chemically reactive carbocyanine dyes that are intramolecularly crosslinked between the 1-position and 3′-position, their bioconjugates and their uses are described. 1,3′-crosslinked carbocyanines are superior to those of conjugates of spectrally similar 1,1′-crosslinked or non-crosslinked dyes. The invention includes derivative compounds having one or more benzo nitrogens. |
| US08304559B2 |
Method for the synthesis of 5-amino-1-phenyl-3-cyano-4-trifluoromethyl sulfinyl
The present invention relates to a method for the preparation of the 5-amino-1-phenyl-3-cyano-4-trifluoromethyl sulfinyl pyrazole having the described general formula (I), particularly preferred for the synthesis of Fipronil, through oxidation of a compound having the general formula (II) as follows: wherein R1 and R2 are independently hydrogen or halogen, and wherein the oxidizing agent is dichloroperacetic acid. |
| US08304558B2 |
Method for producing thiazole compound
Disclosed is a simple and advantageous method for producing a thiazole compound, which method is suitable for commercial-scale implementation. In this method, a thiazole compound is produced by a reaction between 2-halogeno-allylisothiocyanate and sulfuryl chloride generating a large amount of heat, while suppressing decrease in the yield of the thiazole compound. Specifically disclosed is a method for producing 2-chloro-5-chloromethylthiazole represented by the formula (1): This method is characterized in that sulfuryl chloride is added to and reacted with 2-halogeno-allylisothiocyanate represented by the formula (2): wherein Hal represents chlorine or bromine, while blowing a gas inactive to the reaction into the reaction liquid. |
| US08304557B2 |
Fused heterocycle derivatives and use thereof
A compound represented by the formula (I): wherein Z1, Z2, Z3 and Z4 are the following combination, (Z1,Z2,Z3,Z4)=(CR4,N,CR5,C), (N,N,CR5,C), (N,C,CR5,N), (S,C,CR5,C) or (S,C,N,C); R1 and R2 are the same or different and each is (1) a hydrogen atom, (2) a halogen atom, (3) a group bonded via a carbon atom, (4) a group bonded via a nitrogen atom, (5) a group bonded via an oxygen atom or (6) a group bonded via a sulfur atom; R3 is an amino optionally having substituent(s); R4 and R5 are the same or different and each is (1) a hydrogen atom, (2) a halogen atom, (3) a group bonded via a carbon atom, (4) a group bonded via a nitrogen atom, (5) a group bonded via an oxygen atom or (6) a group bonded via a sulfur atom; R3 and R4 optionally form a ring optionally having substituent(s); and a group represented by the formula is a cyclic group optionally having substituent(s), or a salt thereof. |
| US08304555B2 |
Thiazolothiazole derivatives and organic electronic device using the same
The present invention relates to novel thiazolothiazole derivatives and an organic electronic device such as an organic light emitting device, an organic transistor, and an organic solar cell using the same. In the compound of the invention, various substituents are introduced to the core structure, so as to satisfy the requirements such as suitable energy levels, and electrochemical and thermal stability, and also have amorphous or crystalline property depending on the kind of the substituents, so as to satisfy the characteristics individually required for each of the devices. Further, an organic semiconductor of p-type or n-type can be fabricated by introducing various substituents to the core structure having a property of n-type. Therefore, the compound of the present invention can provide a device having higher stability. |
| US08304554B2 |
Compound, composition and thin film
A compound represented by the following formula (DII): wherein Y31, Y32 and Y33 each independently represents a methine group or a nitrogen atom; R31, R32 and R33 each independently represents the following formula (DII-R): |
| US08304552B2 |
Fatty acid niacin conjugates and their uses
The invention relates to fatty acid niacin conjugates; compositions comprising an effective amount of a fatty acid niacin conjugate; and methods for treating or preventing an metabolic disease comprising the administration of an effective amount of a fatty acid niacin conjugate. |
| US08304548B2 |
Method for producing 1, 2-dihydropyridine-2-one compound
The present inventions provide a method for commercially producing a 1,2-dihydropyridine-2-one compound represented by the following formula (III-a) wherein the ring A represents an optionally substituted 2-pyridyl group, the ring B represents an optionally substituted phenyl group, and the ring C represents an optionally substituted phenyl group. Further, the invention provides crystals of 3-(2-cyanophenyl)-5-(2-pyridyl)-1-phenyl-1,2-dihydropyridin-2-one and production processes therefor. |
| US08304547B2 |
Azolecarboxamide compound or salt thereof
[Object] To provide a therapeutic and/or prophylactic agent for urinary frequency, urinary urgency, and urinary incontinence associated with various lower urinary tract diseases including overactive bladder, various lower urinary tract diseases accompanied by lower urinary tract pain, such as interstitial cystitis, chronic prostatitis, and the like, and various diseases accompanied by pain, based on an excellent trkA receptor inhibitory action.[Means for Solution] A novel azolecarboxamide compound in which a thiazole ring or an oxazole ring is bonded to a benzene ring, a pyridine ring, a pyridazine ring, a thiophene ring, a pyrazole ring or a pyrrole ring through carboxamide, or a salt thereof is confirmed to have a potent trkA receptor inhibitory activity, and found to be capable of being used as a therapeutic and/or prophylactic agent which is excellent in efficacy and safety for urinary frequency, urinary urgency, and urinary incontinence associated with various lower urinary tract diseases including overactive bladder, various lower urinary tract diseases accompanied by lower urinary tract pain, such as interstitial cystitis, chronic prostatitis, and the like, and various diseases accompanied by pain, thereby completing the present invention. |
| US08304546B2 |
Quinolone compound and pharmaceutical composition
The present invention provides a quinolone compound that inhibits the chronic progression of Parkinson's disease or protects dopamine neurons from disease etiology, thereby suppressing the progression of neurological dysfunction, so as to prolong the period of time until L-dopa is administered while also improving neuronal function; the quinolone compound of the invention is represented by Formula (1): wherein: R1 represents hydrogen or the like; R2 represents hydrogen or the like; R3 represents substituted or unsubstituted phenyl or the like; R4 represents halogen or the like; R5 represents hydrogen or the like; R6 represents hydrogen or the like; and R7 represents hydrogen or the like. |
| US08304541B2 |
Process for the manufacture of an indolinone derivative
The present invention relates to a process for the manufacture of a specific indolinone derivative and a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, namely 3-Z-[1-(4-(N-((4-methyl-piperazin-1-yl)-methylcarbonyl)-N-methyl-amino)-anilino)-1-phenyl-methylene]-6-methoxycarbonyl-2-indolinone and its monoethanesulfonate, to new manufacturing steps and to new intermediates of this process. |
| US08304538B2 |
Method of producing benzoxazinone-based compound
A method of producing a compound represented by Formula (I), which comprises a step A of reacting an anthranilic acid compound with a carboxylic halide in the absence of a base, but does not comprise a step of isolating of an amide intermediate compound represented by Formula (II): wherein R1 represents a substituent; n1 is an integer of 0 to 4; R2 represents an n2-valent substituent or a linking group; and n2 is an integer of 1 to 4. |
| US08304536B2 |
Phthalocyanine compound
Disclosed is a phthalocyanine compound characterized by being represented by the formula (1) below. This phthalocyanine compound has good affinity to titania, and is suitably used for an organic thin film of an organic solar cell and the like. [In the formula, M represents a hydrogen atom or a central metal; Z1 and Z2 independently represent a hydroxy group, an alkoxy group having 1 to 18 carbon atoms or a phenyl group; and Ar represents at least one aryl group selected from those represented by the following formulae (2) to (12). (In the formulae (2) to (12), R1 to R103 independently represent a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a hydroxy group, an amino group, a silanol group, a thiol group, a carboxyl group, a phosphoric acid group, a phosphate group, an ester group, a thioester group, an amide group, a nitro group, a monovalent hydrocarbon group, an organoxy group, an organoamino group, an organosilyl group, an organothio group, an acyl group or a sulfone group.)] |
| US08304535B2 |
Sugar production by decrystallization and hydrolysis of polysaccharide enriched biomass
Sugar solutions are obtained from polysaccharide enriched biomass by contacting biomass with water and at least one nucleophilic base to produce a polysaccharide enriched biomass comprising a solid fraction and a liquid fraction. The solid fraction is separated from the lignin-containing liquid fraction and contacted with an acid solution, the acid solution comprising about 70 weight percent to about 100 weight percent sulfuric acid or an acid mixture comprising phosphoric acid and sulfuric acid, at a temperature and for a reaction time sufficient to produce a decrystallized biomass mixture. Water is added and the diluted biomass mixture is then hydrolyzed to produce a saccharification product comprising sugars. |
| US08304527B2 |
Kit for high throughput mutation screening methods
One example embodiment includes a kit to execute a method of simultaneously screening for genetic mutations in different genes in a multitude of samples. The kit includes an antisense deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) probe, where the antisense DNA probe will be mixed with a strand of a ribonucleic acid (RNA) to be tested to form a heteroduplex molecule within a sample. The kit also includes a ribonuclease enzyme, an RNA-primed DNA polymerase, a single strand-specific nuclease, DNA-dependent DNA polymerase, a blocking adapter and a tagged reporter adapter. Through ribonuclease digestion, differential sequence fill-in (DSF) and full-length sequence extension, tagged mutant-dual adapter hybrids are formed for detection, quantification or amplification. The sequence ubiquity of said mutant-dual adapter hybrids enables the use of universalized primers for sequence amplification regardless of the numbers or the origins of the mutations involved. |
| US08304524B2 |
Manufacture of factor H (FH) and FH-derivatives from plasma
The present invention provides compositions and pharmaceutical formulations of Factor H derived from plasma. Also provided are methods for the manufacture of the Factor H compositions and formulations, as well as methods for the treatment of diseases associated with Factor H dysfunction. |
| US08304523B1 |
Nanowire manufacture and approaches therefor
Nanowires are constructed using a variety of methods. Using one such method, a nanowire material is introduced to a microtubule lumen as a solution. The nanowire material is solidified to form a nanowire substantially within the microtubule lumen. |
| US08304522B2 |
Soy protein gel and method of producing the same
It is intended to provide a soy protein gel which has such gel properties that have never been obtained hitherto and is excellent in taste and color tone, and a soy protein food taking advantage of the gel properties. It has been found out that gel properties can be modified at an extremely elevated level and thus the desired soy protein gel can be obtained by preparing a gel by using a soy protein material in which the lipophilic protein content is reduced and conducting the gelation with the utilization of not only heat but also the action of a protein crosslinking enzyme. |
| US08304520B2 |
Labeled fusion protein
The present invention aims at providing a general-purpose experimental tool which specifically binds to a macromolecular substance that will be a receptor for a specific ligand such as drug, and is applicable throughout various processes to explore the nature of the macromolecular substance. In order to achieve this object, a molecular module has been developed which binds to a target compound and is used for purifying or labeling the target compound, wherein the molecular module has a rod-like spacer substance, an interacting substance that interacts with the target compound, a tag and a labeling substance, the interacting substance being positioned at one end of the rod-like spacer substance, and the tag and the labeling substance being positioned at the other end of the rod-like spacer substance. |
| US08304515B2 |
Process for the purification of polyol PFPE derivative
A process for the purification of a tetraol PFPE derivative [tetraol (T)] of formula (I): HO—CH2—CH(OH)—CH2—O—CH2—CF2—O—Rf—CF2—CH2O—CH2—CH(OH)—CH2OH, wherein Rf represents a fluoropolyoxyalkene chain (chain Rf), from a mixture (M) of hydroxyl (per)fluoropolyether derivatives, said mixture comprising said tetraol (T) and at least one hydroxyl (per)fluoropolyether [PFPE (OH)] comprising a chain Rf terminated with at least one end group of formula: —CF2CH2OH; —CF2CH2O—CH(OH)—CH2—O—CH2—CH(OH)—CH2OH; said process comprising: step 1: reacting the mixture (M) with ketones and/or aldehydes so as to selectively protect couples of hydroxyl groups on vicinal carbon atoms by forming corresponding cyclic ketal/acetal derivatives, so as to yield a protected mixture (P); step 2: reacting residual hydroxyl groups of the mixture (P) with suitable functionalizing agents enabling substantial volatility modification, so as to obtain a functionalized protected mixture (Pf); step 3: fractional distillation of the mixture (Pf) so as to isolate the cyclic acetal/ketal derivatives of tetraol (T); and step 4: hydrolyzing the acetal/ketal derivatives of tetraol (T) so as to recover pure tetraol (T). |
| US08304513B2 |
Polyesters comprising fluorovinylether functionalized aromatic moieties
Disclosed are polyesters, particularly poly(trimethylene terephthalate), comprising fluorovinylether functionalized aromatic repeat units, and methods to make the polyester polymers. The polymers are useful for imparting soil resistance to polyesters, particularly in the form of fibers, fabrics, and carpets. |
| US08304512B2 |
Benzodithiophene based materials compositions
A polymer semiconductor that includes a polythiophene having an Mn from about 1,000 to about 400,000 Daltons and derived from benzodithiophene monomer segments of Formula (1) and at least one divalent linkage providing compound selected from the group consisting of an aromatic or heteroaromatic electron acceptor compound X and an aromatic or heteroaromatic compound Y, wherein R1 and R2 are side chains independently selected from the group consisting of a hydrogen atom, a hydrocarbon group, a heteroatom and combinations thereof. |
| US08304510B2 |
Polyester resins for high-strength articles
The present invention relates to slow-crystallizing, titanium-catalyzed polyethylene terephthalate resins that are useful for making high-strength, high-clarity bottles that possess improved resistance to stress cracking and thermal creep. The polyethylene terephthalate resins possess improved reheating profiles and are especially useful for making polyester articles that have exceptional clarity, dimensional stability, and thermal stability. |
| US08304509B2 |
Process for preparing diaryl carbonates from dialkyl carbonates
The present invention relates to a process for continuously preparing diaryl carbonates from dialkyl carbonates and at least one monohydroxyl compound in the presence of catalysts, and to the use thereof for preparation of polycarbonates. The alkylene glycol obtained in the preparation of the dialkyl carbonate used is recycled by oxidative carbonylation with carbon monoxide in the presence of a catalyst to give the cyclic alkylene carbonate which is in turn converted to the dialkyl carbonate. More particularly, the process utilizes the alkylene glycol obtained for the diphenyl carbonate preparation process (DPC process). |
| US08304501B2 |
Composition containing silsesquioxane and silsesquioxane-containing hydroxyalkyl cellulose resin composition
It is to provide a silsesquioxane having α,β-diol group, and to provide an organic-inorganic hybrid resin composition comprising silsesquioxane and hydroxyalkyl cellulose. A composition comprising a cage-type structure of silsesquioxane represented by general formula (A), and a partially cleaved cage-type structure of silsesquioxane represented by general formula (B); (RSiO3/2)l (A) (RSiO3/2)m(RSiO2H)n (B) [wherein in formulae (A) and (B), l and m represent an integer of 4 or more, n represents an integer of 1 or more, and n/(l+m) is 0.03 to 0.2; each R may be the same or different, and represents an alkoxy group with 1 to 10 carbons, etc.; wherein at least one R in one molecule is a group having α,β-diol group, and when the number of groups having α,β-diol is 2 or more, they may be the same or different]. |
| US08304500B2 |
Polyglycolic acid resin particle composition and process for production thereof
A particulate polyglycolic acid resin composition, comprising: a blend of a first particulate polyglycolic acid resin and a second particulate polyglycolic acid resin each having a moisture content of at most 110 ppm and providing a ratio of melt-viscosity (as measured at 270° C. and a shear rate of 121 sec−1; the same as hereinafter) therebetween of above 1 and at most 10. After the polymerization, the first and second particulate polyglycolic acid resins can cause change in properties before the forming (e.g., during storage); or during the forming process. However, by adequately determining the blending ratio between the resins while taking the melt-viscosities thereof into account, it becomes possible to provide a particulate polyglycolic acid resin composition showing a stable melt-formability and suitable as a starting material for various forming processes. |
| US08304493B2 |
Methods of forming block copolymers
Methods of modifying block copolymers to enhance thermodynamic properties thereof without sacrificing material properties and methods of forming modified block copolymers having desired properties are disclosed. The modified block copolymers may be used, for example, as a mask for sublithographic patterning during various stages of semiconductor device fabrication. For example, block copolymers having desirable material properties, such as etch selectively, may be chemically modified to tailor a χ value thereof to optimize the process conditions for achieving a self-assembled state and to reduce a defectivity of the self-assembled block copolymer pattern. |
| US08304491B2 |
Producing polychloroprene latices
The novel process provides latices of homo- and copolymers of chloroprene and of one or more further copolymerizable monomers at a higher reaction rate and hence in an improved space-time yield. The latices obtained have a high gel content, distinctly lower levels of by-products, in particular of chloroprene dimer, than prior art products, and are useful, if appropriate in concentrated form, for a wide variety of applications. |
| US08304490B2 |
Polylactic acid and manufacturing process thereof
It is an object of the present invention to provide polylactic acid containing a stereocomplex crystal and having excellent moldability, a high molecular weight, high crystallinity and a high melting point and a process for manufacturing the same. It is another object of the present invention to provide a composition comprising the polylactic acid and a molded product of the polylactic acid. The present invention is characterized from polylactic acid having a weight average molecular weight of 80,000 to 500,000 and a melting peak at 195° C. or higher which accounts for 80% or more of the total of melting peaks in the temperature elevation step when measured by a differential scanning calorimeter (DSC) and a process for manufacturing the same. |
| US08304487B2 |
Concentrates of additives for use in the processing of polyolefins
Concentrates comprising a blend of polybutene-1 and polypropylene and up to 60 wt. % of one or more additives, in particular suitable for use in processes of bulk coloring and spinning of polyolefins. |
| US08304483B2 |
Thermoplastic fiber concentrate methods and articles
A feedstock concentrate material, including a first phase including fibers having a length greater than 5 mm; and a polymeric phase including a first polyolefin having a first melt flow rate; and a second polyolefin having a second melt flow rate. Kits, methods of using and resulting articles including the concentrate are also disclosed. |
| US08304478B2 |
Polyamide/poly(arylene ether) composition, article, and method
A polyamide-poly(arylene ether) composition is prepared by melt blending specific amounts of components including a polyamide, a poly(arylene ether), a hydrogenated block copolymer of an alkenyl aromatic monomer and a conjugated diene, a compatibilizing agent, and partially saponified ester of a C16-C36 aliphatic carboxylic acid and a C2-C12 aliphatic alcohol. The composition is useful for molding articles that have a significantly reduced incidence of the cosmetic defect known as “silver streaks”. |
| US08304477B2 |
Liquid oxyalkylene bridged bis- and Tris-phosphite ester mixtures
Disclosed are mixtures of oxyalkylene bridged bis- and tris-phosphite esters of formulae I and II where R is hydrogen or methyl, n and n′ are independently an integer from 1 to 45 and R1, R2 and R3 are each independently hydrogen, straight or branched chain alkyl of 1 to 12 carbon atoms, phenylalkyl of 7 to 9 carbon atoms, phenylalkyl of 7 to 9 carbon atoms substituted on the phenyl ring by one to three straight or branched chain alkyl of 1 to 12 carbon atoms or R1, R2 and R3 are each independently —(CH2)k—COOR4 where k is 0, 1 or 2 and R4 is hydrogen or straight or branched chain alkyl of 1 to 20 carbon atoms. The mixtures of formula I and II are liquid at ambient conditions and are effective stabilizers for polyolefins. |
| US08304476B2 |
Flame retardant resin composition and molded article thereof
It is a purpose of the present invention to provide a flame retardant resin composition having a high level of flame retardancy and excellent physical properties and a molded article thereof.The flame retardant resin composition comprises: (A) 100 parts by weight of a resin component (component A) containing polylactic acid (component A-1); (B) 10 to 50 parts by weight of an organic phosphorus compound represented by the following formula (1) (component B): (in the above formula, the phenyl group may have a substituent); (C) 5 to 30 parts by weight of a hydrogenated styrene-based thermoplastic elastomer (component C); and (D) 1 to 10 parts by weight of talc (component D). |
| US08304475B2 |
Process for the production of a bituminous composition
A process for the production of a bituminous composition, includes (i) producing a mix of aggregates with a maximum diameter less than or equal to 30 mm and of an amount less than or equal to 0.8 g per square meter of specific surface developed by the aggregates of at least one cationic polymer in the liquid form having a density of cationic charges greater than or equal to 0.5 meq/g and an intrinsic viscosity of from 0.01 to 0.8 dl/g; and (ii) putting the mix obtained in stage (i) into contact with at least one bituminous binder. A bituminous composition includes at least one specific cationic polymer and the use of at least one specific cationic polymer in the surface treatment of aggregates intended for the preparation of a bituminous composition are the other two subject-matters of the present invention. |
| US08304474B2 |
Two-component mortar compound and its use
A two-component mortar compound including a curable resin component (A) that contains 30% to 45% by weight of at least one radically polymerizable resin, 30% to 45% by weight of fillers, 15% to 25% by weight of cement and 1% to 8% of a thickeners, and including a separately arranged so as to inhibit reaction curing component (B) that contains 1% to 20% by weight of a peroxide, 10% to 35% by weight of water, 40% to 80% by weight of fillers and 0.5% to 5% by weight of thickeners, with the proviso that the sum of the quantities of the constituents of the resin component or of the curing component is always 100% by weight, which is characterized in that the resin component (A) contains 0.01% to 5% by weight of an organic and/or inorganic acid and/or salts and esters thereof. |
| US08304473B2 |
Carbon/epoxy resin composition and method of producing a carbon-epoxy dielectric film using the same
A carbon/epoxy resin composition and a method of producing a carbon-epoxy dielectric using the same. The carbon/epoxy resin composition includes about 45 volume percent (volume %) to about 50 volume % of an epoxy composition, the epoxy composition including a bisphenol-based epoxy compound and an alicyclic epoxy compound, based on a total volume of the carbon/epoxy resin composition, about 2.0 volume % to about 3.1 volume % of carbon black, based on a total volume of the carbon/epoxy resin composition, about 80 parts by volume to about 104 parts by volume of an acid anhydride-based curing agent, based on 100 parts by volume of the epoxy composition, and about 1 part by volume to about 3 parts by volume of a tertiary alkylamine-based curing catalyst, based on 100 parts by volume of the epoxy composition. |
| US08304470B2 |
Resin composition for optical components, optical component using the same and production method of optical lens
The present invention relates to a resin composition for optical components, which is an ultraviolet-curable transparent resin composition used as a material for an optical component, in which the resin composition includes (A) an epoxy resin having two or more epoxy groups in one molecule thereof, (B) an oxetane compound having one or more oxetanyl groups in one molecule thereof and (C) a photo-acid generator, and in which the component (C) is contained in an amount of 0.01 to 2.0 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of a total amount of the components (A) and (B). The present invention also relates to an optical component obtained by using the resin composition for optical components, and a production method thereof. |
| US08304468B2 |
Polymers comprising thioester bonds
This invention is in the field of polymer chemistry. More in particular it provides a method to produce polymers such as block copolymers or cross-linked networks that are suitable for medical applications. The invention also provides degradable materials that may degrade completely when used in the human or animal body, minimizing residual components that may be toxic or otherwise undesirable. |
| US08304466B2 |
Composite resin
The invention relates to a composite comprising a thermosetting resin with a hardness of at least 55 Shore D, wherein the resin essentially consists of an ethylene α-olefin copolymer with a density of less than 880 kg/m3, which resin is crosslinked to a degree such that the volume swelling measured in decaline after 64 hours at 23° C. is less than 50% by volume on the composite and the composite contains at least 40% by volume of a reinforcing filler, wherein the vol % of the filler is related to the volume of the resin. The composite according to the invention is an excellent isolator when at least 100 phr cork are present in the composite. A composite according to the invention can be made by crosslinking of the copolymer in the presence of a high amount of peroxide in the presence of at least 40% by volume on the resin of a filler. |
| US08304462B2 |
Process for making polymer composites having thermoplastic properties
The present invention provides methods of making composite materials comprising combining particles of crosslinked rubber with one or more aqueous polymer dispersion of a suspension polymer to form a mixture in aqueous dispersion, and, optionally, subjecting the aqueous dispersion mixture to solid state shear pulverization to form materials that can be processed as thermoplastics at crosslinked rubber concentrations of from 10 to as high as 95 wt. %, based on the total solids of the material. The method may further comprise kneading and/or compression molding the pulverized product to form useful articles, such as roofing membranes and shoe soles. |
| US08304458B2 |
Method and chemical composition for reclaiming of cured elastomer materials
A method of reclaiming a cured elastomer material in the form of crumb or chips, comprising mixing the elastomer material with a devulcanization-aiding chemical composition and performing devulcanization by applying a shear-stress deformation while performing a mechanical disintegration into fine-ground crumbs under a controllable temperature not exceeding about 90 degrees C. |
| US08304455B2 |
Compositions and methods of their use for improving the condition and appearance of skin
The present invention relates to compositions and methods for treating, preventing and improving the condition and/or aesthetic appearance of skin, particularly, treating, preventing, ameliorating, reducing and/or eliminating fine lines and/or wrinkles of skin, where the compositions include active agents which increase expression levels of genes associated with the dermatological signs of aging. The compositions of the invention are topically applied to the skin, or are delivered by directed means to a site in need thereof, once daily in an amount effective in improving the condition and/or aesthetic appearance of skin. |
| US08304453B2 |
Composition comprising at least one alkanolamide to inhibit migration of langerhans cells and uses therof
The invention concerns a composition containing at least an alkanolamide, optionally combined with at least a compound such as a metalloprotease inhibitor, a PKC inhibitor, an anti-inflammatory agent, a soothing agent, an immunosuppressor, an ion chelating agent, an oxazolin, an oxazolidinone and a carbamic acid derivative. The invention also concerns the use of such a composition as medicine, in particular its use for preventing or treating skin pathologies of allergic and/or inflammatory and/or irritative origin or resulting from a danger signal. The invention further concerns a method for cosmetic treatment of sensitive, irritated, intolerant, allergy-prone, ageing skin and/or mucosa exhibiting skin barrier disorder, or exhibiting non-pathological immunologic imbalance, which consists in applying such a composition on the skin and/or mucosa. |
| US08304452B2 |
Radical scavenger and active oxygen eliminating agent
It is an object to provide a radical scavenger, an active oxygen-scavenging agent and the like, which are highly efficacious clinically and novel, and so as to attain the object, 3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine derivatives such as N-β-alanyl-5-S-glutathionyl-3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine (5-S-GAD) or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof are contained as an active ingredient. |
| US08304449B2 |
Inhibitors of cyclin dependent kinases and their use
The present invention relates to novel compounds for the inhibition of cyclin-dependent kinases, and more particularly, to chromenone derivatives of formula (Ia), wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7 and A have the meanings indicated in the claims. The invention also relates to processes for the preparation of the compounds of formula (Ia), to methods of inhibiting cyclin-dependent kinases and of inhibiting cell proliferation, to the use of the compounds of formula (Ia) in the treatment and prophylaxis of diseases, which can be treated or prevented by the inhibition of cyclin-dependent kinases such as cancer, to the use of the compounds of formula (Ia) in the preparation of medicaments to be applied in such diseases. The invention further relates to compositions containing a compound of formula (Ia) either alone or in combination with another active agent, in admixture or otherwise in association with an inert carrier, in particular pharmaceutical compositions containing a compound of formula (Ia) either alone or in combination with another active agent, together with pharmaceutically acceptable carrier substances and auxiliary substances. |
| US08304446B2 |
Compounds
Indazole compounds, processes for their preparation, intermediates usable in these processes, pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds and their use in therapy. |
| US08304445B2 |
7-pyrazolyl tetracycline compounds and methods of use thereof
The present invention provides compounds of Formula (I) and related methods and formulations: wherein: A represents a pyrazole ring optionally substituted by one or more R groups. |
| US08304444B2 |
Pyrazole carboxylic acid amides useful as microbiocides
Compounds of the formula (I), in which the substituents are as defined in claim 1 are suitable for use as microbiocides. |
| US08304441B2 |
Thiazolidinedione analogues for the treatment of metabolic diseases
The present invention relates to thiazolidinedione analogues that are useful for treating hypertension, diabetes, and inflammatory diseases. |
| US08304438B2 |
Heteroarylacrylamides and their use as pharmaceuticals
The present invention relates to heteroarylacrylamides of the formula I, in which Het, X, Ra, Rb, R1, R2 and R3 have the meanings indicated in the claims, which modulate the transcription of endothelial nitric oxide (NO) synthase and are valuable pharmacologically active compounds. Specifically, the compounds of the formula I upregulate the expression of the enzyme endothelial NO synthase and can be applied in conditions in which an increased expression of said enzyme or an increased NO level or the normalization of a decreased NO level is desired. The invention further relates to processes for the preparation of compounds of the formula I, to pharmaceutical compositions comprising them, and to the use of compounds of the formula I for the manufacture of a medicament for the stimulation of the expression of endothelial NO synthase or for the treatment of various diseases including cardiovascular disorders such as atherosclerosis, thrombosis, coronary artery disease, hypertension and cardiac insufficiency, for example. |
| US08304435B2 |
Deuterium-enriched donepezil
The present application describes deuterium-enriched donepezil, pharmaceutically acceptable salt forms thereof, and methods of treating using the same. |
| US08304430B2 |
Phosphonic acid compounds as inhibitors of serine proteases
The present invention is directed to phosphonic acid compounds useful as serine protease inhibitors, compositions thereof and methods for treating inflammatory and serine protease mediated disorders. |
| US08304429B2 |
Methods for preventing and/or treating degenerative disorders of the central nervous system
The present invention provides methods for preventing and/or treating degenerative disorders of the central nervous system using 5-(fluoromethyl)piperidine-3,4-diol, 5-(chloromethyl)piperidine-3,4-diol, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate, or prodrug thereof, or any combination of two or more thereof. In particular, the present invention provides methods for preventing and/or treating Parkinson's disease. |
| US08304428B2 |
Compounds and methods for inhibiting the interaction of BCL proteins with binding partners
The present invention relates to heterocyclic compounds that bind to Bcl proteins and inhibit Bcl function, compositions comprising such compounds, and methods for treating and modulating disorders associated with hyperproliferation, such as cancer. |
| US08304424B2 |
Freeze-dried injectable pharmaceutical combination of semisynthetic vinca alkaloids and carbohydrate stable at room temperature
This invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions consisting of a semisynthetic derivative of vinca alkaloid, stable at room temperature, in which said derivative is present in the form of a freeze dried product obtained in the presence of at least one carbohydrate. |
| US08304420B2 |
Substituted quinazolines for reducing platelet count
This invention relates to the discovery of prodrugs of 3-or 5-substituted analogues of the selective platelet lowering agent anagrelide which have reduced potential for cardiovascular side-effects and which should therefore lead to improved patient compliance and safety in the treatment of myeloproliferative diseases. More specifically, the present invention relates to prodrugs of certain imidazoquinazoline derivatives which have utility as platelet lowering agents in humans. The compounds of the present invention function by inhibiting the formation of blood platelets. An example of a compound of the present invention is methyl 2-(2-amino-5,6- dichloroquinazolin-3 (4H)-yl)-2-methylpropanoate or the 3,3-demethyl anagrelide open-ringed analog. |
| US08304417B2 |
Crystalline forms of 4-(6-chloro-2,3-methylenedioxyanilino)-7-[2-(4-methylpiperazin-1-yl)ethoxy]-5-tetrahydropyran-4-yloxyquinazoline
The present invention relates to chemical processes useful in the manufacture of the compound 4-(6-chloro-2,3-methylenedioxyanilino)-7-[2-(4-methylpiperazin-1-yl)ethoxy]-5-tetrahydropyran-4-yloxyquinazoline (the active entity within AZD0530), to intermediates useful in the manufacture of that compound and to processes for the manufacture of those intermediates. The invention also relates to particular crystalline forms of that compound such as a difumarate salt and a trihydrate and to pharmaceutical compositions containing such crystalline forms. |
| US08304416B2 |
Chromenone derivatives
Novel compounds of the formula I in which R1, R2, R3 and Het are as defined herein, which are inhibitors of tyrosine kinases and/or Raf kinases and can be employed for the treatment of tumors, for neuroprotection and for protection of the stress proteins of the skin. |
| US08304415B2 |
1, 2-disubstituted amido-anthraquinone derivatives, preparation method and application thereof
A series of novel 1,2-disubstituted amido-anthraquinone derivatives, and the preparation method and application of said derivatives. Said application includes said derivatives with therapeutically effective amount being prepared into pharmaceutical compositions for inhibition of cancer cell growth, further treating cancer. |
| US08304405B2 |
Combination of azelastine and ciclesonide for nasal administration
A pharmaceutical product or formulation, which comprises azelastine or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate or physiologically functional derivative thereof, and a steroid, or a pharmaceutical acceptable salt, solvate or physiologically functional derivative thereof, preferably the product or formulation being in a form suitable for nasal or ocular administration. |
| US08304403B2 |
Heterocyclic CETP inhibitors
Compounds of formula Ia and Ib and wherein A, B, C and R1 are described herein. |
| US08304401B2 |
Compositions and methods for decreasing type III deiodinase activity to modulate adiposity and blood glucose levels
The present invention features methods for decreasing fat mass, increasing energy expenditure, increasing resistance to obesity, and lowering blood glucose levels in a subject with an agent that inhibits the expression or activity of type III deiodinase. In this regard, agents of the invention are useful in treating diabetes and obesity. |
| US08304399B2 |
Hedgehog signaling pathway proteins and uses thereof
The present invention discloses a component in the hedgehog signaling pathway that can be useful in the treatment and diagnosis of hedgehog signaling pathway associated disorders. In this regard, the present invention discloses that RanBPM regulated the stability of hedgehog signaling molecule, smoothened (SMO) and that inactivation of RanBPM by siRNA prevented growth and metastasis of cancer cells. |
| US08304397B2 |
Identification of a micro-RNA that activates expression of β-myosin heavy chain
The present invention relates to the identification of a microRNA, miR-208, that induces the expression of β-myosin heavy chain (β-MHC) and represses fast skeletal muscle contractile protein genes. Inhibition of this function is proposed as a treatment for cardiac fibrosis, hypertrophy and/or heart failure, and augmentation of this function can be used to repress slow fiber genes and activate fast fiber genes in the treatment of musculoskeletal disorders. |
| US08304394B2 |
Low side effect pharmaceutical composition containing isoniazid
The present invention features a novel, low side-effect pharmaceutical compound complex, comprising the pharmaceutically effective dose of isoniazid (INH) and pharmaceutically effective dose of one of the following compounds. Said compound was selected from the following groups of compounds: Nordihydroguaiaretic acid, Trans-Cinnamaldehyde, Daidzein, Isovitexin, Kaempferol, disulfuram, β-Myrcene, Quercetin, (−)-Epigallocatechin-3-gallate, (+)-Limonene, Myricetin, Quercitrin, Luteolin-7-Glucoside, Morin, Neohesperidin, Hesperidin, Capillarisin, (−)-Epigallocatechin, Luteolin, Hyperoside, Ethyl Myristate, Tamarixetin, Phloretin, Baicalein, Rutin, Baicalin, Apigenin, Naringenin, Hesperetin, (+)-Epicatechin, (−)-Epicatechin-3-gallat, Isoliquritigenin, Silybin, Vitexin, Genistein, Isorhamnetin, gallic acid, Diosmin, 6-Gingerol, (+)-Taxifolin, Wongonin, Protocatechuic acid, (+)-Catechin, β-naphthoflavone, Embelin, Trans-Cinnamic acid, (−)-Epicatechin, Phloridzin, Puerarin, Umbelliferone, Brij 58, Brij 76, Brij 35, Tween 20, Tween 80, Tween 40, PEG 2000, PEG 400, Pluornic F68, and PEG 4000. The novel, low side-effect compound complex which contains pharmaceutically effective doses of isoniazid (INH), disulfuram (DSF) and/or a third compound, bis-nitrophenyl phosphate (BNPP) can reduce isoniazid (INH)-induced side effects, e.g. hepatotoxicity, etc. |
| US08304393B2 |
Epithelial cell growth promoter
It is intended to provide a novel oligopeptide which can be relatively easily produced, has not only a hair growth-stimulating effect but also an effect of promoting the growth of epithelial cells (for example, skin regeneration) and can easily pass through the horny layer to thereby reach the desired target cells in which its effects are to be exerted. Namely, water-soluble oligopeptides containing a proryl isoleucyl glycyl unit or an isoleucyl glycyl serine unit and having from 3 to 7 amino acids and water-soluble salts thereof. |
| US08304391B2 |
Peptides that bind to the erythropoietin receptor
Peptide compounds that are agonists of the erythropoietin receptor (EPO-R) are described, as well as therapeutic methods using such peptide compounds to treat disorders associated with insufficient or defective red blood cell production. Pharmaceutical compositions, which comprise the peptide compounds of the invention, are also provided. |
| US08304390B2 |
Method of treatment for preventing or reducing tumor growth in the liver of patient
A method of treatment for preventing or reducing tumor growth in liver of a patient includes administering to the patient an effective about of taurolidine, taurultam or a mixture thereof, so as to prevent or reduce the tumor growth in the patient. |
| US08304379B2 |
Silicon compound-containing solidified detergent composition and method for producing the same
According to the present invention, a solidified detergent composition is provided. The solidified detergent composition is characterized by having a reduced-pressure dried substance obtained by reduced-pressure drying a solution of (a) a silicon-containing compound with the addition of (b) at least one of surfactant to the silicon-containing compound, or a reduced-pressure dried substance obtained by reduced-pressure drying a solution of (a) a silicon-containing compound and (b) at least one of surfactant added to the resultant reduced-pressure dried substance, the silicon-containing compound being represented by the following general formula (1): (wherein R1 shows a hydrocarbon group having 6 or more carbon atom number, R2 and R3 show a lower hydrocarbon group which may be same or different each other, R4 shows a bivalent lower hydrocarbon group, R5, R6 and R7 show a lower alkyl group or lower alkoxy group which may be same or different each other, X shows a halogen ion or organic carbonyloxy ion) and the surfactant being selected from the group consisting of (b1) a cationic surfactant (but excluding the above silicon-containing compound) and (b2) a nonionic surfactant. |
| US08304377B2 |
Sulfonate surfactants and methods of preparation and use
Provided are new anionic surfactants and methods of their preparation and use. The surfactants are compounds of the formula I: wherein R, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, and R6 are as defined herein. |
| US08304376B2 |
Biodegradable wipe utilizing bio-based lubricant
The present invention generally relates to a biodegradable lubricating wipe, such as wet wipes. The wet wipes typically being fibrous sheet materials, pre-moistened with a solution for improved lubrication and/or protection of an area. In one embodiment the solution is comprised of a bio-based lubricant, a bio-based solvent and water. In one embodiment, the solution is comprised of mineral spirits and refined soybean oil. In another embodiment the solution is comprised of soy methyl ester and refined soybean oil. In yet another embodiment, the fibrous sheet material of the invention is biodegradable and the solution portion breaks down into a vaporizing component and a biodegradable carrier portion. |
| US08304373B2 |
Solid lubricant and sliding member
A solid lubricant for being embedded in pores or grooves formed at a sliding surface of a sliding member body, comprises 5 to 30% by volume of a polyethylene resin, 20 to 60% by volume of a hydrocarbon-based wax and 10 to 60% by volume of melamine cyanurate. Such a solid lubricant can exhibit sliding properties identical to or higher than those of lead-containing solid lubricants, even under high load conditions. |
| US08304372B2 |
Process for joining oxide superconducting tubes with a superconducting joint
The present invention provides a process for joining oxide-superconducting tubes with a superconducting joint. The process involves the preparation of a partially preformed superconducting material, followed by cold isopressing of the powder of partially performed superconducting material into tube shape and further provided with grooves at both ends of the tubes with a subsequent deposition of a silver layer. The process further involves the lapping of one of the end faces of a pair of said tubes to be joined. These lapped end faces of both the tubes clubbed together on a common silver bush are coated with a paste of the same partially preformed superconducting material in organic formulation. Then these coated end faces are closed pressed together to form a joint. This joint portion and the end portions of the tubes are wrapped with a perforated silver foil followed by deposition of another layer of silver. Finally, the assembly of this joint portion and the pair of tubes is heat treated in air for 100 to 150 hours and at temperatures from 830° to 850° C. The joint made according to this process is able to stably carry not less than 80% of the transport current of the high temperature superconducting tubes. |
| US08304371B2 |
Insecticidal arylpyrrolines
The invention relates to novel arylpyrroline compounds of formula (I) which having excellent insecticidal activity and which can thus be used as an insecticide is provided. |
| US08304370B2 |
Image receiver elements
An image receiver element includes a water-soluble or water-dispersible polyurethane binder in the image receiving layer. This polyurethane has a Tg of from about 60 to about 80° C., a molecular weight of at least 25,000, and an acid number of from about 16 to about 35 mg KOH/g. Moreover, the polyurethane comprises from about 42 to about 60 weight % of recurring urethane units, from about 8 to about 20 weight % of alkylene glycol recurring units, from about 18 to about 40 weight % of carbonate recurring units having aliphatic side chains, and from about 3 to about 15 weight % of recurring units having a water-soluble or water-dispersible acid group, based on total binder weight. |
| US08304369B2 |
Superabsorbent polymer having a capacity increase
The present invention relates to a particulate superabsorbent polymer comprising a monomer and an internal crosslinker agent wherein the particulate superabsorbent polymer has a Centrifuge Retention Capacity Increase of 2 g/g or more as set forth herein in the Centrifuge Retention Capacity Increase Test. The present invention further relates to a superabsorbent polymer comprising an internal crosslinker agent comprising a silane compound comprising at least one vinyl group or one allyl group attached to a silicon atom, and at least one Si—O bond. The present invention further relates to an absorbent article that includes such particulate superabsorbent polymers. |
| US08304359B2 |
Sputtering target, transparent conductive film, and transparent electrode for touch panel
A sputtering target which is composed of a sintered body of an oxide containing indium, tin and zinc as main components; the atomic ratio of In/(In+Sn+Zn) being 0.10 to 0.35; the atomic ratio of Sn/(In+Sn+Zn) being 0.15 to 0.35; and the atomic ratio of Zn/(In+Sn+Zn) being 0.50 to 0.70; and containing a hexagonal layered compound shown by In2O3(ZnO)m, wherein m is an integer of 3 to 9, and a spinel structure compound shown by Zn2SnO4. |
| US08304357B2 |
Ceramic material composition
A ceramic material composition comprising from 20 to 50 mass % of a borosilicate glass powder, from 25 to 55 mass % of an alumina filler powder and from 10 to 45 mass % of a filler powder (a high refractive index filler powder) having a refractive index higher than the alumina filler powder, wherein the borosilicate glass powder comprises, as calculated as oxides, from 30 to 70 mass % of SiO2, from 5 to 28 mass % of B2O3, from 5 to 30 mass % of Al2O3, from 3 to 35 mass % of CaO, from 0 to 25 mass % of SrO, from 0 to 25 mass % of BaO, from 0 to 10 mass % of Na2O, from 0 to 10 mass % of K2O, from 0.5 to 10 mass % of Na2O+K2O and from 3 to 40 mass % of CaO+SrO+BaO, and satisfies the following conditions: in the borosilicate glass powder, as represented by mass %, the value of “three times the B2O3 content”+“twice (the CaO content+the SrO content+the BaO content)”+“ten times (the Na2O content+the K2O content)”, is within a range of from 105 to 165. |
| US08304356B2 |
Aluminosilicate glass and color adapting composition for ceramics
The present invention relates to a color adapting composition used for coloring and color adapting porcelain for ceramic crown such as dental restorations and prosthetics, and aluminosilicate glass appropriate for using in a color adapting composition. More specifically, a color adapting composition for dental porcelains are prepared by blending two or more kinds of glass frits having different sintering temperatures from each other and an inorganic pigment or a colored glass obtained by previously dispersing inorganic pigments in glass. |
| US08304355B2 |
Elastic composite tape
An elastic composite strip has a longitudinally elongated substrate strip having a pair of opposite faces and formed of an elastomer that is highly stretchable longitudinally but only limitedly or not stretchy at all transversely. A respective soft knit fabric cover strip that is highly stretchable longitudinally but only limitedly or not stretchy at all transversely extends longitudinally on each of the faces. Respective arrays of longitudinally spaced and transversely extending lines of adhesive are bonded to the faces and to filaments of the respective cover strips. |
| US08304348B2 |
Semiconductor device manufacturing method and semiconductor device
A semiconductor device manufacturing method includes: stacking a plurality of electrode layers containing a semiconductor alternately with insulating layers; processing part of a multilayer body of the electrode layers and the insulating layers into a staircase shape and exposing a surface of the staircase-shaped electrode layers; forming a metal film in contact with the exposed electrode layers; reacting the semiconductor of the electrode layers with the metal film to form a metal compound in at least a portion of the electrode layers in contact with the metal film; removing an unreacted portion of the metal film; forming an interlayer insulating layer covering the staircase-shaped electrode layers after removing the unreacted portion of the metal film; forming a plurality of contact holes piercing the interlayer insulating layer, each of the contact holes reaching the metal compound of the electrode layer at a corresponding stage; and providing a plurality of contact electrodes inside the contact holes. |
| US08304347B2 |
Actuating transistor including multiple reentrant profiles
A method of actuating a semiconductor device includes providing a transistor. The transistor includes a substrate. A first electrically conductive material layer is positioned on the substrate. A second electrically conductive material layer is in contact with and positioned on the first electrically conductive material layer. The second electrically conductive material layer includes a reentrant profile. The second electrically conductive material layer also overhangs the first electrically conductive material layer. An electrically insulating material layer is conformally positioned over the second electrically conductive material layer, the first electrically conductive material layer, and at least a portion of the substrate. A semiconductor material layer conforms to and is in contact with the electrically insulating material layer. A third electrically conductive material layer is nonconformally positioned over and in contact with a first portion of the semiconductor material layer. A fourth electrically conductive material layer is nonconformally positioned over and in contact with a second portion of the semiconductor material layer. A voltage is applied between the third electrically conductive material layer and the fourth electrically conductive material layer. A voltage is applied to the first electrically conductive material layer to electrically connect the third electrically conductive material layer and the fourth electrically conductive material layer. |
| US08304346B2 |
Abrasive composition and method for manufacturing semiconductor integrated circuit device
The present invention relates to a polishing composition used in a step of polishing until a barrier layer adjacent to a copper layer is exposed, in a pattern formation of polishing the copper layer provided on an insulating layer through the barrier layer thereby alternately forming a copper embedded wiring and the insulating layer, the polishing composition including: an alicyclic resin acid; a colloidal silica in which a content thereof in the polishing composition is from 0.1 to 1.5% by mass, an average primary particle size thereof is from 10 to 40 nm, an average secondary particle size thereof is from 30 to 80 nm, and (the average secondary particle size×the content) is in a range of from 10 to 40; and tetramethylammonium ion. |
| US08304345B2 |
Germanium layer polishing
The invention relates to improvements in the polishing of a layer of germanium by a method which includes a first step of chemical-mechanical polishing of the surface of the germanium layer that is carried out with a first polishing solution having an acidic pH. The first polishing step is then followed by a second step of chemical-mechanical polishing of the surface of the germanium layer carried out with a second polishing solution having an alkaline pH. The polished heteroepitaxial germanium layer has a surface microroughness of less than 0.1 nm RMS and a surface macroroughness corresponding to a surface haze level of less than 0.5 ppm. |
| US08304344B2 |
High throughput chemical mechanical polishing composition for metal film planarization
A chemical mechanical polishing process including a single copper removal CMP slurry formulation for planarization of a microelectronic device structure preferably having copper deposited thereon. The process includes the bulk removal of a copper layer using a first CMP slurry formulation having oxidizing agent, passivating agent, abrasive and solvent, and the soft polishing and over-polishing of the microelectronic device structure using a formulation including the first CMP slurry formulation and at least one additional additive. The CMP process described herein provides a high copper removal rate, a comparatively low barrier material removal rate, appropriate material selectivity ranges to minimize copper dishing at the onset of barrier material exposure, and good planarization efficiency. |
| US08304342B2 |
Sacrificial CMP etch stop layer
A chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) stop layer is implemented in a semiconductor fabrication process. The CMP stop layer, among other things, mitigates erosion of sidewall spacers during semiconductor fabrication and adverse effects associated therewith. |
| US08304341B2 |
Dicing die-bonding film
The invention relates to a dicing die-bonding film having a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer (2) on a substrate material (1) and a die-bonding adhesive layer (3) on the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer (2), wherein the adhesion of the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer (2) to the die-bonding adhesive layer (3), as determined under the conditions of a peel angle of 15° and a peel point moving rate of 2.5 mm/sec. at 23° C., is different between a region (2a) corresponding to a work attachment region (3a) and a region (2b) corresponding to a part or the whole of the other region (3b), in the die-bonding adhesive layer (3), and satisfies the following relationship: adhesion of the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer (2a) |
| US08304336B2 |
Method for fabricating solar cell using inductively coupled plasma chemical vapor deposition
A method for fabricating a solar cell using inductively coupled plasma chemical vapor deposition (ICP-CVD) including a first electrode, a P layer, an intrinsic layer, an N-type layer and a second electrode. The method includes forming an intrinsic layer including a hydrogenated amorphous silicon (Si) thin film by an inductively coupled plasma chemical vapor deposition (ICP-CVD) device using mixed gas including hydrogen (H2) gas and silane (SiH4) gas. In the mixed gas, silane gas is in a ratio of 8 to 10 relative to mixed gas. |
| US08304333B2 |
Method of forming a high-k gate dielectric layer
A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device includes forming a gate electrode over a gate dielectric. The gate dielectric is formed by forming a lanthanide metal layer over a nitrided silicon oxide layer, and then performing an anneal to inter-diffuse atoms to form a lanthanide silicon oxynitride layer. A gate electrode layer may be deposited before or after the anneal. In an embodiment, the gate electrode layer includes a non-lanthanide metal layer, a barrier layer formed over the non-lanthanide metal layer, and a polysilicon layer formed over the barrier layer. Hafnium atoms may optionally be implanted into the nitrided silicon oxide layer. |
| US08304325B2 |
Substrate dividing method
A substrate dividing method which can thin and divide a substrate while preventing chipping and cracking from occurring. This substrate dividing method comprises the steps of irradiating a semiconductor substrate 1 having a front face 3 formed with functional devices 19 with laser light while positioning a light-converging point within the substrate, so as to form a modified region including a molten processed region due to multiphoton absorption within the semiconductor substrate 1, and causing the modified region including the molten processed region to form a starting point region for cutting; and grinding a rear face 21 of the semiconductor substrate 1 after the step of forming the starting point region for cutting such that the semiconductor substrate 1 attains a predetermined thickness. |
| US08304324B2 |
Low-temperature wafer bonding of semiconductors to metals
A method of wafer or substrate bonding a substrate made of a semiconductor material with a substrate made from a metallic material is disclosed. The method allows the bonding of the two substrates together without the use of any intermediate joining gluing, or solder layer(s) between the two substrates. The method allows the moderate or low temperature bonding of the metal and semiconductor substrates, combined with methods to modify the materials so as to enable low electrical resistance interfaces to be realized between the bonded substrates, and also combined with methods to obtain a low thermal resistance interface between the bonded substrates, thereby enabling various useful improvements for fabrication, packaging and manufacturing of semiconductor devices and systems. |
| US08304318B2 |
Methods of fabricating MOS transistors having recesses with elevated source/drain regions
Methods of fabricating metal-oxide-semiconductor (MOS) transistors having elevated source/drain regions are provided. The MOS transistors formed by these methods may include a gate pattern formed to cross over a predetermined region of a substrate. Recessed regions are provided in the substrate adjacent to the gate pattern. Epitaxial layers are provided on bottom surfaces of the recessed regions. High concentration impurity regions are provided in the epitaxial layers. The recessed regions may be formed using a chemical dry etching techniques. |
| US08304315B2 |
Integration of a sense FET into a discrete power MOSFET
A main FET and one or more sense FETs are formed in a common substrate. The main FET and sense FET(s) include a source terminal, a gate terminal and a drain terminal. The common gate pad connects the gate terminals of the main FET and sense FET(s). An electrical isolation may be between the gate terminals of the main FET and the sense FET(s). A sense pad in electrical contact with the source of the one or more sense FETs does not overlap an area of the device containing the sense FET(s). It is emphasized that this abstract is provided to comply with the rules requiring an abstract that will allow a searcher or other reader to quickly ascertain the subject matter of the technical disclosure. It is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims. |
| US08304307B2 |
Method of fabricating different gate oxides for different transistors in an integrated circuit
An integrated circuit and gate oxide forming process are disclosed which provide a gate structure that is simple to integrate with conventional fabrication processes while providing different gate oxide thicknesses for different transistors within the integrated circuit. For a flash memory, which may utilize the invention, the different gate oxide thicknesses may be used for lower voltage transistors, memory array transistors, and higher voltage transistors. |
| US08304306B2 |
Fabrication of devices having different interfacial oxide thickness via lateral oxidation
A method for forming a semiconductor device includes forming a first field effect transistor (FET) and a second FET on a substrate, the first FET comprising a first interfacial oxide layer, and the second FET comprising a second interfacial oxide layer; encapsulating the first interfacial oxide layer of the first FET; and performing lateral oxidation of the second interfacial oxide layer of the second FET, wherein the lateral oxidation of the second interfacial oxide layer of the second FET converts a portion of the substrate located underneath the second FET into additional interfacial oxide. |
| US08304303B2 |
Drain extended PMOS transistors and methods for making the same
Semiconductor devices (102) and drain extended PMOS transistors (CT1a) are provided, as well as fabrication methods (202) therefor, in which a p-type separation region (130) is formed between an n-buried layer (108) and the transistor backgate (126) to increase breakdown voltage performance without increasing epitaxial thickness. |
| US08304301B2 |
Implant free extremely thin semiconductor devices
A semiconductor device and a method of fabricating a semiconductor device are disclosed. In one embodiment, the method comprises providing a semiconductor substrate, epitaxially growing a Ge layer on the substrate, and epitaxially growing a semiconductor layer on the Ge layer, where the semiconductor layer has a thickness of 10 nm or less. This method further comprises removing at least a portion of the Ge layer to form a void beneath the Si layer, and filling the void at least partially with a dielectric material. In this way, the semiconductor layer becomes an extremely thin semiconductor-on-insulator layer. In one embodiment, after the void is filled with the dielectric material, in-situ doped source and drain regions are grown on the semiconductor layer. In one embodiment, the method further comprises annealing said source and drain regions to form doped extension regions in the semiconductor layer. Epitaxially growing the extremely thin semiconductor layer on the Ge layer ensures good thickness control across the wafer. This process could be used for SOI or bulk wafers. |
| US08304300B2 |
Method of manufacturing display device including transistor
An object is to provide a display device which operates stably with use of a transistor having stable electric characteristics. In manufacture of a display device using transistors in which an oxide semiconductor layer is used for a channel formation region, a gate electrode is further provided over at least a transistor which is applied to a driver circuit. In manufacture of a transistor in which an oxide semiconductor layer is used for a channel formation region, the oxide semiconductor layer is subjected to heat treatment so as to be dehydrated or dehydrogenated; thus, impurities such as moisture existing in an interface between the oxide semiconductor layer and the gate insulating layer provided below and in contact with the oxide semiconductor layer and an interface between the oxide semiconductor layer and a protective insulating layer provided on and in contact with the oxide semiconductor layer can be reduced. |
| US08304298B2 |
Inverter manufacturing method and inverter
To provide an enhancement-depletion (E/D) inverter which can be easily manufactured, in the present invention, a method of manufacturing an inverter which is composed of an oxide semiconductor in which a channel layer includes at least one element selected from In, Ga and Zn formed on a same substrate, the inverter being the E/D inverter having plural thin film transistors, is characterized by comprising the steps of: forming a first transistor and a second transistor, the thicknesses of the channel layers of the first and second transistors being mutually different; and executing heat treatment to at least one of the channel layers of the first and second transistors. |
| US08304297B2 |
Active matrix substrate, method of making the substrate, and display device
An active matrix substrate includes base substrate, gate lines, data lines, thin-film transistors and pixel electrodes. The gate lines are formed on the base substrate. The data lines are formed over the gate lines. Each of the data lines crosses all of the gate lines with an insulating film interposed therebetween. The thin-film transistors are formed over the base substrate. Each of the thin-film transistors is associated with one of the gate lines and operates responsive to a signal on the associated gate line. Each of the pixel electrodes is associated with one of the data lines and one of the thin-film transistors and is electrically connectable to the associated data line by way of the associated thin-film transistor. Each of the pixel electrodes and the associated thin-film transistor are connected together by way of a conductive member. Each of the pixel electrodes crosses one of the gate lines, while the conductive member for the pixel electrode crosses another one of the gate lines that is adjacent to the former gate line. |
| US08304294B2 |
Lead frame substrate and method of manufacturing the same
A method includes: forming a photoresist pattern to form each of a semiconductor element mounting section on which a semiconductor element is mounted, semiconductor element electrode connection terminals for connection with electrodes of the semiconductor element, and a first outer frame section on a first surface of a metal plate; forming a photoresist pattern to form each of external connection terminals, a second outer frame section, and grooves in at least a part of the second outer frame section on a second surface of the metal plate; etching a metal plate exposing section, in which the metal plate of the second surface is exposed, to form holes that do not pass through the metal plate exposing section and grooves that run from an inside to an outside of the second outer frame section; coating a pre-mold resin on the holes and the grooves, and heating the pre-mold resin under pressure using a flat-bed press to form a resin layer; and etching the first surface to form the semiconductor element mounting section, the semiconductor element electrode connection terminals electrically connected with the external connection terminals, and the first outer frame section. |
| US08304293B2 |
Thermally enhanced semiconductor package
Disclosed are systems and methods for improving the thermal performance of integrated circuit packages. Aspects of the present invention include improved thermal package structures and methods for producing the same through the application of one or more thermal spreaders in the package. In embodiments, a thermal spreader is incorporated in a semiconductor chip package between a semiconductor die and its die pad. By including a thermal spreader in an IC package, the package can handle higher levels of power while maintaining approximately the same temperature of the package or can reduce the temperature of the package when operating at the same power level, as compared to a package without a thermal spreader. |
| US08304290B2 |
Overcoming laminate warpage and misalignment in flip-chip packages
An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for connecting an integrated circuit device to a substrate. A plurality of standard diameter pillars and three or more increased diameter pillars are disposed on an integrated circuit device. The increased diameter pillars have a diameter that is greater than the standard diameter pillars and a height that is similar to the standard diameter pillars. The standard diameter pillars and the increased diameter pillars form a pattern on the integrated circuit device that corresponds to contact pads on a substrate opposite the integrated circuit device. A first group of solder bumps is disposed between the standard diameter pillars and the contact pads. A second group of solder bumps is disposed between the increased diameter pillars and the contact pads. The second group of solder bumps has pre-connection heights that are greater than pre-connection heights of the first group of solder bumps. |
| US08304284B2 |
Memory cell that employs a selectively fabricated carbon nano-tube reversible resistance-switching element, and methods of forming the same
In some aspects, a method of fabricating a memory cell is provided that includes fabricating a steering element above a substrate, and fabricating a reversible-resistance switching element coupled to the steering element by fabricating a carbon nano-tube (“CNT”) seeding layer by depositing a silicon-germanium layer above the substrate, patterning and etching the CNT seeding layer, and selectively fabricating CNT material on the CNT seeding layer. Numerous other aspects are provided. |
| US08304280B2 |
Method of forming a thin film transistor having openings formed therein
A thin film transistor array panel includes a substrate, a plurality of first and second signal lines crossing each other on the substrate, source electrodes connected to the first signal lines, drain electrodes connected to the second signal lines, pixel electrodes connected to the drain electrodes, a first partition formed on the source and drain electrodes and having a first opening, wherein a lower width of the first opening is wider than an upper width of the first opening, an organic semiconductor formed in the first opening and at least overlapping the portions of the source electrode and the drain electrode, and a gate electrode connected to the second signal line and at least overlapping the portion of the organic semiconductor. |
| US08304278B2 |
Photoelectric conversion apparatus and image pickup system using photoelectric conversion apparatus
A photoelectric conversion apparatus includes: a first interlayer insulation film disposed on a semiconductor substrate; a first plug disposed in a first hole in the first interlayer insulation film, and serving to electrically connect between a plurality of active regions disposed in the semiconductor substrate, between gate electrodes of a plurality of MOS transistors, or between the active region and the gate electrode of the MOS transistor, not through the wiring of the wiring layer; and a second plug disposed in a second hole in the first interlayer insulation film, the second plug being electrically connected to the active region, wherein a wiring arranged over the second plug and closest to the second plug is electrically connected to the second plug, and the wiring electrically connected to the second plug forms a portion of dual damascene structure. By such a structure, incidence efficiency of light onto a photoelectric conversion element can be improved. |
| US08304275B2 |
MEMS device assembly and method of packaging same
A MEMS device assembly (20) includes a MEMS die (22) and an integrated circuit (IC) die (24). The MEMS die (22) includes a MEMS device (36) formed on a substrate (38) and a cap layer (34). A packaging process (72) entails forming the MEMS device (36) on the substrate (38) and removing a material portion of the substrate (38) surrounding the device (36) to form a cantilevered substrate platform (46) at which the MEMS device (36) resides. The cap layer (34) is coupled to the substrate (38) overlying the MEMS device (36). The MEMS die (22) is electrically interconnected with the IC die (24). Molding compound (32) is applied to substantially encapsulate the MEMS die (22), the IC die (24), and interconnects (30) that electrically interconnect the MEMS device (22) with the IC die (24). The cap layer (34) prevents the molding compound (32) from contacting the MEMS device (36). |
| US08304270B2 |
Suspending liquid or solution for organic optoelectronic device, making method thereof, and applications
A suspension or solution for an organic optoelectronic device is disclosed. The composition of the suspension or solution includes at least one kind of micro/nano transition metal oxide and a solvent. The composition of the suspension or solution can selectively include at least one kind of transition metal oxide ions or a precursor of transition metal oxide. Moreover, the method of making and applications of the suspension or solution are also disclosed. |
| US08304268B2 |
Fabrication method of semiconductor package structure
A fabrication method of a semiconductor package structure includes: patterning a metal plate having first and second surfaces; forming a dielectric layer on the metal plate; forming a metal layer on the first surface and the dielectric layer; forming metal pads on the second surface, the metal layer having a die pad and traces each having a bond pad; mounting a semiconductor chip on the die pad, followed by connecting electrically the semiconductor chip to the bond pads through bonding wires; forming an encapsulant to cover the semiconductor chip and the metal layer; removing portions of the metal plate not covered by the metal pads so as to form metal pillars; and performing a singulation process. The fabrication method is characterized by disposing traces with bond pads close to the die pad to shorten the bonding wires and forming metal pillars protruding from the dielectric layer to avoid solder bridging. |
| US08304261B2 |
Thermal treatment apparatus, thermal treatment method and method of manufacturing semiconductor device
A thermal treatment apparatus having a first light source emitting a first light having light diffusion property, a reflectance measuring unit irradiating a treatment target with the light from plural directions by the first light source and determining a light reflectance of the treatment target, a light irradiation controller adjusting an intensity of a second light of a second light source on the basis of the light reflectance, the second light has diffusion property, and a thermal treatment unit irradiating the treatment target with the second light having adjusted the intensity of the second light by the light irradiation controller. |
| US08304248B2 |
Protein separation via ion-exchange chromatography and associated methods, systems, and devices
The present invention provides methods for separating proteins from a protein mixture. In one aspect, a method for separating a high concentration protein mixture into a bound protein fraction and a flow-through protein fraction can include delivering a protein mixture through an ion exchange column at a fixed pH and a fixed salt concentration. The fixed pH and the fixed salt concentration have been preselected to cause separation of the protein mixture into a bound protein fraction and a flow-through protein fraction. In this case, the bound protein fraction binds to the ion exchange column and the flow-through protein fraction flows though the ion exchange column. The method can further include receiving the flow-through protein fraction from the ion exchange column separate from the bound protein fraction, wherein either the bound protein fraction or the flow-through fraction contains a protein of interest. |
| US08304245B2 |
Microfluidic flow lysometer device, system and method
The invention provides a device, system and method that enables a microfluidic flow lysometer cell analyzer. Using a population of suspended living cells. cell surface molecule detection reagents, and cell cytoplasm (or nuclear) molecule detection reagents, this microfluidic cell analyzer can rapidly analyze a population of cells by running them on a one-at-a-time basis through small capillary channels. The cell's morphology or surface markers are analyzed, then the cells are lysed, and the molecules present in the cell's cytoplasm or nuclear material are analyzed. Cell morphology is then analyzed as the cell surface molecules are correlated with the molecules present in the same cell's cytoplasm or nucleic acids, and this correlated cell population data is then presented to a user for interpretation. The invention also addresses issues such as device fouling, correction for experimental artifacts (incomplete cell lyis, variable cell debris volume effects), and inadequate data collection that hampered earlier efforts in this area. |
| US08304244B2 |
Hemoglobin based bilirubin reference material
What is described is a single reference material and method of making useful for calibrating or qualifying instruments that are diagnostic spectroscopically for bilirubin, hemoglobin, and hemoglobin fractions, and, optionally, diagnostic for other blood analytes by sensor means. |
| US08304240B2 |
Microinjection method and device
An object of the present invention is to provide a method for introducing a physiologically active substance such as a gene into a cell, which introduces a physiologically active substance such as any given gene into any given cell in a view under a microscope, while significantly reducing invasiveness to the cell, and a device used for the above method. The present invention provides a method for introducing a physiologically active substance into a cell, which comprises: allowing a physiologically active substance to attach around a needle having a diameter of 500 nm or less, provided that it is able to be inserted into a cell; and inserting the above-described needle into the cell; and a microinjection device for carrying out the aforementioned method. |
| US08304235B2 |
Nucleic acid codifying for a utrophin transcription specific regulating protein, protein codified thereby and uses thereof
The present invention relates to a nucleic acid molecule comprising a nucleotide sequence codifying for a protein characterized in having at least four zinc finger domains and in modulating the transcription of the utrophin gene by binding to a nucleotidic sequence comprised in a utrophin gene untranscribed regulatory sequence. Protein codified thereby and uses thereof. |
| US08304234B2 |
Compositions and methods for delivery of genetic material
Methods of introducing genetic material into cells of an individual and compositions and kits for practicing the same are disclosed. The methods comprise the steps of contacting cells of an individual with a polynucleotide function enhancer and administering to the cells, a nucleic acid molecule that is free of retroviral particles. The nucleic acid molecule comprises a nucleotide sequence that encodes a protein that comprises at least one epitope that is identical or substantially similar to an epitope of a pathogen antigen or an antigen associated with a hyperproliferative or autoimmune disease, a protein otherwise missing from the individual due to a missing, non-functional or partially functioning gene, or a protein that produces a therapeutic effect on an individual. Methods of prophylactically and therapeutically immunizing an individual against HIV am disclosed. Pharmaceutical compositions and kits for practicing methods of the present invention are disclosed. |
| US08304232B2 |
Photobioreactors, solar energy gathering systems, and thermal control methods
The present invention provides photobioreactors, solar energy gathering systems, and methods for thermal control of a culture medium containing a prototrophic organism in a photobioreactor, that allow temperature control in a cost effective manner, reducing the energy required for temperature control of a culture medium containing phototrophic microorganisms in a photobioreactor. |
| US08304226B2 |
Quality of life of hepatitis C patients with a formulation for administration to the oral mucosa including freeze dried lysate of selected Lactobacillus or Bifidobacterium species and N-acetyl D-glucosamine
Disclosed are quick dissolve tablets, each including freeze dried lysate of Lactobacillus reuteri, Lactobacillus casei, Lactobacillus plantarum, Llactobacillus rhamnosus GG, Lactobacillus acidophilus, Bifidobacterium bifidium, Bifidobacterium longum, Bifidobacterium infantis or Bifidobacterium breve and N-acetyl-glucosamine (NAG), as well as excipients, for oral mucosal administration, for improving the quality of life of Hepatitis C patients. Any formulation suitable for oral mucosal administration can be employed for administering the active ingredients in a sufficient dosage for therapeutic effect, one such formulation being: four parts of bacterial lysate and one part of N-acetyl D-glucosamine. Excipients can include one or more of, maltodextrin; xanthan gum; acesulfam K; lemon powder and a flavoring, e.g., juice; Mannitol TL-32-04, Microcrystalline Cellulose and Carrageenan, Fructose, PVP-XL TL-11-04, Gellan Gum, Citrus TL 1-04, Orange TL 19-04, Sucrolose TL-13-04, and Mg ST TL-13-04. |
| US08304219B2 |
Kluyveromyces strains metabolizing cellulosic and hemicellulosic materials
This invention relates to the use of microorganisms for the generation of ethanol from lignocellulosic waste materials. Yeast strains of the genus Kluyveromyces which have the capability to ferment cellulose, hexose sugars to ethanol are provided. Also provided are methods for converting cellulose, hexoses, or mixed hydrolysates of hexoses to ethanol by fermentation with Kluyveromyces strains. The invention also provides methods to isolate yeast strains which metabolize cellulose, pentoses, or hemicelluloses from waste materials. |
| US08304218B2 |
Enzymatic peracid production using a cosolvent
Disclosed herein are two-component enzymatic peracid generation systems and methods of using such systems wherein the first component comprises a formulation of at least one enzyme catalyst having perhydrolysis activity, a carboxylic acid ester substrate, and a cosolvent and wherein the second component comprises a source of peroxygen in water. The two components are combined to produce an aqueous peracid formulation useful as, e.g., a disinfecting or bleaching agent. Specifically, organic cosolvents are used to control the viscosity of a substrate-containing component and to enhance the solubility of the substrate in an aqueous reaction formulation without causing substantial loss of perhydrolytic activity of the enzyme catalyst. |
| US08304217B2 |
Stabilized dihydrolipoic acid and method of producing same
A stabilized dihydrolipoic acid (DHLA) compound is provided. The stabilized DHLA is derived from a microbiological culture media including at least one live probiotic organism, R-lipoic acid and at least one nutritive agent. The stabilized DHLA may be prepared by dispersing the microbiological media in distilled water to form a broth, incubating the broth at a predetermined temperature for a select period of time to induce probiotic activity, adding organic ethanol to the broth to halt the probiotic activity, and separating the derived stabilized DHLA from the broth. |
| US08304213B2 |
Organic solvent pretreatment of biomass to enhance enzymatic saccharification
Biomass is pretreated using an organic solvent solution under alkaline conditions in the presence of one of more sulfide (hydrosulfide) salt and optionally one or more additional nucleophile to fragment and extract lignin. Pretreated biomass is further hydrolyzed with a saccharification enzyme consortium. Fermentable sugars released by saccharification may be utilized for the production of target chemicals by fermentation. |
| US08304208B2 |
Assays for performance of organisms in phenotrons
A phenotron assay can be used for determining an adverse effect on health by: identifying an exposure condition to be studied for an adverse effect on the health of an organism; providing a phenotron having one or more sensors each configured to sense a signal; introducing one or more test founder organisms into the phenotron, said test founder organisms each having a signal emitting tag that is sensed by the one or more sensors and each being exposed to the exposure condition; introducing one or more control founder organisms into the phenotron, said control founder organisms each having a signal emitting tag that is sensed by the one or more sensors and none of said control founder organisms being exposed to the exposure condition; collecting, from the one or more sensors, signals from the tags to obtain data indicative of a parameter of the health of the one or more test founder organisms compared to the one or more control founder organisms; and determining from the data whether the exposure condition has an adverse effect on the health of the one or more test founder organisms. |
| US08304204B2 |
Method for measuring low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol
A method for measuring LDL cholesterol in a sample using a test piece is provided which involves a step of measuring the total cholesterol in the sample; a step of measuring the non-LDL cholesterol in the sample; and a step of subtracting the non-LDL cholesterol value from the total-cholesterol value to obtain the LDL cholesterol level. |
| US08304199B2 |
Methods for diagnosing and monitoring the progression of cancer by measuring soluble c-Met ectodomain
Methods for measuring c-Met levels in urine and blood samples are provided. Methods for diagnosis and prognosis evaluation for cancer are also provided. |
| US08304198B2 |
Assay for detection of transient intracellular CA2+
This invention relates to a simple end point assay for detection of transient intracellular Ca2+ with broad applicability to many Ca2+ channel proteins comprising, Generation of expression constructs for the fusion proteins having the Ca2+/calmodulin dependent protein kinase II (CaMKII) phosphorylation sites of NR2A or NR2B subunits of N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor (NMDAR) or the voltage gated potassium channel of Drosophila (Eag) or any protein sequence which binds to the T-site of CaMKII similar to NR2B, conjugated to mitochondrial localizing signal sequence, or mutants of these sequences as described herein. Generation of mammalian expression constructs of α-CaMKll as a chimera with green fluorescent protein (GFP-α-CaMKII) or its mutants as described herein. Site-Directed mutagenesis, Transfection, Ca2+ stimulation, imaging and quantification of the number of cells with Ca2+-dependent signal, wherein, NMDA receptor activity assay, TRPVI receptor activity assay, GluR4 receptor activity assay are performed to detect the activity Of Ca2+ channel proteins. |
| US08304196B2 |
In situ analysis of tissues
The present invention provides for the simultaneous assessment of a plurality of tissue regions or microregions, the benefit being homogeneity of the sampling, both in terms of tissue content and timing. Discrete regions of a tissue sample, such as those demarcated by microwells formed within the tissue itself or tissue plugs removed from the tissue in a spatially referenced fashion, can be treated with one or more physical or chemical treatments to liberate target molecules of interest. Subsequent analysis of said target molecules by, e.g., mass spectroscopy, permits identification of a variety of biological parameters, including those associated with disease or therapy. |
| US08304194B2 |
Quantification of gene expression
The present invention relates to a method for measuring the amount of a target nucleic acid in a sample using a standard which is designed to have one base difference compared with the gene of interest or a “target nucleic acid sequence.” Use of such standard in combination with a method of “enhancing” the difference in the standard and the test nucleic acid sample using, for example, a base extension reaction carried right at the mutation site allowing amplification of the standard and target nucleic acids with the same efficiency and facilitating quantification of the target nucleic acid. Thereafter a means of quantifying the “enhanced” standard and target nucleic acid samples is used to determine the amount of the target nucleic acid. In the preferred embodiment, the quantification means is Mass Spectrometry. |
| US08304192B2 |
Methods and compositions for assessing nucleic acids and alleles
The present invention is directed to methods and compositions for evaluating allelic variations with improved quality controls, methods of preparing such compositions, and applications employing such compositions and methods. In particular, the present invention provides methods and compositions for reducing false positives and/or false negatives in nucleic acid measurements. |
| US08304184B2 |
Genotyping using multiple variant-specific primer pools
This invention relates to the identification of variants of an organism using variant-specific oligonucleotide primer pools to specifically hybridize to those polynucleotides in an sample comprising a plurality of polynucleotides that contain a target sequence that is unambiguously identifiable with a particular variant of the organism. |
| US08304183B2 |
Selective terminal tagging of nucleic acids
Methods are provided for adding a terminal sequence tag to nucleic acid molecules for use in RNA or DNA amplification. The tag introduced may be used as a primer binding site for subsequent amplification of the DNA molecule and/or sequencing of the DNA molecule and therefore provides means for identification and cloning of the 5′-end or the complete sequence of mRNAs. |
| US08304182B2 |
Methods of identifying anti-cancer agents and uses thereof
The present invention provides methods of identifying and/or detecting anti-cancer agents. The present invention provides methods of identifying and/or detecting compounds that can activate PARP and/or induce necrosis. The present invention also provides for methods of treating cancer in an individual. The present invention also provides kits for identifying and/or detecting anti-cancer agents. |
| US08304179B2 |
Method for manufacturing a semiconductor device using a modified photosensitive layer
The present disclosure provides a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device. The method includes coating a photoresist on a substrate. The photoresist is exposed to radiation. The radiation exposed photoresist is baked. The radiation exposed and baked photoresist is developed to create an image pattern. The image pattern is treated with a treating material. An ion implantation process is performed to the substrate and the treated image pattern. The image pattern is stripped from the substrate. A carbon atom ratio of the treating material is less than a carbon atom ratio of the photoresist. |
| US08304178B2 |
Top antireflective coating composition containing hydrophobic and acidic groups
The present invention discloses a composition suitable for use as a top antireflective coating and barrier layer for immersion lithography. The inventive composition is soluble in aqueous base solutions and insoluble in water. The inventive composition comprises a polymer having at least one hydrophobic moiety, at least one acidic moiety with a pKa of 1 or less, and at least one aqueous base soluble moiety. The present invention also discloses a method of forming a patterned layer on a substrate by using the inventive composition in lithography. |
| US08304175B2 |
Patterning method
A patterning method is provided. First, a material layer is formed on a substrate. Thereafter, an ashable layer is formed on the material layer. Afterwards, a patterned transfer layer is formed on the ashable layer, wherein the patterned transfer layer has a critical dimension less than the exposure limit dimension. Further, the ashable layer is patterned using the patterned transfer layer or a complementary layer of the patterned transfer layer as a mask, so as to form a patterned ashable layer. The material layer is then patterned using the patterned ashable layer as a mask. |
| US08304173B2 |
Photomasks, methods of exposing a substrate to light, methods of forming a pattern, and methods of manufacturing a semiconductor device
The method of forming a pattern includes forming a first photosensitive layer pattern including a first pattern in a first region of a substrate and a second pattern in a second region of the substrate, by performing a first photolithography process using a photomask having a first mask region and a second mask region. The first pattern is transferred from the first mask region, and the second pattern is transferred from the second mask region. The method further includes forming a second photosensitive layer pattern including a third pattern in the second region of the substrate and a fourth pattern in the first region of the substrate, by performing a second photolithography process using the photomask. The third pattern is transferred from the first mask region, and the fourth pattern is transferred from the second mask region. |
| US08304171B2 |
Plate making method of lithographic printing plate precursor
A plate making method of a lithographic printing plate precursor includes: exposing imagewise a lithographic printing plate precursor including a support and an image-forming layer and containing (A) a compound generating an acid with light or heat, (B) an aromatic hydrocarbon compound or heterocyclic compound substituted with a functional group containing a nitrogen atom and (C) an aromatic aldehyde protected with an acid-decomposable group; and removing an unexposed area of the image-forming layer of the lithographic printing plate precursor by supplying at least one of dampening water and ink on a cylinder of a printing machine. |
| US08304170B2 |
Negative-working imageable element and method of use
Negative-working imageable elements can be imaged and processed to provide lithographic printing plates, especially with sulfuric acid-anodized aluminum substrates. These elements have an imageable outermost layer that contains two different polymeric binders, a primary polymeric binder is optionally present a discrete particles, and a secondary polymeric binder comprising a poly(vinyl acetate) that has a degree of hydrolysis of less than 60 mol %. These imageable elements can be designed for either off-press or on-press development. |
| US08304168B2 |
Lithographic printing plate precursor and process for producing lithographic printing plate
A lithographic printing plate precursor is provided that includes, above a support, a photosensitive layer including (i) a binder polymer, (ii) an ethylenically unsaturated compound, and (iii) a polymerization initiator, the ethylenically unsaturated compound (ii) including a compound represented by Formula (1) below. (In Formula (1), L denotes an (m+n)-valent linking group, the Ds independently denote a group selected from the group consisting of groups represented by Formulae (A) to (D) below, the Rs independently denote a monovalent substituent, m denotes an integer of 1 to 20, and n denotes an integer of 2 to 20.) (In Formulae (A) to (D), X, Y, and Z independently denote an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom, or NR17, R4 to R14 and R17 independently denote a hydrogen atom or a monovalent substituent, R15 denotes a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, R16 denotes a monovalent substituent, and k denotes an integer of 0 to 4.) There is also provided a process for producing a lithographic printing plate, including an exposure step of imagewise exposing the lithographic printing plate precursor and a development step of removing the photosensitive layer of a non-exposed portion in the presence of a developer having buffering capacity. |
| US08304167B2 |
Optical information recording medium
An optical information recording medium includes a recording layer that absorbs recording light in accordance with its wavelength, the recording light being condensed for information recording, and increases the temperature in the vicinity of a focus so as to form a recording mark and that has properties of increasing a light absorption amount with respect to the wavelength of the recording light by heating performed at a temperature of 120° C. or more. |
| US08304165B2 |
Negative working, heat-sensitive lithographic printing plate precursor
A heat-sensitive negative-working lithographic printing plate precursor comprising: a support having a hydrophilic surface or which is provided with a hydrophilic layer; and an image-recording layer comprising hydrophobic thermoplastic polymer particles and an infrared light absorbing dye; characterized in that: said image-recording layer further comprises a compound, said compound comprising an aromatic moiety and at least one acidic group or salt thereof and having a most bathochromic light absorption peak at a wavelength between 300 nm and 450 nm. |
| US08304164B2 |
Photoresist composition
The present invention provides a photoresist composition comprising: at least one selected from the group consisting of a monomer represented by the formula (I): wherein R1 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, W1 represents a C3-C20 divalent saturated cyclic hydrocarbon group, A1 represents a single bond or *-O—CO—W1— wherein * represents a binding position to W1═N— and W1 represents a C1-C10 divalent saturated hydrocarbon group, a polymer consisting of a structural unit derived from the monomer represented by the formula (I) and a polymer consisting of a structural unit derived from the monomer represented by the formula (I) and a structural unit derived from a monomer represented by the formula (II): wherein R3 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, A2 represents a single bond or *-O—CO—(CH2)n— wherein * represents a binding position to R4—, n represents an integer of 1 to 7 and R4 represents a C3-C20 saturated cyclic hydrocarbon group, a resin having an acid-labile group and being insoluble or poorly soluble in an aqueous alkali solution but becoming soluble in an aqueous alkali solution by the action of an acid, and an acid generator. |
| US08304157B2 |
Toner and manufacturing method thereof
A toner for an electrophotography and its manufacturing method are disclosed. The toner comprises toner particles containing a cross-linked polymer having two-valent crosslinking group represented by Formula (1), wherein, R1 is a hydrogen atom or a chlorine atom, R2 is a hydrogen atom, a chlorine atom or a methoxy group. The toner satisfies storage durability against heat as well as sufficient low temperature fixing ability. |
| US08304153B2 |
Electrophotographic photoreceptor, electrophotographic image forming method, electrophotographic image forming apparatus, electrophotographic process cartridge
An electrophotographic photoreceptor including a conductive substrate and a photosensitive layer overlying the conductive substrate. The photosensitive layer comprises a phthalimide isoindole derivative having a specific chemical formula. |
| US08304151B2 |
Corona and wear resistant imaging member
The presently disclosed embodiments relate in general to electrophotographic imaging members, such as layered photoreceptor structures, and processes for making and using the same. More particularly, the embodiments pertain to the incorporation of an ozone quenching compound into the charge transport layer to quench the corona effluents and protect the polycarbonate binder of the charge transport layer from being attacked by ozone species, thereby enhancing wear resistance and fatigue cracking. |
| US08304150B1 |
Electrostatic printing of functional toner materials for the construction of useful micro-structures
A method for building microstructures, comprising the steps of forming a photopolymer mask on a substrate, having a mask thickness equal to or larger than a desired height of a microstructure to be formed; forming a latent image on the photopolymer mask by exposure to light; applying an electrical charge to the photopolymer mask; developing the cavities in the mask with a functional liquid toner material whose electrical charge polarity is the same as the charge on the mask; and solidifying the functional liquid toner material into a useful microstructure. |
| US08304149B2 |
Photosensitive polymer composition, method of forming relief patterns, and electronic equipment
A photosensitive polymer composition, having (a) a polymer selected from polyimide precursors and polyimides having an acid group protected by a protecting group and having no amino group (—NH2) at the end; and (b) a compound that generates an acid when exposed to light and capable of deprotecting the protecting group from the acid group, is employed to form layers of a semiconductor device. |
| US08304146B2 |
Photomask making method, photomask blank and dry etching method
A photomask is manufactured by providing a photomask blank comprising a transparent substrate, a phase shift film, and a light-shielding film, the phase shift film and the light-shielding film including silicon base material layers, a N+O content in the silicon base material layer of the phase shift film differing from that of the light-shielding film, and chlorine dry etching the blank with oxygen-containing chlorine gas in a selected O/Cl ratio for selectively etching away the silicon base material layer of the light-shielding film. |
| US08304142B2 |
Fuel cell
A Direct Methanol Fuel Cell (DMFC) is provided in which the structure is simplified and the thickness is reduced without impairing diffusibility of fuel, air and generated products. An anode catalyst layer and a cathode catalyst layer sandwich an electrolyte membrane. Liquid fuel stored in a fuel chamber is directly supplied to the anode catalyst layer. Current collectors are respectively provided adjacent to the anode catalyst layer and the cathode catalyst layer. Each of the current collectors is formed of a flat conductive sheet in which a plurality of fine pores is provided to extend through the current collector in a direction substantially perpendicular to the planar direction. A part or the entirety of each current collector is embedded in a respective catalyst layer, and the sides of each current collector defining the pores are tapered with respect to a direction substantially perpendicular to the planar direction of the catalyst layer in which the current collector is embedded. |
| US08304140B2 |
Fuel cell separator comprising overlapping bosses and guide ridges
A fuel cell is formed by stacking first cell units and second cell units alternately. An inlet buffer and an outlet buffer are formed on a surface of a first metal separator of the first cell unit. Bosses are provided in the inlet buffer and the outlet buffer of the first metal separator. An inlet buffer and an outlet buffer are formed on a surface of the second metal separator of the first cell unit. Continuous guide ridges are formed in the inlet buffer and the outlet buffer of the second metal separator. The bosses and the continuous guide ridges are provided at positions overlapped with each other in the stacking direction. |
| US08304139B2 |
Fuel cell fluid flow field plates
A bipolar fluid flow flied plate for a fuel cell delivers fuel to a porous anode electrode and oxidant to an adjacent porous cathode electrode. The flow field plate comprises an electrically conductive, non-porous sheet into which fluid flow conduits are formed. A first fluid flow channel is patterned into a first face of the sheet and a second fluid flow channel patterned into the opposite face of the sheet. The pattern of the first channel comprises an interdigitated comb that co-operates with a pattern of the second channel comprising a continous serpentine path, so that no portion of the first channel directly overlies the pattern of the second channel over a substantial active area of the sheet. This allows the channels to be formed with combined depths that exceed the total plate thickness, thereby increasing fluid flow volumes. |
| US08304138B2 |
Fuel cell system and method of use
A fuel cell system includes a primary hydrogen source capable of communicating with a fuel cell anode. The system also includes a secondary hydrogen source communicating with the primary hydrogen source. A first valve is positioned downstream of the secondary hydrogen source. The valve allows hydrogen from the secondary source to communicate with hydrogen from the primary source downstream of the valve and upstream of the fuel cell anode. |
| US08304134B2 |
Polymer electrolyte composition, polymer electrolyte membrane, membrane electrode assembly and solid polymer electrolyte-based fuel cell
The present invention provides a polymer electrolyte composition comprising a polymer electrolyte (A component) having an ion exchange capacity of from 0.5 to 3.0 meq/g, a compound (B component) having a thioether group and a compound (C component) having an azole ring, wherein a mass ratio (B/C) of the B component to the C component is 1/99 to 99/1, and a total content of the B component and C component is 0.01 to 50% by mass based on the solid content in the polymer electrolyte composition. |
| US08304133B2 |
Method for producing a polymer electrolyte membrane
The invention provides a method for producing a polymer electrolyte membrane including (A) a membrane formation step of forming a membrane-form product of an ionic group-containing polymer electrolyte on a support, (B) an acid treatment step of exchanging the ionic group into an acid type by bringing the membrane into contact with an inorganic acid-containing acidic liquid, (C) an acid removal step of removing a free acid in the acid-treated membrane, and (D) a drying step of drying the acid-removed membrane, wherein the steps (B) to (D) are carried out without separating the membrane from the support. |
| US08304132B2 |
Fuel cell
According to one embodiment, a fuel cell includes a membrane electrode assembly including a plurality of unit cells which are composed of an electrolyte membrane, an anode including anode catalyst layers arranged at intervals on one of surfaces of the electrolyte membrane, and anode gas diffusion layers stacked on the anode catalyst layers, and a cathode including cathode catalyst layers arranged at intervals on the other surface of the electrolyte membrane and opposed to the anode catalyst layers, respectively, and cathode gas diffusion layers stacked on the cathode catalyst layers, wherein a thickness of at least one of the anode catalyst layer and the cathode catalyst layer of one of the unit cells, which neighbor each other, gradually decreases toward the other of the unit cells. |
| US08304131B2 |
Direct methanol fuel cell structure
The invention provides a direct methanol fuel cell. The direct methanol fuel cell includes a membrane having a first surface and an opposite second surface. The membrane is sandwiched between a pair of electrodes. Two terminals of the membrane and a portion of the first and second surfaces adjacent to the two terminals are exposed from a pair of the electrodes. A pair of gas diffusion layers is respectively disposed on the pair of electrodes. A plurality of first border material layers having a plurality of holes is respectively physically embedded on the exposed first and second surfaces. A plurality of adhesion materials is respectively mounted on the border material layers, passing through the holes to contact the first and second surfaces of the membrane. |
| US08304129B2 |
Solid electrolyte fuel cell including a first cathode layer and a second cathode layer
A solid electrolyte fuel cell comprising a cathode layer 12 formed on one side of a solid electrolyte layer 10 and an anode layer 18 formed on the other side of the solid electrolyte layer 10, wherein the cathode layer 16 comprises a first cathode layer 12 formed in contact with the solid electrolyte layer and a second cathode layer 14 formed covering the first cathode layer 12, the second cathode layer 14 is formed having a higher porosity than the first cathode layer 12 and the first cathode layer 12 is divided into a plurality of island-shaped portions 12a, 12a. |
| US08304128B2 |
Solid oxide cell and solid oxide cell stack
A solid oxide cell obtainable by a process comprising the steps of: depositing a fuel electrode layer on a fuel electrode support layer; depositing an electrolyte layer comprising stabilized zirconia on the fuel electrode layer to provide an assembly of fuel electrode support, fuel electrode and electrolyte; optionally sintering the assembly of fuel electrode support, fuel electrode and electrolyte together to provide a pre-sintered half cell; depositing on the electrolyte layer of the pre-sintered half cell one or more oxygen electrode layers, at least one of the oxygen electrode layers comprising a composite of lanthanum-strontium-manganite and stabilized zirconia to provide a complete solid oxide cell; sintering the oxygen electrode layers together with the pre-sintered half cell to provide a sintered complete solid oxide cell; and impregnating the one or more oxygen electrode layers of the sintered complete solid oxide cell with manganese to obtain a manganese impregnated solid oxide cell. |
| US08304127B2 |
Fuel cell stack
A fuel cell stack includes a plurality of power generation cells stacked in a direction of gravity. In a cathode side separator of the power generation cell, an oxygen-containing gas discharge passage is connected to an oxygen-containing gas flow field, and a water guide member is provided for the oxygen-containing gas discharge passage for allowing condensed water to be directly dropped in the direction of gravity along the oxygen-containing gas discharge passage. The water guide member is a plate member protruding into the oxygen-containing gas discharge passage and inclined toward the direction of gravity. |
| US08304126B2 |
Fuel cell
A fuel cell (A1) includes a cell stack (B) and a casing (210) for housing the cell stack (B), and is supplied with two reactant gases flowing separately from each other. The cell stack (B) includes a plurality of solid electrolyte fuel cell units (200) stacked on one another with inter-unit spaces provided therebetween. One of the reactant gases is supplied to the inter-unit spaces and used for power generation. The casing (210) includes a peripheral wall (222) surrounding the cell stack (B). The peripheral wall (222) is provided with at least one gas inlet opening (223) for introducing the one of the reactant gases into the inter-unit spaces and at least one gas outlet opening (224) for discharging the introduced reactant gas, wherein total opening width dimension of the gas inlet opening (223) is greater than total opening width dimension of the gas outlet opening (224). |
| US08304125B2 |
Power system including power supply controlling unit with temperature control
Provided is a power system capable of supplying power steadily to the outside even at a low temperature. A power supply unit disposed in the power system is configured to calculate an amount of power needed to heat a fuel cell to a temperature threshold when the temperature thereof measured by an FC sensor is below the temperature threshold, set an SOC lower limit by adding the calculated amount of power to a discharge threshold of a secondary battery, and control the power supply to a first power supply portion in the range of the SOC lower limit. |
| US08304124B2 |
Hydrogen generator, fuel cell system, and methods for operating them
A hydrogen generator (100) includes: a desulfurizer (4) having a desulfurizing agent which removes by adsorption a sulfur compound in a raw material; a reformer (1) having a reforming catalyst which generates a hydrogen-containing gas from the raw material; a combustor (5) which heats the reformer (1); and an ignitor (103) which ignites the raw material in the combustor (5), is configured to start combustion of the combustor (5) by using the raw material passed through the desulfurizer (4), and further includes: an upper limit changing device (8) which changes an upper limit of an ignition confirmation time of the ignitor (103); and a change instruction receiving device (101) which receives a signal related to an instruction of the change. |
| US08304116B2 |
Battery
A battery includes an anode having an alkali metal as the active material, a cathode having, for example, iron disulfide as the active material, and an increased electrolyte volume. |
| US08304115B1 |
Multi layer ceramic battery
A practical solid-state battery composed primarily of ceramic or glass materials and containing no liquid, gel or polymeric electrolytes. The invention utilizes solid-state electrolyte materials with solid-state anode and cathode materials along with construction concepts utilized in the multi layered ceramic capacitor (MLCC) industry to result in a compact primary or secondary battery. |
| US08304102B2 |
Method for preventing erroneous loading of component-to-be-loaded on main body side apparatus, component-to-be-loaded and battery pack
A battery pack for being slidably loaded on an electronic apparatus. The battery pack has a terminal case disposed on the battery case. Terminal grooves, in which are disposed terminal members, arc disposed on the terminal case. Guide grooves are provided in the terminal case. Positioning ribs are formed on the battery case; and a terminal pressing rib is formed on the battery case for pressing the terminal case in the battery case. |
| US08304099B2 |
Transparent heat shielding material, fabrication method thereof and transparent heat shielding structure
A transparent heat shielding material, a fabrication method thereof and a transparent heat shielding structure are provided. The transparent heat shielding material is represented by MxWO3-yAy, wherein M is at least one element of alkali metal, W is tungsten, O is oxygen, A is halogen, 0 |
| US08304098B2 |
Hard-coated member, and its production method
The hard-coated member of the present invention having a compression-stress-loaded hard coating having a thickness of 5 μm or more, the hard coating having a face-centered cubic structure having a composition represented by (Me1-aXa)α(N1-x-yCxOy), wherein Me is at least one element selected from Groups 4a, 5a and 6a, X is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Al, Si, B and S, a, x and y are respectively the contents (atomic ratios) of X, C and O, and α is a ratio of (Me1-aXa) to (N1-x-yCxOy), meeting 0.1≦a≦0.65, 0≦x≦0.1, 0≦y≦0.1, and 0.85≦α≦1.25; and the X-ray diffraction of the hard coating having a peak intensity Ir of a (111) plane, a peak intensity Is of a (200) plane, and a peak intensity It of a (220) plane, meeting 2≦Is/Ir, and 0.2≦It/Ir≦1, and the (200) plane having a half-value W(°)≦0.7. |
| US08304095B2 |
Organic electroluminescent devices
The present invention relates to the improvement of blue-emitting organic electroluminescent devices comprising stilbenamines, and to materials for the production of these electroluminescent devices. |
| US08304092B2 |
Surface-treated galvanized steel sheet with superior flat-portion corrosion resistance, blackening resistance, and appearance and corrosion resistance after press forming and aqueous surface-treatment liquid for galvanized steel sheet
An aqueous surface-treatment liquid is a treatment liquid containing a water-soluble zirconium compound, water-dispersive particulate silica, a silane coupling agent, a vanadic acid compound, a phosphoric acid compound, a nickel compound, and an acrylic resin emulsion in particular proportions. A surface-treated galvanized steel sheet produced using the treatment liquid is a galvanized steel sheet having a surface-treatment coating on a surface thereof, and the coating contains a zirconium compound, particulate silica, a silane-coupling-agent-derived component, a vanadic acid compound, a phosphoric acid compound, a nickel compound, and an acrylic resin in particular proportions. The amount of coating on a zirconium basis is 10 to 200 mg/m2. This surface-treated galvanized steel sheet is chromate-free and has superior flat-portion corrosion resistance, blackening resistance, and appearance and corrosion resistance after press forming. |
| US08304091B2 |
Electrodeposited copper foil with carrier foil with a primer resin layer and manufacturing method thereof
Present invention provides an electrodeposited copper foil with carrier foil that assure high bonding strength between a surface of the bulk copper layer and a resin substrate layer even when surface roughness is low, and hardly occurs delamination even when pin holes and the like remain in a bulk copper layer or in the side wall of the through holes or via holes and the like after contact with a desmear solution and the like. To solve such a problem, electrodeposited copper foil with carrier foil with a primer resin layer comprising a bonding interface layer, a bulk copper layer, a plated Ni—Zn alloy layer and a primer resin layer which is formed in this order at least on one surface of the carrier foil is applied. |
| US08304085B2 |
Metal foil substrates coated with condensation cured silicone resin compositions
An article of manufacture comprising (i) at least one metal foil substrate; (ii) a coating layer on at least a portion of at least one side of the metal foil substrate wherein the coating layer comprises (a) a condensation cured silicone resin composition and (b) silica nanoparticles. |
| US08304084B2 |
Liquid silicone rubber coating composition and air bag
Provided is a liquid silicone rubber coating composition with a viscosity at 25° C. of 10,000 to 100,000 mPa·s, comprising: (A) (A-1) a substantially straight chain organopolysiloxane containing alkenyl groups only at both molecular chain terminals, and (A-2) a substantially straight chain organopolysiloxane containing an average of at least two alkenyl groups, only at non-terminal molecular chain positions, within each molecule, (B) an organohydrogenpolysiloxane containing an average of at least two hydrogen atoms bonded to silicon atoms within each molecule, (C) an addition reaction catalyst, and (D) an adhesion improver, as well as an air bag with a rubber coating layer comprising a cured product of such a composition. Also provided is an air bag with a rubber coating layer comprising a cured product of such a composition. The liquid silicone rubber coating composition can be used without dissolution in an organic solvent, and displays excellent adhesion to fiber and excellent rubber strength. |
| US08304083B2 |
Hydrophilic member and process for producing the same
A hydrophilic member comprising a substrate and a hydrophilic coating film provided on the substrate, wherein the hydrophilic coating film is produced by coating a substrate with an aqueous solution containing (a) a hydrophilic polymer, (b) an alkoxide of a metal selected from the group consisting of Si, Ti, Zr, and Al, and (c) a metal complex catalyst, and heat-drying the solution applied. |
| US08304082B2 |
Intermediate film for laminated glasses
The present invention has its object to provide an interlayer film for a laminated glass, which is excellent in penetration resistance, moisture resistance, and sound insulation.The present invention relates to an interlayer film for a laminated glass, which comprises: a polyvinyl acetal resin; and a plasticizer, the plasticizer being represented by formula (1): wherein R1 represents a phenyl group, R2 represents an alkylene group having 2 to 4 carbon atoms, and n represents 4 to 6. |
| US08304071B2 |
Method and apparatus for producing optical multilayer body
An optical laminate produced by a process for producing an anti-dazzling laminate comprising a light transparent base material and an anti-dazzling layer provided on the light transparent base material. The process includes providing the light transparent base material and forming the anti-dazzling layer having a concavoconvex shape on the light transparent base material, wherein the concavoconvex shape of the anti-dazzling layer satisfies the following requirements: Sm is not less than 100 μm and not more than 600 μm, θa is not less than 0.1 degree and not more than 1.2 degrees, and Rz is more than 0.2 μm and not more than 1 μm, wherein Sm represents the average spacing of concavoconvexes or profile irregularities in the anti-dazzling layer; θa represents the average inclination angle of the concavoconvexes or profile irregularities; and Rz represents the average roughness of the concavoconvexes or profile irregularities. |
| US08304069B2 |
Light wood-based materials
The present invention relates to light wood-base materials comprising from 30 to 92.5% by weight, based on the wood-base material, of wood particles, the wood particles having a mean density of from 0.4 to 0.85 g/cm3, from 2.5 to 20% by weight, based on the wood-base material, of polystyrene and/or of styrene copolymer as a filler, the filler having a bulk density of from 10 to 100 kg/m3, and from 5 to 50% by weight, based on the wood-base material, of a binder, the mean density of the light wood-base material being less than or equal to 600 kg/m3. |
| US08304068B2 |
Composition for coating wiper blade rubbers, coating method using the same, and wiper blade rubbers made therefrom
The present invention relates to compositions, which can be used for coating (e.g., painting) wiper blade rubbers to enhance durability, resistance to frictional forces, and/or other properties. In various embodiments, the coating compositions comprise nano-particle PTFE (Teflon®), polyurethane, and silicone resin in a solvent and/or liquid carrier, such as distilled water. The coating compositions may further comprise graphite, a carbon lubricant, and/or a water-based resin. Methods for forming a coating on a wiper blade rubber using the compositions of the invention are also provided. |
| US08304065B2 |
Treatment for a microelectronic device and method of resisting damage to a microelectronic device using same
A treatment for a microelectronic device comprises a dicing tape (110) and a polymer composite film (120) having a pigment or other colorant added thereto and, in some embodiments, a pre-cure glass transition temperature greater than 50° Celsius. The film can comprise multiple layers, with one layer being tacky and the other layer non-tacky at a given temperature. |
| US08304063B2 |
Diamond-like carbon film for sliding parts and method for production thereof
A diamond-like carbon film for sliding parts which is applied to the sliding surface of sliding parts, the diamond-like carbon film including at least two layers, one being a lower layer of diamond-like carbon (referred to as DLC hereinafter) and the other being an upper layer of DLC placed thereon, wherein the lower layer has a hardness no lower than 20 GPa and no higher than 45 GPa, a Young's modulus no lower than 250 GPa and no higher than 450 GPa, and a thickness no smaller than 0.2 μm and no larger than 4.0 μm, and the upper layer has a hardness no lower than 5 GPa and lower than 20 GPa, a Young's modulus no lower than 60 GPa and no higher than 240 GPa, and a thickness no smaller than 1.0 μm and no larger than 10 μm. The diamond-like carbon film has both good durability and low frictional coefficient. |
| US08304061B2 |
Laminated identification document
A laminated identification document having a plurality of laminate layers and an identification image thereon. The document has a core laminate layer having an upper surface and lower surface, at least one surface of which is printed with a dot matrix pattern and at least one visually opaque or reflective laminate layer bonded to and overlaying the printed surface. Upon pitting the laminate layer portions, the dot matrix pattern printed on the core laminate is expopsed to thereby form the identifying image.A laser markable laminated identification document having a plurality of laminate layers wherein a compatibilizing layer is bonded to adjoining laminate layers, the compatibilizing layer includes an imaging material that can be laser marked.A laminated identification document having a plurality of laminate layers and an identification image thereon, wherein at least one laminate layer is a compatibilizing layer. |
| US08304059B2 |
Laminated structure for marking and method of forming a mark
A stretchable fabric for marking, having a laminated structure of a first adhesive layer 11 formed of a hot-melt adhesive composed of a thermoplastic polyurethane resin having physical properties including a melting point of 125 to 165° C., a melt viscosity of 8,000 to 15,000 Pa·s at 150° C., and a 100% modulus of 2 to 8 MPa, an interlayer 20 formed of a thermosetting polyurethane resin which is stretchable and opaque, a second adhesive layer 12 formed of the hot-melt adhesive composed of the thermoplastic polyurethane resin having the above-described physical properties, and a surface layer 30 formed of a thermosetting polyurethane resin which is stretchable and transparent, wherein a mark image has been formed on a front surface of the interlayer 20 or on a back surface of the surface layer 30. This fabric for marking is good in adhesion to an adherend and adhesion durability, can sufficiently stretch while conforming to the stretch of the adherend and can form a mark having excellent resistance to color fading. |
| US08304058B2 |
Glass film laminate, glass roll of the laminate, method of protecting end face of glass film, and method of producing glass roll
A glass film laminate has a glass film, a support sheet laminated on one surface of the glass film to extend off the glass film, and a protective sheet peelably laminated on the other surface of the glass film to cover the edges of the glass film. A glass roll is produced by winding the laminate. |
| US08304052B2 |
Friction lining
A friction lining, which has a friction part and a backing part. As a preform, wound from a strand material and treated with a binder, the friction part is subjected to hot pressing. It is suggested that the backing part is subjected to hot pressing together with the preform, so that a bond is created between the friction part and the backing part by the polymerization of the binder. |
| US08304050B2 |
Medical device tubing with discrete orientation regions
Medical device polymeric tubing segments suitable for forming catheter shafts or as balloon parisons are formed with discrete regions having different orientation relative to each other. Wall thickness may also be varied of the length of the segment. |
| US08304047B2 |
Laminated insecticide dispenser
A laminated insecticide dispenser where a central layer contains an insecticide that migrates through the outer layer to the surface of the dispenser. The outer layer also comprises a UV protector which migrates to the surface in order to minimize the UV damage induced on the insecticide. |
| US08304046B2 |
Encapsulated getter arranged in vacuum glazing
An encapsulated getter arranged in vacuum glazing comprising an encapsulating box and a getter placed in the encapsulating box. The encapsulating box forms a closed cavity, and there is a gap between the getter and an inner surface of the encapsulating box. The position of the getter can be fixed with respect to the encapsulating box by filling material which is air permeable and thermal insulating in the gap. |
| US08304045B2 |
Articles including anticondensation coatings and/or methods of making the same
Certain example embodiments of this invention relate to articles including anticondensation coatings that are exposed to an external environment, and/or methods of making the same. In certain example embodiments, the anticondensation coatings may be survivable in an outside environment. The coatings also may have a sufficiently low sheet resistance and hemispherical emissivity such that the glass surface is more likely to retain heat from the interior area, thereby reducing (and sometimes completely eliminating) the presence condensation thereon. The articles of certain example embodiments may be, for example, skylights, vehicle windows or windshields, IG units, VIG units, refrigerator/freezer doors, and/or the like. |
| US08304044B2 |
Dye transferable material with improved image stability
A heat transferable dye donor element includes a heat transferable dye and an N-oxyl radical light stabilizer that is derived from a hindered amine. The N-oxyl radical has the following formula, wherein R1, R2, R5, and R6 are each independently selected from a straight or branched C1-C6 alkyl, and R3 and R4 are each independently selected from H, OH, OR, COOH, or COOR, wherein R is a straight or branched C1-C6 alkyl or alkene, and has a molecular weight of 600 or less. The dye donor element includes a heat transferable material that can be in one or more sections or patches including heat transferable dye patches. The heat transferable material provides better dye image stability when applied to a thermal receiver element. |
| US08304043B2 |
Inkjet recording ink and recording media set, inkjet recording method, recorded matter and recording apparatus
There is provided an inkjet recording ink and recording media set, which contains: an inkjet recording ink; and a recording medium, wherein the inkjet recording ink comprises at least: water; a water-soluble organic solvent; and a colorant containing carbon black, and having a volume average particle diameter of 40 nm to 100 nm, wherein the recording medium contains: a substrate; and a coating layer on at least one side of the substrate, and wherein an amount of pure water transferred to the recording medium, as measured with a dynamic scanning absorptometer at 23 C and 50% RH, at a contact time of 100 ms is 2 ml/m2 to 35 ml/m2 while an amount of pure water transferred to the recording medium at a contact time of 400 ms is 3 ml/m2 to 40 ml/m2. |
| US08304036B2 |
2, 5-selenophene derivatives and 2, 5-tellurophene derivatives
The invention relates to 2,5-selenophene derivatives and 2,5-tellurophene derivatives, inter alia for use as components in liquid-crystal mixtures, and to liquid-crystal mixtures which comprise the compounds, and to liquid-crystal displays based on these mixtures. The invention furthermore relates to processes for the preparation of the compounds and to Se/Te-containing intermediates. |
| US08304034B2 |
One-solution type thermosetting composition for protective film of color filter, and color filter using same
The present invention relates to one-solution type thermosetting resin composition for a protective film of a color filter, and a color filter including the same. The one-solution type thermosetting resin composition includes a copolymer (A) including (meth)acrylate with an epoxy cyclic structure at the side chain, (meth)acrylate with a hydroxyl terminal, acid anhydride, and maleimide with a substituent; an epoxy resin (B); a base-generating agent (C); and an organic solvent (D). When a protective film of a color filter is prepared by using the one-solution type thermosetting resin composition according to the present invention, it has excellent storage stability as well as excellent flatness, close-contacting property, transmission properties, heat resistance, and chemical resistance. |
| US08304032B2 |
Methods for providing radiation cured coatings on substrates
Curable coating composition suitable for use on composite substrates such as plastic composites, cementitious composites, ceramic composites, and engineered wood, or on plastic materials. The curable coating composition comprises a multifunctional oligomer, a monomer selected from the group consisting of monofunctional monomers, difunctional monomers and mixtures thereof, a photoinitiator, a polyester resin and a polycarboxylic acid. Also disclosed is a method of coating the substrates with the curable coating composition and a coated substrate wherein the cured coating resides on the surface of the substrate. |
| US08304027B2 |
Bar coater, and bar coating method
A bar coater includes: a bar for applying a coating liquid to a web; a support member which is arranged on a lower side of the bar so as to rotatably support the bar; a weir arranged at an upstream side of the bar, the weir having a leading end surface at its distal end portion to form a bead of the coating liquid in a space between the leading end surface and the web; a reservoir including the bar, the support member and the weir, the reservoir for accumulating the coating liquid; a pump for supplying the coating liquid to the reservoir; a liquid discharge passage through which the coating liquid excessively supplied to the reservoir is discharged; and a controlling device for controlling the pump so as not to cause distortion of a dynamic contact line which is formed at interface between the coating liquid and the atmosphere. |
| US08304025B2 |
Optical film, polarizing plate, image display, and manufacturing method of optical film
An optical film is provided and includes: a support; a hard coat layer formed by hardening a hard coat layer-coating composition; and a overcoat layer formed by hardening an overcoat layer-coating composition, in this order. Each of the hard coat layer-coating composition and the overcoat layer-coating composition contains a compound having a plurality of polymerizable functional groups in one molecule, and the compound in the overcoat layer-coating composition contains a compound having at least three polymerizable functional groups. |
| US08304020B2 |
Adhesion promoting process, adhesion promoting device, coating and developing system and storage medium
There are provided an adhesion promoting process using a comparatively small amount of an adhesion promoting gas for processing a workpiece, an adhesion promoting device for carrying out the adhesion promoting process, a coating and developing system including the adhesion promoting device, and a storage medium storing a program specifying a set of instructions for carrying out the adhesion promoting process.The adhesion promoting process includes the steps of: placing a workpiece on a support table disposed in a processing space defined by a processing vessel; adjusting the temperature of the workpiece placed on the support table to a first temperature at which an adhesion promoting gas does not condense on the workpiece in dew drops; supplying the adhesion promoting gas to the temperature-controlled workpiece to make a surface of the workpiece hydrophobic through the interaction of molecules contained in the adhesion promoting gas and the surface of the workpiece; and adjusting the temperature of the workpiece to a second temperature higher than the first temperature to supply thermal energy to excessive molecules remaining on the surface of the workpiece and evacuating the processing space to remove the excessive molecules from the surface of the workpiece. |
| US08304018B2 |
Coating method
There is provided a coating method which can efficiently apply a coating liquid, such as a liquid resist, to the entire surface of a wafer even when the coating liquid is supplied in a smaller amount than a conventional one, and can therefore reduce the consumption of the coating liquid. The coating method includes: a first step of rotating the substrate at a first rotating speed while supplying the coating liquid onto approximately the center of the rotating substrate; a second step of rotating the substrate at a second rotating speed which is lower than the first rotating speed; a third step of rotating the substrate at a third rotating speed which is higher than the second rotating speed; and a fourth step of rotating the substrate at a fourth rotating speed which is higher than the second rotating speed and lower than the third rotating speed. |
| US08304017B2 |
Method of producing a patterned birefringent product
A method of producing a patterned birefringent product, having at least steps (I) to (III) in this order: (I) providing a birefringent pattern builder having an optically anisotropic layer containing a polymer having unreacted reactive groups; (II) heating a region of the birefringent pattern builder; and (III) subjecting the birefringent pattern builder to a process that reacts at least a part of the unreacted reactive groups in the optically anisotropic layer. |
| US08304011B1 |
Dehydrated mash potato product and process
Dehydrated potato pellets are made by preparing an aqueous mixture of dried potato pieces, an emulsifier, and oil, and, optionally, a freshly cooked potato, homogenizing the mixture to produce a pumpable, flowable aqueous dispersion, mixing the dispersion with more dried potato pieces and, optionally, freshly cooked potatoes, forming the mixture into pellets, and drying them. |
| US08304008B2 |
Frozen filled yeast-leavened bread product and a method for making the product
A frozen, filled, yeast-bread product and a method for producing the same, the method including coextruding an unrisen yeast-bread dough and a filling through an extruder that is capable of at least encasing the filling with the unrisen yeast-bread dough to form a filled, unrisen yeast-bread dough; shaping the filled, unrisen yeast-bread dough into a consistent flattened shape; proofing, baking, cooling, enrobing, grilling and freezing the filled, unrisen yeast-bread dough to form a frozen, filled, yeast-leavened bread product that experiences substantially no leaking of filling from out of the bread product. |
| US08304007B2 |
Method for preparing syrup from red shiso
Provided is a syrup extracted from red shiso and having a clear red color. The method of obtaining this involves: (1) draining water after blanching raw red shiso; (2) extracting, with water, the blanched red shiso while applying heat; and (3) adding an acid to the extract of the red shiso. |
| US08304004B2 |
Ovenable corrugated paper container
An ovenable paper container containing an inner liner, an outer liner, and an intermediate or corrugated paper layer positioned between the inner liner and the outer liner. The ovenable paper container can be used to heat and/or cook food and then be used as a serving container without the danger of causing burns. |
| US08304002B2 |
Fenugreek extract for treating human and animal diseases involving flagellate parasites
Use of an extract of fenugreek to obtain a formulation for the preventive or curative treatment of human or animal diseases involving flagellated protozoa belonging to the Metamonada phylum. |
| US08303998B2 |
Process for extraction of glucosinolates from broccoli seeds
A new process for extracting and purifying glucosinolates from plant material, preferably broccoli sprouts or seeds is described. An alcoholic extract is adsorbed onto a basic resin and eluted with ammonia. Optionally, the alcoholic extract is passed through an ion-exchange column containing acidic resin prior to the adsorption/elution step. |
| US08303994B2 |
Method for the eradication of pathogens including S. aureus and antibiotic resistant microbes from the upper respiratory tract of mammals and for inhibiting the activation of immune cells
A method for killing or substantially eradicating a pathogen in the upper respiratory tract of a mammal is disclosed. The method comprises generating molecular iodine (I2) in situ using an oxidant-reductant reaction with a minimum concentration of at least about 25 ppm of I2 and I2 comprises at least 40% of the total iodine atoms. A method for inhibiting superantigens using molecular iodine is also disclosed. |
| US08303989B2 |
Compositions and methods for increasing the oral absorption of antimicrobials
The present invention provides compositions and methods for increasing absorption of antibacterial agents, particularly third generation cephalosporin antibacterial agents, in oral dosage solid and/or suspension forms. Specifically, the composition is comprised of a biopolymer that is preferably swellable and/or mucoadhesive, a antimicrobial agent, and a cationic binding agent contained within the biopolymer such that the binding agent is ionically bound or complexed to at least one member selected from the group consisting of the biopolymer and the antimicrobial agent. |
| US08303988B2 |
Antifungal once-a-day product, use and formulation thereof
An antifungal product is comprised of at least three dosages forms, each of which has a different release profile, with the Cmax for the antifungal product being reached in less than about twelve hours. In one embodiment, there is an immediate release dosage form, as well as two or more delayed release dosage forms, with each of the dosage forms having a different release profile, wherein each reaches a Cmax at different times. |
| US08303987B2 |
Pharmaceutical compositions comprising fluvastatin
Pharmaceutical compositions comprising fluvastatin, HPMC and optionally other pharmaceutical excipients which are colour-stable upon prolonged periods of storage. |
| US08303986B2 |
Hydrophilic/lipophilic polymeric matrix dosage formulation
An oral dosage form comprising a pharmaceutical tablet of one or more layers, one of which carries a biologically active substance; the formulation of said tablet includes different percentages of hydrophilic and lipophilic polymeric materials, and adjuvant substances. The tablets of the present invention show a release rate which is independent from the amounts of active substance present in the tablet. |
| US08303984B2 |
Skin treatment compositions containing copper-pigment complexes
This invention discloses compositions and method for treating various types of skin disorders, based on topical cutaneous delivery of copper chemically bound with botanical pigments. Sodium-copper-chlorophyllin is used as an example, showing benefits in the treatment of rosacea, acne, oily skin, enlarged pores, and in relieving skin inflammation. Benefits are also disclosed in treatment of environmentally caused premature skin aging, via reductions in fine facial lines and wrinkles, increased tensile strength of the skin, and increased protection against sunlight via increased production of melanin. Therapeutic outcomes are improved when the copper-pigment complex is enclosed within submicron liposomes. |
| US08303981B2 |
Fragmented polymeric compositions and methods for their use
Cross-linked hydrogels comprise a variety of biologic and non-biologic polymers, such as proteins, polysaccharides, and synthetic polymers. Such hydrogels preferably have no free aqueous phase and may be applied to target sites in a patient's body by extruding the hydrogel through an orifice at the target site. Alternatively, the hydrogels may be mechanically disrupted and used in implantable articles, such as breast implants. When used in vivo, the compositions are useful for controlled release drug delivery, for inhibiting post-surgical spinal and other tissue adhesions, for filling tissue divots, tissue tracts, body cavities, surgical defects, and the like. |
| US08303978B2 |
Controlled release of nitric oxide and drugs from functionalized macromers and oligomers
The present invention provides NO and, optionally, drug releasing macromers and oligomers wherein the drug molecule and NO releasing moiety are linked an absorbable macromer or oligomeric chain susceptible to hydrolytic degradation and wherein the macromer or oligomer comprises of repeat units derived from safe and biocompatible molecules such as glycolic acid, lactic acid, caprolactone and p-dioxanone. Furthermore, the present invention relates to controlled release of nitric oxide (NO) and/or drug molecule from a NO and drug releasing macromer or oligomer. Moreover, the present invention also relates to medical devices, medical device coatings and therapeutic formulations comprising of nitric oxide and drug releasing macromers and oligomers of the present invention. |
| US08303976B2 |
Inorganic shaped bodies and methods for their production and use
Shaped, preferably porous, inorganic bodies are provided which are prepared from a reactive blend. In accordance with one preferred embodiment, the solution is absorbed into a porous sacrificial substrate such as a cellulose sponge. The solution-saturated substrate is heated and an oxidation-reduction reaction occurs thereby forming an inorganic solid. A shaped, inorganic body is formed in situ. Optional, but preferred additional thermal treatment of the shaped, inorganic body removes the organic substrate, leaving an inorganic body that faithfully mimics the porosity, shape, and other physical characteristics of the organic substrate. Inorganic substrates may also be used to good effect. Large varieties of shaped bodies can be prepared in accordance with other embodiments of the invention and such shapes find wide use in surgery, laboratory and industrial processes and otherwise. The invention also provides chemically and morphologically uniform powders, including those having uniformly small sizes. |
| US08303971B2 |
Preparation for regeneration of postoperative, post-traumatic bone defects and method for implantation of this preparation
According to the invention preparation for regeneration of bone defects is employed in many branches of medicine, especially in orthopedics, dental surgery, reconstructive surgery, periodonthology and implantology. The preparation has been developed on the basis of inorganic chemical compound naturally occurring, i.e. deproteinized human bone, and on the basis of at least one of inorganic chemical compounds synthetically occurring, i.e. bioglass in the form of granulated high calcium product (54% mol. CaO), obtained with the use of zol-gel method in the system CaO—SiO2—P2O5, of density 2.9082 g/cm3, with phase composition with a dominant glassy phase and beginnings of crystallization of apatite, heat treated at temperature of 800° C., having a specific surface BET 57.8166 m2/g and/or tricalcium phosphate—TCP in the form of granulated product with chemical formula Ca3 (PO4)2. As a component deproteinized particles of human bone are used, favorably with granulation 0.3-0.5 mm, bioglass favorably with granulation 0.3-0.5 mm and/or TCP—tricalcium phosphate favorably with granulation 0.3-0.5 mm. The amount of bone material in the preparation amounts favorably to 70-80% of the preparation weight, the amount of bioglass in preparation amounts favorably to 10-15% of the preparation weight, the amount of TCP in the preparation amounts favorably to 10-15% of the preparation weight. During implantation binder in the form of blood from patient's operative wound is introduced into the preparation. Amount of the preparation in mixture favorably amounts to 75-80% of the mixture weight and the amount of own blood favorably amounts to 20-25% of the mixture weight. |
| US08303970B2 |
Polyamide-based powder and its use for obtaining an antibacterial coating
The present invention relates to a method of covering a metal article with a film formed from the melting of a thin layer of powder comprising: physically blending 99.8 to 97% by weight of at least one polyamide and 0.2 to 3% by weight of an inorganic biocide species consisting of a soluble ceramic in which silver ions are encapsulated to form a powder blend composition; contacting the metal article with said powder composition blend to form a thin layer of said powder on the article; melting the powder blend composition onto the metal article to form a thin coating film; and cooling the coated article; where the powder blend composition is free of zinc compounds. |
| US08303968B2 |
Water-in-oil type emulsified composition
Water-in-oil type emulsified compositions with a high silicone oil content which are excellent in emulsification stability and whose sticky feeling has been improved may be obtained by incorporating a specific (A) N-long chain acyl neutral amino acid ester, (B) a silicone oil, and (C) water therein. |
| US08303967B2 |
Bioactive bone graft substitute
The invention relates to biocompatible bone graft materials for repairing bone defects and the application of such bone grafts. The devices of the invention comprise resorbable calcium phosphate, resorbable collagen, and bioactive glasses. |
| US08303964B2 |
Viable non-toxic gram-negative bacteria
The present invention provides non-toxic Gram-negative bacteria. In particular, the present invention provides viable Gram-negative bacteria (e.g., E. coli) substantially lacking lipopolysaccharide (LPS, endotoxin) within the outer membrane. The present invention further provides methods of generating viable non-toxic Gram-negative bacteria and uses thereof. The present invention also provides compositions and methods for inducing immune responses and for researching and developing therapeutic agents. |
| US08303961B2 |
Borrelia antigens
The present invention relates to an isolated nucleic acid molecule encoding a protein, preferably a hyperimmune serum-reactive antigen from Borrelia, a vector comprising such nucleic acid molecule, a host cell comprising such vector, a protein, preferably a hyperimmune serum-reactive antigen from Borrelia, a process for producing such protein, a process for producing a cell which expresses such protein, an antibody that binds to such protein, a hybridoma cell producing such antibody, a method for producing such antibody, a pharmaceutical composition comprising such nucleic acid molecule, protein, or antibody, use of such nucleic acid molecule, protein, or antibody for the manufacture of a medicament, a method for identifying an antagonist capable of reducing or inhibiting the activity of such protein, a method for diagnosis or treatment of an infection with a pathogen causing Lyme disease or an infection with Borrelia burgdorferi s.l. |
| US08303959B2 |
Compositions and methods for detection of antibodies specific for Anaplasma phagocytophilum (Aph) and Anaplasma platys (Apl)
The invention provides methods and compositions for the detection and treatment of Anaplasma phagocytophilum and Anaplasma platys infection. |
| US08303958B2 |
Method of treating immunological disorders by administering truncated BAFF receptors
The disclosure provides a non-naturally occurring BAFF-R glycoprotein having a deletion in the extracellular domain which results in an altered 0-linked glycosylation pattern. The disclosure also provides methods and pharmaceutical compositions for treating B-cell- and T-cell-mediated disorders. |
| US08303953B2 |
Antibody molecules which bind IL-17A and IL-17F
The invention relates to antibody molecules having specificity for antigenic determinants of both IL-17A and IL-17F, therapeutic uses of the antibody molecules and methods for producing said antibody molecules. |
| US08303951B2 |
Neutrokine-alpha antibodies and methods of use thereof
The present invention relates to a Neutrokine-alpha antibody and a process for producing a Neutrokine-alpha antibody. The invention further relates to screening methods for identifying compounds that inhibit or enhance the action of Neutrokine-alpha. Also provided are diagnostic methods for detecting autoimmune disorders and therapeutic methods for treating autoimmune disorders using a Neutrokine-alpha antibody. |
| US08303943B2 |
Ampholytic copolymer based on quaternized nitrogen-containing monomers
The present invention relates to an ampholytic copolymer based on quaternized nitrogen-containing monomers which has a molar excess of cationogenic/cationic groups compared to anionogenic/anionic groups, to cosmetic or pharmaceutical compositions which comprise at least one such ampholytic copolymer, and to further uses of these copolymers. |
| US08303942B2 |
Composition for hair
It is an object of the present invention to provide a composition for hair which comprises highly safe nanoparticles having high transparency due to the small particle size and high permeability into hair and scalp. The present invention provides a composition for hair which comprises protein nanoparticles containing an active ingredient for hair. |
| US08303939B2 |
Tooth whitening compositions and methods
A non-cytotoxic chlorine dioxide composition and a mixed agent bleaching composition for tooth whitening are disclosed. Methods of use are also provided. |
| US08303935B2 |
Alkoxy substituted imidazo[1,2-a]pyridines having affinity for amyloid
The present invention provides a compound which has affinity with amyloid, shows sufficiently rapid clearance from normal tissues and is suppressed in toxicity such as mutagencity. Provided is a compound represented by the following formula (1) or a salt thereof: wherein A1, A2, A3 and A4 independently represents a carbon or nitrogen; R1 is a halogen substituent; R2 is a halogen substituent; and m is an integer of 0 to 2, provided that at least one of R1 and R2 is a radioactive halogen substituent, at least one of A1, A2, A3 and A4 represents a carbon, and R1 binds to a carbon represented by A1, A2, A3 or A4 as well as a low-toxic diagnostic agent comprising a compound represented by the preceding formula or a salt thereof. |
| US08303934B2 |
Methods and compositions of [32P]-labeled adenine nucleotides for the treatment of atherosclerosis, vascular arterial diseases and coronary artery diseases
A method for the treatment of atherosclerosis. The method includes the administration of a 32P-labeled agent as a beta emitter, such as 32P-labeled ATP or other 32P-labeled adenine nucleotides, whereby the 32P-labeled agent seeks and then permeates the atherosclerotic plaque en bloc without prior degradation. The accumulation of the 32P-labeled agent in the atherosclerotic plaque is achieved at time points whereby the 32P-labeled agent is cleared from the blood. Thus, radionuclide-labeled adenine nucleotides accumulate with high specificity in atherosclerotic lesions and in the heart. The beta particles (electrons) emitted by the 32P-label have a maximal path distance of about 0.5 cm and their energy preferentially destroy cells present in the atherosclerotic plaque without affecting vessel integrity or inducing arterial thrombosis. |
| US08303933B2 |
Multicomponent assemblies having enhanced binding properties for diagnosis and therapy
An organized mobile multicomponent conjugate (OMMC) and method of using to enhance binding of weakly binding compounds to a target. A lamellar structure containing at least two binding compounds is assembled under conditions in which the binding compounds self-regulate in or on the lamellar structure, forming a cooperative ensemble that is capable of binding with enhanced affinity to a complementary affinity site on a target. Each binding compound is bound to the lamellar surface, and may be connected by a linker. The OMMC may contain an effector molecule, such as a diagnostic or therapeutic agent, for administration to a patient who is then diagnosed or treated using the effector molecule. |
| US08303926B1 |
Synthetic methods for generating WS2 nanostructured materials
In accordance with various embodiments, there are nanostructured materials including WS2 nanostructures and composites of WS2 nanostructures and other materials and methods for synthesizing nanostructured materials. The method can include providing a plurality of precursor materials, wherein each of the plurality of precursor materials can include a tungsten reactant. The method can also include flowing, for a reaction time, a substantially continuous stream of carbon disulfide (CS2) vapor in a carrier gas over the plurality of precursor materials at a temperature in the range of about 700° C. to about 1000 C, wherein the reaction time is sufficient to permit the tungsten reactant to react with carbon disulfide to form a plurality of tungsten disulfide (WS2) nanostructures. |
| US08303917B2 |
System and method for producing hydrogen from seawater
A hydrogen producing system and a hydrogen producing method by which hydrogen can be efficiently produced using abundant seawater as the raw material. A hydrogen producing method has a system (10) for producing hydrogen from seawater, and the hydrogen producing system (10) has an activation device (12) and a pipe line device (14). The activation device (12) has a closed space (S) for introducing the seawater (W) and a vapor ejection means (18) for ejecting high-temperature, high-pressure vapor (T) into the closed space (S), and the activation device (12) activates under high temperature and high pressure the seawater (W) in the closed space (S). The pipe line device (14) is a device for receiving and leading the high-temperature, high-pressure seawater activated by the activation device (12) and includes one or more seawater leading tubes (403-408) having any one of triangular, pentagonal, hexagonal and octagonal cross sections. |
| US08303915B2 |
Thin film apparatus and method
A platen for contacting a liquid to a surface of a substantially flat substrate is disclosed. The platen includes a liquid application station and a stripping element at an end of the liquid application station, wherein the stripping element includes an intersecting gap and an air barrier. Also disclosed are an apparatus including the platen and a method of using the platen to contact a substrate with a liquid. |
| US08303913B2 |
Tissue processor for treating tissue samples
A tissue processor for treating tissue samples comprises a process chamber (10) in which the tissue samples can be treated with at least one liquid. The process chamber (10) is formed as a vessel of a magnetic stirrer. In the process chamber, a stirring body (16) for stirring the liquid is arranged, wherein the stirring body (16) comprises at least one magnet (40a, 40b) with the aid of which the stirring body (16) can be set in rotation by a drive unit (20) of the magnetic stirrer, and at least one vane (28a to 28f) by which the liquid to be stirred is stirred when the stirring body (16) rotates. According to a first aspect of the invention, the stirring body (16) has at least three vanes (28a to 28f), according to a second aspect of the invention, the stirring body (16) has at least one further magnet (40b). The north pole (46) of the one magnet (40a) and the south pole (50) of the further magnet (40b) face the drive unit (20). |
| US08303912B2 |
Sample pick-up and metering device with integrated liquid compartments
The present invention concerns sample pick-up and metering devices, analytical test systems for determining an analyte in a sample liquid and their use for this purpose and methods for determining an analyte in a sample liquid. They comprise or use a sample pick-up and metering device according to the invention which consists of a support and a metering element integrated into the support for taking up a defined volume of sample liquid and a closed liquid compartment located on the support which contains a defined volume of a liquid where the liquid compartment on the support can be opened. |
| US08303911B2 |
Centrifugal microfluidic system for nucleic acid sample preparation, amplification, and detection
A microfluidic system for processing a sample includes a microfluidic CD in the form a rotatable disc, the disc containing a plurality of separate lysis chambers therein. A magnetic lysis blade and lysis beads are disposed in each of the lysis chambers and a plurality of stationary magnets are disposed adjacent to and separate from the microfluidic CD. The stationary magnets are configured to magnetically interact with each of the magnetic lysis blades upon rotation of the microfluidic CD. Each lysis chamber may have its own separate sample inlet port or, alternatively, the lysis chambers may be connected to one another with a single inlet port coupled to one of the lysis chambers. Downstream processing may include nucleic acid amplification using thermoelectric heating as well as detection using a nucleic acid microarray. |
| US08303910B2 |
Biosensor
Provided is a biosensor with precision, high accuracy, and high sensitivity capable of increasing measurement accuracy while allowing measurements to be performed anywhere at any time by anyone, and allowing measurement with a small amount of specimen. In a biosensor including a specimen application portion (12) and a development flow channel (2), the specimen application portion (12) is configured such that an application space (9) is enclosed by a space-forming member (8) made of a liquid impermeable material, and a reaction reagent (14) that contains a labeling-reagent is retained in a position facing the application space (9) of the space-forming member (8) in the specimen application portion (12) so that the reaction reagent can be dissolved into a liquid specimen applied to the application space (9). Thus, it is possible to reduce the amount of specimen required for measurement, also completely dissolve the labeling-reagent and cause the labeling-reagent to react and develop with the entire liquid specimen, allowing measurement with high accuracy and high sensitivity. |
| US08303902B2 |
Slide processing apparatus
Provided is a slide processing apparatus for processing a plurality of slides to which a bio probe is attached. The slide processing apparatus includes a reaction chamber of which side walls are sealed, and a plurality of reaction heating plates disposed in parallel in the reaction chamber at a first distance from each other. The slides are mounted adjacent to the reaction heating plates in the reaction chamber and in parallel to the reaction heating plates. |
| US08303901B2 |
Alumina-silica-based fiber, ceramic fiber, ceramic fiber complex, retaining seal material, production method thereof, and alumina fiber complex production method
A manufacturing method by which alumina-silica based fibers excellent in mechanical strength can be readily and securely obtained. The method obtains precursor fibers as a material by using an alumina-silica based fiber spinning stock solution for use in an inorganic salt method. Next, the precursor fibers are heated under an environment which makes it difficult to carry out an oxidizing reaction on the carbon component contained in the precursor fibers. Thus, the precursor fibers are sintered to obtain alumina-silica based fibers. |
| US08303898B2 |
Apparatus and methods for treating allograft products
Apparatus for treating allografts, having a sonication tank configured to transmit ultrasonic energy to the interior of the tank; a treatment canister rotatably positioned in said sonication tank, and configured to receive allografts therein; and a treatment fluid source in fluid communication with said treatment canister. Methods of treating allografts and methods for determining microbial contamination using the apparatus. |
| US08303897B2 |
Capacitive sensor for organic chemicals comprising an elastomer and high dielectric materials with titanate
An organic chemical sensor includes a dielectric core that comprises an elastomer and a high dielectric constant material. The elastomer absorbs an organic chemical to be sensed. An electrically conductive layer is secured to a first side of the dielectric core. A permeable conductive layer is secured to a second side of the dielectric core. The permeable conductive layer is electrically conductive and permeable to the organic chemical to be sensed. The absorption of the organic chemical to be sensed by the elastomeric layer causes a decrease in the capacitance between the electrically conductive layer and the permeable conductive layer. |
| US08303884B2 |
Soft magnetic material, powder magnetic core, method for manufacturing soft magnetic material, and method for manufacturing powder magnetic core
A soft magnetic material includes a plurality of composite magnetic particles (40) each including a metal magnetic particle (10) and an insulation coating (20) covering the surface of the metal magnetic particle (10), wherein the insulation coating (20) contains Si (silicon), and 80% or more of Si contained in the insulation coating constitutes a silsesquioxane skeleton. Therefore, it is possible to effectively decrease a hysteresis loss while suppressing an increase in eddy-current loss. |
| US08303883B2 |
Forming foam structures with carbon foam substrates
The invention provides foams of desired cell sizes formed from metal or ceramic materials that coat the surfaces of carbon foams which are subsequently removed. For example, metal is located over a sol-gel foam monolith. The metal is melted to produce a metal/sol-gel composition. The sol-gel foam monolith is removed, leaving a metal foam. |
| US08303880B2 |
Process of manufacturing a plastic product with decorated surfaces
A process of manufacturing a plastic product includes selecting natural or synthetic fiber as a material; adhering a thermoplastic resin onto surfaces of the material to form a thin film thereon by soaking or heating; heating the thin film; forming two releasable films on upper and lower surfaces of the thin film respectively; cutting the thin film into thin film units; heating and pressing the thin film units to form cured thin film units; applying one of the cured thin film units onto an inner surface of a first mold; further heating and pressing the cured thin film unit to form a thin film structure; placing the thin film structure inside a second mold; and injecting a thermoplastic material into the second mold to adhere onto an outer surface of the thin film structure to produce the finished plastic product. |
| US08303871B2 |
Apparatus and method for controlled pelletization processing
An apparatus and process maintain control of the temperature of low-melting compounds, high melt flow polymers, and thermally sensitive materials for the pelletization of such materials. The addition of a cooling extruder, and a second melt cooler if desired, in advance of the die plate provides for regulation of the thermal, shear, and rheological characteristics of narrow melting-range materials and polymeric mixtures, formulations, dispersions or solutions. The apparatus and process can then be highly regulated to produce consistent, uniform pellets of low moisture content for these otherwise difficult materials to pelletize. |
| US08303869B2 |
Composite material and method of producing the same, and composite metal material and method of producing the same
A method of producing a composite material which includes a carbon-based material and a particulate or fibrous metal material Z. The method includes steps (a) to (c). In the step (a), at least a first carbon material and the metal material Z mixed into an elastomer, and dispersing the first carbon material and the metal material Z by applying a shear force to obtain a composite elastomer, the metal material Z having a melting point lower than a melting point of the first carbon material. In the step (b), the composite elastomer is heat-treated to vaporize the elastomer to obtain an intermediate composite material including a second carbon material and the metal material Z. In the step (c), the intermediate composite material is heat-treated together with a substance including an element Y having a melting point lower than the melting point of the metal material Z to vaporize the substance including the element Y. |
| US08303868B2 |
Wet granulation tableting method using aqueous dispersion of low-substituted hydroxypropyl cellulose
Provided is a method for preparing a tablet having high tablet hardness and an excellent disintegration property even if low-substituted hydroxypropyl cellulose is added in a relatively small amount. More specifically, provided is a method for preparing a tablet comprising steps of granulating while spraying an aqueous dispersion of low-substituted hydroxypropyl cellulose having a degree of hydroxypropoxyl group substitution ranging from 5 to 16% by weight to a tablet-forming composition and tableting the resulting granules. |
| US08303865B1 |
Enhanced alpha particle emitter
A composition of matter that experiences an increase rate of radioactive emission is presented. The composition comprises a radioactive material and particles having affinity for Hydrogen or its isotopes. When exposed to Hydrogen, the composition's emission rate increases. Methods of production are also presented. |
| US08303863B2 |
Infrared absorptive compound, and fine particle containing the compound
A fine particle which contains a compound represented by formula (1): wherein R1a and R1b may be the same or different, and each independently represent an alkyl group, an aryl group, or a heteroaryl group; R2 and R3 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or a substituent, and at least one of R2 and R3 is an electron withdrawing group; R2 may be bonded to R3 to form a ring; R4 represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an aryl group, a heteroaryl group, a substituted boron, or a metal atom; and R4 may be covalently bonded or coordinately bonded to at least one among R1a, R1b and R3. |
| US08303857B2 |
Composite with inverse thermochromic properties, composite material containing this and also use thereof
The invention relates to a composite with inverse thermochromic properties, the composite changing from a colorless into a colored state with increasing temperature. The composite thereby contains a colorant, a developer and a fluxing agent and also an inorganic filler. The invention likewise relates to a composite material which contains a polymer-based matrix into which at least one composite with inverse thermochromic properties is doped. These composite materials are used in the field of sensor technology, solar technology, transport and communications technology and medical technology. |
| US08303856B2 |
Conductive laminated body and method for preparing the same
Disclosed is a conductive laminated body, and a method for preparing the same, wherein the conductive laminated body including: a substrate; a zinc oxide-based thin film doped with an element M; and an interlayer including an oxide M′2O3, which is interposed between the substrate and the zinc oxide-based thin film. The disclosed conductive laminated body includes a metal oxide interlayer of an oxidation number +3, between a substrate and a zinc oxide layer. Therefore, it is possible to improve electrical properties of a transparent conductive thin film, especially, a resistivity property, and to minimize the unevenness in electrical properties between a middle portion and a circumferential portion on the surface of the thin film in sputtering deposition. Also, in deposition of a zinc oxide film, in addition to inert gas such as argon gas, the use of hydrogen gas can improve the concentration of electrons, and herein, the interposition of an interlayer including a metal oxide, between the substrate and the zinc oxide-based transparent conductive film, allows the heat-resistance/moisture-resistance stability and the uniformity of electrical properties. |
| US08303854B2 |
Sintering silver paste material and method for bonding semiconductor chip
An object of the present invention is to provide a composition of a sintering Ag paste which can metallically bond to a nonprecious metal member with high strength as well as to a precious metal member, in a sintering Ag paste which metallically bonds to a metal at a low temperature, and to provide a bonding method to obtain a joint part having high strength. The sintering Ag paste is a material containing a solution of an organic silver complex that is easily decomposed by heat regardless of an atmosphere. Furthermore, the bonding method includes: metallizing a face of a nonprecious metal with Ag in a non-oxidizing atmosphere in a step prior to sintering Ag particles; and then sintering the Ag particles in an oxidizing atmosphere. |
| US08303853B2 |
Method of producing a metallic nanoparticle inorganic composite, metallic nanoparticle inorganic composite, and plasmon waveguide
A method using a chemical synthesis method to produce a metallic nanoparticle inorganic composite having fine metallic nanoparticles that are uniformly dispersed at a high density in a solidified matrix, a metallic nanoparticle inorganic composite, and a plasmon waveguide using this composite are provided. Thus, a method including: preparing a precursor solution, applying the precursor solution onto a substrate, and then hydrolyzing the precursor solution to form an oxide film having fine pores, bringing the oxide film into contact with an acidic aqueous solution of tin chloride to chemically adsorb Sn2+ ions in the fine pores, removing an excess of the Sn2+ ions, bringing the oxide film into contact with an aqueous metal chelate solution to precipitate metallic nanoparticles in the fine pores, and removing an excess of ions of the metal is provided. |
| US08303849B2 |
HCN removal from syngas using chemical and biological treatment
A method of HCN removal from syngas including treating a hot syngas stream for conversion to chemical products by removing various components from the hot syngas stream by: passing the hot syngas stream to a scrubber; adding aldehyde to a circulating scrubber water; capturing ammonia and HCN in the circulating scrubber water and condensing water from the hot syngas stream into the circulating scrubber water; withdrawing a scrubber waste water effluent from the scrubber comprising absorbed ammonia, ammonium, and absorbed HCN, and glycol nitriles, formed from the reaction of the aldehydes with HCN, from the scrubber; withdrawing a treated syngas stream effluent from the scrubber having a reduced concentration of ammonia and HCN; and, passing at least a portion of the scrubber waste water effluent stream to a biological treatment zone for the removal of ammonia, absorbed HCN, and glycol nitriles. |
| US08303847B2 |
Phosphor, manufacturing method of phosphor sheet and phosphor, and light emitting device using the phosphor
To provide a phosphor given by a general composition formula expressed by MmAaBbOoNn:Z, (wherein element M is one or more kinds of elements having bivalent valency, element A is one or more kinds of elements having tervalent valency, element B is one or more kinds of elements having tetravalent valency, O is oxygen, N is nitrogen, and element Z is one or more kind of activating agent, satisfying m>0, a>0, b>0, o≧0, and n>0), with a change rate of a ratio of element B atoms to the total numbers of atoms being smaller by 10% or the change rate of oxygen atoms to the total numbers of atoms being smaller by 40% in a range from a particle surface up to depth 2000 nm, having a broad emission spectrum in a range of blue color, having a broad flat excitation band in a range of near ultraviolet/ultraviolet, and having excellent emission efficiency, emission intensity, and luminance. |
| US08303846B2 |
Infra-red light emitting phosphor
It is an object of the present invention to provide an infra-red light emitting phosphor having an excellent chemical stability and desirable light emitting properties. The infra-red light emitting phosphor is represented by a chemical formula: (A1-x-yNdxYby)VO4, wherein A represents at least one element selected from yttrium (Y), gadolinium (Gd), lutetium (Lu) and lanthanum (La); x and y respectively satisfy the requirements: 0.01≦x≦0.3 and 0.01≦y≦0.4, provided that (x+y)≦0.5 and 0.2≦(y/x)≦6. This vanadate phosphor having the constitution described above can act as an infra-red light emitting phosphor having an excellent chemical stability and desirable light emitting properties. |
| US08303844B2 |
Benzo[f]chrome any pyrano[3,2-f]chrome derivatives for use in liquid crystal media
The present invention relates to benzo[f]chromene and pyrano[3,2-f]-chromene derivatives of the formula I in which L1, L2, R1, R2, A1, A2, Z1, Z2, m and n are as defined in claim 1, to the preparation thereof, to the use thereof as components in liquid-crystalline media, and to electro-optical display elements which contain the liquid-crystalline media according to the invention. |
| US08303842B2 |
Method for forming products from a flue gas desulfurization by-product and products formed thereby
Compositions and methods for producing a manufactured product, a method for making a liquid absorbent, and processes for disposal of flammable liquids with a flue gas desulfurization by-product. The compositions for the manufactured products combine a binder and the by-product. The composition contains a greater percentage by weight of the by-product than the binder. The methods for producing manufactured products include dewatering the gypsum-depleted waste stream to reduce a water content, and forming the manufactured product. The method for making a liquid absorbent includes dewatering, granulating, drying, heating, and packaging a granulated gypsum-depleted composition as the liquid absorbent. The processes for disposal of flammable liquids include distributing a by-product into contact with flammable liquid, absorbing the liquid, transporting, and igniting the flammable liquid. The artificial soils are a combination of by-product and animal waste. |
| US08303833B2 |
High resolution plasma etch
A method for fabrication of microscopic structures that uses a beam process, such as beam-induced decomposition of a precursor, to deposit a mask in a precise pattern and then a selective, plasma beam is applied, comprising the steps of first creating a protective mask upon surface portions of a substrate using a beam process such as an electron beam, focused ion beam (FIB), or laser process, and secondly etching unmasked substrate portions using a selective plasma beam etch process. Optionally, a third step comprising the removal of the protective mask may be performed with a second, materially oppositely selective plasma beam process. |
| US08303831B2 |
Methods for fabricating semiconductor devices
Methods are provided for fabricating a semiconductor device on and in a semiconductor substrate. In one embodiment, a method comprises the steps of forming etch masking features overlying the semiconductor substrate, the etch masking features having a first thickness, and forming an etch barrier layer overlying the substrate, the etch barrier layer having a second thickness less than or substantially equal to the first thickness. The method also comprises removing the etch masking features to expose the substrate, and etching the substrate using the etch barrier layer as an etch mask. |
| US08303830B2 |
Micro and NANO scale surface textured titanium-containing articles and methods of producing same
The present invention relates to processes involving contacting articles that include titanium or titanium alloy with a solution comprising hydrochloric acid and chloride-containing compound for a time and at a temperature effective to form a plurality of indentions that, independently, have a diameter of from about 200 nm to 10 microns. |
| US08303827B2 |
Method for making micro-electro-mechanical system device
The present invention discloses a method for making a MEMS device, comprising: providing a zero-layer substrate; forming a MEMS device region on the substrate, wherein the MEMS device region is provided with a first sacrificial region to separate a suspension structure of the MEMS device from another part of the MEMS device; removing the first sacrificial region by etching; and micromachining the zero-layer substrate. |
| US08303823B1 |
Use of nanoscale particles (nanoadditives) with cationic polymers to enhance conditioning and dewatering of sludge
Nanoscale additives and methodology for their use during polymer-aided sludge dewatering to increase the dewatering efficiency compared to traditionally used polymer-only dewatering processes. The nanoscale additive increases the percent solids in the dewatered cake compared to polymer-only treatment. When the nanoscale additives are added, the centrifugal force (shear) required to obtain high percent solids can be significantly reduced and the optimum polymer dose required for effective dewatering is also significantly reduced. |
| US08303820B2 |
Method of purifying cytidine diphosphate choline
A method of purifying cytidine diphosphate choline, which comprises contacting a cytidine diphosphate choline solution containing a nucleic acid analogue and having a pH of not less than 0.5 and not more than 5.0 with an H-type strongly acidic cation exchange resin, and eluting cytidine diphosphate choline adsorbed onto the resin with water or an aqueous solution having an ion concentration of not more than 0.1 mol/L to separate and purify the cytidine diphosphate choline. |
| US08303815B2 |
Spiral separation membrane element
A spiral-type separation membrane element is provided that can reduce the pressure loss without changing the outer diameter and the inner diameter of the water-collecting tube. In a spiral-type separation membrane element in which a separation membrane, a feed-side flow passageway member, and a permeate-side flow passageway member are wound in a spiral form around a porous water-collecting tube in a laminated state, the feed-side flow passageway member includes a net-constituting thread in a direction tilted relative to a feed solution flow direction; the net-constituting thread has a cross-sectional part such that a thread diameter X in a direction parallel to a feed solution flow plane is larger than a thread diameter Y in a direction perpendicular to the feed solution flow plane; and a central part between intersection parts of the net-constituting thread is made to have a thread diameter Y smaller than that of an intersection part. |
| US08303813B2 |
Water filter removal and installation tool
The present invention relates to a refrigerator having a water filter, a water filter housing, a water filter cap, and a tool for rotating the water filter cap. Engagement of the tool and the water filter cap and subsequent rotation of the tool thereby rotates the water filter cap and water filter. The tool includes a head portion and a body portion and the head portion is an inverse surface of at least a portion of the water filter cap for mating with the water filter cap. |
| US08303812B2 |
Method and apparatus for skimming floated sludge
A method and device for removing floated matter such as sludge located near the surface of a fluid body is contemplated that employs pneumatic force to remove the floated matter. The contemplated device employs pneumatic force for lifting and blowing the floated matter into an inlet channel. The device is configured to provide uniform airflow across the inlet channel. The inlet channel of the device may also include an adjustable section, or a fixed section and an airflow damper, which allows air flow along the channel to be controlled in a periodic fashion. There are also portable devices for removing such floated matter from the surface of a body of water. |
| US08303809B2 |
Customizable personal dialysis device having ease of use and therapy enhancement features
A peritoneal dialysis machine includes an enclosure; dialysate pump located within the enclosure; a graphical user interface allowing a patient to program a treatment including at least one patient fill performed by the dialysate pump, at least one dwell, and at least one drain performed by the dialysate pump; and the GUI further programmed to provide an alert when it is time to begin the treatment so as to complete the at least one patient fill, dwell and drain by a prescribed time. |
| US08303807B2 |
Dialyser with measuring devices for monitoring the blood pressure, method of determining the blood pressure and a storage medium for use in a dialyser
The invention relates to a dialyser having a blood-pressure measuring unit assigned to the dialyser, a pulse-wave-transit-time measuring system assigned to the dialyser and an evaluation unit, the evaluation unit being configured such that a signal representing the blood pressure can be derived from this pulse wave transit time; the parameters describing the relationship between the pulse wave transit time and the blood pressure can be determined from a plurality of measurements made by the blood-pressure measuring unit and simultaneous measurements made by the pulse-wave-transit-time measuring system, it being possible to determine at least two of these pairs of measured values at times when the absolute and/or the relative pulse-wave-transit-time deviation is above a threshold value. The invention relates further to a method of determining the parameters describing the relationship between a pulse-wave-transit-time signal and a blood-pressure-measurement signal, a signal representing the blood pressure subsequently being derived from the pulse wave transit time; the parameters describing the relationship between the pulse wave transit time and the blood pressure are determined from blood-pressure-measurement-signal values and simultaneous pulse-wave-transit-time values, at least two of these pairs of measured values being obtained at points in time when the absolute and/or the relative deviation of the pulse wave transit time and/or of the blood pressure is above a threshold value. |
| US08303805B2 |
Process for producing gasoline base and gasoline
The production process of the invention comprises a first step of hydrodesulfurizing of catalytically-cracked gasoline so as to result in an olefin hydrogenation rate of no greater than 25 mol % in the catalytically-cracked gasoline, a total sulfur content of no greater than 20 ppm by weight based on the product oil weight, a sulfur content derived from thiophenes and benzothiophenes of no greater than 5 ppm by weight and a sulfur content derived from thiacyclopentanes of no greater than 0.1 ppm by weight, and a second step of further hydrodesulfurizing of the product oil obtained by the first step so as to result in a total of no greater than 30 mol % for the olefin hydrogenation rate in the first step and the olefin hydrogenation rate in the second step, a total sulfur content of no greater than 10 ppm by weight based on the product oil weight, and a sulfur content derived from thiols of no greater than 5 ppm by weight. |
| US08303801B2 |
Method for determining the concentration of an analyte in a liquid sample using small volume samples and fast test times
Analytes in a liquid sample are determined by methods utilizing sample volumes of less than about 1.0 μl and test times within about nine seconds. The methods are preferably performed using small test strips including a sample receiving chamber filled with the sample by capillary action. |
| US08303799B2 |
Process and apparatus for grinding with electrolytic dressing
A process for grinding workpieces is obtained which includes attaching honing stones to a tool, each of the honing stones including grinding particles and an electroconductive connection for fixing the grinding particles to each other; grinding the workpieces with the honing stones by applying a honing liquid having substantially no electroconductive property to a region between the workpiece and the honing stones, the workpieces being successively ground during a series of processing periods, while interposing non-processing periods between the processing periods, each of the workpieces being ground in one of the processing periods; and performing an electrolytic dressing with respect to the honing stones by using an electrode provided to face the honing stones with a space therebetween, a voltage being applied between the honing stones and an electrode in the presence of an electroconductive liquid in the space between the honing stones and the electrode, the electrolytic dressing being carried out during the non-processing periods. |
| US08303797B2 |
Cleaning system and cleaning method
A cleaning system includes: a sulfuric acid electrolytic portion configured to electrolyze a sulfuric acid solution to generate an oxidizing substance in an anode chamber, a concentrated sulfuric acid supply portion configured to supply a concentrated sulfuric acid solution to the anode chamber, and a cleaning treatment portion configured to carry out cleaning treatment of an object to be cleaned using an oxidizing solution comprising the oxidizing substance. The sulfuric acid electrolytic portion has an anode, a cathode, a diaphragm which is provided between the anode and the cathode, the anode chamber which is demarcated between the anode and the diaphragm and a cathode chamber which is demarcated between the cathode and the diaphragm. |
| US08303792B1 |
High strength electrodeposited suspension conductors
A method of preparing an additive suspension circuit for a hard disk drive suspension includes electrodepositing an alloy of copper using an electrolytic bath containing copper sulfate, tin, iron, sulfuric acid, and hydrochloric acid, using pulsed current of about 10-45 amperes per square foot. |
| US08303788B2 |
Liquid electrolyte gas sensor comprising rigid porous electrode support
An electrochemical gas sensor has a working electrode having a gas porous membrane and a catalyst layer formed on one side of the membrane; a counter electrode, electrolyte in contact with the catalyst both of the working electrode and of the counter electrode; and a support that is in contact with, and presses against the side of the working electrode remote from the electrolyte and that compresses the electrodes and the electrolyte together. The support includes open areas enabling gas to contact the membrane. The support provides a faster response and provides greater efficiency of catalyst usage. |
| US08303783B2 |
Method and apparatus for improving corrosion resistance of chrome plated material
A method and apparatus for improving the corrosion resistance of chrome plated materials. After the materials to be chrome plated are mechanically abrasively polished, but before they are reverse etched, they are power washed with a high-pressure liquid. A sprayer with nozzles directed inwardly towards the materials directs water onto the material at pressures in the range of 1000 or 2500 to 3000 psi. After the materials are chrome plated, they are heated above the melting point of a buffing compound, and then the heated materials with the buffing compound applied are buffed. An induction heater is used, before or after the buffing compound is applied. Computer controls, responsive to operator input of the cross-sectional size, composition and/or speed of movement of the chrome plated materials, to in turn regulate the power to an induction coil heater. |
| US08303782B2 |
Hydrogen generating apparatus and fuel cell power generation system
A hydrogen generating apparatus is disclosed. The hydrogen generating apparatus in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention includes: a first hydrogen generating unit, which has a first electrode generating hydrogen by decomposing an electrolyte aqueous solution; a second hydrogen generating unit, which has a second electrode that is placed adjacent to the first hydrogen generating unit and surface thereof is formed with a super absorbent polymer that is gelled when water is absorbed; a solution separation membrane interposed between the first hydrogen generating unit and the second hydrogen generating unit; a reactor accommodating the first hydrogen generating unit, the second hydrogen generating unit and the solution separation membrane; and a hydrogen vent being formed on one side of the reactor, which is adjacent to the second hydrogen generating unit. |
| US08303779B2 |
Methods for forming a transparent conductive oxide layer on a substrate
Methods of depositing a transparent conductive oxide layer on a substrate are generally disclosed. A shield of greater than about 75% by weight molybdenum can be attached to a first surface of a substrate such that the shield contacts at least about 75% of the first surface. The shield can then be heated via an energy source to cause thermal exchange from the shield to the substrate to heat the substrate to a sputtering temperature. A transparent conductive oxide layer can then be sputtered on a second surface of the substrate at the sputtering temperature. Methods are also generally disclosed for manufacturing a cadmium telluride based thin film photovoltaic device. |
| US08303778B2 |
Method and device for generating movement in a thin liquid film
The invention relates to a method for generating motion in a thin liquid film on a substrate, in particular in a capillary gap, in which at least one ultrasound wave is sent right through the substrate in the direction of the liquid film, and a device for carrying out the inventive method. |
| US08303775B2 |
Papermaking press felt and papermaking method
A papermaking felt which can be easily engaged in a papermaking machine, wherein the work time for engaging the felt is short, the initial warming-up period until reaching the highest papermaking speed is short, and the felt life is long, which is achieved by integrating and attaching by dispersion in the batt layer of the felt a polymeric elastomer having high deformability when pressure is applied and good recoverability after pressure is applied, which polymeric elastomer is attached in an amount of 0.5 to 20 wt. % of the felt, and which polymeric elastomer has a property that when in the form of a film and when measured at a room temperature of 20° C. and a relative humidity of 65%, the 100% modulus value of the film is 1 to 100 kg/cm2, the residual strain after 100% elongation is 30% or less. |
| US08303774B2 |
Headbox for a machine for producing a fibrous web
A headbox includes a feed device for feeding at least one fiber suspension, a perforated distribution pipe plate arranged immediately downstream thereof and having a plurality of channels arranged in lines and columns and an intermediate channel arranged downstream thereof extending over the width of the headbox and having a plurality of apparatuses for dosing a fluid in partial fluid streams to the at least one fiber suspension in an adjustable/controlled manner. The apparatuses are spaced apart from each other in the width direction of the headbox and the individual apparatuses include a plurality of dosing channels having respective dosing channel openings on the outlet side and a dosing channel length, arriving at different levels and being connected to a common supply channel. The headbox further includes a downstream turbulence generator having a plurality of flow channels arranged in lines and columns and a headbox nozzle which is directly contiguous to the turbulence generator and which has a nozzle gap. At least some sections of the channels of the perforated distribution pipe plate have a diffuser and the perforated distribution pipe plate has a length which is ≧0.5·√{square root over (partition)} area the partition area being the surface of the downstream perforated distribution pipe plate divided by the total number of the channels of the perforated distribution pipe plate. |
| US08303773B2 |
Machine for the production of tissue paper
A method of producing a tissue paper web in a papermaking machine including the steps of forming the web on a skin, selecting a quality of the web, bypassing a dewatering apparatus, passing the skin and web through a nip and conveying the web to a drying cylinder from the skin. The web is formed in a forming section of the machine from a pulp suspension on the skin. In the selecting step a quality of the web is selected thereby defining a quality selection of absorbency or tear resistance. The bypassing step includes bypassing the dewatering apparatus with the web and selecting a type of the skin dependent upon the quality selection. The machine being configured to bypass the dewatering apparatus dependent upon the quality selection; when the quality selection is tear resistance then the skin is a non-structured skin or a felt and the dewatering apparatus is bypassed, when the quality selection is the absorbency then the skin is a three-dimensionally structured skin or a structured mesh and the dewatering apparatus is not bypassed. In the passing step the skin and the tissue paper web passes through a nip defined between a cylindrical surface of the drying cylinder and a mating surface of a press roller. |
| US08303771B2 |
Apparatus and method for treatment of pulp
Washing apparatus as well as methods for washing and dewatering a cellulose pulp are disclosed comprising a rotary drum with outer compartments for pulp washing, and a stationary casing surrounding the drum to define an annular space between the casing and the drum which is divided into zones by longitudinal seals. The function of the seals is optimized by a force measurement device for measuring forces acting on the longitudinal seal for measuring a biasing force of a spring package in the measurement device and for measurement of a force acting on a load transmission shaft of the device as well as an extractor for extracting a force acting against the seal in a direction away from the drum. |
| US08303766B2 |
Method and device for evaporating a fluid
A method and device for evaporating a predeterminable volume of fluid includes successive addition of partial volumes of the predeterminable volume to a supply line at different adding rates, at least partially evaporating the partial volumes forming vapor film between them and a supply line wall, conveying the partial volumes through the supply line to an evaporator surface, and applying the partial volumes to an evaporator surface region varying as a function of mass and/or volume adding rate of the partial volume, permitting effective evaporation of fluid, particularly urea/water solution. Utilization of the highest possible proportion of evaporator surfaces is achieved by mass and/or volume addition rate-dependent distribution of impingement surfaces on the evaporator surface. This heating strategy in the supply line region ensures the Leidenfrost effect when individual partial volumes are added. As even a distribution as possible is achieved using a corresponding geometrical configuration of the evaporator channel. |
| US08303760B2 |
Method and apparatus for producing combined optical film, combined optical film, image display, and methods for producing liquid crystal panel and laminated optical film
It is an object of the invention to provide a method for producing a combined optical film that includes opposing the end faces of a plurality of optical films to one another and can narrow the gap between the opposed end faces. A method for producing a combined optical film comprising a plurality of optical films each having at least one end face at which the optical films are opposed to one another, comprising the steps of: (1) opposing the end faces of the optical films to one another with a gap provided therebetween; (2) bonding a first seal material to the opposed portions of the optical films on a first side of each optical film to join the optical films; (3) bending the joined opposed portions of the optical films such that the joined opposed portions become concave on a second side of each optical film where the first seal material is not bonded and such that the gap is narrowed on the second side; (4) bonding a second seal material to the opposed portions on the second side, while the joined optical films are bent such that the gap is narrowed on the second side; and (5) cancelling the bending of the joined optical films to make them flat. |
| US08303759B2 |
Method for the production of a laminate material for hook and loop closures
A method for the production of a laminate material for hook and loop closures, particularly for diaper closures, comprises laminating a textile material onto a carrier film having a surface structure that is suitable for forming a connection with the hooks of a hook and loop closure. The textile material is not connected with the carrier film over its entire area, and the textile material forming the cover layer of the laminate material is brushed after lamination. |
| US08303756B2 |
Method for bonding a glass cap and mask for curing sealant
The method for bonding a glass cap according to the present invention comprises the steps of, forming a plurality of recesses on a side of a glass corresponding to a substrate; forming a plurality of light non-transmittable layers on a surface of the glass opposite to a surface corresponding to the substrate; dispensing a sealant on a substrate-bonding region of the glass or on a cap-bonding region of the substrate; bonding the glass to the substrate in the state that each active area formed on the substrate is received in each recess of the glass; curing the sealant dispensed on the sealing-dispensing region by irradiating ultraviolet rays to a side of the glass to which the substrate is not bonded; and dicing the bonded glass and substrate to make the individual devices. The present invention intercepts the ultraviolet rays irradiated to the active areas of the substrate to protect the active areas, and so can cure completely the sealant dispensed on the metal lines. |
| US08303752B2 |
Method of manufacturing wiring board
Provided is a method of manufacturing a wiring board, in which: a composite adhesive sheet 20 is attached to one of the surfaces of a support substrate 10, and a double-sided CCL 30 is attached to the other surface. Then, in an integrated state of the above components, a multilayer wiring structure including a conductive layer and a resin insulating layer is formed on a metal layer 33 of the double-sided CCL 30 by a known build-up method. A thermally foamable adhesive layer 22 of the composite adhesive sheet 20 is then heated, thereby thermally decomposing a thermal foaming agent to generate gas, and the support substrate 10 is separated from the remaining bonded body. Thereafter, a carrier foil layer 32b and a copper foil layer 32a of a carrier-foil coated copper foil 32 are mechanically peeled from each other at a boundary between both the layers, thereby obtaining a wiring board 1. |
| US08303748B2 |
Method for producing a packaging material
Press roll for a laminating machine for producing a packaging material which comprises a carcass layer consisting of paper or carton, and which carcass layer exhibits crease lines, through holes, openings or slits, which carcass layer exhibits, on one of its sides, a barrier layer, a plastic lining which is arranged outside the barrier layer, and film of laminant thermoplast which is arranged between the carcass layer and the barrier layer, with the press roll exhibiting a circular-cylindrical jacket surface having a facing consisting of an elastic material. According to the invention, the facing comprises sections in the jacket surface, which sections exhibit local deformation ability in relation to the surrounding facing. The invention also relates to a method for producing packaging material and to packaging material which has been produced using this method. |
| US08303746B2 |
Ocular prosthesis and fabrication method of same
An ocular prosthesis includes a posterior sclera portion partially nested with an anterior clear portion. An iris disk piece and/or a retinal chip may also be disposed between the posterior and anterior portions. A method for manufacturing the ocular prosthesis includes scanning an impression of an eye socket or an existing ocular prosthesis, fabricating posterior and anterior portions from geometrical models generated from the scans, and forming the ocular prosthesis by joining the two portions. In another embodiment of the method, a photograph of an iris is provided and manipulated to form a multi disk iris piece to be used in the ocular prosthesis. |
| US08303742B2 |
Tyre comprising an electronic unit and a method of installing said electronic unit into said tyre
A tyre having a radially internal surface of substantially toroidal conformation, includes: a housing mounted on the internal surface of the tyre and an electronic unit at least partially housed in the housing, the housing including at least two portions, each having a cavity in contact with a respective portion of the electronic unit and housing the same, each portion of the housing being mounted on the internal surface of the tyre, and a fastening element applied to the portions of the housing to maintain a constraint between such portions and the electronic unit. A method of installing the electronic unit into a tyre. |
| US08303740B1 |
Self-igniting pyrotechnical sparkler
A self igniting pyrotechnical sparkler. The sparkler includes a nonflammable support member or rod substantially covered with a pyrotechnic coating composition along one end and a pyrotechnical igniter coating covering over part of the pyrotechnic coating. The igniter coating including a mixture of potassium chlorate, antimony sulfate, powder aluminum, particulate magnesium, binder and/or glass beads. |
| US08303738B2 |
Metal heating apparatus, metal heating method, and light source apparatus
A metal heating apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises a light output portion for outputting light having a center wavelength in a wavelength range of 200 nm to 600 nm. |
| US08303734B2 |
High strength thick steel material and high strength giant H-shape excellent in toughness and weldability and methods of production of same
The present invention provides a high strength thick steel material excellent in toughness and weldability reduced in amount of C and amount of N, containing suitable amounts of Si, Mn, Nb, Ti, B, and O, having contents of C and Nb satisfying C—Nb/7.74≦0.004, having a density of Ti-containing oxides of a particle size of 0.05 to 10 μm of 30 to 300/mm2, and having a density of Ti-containing oxides of a particle size over 10 μm of 10/mm2 or less, produced by treating steel by preliminary deoxidation to adjust the dissolved oxygen to 0.005 to 0.015 mass %, then adding Ti and, furthermore, vacuum degassing the steel for 30 minutes or more, smelting it, then continuously casting it to produce a steel slab or billet, heating the steel slab or billet to 1100 to 1350° C., hot rolling the slab or billet to a thickness of 40 to 150 mm, then cooling it. |
| US08303732B2 |
Rare earth magnet
A rare earth magnet having a composition represented by RTB wherein R denotes a rare earth element, T a transition metal and B boron, the magnet being composed of magnet powder constituted by crystalline particles. The particles of the magnetic powder have a ratio of a short diameter being 10 μm or more to a long diameter is 0.5 or less. An element Rm having a magnetic anisotropy higher than that of the rare earth element is contained in the surface and inside of the magnet constituted by the magnet powder in an approximately constant concentration. An oxy-fluoride and carbon are present at boundaries of the particles of the magnet powder. |
| US08303728B2 |
Pass-through dishwasher with controlled drying
A pass-through dishwasher is provided having at least one washing zone, at least one rinsing zone and a drying zone. The pass-through dishwasher is used to clean items to be washed and comprises a conveyor device for conveying the items to be washed through successive treatment zones. The pass-through dishwasher comprises a drying zone which has arranged in it at least one drying fan whose rotation speed can be controlled. |
| US08303723B2 |
Liquid processing apparatus, liquid processing method, and storage medium
In a liquid processing apparatus configured to remove, from a substrate including a first film and a second film formed above the first film, the first film and the second film, a first chemical-liquid supply part supplies, to a substrate W, a first liquid for dissolving the first film, a second chemical-liquid supply part supplies a second chemical liquid for weakening the second film, and a fluid supply part serving also as an impact giving part gives a physical impact to the second film so as to break the second film and supplies a fluid for washing away debris of the broken second film. A control device controls the respective parts such that, after the second liquid has been supplied and then the fluid has been supplied from the fluid supply part, the first chemical liquid is supplied. |
| US08303721B2 |
Detergent comprising a builder, a bleaching agent, and a copolymer
A phosphate-free dishwasher detergent which contains a builder, bleaching agents, and also a) a copolymer comprising i) monomers from the group of mono- or polyunsaturated carboxylic acids; ii) monomers of general formula R1(R2)C═C(R3)—X—R4; and iii) optionally further monomers, and b) a nonionic surfactant of general formula R1—CH(OH)CH2O-(AO)w-(A′O)x-(A″O)y-(A′″O)z—R2. The detergent has good cleaning and rinsing results which are comparable to those of phosphate-containing dishwasher detergents or even outdo them. |
| US08303720B2 |
Apparatus for and a method for cleaning the floor of an accommodation of an animal
An apparatus for cleaning the floor of an accommodation of an animal includes a master unit and a mobile unit that is movable relative to the master unit. A floor-cleaning device and an air-flow-generating device are disposed on the mobile unit that is movable relative to the remaining part of the apparatus. The apparatus further includes a control system for controlling the operation of the apparatus. The control system activates the air-flow-generating device when the mobile unit moves away from the master unit and deactivates the air-flow-generating device when the mobile unit moves towards the master unit. After activation of the air-flow-generating device, the control system activates the floor-cleaning device when the mobile unit moves towards the master unit and deactivates the floor-cleaning device when the mobile unit has reached the master unit. |
| US08303719B2 |
Deposit removing method and substrate processing method
A deposit removing method that can reliably remove deposit produced in plasma processing using plasma produced from a process gas containing methane gas and oxygen gas. In a chamber in which an electrode to which radio frequency electrical power is supplied is disposed, plasma processing is carried out on a substrate using the plasma produced from the process gas containing methane gas and oxygen gas, and then a cleaning step is carried out in which plasma is produced from a mixed gas containing fluorinated compound gas containing hydrogen in the chamber. |
| US08303718B2 |
Sterilizable washing machine using ultraviolet radiation and sterilizable washing method in the same
The present invention discloses a sterilizable washing machine using ultraviolet radiation, and a sterilizable washing method in the same. The sterilizable washing machine includes a cabinet (2) having an inlet for putting the laundry into the washing machine, a door (50) installed at the cabinet (2), for opening and closing the inlet of the cabinet (2), a tub (6) installed in the cabinet with a buffing function and containable wash water, a drum (8) rotatably installed inside the tub (6) for performing washing, a gasket G installed between the inlet of the cabinet (2) and the tub (6), for sealing the gap between the door (50) and the tub (6), and an ultraviolet light source (20) installed at the gasket (6), for radiating ultraviolet rays into the drum (8). |
| US08303715B2 |
High throughput thermal treatment system and method of operating
A high throughput thermal treatment system for processing a plurality of substrates is described. The thermal treatment system is configured to thermally treat a plurality of substrates chemically treated in a dry, non-plasma environment. |
| US08303711B2 |
Electrode anchoring structure in crystal-growing furnaces
An electrode anchoring structure in a crystal-growing furnace includes at least one graphite electrode pillar, at least one metal electrode pillar, at least one anchoring base, and at least one locking nut, wherein the graphite electrode pillar is engaged with a nut base of the metal electrode pillar, and the at least one metal electrode pillar is, through the anchoring base, is secured to furnace wall. Therefore, the at least one graphite electrode pillar acts both as weight support and electrical-conducting electrode. Since the flange welded on furnace wall has a greater area exposed to the atmosphere, a desirable cooling effect can be achieved, and temperature drop can be expedited if water spray is performed. The anchoring base is provided with a resilient washer, such that a resilient force can be employed to adjust loading of each graphite electrode pillar in an axial direction. |
| US08303709B2 |
Gypsum-containing product
The invention provides a set gypsum-containing product having increased resistance to permanent deformation and a method for preparing it comprising forming a mixture of a calcium sulfate material, water, and an appropriate amount of one or more enhancing materials chosen from condensed phosphoric acids, each of which comprises 2 or more phosphoric acid units; and salts or ions of condensed phosphates, each of which comprises 2 or more phosphate units. The mixture is then maintained under conditions sufficient for the calcium sulfate material to form a set gypsum material. |
| US08303707B2 |
Restraining expansive concrete with non-metallic fibers
Synthetic fibers, such as polypropylene fibers, are mixed in a shrinkage compensating concrete to provide restraint in lieu of conventional steel reinforcement used in a shrinkage compensating concrete. While the synthetic fibers have a low elastic modulus and low strength, they act to restrain expansion of the concrete in the same way that conventional steel rebar does. In addition, only a small amount of the synthetic fibers are needed to restrain the expansion. As a result, shrinkage compensating concrete can be used in more varied applications, and can be provided more quickly, easily and inexpensively. Construction time requirements and expenses of concrete structures are correspondingly reduced. |
| US08303703B2 |
Exhaust pipe paint, method for forming surface coat layer on exhaust pipe base, and exhaust pipe
An exhaust pipe paint for application to an exhaust pipe base includes an inorganic glass particle, an inorganic particle, and at least one of an inorganic binder and an inorganic binder precursor. |
| US08303702B2 |
Preparation for producing refractory materials
Preparation for producing refractory materials, characterized in that it comprises one or more particulate, refractory components and one or more binders, where—the particulate, refractory component has a mean particle diameter of >0.3 m and—the binder is selected from among—from 0.05 to 50% by weight of a very finely particulate binder having a mean particle diameter of from 10 nm to 0.3 m selected from the group consisting of aluminum oxide, titanium dioxide, zirconium dioxide and/or mixed oxides of the abovementioned oxides, —from 0 to 20% by weight of an inorganic binder, from 0 to 20% by weight of a hydraulically setting binder, —from 0 to 15% by weight of an organic, silicon-free binder—and the preparation additionally contains from 0 to 35% by weight of water, where—the proportion of the particulate, refractory component is equal to 100 and the percentages of the further materials in the preparation are based on the particulate component. |
| US08303700B1 |
Coating composition for producing magnetically induced
The present invention is related to a coating composition for the production of a magnetically induced image, consisting of volatile components (S) and non-volatile components, the latter consisting of an ink vehicle (I) and magnetically orientable optically variable interference pigment (P), to a process for manufacturing the coating composition, and to the use of the composition for the production of a magnetically induced image coating on a substrate with the help of applied magnetic fields. Said magnetically induced image coating may be used as a security device on value- or identity documents, brand protection labels and the like. |
| US08303699B2 |
Photo-erasable ink for full color printing
An ink compatibility including a dye and surface functionalized photocatalytically active semiconductor nanoparticles is provided. This ink composition enables the reuse of a print substrate, because the surface functionalized photocatalytically active semiconductor nanoparticles bleach the dye under an activating radiation. |
| US08303694B2 |
Chromatography systems and methods using them
Certain embodiments described herein are directed to chromatography systems that include a microfluidic device. The microfluidic device can be fluidically coupled to a switching valve to provide for selective control of fluid flow in the chromatography system. In some examples, the microfluidic device may include a charging chamber, a bypass restrictor or other features that can provide for added control of the fluid flow in the system. Methods of using the devices and methods of calculating lengths and diameters to provide a desired flow rate are also described. |
| US08303692B2 |
Silver nanoparticle-containing polymer film for facilitated olefin transport and method for the fabrication thereof
A polymer membrane, based on a facilitated transport mechanism, for separating olefins from paraffins, and a method for fabricating is provided. In the polymer membrane for facilitated transport, silver nanoparticles are partially cationized and play a role as a carrier for transporting olefins across the membrane, with p-benzoquinone serving as an electron acceptor. |
| US08303691B2 |
Composite membranes
A composite membrane comprising a discriminating layer and a porous support layer for the discriminating layer, CHARACTERISED IN THAT the discriminating layer comprises at least 60 wt % of oxyethylene groups and the porous support layer has a CO2 gas flux of 5 to 150×10−5 m3 (STP)/m2·s·kPa at a feed pressure of 2.07 kPa. The membranes are particularly useful for purifying waste gas streams e.g. by removing greenhouse gases. |
| US08303690B2 |
Hollow fiber carbon membrane and method for production thereof
A hollow fiber carbon membrane is provided, which has excellent gas separation performance, unbreakable flexibility and high utility. The hollow fiber carbon membrane comprises carbonized substance obtained by calcination of a hollow fiber-like material formed from a polyphenylene oxide derivative, and has an external diameter in the range of 0.08 mm to 0.25 mm. The polyphenylene oxide derivative substantially comprises repeating units represented by the following (a) and (b) (in the structural formula, R11 and R12 independently represent hydrogen atom or sulfone group, except that R11 and R12 are both hydrogen atoms), wherein the ratio A (%) of the repeating unit (b) to the repeating units (a)+(b) satisfies 15% |
| US08303684B2 |
Method of removing acidic gas components from a gas mixture
A pressurized gaseous mixture acidic gas and a useful gas is directly in a first absorption column with a physically acting absorption agent. Then the absorption agent loaded with the acid gas and useful gas is subdivided into first and second streams. The first stream is fed directly to a recycle flash container and there decompressed to reclaim the useful gas, extract the acidic gas from the absorption agent, and form a recycled gas containing the useful gas and acidic gas. The second stream is through a second absorption column to the recycle flash container. Some of the recycled gas from the recycle flash container is compressed and fed through the second absorption column so as to therein directly contact the second stream, and then the recycle gas that has passed through the second absorption column and contacted the second stream is returned to the gaseous mixture. |
| US08303683B2 |
Guard layers for rapid cycle pressure swing adsorption devices
Guard layers are employed in the adsorbent beds of rapid cycle pressure swing adsorption (RCPSA) devices to protect the adsorbent therein from certain contaminants (e.g. water vapour). Conventional PSA devices typically pack the guard layer with as much guard material as is practical. In RCPSA devices however, the performance of the guard layer can be improved by using a reduced amount of guard material and increasing access to it. Such embodiments are characterized by guard layers with a channel fraction of greater than 50%. |
| US08303677B2 |
Indoor unit of air conditioner
An indoor unit (13) of an air conditioner (43) including: a filter member (41) for trapping dust contained in air sucked through an inlet (22); a dust removing means (42) configured to remove the dust trapped on the filter member (41) from the filter member (41); and a dust container (43) for containing the dust removed from the filter member (41) by the dust removing means (42), wherein the indoor unit (13) further includes a container lifting/lowering means (44) for lifting/lowering only the dust container (43) relative to the casing (34). |
| US08303673B2 |
Method and device for a high-capacity entrained flow gasifier
A method and an apparatus for gasifying combustible dusts in an entrained flow gasifier with several gasification burners. Each gasification burner is associated with one or a plurality of lock hopper and dosing systems having a plurality of supply flows. This has the advantage that the burners will continue to operate in the event of a failure of one supply flow. |
| US08303671B2 |
Colorant compounds
A composition including a basic dye component and an acid dye component providing an internal salt composition wherein at least one of the basic dye component, the acid dye component, or both the basic dye component and the acid dye component comprises a waxy moiety. |
| US08303662B2 |
Instrumentation and procedure for implanting spinal implant devices
An instrumentation set may include insertion instruments for forming an implant between bone structures. The insertion instruments may include a spreader and a separator. The bone structures may be vertebrae. Implant members may be attached to the spreader and positioned between the bone structures. The separator may be inserted into the spreader to establish a desired separation distance between the implant members. Connectors may be inserted into the implant members to join the implant members together and form the implant. The insertion instruments may be removed. A seater may be used to set the position of the connectors relative to the implant members to inhibit disassembly of the implant. |