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| US08659573B2 |
Display and method for driving the display
A display is provided. The display includes electro-optical material arranged between first and second planes facing each other; a first substrate arranged on the first plane and including a conductor; first electrically conductive film arranged on the second plane; second electrically conductive film arranged outside an area sandwiched between the first and second planes; current detection circuit detects current on the second electrically conductive film; and control circuit that, during a time period the current is detected by the current detection circuit, applies substantially the same voltage as that applied to the second electrically conductive film to one of the conductor and the first electrically conductive film, which is arranged closer to the second electrically conductive film, and sets the other in a floating state, or applies substantially the same voltage as that applied to the second electrically conductive film to both the conductor and the first electrically conductive film. |
| US08659570B2 |
Unintentional touch rejection
A method for rejecting an unintentional palm touch is disclosed. In at least some embodiments, a touch is detected by a touch-sensitive surface associated with a display. Characteristics of the touch may be used to generate a set of parameters related to the touch. In an embodiment, firmware is used to determine a reliability value for the touch. The reliability value and the location of the touch is provided to a software module. The software module uses the reliability value and an activity context to determine a confidence level of the touch. In an embodiment, the confidence level may include an evaluation of changes in the reliability value over time. If the confidence level for the touch is too low, it may be rejected. |
| US08659569B2 |
Portable electronic device including touch-sensitive display and method of controlling same
A method includes displaying a first keyboard on a touch-sensitive display of an electronic device, detecting a moving touch on the first keyboard, and, as the touch moves, changing the first keyboard into a second keyboard by moving keys of the first keyboard relative to other keys of the first keyboard, from first locations, along respective key paths, to second locations on the touch-sensitive display. |
| US08659568B2 |
Scan sequence generator
A sensor panel device that can generate and use a stimulus signal having multiple different waveforms for detecting events on or near the sensor panel is disclosed. Among other things, such a stimulus signal can be used to reject environmental noise present in the device. In some embodiments, the stimulus signal has multiple waveforms having different frequencies. Logic circuitry can generate representative values from output of the different waveforms applied to one or more sensing nodes in the sensor panel device. From the representative values, a final value can be generated that represents whether an event occurred at or near the one or more sensing nodes. |
| US08659567B2 |
Electronic device having handwritten mathematical formula recognition function
An electronic device having a handwritten mathematical formula recognition function includes a display unit with a touch panel. When a recognition-assisting information input module inputs recognition-assisting information for handwritten data to be recognized in response to a user's operation, the handwritten data input on the touch panel is recognized by a handwritten mathematical formula recognition module as an element of a mathematical formula, based on the recognition-assisting information input from the recognition-assisting information input module. The mathematical formula recognized by the handwritten mathematical formula recognition module is displayed on the display unit in a text format by a mathematical formula output module. |
| US08659562B2 |
Device, method, and graphical user interface for manipulating soft keyboards
A method includes, at an electronic device with a display and a touch-sensitive surface: concurrently displaying a first text entry area and an unsplit keyboard on the display; detecting a gesture on the touch-sensitive surface; and, in response to detecting the gesture on the touch-sensitive surface, replacing the unsplit keyboard with an integrated input area. The integrated input area includes a left portion with a left side of a split keyboard, a right portion with a right side of the split keyboard, and a center portion in between the left portion and the right portion. |
| US08659561B2 |
Display device including optical sensing frame and method of sensing touch
A method of sensing touch on a display device having an optical sensing frame includes emitting first light from a sensor module, receiving a first reflection at the sensor module, emitting second light from a waveguide, receiving a second reflection at the waveguide, and if a touch is made on an optical sensing frame, detecting that reflections of the first and the second light are interfered and determining a change in the quantity of the first and second reflection received to determine the touch. |
| US08659560B2 |
Input device and display apparatus including the same
An input device includes a substrate including a first principal surface and a second principal surface opposite the first principal surface; a plurality of first detecting electrodes disposed on the second principal surface of the substrate; a plurality of second detecting electrodes disposed on the second principal surface of the substrate; at least one first connecting electrode disposed on the second principal surface of the substrate, the first connecting electrode being configured to connect adjacent first detecting electrodes to each other; at least one second connecting electrode including an intersection that is spaced from the second principal surface of the substrate and crosses the first connecting electrode, the second connecting electrode being configured to connect adjacent second detecting electrodes to each other; and a light diffusing member disposed at least in an area corresponding to the intersection. |
| US08659556B2 |
Advanced receive channel architecture
This relates to an architecture of a receive channel circuit used during both a spectrum analysis phase and a touch panel detection phase. Various components of the receive channel can be used during both the spectrum analysis phase and the touch panel detection phase. For example, a plurality of digital signal mixers used in the receive channel circuit can be used to demodulate signals during both a spectrum analysis phase and a touch sensor panel detection phase. In addition, the number of digital mixers needed in the receive channel can be reduced by dividing groups of signals to be demodulated into multiple sets of signals and demodulating each set at different times. |
| US08659555B2 |
Method and apparatus for executing a feature using a tactile cue
In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, an electronic device is configured to provide a tactile cue associated with a feature. The electronic device is also configured to identify one or more user actuations. After identifying one or more user actuations, the electronic device is configured to execute the feature. |
| US08659554B2 |
Touch pad control panel located in the center console of a vehicle
The present disclosure provides a moveable touch pad that opens out of a center console armrest and is operable to control a navigation unit or other vehicle functions. Advantageously, locating a control touch pad unit in the center console armrest provides an ergonomically desirable solution for the vehicle's driver. The touch pad can be stored in the vehicle's center console armrest, and the touch pad is configured to move fore and aft for comfortable driver access. Additionally, the control touch pad unit can be utilized to control other vehicle functions, such as audio, climate settings, odometer settings, lighting, mobile phones, and the like. |
| US08659550B2 |
Computer input apparatus having a fault detection circuit for detecting current flowing through a light source
A computer input apparatus is disclosed which has improved safety control. Computer input devices with coherent light sources are popular. However, coherent light sources may cause serious and unrecoverable injuries to human eyes. Accordingly, there are several safety specifications defined by manufacturers and governments. Therefore, an improved device is disclosed that includes a calibration circuit and a fault detection circuit to control the operation current of a coherent light source to be within the safety specifications range, and to monitor for fault conditions. Furthermore, a computer input apparatus with coherent light source can be operated without the traditional optical lens. |
| US08659549B2 |
Operation control device and operation control method
There is provided an operation control device including a motion detection part which detects an object to be detected, which is moved by motion of a user, a motion determination part which determines motion of the object to be detected based on a detection result, a movable region movement processing part which moves a cursor movable region including a cursor operating an object displayed in a display region, and a cursor movement processing part which moves the cursor. Based on motion of a first detected object, the movable region movement processing part moves the cursor movable region along with the cursor in the display region by a first movement unit. Based on motion of a second detected object, the cursor movement processing part moves only the cursor in the cursor movable region by a second movement unit smaller than the first movement unit. |
| US08659546B2 |
Method and apparatus for transferring digital content
A method for transferring digital content, involving defining a first region of space associated with a first device and a second region of space associated with a second device, wherein the first device includes digital content to be transferred to the second device, performing a first action within the first region, obtaining the digital content to be transferred from the first device in response to performing the first action to obtain captured digital content, performing a second action within the second region, and transferring the captured digital content to the second device in response to performing the second action. |
| US08659542B2 |
Driving circuit for driving an electronic paper with black and white data voltages
A driving circuit for driving electronic paper is provided, which includes a plurality of driving units. Each driving unit couples to display units of a row of the electronic paper through a data terminal for driving a display unit from a previous gray level to a target gray level during a driving period. Each driving unit includes a data driver and a switch. The data driver respectively provides a black data DC voltage and a white data DC voltage to the data terminal during a black phase and a white phase of the driving period, and provides a first pulse and a second pulse to the data node during a program phase of the driving period. The switch conducts the data node to a middle voltage between the first pulse and the second pulse. |
| US08659541B2 |
High efficiency electronic display device and display system using the same
The present invention is related to a high efficiency electronic display device comprising a plurality of EPDs and a plurality of LEDs, [especially to a like electronic paper display equipment made by EPD and the adding cooperation for LED]. Therefore, the device is capable of display information by means of EPD in the daytime and LED light while not having enough light. |
| US08659540B2 |
Electro-phoretic display having a light sensor for adjusting the brightness of the display and method thereof
An electro-phoretic display and a brightness adjusting method thereof are provided. The method for adjusting a brightness includes steps of: providing a pixel having a first area displaying a white color and a plurality of first particles corresponding to the first area; obtaining an environmental brightness; and controlling only locations of the plurality of first particles in response to the environmental brightness so as to adjust the brightness. |
| US08659539B2 |
Multi-mode display device having an ambient light sensor and power-saving method of the same
A power-saving method adapted in a multi-mode display device is provided. The power-saving method comprises the steps as follows. A brightness of an ambient light is detected. When the brightness of the ambient light lies within a transmissive range, the multi-mode display device is operated in a transmissive mode and enables the backlight module of the multi-mode display. When the brightness of the ambient light lies within a transflective range, the multi-mode display device is operated in a transflective mode and the brightness of the backlight module is dynamically adjusted according to a compensation method. When the brightness of the ambient light lies within a reflective range, the multi-mode display device is operated in a reflective mode and turns off the backlight module. |
| US08659537B2 |
Backlight unit and display device
Disclosed are a backlight unit and a display device. The backlight unit includes alight emitting module including a plurality of light emitting devices; a controller for controlling an operation of the light emitting module; a light guide plate disposed at one side of the light emitting module; and an optical member disposed on or under the light guide plate. The light emitting module includes a first light emitting device and a second light emitting device. Light linearity of the first light emitting device is superior to light linearity of the second light emitting device, and a light orientation angle of the first light emitting device is smaller than a light orientation angle of the second light emitting device. The controller selectively drives the first and second light emitting devices. |
| US08659536B2 |
Display module having haptic function
A display module having a haptic function includes a touch screen panel for detecting touch manipulation, a liquid crystal display (LCD) panel for realizing image display on the touch screen panel, a backlight unit comprising at least one light source for providing illuminating light to the LCD panel, and a haptic actuator disposed adjacent to the light source for providing a haptic effect. The display module having a haptic function has improved space effectiveness, and is easily miniaturized and thinned. |
| US08659534B2 |
Backlight driving apparatus
A backlight driving apparatus is disclosed which is capable of simplifying a circuit configuration for driving of a plurality of light emitting diode arrays and making the current balance of the light emitting diode arrays uniform. The backlight driving apparatus includes n light emitting diode arrays that include a plurality of light emitting diodes connected in series, a power source for generating a driving current, a current generator for generating currents to drive the light emitting diode arrays using the driving current, respectively, and a current mirror circuit for allowing substantially the same amount of currents to flow respectively through the light emitting diode arrays based on current from any one of the n light emitting diode arrays. |
| US08659529B2 |
Current source circuit, a signal line driver circuit and a driving method thereof and a light emitting device
A current source circuit includes current sources that are each configured to receive an external set signal and to control an output current value based on the external set signal. A changing over circuit that is electrically connected to the current sources and a set of output lines selects one of the current sources to be electrically connected to each of the output lines. |
| US08659526B2 |
Electro-optical device and electronic apparatus
An electro-optical device includes, on a substrate, three sub-pixels, three sampling switches, three data lines, three image signal lines, and three lead wiring lines. The three sub-pixels correspond to red, green and blue, respectively. The three sub-pixels are included in a unit pixel. The three sampling switches correspond to the three sub-pixels, respectively. The three data lines electrically connect the three sub-pixels and the three sampling switches with each other, respectively. The three image signal lines, which are provided on a side opposite to the three sub-pixels with respect to the three sampling switches, correspond to the three sampling switches, respectively. The three lead wiring lines electrically connect the three sampling switches and the three image signal lines with each other, respectively. Among the three sampling switches, a sampling switch corresponding to green is disposed close to the three image signal lines compared to other two sampling switches. |
| US08659518B2 |
Voltage programmed pixel circuit, display system and driving method thereof
A voltage programmed pixel circuit, display system having the pixel circuit and driving method thereof is provided. The pixel circuit includes a light emitting device, a driving transistor connected to the light emitting device and a programming circuit. The programming circuit adjusts a pixel current during a programming cycle of the pixel circuit. |
| US08659516B2 |
Display device
A signal line driving circuit which includes a digital signal sampling circuit, a storage circuit, a time setting circuit and a constant current circuit, is fabricated of TFTs on an insulating substrate which is made of the same substance as that of a pixel portion substrate. Thus, in a passive type EL display device, the problem of a distortion in the case of bonding the signal line driving circuit onto the pixel portion substrate can be eliminated. Besides, in an active type EL display device, each pixel is constructed of one transistor and an EL element. Thus, the aperture factor of the EL display device is enlarged. |
| US08659511B2 |
Data driver, organic light emitting display device using the same, and method of driving the organic light emitting display device
A data driver capable of displaying images with a substantially uniform brightness, an organic light emitting display device using the same, and a method of driving the organic light emitting display device. The data driver includes a plurality of current sink units for controlling predetermined currents to flow through data lines, a plurality of voltage generators for resetting values of gray scale voltages using compensation voltages generated when the predetermined currents flow, a plurality of digital-to-analog converters for selecting one gray scale voltage among the gray scale voltages as a data signal in response to bit values of the data supplied from the outside, and a plurality of switching units for supplying the data signal to the data lines. The predetermined currents may be set equal to pixel currents that correspond to a maximum brightness. |
| US08659510B2 |
Spatial light modulator
A spatial light modulator includes an array of pixels, with each of the pixels having a dimension smaller than a wavelength of light to be modulated. Each of the pixels further has a permittivity that can be controlled using an electronic signal applied to the pixel. |
| US08659508B2 |
Projector and image processing apparatus
A projector which displays an image by projecting a projection image onto a projection surface, includes: a fixed pixel display device for displaying the projection image in a predetermined vertical period; and an image processing device for generating the projection image in the vertical period, wherein the image processing device includes: a resolution converter which, by converting a resolution of an input image in the vertical period, generates and transmits a display image having a desired resolution; a projection distortion corrector which receives the display image, and generates the projection image by correcting the display image in the vertical period in such a way as to correct a projection distortion occurring due to a projection angle with respect to the projection surface when projecting the projection image; and a display image input/output controller which controls the reception of the display image from the resolution converter and the transmission thereof to the projection distortion corrector, wherein in the vertical period, the display image input/output controller holds the display image while receiving it from the resolution converter, during a time period from a predetermined timing prior to a start time of a process of correcting the display image by means of the projection distortion corrector to a finish time of the correction process, while it reads the display image held in advance, and transmits it to the projection distortion corrector, during a time period from the start time to the finish time of the correction process. |
| US08659507B2 |
Twin-monitor electronic display system
The invention concerns an electronic display system, intended to be coupled with ultrasound imaging equipment capable of capturing an image of a medium, said system comprising a first monitor to display an ultrasound image such as captured by the ultrasound imaging equipment and image processing means. According to the invention, the system further comprises a second touch-screen monitor, means to duplicate the ultrasound image, means to send this duplicate to the second monitor on which at least part therefore is displayed, means to display at least one graphical element which, by means of the tactility of the screen, is used to perform at least one processing operation on the ultrasound image, means for instant application of all processing operations performed using the second monitor to the duplicate ultrasound image displayed on the second monitor, and means for instant or deferred application to the ultrasound image displayed on the first monitor of all or part of the processing operations performed on the duplicate ultrasound image by means of the second monitor. |
| US08659506B2 |
Image transfer method, image transfer system, and projector
An image transfer method for transferring image data to a plurality of projectors from an image supply unit, wherein the image supply unit generates a transmission destination information list showing a transmission destination of the image data and transmits the image data and the transmission destination information list to a transmission destination projector of the image data, the transmission destination projector determined based on the transmission destination information list, and the projector receives the image data and the transmission destination information list from the image supply unit or another projector and transfers the image data to the plurality of projectors by repeating the process for transmitting the image data to one projector which has not received the image data, the one projector determined based on the transmission destination information list. |
| US08659503B2 |
Multi-display apparatus having overlapping display panels
Provided is a multi-display apparatus formed by connecting a plurality of display panels. The multi-display apparatus includes a first display panel, a second display panel disposed to overlap at least a portion of the first display panel, a transparent plate disposed only on the second display panel, or on both the first display panel and the second display panel, and a transparent window disposed on an area corresponding to the first display panel and the second display panel. The transparent window is foldable when the multi-display apparatus is folded. |
| US08659502B2 |
Lens for scanning angle enhancement of phased array antennas
A method and apparatus are present for creating a negative index metamaterial lens for use with a phased array antenna. A design having a buckyball shape is created for the negative index metamaterial lens. The buckyball shape is capable of bending a beam generated by the phased array antenna to around 90 degrees from a vertical orientation to form an initial design. The initial design is modified to include discrete components to form a discrete design. Materials are selected for the discrete components. Negative index metamaterial unit cells are designed for the discrete components to form designed negative index metamaterial unit cells. The designed negative index metamaterial unit cells are fabricated to form fabricated designed negative index metamaterial unit cells. The negative index metamaterial lens is formed from the designed negative index metamaterial unit cells. |
| US08659501B2 |
Meta material antenna using coupling in helical structure
There is provided an antenna implementing a first 0-th order resonant frequency using a first radiator to which power is fed through parallel inductors of helical structures, and implementing a second 0-th order resonant frequency using a second radiator to which power is couple-fed through radiation elements put into the helical structures. |
| US08659499B1 |
Fastener-less joint for radar array
An antenna array lattice design is disclosed, comprising a plurality of column and row members that interconnect using a tongue and groove feature to result in a stable lattice arrangement. Each row and column member comprises a plurality of slots configured to receive corresponding slots of opposing row or column members. The slots have surfaces that run approximately one half the length or width of the associated member. The slot surfaces have recesses machined therein, and the recesses are shaped to accept correspondingly shaped projections of the opposing row or column member. In one embodiment, the recesses are T-shaped, as are the associated projections. The slots acts as a guide for the row to column attachment during assembly, while the precise geometry of the groove design allows both tensile and compressive forces to be carried across the entire depth of the joint, thus maximizing the stiffness/weight ratio of the resulting array lattice structure. |
| US08659497B2 |
Electronic device housing assembly and manufacturing method thereof
A housing assembly includes an outer housing, a support member, an antenna cover, a foam member, and an adhesive member. The outer housing defines an antenna opening. The support member is positioned in the outer housing, and encloses the antenna opening. The support member defines a receiving portion for receiving an antenna module, and the receiving portion is aligned with the antenna opening. The antenna cover is positioned in the antenna opening. Both of the foam member and the adhesive member are positioned between the support member and the antenna cover, and the foam member surrounds the adhesive member. The adhesive member connects or fixes the antenna cover to the support member. A method of manufacturing the housing assembly is also provided. |
| US08659494B2 |
Rotating-polarization reflector-backed RFID loop antenna apparatus and method
The present disclosure provides a rotating-polarization reflector-backed Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) loop antenna apparatus and method. The loop antenna apparatus and method provides high gain (i.e., maximizing read distances at lowest power), directionality (i.e., ability to focus on specific areas), orientation insensitivity (i.e., ability to read RFID tags in any direction or orientation) while occupying minimal volume in overhead configurations. In an exemplary embodiment, the loop antenna apparatus includes a reflector and a loop element with the reflector configured to reflect downward RF energy from the loop element. Antenna polarization is controlled by a feed location on the loop element and antenna pattern is controlled by the reflector. Thus, orientation insensitivity may be achieved without changing the antenna pattern by rotating the feed location and not the reflector. |
| US08659491B2 |
Adjustable integrated circuit antenna structure
A Radio Frequency (RF) device includes an adjustable antenna structure for coupling to a transmit/receive coupling module. The adjustable antenna structure includes an antenna and a plurality of transmission line elements. At least one of the plurality of transmission line circuit elements is selected, based on a transmission line characteristic signal, to form a transmission line circuit that is coupled to the antenna. |
| US08659490B2 |
Apparatus and method for clearing water from dish antenna covers
A dish antenna with a cover that inhibits the accumulation of water, liquid or frozen, on the front surface of an antenna. One or more vibration mechanisms are engaged with the cover so as to vibrate the cover when water, either frozen or liquid, may be present on the outer surface of the cover so as to inhibit the water from disrupting signals being transmitted to or from the dish antenna. |
| US08659489B2 |
Radio frequency printed circuit board
A radio frequency(RF) printed circuit board (PCB) includes an RF circuit for generating high frequency signals. The RF PCB is connected to an EMC measuring device when measuring the EMC thereof. The measuring device includes a probe pin and a shielding barrel surrounding the probe pin. The shielding barrel includes an end surface at a distal end thereof. The RF PCB further includes a test node connected to the RF circuit and a ground node surrounding the test node. The test node contacts the probe pin and outputs the high frequency signals when measuring the EMC of the RF PCB. The ground node corresponds to the end surface and contacts the end surface while the probe pin contacts the test node. |
| US08659488B2 |
Antenna assembly to reduce specific absorption rate
An antenna assembly includes first and second antennas each generating a resonant mode to cover an operating bandwidth, and a transmission line. The first includes a first radiation unit with a feed-in portion coupled to a first feed portion in contact with a core wire of a coaxial cable and a first grounding portion. The second antenna includes a second radiation unit with a second feed-in portion coupled to a second feed portion in contact with a conductive shielding layer of the coaxial cable and a second grounding portion. The transmission line includes first and second connecting portions coupled respectively to the second feed portion of the second feed-in portion. When a signal within the operating bandwidth is transmitted through the coaxial cable, the energy of the signal is distributed among the first and second antennas. |
| US08659485B2 |
Antenna designing method and data card single board of wireless terminal
An antenna designing method and a data card single board of a wireless terminal are provided. The antenna designing method provided by an embodiment of the present invention includes: dividing a semi-closed area without other metal wirings on a data card single board of the wireless terminal; and arranging an antenna wiring in the semi-closed area, where a gap exists between the antenna wiring and the data card single board, and the antenna wiring is coupled with the data card single board via the gap. The embodiments of the present invention also disclose a data card single board of the wireless terminal. According to the embodiments of the present invention, a Specific Absorption Rate (SAR) value of the antenna is reduced, and meanwhile, a working bandwidth of a broadband is realized. |
| US08659484B2 |
Printed antenna
A printed antenna comprising a substrate, a first ground plane, a low frequency radiation, a high frequency radiation, a first matching portion, a second matching portion is provided. The first ground plane, the low frequency radiation portion, the high frequency radiation portion and the first matching portion are located on an upper surface of the substrate. The low frequency radiation portion is connected to the high frequency radiation portion, and the first matching portion is extended from the first ground plane and towards the high frequency radiation portion. The second matching portion is adjacent to the first matching portion but does not overlap the first matching portion. |
| US08659481B2 |
Internal printed antenna
An internal printed antenna is revealed. The internal printed antenna includes a dielectric substrate, a ground plane, a metal loop radiating portion, and a microstrip feed line. The metal loop radiating portion includes a plurality of bends and a gap area is formed between adjacent bends. Two short circuit parts are arranged at the gap area. |
| US08659480B2 |
Apparatus and associated method for providing a frequency configurable antenna employing a photonic crystal
A frequency reconfigurable antenna may include at least two antenna segments and a photonic crystal positioned between the at least two antenna segments. The photonic crystal may selectably electrically connect or isolate the at least two antenna segments with respect to each other based on a conductive state of the photonic crystal. |
| US08659479B2 |
Dual-band antenna and antenna device having the same
A dual-band antenna includes first and second connecting sections coupled to a ground unit, and first, second, and third radiator sections. The first connecting section extends in a direction from the ground unit toward an inner wall face of a housing of an electronic device. The first radiator section is connected to the first connecting section and is disposed to extend along the inner wall face. A feed-in section extends between the second connecting section and the inner wall face, and has a portion extending parallel to the first radiator section. The second radiator section is connected to the feed-in section and is disposed to extend along the inner wall face. The third radiator section is connected to the second radiator section, extends between the second radiator section and the feed-in section, and has a portion extending parallel to the second radiator section. |
| US08659478B2 |
Wireless positioning method, wireless positioning apparatus, and mobile station
A wireless positioning apparatus receives a plurality of channel responses for a plurality of locations, generates a plurality of channel response patterns from the plurality of channel responses, and stores the plurality of channel response patterns. The wireless positioning apparatus receives an estimated channel response from a mobile station and compares the estimated channel response with the plurality of channel response patterns to estimate a location of the mobile station. The wireless positioning apparatus provides the estimated location information to the mobile station. |
| US08659476B2 |
Device and method for determining the distance and/or orientation of a moveable object
A device and method for determining a distance and/or orientation of a movable object includes a transmitter that is located on the object and a receiver. One of the transmitter and the receiver has an antenna having a known polarization plane. The other of the transmitter and the receiver has a counterclockwise circular polarized antenna and a clockwise circular polarized antenna. |
| US08659475B2 |
Method for detecting the distortion of a GNSS signal
A method for detecting the distortion of a GNSS signal transmitted by at least one GNSS satellite and received by at least one GNSS receiver is disclosed, where the distortion is caused by a GNSS signal generation defect. Initially, at least one autoregressive parametric model of the GNSS signal is determined at the output of a correlation stage of the GNSS receiver. Next, at least one linear prediction error e(n) between the output signal of the correlation stage and the autoregressive parametric model is computed. The linear prediction error is compared to a detection threshold and the distortion of the transmitted GNSS signal is decided when the linear prediction error exceeds the detection threshold. |
| US08659473B2 |
Amplifier circuit for a ranging transceiver
An amplifier circuit is disclosed. In one embodiment, the amplifier circuit includes an input configured to receive an input signal. The amplifier circuit further includes an amplifier connected to the input that is configured to receive the input signal and generate a modulated input signal based on the input signal and one of a first amplification level and a second amplification level. The amplifier comprises a first transistor configured to receive the input signal and a second transistor connected in cascode with the first transistor. The amplifier circuit further includes a switching component configured to switch the amplifier between the first amplification level and the second amplification level. The amplifier circuit still further includes an output connected to the amplifier and configured to output the modulated input signal. |
| US08659472B2 |
Method and apparatus for highly accurate higher frequency signal generation and related level gauge
An apparatus includes a stable local oscillator, which includes a first control loop. The first control loop includes a first voltage-controlled oscillator configured to generate a first output signal and a first phase-locked loop. The apparatus also includes a frequency up-converter configured to increase a frequency of the first output signal. The apparatus further includes a second control loop configured to receive the up-converted first output signal. The second control loop includes a second voltage-controlled oscillator configured to generate a second output signal and a second phase-locked loop. The second control loop may further include a mixer having a first input coupled to the frequency up-converter, a second input coupled to the second voltage-controlled oscillator, and an output coupled to the second phase-locked loop. A reference frequency source may be configured to generate a signal identifying a reference frequency and to provide that signal to the phase-locked loops. |
| US08659471B1 |
Systems and methods for generating aircraft height data and employing such height data to validate altitude data
Present novel and non-trivial systems and methods for generating aircraft height data are disclosed. A processor is configured to receive both first data comprised of radar-based reflection data of a stationary reference point based upon a horizontal distance between the geographic position of an aircraft and the geographic position of the stationary reference point (e.g., landing threshold point) and second data comprised of internally sourced vertical travel data more frequently than the first data. From the first data and second data, an instant vertical distance above the stationary reference point is determined by updating the first data with the second data. Then, instant height data representative of the instant vertical distance above the stationary reference point is generated. Provided with the instant height data, a presentation system comprised of display unit, aural alert unit and/or a tactile alert unit may present the instant vertical distance to the pilot. |
| US08659470B2 |
Apparatus for estimating the height at which a target flies over a reflective surface
An apparatus for estimating a height at which a target flies over a reflective surface. The apparatus includes means for emitting a signal, and means for receiving signals, including the emitted signal after it has been echoed by the target. The apparatus also includes a height estimator configured to estimate the height by utilizing a direct signal coming directly from the target after the emitted signal has been echoed by the target, an indirect signal coming indirectly from the target after the emitted signal has been echoed by the target and has been reflected by the surface, and reflection parameters including at least one of an amplitude of a reflection coefficient of the surface and a phase difference between the direct signal and the indirect signal. The height estimator comprises a particle filter configured to dynamically estimate the reflection parameters. |
| US08659466B2 |
Remote control apparatus and system thereof
A remote control apparatus and a system thereof are disclosed. A remote control apparatus includes a main body; a sliding unit that is slidable along a plurality of positions at the main body; a communication unit to communicate with an external device; a controller to control a mode of the external device in correspondence to a position among the plurality of positions of the sliding unit with respect to the main body; a display unit to display status information of the external device; and a manipulation unit to allow a user input to change the status information. |
| US08659465B2 |
Analog to digital ramp converter
A method of analog to digital voltage conversion including: generating a quadratic signal based on an analog time varying reference signal; generating a ramp signal based on the quadratic signal; and converting an analog input voltage to a digital output value based on a time duration determined by a comparison of the analog input voltage with the ramp signal. |
| US08659463B2 |
Successive approximation register analog-to-digital converter and operation method thereof
Provided are a successive approximation register analog-to-digital converter and an operation method thereof. The method includes latching input signals which respectively correspond to bits of a first series of bits as digital data by directly transmitting the input signals to a latch; latching input signals which respectively correspond to bits of a second series of bits as digital data by transmitting the input signals to the latch after amplifying the input signals during a first period of amplification by using a preamplifier; and latching input signals which respectively correspond to bits of a third series of bits as digital data by transmitting the input signals to the latch after amplifying the input signals during a second period of amplification by using the preamplifier. |
| US08659447B2 |
System for scheduling tasks to control the execution of warning procedures on an aircraft
The invention relates to onboard failure warning management systems on aircraft, or flight warning systems (FWS). Traditionally, the logic of these systems refers to procedures to be executed by the crew in response to warnings. Modifications, however minor, to the procedures involve a new development that can be installed on the airplane computer only as part of a costly maintenance procedure, given notably the need to carry out exhaustive tests on the application. The invention introduces the concept of tasks defined by a set of variables, notably the warning and the procedure in which the task is executed, its category, its priority level and its status. Thus, the computer programs can be organized in modules that call the tasks to be executed, the parameters of said tasks being defined in a configuration table that can be updated as the procedures change during simple operation maintenance procedures. |
| US08659446B2 |
Red alert system
Embodiments of a system and method are described. These embodiments may be designed to provide alert to a law enforcement officer monitoring a signalized roadway intersection. In particular, the embodiments comprise a transmitting unit installed in an intersection control cabinet and a radio frequency (RF) remote receiving unit. The transmitting unit comprises at least one cable harness, an on board power supply, a switching circuit, a first central processing unit, and a radio frequency (RF) transmitter. The RF remote receiving unit comprises an internal antenna, a second central processing unit, a battery pack, a power jack and a receiver switch. The RF remote receiving unit alerts the law enforcement officer on the at least one traffic signal information corresponding to red-light-running in a signalized roadway intersection. The at least one traffic signal information is imparted to the law enforcement officer utilizing at least one signal indicator. |
| US08659441B2 |
Method and apparatus of sensing and indicating an open current transformer secondary
An energy monitoring system for a power conductor includes a base unit; a sensor cable; and a current transformer electrically connected to the base unit by the sensor cable. The current transformer includes a secondary winding inductively coupled to the power conductor and a clamping circuit electrically connected in parallel with the secondary winding. The clamping circuit is structured to clamp a voltage across the secondary winding when the voltage across the secondary winding is greater than a predetermined value. An indicator circuit is electrically connected in series with the clamping circuit to indicate when the clamping circuit is actively clamping the voltage. |
| US08659440B2 |
Meter disconnection detection system and method
Methods, systems, and devices for detecting when an end-device is physically disconnected from a commodity delivery network. One method includes determining an impedance of a power input of the end-device after the end-device experiences a power interruption, generating a message including data regarding the impedance, transmitting the message to a computer-implemented back office over at least one communication network, and automatically setting a status of the end-device to a physically-disconnected status when the data regarding the impedance indicates the impedance is greater than a threshold. |
| US08659438B2 |
Apparatus and method for monitoring heated liquid baths
The invention relates to a method for operating a heated liquid bath heated by a heating device, particularly an electric resistance heater, particularly for monitoring overheating and/or a decrease in the liquid level, wherein by means of a temperature sensor an actual temperature is determined and, as a function of the actual temperature measured with the temperature sensor, an alarm and/or control signal is emitted, wherein by means of the temperature sensor the actual temperature of the heating device or in the region of the heating device is determined. The invention further relates to a device for carrying out said method. |
| US08659433B2 |
Locking mechanism based on unnatural movement of head-mounted display
A wearable computer determines unnatural movements of a head-mounted display (HMD) and triggers a locking mechanism. In one embodiment, the wearable computer receives movement data from one or more sensors and determines that the movement of the HMD is unnatural. In one embodiment, the wearable computer receives movement data from one or more sensors and determines that the HMD is being worn by an unauthorized user. In response to determining an unnatural movement and/or an unauthorized user wearing the HMD, the wearable computer triggers a locking mechanism, which can beneficially provide security measures for the wearable computer. |
| US08659429B1 |
In-building location system
An in-building location system for detecting the location of individuals or items within a building utilizes a scanner carried by an individual or an item and RFID tags to provide fiducial points for assisting in the location process, with the tags being scanned by the scanner and in which tag proximity to a scanner provides for accurate in-building location. Accurate location of the scanner relative to multiple tags may be ascertained utilizing triangulation. |
| US08659428B2 |
Method and system for reducing effect of interference in integrated metal detection/electronic article surveillance systems
An integrated electronic article surveillance (“EAS”)/metal detection system. The system includes a transmitter operable to transmit an EAS interrogation signal, where the EAS interrogation signal establishes an interrogation zone and is used to detect EAS markers and metal objects within the interrogation zone. The EAS interrogation signal is transmitted at a first frequency during an EAS detection cycle and at a second frequency during a metal detection cycle. The system includes a receiver operable to detect a signal received from an EAS marker, and a metal detector module operable to detect a metal object in proximity to the integrated EAS/metal detection system, where the metal detector module includes a filter tuned to substantially filter out the first transmission frequency. |
| US08659426B2 |
Retail security display system
A retail security display system includes an onboard power supply and alarm system that sounds in the event a protected device is tampered with or removed from the display system. The retail security display system also includes a central communication module that manages information from a plurality of display devices and tracks the location of a protected device if it is removed from the display device. |
| US08659415B2 |
Alarm management
This disclosure describes systems and methods for alarm management. In some embodiments, data associated with a parameter of an asset may be received from an asset and stored in memory. An impact value may be determined for the parameter based at least in part on a rule set. The impact value may be a numeric value associated with the asset and determined based at least in part on a Bayesian belief network (BBN) rule set, a fuzzy logic rule set, or a combination thereof. The impact value may be analyzed based at least in part on an escalation value rule set. In response to analyzing the impact value, the impact value may be prepared for presentation. |
| US08659411B2 |
Method, sensor, detector and system for locating at least one wheel on a vehicle
A method, a sensor, a detector and a system are provided for locating at least one wheel on a vehicle. A signal is received from a first sensor mounted on the wheel, the signal providing a position of the wheel. Additionally, a measurement value is received from a second sensor that measures the angular position of a wheel and that is associated with a specific position of the vehicle. When the phase position of the first signal stays within a predefined tolerance range relative to the measured value within a specific observation period, the first sensor can be associated with the second sensor. |
| US08659409B2 |
In-vehicle display for improving fuel economy
A visual feedback system for a vehicle including an engine, includes an operating control for varying the engine's speed. Connected to the engine, an engine acceleration reporter reports an amount of acceleration of the engine. A creation control being linked to both the engine acceleration reporter and the operating control enables the creation of images on a visual display according to a variation in the engine speed. Accordingly, the creation control creates a pendulum image within a sector of a circle, with the pendulum image swinging in response to the amount of acceleration being reported by the engine acceleration reporter. |
| US08659406B2 |
Vehicle imaging system and vehicle control apparatus
A vehicle imaging system includes an imaging device that images at least a part of an area around a vehicle; and a visible light attenuation device that attenuates part of visible light that enters the imaging device. The imaging device includes an imaging element that converts both of the infrared light and an infrared ray to electric signals. The imaging device outputs both of image data produced based on the electric signal to which the visible light, which has entered the imaging device without passing through the visible light attenuation device, has been converted, and image data produced based on the electric signal to which the infrared ray, which has passed through the visible light attenuation device, has been converted. |
| US08659403B2 |
Motor generated detent feel
A control stick system for simulating a detent mechanism in an aircraft is provided. The detent mechanism is simulated by a motor operably coupled to a lever and configured to bias the lever such that the user experiences the feel of a traditional detent mechanism. A controller operates the motor that provides the simulated detent by receiving data from multiple sensors regarding the position and the speed of the lever and the position and the speed of a rotor assembly of the motor. Using the position and the speed measurements, the controller is able to detect when the lever is entering a specific zone of a simulated detent range. Depending on what zone the lever is in, within the simulated detent range, the controller is configured to provide a different drive current to the motor. |
| US08659399B2 |
Device control by multiple remote controls
A method and system for remotely controlling a remote-controlled device (RCD) includes receiving an instruction from a remote control (RC). The instruction may include an RC code and a control code. The RC code may identify the RC and the control code may identify an operation to be performed on the RCD. RC codes matching an authorized set of RC codes may cause the control code to be accepted, since the RC is authorized. If a non-matching RC code is received, the control code may be rejected as coming from a prohibited RC. An authorization mode on the RCD may allow modification of the authorized set of RC codes. |
| US08659394B2 |
RFID tag and method receiving RFID tag signal
Provided are a Radio Frequency IDentification (RFID) tag with a signal reception method. The RFID tag includes a demodulator that receives a read signal containing read data. The demodulator includes; a voltage generating circuit that provides a first voltage signal and a second voltage signal derived from the received read signal, an inverter that provides a data pulse signal indicative of the read data by inverting the second voltage signal using an inverting voltage defined in relation to the first voltage signal, and a buffer that recovers the read data by buffering the data pulse signal. |
| US08659393B2 |
Methods and systems for positioning data fields of a radio-frequency identification (RFID) tag
A system is provided that includes a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) writer and a target tag within operational range of the RFID writer. The system also includes a processor coupled to the RFID writer and a memory coupled to the processor, wherein the memory stores instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to prepare a target tag value for the target tag. The target tag value comprises a position vector that identifies a positioning of data fields of the target tag value. |
| US08659390B2 |
Method and system for generating a biometric query plan
According to one embodiment, a computer-readable medium includes computer-executable instructions that, when executed by a computer, are configured to receive biometric sample quality information. The biometric sample quality information describes quality of one or more biometric samples. Search performance parameters are received. A biometric query plan is generated in compliance with the search performance parameters. The biometric query plan provides a search plan for identifying potential matches to the one or more biometric samples. |
| US08659387B2 |
Operation permission control device and machine having the same mounted thereon
A function for authenticating an operator to control whether to permit them to operate a vehicle (20) can be added to the vehicle by simple modification. An operation permission control device (22) is installed on the vehicle (20). The operation permission control device (22) incorporates a relay inserted in the middle of a start signal line (47) connecting a key switch (46) and vehicle start circuit (48) (starter relay of an engine-powered vehicle or main controller of a battery-powered vehicle) and can open and close the start signal line (47). The operation permission control device (22) reads data of a authentication card (34) carried by the operator, collates the read data with preprogrammed data in a removable set memory a (32). If the data match, the device connects the start signal line (47) to enable start of the vehicle. A vehicle code of one vehicle (20) and codes of a plurality of operators are registered in the set memory (32) by a vehicle management device (26), and a code of a single operator and codes of a plurality of vehicles can be registered in the authentication card (34). |
| US08659386B2 |
Coding of laser fibers
For operating a laser device to which an identification code is assigned in combination with a laser fiber depending on an identification code assigned to the laser fiber, the identification code assigned to the laser fiber is generated depending on the identification code of the laser device and compared by the laser device with its own identification code in such a way that the laser fiber may only be used in combination with the particular laser device. |
| US08659384B2 |
Metal film surface mount fuse
A chip fuse includes a plurality of parallel fusible link layers disposed between a corresponding plurality of insulating glass layers deposited on a substrate and laminated together. The fusible link layers are interconnected between the glass layers without the need for vias. A first of the plurality of fusible link layers extends beyond a cover disposed over the chip fuse and one of the glass layers to form a first electrical terminal connection. Another of the plurality of the fusible link layers also extends beyond the cover and another of the glass layers to form a second electrical terminal connection. |
| US08659381B2 |
Reactor
To provide a reactor with which resin can fully be packed between a core and a coil with ease, and in which the core can easily be handled when the reactor is manufactured.The reactor includes: a coil 10 formed with paired coil elements 10A and 10B that are made of a spirally wound wire, the coil elements being coupled to each other in a paralleled state; internal core portions 22 that are fitted into the coil elements 10A and 10B to structure a part of an annular core 20; and exposed core portions 24 that are exposed outside the coil elements 10A and 10B to couple the internal core portions 22 to each other, to thereby form the rest of the annular core 20. The reactor includes an external resin portion that covers at least a part of an assembled product 1A made up of the coil 10 and the core 20. In each of the exposed core portions 24, a cut-out corner portion 24g is provided to at least part of a joining portion of an inner end face 24f facing the end face of the coil and an adjacent face (side face 24s) that is continuous to the inner end face 24f, whereby the resin can easily be packed between the coil 10 and the core 20, and it becomes possible to prevent chipping off when handled. |
| US08659380B2 |
Reactor shield
A reactor shield including a plurality of closed loops of electrically conductive wires arranged around a reactor. |
| US08659376B2 |
Adjustable mid air gap magnetic latching solenoid
A magnetic latching solenoid comprises a housing, a moveable magnetically permeable member, a stationary magnetic assembly, a counter flux generator; and, a spring. A substantially equal extent of the moveable magnetically permeable member and stationary magnetic assembly along results in an air gap interface being essentially mid-way between the opposite axial extremities of the moveable magnetically permeable member and stationary magnetic assembly, thereby enhancing an attracting force of a permanent magnet that comprises the stationary magnetic assembly. In an example embodiment, the stationary magnetic assembly comprises a pole member which is adjustably positionable to minimize air gaps. |
| US08659370B2 |
High-frequency signal transmission line and electronic apparatus
An easily bendable high-frequency signal transmission line includes a dielectric body including a protection layer and dielectric sheets laminated on each other, a surface and an undersurface. A signal line is a linear conductor disposed in the dielectric body. A ground conductor is disposed in the dielectric body, faces the signal line via the dielectric sheet, and continuously extends along the signal line. A ground conductor is disposed in the dielectric body, faces the ground conductor via the signal line sandwiched therebetween, and includes a plurality of openings arranged along the signal line. The surface of the dielectric body on the side of the ground conductor with respect to the signal line is in contact with a battery pack. |
| US08659367B2 |
Utilizing an on-chip transformer to generate quadrature signals
Aspects of a method and system for generating quadrature signals utilizing an on-chip transformer are provided. In this regard, a pair of phase-quadrature signals may be generated from a single-phase signal via a transformer, one or more variable capacitors, and one or more variable resistors integrated on-chip. The transformer may comprise a plurality of loops fabricated in a plurality of metal layers in the chip. Each of the one or more variable capacitors may comprise a configurable capacitor bank and each of the one or more variable resistors may comprise a configurable resistor bank. The one or more capacitor banks may be programmatically configured on-chip, based on a frequency of the single-phase signal. The one or more resistor banks may be programmatically configured on-chip, based on a frequency of said single-phase signal. |
| US08659364B2 |
Oscillator device with crystal resonators
A value corresponding to a difference value between a value corresponding to a difference between f1 and f1r and a value corresponding to a difference between f2 and f2r is treated as an instantaneous temperature, where f1 and f2 denote oscillation outputs of the first and second oscillation circuits, respectively, and f1r and f2r denote oscillation frequencies of the first and second oscillation circuits, respectively, at a reference temperature. A first correction value is obtained using an approximation formula of the frequency correction value of f1 based on the value corresponding to the difference value, and a second correction value for canceling a correction residual error is obtained from the correction residual error which is a difference between the first correction value and the frequency correction value actually measured. The frequency correction value is obtained from a sum of the first and second correction values. |
| US08659359B2 |
RF power transistor circuit
A radio frequency (RF) power transistor circuit includes a power transistor and a decoupling circuit. The power transistor has a control electrode coupled to an input terminal for receiving an RF input signal, a first current electrode for providing an RF output signal at an output terminal, and a second current electrode coupled to a power supply voltage terminal. The decoupling circuit includes a first inductive element, a first resistor, and a first capacitor coupled together in series between the control electrode of the first power transistor and the power supply voltage terminal. The first decoupling circuit is for dampening a resonance at a frequency lower than an RF frequency. |
| US08659358B2 |
Amplifier, transmission apparatus, and gate voltage determination method
An amplifier includes a detector configured to detect a given value used for monitoring a change in a gain of an amplifying element amplifying a signal in response to a gate voltage applied to a gate terminal, and a controller configured to judge, based on the detected given value, whether or not the gate voltage is to be increased, and to determine the increased gate voltage in response to the given value when the controller judges that the gate voltage is to be increased. |
| US08659356B2 |
Power supply circuit of power amplifier, and terminal
Embodiments of the present invention a power supply circuit of a power amplifier and a terminal, relating to the communication field. The power supply circuit of the power amplifier includes a direct current/direct current converter chip, where the direct current/direct current converter chip includes an input pin, an inductance pin, and a feedback pin, and the input pin is connected to a power supply and the inductance pin is connected to a voltage input end of the power amplifier through an LC storage circuit. A control circuit is connected between the voltage input end of the power amplifier and the feedback pin; the control circuit includes a control voltage, where the control voltage adjusts the voltage at the voltage input end of the power amplifier through the control circuit and the control voltage is variable. |
| US08659355B2 |
Power supply arrangement for multi-stage amplifier
There is disclosed a multi-stage amplifier comprising: a first amplifier stage; a second amplifier stage; a first voltage supply stage arranged to provide a supply voltage to the first amplifier in dependence on an average power of a signal to be amplified; and a second voltage supply stage arranged to provide a supply voltage to the second amplifier in dependence on an instantaneous power of a signal to be amplified. |
| US08659353B2 |
Asymmetric multilevel outphasing architecture for RF amplifiers
A radio frequency (RF) circuit includes a power supply configured to generate a plurality of voltages, a plurality of power amplifiers, each having an RF output port and a power supply input port, a switch network having a plurality of input ports coupled to the power supply and a plurality of switch network output ports coupled to the power supply input ports of the plurality of power amplifiers, wherein the switch network is configured to output selected ones of the plurality of voltages from the plurality of switch network output ports, at least two of the switch network output port voltages capable of being different ones of the plurality of voltages, and an RF power combiner circuit having a plurality of input ports coupled to RF output ports of the plurality of power amplifiers and an output port at which is provided an output signal of the RF circuit. |
| US08659350B2 |
Circuit for an amplifier
An amplifier (1) includes an analogue-to-digital converter (ADC) (7) and a switched capacitor output stage (8). The ADC (7) converts an analogue signal into a digital signal containing a sequence of symbols. The switched capacitor output stage (8) charges and discharges a capacitor to produce charge pulses at an output (3). During discharge, switches selectively couple the capacitor to the output (3) in opposite directions to produce charge pulses of opposing polarity. The values of the symbols in the digital signal are used to decide the polarity of charge pulses. In this manner, amplification can be achieved without introducing a direct current (DC) component to the signal at the output (3). |
| US08659343B2 |
Calibration for mixed-signal integrator architecture
A mixed signal correlator utilizes coherent detection within a capacitance measurement application. In some applications, the mixed signal correlator is used to measure capacitance of a touch screen display. An external capacitor whose capacitance is measured is kept small for improved sensitivity and can be used for a variety of applications having varied integration periods for measurement. The external capacitor is kept small and can be used for varied applications by adjusting the output voltage within a range that is less than the supply voltage, and maintaining a count of the adjustments to later reconstruct an actual output voltage for the integration period. An output is a weighted sum of an analog integrator output and a digital counter output. |
| US08659338B2 |
Resonant clock distribution network architecture with programmable drivers
A resonant clock distribution network architecture is proposed that uses clock drivers of programmable size and reference clocks of programmable duty cycle to achieve a target clock rise time and clock amplitude with low energy consumption when operating in any one of multiple clock frequencies in resonant or non-resonant mode. Such a network is generally applicable to semiconductor devices with various clock frequencies, and high-performance and low-power clocking requirements such as microprocessors, ASICs, and SOCs. |
| US08659335B2 |
Method and system for controlling radio frequency power
A method for controlling pulsed power that includes measuring a first pulse of power from a power amplifier to obtain data. The method also includes generating a first signal to adjust a second pulse of delivered power, the first signal correlated to the data to minimize a power difference between a power set point and a substantially stable portion of the second pulse. The method also includes generating a second signal to adjust the second pulse of delivered power, the second signal correlated to the data to minimize an amplitude difference between a peak of the second pulse and the substantially stable portion of the second pulse. |
| US08659333B2 |
Voltage generation circuit of semiconductor memory apparatus
A voltage generation circuit of a semiconductor memory apparatus includes a plurality of pumping units configured to provide voltages to an output node; a sensing unit configured to sense a voltage level of the output node and generate a pumping enable signal; an oscillator configured to generate an oscillator signal in response to the pumping enable signal; and a control unit configured to selectively output the oscillator signal to the plurality of pumping units in response to an active signal, a power-up signal and a mode register set signal. |
| US08659330B2 |
Signal generation apparatus and signal generation method
In order to output an accurate waveform in which quantization noise has been cancelled out, provided is a signal generating apparatus that outputs an output signal corresponding to a waveform data sequence expressing a waveform, the signal generating apparatus comprising a DA converting section that outputs an analog signal by sequentially performing digital/analog conversion on each piece of data included in the waveform data sequence, at a timing of a sampling clock; and a jitter injecting section that injects jitter decreasing a quantization noise component of the output signal, into the sampling clock supplied to the DA converting section. |
| US08659325B2 |
Circuit and method for current-mode output driver with pre-emphasis
An output driver circuit including a pre-driver stage that receives a first data signal, the pre-driver stage including a plurality of first differential pairs that perform current subtraction to output a second data signal based on the first data signal, and an output driver stage electrically coupled to the pre-driver stage that receives the second data signal from the pre-driver stage, the output driver stage including a plurality of second differential pairs that transmit an output signal along transmission lines. |
| US08659324B2 |
Semiconductor device with auxiliary driving circuit
A semiconductor device is provided which has a driving circuit operable to drive a circuit that has a delay, the semiconductor device including: an auxiliary driving circuit operable to accelerate drive of the driving circuit, which receives a drive signal of the driving circuit as an input signal. |
| US08659323B2 |
Frequency synthesizer, method of generating output frequency thereof and method of correcting conversion gain thereof
A frequency synthesizer includes: a delta sigma modulator that outputs an input value to a sequentially changing digital value; an analog path unit that converts the digital value to an analog value according to a first conversion gain; an accumulator that accumulates a difference between the input and digital values; a digital to analog converter (DAC) that compensates an output value of the accumulator according to a second conversion gain; a correction loop that extracts analog tendency by adding an output of the analog path unit and an output of the DAC and that extracts digital tendency from an output of the accumulator and adjusts the second conversion gain by comparing the analog and digital tendency; and a voltage control oscillator that generates an output frequency by adding an output of the analog path unit and an output according to an adjusted second conversion gain of the DAC. |
| US08659319B2 |
Circuitry and method minimizing output switching noise through split-level signaling and bus division enabled by a third power supply
Disclosed herein are circuitry and methods for transmitting data across a parallel bus using both high common mode and low common mode signaling. The transmitter stages are configured to work with two of three possible power supply voltages: a high Vddq voltage, a low Vssq voltage, and an intermediate Vx voltage. In one embodiment, the odd numbered transmitter stages, that drive the odd numbered outputs to the bus, use the Vddq and Vx supplies, such that the odd numbered outputs comprise high common mode signals. The even numbered transmitter stages, that drive the even numbered outputs to the bus, use the Vx and Vssq supplies, such that the even numbered outputs comprise low common mode signals. |
| US08659314B2 |
Test apparatus for peripheral component interconnect expansion slot
A test apparatus includes a circuit board. The circuit board includes a number of first golden fingers arranged on a first side of the circuit board, and a first test circuit. The first test circuit includes a first capacitor. A first terminal of the first capacitor is grounded. A second terminal of the first capacitor is electrically connected to a first pin of the first golden fingers. A first test pad is connected to the second terminal of the first capacitor. A second test pad is connected to a second pin of the first golden fingers. The second pin is grounded. |
| US08659312B2 |
Probe card and semiconductor wafer inspection method using the same
A probe card has a thin film substrate having projection electrodes on a first surface facing the semiconductor wafer and at a position facing the pad electrodes, a non-contact electrode, and first electrodes provided a second surface opposite to the first surface; and a wiring substrate having second electrodes disposed at a side opposite to the semiconductor wafer in the thin film substrate and at a position facing the first electrodes. The wiring substrate and the thin film substrate form a first sealed space and the thin film substrate and the semiconductor wafer form a second sealed space. By reducing the pressure in the first and the second sealed space, the first and the second electrodes are brought into close contact with each other and the pad electrodes and the projection electrodes are brought into close contact with each other, and the pressure of each of the first and second sealed space can be independently adjusted. |
| US08659309B2 |
Mixed signal integrated circuit, with built in self test and method
A mixed signal integrated circuit includes a signal source to inject a test signal into the signal path of the mixed signal integrated circuit, a feedback loop and a signal comparator for determining characteristics of a resulting signal. Conveniently, the test signal may be a digital signal injected upstream of a digital to analog converter (DAC). By connecting the output to the input, the entirety of the signal path and the majority of the integrated circuit may be tested. The signal may be condition or manipulated in the feedback loop. By incorporating test signal generation and measurement into the mixed signal integrated circuit, the cost of test equipment and the test duration for each device under test may be reduced. |
| US08659308B1 |
Selective overtravel during electrical test of probe cards
An apparatus and method for conducting electrical testing of probes is disclosed. Probes may also be tested for deflection and loading hysteresis. |
| US08659306B2 |
Parasitic capacitance cancellation in capacitive measurement applications
An integrated circuit for compensating for parasitic capacitance in a capacitive measuring apparatus wherein a capacitance measurement is done by repeatedly transferring charge from a capacitor to be measured to a reference capacitor. |
| US08659305B2 |
Detection device for detecting impedance of sensor element in gas sensor and sensor unit equipped with detection device
In a sensor control circuit, an impedance signal output unit has a HPF, a P/H circuit, a LPF, etc., and detects an element impedance of a sensor element on the basis of an impedance response signal which is alternately changed in response to an alternating current signal supplied to the sensor element. The P/H circuit has an input comparator which inputs an impedance detection voltage Vz after the HPF, a rectifying element connected to the P/H circuit, and a hold capacitor which is charged by the output of the input comparator. The input comparator has a constant current circuit and a transistor. The constant current circuit limits an updating value of a hold voltage value Vph of the hold capacitor every alternating current period. The sensor control device detects the element impedance of the sensor element with high accuracy while preventing influence of noise. |
| US08659299B2 |
Battery voltage measurement system and method thereof
A battery voltage measurement system is disclosed. The system includes a measurement unit, a calibration unit, and a control unit. The calibration unit is coupled between the measurement unit and a battery, for providing several test voltages to the measurement unit. The control unit is coupled to the calibration unit and the measurement unit, for controlling the calibration unit and for receiving an output voltage of the measurement unit. Under a calibration mode, the calibration unit outputs test voltages to the measurement unit, and the control unit calculates a calibration value according to a relation between the test voltages and the output voltage of the measurement unit. Under a measurement mode, the calibration unit transmits a battery voltage to the measurement unit, and the control unit calibrates the output voltage of the measurement unit according to the calibration value for acquiring accurate value of the battery voltage. |
| US08659298B2 |
Advanced steering tool system, method and apparatus
A steering tool is movable by a drill string to form an underground bore along an intended path. A sensing arrangement of the steering tool detects its pitch and yaw orientations at a series of spaced apart positions along the bore, each position is characterized by a measured extension of the drill string. The steering tool further includes a receiver. At least one marker is positioned proximate to the intended path, for transmitting a rotating dipole field to expose a portion of the intended path to the field for reception by the receiver. The detected pitch orientation, the detected yaw orientation and the measured extension of the drill string are used in conjunction with magnetic information from the receiver to locate the steering tool. The steering tool may automatically use the magnetic information when it is available. A customized overall position determination accuracy can be provided along the intended path. |
| US08659293B2 |
Multi-phase metering device for oilfield applications
This application is related to a system and methods for sampling fluids and gases using nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) technology. Specifically the system is related to an improved metallic pipe design for use at oil and gas well heads that includes integral coils for transmitting an NMR pulse sequence and detecting NMR signals and can be used as a component of an NMR instrument. The methods are related to obtaining and analyzing NMR spectra in stationary and flowing states. |
| US08659290B2 |
Magnetic pole detection system and magnetic pole detection method
A magnetic sensor array including a plurality of magnetic sensors detects a phase regarding a magnetic pole of a magnetic pole array including magnetic poles of N and S arranged alternately. A pitch identification unit detects a pitch number of the magnetic pole currently being detected by the magnetic sensor array, in the magnetic pole array. |
| US08659287B2 |
Hard particle concentration detecting method
Magnetic and counterpart members are immersed in a liquid which may include hard particles. At least one of the members is moved while pressed to the other member. The magnetic member is worn by hard particles in the liquid to produce magnetic particles in the liquid. A concentration of the magnetic particles produced is measured and is converted into a concentration of hard particles in the liquid on the basis of a calibration line representing a correlation measured in advance between the concentrations of the magnetic particles and of the hard particles in the liquid. Thus, the concentration of the hard particles in the liquid is detected. |
| US08659285B2 |
Current sensor and current sensing method
A current sensor, comprises an input conductor (IN) which is supplied with the current to be sensed and an output conductor (OUT) from which the current to be sensed is output. A conductor path is provided between the input conductor and the output conductor, wherein the path is provided on a first, movable element (1) and a second, fixed element (2). The path defines a pair of adjacent path portions (3,5; 3;4), one of the path portions (4;5) on the fixed element and the other (3) on one side of the movable element. An arrangement detects movement of the movable element to determine the current flowing. This arrangement uses a conductor path which can be part of the circuit being tested, and thereby does not require any additional components, other than the movement detector. |
| US08659282B2 |
Constant time controller and controlling method for switching regulator
In one embodiment, a controlling method for a switching regulator, can include: (i) detecting an output voltage and an inductor current of the switching regulator; (ii) determining if there is a transient change on a load of the switching regulator by using the output voltage and a first reference voltage; (iii) generating a control signal using the output voltage, the inductor current, and a second reference voltage; (iv) controlling a switch of the switching regulator to maintain the output voltage substantially constant when no transient change is determined on the load; and (v) deactivating the control signal to keep the inductor current changing along with a variation tendency of an output current of the switching regulator when a transient change is determined on the load. |
| US08659280B2 |
Circuit for a switch mode power supply having a transient detection portion
A circuit for a switch mode power supply is presented. The circuit comprises a transient detection portion adapted to delay an analogue error signal (Vdiff) derived from the output voltage (Vout) of the switch mode power supply and to detect whether the difference between the output voltage and the delayed analogue error signal (Vdel) is within a predetermined range. |
| US08659279B2 |
Automatic power converter bypass
A power converter includes a bypass circuit connected in parallel with a power stage of the power converter. The bypass circuit provides a lower loss current path in parallel with the power stage when an input voltage of the power converter exceeds a predetermined threshold. The power converter may be a boost power converter used in a vehicle to provide power from a main power bus of the vehicle to a subsystem of the vehicle such as an anti-lock brake system. |
| US08659274B2 |
Switching power supply circuit in a synchronous rectification mode for alternately turning on and off a main switching element and a subordinate switching element
A switching power supply circuit comprises: a differential amplification stage for outputting an error signal representing a difference voltage between a preset reference voltage and a voltage based on an output voltage; an ON-time generation circuit for defining a period of time during which a main switching element is kept ON; a flip-flop circuit which is set by a set signal based on the error signal and reset by a reset signal being an output of the ON-time generation circuit; current information means for detecting current information representing a current flowing to a subordinate switching element; current information detecting means for supplying a current information detecting signal, which makes an adjustment based on the current information so as to delay the timing of the rise of the set signal, to the output side or the interior of the differential amplification stage; and current information holding means for holding the current information detected by the current information means at a moment when the subordinate switching element is turned on, and supplying a current information holding signal, which makes an adjustment so as to advance the timing of the rise of the set signal, to the output side or the interior of the differential amplification stage. |
| US08659273B2 |
Soft-switching voltage regulation in a step-down circuit
An information handling system may comprise a direct-current to direct-current step-down power converter, a memory, and a processor. The step-down power converter may include a first inductive unit, a first switching unit connected between a voltage source and the first inductive unit, a second switching unit connected to ground, a capacitance unit connected between the second switching unit and the first inductive unit, and a second inductive unit connected between the second switching unit and the first inductive unit. The capacitance unit is configured to delay a change in voltage across the first or second switching units, and the second inductive unit is configured to delay a change in current in the first or second switching units. |
| US08659270B2 |
Battery pack overcharge protection system
An overcharge protection device (OPD) is provided that may be used alone, or in combination with conventional charging protection systems, to protect a battery pack from the occurrence of a potentially damaging overcharging event. The OPD is designed to be coupled to, and interposed between, the terminals of the battery pack. During normal system operation, the OPD has no effect on the operation of the charging system or the battery pack. During an overcharging event, if overcharging is not prevented by another conventional system, the OPD of the invention creates a short across the terminals of the battery pack causing a battery pack fuse designed to provide battery pack short circuit protection to blow, thereby interrupting the current path from the charger to the battery pack and preventing the battery pack from being overcharged. |
| US08659269B2 |
Control unit for triggering a personal protection arrangement
A control unit for triggering the personal protection arrangement, including a first semiconductor module that is configured to make available various supply voltages and to charge an energy reserve, and including at least one second semiconductor module that is likewise configured to charge the energy reserve, the first and the second semiconductor module each having a semiconductor support. |
| US08659267B2 |
Battery pack and over-discharge protecting method thereof
A battery pack includes a first battery stack having a plurality of battery cells connected in series, a second battery stack having a plurality of battery cells connected in series and connected in parallel to the first battery stack, a controller for sensing voltages of the plurality of battery cells of the first battery stack and the plurality of battery cells of the second battery stack and for outputting a fuse blowing signal when at least one of the sensed voltages is lower than a first reference voltage, and a fuse blowing unit for electrically decoupling the first and second battery stacks from an output terminal of the battery pack in response to the fuse blowing signal from the controller. A fuse blowing signal is also sent to the fuse blowing unit when the at least one of the sensed voltages is higher than a second reference voltage. |
| US08659266B2 |
Available charging/discharging current calculation method and power supply device
A method includes steps of dividing resistance R into a physical and chemical resistances Ro and Rp, obtaining corrected open-circuit voltages Vo corresponding to setting currents Ia to Ix, acquiring predicted reaching voltages Va to Vx corresponding to the setting currents Ia to Ix, and creating a current-voltage curve. The corrected open-circuit voltages Vo are obtained to predict available maximum currents I—target in a particular time t2. The predicted reaching voltages Va to Vx are acquired based on corrected physical and chemical resistances Ro and Rp, and the corrected open-circuit voltages Vo. The current-voltage curve is creased based on the setting currents Ia to Ix and the predicted reaching voltages Va to Vx to acquire upper and lower limit voltages Vmax and Vmin, and upper and lower limit currents Imax and Imin at a temperature whereby assigning these limit currents to available maximum currents I—target in charging and discharging operations, respectively. |
| US08659261B2 |
Battery pack enumeration method
A method of registering a plurality of Battery-Monitoring-Units (BMUs) in a battery pack with a Battery-Management-System (BMS), the method comprising: providing an indication to a user, wherein the indication prompts the user to register one of the BMUs with the BMS; the user performing an action on a communication-initiating mechanism on one of the BMUs, wherein the communication-initiating mechanism is configured to initiate the sending of a communication by the BMU to the BMS in response to the user performing the action; the BMU sending a communication to the BMS in response to the user performing the action on the communication-initiating mechanism; the BMS receiving the communication from the BMU; and the BMS registering the BMU in response to receiving the communication from the BMU. |
| US08659259B2 |
Stepping motor driving apparatus
A motor driving apparatus for constant-current control of a current of a coil of a motor includes a detector detecting the current, and a controller for controlling every first cycle to feed the coil until the current reaches a target value, and to decay the current after the current reaches the target value. The controller selects, every second cycle shorter than the first cycle, between decaying the current in a first mode and decaying the current in a second mode, in which a decay rate is lower than the first mode. In addition, the controller decays the current in the first mode when the current is equal to or higher than a predetermined threshold, and decays the current in the second mode when the current is lower than the predetermined threshold. |
| US08659253B2 |
Electric power steering device
An electric power steering device includes: an electric power source for supplying first current; a controller for setting a current instruction value; multiple electric power converters for converting the first current to second current corresponding to the current instruction value; multiple pairs of windings for generating a driving force of a motor; and a failure detection element for detecting failure of the electric power converters and the windings. The controller reduces the current instruction value to be equal to or smaller than a predetermined instruction value of a normal operation when the failure detection element detects the failure. The controller controls the electric power converter in a normal state to supply the second current to a corresponding winding. |
| US08659252B2 |
Electric power steering apparatus
An electric motor and a control unit are juxtaposed in a speed reduction gear box. A terminal block is provided at an outer circumference of a flange proximate to a control unit of the electric motor. Terminal block surfaces of the terminal block are provided so that a plane direction faces a direction vertical to a shaft line of the electric motor. A motor side connecting terminal is held on the terminal block surface. The unit side connecting terminals provided at a position proximate to the electric motor of the control unit are arranged so as to overlap with the motor side connecting terminal on the terminal block surface to couple by a coupling portion (fixing screw). |
| US08659249B2 |
Method of controlling a motor
Embodiments of the invention provide methods of controlling a motor, such as a servo motor. One method can include monitoring a current temperature of the motor and a power stage of the motor substantially continuously and substantially in real-time. This method can include determining optimum settings for a first time interval to remove power and the second time interval to provide power in order to deliver maximum output while remaining below the maximum rated temperature of the motor. One method can include pulsing power to the motor for a second time interval after a first time interval has elapsed and tailoring pulse shapes of the power provided to the motor for the second time interval. One method can include calculating a maximum phase current based on the rotor shaft torque for each real-time speed of the motor that correlates to the maximum allowable current draw from the power supply. |
| US08659247B2 |
Control device and method for controlling an electronically commutated motor, and motor
A control device for controlling an electronically commutated motor. The control device includes a control input for a rotor position signal and a control output for connection to field coils of the motor, and generates a load current for displacing a rotor of the motor depending on the rotor position signal outputting said load current via the control output. The control device includes at least one semiconductor switch for switching the load current depending on a semiconductor control signal, and includes at least one pulse generator which generates the load current in the form of a pulsed control signal for displacing the rotor. The control device also includes a delta sigma converter which is at least indirectly connected to the control input on the input side and which is designed to produce the semiconductor control signal in the form of a digital bit stream depending on the rotor position signal. |
| US08659241B2 |
LED lamp
A light emitting diode lamp includes: two first pins which are provided at one side thereof; two second pins which are provided at the other side thereof; a light emitting diode (LED) module which is disposed between the two first pins and the two second pins; a circuit connecting at least two of the two first pins and the two second pins to the LED module; and a protection circuit including a fuse which is disposed at a front end of the LED module to protect the LED module in case of generation of high voltage. The circuit is configured to have a direction from a front end of the LED module to the other end thereof as a forward direction. |
| US08659240B2 |
Filament detection circuit
Provided is a circuit for detecting a filament of a fluorescent lamp, wherein a first end of a first filament is connected to a second end of the first filament via an oscillation circuit, and the first end of the first filament is connected to an output of an inverter; a first end of a second filament is connected to a second end of the second filament via an oscillation circuit, wherein the first end of the second filament is connected to an internal ground; the second end of the second filament is connected to a power source, and a voltage at the second end of the second filament is used for controlling ON and OFF of an MOSFET, wherein a source of the MOSFET is connected to the internal ground. |
| US08659233B2 |
Fluorescent lamp ballast with electronic preheat circuit
Fluorescent lamp ballasts and methods are disclosed in which a resonant impedance of a self-oscillating inverter is modified to control the inverter frequency to selectively preheat lamp cathodes using power from the inverter output during a preheating period after power is applied and to change the inverter frequency to a different range following ignition of the lamp. |
| US08659227B2 |
Magnetron
A magnetron includes an anode with an anode casing at least partly surrounding the anode. A pair of permanent magnets on each side of the anode define an interaction region and create a magnetic circuit defining a magnetic field through the interaction region. A mass of magnetically permeable material is positioned in a vicinity of the magnetic circuit. The mass is arranged to be slidable over the anode casing. A locking device secures the position of the mass to set the strength of the magnetic field through the interaction region. |
| US08659226B2 |
High-pressure discharge lamp having an ignition aid
A high-pressure discharge lamp with an ignition aid has a discharge vessel which is mounted in an outer bulb, the discharge vessel comprising two ends having seals in which electrodes are secured, and a frame having a clip wire retaining the discharge vessel in the outer bulb. The clip wire comprises a plate-like part acting as an ignition aid and facing the seal of the opposite pole electrode. |
| US08659220B2 |
Organic electroluminescent lighting device
An organic electroluminescent lighting device includes: a pair of rectangular electrode films stacked to face each other sandwiching an organic light-emitting element, and different from each other in polarity; wherein a first electrode film includes power supply terminal sections which are each of edge sides which face each other at a surface of the first electrode film; and auxiliary electrode film group including at least one of a plurality of first auxiliary electrode films and a plurality of second auxiliary electrode films located away from each other on the surface of the first electrode film. A sectional area viewed where the plurality of first auxiliary electrode films cuts perpendicularly to the edge sides increases relative to increasing distance from the edge sides. A sectional area viewed where the plurality of second auxiliary electrode films cuts parallel to the edge sides increases relative to increasing distance from the edge sides. |
| US08659219B2 |
Display panel integrating a driving circuit
A display panel includes a periphery area, an active display area adjacent to the periphery area and having two opposite sides connecting with the periphery area, a driving chip disposed at the periphery area for driving electrical elements in the active display area, and a plurality of wires electrically connecting the driving chip and the electrical elements in the active display area. The distance from a first part of the wires to the center of the driving chip is farther than the distance from a second part of the wires to the center of the driving chip, and the width of the first part of the wires on a reference line perpendicular to the opposite sides of the active display area is greater than the width of the second part of the wires on the reference line. |
| US08659217B2 |
Article comprising metal oxide nanostructures
This invention includes field emitters, in particular, electron field emitters with metal oxide nanoscale, aligned and sharped-tip emitter structures, the metal oxide emitter structures being a plurality of carbon nanostructures supported by and projecting from a substrate and including a metal oxide coating overlying the surfaces of the plurality of carbon nanostructures. |
| US08659216B2 |
Spark plug assembly for enhanced ignitability
A spark plug is provided having an insulator with a center axis. A center electrode is coupled to the insulator and has a second end extending from an end of the insulator, the center electrode having a first tip member. A ground electrode is spaced apart from the center electrode, wherein the ground electrode has a first portion extending substantially parallel to the center axis and a second portion extending on an angle from the first portion and relative to the center axis. A second tip member is disposed on the second portion of the ground electrode such that the first tip member and the second tip member cooperate to form a gap. |
| US08659213B2 |
Piezoelectric devices and methods for manufacturing the same
Piezoelectric vibrating devices have piezoelectric vibrating pieces of which the vibration frequency is measurable individually on a wafer scale, without being affected by adjacent piezoelectric devices on the wafer. An exemplary piezoelectric device includes a piezoelectric vibrating piece having excitation electrodes and respective extraction electrodes. The device includes a package base with two connecting electrodes facing the vibrating piece and connected to respective extraction electrodes. Two pairs of mounting terminals are situated on the outer surface of the package base. Also on the outer surface of the package base are two pairs of opposing castellations that are recessed toward the center of the package base. Edge-surface electrodes connect the first and second main surfaces of the base; one pair is connected to the connecting electrodes and the other pair is connected to respective mounting terminals. |
| US08659209B2 |
Transducer
A multistage flextensional transducer includes at least one inner elongate driver member within and mechanically coupled to an inner shell that is nested within an outer shell; the inner shell comprising a pair of contact portions abutting the driver member and a pair of transmission portions on opposite sides of the inner shell between the contact portions; the outer shell being arranged so that the transmission portions act as bridging driver members between the said inner and outer shells, flexure of the outer shell being driven, on actuation of the transducer, by movement of the bridging driver members. The transducer may act as a push or pull actuator or sensor, may magnify displacement and may employ smart materials as driver members. Also cylindrical modules containing thin flextensional actuators may provide axial displacement in a downhole environment and may move a device axially along a downhole pipe or close a valve opening or inch along the pipe. |
| US08659207B2 |
Electronic device and adjustment method thereof
An electronic device and an adjustment method thereof are provided. Generate an adjustment voltage according to a preset capacitance and a capacitance detected by a capacitive sensor coupled to both sides of a piezoelectric element, and generate a driving voltage to drive the piezoelectric element according to the adjustment voltage, so as to avoid depolarization of the piezoelectric element affecting the vibration strength of the vibration device. |
| US08659206B2 |
Method for producing a dielectric layer in an electroacoustic component, and electroacoustic component
The invention relates to a method for producing a dielectric layer (3) in an electroacoustic component (1), in particular a component operating with acoustic surface waves or bulk acoustic waves, comprising a substrate and an associated electrode structure, in which the dielectric layer (3) is formed at least in part by depositing by a thermal vapor deposition process at least one evaporation material selected from the following group of layer vaporising materials: vapor deposition glass material such as borosilicate glass, silicon nitride and aluminum oxide. The invention further relates to an electroacoustic component. |
| US08659205B2 |
Motor stator with lift capability and reduced cogging characteristics
A motor includes a stator and a rotor, equipped to be movable in at least a first direction relative to the stator, the rotor operably interfacing the stator so that a motor force is generated in a first direction, where the stator comprises an anti-cogging element configured to generate anti-cogging forces on the rotor in at least the first direction and a second direction at an angle to the first direction. |
| US08659204B2 |
Stator with interphase insulation sheet
A stator includes a stator core, slots, coils, an interphase insulation sheet, and wedges. The interphase insulation sheet is provided between coil ends of adjacent coils having different phases among the coils. The interphase insulation sheet includes a first sheet body portion, a second sheet body portion, and a first bridge portion. The first and second sheet body portions respectively have first and second retaining pieces. The first retaining piece projects from the first sheet body portion toward the second sheet body portion in the developed state of the interphase insulation sheet. The second retaining piece projects from the second sheet body portion toward the first sheet body portion in the developed state of the interphase insulation sheet. The first and second retaining pieces are retained by projecting portions of the wedges. |
| US08659201B2 |
Stator for electric rotating machine
A stator for an electric rotating machine includes a hollow cylindrical stator core having a plurality of slots and a stator coil formed by joining a plurality of electric wires mounted on the stator core. For each joined pair of the electric wires, one of the electric wires has an end portion led out from the radially inner periphery of one of the slots of the stator core while the other electric wire has an end portion led out from the radially outer periphery of another one of the slots of the stator core; the end portions are welded together to form a weld therebetween. Part of the welds formed between the end portions of the joined pairs of the electric wires are located on the radially inner periphery of the stator coil while the remaining welds are located on the radially outer periphery of the stator coil. |
| US08659199B2 |
Axial gap permanent magnet motor, rotor used for the same, and production method of the rotor
A stator and a rotor are oppositely arranged having a gap between the stator and the rotor in a direction parallel to a rotary shaft. The rotor has permanent magnets forming field magnetic poles and soft magnetic material segments to cover at least stator-facing surfaces of the respective permanent magnets. Each of the soft magnetic materials forms a composite part together with the permanent magnet. The rotor further has a disc-shaped nonmagnetic molded frame molded so as to cover the periphery of the composite part including the permanent magnet and the soft magnetic material segment while leaving a stator-facing surface of the soft magnetic material segment as an exposed surface. The composite part (including the permanent magnet and the soft magnetic material) and the nonmagnetic molded frame are integrated by molding of the molded material. |
| US08659197B2 |
Electric machine alignment adapter
An electric machine including a stator having a body provided with at least one alignment member, and a resolver positioned relative to the stator. The resolver includes at least one alignment element. An alignment adaptor is configured to receive each of the stator and the resolver. The alignment adaptor includes an alignment system that positions the alignment member and the alignment element to establish a desired alignment between the stator and the resolver. |
| US08659196B2 |
Power supply device for motor vehicle alternator and alternator employing such device
An electrical supply device includes a set of armature coils which are coupled together in a polygonal mode. The coils are connected to a single bridge rectifier which includes a set of controllable elements allowing switching between a first operating mode in which some of the coils are electrically connected in series and a second operating mode in which all of the coils are electrically connected in parallel. An alternator for a motor vehicle includes the disclosed supply device. |
| US08659195B2 |
Motor rotor and compressor provided with the same
There is provided a compressor provided with a motor rotor capable of suppressing a decrease in oil separation efficiency and avoiding a decrease in motor efficiency. A motor rotor (10) includes a substantially cylindrical rotor laminated steel plate including a permanent magnet therein. The rotor laminated steel plate includes a plurality of refrigerant gas holes (18) passing therethrough in the axial direction and a plurality of rivet holes (20) arranged in the circumferential direction and passing therethrough in the axial direction. At least one of the rivet holes (20) is used as a positioning hole (20b) to insert a positioning pin for positioning in the rotation direction at the time of rotor magnetization. |
| US08659193B2 |
Control device for electric motor
A power module for supplying driving current to coils wound on a stator of an electric motor and a heat sink for absorbing heat generated at the power module are provided at an axial outside of a motor casing. An intermediate member is provided between the motor casing and the heat sink. The intermediate member has a bottom plate portion fixed to an axial end plate of the motor casing and a cylindrical side wall axially extending from the bottom plate portion. An outer peripheral surface of the heat sink is in contact with an inner peripheral surface of the cylindrical side wall, so that the power module fixed to the heat sink is arranged in a space, which is within a range smaller than an outer diameter of the motor casing. |
| US08659192B2 |
Rotary electrical apparatus
A rotary electrical apparatus includes a housing, a stator including a center axis inclined by a predetermined angle relative to a horizontal direction in a case where the housing is fixed to a mounting member, a rotor, and an oil stored at a lower side within the housing relative to the center axis and functioning as at least one of a cooling oil, a lubricating oil, and an operating oil. The housing includes an oil inlet port and an oil discharge port allowing the oil to be discharged once a predetermined amount of the oil is stored within the housing, the oil discharge port being displaced from a first oil passage on which the oil supplied from the oil inlet port moves downward along an inner peripheral wall surface of the housing in a state where the housing is held so that the center axis is arranged to be horizontal. |
| US08659191B2 |
Sleeve member for an electric machine
Embodiments of the invention provide an electric machine module including a module housing. The module housing can include a sleeve member coupled to at least one end cover and can define a machine cavity. In some embodiments, the sleeve member can include an inner perimeter and can be coupled to a stator assembly of an electric machine. In some embodiments, the electric machine can be positioned within the machine and at least partially enclosed by the module housing. In some embodiments, a coolant jacket can be defined by at least a portion of the sleeve member and at least a portion of the stator assembly. |
| US08659187B2 |
Uninterruptible power supply systems and methods supporting load balancing
An uninterruptible power supply (UPS) system that includes a multiphase AC output configured to be coupled to a load, an inverter having an output coupled to the AC output and a control circuit operatively associated with the inverter and configured to cause the inverter to compensate for a phase imbalance of a load coupled to the AC output while power is being delivered to the load from an AC power source independently of the inverter. |
| US08659185B2 |
Method and apparatus for an electrical bus leveling unit
A method and apparatus for an electrical bus leveling unit are provided. The electrical bus leveling unit includes a first power supply configured to generate electrical energy having a first set of electrical parameters and a power converter electrically coupled to said power supply. The power converter is configured to be coupled to an electrical bus couplable to a second power supply. The electrical bus leveling unit also includes a controller including a processor that is communicatively coupled to the power supply and the power converter The controller is configured to receive information relating to the operation of the electrical bus from a plurality of sensors, control an output of at least one of the power supply and the power converter to transfer electrical energy to the electrical bus when the second set of electrical parameters on the electrical bus is outside a predetermined range. |
| US08659169B2 |
Corner structure for IC die
One or more integrated circuit chips are flip-chip bonded to a first surface of a substrate. A contact array is fabricated on a second surface of the substrate. Corner structures attached to the integrated circuit chip cover at least two corners of the IC chip. |
| US08659167B1 |
Sensor packaging method and sensor packages
A method (80) entails providing (82) a structure (117), providing (100) a controller element (102, 24), and bonding (116) the controller element to an outer surface (52, 64) of the structure. The structure includes a sensor wafer (92) and a cap wafer (94). Inner surfaces (34, 36) of the wafers (92, 94) are coupled together, with sensors (30) interposed between the wafers. One wafer (94, 92) includes a substrate portion (40, 76) with bond pads (42) formed on its inner surface (34, 36). The other wafer (94, 92) conceals the substrate portion (40, 76). After bonding, methodology (80) entails forming (120) conductive elements (60) on the element (102, 24), removing (126) material sections (96, 98, 107) from the wafers to expose the bond pads, forming (130) electrical interconnects (56), applying (134) packaging material (64), and singulating (138) to produce sensor packages (20, 70). |
| US08659165B2 |
Contact and VIA interconnects using metal around dielectric pillars
An integrated circuit containing a vertical interconnect that includes a region of interconnect metal continuously surrounding one or more dielectric pillars. The vertical interconnect electrically contacts a top surface of a lower conductive structure. An upper conductive structure contacts a top surface of the vertical interconnect. A process of forming an integrated circuit that includes forming a vertical interconnect that has a region of interconnect metal continuously surrounding one or more dielectric pillars. The vertical interconnect electrically contacts a top surface of a lower conductive structure, and an upper conductive structure contacts a top surface of the vertical interconnect. |
| US08659164B2 |
Microelectronic package with terminals on dielectric mass
A package for a microelectronic element, such as a semiconductor chip, has a dielectric mass overlying the package substrate and microelectronic element and has top terminals exposed at the top surface of the dielectric mass. Traces extending along edge surfaces of the dielectric mass desirably connect the top terminals to bottom terminals on the package substrate. The dielectric mass can be formed, for example, by molding or by application of a conformal layer. |
| US08659161B2 |
Chip package with reinforced positive alignment features
A chip package includes a substrate having a positive feature, which is defined on a surface of the substrate and which protrudes above a region on the surface proximate to the positive feature. Furthermore, the chip package includes a mechanical reinforcement mechanism defined on the substrate proximate to the positive feature that increases a lateral shear strength of the positive feature relative to the substrate. In this way, the chip package may facilitate increased reliability of a multi-chip module (MCM) that includes the chip package. |
| US08659157B2 |
Adhesive composition for producing semiconductor device and adhesive sheet for producing semiconductor device
An object of the present invention is to provide an adhesive composition that can form an adhesive sheet for producing a semiconductor device capable of suppressing deterioration in ion scavengeability after the adhesive sheet goes through thermal history. It is an adhesive composition for producing a semiconductor device containing at least an organic complex-forming compound that forms a complex with cations, and the 5% weight loss temperature of the organic complex-forming compound measured by thermogravimetry is 180° C. or more. |
| US08659154B2 |
Semiconductor device including adhesive covered element
A semiconductor device includes a chip, at least one element electrically coupled to the chip, an adhesive at least partially covering the at least one element, and a mold material at least partially covering the chip and the adhesive. |
| US08659144B1 |
Power and ground planes in package substrate
A semiconductor package includes a plurality of electrical connectors, a semiconductor die having core logic, at least two pairs of core logic input-power and output-power pads, and a plurality of input/output signal pads that carry signals to and from the core logic. Each pad of the semiconductor die has an electrical connector of the plurality of electrical connectors extending therefrom. The semiconductor package also includes a package substrate having at least two pairs of input-power and output-power contact pads, a plurality of input/output signal contact pads, a first metal redistribution layer, and a second metal redistribution layer. The first metal redistribution layer provides a first electrical potential to each of the input-power contact pads, and the second metal redistribution layer provides a second electrical potential to each of the output-power contact pads. Each contact pad has an electrical connector of the plurality of electrical connectors extending therefrom. |
| US08659139B2 |
Stub minimization using duplicate sets of signal terminals in assemblies without wirebonds to package substrate
A microelectronic assembly can include a circuit panel having first and second panel contacts at respective first and second surfaces thereof, and first and second microelectronic packages each having terminals mounted to the respective panel contacts. Each package can include a microelectronic element having a face and contacts thereon, a substrate having first and second surfaces, and terminals on the second surface configured for connecting the package with an external component. The terminals can include first terminals at positions within first and second parallel grids. The first terminals can be configured to carry address information usable by circuitry within the package to determine an addressable memory location from among all the available addressable memory locations of a memory storage array within the microelectronic element. Signal assignments of the first terminals in the first grid can be a mirror image of signal assignments of the first terminals in the second grid. |
| US08659137B2 |
Stacked semiconductor device and manufacturing method thereof
In an embodiment, a first semiconductor wafer having plural first chip areas sectioned by first dicing grooves, and first photosensitive surface protection and adhesive layers provided at each of circuit surfaces of the plural first chip areas is prepared. A second semiconductor wafer having plural second chip areas sectioned by second dicing grooves, and second photosensitive surface protection and adhesive layers provided at each of circuit surfaces of the plural second chip areas is stacked with the first semiconductor wafer via the second photosensitive surface protection and adhesive layers to form plural chip stacked bodies of the first chip areas and the second chip areas. |
| US08659136B2 |
Semiconductor memory device, semiconductor package and system having stack-structured semiconductor chips
A memory module includes a first multichip package including a first master chip and a first plurality of slave chips, and a second multichip package, the second multichip package including a second master chip and a second plurality of slave chips. A first through via passes through the first master chip and electrically connects to the first master chip to provide a supply voltage to the first master chip. A second through via passes through the first master chip without being electrically connected to provide a supply voltage to the first master chip. A first set of additional through vias pass through respective ones of the first plurality of slave chips and electrically connect to the respective ones of the first plurality of slave chips, wherein the second through via and first set of additional through vias are aligned to form a first stack of through vias. |
| US08659131B2 |
Structure for multi-row lead frame and semiconductor package capable of minimizing an under-cut
The present invention relates to structure and manufacture method for multi-row lead frame and semiconductor package, the method characterized by forming a pad portion on a metal material (first step); performing a surface plating process or organic material coating following the first pattern formation (second step); forming a second pattern on the metal material (third step); and packaging a semiconductor chip following the second pattern formation (fourth step), whereby an under-cut phenomenon is minimized by applying a gradual etching. |
| US08659130B2 |
Power module and power module manufacturing method
A power module includes: a sealing body including a semiconductor element having a plurality of electrode surfaces, a first conductor plate connected to one electrode surface of the semiconductor element via solder, and a sealing material for sealing the semiconductor element and the first conductor plate, the sealing body having at least a first surface and a second surface on the opposite side of the first surface; and a case for housing the sealing body. The case is configured by a first heat radiation plate opposed to the first surface of the sealing body, a second heat radiation plate opposed to the second surface of the sealing body, and an intermediate member that connects the first heat radiation plate and the second heat radiation plate. The intermediate member has a first thin section having thickness smaller than the thickness of the first heat radiation plate, more easily elastically deformed than the first heat radiation plate, and formed to surround the first heat radiation plate. The sealing body is pressed against and fixed to the second heat radiation plate via the first heat radiation plate by elastic force generated in the first thin section. |
| US08659129B2 |
Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing same
A semiconductor device in accordance with an embodiment comprises a semiconductor chip; a die pad having a chip mount surface for mounting the semiconductor chip; first leads electrically connected to the semiconductor chip; a thermosetting resin part for securing end parts of the first leads to the die pad; and a thermoplastic resin part for sealing the semiconductor chip, the die pad, and the thermosetting resin part. |
| US08659128B2 |
Flip chip package structure with heat dissipation enhancement and its application
A flip chip package structure includes a chip placed under a lead frame, a bump on the upper surface of the chip that is electrically connected to the lead of the lead frame, and a backside metal on the lower surface of the chip that is exposed outside an encapsulant encapsulating the chip and a portion of the lead frame. |
| US08659122B2 |
Semiconductor device and manufacturing method thereof
To provide a semiconductor device having a structure free from variations in resistance even when a stress is applied thereto; and a manufacturing method of the device. The semiconductor device has a metal resistor layer in a region between a passivation film and an uppermost level aluminum interconnect. This makes it possible to realize a high-precision resistor having few variations in resistance due to a mold stress that occurs in a packaging step or thereafter and therefore, makes it possible to form a high-precision analog circuit. |
| US08659120B2 |
Semiconductor device substrate and semiconductor device
There is provided a semiconductor device substrate including: a multi-layer wiring layer; a first capacitor pad which is provided on an uppermost layer of the multi-layer wiring layer, and which includes a first power supply pad connected to a power supply layer of the multi-layer wiring layer through a first via and a first ground pad connected to a ground layer of the multi-layer wiring layer through a second via; and a second capacitor pad which is provided on the uppermost layer of the multi-layer wiring layer, and which includes a second power supply pad connected to the first power supply pad through a first wire and a second ground pad connected to the first ground pad through a second wire. |
| US08659118B2 |
Semiconductor device comprising a fuse structure and a method for manufacturing such semiconductor device
A semiconductor device comprises a semiconductor substrate, an anorganic isolation layer on the semiconductor substrate and a metallization layer on the anorganic isolation layer. The metallization layer comprises a fuse structure. At least in an area of the fuse structure the metallization layer and the anorganic isolation layer have a common interface. |
| US08659117B2 |
Lateral power diode with self-biasing electrode
A schottky diode includes a drift region of a first conductivity type and a lightly doped silicon region of the first conductivity type in the drift region. A conductor layer is over and in contact with the lightly doped silicon region to form a schottky contact with the lightly doped silicon region. A highly doped silicon region of the first conductivity type is in the drift region and is laterally spaced from the lightly doped silicon region such that upon biasing the schottky diode in a conducting state, a current flows laterally between the lightly doped silicon region and the highly doped silicon region through the drift region. A plurality of trenches extend into the drift region perpendicular to the current flow. Each trench has a dielectric layer lining at least a portion of the trench sidewalls and at least one conductive electrode. |
| US08659115B2 |
Airgap-containing interconnect structure with improved patternable low-K material and method of fabricating
A method of fabricating an airgap-containing interconnect structure in which a patternable low-k material replaces the need for utilizing a separate photoresist and a dielectric material is provided. Specifically, a simplified method of fabricating single-damascene and dual-damascene airgap-containing low-k interconnect structures with at least one patternable low-k dielectric and at least one inorganic antireflective coating is provided. |
| US08659112B2 |
Carbon and nitrogen doping for selected PMOS transistor on an integrated circuit
A method of forming an integrated circuit (IC) including a core and a non-core PMOS transistor includes forming a non-core gate structure including a gate electrode on a gate dielectric and a core gate structure including a gate electrode on a gate dielectric. The gate dielectric for the non-core gate structure is at least 2 Å of equivalent oxide thickness (EOT) thicker as compared to the gate dielectric for the core gate structure. P-type lightly doped drain (PLDD) implantation including boron establishes source/drain extension regions in the substrate. The PLDD implantation includes selective co-implanting of carbon and nitrogen into the source/drain extension region of the non-core gate structure. Source and drain implantation forms source/drain regions for the non-core and core gate structure, wherein the source/drain regions are distanced from the non-core and core gate structures further than their source/drain extension regions. Source/drain annealing is performed after source and drain implantation. |
| US08659110B2 |
Single-junction photovoltaic cell
A single-junction photovoltaic cell includes a doped layer comprising a dopant diffused into a semiconductor substrate; a patterned conducting layer formed on the doped layer; a semiconductor layer comprising the semiconductor substrate located on the doped layer on a surface of the doped layer opposite the patterned conducting layer; and an ohmic contact layer formed on the semiconductor layer. |
| US08659105B2 |
Wiring substrate, imaging device and imaging device module
A imaging device includes a first insulating substrate having a through hole, a connection electrode and a first wiring conductor, a second insulating substrate having outside terminals and a second wiring conductor, and an imaging element including a light-receiving portion arranged at a center portion on an upper surface thereof and a connection terminal arranged at an outer peripheral portion thereof, at least one of the lower surface of the first insulating substrate and the upper surface of the second insulating substrate including a recess portion, the through hole being located on an inner side thereof, the imaging element being arranged below the first insulating substrate such that the light-receiving portion is located within the through hole, the connection terminal being electrically connected to the connection electrode, the imaging element being accommodated inside the recess portion, outer peripheral portions of the first insulating substrate and the second insulating substrate being electrically connected to each other. |
| US08659104B2 |
Field-effect magnetic sensor
A field-effect magnetic sensor facilitates highly-sensitive magnetic field detection. In accordance with one or more example embodiments, current flow respectively between first and second source/drain terminals and a third source/drain terminal is controlled using inversion layers in separate channel regions for each of the first and second terminals. In response to a magnetic field, a greater amount of current is passed between the third source/drain terminal and one of the first and second source/drain terminals, relative to an amount of current passed between the third source/drain terminal and the other one of the first and second source/drain terminals. |
| US08659091B2 |
Embedded stressors for multigate transistor devices
Multigate transistor devices and methods of their fabrication are disclosed. In accordance with one method, a fin and a gate structure that is disposed on a plurality of surfaces of the fin are formed. In addition, at least a portion of an extension of the fin is removed to form a recessed portion that is below the gate structure, is below a channel region of the fin, and includes at least one angled indentation. Further, a terminal extension is grown in the at least one angled indentation below the channel region and along a surface of the channel region such that the terminal extension provides a stress on the channel region to enhance charge carrier mobility in the channel region. |
| US08659090B2 |
Resistive memory and methods for forming the same
A device includes an active region formed of a semiconductor material, a gate dielectric at a surface of the active region, and a gate electrode over the gate dielectric. A first source/drain region and a second source/drain region are on opposite sides of the gate electrode. A Contact Etch Stop Layer (CESL) is over the first and the second source/drain regions. An Inter-Layer Dielectric (ILD) includes a top surface substantially level with a top surface of the gate electrode. A first contact plug is over and electrically connected to the first source/drain region. A second contact plug is over and aligned to the second source/drain region. The second contact plug and the second source/drain region are spaced apart from each other by a portion of the first CESL to form a capacitor. |
| US08659088B2 |
SRAM cell and SRAM device
An SRAM cell includes six four-terminal double gate FETs formed on four semiconductor thin film plates, in which first and third FETs, fourth and fifth FETs, third and fourth FETs, and second and sixth FETs neighbor each other and logic signal input gates thereof are formed on facing side surfaces of respective semiconductor thin film plates; the second and sixth FETs sandwich second and third plates; the threshold voltage control gates of the second, third, fourth, and sixth FETs are connected in common to a first bias wiring; threshold voltage control gates of the first and fifth FETs are connected in common to a second bias wiring; and the word line and the first and second bias wirings are arranged in a direction perpendicular to the alignment direction of the first to the fourth plates. |
| US08659087B2 |
Electronic device with a gate electrode having at least two portions
A transistor structure of an electronic device can include a gate dielectric layer and a gate electrode. The gate electrode can have a surface portion between the gate dielectric layer and the rest of the gate electrode. The surface portion can be formed such that another portion of the gate electrode primarily sets the effective work function in the finished transistor structure. |
| US08659082B2 |
Method for manufacturing a semiconductor device having super junction structure
A semiconductor device having a super junction structure includes: multiple first columns extending in a current flowing direction; and multiple second columns extending in the current flowing direction. The first and second columns are alternately arranged in an alternating direction. Each first column provides a drift layer. The first and second columns have a boundary therebetween, from which a depletion layer expands in case of an off-state. At least one of the first columns and the second columns have an impurity dose, which is inhomogeneous by location with respect to the alternating direction. |
| US08659081B2 |
Transistor with reduced channel length variation
According to an exemplary embodiment, a method for fabricating a MOS transistor, such as an LDMOS transistor, includes forming a self-aligned lightly doped region in a first well underlying a first sidewall of a gate. The method further includes forming a self-aligned extension region under a second sidewall of the gate, where the self-aligned extension region extends into the first well from a second well. The method further includes forming a drain region spaced apart from the second sidewall of the gate. The method further includes forming a source region in the self-aligned lightly doped region and the first well. The self-aligned lightly doped region and the self-aligned extension region define a channel length of the MOS transistor, such as an LDMOS transistor. |
| US08659074B2 |
Semiconductor device
A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor layer of a first conductivity type and a semiconductor layer of a second conductivity type formed thereon. The semiconductor device also includes a body layer extending a first predetermined distance into the semiconductor layer of the second conductivity type and a pair of trenches extending a second predetermined distance into the semiconductor layer of the second conductivity type. Each of the pair of trenches consists essentially of a dielectric material disposed therein and a concentration of doping impurities present in the semiconductor layer of the second conductivity type and a distance between the pair of trenches define an electrical characteristic of the semiconductor device. The semiconductor device further includes a control gate coupled to the semiconductor layer of the second conductivity type and a source region coupled to the semiconductor layer of the second conductivity type. |
| US08659073B2 |
Semiconductor device
An ESD protection element is disclosed in which LOCOS oxide films are formed at both ends of a gate electrode, and a conductivity type of a diffusion layer formed below one of the LOCOS oxide films which is not located on a drain side is set to a p-type, to thereby limit an amount of a current flowing in a portion below a source-side n-type high concentration diffusion layer, the current being generated due to surface breakdown of a drain. With this structure, even in a case of protecting a high withstanding voltage element, it is possible to maintain an off-state during a steady state, while operating, upon application of a surge or noise to a semiconductor device, so as not to reach a breakage of an internal element, discharging a generated large current, and then returning to the off-state again. |
| US08659068B2 |
Dynamic memory structure
A DRAM memory structure at least includes a strip semiconductive material disposed on a substrate and extending along a first direction, a split gate disposed on the substrate and extending along a second direction, a dielectric layer at least sandwiched between the split gate and the substrate, a gate dielectric layer at least sandwiched between the split gate and the strip semiconductive material, and a capacitor unit. The split gate independently includes a first block and a second block to divide the strip semiconductive material into a source terminal, a drain terminal and a channel. The capacitor unit is electrically connected to the source terminal. |
| US08659064B2 |
Semiconductor barrier layer constructions, and methods of forming semiconductor barrier layer constructions
The invention includes methods of utilizing compositions containing iridium and tantalum in semiconductor constructions, and includes semiconductor constructions comprising compositions containing iridium and tantalum. The compositions containing iridium and tantalum can be utilized as barrier materials, and in some aspects can be utilized as barriers to copper diffusion. |
| US08659063B2 |
Pin capacitor of semiconductor device and method for fabricating the same
A pin capacitor of a semiconductor device includes a first isolation layer formed in a substrate and defining a dummy active area, a plurality of gates formed over the first isolation layer, a spacer formed at both sidewalls of each of the gates, and a plug formed over the dummy active area and in contact with the spacer. The substrate and the plug are coupled to a ground unit, and the gate is coupled to a pad unit. That is, the pin capacitor includes a first capacitor including the gate, the isolation layer, and the substrate and a second capacitor including the gate, the spacer, and the plug, which are coupled in parallel to each other. |
| US08659062B2 |
Method of manufacturing a ferroelectric capacitor and a ferroelectric capacitor
A lower electrode film is formed above a substrate. A ferroelectric film is formed above the lower electrode film. An amorphous intermediate film of a perovskite-type conductive oxide is formed above the ferroelectric film. A first upper electrode film comprising oxide of at least one metal selected from a group of Pt, Pd, Rh, Ir, Ru, and Os is formed on the intermediate film. The intermediate film is crystallized by carrying out a first heat treatment in an atmosphere containing an oxidizing gas after the formation of the first upper electrode film. After the first heat treatment, a second upper electrode film comprising oxide of at least one metal selected from a group of Pt, Pd, Rh, Ir, Ru, and Os is formed on the first upper electrode film, at a temperature lower than the growth temperature for the first upper electrode film. |
| US08659061B2 |
Solid-state image capturing element
In one embodiment, a solid-state image capturing element of an embodiment has: a semiconductor substrate; a photodiode formed on the semiconductor substrate; a capacitor formed on the semiconductor substrate and including a first electrode layer, an insulating layer, and a second electrode layer which are stacked in sequence; a transistor formed on the semiconductor substrate and including a floating gate and a control gate; and a first electrode portion electrically connecting the second electrode layer and an n-type diffusion layer or a p-type diffusion layer constituting the photodiode. Further, the first electrode layer of the capacitor is constituted by the floating gate of the transistor, and the second electrode layer of the capacitor and the control gate of the transistor are discontinuous. |
| US08659055B2 |
Semiconductor device, field-effect transistor, and electronic device
Provided is a semiconductor device capable of suppressing an occurrence of a punch-through phenomenon.A semiconductor device includes a substrate 1, a first n-type semiconductor layer 2, a p-type semiconductor layer 3, a second n-type semiconductor layer 4, a drain electrode 13, a source electrode 11, a gate electrode 12, and a gate insulation film 21, wherein the first n-type semiconductor layer 2, the p-type semiconductor layer 3, and the second n-type semiconductor layer 4 are laminated on the substrate 1 in this order. The drain electrode 13 is in ohmic-contact with the first n-type semiconductor layer 2. The source electrode 11 is in ohmic-contact with the second n-type semiconductor layer 4. An opening portion to be filled or a notched portion that extends from an upper surface of the second n-type semiconductor layer 4 to an upper part of the first n-type semiconductor layer 2 is formed at a part of the p-type semiconductor layer 3 and a part of the second n-type semiconductor layer 4. The gate electrode 12 is in contact with an upper surface of the first n-type semiconductor layer 2, side surfaces of the p-type semiconductor layer 3, and side surfaces of the second n-type semiconductor layer 4 at inner surfaces of the opening portion to be filled or a surface of the notched portion via the gate insulation film 21. The p-type semiconductor layer 3 has a positive polarization charge at a first n-type semiconductor layer 2 side in a state where a voltage is applied to none of the electrodes. |
| US08659054B2 |
Method and structure for pFET junction profile with SiGe channel
A semiconductor structure including a p-channel field effect transistor (pFET) device located on a surface of a silicon germanium (SiGe) channel is provided in which the junction profile of the source region and the drain region is abrupt. The abrupt source/drain junctions for pFET devices are provided in this disclosure by forming an N- or C-doped Si layer directly beneath a SiGe channel layer which is located above a Si substrate. A structure is thus provided in which the N- or C-doped Si layer (sandwiched between the SiGe channel layer and the Si substrate) has approximately the same diffusion rate for a p-type dopant as the overlying SiGe channel layer. Since the N- or C-doped Si layer and the overlying SiGe channel layer have substantially the same diffusivity for a p-type dopant and because the N- or C-doped Si layer retards diffusion of the p-type dopant into the underlying Si substrate, abrupt source/drain junctions can be formed. |
| US08659053B2 |
Semiconductor light detecting element
A semiconductor light detecting element includes: an InP substrate; and a semiconductor stacked structure on the InP substrate and including at least a light absorbing layer, wherein the light absorbing layer includes an InGaAsBi layer lattice-matched to the InP substrate. |
| US08659051B2 |
Semiconductor light emitting device and method for manufacturing thereof
Provided is a semiconductor light emitting device. The semiconductor light emitting device includes a light emitting structure disposed under an insulating layer having a plurality of holes. A first electrode is disposed on the insulating layer and a second electrode disposed is disposed under the light emitting structure. A conductive supporting member is disposed under the second electrode. The plurality of contact protrusions are disposed in the holes of the insulating layer and include filler connected to the first conductive semiconductor layer and disposed in the plurality of holes. The conductive supporting member physically contacts with the second electrode and has a thickness thicker than that of the insulating layer. The first electrode is located at a higher position than an entire region of the insulating layer and the insulating layer is located at a higher position than an entire region of the light emitting structure. |
| US08659049B2 |
Light emitting diode packaging structure
The present invention discloses an LED packaging structure, which comprises a metal housing having a cavity and two open ends, a sintered two-phase-flow heat transfer device having a flat top mounting plane, a lens disposed in the first open end, at least one LED chip mounted in the cavity of the metal housing and on the mounting plane of the two-phase-flow heat transfer device; the LED chip is connected with an electrical connection device, and wherein the sintered two-phase-flow, electrical connection device and LED chip are fixed together through a fixing base. Using a sintered two-phase-flow heat transfer device for heat dissipation, the heat generated by the LED could be expelled in time for dealing with long-term continual work, and thus the LED chip could have a longer service life. In addition, the lens used in the present invention could improve the luminescent efficiency. |
| US08659048B2 |
Organic light emitting device
An organic light emitting device includes a first electrode formed over a substrate, an intermediate layer that is formed over the first electrode and includes an organic light emitting layer, and a second electrode that includes a central electrode unit disposed in a central region and a peripheral electrode unit separated from the central electrode unit and disposed in a peripheral region. The intermediate layer is disposed between the first and second electrodes. The organic light emitting device can readily secure a uniform brightness characteristic. |
| US08659045B2 |
Light emitting device and methods for forming the same
The present invention provides a light emitting device, which includes a transparent substrate, an epitaxial stack structure having a first portion and a second portion on the transparent substrate, a II/V group compound contact layer on the first portion of the epitaxial stack structure, a nitride-crystallized layer on the II/V group compound contact layer, a transparent conductive layer covering the nitride-crystallized layer, a first electrode on a portion of the transparent conductive layer, and a second electrode on the second portion of the epitaxial stack structure and structurally separated from the structure on the first portion of the epitaxial stack structure. The nitride-crystallized layer may help increase the external quantum efficiency of the light emitting device, thereby the light emitting efficiency of the light emitting device may also be improved. |
| US08659044B2 |
Light emitting device
A light emitting device includes an active layer; at least a portion of the active layer constitutes a gain region. The gain region is continuous from a first end surface and a second end surface. The gain region includes a first portion extending from the first end surface to a first reflective surface in a direction tilted with respect to a normal to the first side surface as viewed two-dimensionally; a second portion extending from the second end surface to the second reflective surface in a direction tilted with respect to a normal to the first side surface as viewed two-dimensionally; and a third portion extending from the first reflective surface to the second reflective surface in a direction tilted with respect to a normal to the first reflective surface as viewed two-dimensionally. |
| US08659043B1 |
Engineered-phosphor LED packages and related methods
In accordance with certain embodiments, regions of spatially varying wavelength-conversion particle concentration are formed over light-emitting dies. |
| US08659042B2 |
Integrated reflector and thermal spreader and thermal spray fabrication method
A low-cost integrated reflector and heat spreader for high-density high power solid-state (e.g., LED) lighting arrays includes a base structure onto which is applied a sacrificial material. A relatively thick thermal spray coating is applied over the base structure and sacrificial material. The sacrificial material is removed. A channel(s) is thereby provided within the thermal spray coating layer and in physical contact with the base structure. The channel may be filled with a cooling fluid. A pulsating heat pipe heat spreader may thereby be provided. A reflective material may be provided either over another surface of the base structure or alternatively over the thermal spray coating layer to provide a surface for reflecting and directing light emitted from a solid state light source that may be secured to the integrated reflector and heat spreader. |
| US08659040B2 |
Semiconductor light-emitting device and process for production thereof
One aspect of the present invention provides a semiconductor light-emitting device improved in luminance, and also provides a process for production thereof. The process comprises a procedure of forming a relief structure on the light-extraction surface of the device by use of a self-assembled film. In that procedure, the light-extraction surface is partly covered with a protective film so as to protect an area for an electrode to be formed therein. The electrode is then finally formed there after the procedure. The process thus reduces the area incapable, due to thickness of the electrode, of being provided with the relief structure. Between the electrode and the light-extraction surface, a contact layer is formed so as to establish ohmic contact between them. |
| US08659037B2 |
Nanostructure optoelectronic device with independently controllable junctions
Nanostructure array optoelectronic devices are disclosed. The optoelectronic device may have one or more intermediate electrical contacts that are physically and electrically connected to sidewalls of the array of nanostructures. The contacts may allow different photo-active regions of the optoelectronic device to be independently controlled. For example, one color light may be emitted or detected independently of another using the same group of one or more nanostructures. The optoelectronic device may be a pixilated device that may serve as an LED display or imaging sensor. The pixilated device may have an array of nanostructures with alternating rows and columns of sidewall electrical contacts at different layers. A pixel may be formed at the intersection of a row contact and a column contact. As one example, a single group of one or more nanostructures has a blue sub-pixel, a green sub-pixel, and a red sub-pixel. |
| US08659036B2 |
Fine tuning of emission spectra by combination of multiple emitter spectra
A first device is provided. The first device includes an anode, a cathode and an emissive layer disposed between the anode and the cathode. The emissive layer includes a first organic emitting material having a first peak wavelength and a second organic emitting material having a second peak wavelength. The emissive layer has a homogenous composition. The second peak wavelength is between 0 and 40 nm greater than the first peak wavelength. |
| US08659034B2 |
Solid state white light emitter and display using same
A light emitting assembly comprising a solid state device coupleable with a power supply constructed and arranged to power the solid state device to emit from the solid state device a first, relatively shorter wavelength radiation, and a down-converting luminophoric medium arranged in receiving relationship to said first, relatively shorter wavelength radiation, and which in exposure to said first, relatively shorter wavelength radiation, is excited to responsively emit second, relatively longer wavelength radiation. In a specific embodiment, monochromatic blue or UV light output from a light-emitting diode is down-converted to white light by packaging the diode with fluorescent organic and/or inorganic fluorescers and phosphors in a polymeric matrix. |
| US08659033B2 |
Light-emitting diode with textured substrate
A light-emitting diode (LED) device is provided. The LED device has raised semiconductor regions formed on a substrate. LED structures are formed over the raised semiconductor regions such that bottom contact layers and active layers of the LED device are conformal layers. The top contact layer has a planar surface. In an embodiment, the top contact layers are continuous over a plurality of the raised semiconductor regions while the bottom contact layers and the active layers are discontinuous between adjacent raised semiconductor regions. |
| US08659032B2 |
FinFET and method of fabricating the same
The disclosure relates to a fin field effect transistor (FinFET). An exemplary structure for a FinFET comprises a substrate comprising a major surface; a first fin and a second fin extending upward from the substrate major surface to a first height; an insulation layer comprising a top surface extending upward from the substrate major surface to a second height less than the first height, whereby portions of the fins extend beyond the top surface of the insulation layer; each fin covered by a bulbous epitaxial layer defining an hourglass shaped cavity between adjacent fins, the cavity comprising upper and lower portions, wherein the epitaxial layer bordering the lower portion of the cavity is converted to silicide. |
| US08659028B2 |
Three-dimensional memory device incorporating segmented array line memory array
A three-dimensional (3D) high density memory array includes multiple layers of segmented bit lines (i.e., sense lines) with segment switch devices within the memory array that connect the segments to global bit lines. The segment switch devices reside on one or more layers of the integrated circuit, preferably residing on each bit line layer. The global bit lines reside preferably on one layer below the memory array, but may reside on more than one layer. The bit line segments preferably share vertical connections to an associated global bit line. In certain EEPROM embodiments, the array includes multiple layers of segmented bit lines with segment connection switches on multiple layers and shared vertical connections to a global bit line layer. Such memory arrays may be realized with much less write-disturb effects for half selected memory cells, and may be realized with a much smaller block of cells to be erased. |
| US08659026B2 |
Flat panel display
A high-speed flat panel display has thin film transistors in a pixel array portion in which a plurality of pixels are arranged and a driving circuit portion for driving the pixels of the pixel array portion, which have different resistance values than each other or have different geometric structures than each other. The flat panel display comprises a pixel array portion where a plurality of pixels are arranged, and a driving circuit portion for driving the pixels of the pixel array portion. The thin film transistors in the pixel array portion and the driving circuit portion have different resistance values in their gate regions or drain regions than each other, or have different geometric structures than each other. One thin film transistor has a zigzag shape in its gate region or drain region or has an offset region. |
| US08659025B2 |
Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing same
A semiconductor device with high reliability and operation performance is manufactured without increasing the number of manufacture steps. A gate electrode has a laminate structure. A TFT having a low concentration impurity region that overlaps the gate electrode or a TFT having a low concentration impurity region that does not overlap the gate electrode is chosen for a circuit in accordance with the function of the circuit. |
| US08659023B2 |
Monocrystalline substrate including lattice matching atoms in a near surface region and a monocrystalline layer disposed on the substrate
A monocrystalline layer having a first lattice constant on a monocrystalline substrate having a second lattice constant at least in a near-surface region, wherein the second lattice constant is different from the first lattice constant. Lattice matching atoms are implanted into the near-surface region. The near-surface region is momentarily melted. A layer is epitaxially deposited on the near-surface region that has solidified in monocrystalline fashion. |
| US08659017B2 |
Array substrate and method of fabricating the same
A method of fabricating an array substrate and a display device including the array substrate are discussed. According to an embodiment, the array substrate includes a gate electrode formed on a substrate; a gate insulating layer formed on the gate electrode; an oxide semiconductor layer and an etch prevention layer formed on the gate insulating layer, wherein ends of the oxide semiconductor layer and ends of the etch prevention layer are aligned with each other; source and drain electrodes formed on the etch prevention layer; a passivation layer including a contact hole formed on the source and drain electrodes and on the gate insulating layer; and a pixel electrode formed on the passivation layer and through the contact hole. |
| US08659016B2 |
Thin film transistor, method of manufacturing the same and flat panel display device having the same
A thin film transistor (TFT) using an oxide semiconductor as an active layer, a method of manufacturing the TFT, and a flat panel display device having the TFT include source and drain electrodes formed on a substrate; an active layer formed of an oxide semiconductor disposed on the source and drain electrodes; a gate electrode; and an interfacial stability layer formed on at least one of top and bottom surfaces of the active layer. In the TFT, the interfacial stability layer is formed of an oxide having a band gap of 3.0 to 8.0 eV. Since the interfacial stability layer has the same characteristics as a gate insulating layer and a passivation layer, chemically high interface stability is maintained. Since the interfacial stability layer has a band gap equal to or greater than that of the active layer, charge trapping is physically prevented. |
| US08659011B2 |
Light-emitting element, light-emitting device, and manufacturing method of light-emitting element
Provided is a highly reliable light-emitting element in which damage to an EL layer is reduced even when an auxiliary electrode for an upper electrode is provided. Further, a highly reliable light-emitting device in which luminance unevenness is suppressed is provided. The light-emitting element includes a first electrode; an insulating layer over the first electrode; an auxiliary electrode having a projection and a depression on a surface, over the insulating layer; a layer containing a light-emitting organic compound over the first electrode and the auxiliary electrode; and a second electrode over the layer containing the light-emitting organic compound. At least part of the auxiliary electrode is electrically connected to the second electrode. |
| US08659007B2 |
Coherent quantum information transfer between conventional qubits
Computing bus devices that enable quantum information to be coherently transferred between conventional qubit pairs are disclosed. A concrete realization of such a quantum bus acting between conventional semiconductor double quantum dot qubits is described. The disclosed device measures the joint (fermion) parity of the two qubits by using the Aharonov-Casher effect in conjunction with an ancillary superconducting flux qubit that facilitates the measurement. Such a parity measurement, together with the ability to apply Hadamard gates to the two cubits, allows for the production of states in which the qubits are maximally entangled, and for teleporting quantum states between the quantum systems. |
| US08659005B2 |
Staggered composition quantum well method and device
A light emitting device comprising a staggered composition quantum well (QW) has a step-function-like profile in the QW, which provides higher radiative efficiency and optical gain by providing improved electron-hole wavefunction overlap. The staggered QW includes adjacent layers having distinctly different compositions. The staggered QW has adjacent layers Xn wherein X is a quantum well component and in one quantum well layer n is a material composition selected for emission at a first target light regime, and in at least one other quantum well layer n is a distinctly different composition for emission at a different target light regime. X may be an In-content layer and the multiple Xn-containing a step function In-content profile. |
| US08659002B2 |
Phase change memory elements using energy conversion layers, memory arrays and systems including same, and methods of making and using same
A phase change memory element and method of forming the same. The memory element includes a phase change material layer electrically coupled to first and second conductive material layers. A energy conversion layer is formed in association with the phase change material layer, and electrically coupled to a third conductive material layer. An electrically isolating material layer is formed between the phase change material layer and the energy conversion layer. |
| US08658999B2 |
Semiconductor device
According to an embodiment, a semiconductor device includes first and second memristors. The first memristor includes a first electrode made of a first material, a second electrode made of a second material, and a first resistive switching film arranged between the first and second electrodes. The first resistive switching film is connected to both the first and second electrodes. The second memristor includes a third electrode made of a third material, a fourth electrode made of the second material, and a second resistive switching film arranged between the third and fourth electrodes. The second resistive switching film is connected to both the third and fourth electrodes. The work function of the first material is smaller than that of the second material. The work function of the third material is larger than that of the second material. |
| US08658996B2 |
Computed radiography scanner and envelope for imaging plates
A scanner for processing intra-oral flexible information carrier plate exposed to X-rays and an envelope for the plate. The scanner comprises housing with an opening for entering an enveloped plate. The envelope is provided with a protrusion and the opening of the scanner is provided with a shoulder. When the enveloped plate is entered in the opening the protrusion abuts the shoulder such that the plate is allowed to exit from the envelope and pass inside the housing while the envelope is retained outside the housing. |
| US08658994B2 |
Apparatus and method for controlled particle beam manufacturing
A chamber for exposing a workpiece to charged particles includes a charged particle source for generating a stream of charged particles, a collimator configured to collimate and direct the stream of charged particles from the charged particle source along an axis, a beam digitizer downstream of the collimator configured to create a digital beam including groups of at least one charged particle by adjusting longitudinal spacing between the charged particles along the axis, a deflector downstream of the beam digitizer including a series of deflection stages disposed longitudinally along the axis to deflect the digital beams, and a workpiece stage downstream of the deflector configured to hold the workpiece. |
| US08658993B2 |
Self-powered lithography method and apparatus using radioactive thin films
A self-powered ‘near field’ lithographic system 100 includes three primary components, namely, a thin film or emitter substrate 110 including a radioactive material (e.g., a radioisotope 112), a target substrate 120 which carries an energy-modifiable layer 122 (e.g., photo-resist) and a stencil (e.g., 130) that is either positioned between the emitter and target substrates fabricated upon and defined in the emitter substrate. The stencil is made from a material capable of blocking particles emitted through radioactive decay from the radioisotope of the emitter substrate. The stencil includes openings or vias 132 patterned to permit selective transmission of the particles emitted through radioactive decay from the radioisotope of the emitter substrate 110, and the stencil is preferably placed up against (or very close to) the target substrate 120. |
| US08658992B2 |
Methods and apparatus for the planning and delivery of radiation treatments
Methods and apparatus are provided for planning and delivering radiation treatments by modalities which involve moving a radiation source along a trajectory relative to a subject while delivering radiation to the subject. In some embodiments the radiation source is moved continuously along the trajectory while in some embodiments the radiation source is moved intermittently. Some embodiments involve the optimization of the radiation delivery plan to meet various optimization goals while meeting a number of constraints. For each of a number of control points along a trajectory, a radiation delivery plan may comprise: a set of motion axes parameters, a set of beam shape parameters and a beam intensity. |
| US08658990B2 |
Radiation dosimeters for quantifying the dose of radiation applied during radiation therapy
Radiation dosimeters containing thin KCl:Eu2+ storage phosphors for quantifying and/or verifying the dose of radiation applied during radiation therapy. Methods for measuring the amount of radiation applied from a source of radiation and methods for treating a patient having a cancerous tumor are also provided. |
| US08658981B2 |
Methods and systems for image detection
A method is provided for image detection. The method includes measuring a temperature of an analog-to-digital (A/D) converter of an imaging system during an imaging scan of an object, and correcting a gain of the A/D converter based on the measured temperature of the A/D converter. |
| US08658980B2 |
Radiation detector
A radiation detector is provided that allows correction so as to identify incident gamma-ray positions accurately with no influence of afterglow of fluorescence. The radiation detector includes an intensity-data acquiring section for acquiring intensity data representing intensity of fluorescence outputted from a light detector for every temporally-constant sampling interval, and a correction-value acquiring section section for acquiring a correction value used for correction of variations in intensity data resulting from afterglow of the fluorescence. In addition, the radiation detector includes an integrating section for correcting the intensity data using the correction value. This allows correct calculation of the integrated value m with no influence of the afterglow of fluorescence. |
| US08658979B2 |
Nuclear image reconstruction
A system is provided for obtaining a nuclear image of a moving object. The system comprises an input (14), a processing unit (15) and an output (17). The input (14) is provided for receiving a nuclear image and morphological images of the object. The processing unit (15) is configured to process the morphological images to obtain sparse motion information of the object, to use the sparse motion information and a motion model for obtaining estimated motion information about the object, and to generate a motion-corrected nuclear image based on the estimated motion information and the acquired nuclear image. The output (17) provides the corrected nuclear image. |
| US08658974B2 |
Environmental cell for a particle-optical apparatus
The invention relates to an environmental cell for use in e.g. an electron microscope. The environmental cell shows an aperture (15) for passing the beam produced by the electron microscope to a sample (6) placed inside the environmental cell. The environmental cell according to the invention is characterized in that a part of the environmental cell (14) is transparent to secondary radiation such as back-scattered electrons or X-rays. This enables the detection of this radiation by a detector placed outside the environmental cell and thus a much simpler construction of the cell. |
| US08658972B2 |
Ion mobility tube
An ion mobility tube comprises an ionization source chamber having a center ionization source chamber hole, an ion door, a mobility region unit having a center mobility tube chamber, a constraining grid, and a Faraday disk, and the ionization source chamber, the ion door, the mobility region unit, the constraining grid, and the Faraday disk are laminated together in sequence in a front-rear direction, wherein the mobility region unit comprises a first insulator and first metal electrode sheets concentrically fixed to a front surface and a back surface of the first insulator respectively. The mobility region unit comprises the first insulator and the first metal electrode sheets which are integral. Therefore, the ion mobility tube is advantageous in simplified manufacturing, and convenient for detachment and assembly. |
| US08658969B2 |
Mass spectrometer
One virtual rod electrode (11) is composed by arraying a plurality of plate electrodes (111, . . . , 118) along an ion beam axis, and a quadrupole ion optical element (1) is constructed by arranging four virtual rod electrodes (11, 12, 13 and 14) around an ion beam axis C. A voltage-applying unit alternately applies two radio-frequency voltages having a phase difference of 180 degrees for each of the plate electrodes in one virtual rod electrode. By this voltage application, the quadrupole component of the radio-frequency electric field created within a space surrounded by the four virtual rod electrodes is decreased, while higher-order multipole components are increased. The quadrupole component yields high ion convergence and mass selectivity, while the higher-order components provide high ion transmission efficiency and ion acceptance. The general ion transport efficiency can be improved by appropriately adjusting the ion optical characteristics according to the installation environment of the ion optical system and the conditions before and after the ion optical system. |
| US08658964B2 |
Photoelectric encoder with optical grating
A photoelectric encoder in which light emitted from a light source is modulated by an optical grating and the modulated light is detected by a light receiving element, includes a one-side telecentric optical system which forms an image of the light modulated by the optical grating. The imaging optical system has an aperture through which part of the light modulated by the optical grating is allowed to transmit, the aperture having a size which is required when a cutoff spatial frequency that is a spatial frequency indicating a resolution limit of the imaging optical system due to the light emitted from the light source has a value between a fundamental spatial frequency of the optical grating obtained by a Fourier transformation and a second harmonic of the fundamental spatial frequency. |
| US08658957B2 |
Sensor circuit and display apparatus
A sensor circuit or a display apparatus from which a highly accurate sensor output can be obtained includes a photodiode, a capacitor that is connected to the photodiode via an accumulation node and accumulates charges according to an electric current in the photodiode; a sensor switching element transistor that causes the accumulation node and an output line to be conductive with respect to each other in response to a readout signal and outputs an output signal according to the potential of the accumulation node to the output line; a variable capacitor that is provided between the accumulation node and an input electrode, and whose capacitance varies when a pressure is applied by a touching operation; and a control switching element transistor to which a control signal for switching conduction and non-conduction between the variable capacitor and the accumulation node is input. |
| US08658952B2 |
Vented susceptor structure
A microwave heating construct comprises a first panel and a second panel, each comprising a microwave energy interactive material. The panels are partially joined to one another in an opposed, facing relationship such that an unjoined area is defined between the first panel and the second panel. The unjoined area is in communication with an open peripheral edge of the construct. The first panel includes an aperture in communication with the unjoined area between the first panel and the second panel. |
| US08658950B2 |
Heating device capable of eliminating noise and adjusting desired heat quality or heating temperature by controlling frequency difference between two induction coils during a first time interval and disabling one of two induction coils during a second time interval
A heating device includes a first induction coil, a second induction coil, a control panel, a power supply unit and a controlling unit. The control panel issues an adjusting signal. The power supply unit provides a first power and a second power to the first induction coil and the second induction coil, respectively. The controlling unit generates a control signal to the power supply unit according to the adjusting signal, thereby controlling the first power and the second power. Electrical energy is transmitted to the first induction coil and the second induction coil and the frequency difference between the first power and the second power is greater than 15 kHz or smaller than 1 kHz during a first time interval under control of the controlling unit. No electrical energy is transmitted to one of the first induction coil and the second induction coil during a second time interval under control of the controlling unit. |
| US08658949B2 |
Adaptable layered heater system
A layered heater is provided that comprises at least one resistive layer defining a circuit configuration, the circuit configuration comprising at least one resistive trace oriented relative to a heating target and comprising a material having temperature coefficient characteristics such that the resistive trace provides power commensurate with demands of the heating target In one form, resistive traces of the resistive layer are an NTC material having a relatively high BETA coefficient and are oriented approximately parallel to a primary heating direction. |
| US08658944B2 |
Apparatus and method for melting ice, snow or the like in connection with a furnace
An apparatus for preventing the accumulation of snow, ice, frost, hail or the like from obstructing the flow of primary air, air or the exhaust into or out of a high-efficiency sealed combustion condensing furnace is provided. The apparatus is also suitable to prevent leaves, animals or other debris from becoming trapped within the air flow pipes of the furnace. The apparatus has a screen which may be electrically connected to a heating device. The apparatus may further be attached to a thermostat to automatically turn the heating device on or off at preset temperatures. The apparatus may be incorporated into new pipes or may be attached onto existing pipes. |
| US08658942B2 |
Method and system of welding with auto-determined startup parameters
A method and system to determine optimum operating parameters for the startup phase of a welding-type process based on user-desired operating parameters of the post-startup or welding phase of the welding-type process are disclosed. While applicable to a number of welding-type processes, the method and system are particularly configured to determine an optimum wire feed speed for Gas Metal Arc Welding of aluminum using pulse spray transfer. |
| US08658937B2 |
Method and apparatus for processing substrate edges
A method and apparatus for processing substrate edges is disclosed that overcomes the limitations of conventional edge processing methods and systems used in semiconductor manufacturing. The edge processing method and apparatus of this invention includes a laser and optical system to direct a beam of radiation onto a rotating substrate supported by a chuck, in atmosphere. The optical system accurately and precisely directs the beam to remove or transform organic or inorganic films, film stacks, residues, or particles from the top edge, top bevel, apex, bottom bevel, and bottom edge of the substrate. An optional gas injector system directs gas onto the substrate edge to aid in the reaction. Process by-products are removed via an exhaust tube enveloping the reaction site. This invention permits precise control of an edge exclusion zone, resulting in an increase in the number of usable die on a wafer. Wafer edge processing with this invention replaces existing solvent and/or abrasive methods and thus will improve die yield. |
| US08658935B2 |
Welding process with jerk compensation
An improved welding head for creating an in-track weld between a first rail segment and a second rail segment includes a controller having computer-readable instructions read by the controller. The computer-readable instructions include instructions for compensating for rail jerk during in-track welding. The welding head includes a closing force actuator, such as a hydraulic cylinder, for moving the rail segments toward one another. A pressure transducer is monitored during welding to determine a closing force. An impending jerk of the rail movement is detected if an abnormal closing force change is observed, and in response the flow of hydraulic fluid into or out of the hydraulic cylinder is restricted to prevent or minimize the jerk. In addition, when an impending jerk is detected the weld current may be temporarily increased to burn or prevent the formation of short circuit paths between the rails. |
| US08658929B2 |
Switch
A switch according to various embodiments of the disclosure comprises a mechanical actuator configured to control a function associated with the switch and a face coupled to the actuator. The face is configured to depress in response to a force applied to at least a portion of the face, whereby depression of the face engages the actuator to control the function associated with the switch. The face includes a plurality of segments, each segment for controlling a respective additional function associated with the switch. A respective capacitive touch sensor is coupled to each respective segment of the plurality of segments, wherein each capacitive touch sensor is configured to control the function associated with its respective segment in response to detecting human skin in contact with the segment. |
| US08658920B2 |
Switch module system
A switch module system includes switch modules. Each switch module has a housing, a keypad with switch domes, and an actuator for the switch domes. The housing of each switch module includes a housing chassis and a housing cover. The switch modules are attached to a substrate with contact areas of the substrate being electrically connectable through the switch domes of the keypads of the switch modules. For each switch module a respective section of the substrate is inserted into the housing chassis of the switch module and the respective section of the substrate is attached by the housing cover of the switch module to the housing chassis of the switch module. |
| US08658919B2 |
Multi-touch panel including equipotential line distortion corrector
A multi-touch panel includes a first substrate for receiving coordinate input, a second substrate provided to face the first substrate, a first conductive film formed on the first substrate; and a second conductive film formed on the second substrate. At least one of the first conductive film and the second conductive film is divided into a plurality of strip regions to configure a plurality of strip electrodes. At least one end of each of the strip electrodes has a narrowed width portion, and the strip electrodes have widths different from one another at the narrowed width portion in accordance with lengths of the drawing wires that are connected to the ends provided with the narrowed width portions. |
| US08658918B1 |
Power generation using a heat transfer device and closed loop working fluid
A fast heat transfer device is provided. The device dissipates heat and generates power at the same time. A liquid flow is used to absorb heat for forming a vapor gas flow; then, the gas flow drives a blade turbine and a power generator; and, finally, the gas flow is cooled down to become the original liquid flow for recycling. Thus, the present invention dissipates heat and generates power simultaneously with a minimized size and a reduced cost together with energy conservation. |
| US08658914B2 |
Electronic component device and method for manufacturing the same
An electronic component device having a first sealing frame formed on a main substrate and a second sealing frame formed on a cover substrate, both of which are composed of a Ni film. A bonding section bonds the first sealing frame to the second sealing frame. For example, a Bi layer is formed on the first sealing frame and an Au layer is formed on the second sealing frame, and then the first sealing frame and the second sealing frame are heated at a temperature of 300° C. for 10 seconds while applying pressure in the direction in which the first sealing frame and the second sealing frame are close contact with each other to form the bonding section. The bonding section is constituted by a mixed layer predominantly composed of a mixed alloy of a Ni—Bi—Au ternary alloy and Au2Bi. |
| US08658912B2 |
Cable management apparatus
A cable management apparatus includes a securing board and a cable management tray. The securing board has a securing arm extending upward from the securing board. The cable management tray is hung on the securing arm and includes a base and a door rotatably secured to the base. A hook is substantially perpendicular to the base, and a clasping hole is defined in the door. The door is rotatable relative to the base between a first position and a second position. In the first position, the hook is engaged in the clasping hole, the base and the door together define a space, and a cable is received in the space in a direction substantially parallel to the base. In the second position, the hook is removed from the clasping hole, to disengage the cable from the space. |
| US08658907B2 |
Conductive film and method for producing the same
A conductive film has a transparent support, a first conductive silver image disposed on one main surface of the transparent support, and a second conductive silver image disposed on the other main surface of the transparent support. The first and second conductive silver images are obtained by forming at least one silver halide emulsion layer on each of the surfaces of the transparent support and then exposing and developing the silver halide emulsion layer. The first silver image and the second silver image each contain a net-like structure in a region required to be transparent. The net-like structure comprises thin metal wires having a line width of 10 μm or less, and forms a conductive layer having a sheet resistance of 50 ohm/sq or less. |
| US08658905B2 |
Multilayer wiring substrate
In a wiring laminate portion of a multilayer wiring substrate, a solder resist layer having a plurality of openings is disposed on a main surface side of the laminate structure, and connection terminals are embedded in an outermost resin insulation layer in contact with the solder resist layer. Each of the connection terminals comprises a copper layer and a metallic layer formed of at least one type of metal other than copper. A main-surface-side circumferential portion of the copper layer is covered by the solder resist layer. At least a portion of the metallic layer is located in a recess in a main-surface-side central portion of the copper layer. At least a portion of the metallic layer is exposed via a corresponding opening. |
| US08658890B2 |
Solar cell and method of manufacturing solar cell
A solar cell which can increase its open-circuit voltage, short-circuit current, and fill factor (F.F.), thereby enhancing its conversion efficiency is provided. The solar cell of the present invention comprises a p-type semiconductor layer and an n-type semiconductor layer, formed on the p-type semiconductor layer, containing a compound expressed by the following chemical formula (1): ZnO1-x-ySxSey (1) where x≧0, y>0, and 0.2 |
| US08658889B2 |
Quantum dot thin film solar cell
A quantum dot thin film solar cell is provided, which at least includes a first electrode layer, an optical active layer, and a second electrode layer sequentially deposited on a substrate. A plurality of quantum dots is formed in the optical active layer. Since the plurality of quantum dots and the optical active layer are formed through co-sputtering, an interface adhesion between the plurality of quantum dots and the optical active layer is good in this quantum dot thin film solar cell. |
| US08658888B2 |
Solar energy utilization device and method for manufacturing the same
A solar energy utilization device wherein the surface of the incident light side of the transparent base material 1 is covered by water-and-oil-shedding transparent fine particles 5 being bound and fixed to the surface. A method for manufacturing a solar energy utilization device comprising process A of manufacturing reactive transparent fine particles 9 with the first functional group at one end; process B of manufacturing reactive transparent base material 4 with the second functional group at one end forming a covalent bond with the first functional group; process C of manufacturing transparent base material 10 by reacting the reactive transparent fine particles 9 with the reactive transparent base material 4 for binding and fixing the reactive transparent fine particles 9 to the surface; and process D of forming water-and-oil-shedding coating 16 on the surface of the transparent fine particles 5 being bound and fixed to the surface of the transparent base material 10. |
| US08658887B2 |
Substrate provided with transparent conductive film for photoelectric conversion device, method for manufacturing the substrate, and photoelectric conversion device using the substrate
Provided in this invention is a low-cost substrate provided with a transparent conductive film for photoelectric conversion device, which can improve performance of the photoelectric conversion device by enhanced light confinement effect achieved with effectively increased surface unevenness of the substrate. A method for manufacturing said substrate and a photoelectric conversion device using said substrate which can show improved performance are also provided. The substrate provided with the transparent conductive film for the photoelectric conversion device comprises a transparent insulating substrate and a transparent electrode layer containing at least zinc oxide deposited on the transparent insulating substrate, wherein the transparent electrode layer is composed of a double layer structure wherein first and second transparent conductive films are deposited in this order from a substrate side. The transparent conductive film has an average film thickness of 10-500 nm, and the second transparent conductive film has an average film thickness of 300-1,500 nm. The average film thickness of the second transparent conductive film is larger than that of the first transparent conductive film, and an average height difference of the unevenness on the surface of the second transparent conductive film is 10-300 nm, which is larger than that of the first transparent conductive film. |
| US08658885B2 |
Substrate for thin-film photoelectric conversion device, thin film photoelectric conversion device including the same, and method for producing substrate for thin-film photoelectric conversion device
Provided is a substrate for a thin-film photoelectric conversion device which makes it possible to produce the device having improved characteristics at low cost and high productivity. The substrate includes a transparent base member, with a transparent underlying layer and a transparent electrode layer successively stacked on one main surface of the transparent base member. The underlying layer includes transparent insulating fine particles and transparent binder, and the particles are dispersed to cover the one main surface with a coverage factor of particles ranging from 30% or more to less than 80%. An antireflection layer is provided on the other main surface of the transparent base. The antireflection layer includes transparent insulating fine particles and transparent binder, and the particles are dispersed to cover the other main surface with a coverage factor greater than the underlying layer. The transparent electrode layer contains zinc oxide deposited by low-pressure CVD method. |
| US08658880B2 |
Methods of drawing wire arrays
A method of drawing a glass clad wire is provided herein, the method comprising: (i) sealing off one end of a glass tube such that the tube has an open end and a closed end; (ii) introducing a wire material inside the glass tube; (iii) heating a portion of the glass tube such that the glass partially melts to form a first ampoule containing the wire material to be used in a drawing operation; (iv) introducing the first ampoule containing the wire material into a heating device; (v) increasing the temperature within the heating device such that the glass tube is heated enough for it to be drawn and wire material melts; and (vi) drawing the glass clad wire comprising a continuous wire of wire material, wherein the wire material is a metal, semi-metal, alloy, or semiconductor thermoelectrically active material, and wherein the wire diameter is equal to or smaller than about 5 μm. |
| US08658879B2 |
Active bridge for stringed musical instruments
A method of making musical sounds from a musical instrument may include amplifying musical sounds from vibrations of a vibrating element when a musical instrument is played, sensing forces between the musical instrument and the vibrating element and altering the forces applied to the vibrating element in response to the sensed forces to emulate musical sounds produced by a musical instrument having different musical characteristics, for example, to emulate an acoustic guitar. Piezoelectric material or magnetic material may be used to apply forces along one or more than one axis of vibration and may be controlled by a replaceable element and/or in response to user adjustments. The applied forces may be adjusted to control relative phase between the sensed and applied forces to avoid unwanted musical effects, such as unwanted sustained oscillation, in response to a fundamental period of the vibrations or random number generation to change the vibration waveform. |
| US08658874B2 |
Plants and seeds of corn variety CV451078
According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the corn variety designated CV451078. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CV451078, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CV451078 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to corn seeds and plants produced by crossing plants of variety CV451078 with plants of another variety, such as another inbred line. The invention further relates to the inbred and hybrid genetic complements of plants of variety CV451078. |
| US08658871B2 |
Plants and seeds of corn variety CV683228
According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the corn variety designated CV683228. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CV683228, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CV683228 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to corn seeds and plants produced by crossing plants of variety CV683228 with plants of another variety, such as another inbred line. The invention further relates to the inbred and hybrid genetic complements of plants of variety CV683228. |
| US08658865B1 |
Soybean variety XBP40010
A novel soybean variety, designated XBP40010 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety XBP40010, cells from soybean variety XBP40010, plants of soybean XBP40010, and plant parts of soybean variety XBP40010. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety XBP40010 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic trait, a mutant trait, and/or a native trait into soybean variety XBP40010, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety XBP40010, and methods of characterizing soybean variety XBP40010. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety XBP40010 are further provided. |
| US08658863B2 |
White kohlrabi
The invention relates to a kohlrabi plant carrying a genetic trait that leads to petioles, stems and bulb having an extra white color at harvest stage as compared to the petioles, stems and bulb of a kohlrabi plant not carrying the said genetic trait. The extra white color may be a color graded in the white group for example the color 155 A or B or C or NN 155 A or B or C or D and in the greed-green group for example the colors 190 D or 191 D or 192 D or 193 D according to The RHS Color Chart, fifth edition. The plant may be obtainable by crossing a first kohlrabi parent plant with a second kohlrabi parent plant, wherein one of the parents is a plant grown from seeds of which a representative sample was deposited with the NCIMB under deposit accession number NCIMB 41530 or a progeny plant thereof and selecting for plants which have the genetic trait that leads to an extra white color of the petioles, stems and bulb as compared to the petioles, stems and bulb of a plant not carrying the genetic trait. |
| US08658861B2 |
Pea cultivar FP2291
A novel pea cultivar designated FP2291 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of pea cultivar FP2291, to the plants of pea cultivar FP2291, and parts thereof, for example pollen, ovule, berry or pod. The invention also relates to methods for producing a pea plant by crossing the cultivar FP2291 with itself or another pea line. The invention further relates to methods for producing a pea 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 pea lines derived from the pea cultivar FP2291. |
| US08658860B2 |
Pea cultivar FP2292
A novel pea cultivar designated FP2292 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of pea cultivar FP2292, to the plants of pea cultivar FP2292, and parts thereof, for example pollen, ovule, berry or pod. The invention also relates to methods for producing a pea plant by crossing the cultivar FP2292 with itself or another pea line. The invention further relates to methods for producing a pea 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 pea lines derived from the pea cultivar FP2292. |
| US08658856B2 |
Cloning of cytochrome p450 genes from Nicotiana
The present invention relates to p450 enzymes and nucleic acid sequences encoding p450 enzymes in Nicotiana, and methods of using those enzymes and nucleic acid sequences to alter plant phenotypes. |
| US08658852B2 |
Disposable absorbent articles with an embossed topsheet
The present disclosure relates to disposable absorbent articles including a topsheet; a backsheet; a liquid acquisition layer; and a substantially cellulose free absorbent core; wherein the liquid acquisition layer and the absorbent core are located between the topsheet and the backsheet; wherein the topsheet and liquid acquisition layer include corresponding discrete indented regions and unindented regions. The liquid acquisition layer comprises a first density, D1, below the unindented regions of the topsheet and comprises a second density, D2, below the discrete indented regions of the topsheet. |
| US08658848B2 |
Highly flexible process and apparatus for the simulated counter-current production of para-xylene
A process for the production of para-xylene by simulated counter-current adsorption with high flexibility with respect to a reference run (100%) uses 2 adsorbers each with 12 beds, said adsorbers being able to be connected in accordance with 3 different modes; the flexibility obtained is 50% to 150%. |
| US08658846B2 |
Processes for separation of 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene from hydrogen fluoride by azeotropic distillation
Disclosed herein are processes for separation of 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene and hydrogen fluoride using azeotropic distillation. Additionally, disclosed are processes for separating mixtures of 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene, hydrogen fluoride and 1,1,1,2,3-pentafluoropropane (HFC-245eb) and/or 1,1,1,2,2-pentafluoropropane (HFC-245cb) by azeotropic distillation. |
| US08658844B2 |
Manganese oxides and their use in the oxidation of alkanes
Catalytic structures are provided comprising octahedral tunnel lattice manganese oxides ion-exchanged with metal cations or mixtures thereof. The structures are useful as catalysts for the oxidation of alkanes and may be prepared by treating layered manganese oxide under highly acidic conditions, optionally drying the treated product, and subjecting it to ion exchange. |
| US08658841B2 |
Process for the preparation of alkylene glycol
The invention provides a process for the preparation of an alkylene glycol from an alkene. A gas composition from an alkylene oxide reactor is supplied to an alkylene oxide absorber comprising a column of vertically stacked trays or comprising a packed column. Lean absorbent comprising at least 20 wt % water is supplied to the alkylene oxide absorber and is contacted with the gas composition in the presence of one or more catalysts that promote carboxylation and hydrolysis. At least 50% of the alkylene oxide entering the alkylene oxide absorber is converted in the alkylene oxide absorber. Fat absorbent is withdrawn from the absorber, is optionally supplied to finishing reactors and/or a flash vessel or light ends stripper, and is subsequently subjected to dehydration and purification to provide a purified alkylene glycol product stream. |
| US08658838B2 |
Series of skin whitening (lightening) compounds
The present invention is directed to inhibitors of tyrosinase, pharmaceutical compositions comprising such tyrosinase inhibitors, and methods of making and using the same. Specifically, included in the present invention are compositions of matter comprised of at least one 2,4-dihydroxybenzene analog, which inhibit the activity of tyrosinase and which inhibit the overproduction of melanin. |
| US08658835B2 |
Oxidation of hydrocarbons
In a process for oxidizing a hydrocarbon to a corresponding hydroperoxide, alcohol, ketone, carboxylic acid or dicarboxylic acid, the hydrocarbon is contacted with an oxygen-containing gas in the presence of a catalyst comprising a cyclic imide. The contacting produces an effluent comprising an oxidized hydrocarbon product and unreacted imide catalyst and the effluent is treated with at least one solid sorbent to remove at least part of the unreacted imide catalyst and produce a treated effluent comprising said oxidized hydrocarbon product. The organic phase can then be recovered. |
| US08658832B2 |
Luminescent metal complexes for organic electronic devices
The present invention relates to auxiliary ligands for luminescent metal complexes, particularly emitter complexes having such auxiliary ligands, and particularly light-emitting devices, and particularly organic light-emitting devices (OLED) having metal complexes, which have the auxiliary ligands according to the invention. |
| US08658831B2 |
Method for separating N,N-dialkylbisaminoalkylether from mixtures comprising N,N-dialkylbisaminoalkylbisaminoalkylether and at least one of N,N,N′-trialkylbisaminoalkylether and N,N,N′,N′-tetraalkylbisaminoalkylether
According to the present invention, a method for separating a primary amine being an N,N-dialkylbisaminoalkylether, from mixtures comprising said primary amine and at least one of a secondary amine being an N,N,N′-trialkylbisaminoalkylether and a tertiary amine being an N,N,N′,N′-tetraalkylbisaminoalkylether, comprising the steps: (α) joining said mixture and at least one of a ketone and an aldehyde for reacting said primary amine with said at least one of a ketone and an aldehyde, thereby providing a primary amine based imine by a Schiff base reaction; (β) separating the primary amine based imine from said at least one of the secondary or tertiary amine; and (γ) recovering the primary amine from its primary amine based imine by hydrolysis of the primary amine based imine. |
| US08658827B2 |
Method for synthesizing substituted aminocyclohexanone compounds
A method of synthesizing a substituted aminocyclohexanone compound comprising reacting a compound of formula (II) with an organolithium compound to form a compound of formula (III) |
| US08658824B2 |
Processes for producing acrylic acids and acrylates
In one embodiment, the invention is to a process for producing an acrylate product. The process comprises the step of providing a crude product stream comprising the acrylate product, an alkylenating agent, and water. The process further comprises the step of contacting at least a portion of the crude product stream or a derivative thereof with an extraction agent mixture to form an extract stream and a raffinate stream. The extract stream comprises acrylate product and extraction agent. The raffinate stream comprises alkylenating agent and water. Preferably, the extraction agent mixture comprises at least two extraction agents. |
| US08658822B2 |
Processes for producing acrylic acids and acrylates
In one embodiment, the invention is to a process for producing an acrylate product. The process comprises the step of reacting an alkanoic acid and an alkylenating agent under conditions effective to produce a crude acrylate product. A molar ratio of alkylenating agent to alkanoic acid is maintained at a level of at least 1. |
| US08658818B2 |
Methods of producing nitrate esters
Methods of forming a nitrate ester include combining at least one nitrate salt and sulfuric acid to form a nitrating solution and adding an aliphatic polyol to the nitrating solution. Nitrate esters formed by this method may be, for example, triethylene glycol dinitrate (TEGDN), pentaerythritol tetranitrate (PETN), diglycerol tetranitrate (DGTN), 1,1,1-tris(methylol)ethane trinitrate (TMETN), 1,2,4-butanetriol trinitrate (BTTN), nitroglycerin (NG), diethylene glycol dinitrate (DEGDN), ethylene glycol dinitrate (EGDN), metriol trinitrate (MTN), nitrocellulose (NC), or 1,2-propanediol dinitrate (PDDN). |
| US08658817B2 |
Method of making mixed metal oxide catalysts for ammoxidation and/or oxidation of lower alkane hydrocarbons
The present invention comprises a method for preparing a mixed oxide catalyst for use in producing acrylonitrile or methacrylonitrile from propane or isobutane by ammoxidation in a gaseous phase via methods of contacting any one of the antimony compound, the molybdenum compound, and the vanadium compound with hydrogen peroxide prior to combining with source compounds for the remaining elements in the catalyst. |
| US08658815B2 |
Method for producing ruthenium complex
The present invention provides a method for inexpensively producing di-μ-chloro-bis[chloro(η6-1-isopropyl-4-methylbenzene)ruthenium (II)] complex used as a catalyst raw material for a hydrogenation or metathesis polymerization reaction at a high yield. In the present invention, the above-described problem can be solved by reacting ruthenium chloride or a hydrate thereof with γ-terpinene in a solvent. In particular, by using an alcohol having a boiling point of 100° C. or higher as a solvent, the yield of the above-described complex can be increased. |
| US08658814B2 |
Chemical and method for chelating metal ions included in water and separating/recovering of formed chelate
The present invention relates to a chemical for chelation of metal ions, which are at least bivalent, contained in water and/or water enclosed objects and separation/recovering of formed chelate; the structural formula of which is formula (I) where R in at least one of the positions shown is comprised of a group in the form of a straight or branched hydrocarbon chain having from 9 to 20 carbon atoms, and where appropriate 1-2 hetero atoms, and which is missing in other position(s); and where X in shown positions is in a group in the form of —COOH or its salt; and wherein the chemical can be a racemate, a mixture of enantiomers, or pure enantiomers or where R is missing in all four positions shown X in at least one position is —COOR, —CONHR or —CH2OR or —COR or —CH2OCOR or —CH2OCONHR; and where X in the remaining positions shown is comprised of a group in the form of —COOH or its salt; and wherein the chemical can be a racemate, a mixture of enantiomers, or pure enantiomers. |
| US08658812B2 |
Wax dispersions
The disclosed invention provides wax dispersions with an average particle size of 0.5 to 100 μm containing (a) a wax phase with a melting point above 25° C. which contains at least one oil or wax component selected from dialkyl(ene) ethers, dialkyl(ene) carbonates, dicarboxylic acids, hydroxyfatty alcohols, and mixtures thereof and at least one emulsifier, and (b) a water phase. The wax dispersions are particularly useful as a basis for cosmetic preparations and, more particularly, for impregnating and wetting utility and sanitary wipes used for personal hygiene and body care. |
| US08658810B2 |
Method for producing purified dialkyl-furan-2,5-dicarboxylate vapor
Disclosed is a process to produce a purified vapor comprising dialkyl-furan-2,5-dicarboxylate (DAFD). Furan-2,5-dicarboxylic acid (FDCA) and an alcohol in an esterification zone to generate a crude diester stream containing dialkyl furan dicarboxylate (DAFD), unreacted alcohol, 5-(alkoxycarbonyl)furan-2-carboxylic acid (ACFC), and alkyl furan-2-carboxylate (AFC). The crude diester stream is fed to a flash evaporation zone to produce a vapor alcohol composition and a first liquid DAFD rich composition. At least a portion of the remaining alcohol can be separated from the first liquid DAFD rich composition to produce a second alcohol vapor and a second liquid DAFD rich composition, followed by separating AFC from the second liquid DAFD rich composition to product an AFC vapor and a partially purified DAFD rich composition, followed by separating a portion of the DAFD from the partially purified DAFD rich composition to produce a purified DAFD vapor. |
| US08658807B2 |
Hydrogenation process for the preparation of tetrahydrofuran and alkylated derivatives thereof
A process is provided for the synthesis of tetrahydrofuran and related compounds by hydrogenation of furan and derivatives, using a sponge nickel catalyst that has been promoted with iron and chromium. |
| US08658806B2 |
Process for preparing optically active antrocin
The present invention relates to a process of preparation of optically active antrocin. At first, to introduce the correct configuration of trans-decalone, alkyl aluminum/TMSCN was used to react with decalenone. The resulting racemic nitrile-decalone was resolved with chiral diol by ketalization to produce two chromatography separable diasteromers. After a simple column chromatography, optically pure compounds were obtained. Formylation was a critical step for the lactone formation. The rest of the synthesis is straight forward through oxidation and olefination. Accordingly, the total synthesis was completed in 10 steps with 7% overall yield from commercially available 6-methoxy-2-tetralone. |
| US08658803B2 |
Amide derivatives of N-urea substituted amino acids as formyl peptide receptor like-1 (FPRL-1) receptor modulators
The present invention relates to novel amide derivatives of N-urea substituted amino acids, processes for preparing them, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use as pharmaceuticals as modulators of the N-formyl peptide receptor like-1 (FPRL-1) receptor. |
| US08658796B2 |
Complexes of ruthenium, method of production thereof and use thereof as (pre)catalysts of the metathesis reaction
The present invention provides ruthenium complexes of the formula wherein: X and X′ denote an anionic ligand selected independently from the group consisting of anions of halogens, the phenolate anion (C6H5O−) the perfluorophenolate anion (C6F5O−), and residues of arylcarboxylic, alkylcarboxylic, perfluoroalkylcarboxylic, alkylsulphonic, arylsulphonic, or perfluoroalkylsulphonic acids; A denotes either nitrogen or carbon with an R5 group; R1 denotes hydrogen, C1-C5 alkyl, C2-C5 alkene or C3-C7 cycloalkyl; and R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7 denote independently hydrogen, C1-C25 alkyl, C1-C25 perfluoroalkyl, C5-C24 aryl, C2-C25 alkene, C3-C7 cycloalkyl, nitro (—NO2), cyano (—CN), formyl (—CHO), carboxyl (—COOH), or an ester (—COOR″), sulphone (—SO2R″), sulphonamide (—SO2NR″2), or ketone (—COR″) group, in which R″ is a C1-C5 alkyl, C1-C5 perfluoroalkyl, or C5-C24 aryl group. The invention also provides methods for producing the inventive ruthenium complexes and the use of the complexes for carrying out metathesis reactions. |
| US08658794B2 |
8-methyl-1-phenyl-imidazol[1,5-a]pyrazine compounds as Lck inhibitors and uses thereof
The present invention provides 8-methyl-1-phenyl-imidazo[1,5-a]pyrazine derivatives according to formula I or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. The compounds of the current invention show inhibitory activity against Lck and can be used for the treatment of Lck-mediated diseases or Lck-mediated conditions such as inflammatory disorders. |
| US08658793B2 |
Process for the preparation of pyrimidine derivatives
A process for the preparation of 5-substituted 4-amino-2-methylpyrimidines of the formula wherein R is CONH2 or CN, and of acid addition salts thereof, characterized in that a compound of formula H2N—CH═C(R) CN (II) is reacted with acetimidic acid methyl ester or an acid addition salt thereof and that, if desired, a compound of formula I is transferred into an acid addition salt, and the transformation of a compound of formula II wherein R is CONH2 into a compound of formula II wherein R is CN by treatment with POCl3. |
| US08658788B2 |
Process for the production of 3-oxo-pregn-4-ene-21,17-carbolactones by the metal-free oxidation of 17-(3-hydroxypropyl)-3,17-dihydroxyandrostanes
This invention relates to processes for the production of 3-oxo-pregnane-21,17-carbolactones of formula II as well as 3-oxo-pregn-4-ene-21,17-carbolactones of formula III by the metal-free oxidation of 17-(3-hydroxypropyl)-3,17-dihydroxyandrostanes of formula I In addition, the invention relates to the dichloromethane hemisolvate of 6β,7β;15β,16β-dimethylene-3-oxo-17α-pregnan-5β-ol-21,17-carbolactone (IV) as such as well as to a process for the production of drospirenone. |
| US08658787B2 |
Galacto-rhamnogalacturonate compositions for the treatment of non-alcoholic steatohepatitis and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
Aspects of the invention provide methods for treatment of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis and associated liver fibrosis. In particular, aspects of the invention relate to the use of a therapeutic formulation comprising a galacto-rhamnogalacturonate compound for the treatment of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis and associated liver fibrosis. |
| US08658783B2 |
Antisense modulation of PTP1B expression
Provided herein are methods, compounds, and compositions for reducing expression of PTP1B mRNA and protein in an animal. Such methods, compounds, and compositions are useful to treat, prevent, delay, or ameliorate metabolic disease, for example, diabetes, or a symptom thereof. |
| US08658781B2 |
Primer set, method and kit for detecting pathogen in fish
The invention provides a method for rapidly detecting a pathogen in fish comprising conducting loop-mediated isothermal amplification with a specific primer set and a nucleic acid in a test sample. If at least one amplification is carried out, the test sample comprises the pathogen in fish. The invention also provides a primer set, probe and kit for detecting a pathogen in fish. |
| US08658778B2 |
hTMC promoter and vectors for the tumor-selective and high-efficient expression of cancer therapeutic genes
Promoters that include a tissue-selective promoter sequence and a second promoter sequence operatively coupled to the tissue-selective promoter sequence, wherein the second promoter sequence includes a minimal viral promoter sequence, are disclosed. Nucleic acids and compositions that include these promoter sequences are also disclosed. Also disclosed are methods of improving the function of a tissue-selective promoter, involving operatively coupling a tissue-selective promoter sequence with a second promoter sequence that includes a minimal viral promoter sequence. Also disclosed are methods of delivering a gene into a cell, methods of treating a subject with a hyperproliferative disease, and methods of imaging a cell that involve use of the novel promoter sequences set forth herein. |
| US08658774B2 |
Meditopes and related meditope-monoclonal antibody delivery systems, synthesis and therapeutic uses thereof
Meditope variants and methods for their use are provided herein. A meditope variant as described herein comprises a peptide having a sequence CQFDLSTRRLKC (SEQ ID NO:1) or CQYNLSSRALKC (SEQ ID NO:2) that has one or more modifications at of least one amino acid residue of the sequence. Multivalent meditope variant tethering entities are also provided. Such entities may include two or more meditopes coupled via a long linker, multivalent scaffold, biotin-streptavidin, or IgG Fc domain. Further, methods of treating, imaging or diagnosing a disease or condition are provided. Such methods may include administering a therapeutically effective amount of a pharmaceutical composition to a subject, the pharmaceutical compound comprising an antibody-meditope complex; a multivalent tethering agent in combination with a monoclonal antibody or functional fragment thereof; or a combination thereof. |
| US08658773B2 |
Ultrafiltration concentration of allotype selected antibodies for small-volume administration
Disclosed are methods, compositions and uses of high concentration antibody or immunoglobulin formulations for subcutaneous, intramuscular, transdermal or other local (regional) administration, in a volume of than 3, less than 2 or less than 1 ml. Preferably, the formulation contains a high concentration formulation (HCF) buffer comprising phosphate, citrate, polysorbate 80 and mannitol at a pH of about 5.2. The formulation more preferably comprises at least 100, 150, 200, 250 mg/ml or 300 mg/ml of antibody. The methods for preparing the high concentration formulation include ultrafiltration and diafiltration to concentrate the antibody and exchange the medium for HCF buffer. Other embodiments concern use of non-G1m1 (nG1m1) allotype antibodies, such as G1m3 and/or a nG1m1,2 antibodies. The nG1m1 antibodies show decreased immunogenicity compared to G1m1 antibodies. |
| US08658768B2 |
Method for enhancing phagocytosis of phosphatidylserine-exposing cells
An Annexin A5 variant, comprising one or more RGD (Arg-Gly-Asp) sequences, is suitable for use in the treatment of a disease in mammals, including humans, wherein augmentation of phagocytosis is a desired effect of treatment. The Annexin A5 variant can e.g. be used in the treatment of chronic inflammatory diseases such as atherosclerotic plaque or in the treatment of COPD. At least one RGD sequence may substitute sequences of three amino acids within the range 1-19 or other regions of the amino acid sequences of Annexin A5; alternatively one or more RGD sequences may be part of an extension at the N-terminal side. |
| US08658765B2 |
Non-natural MIC proteins
This invention describes soluble, monovalent, non-natural protein molecules that can activate NK cells and certain T-cells to attack specific cellular target cells by attaching the NKG2D-binding portions of monovalent MICA or MICB protein, i.e. their α1-α2 platform domain, to the intended target cell specifically. The α1-α2 domain is contiguous with a heterologous α3 domain that has been genetically modified to bind directly or indirectly to the extracellular aspect of the target cell, thereby serving as the targeting domain. The genetic modification to create a non-natural and non-terminal targeting motif within the α3 domain can include a portion of an antibody, another protein molecule or portion thereof, a peptide, or a non-natural, modified α3 domain of a MIC protein. |
| US08658764B2 |
Peptide fragments for inducing synthesis of extracellular matrix proteins
Short biologically active tetrapeptides are disclosed that are comprised of the sequences GxxG and PxxP where G (glycine) and P (proline) are maintained and x is a variable amino acid. The peptides can be used singly or in combination to stimulate production of extracellular matrix proteins in skin. A rapid, low-cost method of producing heterogenous formulations of tetrapeptides is disclosed. |
| US08658763B2 |
Amphiphilic peptides and hydrogel matrices thereof for bone repair
The present invention relates to the field of tissue engineering and more specifically to amphiphilic peptides and peptide matrices thereof useful in vitro and in situ biomineralization and inducing bone repair. The present invention provides peptides, which are useful in hydrogels and other pharmaceutical compositions, and methods and kits of use for bone repair and promotion of biomineralization. Certain hydrogels according to the invention comprise cells within or adhered to the peptide matrix. |
| US08658762B2 |
Polypeptides that inhibit dopamine D2 receptor-DISC1 interaction and methods of use thereof
The present invention provides compounds, compositions and methods for inhibiting D2R-DISC1 interaction. Specifically, the present invention provides a polypeptide comprising the amino acid sequence KIYIVLRRRRKRVNT (SEQ ID NO: 1) or SEQ ID NO:5, a fragment thereof, or a polypeptide comprising an amino acid sequence that is at least 80% identical to SEQ ID NO: 1 or 5, or a fragment thereof, wherein the polypeptide is not a naturally occurring dopamine receptor. Also provided is a method of identifying an agent that inhibits the interaction of D2R with DISC1, a method of identifying an agent that binds to the polypeptide sequence defined by SEQ ID NO: 1 or 5, and a method of inhibiting D2R interaction with DISC1 in a mammal comprising administering an agent that inhibits the interaction of D2R with DISC1 to the mammal. |
| US08658760B2 |
Formulations based on anionically stabilised, aqueous polymer dispersions
Formulations based on anionically stabilized aqueous polymer dispersions, containing polychloroprene, to which carbon dioxide (CO2) has been added, to a process for their preparation, to a device for increasing the carbon dioxide content of formulations based on anionically stabilized aqueous polymer dispersions, and to the use thereof in the production of adhesives, sealants, large-volume parts or coatings. |
| US08658757B2 |
Polyamide polymer, method for producing same, resin composition, molded product, fiber, film, and porous film
Provided is a polyamide polymer in which a partial structure represented by the following formula (C) constitutes a portion of the main chain: wherein in Formula (C), RA and RB each independently represent a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms; n and m each independently represent an integer from 0 to 2; Cy represents an unsaturated 6-membered or 7-membered ring which may contain a heteroatom; and * and ** each represent a bonding hand, while * may be a bonding hand extending from RA. |
| US08658756B2 |
Caprolactam-based composition, process for manufacturing an impermeable element, and tank
The present invention relates to a composition that can be used to manufacture an impermeable, sealing, tight envelope, to a process for manufacturing an impermeable envelope, and to a tank. The composition of the invention comprises in % by weight relative to the total weight of the composition: from 70 to 90% of a monomer (I); from 0.1 to 1% of an activator (II), in which R is chosen from the group comprising CnH2n+2, n being an integer chosen from 1 to 10; —OH; —OCnH2n+2, n being an integer chosen from 1 to 10; and —NHR′ where R′ is either CnH2n+2, n being an integer chosen from 1 to 10, or an amine functional group; from 2 to 6% of a catalyst (III), in which X is chosen from the group comprising MgBr, MgI, Li and Na; and from 10 to 20% of an additive (IV), with: This composition can be used, for example, to manufacture elements that are impermeable to fluids, for example impermeable envelopes, for example that can be used in the manufacture of type IV tanks or hydraulic accumulators. |
| US08658749B2 |
Methods for manufacturing amino acid mimetic copolymers and use of same
Biocompatible polymers are manufactured to include an ammo acid mimetic monomer and one or more hydrophobic acrylate monomers. The amino acid mimetic monomers are selected to mimic the side chain of the amino acids asparagine or glutamine. The amino acid mimetic monomer can be a methacryloyl or acryloyl derivative of 2-hydroxyacetamide, 3-hydroxypropionamide, alaninamide, lactamide, or glycinamide. These amide functional groups offer the advantage of moderate hydrophilicity with little chemical reactivity. The amino acid mimetic monomer can be copolymerized with one or more hydrophobic acrylate monomers to obtain desired coating properties. |
| US08658744B2 |
Controlling H2 distribution in a horizontal stirred bed reactor
An olefin polymerization process comprises gas-phase polymerization of at least one olefin monomer in more than one polymerization zones in one or more polymerization reactors using a high activity catalyst injected in the front end of the reactor to give solid polymer particles. According to the process of the invention, different hydrogen to olefin ratios are controlled and applied to the reactor leading to the production of very different molecular weights and therefore broadening the molecular weight distribution of the polymer produced. |
| US08658742B2 |
Epoxy resin imbibed polymer particles
The present invention relates to a stable aqueous dispersion of thermoplastic polymer particles imbibed with a thermosettable compound. The polymer particles are characterized by having a sufficient concentration of anti-agglomerating functional groups to stabilize the latex against agglomeration. The dispersion is useful as one part of a two-pack formulation. |
| US08658741B2 |
Process for the post-modification of homo and copolymers prepared by controlled free radical polymerization processes
The instant invention pertains to the preparation of polymers or copolymers wherein in a first step a controlled free radical polymerization process is carried out and in a second step the resulting polymer is modified by transesterification reactions. The final modified polymer or copolymer is useful as a dispersant for pigments. Further aspects of the invention are the thus prepared polymers or copolymers, a pigment concentrate containing the polymer or copolymer and a coating material containing the pigment concentrate. |
| US08658736B2 |
Epoxy resin composition, prepreg and fiber-reinforced composite material
An epoxy resin composition comprising an epoxy resin [A], an amine-based curing agent [B] and a block copolymer [C] as components, wherein the epoxy resin [A] contains [Aa] an epoxy resin having at least one structure selected from a condensed polycyclic structure, biphenyl structure and oxazolidone ring structure; [Ab] an epoxy resin selected from a polyfunctional amine type epoxy resin [Ab1] and a liquid bisphenol type epoxy resin [Ab2], and the block copolymer [C] is at least one block copolymer selected from the group consisting of S-B-M, B-M and M-B-M. The present invention provides an epoxy resin composition that can be cured to form a cured product excellent in heat resistance, elastic modulus and toughness. |
| US08658732B2 |
Cavitated oriented polyethylene polymer composites
Solid state draw a polymer billet, wherein at least 50 percent of all polymers in the billet is a continuous phase of polyethylene polymer having a density of 0.941-0.959 grams per cubic centimeter and a weight-average molecular weight that is 110,000 grams per mole or greater, at a drawing rate of 1.2 meters per minute or faster using a tensile force to create an oriented and cavitated polymer composition whose cross section dimensions all exceed two millimeters. |
| US08658726B2 |
Composites of polysiloxane polymers and inorganic nanoparticles
Desirable composites of polysiloxane polymers and inorganic nanoparticles can be formed based on the appropriate selection of the surface properties of the particles and the chemical properties of the polymer. High loadings of particles can be achieved with good dispersion through the polymer. The composites can have good optical properties. In some embodiments, the inorganic particles are substantially free of surface modification. |
| US08658723B2 |
Epoxy resin composition
A composition capable of phase separation contains an epoxy resin and an impact modifier formed from at least one dimer fatty acid and/or dimer fatty diol. The composition is suitable for use as an adhesive, particularly in microelectronics. |
| US08658720B2 |
Thermoplastic resin composition with improved compatibility
Disclosed herein is a thermoplastic resin composition that can have improved compatibility by introducing a branched acrylic copolymer to a polycarbonate resin. The thermoplastic resin composition can have good scratch resistance in addition to good colorability and appearance without requiring the addition of a compatibilizer. |
| US08658717B2 |
Asphalt paving materials and methods for making the same
An asphalt paving material comprises an asphalt binder present in an amount of from about 3 to about 8 weight percent of the asphalt paving material. The asphalt binder comprises base asphalt and oxidized polyolefin that is present in an amount of from about 0.25 to about 10 weight percent of the base asphalt. Aggregate is present in an amount of about 92 to about 97 weight percent of the asphalt paving material. The oxidized polyolefin effectively adheres the asphalt binder to the aggregate so as to resist stripping of the asphalt binder from the aggregate caused by moisture. |
| US08658713B2 |
Bone cement composition and production method thereof, and kit for producing the same
A bone cement composition which contains titanium dioxide particles having a median diameter of 0.5 to 7.0 μm as measured by a laser diffraction/scattering particle size distribution analyzer and a BET specific surface area of 0.5 to 7.0 m2/g as measured by a nitrogen adsorption method, and a base-forming component comprising a (meth)acrylate polymer and a (meth)acrylate monomer, wherein the content of the titanium dioxide particles is 5 to 50% by mass based on the total mass of the composition. The bone cement composition has bioactivity and is capable of forming a hardened material having a high mechanical strength. |
| US08658712B2 |
Methods of treatment of the dental pulp and filling root canals using water-based material
Improved compositions comprising a mixture of particulate materials with water-based liquids containing water-soluble polymers and surfactants are provided. Examples of particulate powders include mixtures of calcium silicate, calcium aluminate, calcium sulfate, and hydroxyapatite. Examples of water-soluble polymers include polyvinyl alcohols, polyvinyl pyrrolidone, partially hydrolyzed polyvinyl acetates, polyacrylic acid, and polymethacrylic acid. Surfactants such as sodium dodecyl sulfate are added to the composition to interact with the polymeric materials. The compositions are particularly suitable for sealing and obturating dental root canals and root apices. The composition provides a stable barrier to bacterial and fluid leakage in the root canal system of a tooth. In addition, the compositions help promote the growth of new bone and tissue surrounding the root-tip area or dentin tissue that covers an injured or amputated pulp. |
| US08658705B2 |
Carbon oxides removal
A process for reducing the carbon oxide content in natural gas, by producing a carbon oxide containing natural gas from a geological formation through a natural gas delivery system; providing a reaction zone containing at least one catalyst suitable for hydrocarbon conversion in the natural gas delivery system; introducing hydrogen into the carbon oxide containing natural gas to form a reaction mixture; and passing the reaction mixture to the catalyst in the reaction zone to convert at least a portion of the carbon oxides in the natural gas to hydrocarbons. |
| US08658703B2 |
Aqueous suspension preparations
Addition of polyvinylpyrrolidone and a water-soluble anionic macromolecular compound to an aqueous suspension of a hardly soluble drug allows to provide an aqueous suspension in which aggregation of drug particles, formation of macro crystals from suspended particles and formation of secondary particles from deposited particles are prevented, and adhesion and adsorption to containers made of plastics, e.g., polypropylene or polyethylene, are avoided. As it has a good redispersibility, the aqueous suspension is useful as eye drops, nasal drops, ear drops, injections, oral preparations, liniments and lotions. |
| US08658702B2 |
Soluble anion exchangers from hyperbranched macromolecules
Novel macromolecules for filtering contaminants from water and non-aqueous solutions. Molecules such as polyethyleneimine (PEI) may be functionalized, cross-linked, and/or quaternized to improve their binding capacity or selectivity with particular water contaminants such as bromide, nitrate, and sulfate. The macromolecules may be either recyclable or non-recyclable, and may be recovered or separated from water using means such as ultrafiltration, flocculation, or immobilization on a substrate. |
| US08658698B2 |
Insecticidal compounds
A compound of formula (I) wherein A1, A2, A3, A4, G1, G2, R1, R2, L, Q1, and Q2 are as defined in claim 1; or a salt or N-oxide thereof. Furthermore, the present invention relates to processes and intermediates for preparing compounds of formula (I), to insecticidal, acaricidal, molluscicidal and nematicidal compositions comprising them and to methods of using them to combat and control insect, acarine, mollusc and nematode pests. |
| US08658691B2 |
Crystalline forms of a 3-[2-methanesulfonyl-1-(4-trifluoromethyl-phenoxy)ethyl]pyrrolidine compound
The invention provides crystalline hydrochloride salts of (S)-3-[(S)-2-methanesulfonyl-1-(4-trifluoromethylphenoxy)ethyl]pyrrolidine. This invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising the crystalline salts, processes and intermediates for preparing the crystalline salts, and methods of using the crystalline salts to treat diseases. |
| US08658690B2 |
Use of novel compounds from fruiting body of Antrodia camphorata for treating an inflammatory disorder
Disclosed herein are isolated compounds or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, which exhibit immunostimulatory or anti-inflammatory effects. The compounds are isolated from the fruiting body of A. camphorata in a solid culture. Also disclosed are methods of stimulating immune responses and/or treating an inflammatory disorder with these compounds and pharmaceutical compositions including the compounds or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. |
| US08658683B2 |
Combination of alpha-2 receptor agonist (clonidin) and anti-muscarinic agent (oxybutynin) for the treatment of sialorrhoea
An alpha2 adrenoreceptor agonist eg. clonidine, brimonidine, monoxidine, lofexidine is useful for the treatment of siaiorrhoea, administered by the paraungual, sublingual or buccal route. The patient to be treated is also given an anti-muscarinic agent eg. oxybutynin, glycopyrrolate, ipratropium. |
| US08658681B2 |
Treatment of hyperproliferative disorders with diarylhydantoin compounds
The present invention relates to diarylhydantoin compounds, including diarylthiohydantoins, and methods for synthesizing them and using them in the treatment of hormone refractory prostate cancer. |
| US08658680B2 |
Chemically stable dispersions of prothioconazole and processes for preparing them
Chemically stable aqueous dispersions of prothioconazole and processes for preparing them are provided. The dispersions comprise prothioconazole present in an aqueous medium, and a sulfur-containing compound present in an amount effective to render the dispersion chemically stable. |
| US08658678B2 |
Methods and compositions for increasing solubility of azole drug compounds that are poorly soluble in water
The combination of any two of a polyol, a polyol ether, and a low carbon organic alcohol provides a synergistic effect on the solubility of azole compounds, such as metronidazole, in aqueous fluid. |
| US08658674B2 |
Thiophene analogues for the treatment or prevention of flavivirus infections
Compounds represented by formula I: or pharmaceutically acceptable salts and solvates thereof, wherein R1, X, Y, and Z are as defined herein, are useful for treating flaviviridae viral infections. |
| US08658672B2 |
HIF-1α activating agent
The present invention relates to a HIF-lα activator containing clioquinol and its derivatives as an active ingredient. Clioquinol and its derivatives of the invention inhibit HIF-1α(hypoxia-inducible factor-lα) ubiquitination in normoxic cells and thus accumulate HIF-lα. In the meantime, CQ inhibits FIH-I activity and thereby induces transcription activity of the accumulated HIF-lα, resulting in the induction of expressions of HIF-lα target genes VEGF (vascular endothelial growth factor) and EPO (erythropoietin). Therefore, clioquinol and its derivatives can be effectively used as a therapeutic agent for ischemic disease. |
| US08658669B2 |
Bridged bicyclic heteroaryl substituted triazoles useful as Axl inhibitors
Bridged bicyclic heteroaryl substituted triazoles and pharmaceutical compositions containing the compounds are disclosed as being useful in inhibiting the activity of the receptor protein tyrosine kinase Axl. Methods of using the compounds in treating diseases or conditions associated with Axl activity are also disclosed. |
| US08658665B2 |
3,6-disubstituted xanthylium salts and use thereof in treatment of tauopathies
This invention pertains generally to processes, uses, methods and materials utilizing particular xanthylium compounds, including compounds of formula (I) and (II), as further defined herein. These compounds are useful as drugs, for example, in the treatment of tauopathies, such as Alzheimer's disease. |
| US08658664B2 |
Cyclopamine tartrate salt and uses thereof
The present invention provides compositions and methods for modulating smoothened-dependent pathway activation. The present invention provides highly water-soluble analogs of cyclopamine that are potent, hedgehog signaling inhibitors less toxic than cyclopamine. The compounds of the present invention are particularly useful in treating cancers associated with hedgehog signalling. |
| US08658660B2 |
5-fluoro-4-imino-3,4-dihydropyrimidin-2-(1H)-ones derivatives
This present disclosure is related to the field of 5-fluoro-4-imino-3-(substituted)-3,4-dihydropyrimidin-2(1H)ones and their derivatives and to the use of these compounds as fungicides. |
| US08658652B2 |
Antifolate combinations
The present invention provides combinations of active agents, such combinations comprising one or more antifolate compounds. The particularly can include methotrexate and one or more further antifolate compounds. In specific embodiments, the combinations are useful for treating certain conditions, such as rheumatoid arthritis. The invention also provides articles useful to provide the combinations in desirable dosage forms and combinations. The combinations further may be useful in the treatment of further conditions, including abnormal cell proliferation, inflammatory diseases, asthma, and arthritis. |
| US08658651B2 |
Compounds that are ERK inhibitors
Disclosed are the ERK inhibitors of formula 1.0: (Formula (A1)), and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts, esters and solvates thereof. Q is a piperidine ring that can have a bridge or a fused ring. All other substitutents are as defined herein. Also disclosed are methods of treating cancer using the compounds of formula A1. |
| US08658648B2 |
Modified chloroquines with single ring moiety or fused ring moiety
The disclosure provides modified chloroquine compounds having single ring or fused ring moieties. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds, methods of using such compounds to inhibit or treat diseases or conditions caused by chloroquine-resistant (CQR) and chloroquine-sensitive (CqS) malaria parasites and other CQ-susceptible microorganisms, and processes and intermediates useful for preparing such compounds. |
| US08658647B2 |
Integrin-linked kinase inhibitors
A number of compounds and use of the compounds in a method for treating or preventing cancer in a subject by administering to the subject a pharmaceutical composition including a compound of formula I or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof are described. The compounds can also be used to inhibit integrin-linked kinase in a cell, which has an effect on the Akt signaling pathway. |
| US08658645B2 |
Use of quinolone antibiotics
The present invention relates to the use of certain quinolone antibiotics for controlling bacterial disorders of the oral cavity, in particular in veterinary medicine. |
| US08658642B2 |
Arylsulfonamide CCR3 antagonists
Provided herein are arylsulfonamides that are useful for modulating CCR3 activity, and pharmaceutical compositions thereof. Also provided herein are methods of their use for treating, preventing, or ameliorating one or more symptoms of a CCR3-mediated disorder, disease, or condition. |
| US08658641B2 |
Fused, spirocyclic heteroaromatic compounds for the treatment of bacterial infections
The present invention relates to compounds of Formula (I); to pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, to methods of using them to treat bacterial infections, and to methods for their preparation. |
| US08658635B2 |
Benzpyrazol derivatives as inhibitors of PI3 kinases
The invention is directed to certain novel compounds of formula (I) and salts thereof. The compounds of the invention are inhibitors of PI3-kinase activity. |
| US08658629B2 |
Use of lanostane and Poria extract in treating cachexia
A pharmaceutical composition for treating cachexia, and in particular for treating cancer cachexia. The composition contains a lanostane compound as a potent component. A suitable source of the lanostane compound is a Poria extract from metabolite, sclerotium, or fermentation product of Poria cocos (Schw) Wolf. The Poria extract contains 1-60% of the lanostane compounds by weight of the extract, and is devoid of secolanostane. |
| US08658627B2 |
Pregnancy hormone combination for treatment of autoimmune diseases
The present invention relates to pregnancy hormone combinations and methods of treatment for autoimmune diseases having at least two hormonal components, a pregnancy hormone (such as estriol), and a gestagen (such as levonorgestrel or norethindrone) thereby providing for the continuous, uninterrupted administration of pregnancy hormones for the treatment for autoimmune disorders, such as multiple sclerosis. |
| US08658625B2 |
External preparation for treating painful skin wound
External preparations for treatment of painful skin wound having an analgesic activity which comprises acetylsalicylic acid or its pharmacologically acceptable salt as an active ingredient. |
| US08658623B2 |
Substituted bicyclic methyl amine derivatives as sphingosine-1 phosphate receptors modulators
The present invention relates to novel substituted bicyclic methyl amine derivatives which are useful as sphingosine-1-phosphate receptors modulators and useful for treating a wide variety of disorders associated with modulation of sphingosine-1-phosphate receptors. |
| US08658622B2 |
Methods and compositions for preventing and treating a disease related to glycan dysregulation
Contemplated compositions and methods are directed to prevent and/or treat various autoimmune diseases that are typically associated with glycan dysregulation, and especially autoimmune demyelinating diseases. Further especially contemplated aspects include animal models and systems for screening compounds to treat and/or prevent such diseases. |
| US08658620B2 |
Pharmaceutical composition, use of 2-iminopyrrolidine derivative for production of pharmaceutical composition, and kit for treatment or amelioration of heart diseases
One embodiment of the present invention is a pharmaceutical composition comprising at least one specific 2-iminopyrrolidine derivative and at least one other compound (B). Another embodiment of the present invention is a pharmaceutical composition comprising at least one specific 2-iminopyrrolidine derivative, which is to be used in combination with at least one other compound (B). According to the present invention, there are provided pharmaceutical compositions capable of treating or ameliorating diseases, such as heart diseases, effectively. |
| US08658618B2 |
Methods for preventing or reducing neurotoxicity associated with administering DPD inhibitors in combination with 5-FU and 5-FU prodrugs
Methods for improved administration and dosing of DPD inhibitors in combination with 5-FU and/or 5-FU prodrugs are provided, comprising first administering to a patient in need thereof a DPD inhibitor that substantially eliminates activity of the enzyme in both nervous and non-nervous tissues within the patient and thereafter administering 5-FU or a 5-FU prodrug, wherein the level of 5-FU or 5-FU generated from a prodrug is in substantial excess of DPD inhibitor in the patient. |
| US08658617B2 |
Salts of HIV inhibitor compounds
The invention is related to salts of anti-viral compounds, compositions containing such salts, and therapeutic methods that include the administration of such salts, as well as to processes and intermediates useful for preparing such salts. |
| US08658612B2 |
Therapeutic agent for malignant mesothelioma and immunostimulant
A method for potentiating the antitumor immunity in an animal by administering REIC/Dkk-3, or a therapeutic agent for malignant mesothelioma containing REIC/Dkk-3, or a vector containing the DNA as an active ingredient; wherein the DNA consists of the nucleotide sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 1; or (b) a DNA hybridizing under stringent conditions to the DNA consisting of a nucleotide sequence complementary to the nucleotide sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 1 and encoding a protein having apoptosis-inducing activity and interleukin (IL-7) production-accelerating activity in cells. |
| US08658611B2 |
Apoptosis-inducing agent for prostate cancer cells
According to the present invention, an apoptosis-inducing agent for prostate cancer comprising REIC/Dkk-3 DNA or an REIC/Dkk-3 protein, and a therapeutic agent for prostate cancer and an agent for inhibiting prostate cancer metastasis that comprise such apoptosis-inducing agent are provided.An apoptosis-inducing agent for prostate cancer, comprising, as an active ingredient, an REIC/Dkk-3 protein (a) or (b) or REIC/Dkk-3 DNA (c) or (d): (a) a protein consisting of the amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 2; (b) a protein consisting of an amino acid sequence derived from the amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 2 by substitution or deletion of 1 or more amino acids; (c) DNA consisting of the nucleotide sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 1; or (d) DNA that hybridizes under stringent conditions to DNA consisting of a nucleotide sequence complementary to the nucleotide sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 1 and encodes a protein having apoptosis activity; and a therapeutic agent for prostate cancer comprising such apoptosis-inducing agent are provided. |
| US08658602B2 |
Multimeric constructs
Multimeric fusion proteins of an Ig-like domain of Flt-1 are rendered functional by inclusion of a linker moiety. Vectors encoding the fusion proteins and host cells expressing the fusion proteins can be used therapeutically to block neovascularization in individuals with pathological conditions related to neovascularization. Such conditions include age-related macular degeneration, cancer, psoriasis, proliferative diabetic retinopathy, asthma, uveitis, osteoarthritis, and rheumatoid arthritis. The same means of multimerization used for an Iglike domain of Flt-1, i.e., a linker and a multimerization domain, can be used for other polypeptides, including extracellular receptors, antibody variable regions, cytokines, chemokines, and growth factors. |
| US08658600B2 |
Antineoplastic hydrogels, and enzyme-instructed preparations thereof
Disclosed is a general methodology to create nano fibers of therapeutic molecules that have a dual role, as both the delivery vehicle and the drug itself. It is shown that with proper molecular design, the integration of enzymatic reaction and self-assembly provides a powerful method to create molecular hydrogels of clinically-used therapeutics without compromising their bioactivities. In addition, the results disclosed herein demonstrate enzyme-instructed self-assembly as a facile strategy for generating the supramolecular hydrogels of molecules that inherently have poor solubility in water. For example, by covalently connecting paclitaxel with a motif that is prone to self-assemble, a hydrogel of paclitaxel can be formed without compromising the activity of the paclitaxel. |
| US08658598B2 |
Recombinant melusin fusion protein as pharmacological agent in the treatment of heart pathologies
A recombinant melusin fusion protein having an improved stability and a capability to reach intracellular compartments as compared to recombinant melusin in vivo, wherein said protein comprises i) a human melusin protein having the amino acid sequence as defined in SEQ ID No.:1, or a homologue thereof having at least 60%, preferably at least 80%, more preferably at least 90% sequence identity to SEQ ID No.:1 and having the function of native melusin protein or a human melusin portion derived from SEQ ID No.:1 or homologue thereof having at least 60%, preferably at least 80%, more preferably at least 90% sequence identity of the melusin portion derived from SEQ ID No.:1 and having the function of native melusin protein and ii) a cell penetrating polypeptide. |
| US08658590B2 |
Coated sodium percarbonate particles
Coated sodium percarbonate particles comprising a core of sodium percarbonate obtainable by fluidized bed buildup granulation, and a coating layer comprising sodium sulfate and sodium carbonate in a weight ratio of from 95:5 to 75:25 and in which the proportion of sodium sulfate and sodium carbonate is at least 80% by weight, effect as a detergent component an improved washing power of the detergent and exhibit a high storage stability in detergent formulations. |
| US08658588B2 |
Self-adhesive high viscosity cleaning composition
A composition for cleaning hard surfaces which is self-adhering to a wet or dry hard surface through a plurality of flows of water thereover. The composition is a gel having a viscosity of about 600,000 cP to about 1,500,000 cP and is capable of being manually applied, i.e., in absence of an applicating dispenser, to a hard surface. The gel composition with high viscosity provides for continuous cleaning until depletion, or may be used for one-time cleaning at any time between application of the composition to a hard surface and depletion of the gel composition. |
| US08658586B2 |
Copolymer for surface processing or modification
The invention relates to a composition for processing and/or modifying surfaces, particularly hard surfaces or textile surfaces. The composition includes a synthetic copolymer including cationic units and other units |
| US08658585B2 |
Detergent products, methods and manufacture
A water-soluble pouch suitable for use in machine dishwashing and which comprises a plurality of compartments in generally superposed or superposable relationship, each containing one or more detergent active or auxiliary components, and wherein the pouch has a volume of from about 5 to about 70 ml and a longitudinal/transverse aspect ratio in the range from about 2:1 to about 1:8, preferably from about 1:1 to about 1:4. The water-soluble pouch allows for optimum delivery of dishwashing detergent. A process for the manufacture of multi-compartment pouches and a pack to contain the pouches are also disclosed. |
| US08658583B2 |
Method for making a photoresist stripping solution comprising an organic sulfonic acid and an organic hydrocarbon solvent
An improved method for making a photoresist stripping solution for a metal-containing semi-conductor substrate where the stripping solution comprises a blend of at least one organic sulfonic acid with a halogen-free hydrocarbon solvent wherein concentrations of trace amounts of residual sulfuric acid and sulfur trioxide in the blend are reduced to very low levels. |
| US08658581B2 |
Shampoo composition with improved care performance
A cosmetic preparation is disclosed, comprising (a) at least one surfactant selected from the group consisting of non-alkoxylated anionic surfactants, zwitterionic surfactants and amphoteric surfactants, (b) a microemulsion, and (c) at least one cationic polymer. |
| US08658580B2 |
Superabsorbing gel for actinide, lanthanide, and fission product decontamination
The present invention provides an aqueous gel composition for removing actinide ions, lanthanide ions, fission product ions, or a combination thereof from a porous surface contaminated therewith. The composition comprises a polymer mixture comprising a gel forming cross-linked polymer and a linear polymer. The linear polymer is present at a concentration that is less than the concentration of the cross-linked polymer. The polymer mixture is at least about 95% hydrated with an aqueous solution comprising about 0.1 to about 3 percent by weight (wt %) of a multi-dentate organic acid chelating agent, and about 0.02 to about 0.4 molar (M) carbonate salt, to form a gel. When applied to a porous surface contaminated with actinide ions, lanthanide ions, and/or other fission product ions, the aqueous gel absorbs contaminating ions from the surface. |
| US08658579B2 |
Lubricating grease compositions
Lubricating grease composition comprising: (i) a base oil; and (ii) a thickener system comprising (i) a lithium soap of a first carboxylic acid selected from C12-C24 hydroxy carboxylic acids and (ii) a lithium soap of a second carboxylic acid selected from C12-C24 branched carboxylic acids, C12-C24 dihydroxy carboxylic acids and mixtures thereof. The lubricating grease compositions according to the present invention have improved oil bleeding and shear stability properties, as well as improved grease lifetime and increased relubrication intervals. |
| US08658577B2 |
Anti-wear agent and lubricating composition with superior anti-wear properties containing same
The present invention provides an anti-wear compound selected from phosphorus compounds as represented by the following General Formula (2) or metal salts thereof as represented by the following General Formula (3). |
| US08658571B2 |
Wet-chemical method for producing high-temperature superconductor
The invention relates to a method for the wet chemical production of an HTSL on a carrier, wherein an HTSL precursor solution comprising no trifluoroacetate may be utilized if the same is heated to a temperature Ts during the heat treatment of the HTSL precursor, wherein the remaining substances of the HTSL precursor solution form at least a partial melt, which is below the temperature at which RE2BaCuOx is formed, and which is deposited from the liquid phase while forming a peritectic. |
| US08658569B2 |
Substituted quinolinones having herbicidal action
Substituted quinolinones of the formula I in which the variables are defined according to the description, their agriculturally suitable salts, processes and intermediates for preparing the compounds of the formula I, compositions comprising them and their use as herbicides, i.e. for controlling harmful plants, and also a method for controlling unwanted vegetation which comprises allowing a herbicidally effective amount of at least one compound of the formula I to act on plants, their seed and/or their habitat. |
| US08658567B2 |
Compositions containing anthraquinone derivatives as growth promoters and antifungal agents
Compositions for modulating plant growth, seed germination and soil borne diseases comprising anthraquinone derivatives are disclosed. |
| US08658565B2 |
Active compound combinations
Compositions comprising a (A) dithiino-tetracarboximide of formula (I) and at least one agriculturally beneficial biological control agent (B) are disclosed. A method for curatively or preventively controlling phytopathogenic fungi of plants or crops is disclosed. A method for treating seed and a method for protecting seed are disclosed. |
| US08658563B2 |
Method and apparatus for sorbent production, primarily for removing arsenic from drinking water
The object of the invention is method and apparatus for sorbent production. The method comprises the steps of saturating a moisture-absorbent, wettable organic support material with the aqueous solution of a water-soluble ferric salt, then filtering it and drying it to constant weight; saturating the support material with a stoichiometric quantity (computed relative to the iron content of the support material) of oxalic acid and/or water-soluble salt of oxalic acid, then filtering it and drying it to constant weight, while converting the iron ions to insoluble ferric oxalate; converting the saturated support material to activated carbon by anaerobic heating, then subjecting said saturated support material to anaerobic cooling, while the ferric oxalate is decomposed into iron and carbon dioxide; preoxidizing iron particles of the activated carbon by a water-soluble peroxide compound, filtering the activated carbon, and rinsing it to completely remove salt therefrom, then filtering it again and drying it; converting the iron hydroxide formed on the surface of the iron particles into magnetite by anaerobic heating of the activated carbon, and subsequently cooling in an anaerobic manner the thus produced sorbent to room temperature. |
| US08658560B1 |
Hydrogenation catalyst for nitro-aromatic compounds and method for preparing the same
The present invention relates to a hydrogenation catalyst for nitro-aromatic compounds, especially nitrobenzene and a method for preparing the same. Particularly, the present invention relates to a hydrogenation catalyst for nitrobenzene, which contains palladium and zinc on a carrier, and is prepared by a process comprising steps of: fixing a zinc component on a carrier; and fixing a palladium component on the carrier on which the zinc component is fixed. Further, it is applicable for a corresponding process for preparing aromatic amino compounds by way of a reaction for hydrogenating nitro-aromatic compounds, and demonstrates improved selectivity, reactivity and stability. |
| US08658558B2 |
Hydroconversion multi-metallic catalyst and method for making thereof
In a process for forming a bulk hydroprocessing catalyst by sulfiding a catalyst precursor made in a co-precipitation reaction, up to 60% of the metal precursor feeds do not react to form catalyst precursor and end up in the supernatant. In the present disclosure, the metals can be recovered in an electro-coagulation reactor, wherein portion of the metal residuals in the supernatant reacts with the electrodes to form a slurry containing insoluble metal compounds. The insoluble metal compounds are isolated and recovered, forming an effluent stream. The insoluble metal compounds and/or the effluent stream can be further treated to form at least a metal precursor feed which can be used in the co-precipitation reaction. |
| US08658556B2 |
Catalyst systems comprising multiple non-coordinating anion activators and methods for polymerization therewith
This invention relates to a method to polymerize olefins comprising contacting olefins with a catalyst system comprising a transition metal catalyst compound and: 1) at least two NCA activators represented by the formula: Zd+ (Ad-), where Z is a Bronsted acid or a reducible Lewis acid, Ad- is a boron containing NCA, d is 1, 2, or 3, and where Z is a Bronsted acid and Z is a reducible Lewis acid in the first and second NCA activators, respectively; or 2) at least two NCA activators, one as described in Formula I and one not as described in Formula I; or 3) two NCA activators as described in Formula I except that the N in the second NCA in the ArNHal is at a different position in the nitrogen containing aromatic ring than the N in the first NCA. |
| US08658549B2 |
Crystallizing glass solder and use thereof
A crystallizing glass solder for high-temperature applications, containing, in % by weight on an oxide basis: 45% to 60% of BaO, 25% to 40% of SiO2, 5% to 15% of B2O3, 0 to <2% of Al2O3, and at least one alkaline earth metal oxide from the group consisting of MgO, CaO and SrO, wherein CaO is 0% to 5% and the sum of the alkaline earth metal oxides MgO, CaO and SrO is 0% to 20%, preferably 2% to 15%. The glass solder is preferably free from TeO2 and PbO. Preferred embodiments of the glass solder contain from 3 to 15 wt. % of Y2O3 and have low porosity and high stability with respect to a moist fuel gas environment. |
| US08658545B2 |
Vapor deposition device, vapor deposition method and organic EL display device
A vapor deposition source (60), a limiting plate unit (80), and a vapor deposition mask (70) are disposed in this order. The limiting plate unit includes a plurality of limiting plates (81) disposed along a first direction. At least a portion of surfaces (83) defining a limiting space (82) of the limiting plate unit and surfaces (84) of the limiting plate unit opposing the vapor deposition source is constituted by at least one outer surface member (110, 120) capable of attaching to and detaching from a base portion (85). Accordingly, a vapor deposition device that is capable of forming a coating film in which edge blur is suppressed on a large-sized substrate and that has excellent maintenance performance can be obtained. |
| US08658544B2 |
Method for texturing silicon surfaces and wafers thereof
This invention relates to a method for texturing a silicon surface and silicon wafers made by the method, where the method comprises immersing the wafers in an alkaline solution at pH>10, and applying a potential difference between the wafer and a platinum electrode in the electrolyte in the range of +10 to +85 V. |
| US08658538B2 |
Method of fabricating memory device
A method of fabricating a memory device includes forming a plurality of first insulative blocks and a plurality of second insulative blocks arranged in an alternating manner in a substrate, forming a plurality of wide trenches in the substrate to form a plurality of protruding blocks, forming a word line on each sidewall of the protruding blocks, isolating the word line on each sidewall of the protruding block, and forming an trench filler in the protruding block to form two mesa structures, wherein the first insulative block and the second insulative block have different depths, and the wide trenches are transverse to the first insulative blocks. |
| US08658535B2 |
Optimized annular copper TSV
The present disclosure provides a thermo-mechanically reliable copper TSV and a technique to form such TSV during BEOL processing. The TSV constitutes an annular trench which extends through the semiconductor substrate. The substrate defines the inner and outer sidewalls of the trench, which sidewalls are separated by a distance within the range of 5 to 10 microns. A conductive path comprising copper or a copper alloy extends within said trench from an upper surface of said first dielectric layer through said substrate. The substrate thickness can be 60 microns or less. A dielectric layer having interconnect metallization conductively connected to the conductive path is formed directly over said annular trench. |
| US08658533B2 |
Semiconductor interconnect structure with multi-layered seed layer providing enhanced reliability and minimizing electromigration
An interconnect structure and method for forming a multi-layered seed layer for semiconductor interconnections are disclosed. Specifically, the method and structure involves utilizing sequential catalytic chemical vapor deposition, which is followed by annealing, to form the multi-layered seed layer of an interconnect structure. The multi-layered seed layer will improve electromigration resistance, decrease void formation, and enhance reliability of ultra-large-scale integration (ULSI) chips. |
| US08658530B2 |
Method of fabricating an epitaxial Ni silicide film
An epitaxial Ni silicide film that is substantially non-agglomerated at high temperatures, and a method for forming the epitaxial Ni silicide film, is provided. The Ni silicide film of the present disclosure is especially useful in the formation of ETSOI (extremely thin silicon-on-insulator) Schottky junction source/drain FETs. The resulting epitaxial Ni silicide film exhibits improved thermal stability and does not agglomerate at high temperatures. |
| US08658529B2 |
Method for manufacturing semiconductor device
An oxide film is formed on an inner surface of a via hole in which a through electrode is to be formed, and thereafter a Cu film is embedded in the via hole. When an excess Cu film formed on a first interlayer insulating film is removed by a CMP method, the oxide film is also polished and reduced in thickness. Using the oxide film reduced in thickness as a hard mask, a wiring trench is formed in the first interlayer insulating film. At this time, the oxide film is further reduced in thickness. After a conductive material is embedded in the wiring trench, an excess conductive material is removed by polishing. At this time, the remaining oxide film is removed entirely by the polishing. |
| US08658523B2 |
Method for making semiconductor insulated-gate field-effect transistor having multilayer deposited metal source(s) and/or drain(s)
A metal source/drain field effect transistor is fabricated such that the source/drain regions are deposited, multilayer structures, with at least a second metal deposited on exposed surfaces of a first metal. |
| US08658522B2 |
Methods and apparatus for incorporating nitrogen in oxide films
In a first aspect, a first method is provided. The first method includes the steps of (1) preconditioning a process chamber with an aggressive plasma; (2) loading a substrate into the process chamber; and (3) performing plasma nitridation on the substrate within the process chamber. The process chamber is preconditioned using a plasma power that is at least 150% higher than a plasma power used during plasma nitridation of the substrate. Numerous other aspects are provided. |
| US08658519B1 |
Nanowires, nanowire networks and methods for their formation and use
Various embodiments provide non-planar nanowires, nanowire arrays, and nanowire networks as well as methods of their formation and applications. The non-planar nanowires and their arrays can be formed in a controlled manner on surfaces having a non-planar orientation. In embodiments, two or more adjacent nanowires from different surfaces can grow to merge together forming one or more nanowire branches and thus forming a nanowire network. In embodiments, the non-planar nanowires and nanowire networks can be used for cantilever oscillation, switching and transistor actions. |
| US08658514B2 |
Method for manufacturing a semiconductor-on-insulator structure having low electrical losses, and corresponding structure
A manufacturing process for a semiconductor-on-insulator structure having reduced electrical losses and which includes a support substrate made of silicon, an oxide layer and a thin layer of semiconductor material, and a polycrystalline silicon layer interleaved between the support substrate and the oxide layer. The process includes a treatment capable of conferring high resistivity to the support substrate prior to formation of the polycrystalline silicon layer, and then conducting at least one long thermal stabilization on the structure at a temperature not exceeding 950° C. for at least 10 minutes. |
| US08658513B2 |
Isolation by implantation in LED array manufacturing
An improved method of creating LED arrays is disclosed. A p-type layer, multi-quantum well and n-type layer are disposed on a substrate. The device is then etched to expose portions of the n-type layer. To create the necessary electrical isolation between adjacent LEDs, an ion implantation is performed to create a non-conductive implanted region. In some embodiments, an implanted region extends through the p-type layer, MQW and n-type layer. In another embodiment, a first implanted region is created in the n-type layer. In addition, a second implanted region is created in the p-type layer and multi-quantum well immediately adjacent to etched n-type layer. In some embodiments, the ion implantation is done perpendicular to the substrate. In other embodiments, the implant is performed at an angle. |
| US08658509B2 |
Semiconductor resistors formed at a lower height level in a semiconductor device comprising metal gates
In sophisticated semiconductor devices comprising high-k metal gate electrode structures formed on the basis of a replacement gate approach, semiconductor-based resistors may be provided without contributing to undue process complexity in that the resistor region is recessed prior to depositing the semiconductor material of the gate electrode structure. Due to the difference in height level, a reliable protective dielectric material layer is preserved above the resistor structure upon exposing the semiconductor material of the gate electrode structure and removing the same on the basis of selective etch recipes. Consequently, well-established semiconductor materials, such as polysilicon, may be used for the resistive structures in complex semiconductor devices, substantially without affecting the overall process sequence for forming the sophisticated replacement gate electrode structures. |
| US08658502B2 |
Method for reducing morphological difference between N-doped and undoped polysilicon gates after etching
The present invention discloses a method for reducing the morphological difference between N-doped and undoped poly-silicon gates after etching, comprising the following sequential steps: depositing a hard mask layer on a substrate template having N-doped poly-silicon and undoped poly-silicon to form an N-doped poly-silicon hard mask layer and an undoped poly-silicon hard mask layer respectively, and etching the undoped poly-silicon hard mask layer to make a thickness difference between the N-doped poly-silicon hard mask layer and the undoped poly-silicon hard mask layer; depositing an anti-reflection layer, and etching according to a predetermined pattern until exposing the N-doped poly-silicon, wherein when the N-doped poly-silicon is exposed, the undoped poly-silicon is etched to a certain degree; and removing residuals on the surface of the above formed structure, and etching to form an N-doped poly-silicon gate and an undoped poly-silicon gate, respectively. |
| US08658498B1 |
Single mask spacer technique for semiconductor device features
A method for fabricating vertical surround gate structures in semiconductor device arrays. The method includes forming pillars separated by vertical and horizontal trenches on a substrate. Forming a gate layer over the pillars and trenches such that the gate layer forms gate trenches in the horizontal trenches. The method includes forming fillers within the gate trenches, and planarizing the gate layer and fillers. The method also includes successively etching a first portion of the gate layer, removing the fillers, and etching a second portion of the gate layer. |
| US08658496B2 |
Etch stop layer for memory cell reliability improvement
A memory device and a method of making the memory device are provided. A first dielectric layer is formed on a substrate, a floating gate is formed on the first dielectric layer, a second dielectric layer is formed on the floating gate, a control gate is formed on the second dielectric layer, and at least one film, including a conformal film, is formed over a surface of the memory device. |
| US08658494B2 |
Dual contact metallization including electroless plating in a semiconductor device
Contact elements of sophisticated semiconductor devices may be formed for gate electrode structures and for drain and source regions in separate process sequences in order to apply electroless plating techniques without causing undue overfill of one type of contact opening. Consequently, superior process uniformity in combination with a reduced overall contact resistance may be accomplished. In some illustrative embodiments, cobalt may be used as a contact metal without any additional conductive barrier materials. |
| US08658488B2 |
Method for forming semiconductor chip with graphene based devices in an interconnect structure of the chip
A graphene layer is provided onto at least an upper surface of a first dielectric material which includes at least one first conductive region contained therein. At least one semiconductor device is formed using the graphene layer as an element of the at least one semiconductor device. After forming the at least one semiconductor device, a second dielectric material is formed covering the graphene layer, the at least one semiconductor device, and portions of the first dielectric material. The second dielectric that is formed includes at least one second conductive region contained therein, and the at least one second conductive region is in contact with a conductive element of the at least one semiconductor device. |
| US08658485B2 |
Semiconductor device and method of fabricating the same
There is provided a semiconductor device and a method of fabricating the same. The method of fabricating a semiconductor device according to the present invention comprises: forming a transistor structure including a gate, and source and drain regions on a semiconductor substrate; carrying out a first silicidation to form a first metal silicide layer on the source and drain regions; depositing a first dielectric layer on the substrate, the top of the first dielectric layer being flush with the top of the gate region; forming contact holes at the portions corresponding to the source and drain regions in the first dielectric layer; and carrying out a second silicidation to form a second metal silicide at the gate region and in the contact holes, wherein the first metal silicide layer is formed to prevent silicidation from occurring at the source and drain regions during the second silicidation. |
| US08658483B2 |
Method of fabricating an integrated circuit device having backside bevel protection
A method of fabricating an integrated circuit device is provided. The method includes forming a replacement gate structure with a dummy polysilicon layer on a first surface of a substrate. The method further includes depositing a dielectric layer by a thermal process to form offset spacers on two opposing sides of the replacement gate structure, wherein the dielectric layer is deposited on the first surface and a second surface opposing the first surface of the substrate. The method further includes removing the dummy polysilicon layer from the replacement gate structure, wherein the dielectric layer on the second surface of the substrate protects the second surface of the substrate during the removing step. |
| US08658482B2 |
Compound semiconductor device and method for fabricating the same
The compound semiconductor device comprises an i-GaN buffer layer 12 formed on an SiC substrate 10; an n-AlGaN electron supplying layer 16 formed on the i-GaN buffer layer 12; an n-GaN cap layer 18 formed on the n-AlGaN electron supplying layer 16; a source electrode 20 and a drain electrode 22 formed on the n-GaN cap layer 18; a gate electrode 26 formed on the n-GaN cap layer 18 between the source electrode 20 and the drain electrode 22; a first protection layer 24 formed on the n-GaN cap layer 18 between the source electrode 20 and the drain electrode 22; and a second protection layer 30 buried in an opening 28 formed in the first protection layer 24 between the gate electrode 26 and the drain electrode 22 down to the n-GaN cap layer 18 and formed of an insulation film different from the first protection layer. |
| US08658480B2 |
Method for manufacturing active array substrate
A method for manufacturing an active array substrate is provided herein. The active array substrate can be manufactured by using only two photolithography process steps. The photolithography process step using a first photomask may be provided for forming a drain electrode, a source electrode, a data line and/or a data line connecting pad and a patterned transparent conductive layer, etc. The photolithography process step using a second photomask may be utilized for forming a gate electrode, a gate line, a gate insulating layer, a channel layer and/or a gate line connecting pad, and so forth. |
| US08658476B1 |
Low temperature P+ polycrystalline silicon material for non-volatile memory device
A method of forming a non-volatile memory device. The method includes providing a substrate having a surface region and forming a first dielectric material overlying the surface region of the substrate. A first electrode structure is formed overlying the first dielectric material and a p+ polycrystalline silicon germanium material is formed overlying the first electrode structure. A p+ polycrystalline silicon material is formed overlying the first electrode structure using the polycrystalline silicon germanium material as a seed layer at a deposition temperature ranging from about 430 Degree Celsius to about 475 Degree Celsius without further anneal. The method forms a resistive switching material overlying the polycrystalline silicon material, and a second electrode structure including an active metal material overlying the resistive switching material. |
| US08658475B1 |
Stacked body-contacted field effect transistor
The present disclosure relates to a stacked body-contacted field effect transistor (FET) that includes multiple body-contacted FETs coupled in series and a lateral isolation band encircling a periphery of the multiple FETs. The multiple FETs include a first end FET having a first body, which is not directly connected to any body of any other of the multiple FETs, and a second end FET having a second body, which is not directly connected to any body of any other of the multiple FETs. The multiple FETs may include inner FETs that incorporate merged source-drains to save space. By keeping the bodies electrically separated from one another, the full benefits of body-contacting may be realized. However, by incorporating multiple FETs within a single lateral isolation band further saves space. |
| US08658471B2 |
Structure for multi-row leadframe and semiconductor package thereof and manufacture method thereof
The present invention relates to a multi-row leadframe for semiconductor packaging, characterized by: forming a plating pattern on a leadframe material (first step); forming a protective pattern on the plating pattern (second step); and forming a nano pattern by using the protective pattern as a mask (third step), whereby a protective pattern is formed on an upper surface of a plating pattern to increase reliability of a product by preventing damage to a plating layer caused by etching solution during pattern formation of leadframe and to thereby solve the problem of using the plating layer as an etching mask. |
| US08658463B2 |
Memristor with embedded switching layer
A method of making a memristor having an embedded switching layer include exposing a surface portion of a first electrode material within a via to a reactive species to form the switching layer embedded within and at surface of the via. The via is in contact with a first conductor trace. The method further includes depositing a layer of a second electrode material adjacent to the via surface and patterning the layer into a column aligned with the via. The method further includes depositing an interlayer dielectric material to surround the column and providing a second conductor trace in electrical contact with the second electrode material of the column. |
| US08658461B2 |
Self aligned carbide source/drain FET
A field effect transistor includes a metal carbide source portion, a metal carbide drain portion, an insulating carbon portion separating the metal carbide source portion from the metal carbide portion, a nanostructure formed over the insulating and carbon portion and connecting the metal carbide source portion to the metal carbide drain portion, and a gate stack formed on over at least a portion of the insulating carbon portion and at least a portion of the nanostructure. |
| US08658455B2 |
System and method for producing flexible dye-sensitized solar cells by a roll-to-roll printing process
A system and a method for mass production of Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells at low cost via a continuous roll-to-roll process. While a flexible conductive substrate is constantly in transit on a conveyor, a titanium dioxide (TiO2) layer is: formed by spray printing; sintered; dyed in a dye tank, with or without immersion, by a dye solution sprayed from nozzles while the substrate moves along a conveyor line configured as multiple alternating U-shaped lines; washed and dried; loaded with a gel-type electrolyte by roll-type printing; and covered and pressure-sealed by another flexible conductive substrate, aided by preloaded sealants. The dye solution in the dye tank may be re-circulated, during which process, the temperature, level, concentration of the dye solution may be adjusted and controlled. The roll-to-roll production process may further include erecting anti-leakage walls and leveling the electrolyte layer for preventing post-sealing leakage of the electrolyte. |
| US08658454B2 |
Method of fabricating a solar cell
Methods of fabricating solar cells are described. A porous layer may be formed on a surface of a substrate, the porous layer including a plurality of particles and a plurality of voids. A solution may be dispensed into one or more regions of the porous layer to provide a patterned composite layer. The substrate may then be heated. |
| US08658453B2 |
Capacitive micromachined ultrasonic transducer
The first integrated circuit/transducer device 36 of the handheld probe includes CMOS circuits 110 and cMUT elements 112. The cMUT elements 112 function to generate an ultrasonic beam, detect an ultrasonic echo, and output electrical signals, while the CMOS circuits 110 function to perform analog or digital operations on the electrical signals generated through operation of the cMUT elements 112. The manufacturing method for the first integrated circuit/transducer device 36 of the preferred embodiment includes the steps of depositing the lower electrode S102; depositing a sacrificial layer S104; depositing a dielectric layer S106; removing the sacrificial layer S108, followed by the steps of depositing the upper electrode S110 and depositing a protective layer on the upper electrode S112. |
| US08658445B2 |
Method for manufacturing phosphor film and method for making LED package having the phosphor film
A method for manufacturing a phosphor film for use in the an LED package, includes following steps: providing a mold comprising a first and a second molding part, the first molding part and the second molding part cooperatively forming a molding chamber, the first molding part defining an opening communicating with the molding chamber; filling a mixture of phosphor particles and a transparent glue into the first opening; moving a piston in the first opening along a direction from the first molding part to the second molding part, thereby pressing the mixture into the molding chamber; solidifying the mixture to form a phosphor film; and removing the phosphor film from the mold. The phosphor film is used to be attached to a top face of an LED chip opposite a substrate on which the LED chip is mounted. |
| US08658444B2 |
Semiconductor active matrix on buried insulator
A high resolution active matrix backplane is fabricated using techniques applicable to flexible substrates. A backplane layer including active semiconductor devices is formed on a semiconductor-on-insulator substrate. The backplane layer is spalled from the substrate. A frontplane layer including passive devices such as LCDs, OLEDs, photosensitive materials, or piezo-electric materials is formed over the backplane layer to form an active matrix structure. The active matrix structure may be fabricated to allow bottom emission and provide mechanical flexibility. |
| US08658438B2 |
Measurement of lateral diffusion of implanted ions in doped well region of semiconductor devices
The invention provides a measurement of lateral diffusion of implanted ions in the doped well regions of semiconductor devices comprising: designing a test model having active areas, the P-type and N-type doped well regions of the active areas are separated by STI, and the bottom width of the STI is determined; performing multiple processes on the test model comprising the ion implantation process and the tungsten interconnection process to simulate a semiconductor device structure, wherein during the ion implantation process, in the P-type or N-type doped well regions, only the first procedure of the ion implantation process is performed; scanning the test model, obtaining a light-dark pattern of the tungsten interconnects. The present invention is convenient and accessible and can provide reference to optimize the property of the doped well regions of the semiconductor devices and ensure the yield enhancement. |
| US08658436B2 |
Method for separating and transferring IC chips
[Problems] There are provided a chip separation method and a chip transfer method using features of dry etching.[Means for Solving the Problems] In the chip separation method, a multiple number of semiconductor devices or semiconductor integrated circuits are separated from a wafer 100 on which the multiple number of semiconductor devices or semiconductor integrated circuits are formed. The method includes forming, on a surface of the wafer 100, a mask layer through which a line-shaped pattern to be removed for separating the semiconductor devices or semiconductor integrated circuits is exposed; and etching the exposed pattern to a depth equal to or larger than about ⅔ of a thickness of the wafer. One group of separated semiconductor devices or semiconductor integrated circuits has a distinguishable shape from another group of separated semiconductor devices or semiconductor integrated circuits. |
| US08658427B2 |
Means and methods for assessing increased peroxisomal proliferation
The present invention pertains to the field of toxicological assessments of risk stratification of chemical compounds. Specifically, it relates to a method for diagnosing increased peroxisomal proliferation. It also relates to a method of determining whether a compound is capable of inducing such peroxisomal proliferation in a subject and to a method of identifying a drug for treating increased peroxisomal proliferation. Furthermore, the present invention relates to a data collection of characteristic values of at least five metabolites, a data storage medium for the data collection, and a system and a device for diagnosing increased peroxisomal proliferation. Finally, the present invention pertains to the use of a group of metabolites or means for the determination thereof for the manufacture of a diagnostic device or composition for diagnosing increased peroxisomal proliferation in a subject. |
| US08658421B2 |
Circulatory photobioreactor
A circulatory photobioreactor is provided. The circulatory photobioreactor comprises a first cultivating part, a second cultivating part and a pump part connecting the first cultivating part and the second cultivating part. The first cultivating part comprises a culture tank in which culture media are supplied and a first light source coupled to the culture tank, which illuminates the inside of the culture tank. The second cultivating part comprises a culture pipe placed outside of the culture tank and supplied with cultures from the culture tank and a second light source coupled to the culture pipe, which illuminates the inside of the culture pipe. The pump part is connected to both the first cultivating part and the second cultivating part in order to circulate the culture solution between them. |
| US08658417B2 |
Multiple-input analytical system
The present disclosure provides an automated sample processing system that can receive samples in different first and second formats and process both sample formats. The disclosure also provides a human papillomavirus testing apparatus. The apparatus has a first input to receive first test specimens in the form of pre-processed cervical samples, and a second input to receive unprocessed cervical samples. A first subsystem prepares second test specimens from the unprocessed cervical samples, and a second subsystem selectively processes and tests first specimens, second test specimens, or first and second test specimens to determine the presence of one or more human papillomavirus indicators. |
| US08658414B2 |
Biomass processing
A biomass processing system is disclosed, with an algae biomass growth container and a pyrolysis reactor for pyrolysis processing of the algae biomass. A conveying apparatus links the pyrolysis reactor and the biomass growth container for conveying at least part of at least one of the pyrolysis products from the reactor to the biomass growth container for promoting algae biomass growth. The pyrolysis product is a nutrient-rich aqueous phase produced directly or indirectly through pyrolysis processing to the biomass growth container, e.g. an aqueous phase derived from the vapor products of the pyrolysis, or a char wash obtained by washing the char product of the pyrolysis. |
| US08658412B2 |
Altering the interface of hydrocarbon-coated surfaces
Methods and compositions are provided wherein microorganisms are used to alter the interface of hydrocarbons and hydrocarbon-coated surfaces to increase oil recovery, for improved bioremediation and/or pipeline maintenance. |
| US08658411B2 |
Method of treating wastewater containing organic compound
The problem addressed by the present invention is to provide a method of treating an organic substance-containing waste liquid, and a treatment apparatus therefor, and an additive for treating an organic substance-containing waste liquid, and a bacterium for degrading an organic substance component or the like in the waste liquid, capable of accomplishing at least one of treatment of the organic substance-containing waste liquid with a high efficiency and a high treatment rate, without substantially generating a foul odor, and obtainment of water quality that is suitable for releasing to sewage, a public water area, or the like. This problem is solved by providing a method of treating an organic substance-containing waste liquid characterized by contacting an activated sludge containing a specified bacterium with an organic substance-containing waste liquid. The invention also provides a treatment apparatus therefor and an additive for treating an organic substance-containing waste liquid which is used by adding the additive to an activated sludge in a treatment tank in which a specified bacterium is present, and a specified bacterium for degrading an organic substance-containing waste liquid. |
| US08658408B2 |
Process for production of alcohols by microbial fermentation
The invention provides method for producing butanediol and specifically 2,3-butanediol by anaerobic fermentation of a gaseous substrate comprising CO by a culture of at least one micro-organism. In accordance with particular methods of the invention, 2,3-butanediol is produced by anaerobic fermentation of substrates including carbohydrates and carbon monoxide. The invention further provides for the up-regulation of a native 2,3-butanediol dehydrogenase gene in the at least one micro-organism. The 2,3-butanediol can be further converted to compounds such as butene(s), butadiene and methyl ethyl ketone. These compounds can be further converted to chemical products such as 2-butanol. |
| US08658395B2 |
Selective incorporation of 5-hydroxytryptophan into proteins in mammalian cells
This invention provides methods and compositions for incorporation of an unnatural amino acid into a peptide using an orthogonal aminoacyl tRNA synthetase/tRNA pair. In particular, an orthogonal pair is provided to incorporate 5-hydroxy-L-tryptophan in a position encoded by an opal mutation. |
| US08658391B2 |
Assessment of the effects of topical administration of chemodenervating pharmaceuticals
The present invention provides methods for assessing the activity of topically administered chemodenervating agents. In some embodiments, methods for assessing the activity of topically administered chemodenervating agents involve determining the extent of inhibition of acetylcholine release near the site of administration. In some embodiments, methods for assessing activity of topically administered chemodenervating agents involve observing a reflex motion of a limb of a subject. |
| US08658388B2 |
Antibody-based arrays for detecting multiple signal transducers in rate circulating cells
The present invention provides antibody-based arrays for detecting the activation state and/or total amount of a plurality of signal transduction molecules in rare circulating cells and methods of use thereof for facilitating cancer prognosis and diagnosis and the design of personalized, targeted therapies. |
| US08658387B2 |
Ehrlichia canis DIVA (differentiate infected from vaccinated animals)
Ehrlichia canis antigens that can be used to differentiate E. canis infected animals from animals that have been challenged with E. canis, e.g., vaccinated against E. canis, are disclosed. The invention also provides compositions and methods for determining the presence of E. canis antigens and antibodies. |
| US08658381B2 |
Detection conjugate
The invention relates to a detection conjugate composed of a filament fragment, e.g. a cytoskeletal filament such as actin filaments or microtubules, and recognition elements bound to this fragment as well as kits comprising said detection conjugate and methods how to use said detection conjugate as well as the use for the detection of one or more compounds present within a sample, such as a biological sample. |
| US08658376B2 |
DEK as a urine based biomarker for bladder cancer
The present invention is directed to a method of detecting DEK protein in a urine sample. Methods and compositions are provided herein for detecting and diagnosing bladder cancer by chemical-induced precipitation of urine proteins, followed by filtration-induced concentration and Western blot analysis to specifically detect DEK protein. The present method permits specific detection of DEK protein in urine as a biomarker for bladder cancer in humans. |
| US08658374B2 |
Binding of aggregated forms of proteins
Aggregating proteins such as IgG, are bound selectively in the presence of the non-aggregated protein using a polyionic binding agent such as dextran sulphate or pentosan (anionic), or polyamine compounds such as pDADMAC (cationic) under selective binding conditions including the use of n-lauroylsarcosine at mildly alkaline pH, and may then be assayed. |
| US08658370B2 |
MicroRNA-based methods and compositions for the diagnosis, prognosis and treatment of breast cancer
The present invention provides novel methods and compositions for the diagnosis, prognosis and treatment of breast cancer. The invention also provides methods of identifying anti-breast cancer agents. |
| US08658369B2 |
Methods for evaluating the methylation status of a polynucleotide
The invention provides methods related to evaluating the methylation status of a polynucleotide that includes an internal control. |
| US08658366B2 |
Detection of target variants using a fluorescent label and a soluble quencher
Methods, reaction mixtures and systems for detecting the presence or absence of a target nucleic acid variant from a selection of possible variants is described. |
| US08658362B2 |
Methods for diagnosing colon cancer using MicroRNAs
The present invention provides novel methods and compositions for the diagnosis and treatment of solid cancers. The invention also provides methods of identifying inhibitors of tumorigenesis. |
| US08658359B2 |
Method and apparatus for disrupting cells and purifying nucleic acid using a single chip
Provided herein is a method and apparatus for disrupting cells and purifying nucleic acids in a single chip. The method comprises irradiating a chip with a laser beam, wherein the chip comprises a solid support on which a cell lysis enhancing metal oxide layer, and a cell binding metal oxide layer have been deposited. |
| US08658355B2 |
General mass spectrometry assay using continuously eluting co-fractionating reporters of mass spectrometry detection efficiency
The invention provides general methods for quantifying any conceivable compound including small organic molecules and biological molecules in mass spectrometric measurements. The methods include the use of chemical or biological reporters such as artificial polypeptides containing proteolytic cleavage sites, which provide proteolytic reporter peptides for standardization of mass spectrometric detection efficiency. In addition to mass spectrometry standardization between different samples, the artificial polypeptides also standardize sample preparation amongst different samples undergoing mass spectrometric analysis when using electrophoresis separation prior to mass spectrometric analysis. Methods of the present invention also include methods for designing artificial polypeptides with peak to peak continuous liquid chromatography elution profiles spanning the complete or partial analyte elution profile for organic and biological molecules. Also included are the artificial polypeptides predigested with protease, which is compatible for use in experiments with native PAGE, in-solution proteolytic digestion of polypeptides, and small organic molecules undergoing fractionation separation followed by mass spectrometric evaluation. |
| US08658354B2 |
Anti-(influenza a virus subtype H5 hemagglutinin) monoclonal antibody
A method of immunoassay of H5 subtype influenza A virus by which the virus can be accurately assayed even in cases where a certain level of mutation has occurred in the H5 subtype influenza A virus, and a kit therefor, and a novel anti-H5 subtype influenza A virus monoclonal antibody which can be used for the immunoassay are disclosed. The antibody or an antigen-binding fragment thereof of the present invention undergoes antigen-antibody reaction with hemagglutinin of H5 subtype influenza A virus, and the corresponding epitope of the antibody or an antigen-binding fragment thereof is located in a region other than the receptor subdomain (excluding C-terminal region thereof consisting of 11 amino acids), which antibody or an antigen-binding fragment thereof does not have neutralizing activity against the influenza A virus. |
| US08658353B2 |
Liver cell toxicity assay
The disclosure provides methods for characterizing the toxicity of a candidate molecule to liver cells as defined herein; methods of culturing metabolically active liver cells on a biosensor as defined herein; and biosensor liver culture systems as defined herein. |
| US08658350B2 |
Methods for detecting Mycobacterium tuberculosis disease
Methods for detecting an infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) in a subject are disclosed, wherein the subject is a child, a subject with a latent Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection. Method are also disclose for detecting an extra-pulmonary Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in a subject. The methods include detecting the presence of CD8+ T cells that specifically recognize an Mtb polypeptide. The methods include in vitro assays for detecting the presence of CD8+ T cells in a biological sample. |
| US08658347B2 |
Method of manufacturing micro lens array
A method of manufacturing a micro lens array, wherein the quality of an image is prevented from being deteriorated as a beam on an off-axis surface reaches a focal plane of a micro lens by forming a shading film for preventing the beam from penetrating through a space between micro lenses of the micro lens array, a micro lens having a high numerical aperture or any shape, such as an aspheric shape, is quickly manufactured at a low cost, and the micro lenses and a mask pattern are easily aligned by forming a mask pattern on a focus region formed by the micro lenses of the micro lens array. |
| US08658346B2 |
Pattern forming process, chemically amplified positive resist composition, and resist-modifying composition
A pattern is formed by (1) coating a first positive resist composition onto a substrate, baking, patternwise exposing, PEB, and developing to form a first positive resist pattern including a large area feature, (2) applying a resist-modifying composition comprising a basic nitrogen-containing compound and heating to modify the first resist pattern, and (3) coating a second positive resist composition thereon, patternwise exposing, and developing to form a second resist pattern. The large area feature in the first resist pattern has a film retentivity of at least 50% after the second pattern formation. |
| US08658337B2 |
Imaging member layers
The presently disclosed embodiments relate generally to layers that are useful in imaging apparatus members and components, for use in electrophotographic, including digital printing, apparatuses. More particularly, the embodiments pertain to an improved electrophotographic imaging member comprising an overcoat layer which prevents image quality issues such as deletion. The overcoat layer comprises a phenolic triarylamine charge transport molecule, an aminoplast and a triamino triphenyl compound. |
| US08658335B2 |
Method of patterning NAND strings using perpendicular SRAF
A lithography mask includes a plurality of patterning features formed on a mask substrate and a first plurality of sub-resolution assist features (SRAFs) formed substantially perpendicular to the patterning features on the mask substrate. |
| US08658334B2 |
Transfer mask, method of manufacturing a transfer mask, and method of manufacturing a semiconductor device
Provided is a transfer mask which has a transfer pattern formed in a pattern-forming thin film provided on a transparent substrate and is adapted to be applied with exposure light having a wavelength of 200 nm or less. The pattern-forming thin film is made of a material containing silicon an a transition metal other than chromium and the chromium content in the film is less than 1.0×1018 atoms/cm3. |
| US08658333B2 |
Reflective mask
A reflective mask includes a substrate, a first reflective multi-layer, a second reflective multi-layer, a first patterned absorber layer and a second patterned absorber layer. The substrate includes a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The first reflective multi-layer is formed on the first surface of the substrate. The second reflective multi-layer is formed on the second surface of the substrate. The first patterned absorber layer is formed on the first reflective multi-layer. The second patterned absorber layer is formed on the second reflective multi-layer. |
| US08658332B2 |
Photopolymer media with enhanced dynamic range
Dynamic range enhancing dopants for photopolymeric media are described. Also described are optical articles using these dopants and methods for making such optical articles. |
| US08658331B2 |
Structural reinforcement of membrane electrodes
A catalyst ink composition for a fuel cell electrode is provided. The catalyst ink composition includes a plurality of electrically conductive support particles; a catalyst formed from a finely divided precious metal, the catalyst supported by the conductive support particles; an ionomer; at least one solvent; and a reinforcing material configured to bridge and distribute stresses across the electrically conductive support particles of the ink composition upon a drying thereof. An electrode for a fuel cell and a method of fabricating the electrode with the catalyst ink composition are also provided. |
| US08658330B2 |
Composite multilayer seal for PEM fuel cell applications and method for constructing the same
A composite seal having a multilayer elastomeric construction and method for constructing the same is provided. More specifically, the present invention provides a composite seal comprised of a low-durometer elastomer compliant layer coated with, or alternatively encapsulated by, a thin protective layer for securely sealing a bipolar plate and a membrane electrode assembly of a fuel cell. The elastomer compliant layer is preferably a silicone constituent and the thin coat protective layer is preferably a fluoroelastomer or fluoropolymer constituent suitable for bonding to the elastomer compliant layer. The foregoing layers constructing the composite seal are preferably deposited directly onto the aforementioned fuel cell components along a predetermined periphery. The resulting composite seal is thin in construction, resistive to undesired chemical and thermal reactions and provides the necessary compressive compliance without undue stress on the fuel cell assembly. |
| US08658329B2 |
Advanced membrane electrode assemblies for fuel cells
A method of preparing advanced membrane electrode assemblies (MEA) for use in fuel cells. A base polymer is selected for a base membrane. An electrode composition is selected to optimize properties exhibited by the membrane electrode assembly based on the selection of the base polymer. A property-tuning coating layer composition is selected based on compatibility with the base polymer and the electrode composition. A solvent is selected based on the interaction of the solvent with the base polymer and the property-tuning coating layer composition. The MEA is assembled by preparing the base membrane and then applying the property-tuning coating layer to form a composite membrane. Finally, a catalyst is applied to the composite membrane. |
| US08658325B2 |
Method of controlling fuel cell vehicle and fuel cell system
A fuel cell vehicle is controlled by performing a rate limiting control process for reducing electric power generated by a fuel cell to reduce a frequency at which a voltage generated by the fuel cell is equal to or higher than a predetermined voltage when electric power requested by a load is lowered, and changing a rotational speed of an air pump depending on the electric power requested by the load when the electric power generated by the fuel cell is reduced. |
| US08658318B2 |
Electrochemical cell with additive modulator
The present invention relates to an electrochemical cell for generating electrical power that includes an anode, a cathode, a charging electrode and an ionically conductive medium containing at least metal fuel ions and an additive for enhancing at least one electrochemical reaction in the cell. The cell also includes an additive sorbent material in contact with the ionically conductive medium that contains an excess amount of the additive, the sorbent material configured to release the excess additive to the ionically conductive medium as concentration of the additive in the ionically conductive medium is reduced during operation of the cell. |
| US08658310B2 |
High capacity electrodes
A high capacity electrode includes a conducting substrate on which a plurality of support filaments are disposed. Each of the support filaments have a length substantially greater than their width and may include, for example, a carbon nano-tube (CNT), a carbon nano-fiber (CNF), and/or a nano-wire (NW). The support filaments are coated with a material, such as silicon, having a greater ion absorbing capacity greater than the neat support filaments. A trunk region of the support filaments proximate to the substrate is optionally kept free of ion absorbing material. This trunk region allows for the expansion of the ion absorbing material without detaching the support filaments form the substrate. |
| US08658309B2 |
Dissociating agents, formulations and methods providing enhanced solubility of fluorides
The present invention provides compositions, formulations and methods providing for the effective dissolution of inorganic fluorides in solvents via incorporation of a dissociating agent component. Dissociating agents of the present invention participate in chemical reactions in solution, such as complex formation, acid-base reactions, and adduct formation reactions, that result in enhancement in the dissolution of inorganic fluorides in a range of solvent environments. Dissociating agents comprising Lewis acids, Lewis bases, anion receptors, cation receptors or combinations thereof are provided that significantly increase the extent of dissolution of a range of inorganic fluorides, particularly inorganic fluorides, such as LiF, that are highly insoluble in many solvents in the absence of the dissociating agents of the present invention. |
| US08658308B2 |
Pouch-type secondary battery with insulating member and alignment mark on case
A secondary battery may include an electrode assembly, the electrode assembly including first and second electrode plates and a separator interposed between the electrode plates; a battery case, the battery case including an accommodating part and a sealing part formed along an edge of the accommodating part, the accommodating part accommodating the electrode assembly; an insulating member attached to the sealing part, the insulating member covering and insulating the sealing part; and an alignment mark on at least one region of the sealing part, the alignment mark identifying a position on the sealing part at which a predetermined portion of the insulating member is aligned, wherein a non-insulating part of the sealing part extends past the insulating member. |
| US08658302B2 |
Battery latch structure
The present invention discloses a battery latch structure, wherein a battery slot for receiving a battery is located on the main body, a first end of said battery is latched to a first end of said slot through a first clamp structure, and a second end of said battery is latched to a second end of said slot through a second clamp structure. The second clamp structure includes a second fixed clamp located on the left and right sides of the second end of said slot, and a battery latch, a spring and two battery lock members located at the second end of said battery. The battery latch is located at the second end of the battery and may be slid upwards and downwards to be moveably connected with the two battery lock members. The spring is located between the two battery lock members. The said spring can push the two battery lock members protruding leftwards and rightwards respectively to insert into the second clamp. The said battery latch can be moved upwards by the action of outside force, to release the two battery lock members from the second clamp. The advantages of the present invention are simple in structure and convenient for operation. |
| US08658301B2 |
Portable electronic device and battery ejecting structure thereof
A battery ejecting structure is applied to a portable electronic device which comprises a housing and a battery. The battery ejecting structure comprises an ejecting element, a cover, a pushing element and an elastic element. The ejecting element is movably located in the container of the housing; the cover is connected pivotally to the housing and covers the container to be a closed state, and the cover restricts the ejecting element to move via a blocking element; the pushing element is located in the housing, and the fixed member of the ejecting element is connected to the pushing element through the housing. Wherein when the cover is rotated relative to the housing to form an open state, the blocking element disengages from the container, and the pushing element is moved by an elastic restoring force of the elastic element to unlock the battery. |
| US08658298B2 |
Laminate outer packaging storage device
A laminate-packaged electric storage device includes an outer package, an electric storage device element, and an electrolyte solution, the outer package formed by stacking and seal-tight bonding outer package films along a bonding section formed in an outer edge area of the outer package films, the electric storage device element and the electrolyte solution being held in a receiving section formed inside the outer package. A non-bonding section surrounded by the bonding section and communicating with the receiving section is formed in the outer edge area, an opening is formed through at least one outer package film, and a seal section is formed to surround the opening formed in an area of the non-bonding section, the outer package films bonded in the seal section, and the opening formed in the area of the non-bonding section at a position other than a center position. |
| US08658297B2 |
Cap assembly and secondary battery having the same
A cap assembly and a secondary battery having the same which can prevent current from flowing out of the battery by preventing contact of a broken vent member with a cap. The vent member is broken due to an internal pressure of the secondary battery greater than a predetermined level. The cap assembly includes a vent member having a plurality of notches formed in a radial direction from the center of the vent member and a plurality of reinforcement parts formed between the notches. The cap assembly may include a vent member having a plurality of notches formed between two adjacent notches so that the vent member folds when the internal pressure of the secondary battery is too great. |
| US08658290B2 |
Use of halogenated phthalocyanines
The present invention relates to the use of halogenated phthalocyanines as charge transport materials and/or as absorber materials. |
| US08658279B2 |
Porous, free-flowing hydrophobic particles loaded with aqueous fluid with compatibilizer additive
Storage tank loaded with an aqueous medium and made of porous, freely flowing particles, wherein the particles are formed from a hydrophobic polymer and the loading of said particles contains at least one particular mediator additive of the general formula (I), the use of which as an entrainer delivery agent for removing volatile components from plastics, for evenly doping intermediate plastic products and/or plastic articles with adjuvants as a soil improvement agent such as a delivery agent for a pest management agent or fertilizer |
| US08658277B2 |
Porous inorganic/organic hybrid materials with ordered domains for chromatographic separations and processes for their preparation
Porous hybrid inorganic/organic materials comprising ordered domains are disclosed. Methods of making the materials and use of the materials for chromatographic are also disclosed. |
| US08658275B2 |
Surface-treated metal plate
An easily and inexpensively producible surface-treated metal plate which uses a continuous coating facility for a surface-treated metal plate to provide at least two coating layers. A surface-treated metal plate comprised of a metal sheet on one surface or both surfaces of which two or more coating layers of different ingredients of formulation are provided, which surface-treated metal plate is characterized in that a diffusion layer is formed at an interface part between a first coating layer as a top layer and a second coating layer directly under the first coating layer, wherein the ingredients of the first coating layer and the second coating layer are mixed in the diffusion layer, and in that t/T is 0.2≦t/T≦0.8 where a film thickness of said diffusion layer is “t” and a total film thickness of said diffusion layer, said first coating layer, and said second coating layer is “T”. |
| US08658271B2 |
Supporting membranes on nanometer-scale self-assembled films
Block copolymer lithography has emerged as an alternative lithographic method to achieve large-area, high-density patterns at resolutions near or beyond the limit of conventional lithographic techniques for the formation of bit patterned media and discrete track media. In one embodiment, a structure includes a plurality of nanostructures extending upwardly from a substrate and a porous membrane extending across upper ends of the plurality of nanostructures. Other systems and methods are disclosed as well. |
| US08658270B2 |
Penetration-inhibiting material
A penetration-inhibiting material having a first component having a first layer with a first set of threads and a second layer with a second set of threads, wherein the first set of threads is oriented in a first thread direction and the second set of threads is oriented in a second thread direction, and the first thread direction is transverse to the second thread direction. The penetration-inhibiting material has a second component having a third layer and a fourth layer, wherein the third layer is a thread layer having a third set of threads and the fourth layer is a thread layer having a fourth set of threads, the third set of threads is oriented in a third thread direction and the fourth set of threads is oriented in a fourth thread direction, the third thread direction is transverse to the fourth thread direction, the third thread direction forms a first angle to the first thread direction and to the second thread direction, and the fourth thread direction forms a second angle to the first thread direction and to the second thread direction, the third set of threads and the fourth set of threads are joined to each other using at least a textile binding agent. |
| US08658262B2 |
High quality emission control coatings, emission control glazings, and production methods
The invention provides emission control coatings. The coating includes a transparent conductive film over which there is an oxygen barrier film. In some embodiments, the transparent conductive film comprises indium tin oxide and the oxygen barrier film comprises silicon nitride. |
| US08658258B2 |
Plasma treatment of substrates prior to the formation a self-assembled monolayer
An improved method for forming a self-assembled monolayer on a substrate is disclosed. The method comprises plasma treatment of the substrate prior to formation of the self-assembled monolayer. |
| US08658253B2 |
Printable coating
A primer-less coating composition for facestock comprises: a binder being a water-dispersible polymer; an ethylenically unsaturated compound which is aqueous-dispersible and miscible with or bonded to the water-dispersible polymer, wherein the ethylenically unsaturated compound is able to form a covalent bond with an ink; and a crosslinker that is suitable for binding the coating to the facestock. The coating composition may be applied to a substrate to form a printable film. A printed film having the coating may be used in a label, for example for use on a container such as a bottle. |
| US08658248B2 |
Method for atomizing material for coating processes
A method for atomizing a liquid including providing an atomizer having a liquid supply conduit having an outlet at one end, a gas supply conduit opening into a port in the liquid supply conduit upstream of the outlet, and a means for imparting vibrational energy to the atomizer. In an embodiment, the liquid supply conduit and gas supply conduit are coaxially displaced relative to one another. The method further includes flowing liquid through the liquid supply conduit to the outlet while simultaneously flowing gas through the gas supply conduit, and imparting vibrational energy to the atomizer to atomize the liquid exiting from the outlet. The introduction of gas at the port results in a spray of droplets with improved dimensional properties. |
| US08658245B2 |
Spin coat process for manufacturing a Z-directed component for a printed circuit board
A method for manufacturing a z-directed component for insertion into a mounting hole in a printed circuit board according to one example embodiment includes depositing a liquid based material onto a top surface of a rotatable plate. The top surface of the rotatable plate has at least one cavity formed thereon that defines the shape of a layer of the z-directed component. The rotatable plate is spun to level a top surface of the liquid based material in the at least one cavity. The liquid based material is cured to form the layer of the z-directed component. A conductive material is applied to at least one surface of the formed layer. The z-directed component is formed including a stack of component layers that includes the formed layer. |
| US08658244B2 |
Method of making colored multifilament high tenacity polyolefin yarns
A method of making colored multifilament ultrahigh molecular weight polyolefin yarn, including feeding at least one substantially untwisted multifilament ultrahigh molecular weight polyolefin yarn, coating the substantially untwisted multifilament yarn with a coating composition comprising colorant in a thermoplastic resin carrier, with the coating composition being adhered to the filaments of the multifilament yarn, and heating the multifilament yarn while stretching the yarn without fusing of the filaments of the multifilament yarn. The resultant yarn is a colored multifilament yarn having improved color-fastness. The thermoplastic resin has a lower melting point than the filaments of the multifilament yarn. Preferably, a plurality of the substantially untwisted multifilament ultrahigh molecular weight polyolefin yarns are processed together. Articles formed from the colored multifilament yarns may be prepared and subjected to a heating step to provide a colored surface coating of the thermoplastic resin over the article. |
| US08658243B2 |
Method for forming optical coating and optical element having such coating
A method for forming an optical coating comprising the steps of forming a fine-structure layer mainly composed of an inorganic metal oxide on the surface of an optical member, and then forming an inorganic, hard layer by a liquid-phase deposition method. |
| US08658238B2 |
Indulgent edible composition
The present invention is directed to a method of preparing an indulgent edible composition that provides an orally pleasurable eating experience similar to chocolate as the chocolate melts in the oral cavity. |
| US08658237B2 |
Anti-obesity agent comprising compound containing benzotropolone ring
The object of the present invention is to provide an anti-obesity agent which contains a tea-derived component and which is safe and does not compromise the flavor of foods and beverages.According to the present invention, a safe and palatable anti-obesity agent can be provided by incorporating a benzotropolone ring-containing compound which has tea-derived, high inhibitory activities against lipase and alfa-glucosidase. The anti-obesity agent of the present invention does not compromise the flavor of foods and beverage, has palatability, and can be used in various use applications including foods and beverages intended for health enhancement such as reduction in triglycerides. |
| US08658236B2 |
Alcoholic compositions having a lowered risk of acetaldehydemia
The present invention provides beverages and pharmaceutical compositions containing a deuterated alcohol according to Formula 1, and provides methods for their manufacture and use. The compositions of the invention are expected to ameliorate some of the negative side effects associated with the consumption of alcohol, such as hangover and facial flushing. |
| US08658235B2 |
Frozen confection
A frozen confection comprising from 1 to 15 wt % of cereal meal particles having a size of from 0.1 to 1.0 mm and from 5 to 25 wt % of sweeteners is provided. A process for manufacturing the frozen confection is also provided, the process comprising the steps of: preparing a mix comprising water, 1 to 15 wt % of a cereal meal particles having a size of from 0.1 to 1.0 mm, and 5 to 25 wt % of sweeteners; holding the mix at a temperature of at least 70° C. for at least 10 minutes; pasteurizing and optionally homogenising the mix; then freezing and preferably aerating the mix to produce the frozen confection. |
| US08658234B2 |
Method of molding a food product
A method of in-molding a food item in a package defining at least one cavity for holding the food item and having an opening for accessing the food item. Liquid food product is introduced into the at least one cavity and allowed to solidify to form a solid food product, which is then unseated. |
| US08658229B2 |
Gum slab package having insertable product retention member
A package assembly encloses a plurality of individual elongate consumable products. The package assembly includes a plurality of products aligned in a side-by-side array. The package housing enclosed the array of product. The package housing has front and back walls for supporting the products therebetween and a closeable cover for closing a product dispensing opening. The package housing further includes a frictional product retention member insertably supported within the package for frictionally retaining the array of product within the package. |
| US08658227B2 |
Botanical formulation derived from birch bark
A formulation and method of mitigation of symptoms of patients suffering from a neurocutaneous pain syndrome by topical application of the formulation. The formulation is obtained by steeping the bark of a tree from the genus Betula in an aqueous acidified solution and then subsequent filtering, packaging and sterilization. |
| US08658226B2 |
Agent having anti-Helicobacter pylori activity
The present invention provides an agent having anti-Helicobacter pylori activity that is effective for the treatment, prevention or improvement of diseases associated with Helicobacter pylori and contains as an active ingredient thereof an extract of a plant belonging to the Labiatae family. The agent having anti-Helicobacter pylori activity of the present invention has superior heat stability and allows the obtaining of elimination effects in a short period of time. |
| US08658223B2 |
Insecticidal compositions and methods of using the same
Insecticidal compositions have at least one active agent and at least one insecticide. The active agent can include perilla oil, a component found in perilla oil, or a perillaldehyde or carvone analog. The insecticide can include a pyrethrum, pyrethrin, pyrethroid, neonicotinoid, chlofenapyr, ethiprole, sulfoxoflor, carbamate, organophosphate, or organochlorine. Methods for controlling insects include contacting an insect with an effective amount of a composition described in this specification. Modified plants that produce an active agent can be contacted with an insecticide. |
| US08658214B2 |
Methods for processing microspheres
The invention provides a manufacturing method for processing polymeric microspheres which are suspended in a liquid. The invention also provides polymeric microspheres produced by the method which can be used in medical settings as tissue fillers, tissue bulking agents, embolization agents, and/or as drug delivery agents. |
| US08658213B2 |
Hydrophilic nanoparticles with functional surface groups, production and use thereof
Nanoparticles having a hydrophilic surface coatings having biological, molecular biological, biochemical and medical applications, and method for their production. |
| US08658211B2 |
Polyconjugates for in vivo delivery of polynucleotides
The present invention is directed to compounds, compositions, and methods useful for delivering polynucleotides or other cell-impermeable molecules to mammalian cells. Described are polyconjugates systems that incorporate targeting, anti-opsonization, anti-aggregation, and transfection activities into small biocompatible in vivo delivery vehicles. The use of multiple reversible or labile linkages connecting component parts provides for physiologically responsive activity modulation. |
| US08658210B2 |
Polyesteramide platform for site specific drug delivery
A therapeutic agent delivery system formed of a specific type of poly(ester amide) (PEA), a therapeutic agent, and a water miscible solvent is described herein. A method of delivering the therapeutic agent delivery system by delivering the therapeutic agent delivery system formed of a PEA polymer, a therapeutic agent, and a water miscible solvent to a physiological environment and separating the phase of the therapeutic agent delivery system to form a membrane from the polymer to contain the therapeutic agent within the physiological environment is also described. Additionally disclosed is a kit including a syringe and a therapeutic agent delivery system within the syringe. |
| US08658209B2 |
Stimulus-responsive biodegradable polymers and methods of preparation
There is presently provided a stimulus-responsive polymer comprising a biodegradable polymer backbone and a stimulus-responsive pendant group attached to the biodegradable polymer backbone, wherein the biodegradable polymer backbone comprises a poly(amino ester) or a poly(amido amine), the poly(amido amine) optionally comprising a disulfide linkage in the backbone. |
| US08658208B2 |
Coated solid preparation
A montelukast-containing coated solid preparation can be applied to one-dose package, wherein the humidity stability of montelukast or a pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof contained therein is maintained even when the preparation is unpacked. A coated solid preparation contains as an active ingredient montelukast or a pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof and is coated with a coating layer comprising polyvinyl alcohol and swelling clay, wherein the mass ratio of the above-described polyvinyl alcohol to the above-described swelling clay in the above-described coating layer is 8:2 to 3:7. |
| US08658204B2 |
Transpulmonary liposome for controlling drug arrival
An object of the present invention is to provide a liposome which is excellent in intrapulmonary delivery controllability of drugs or genes and is suited for pulmonary administration.By modifying the surface of a liposome using a terminal hydrophobized polyvinyl alcohol and/or chitosan, retention of drugs or genes encapsulated in the liposome on the surface of lung tissue and transfer of drugs or genes into lung tissue can be properly modulated, and thus in vivo behavior can be controlled. |
| US08658200B2 |
Flavoring of drug-containing chewing gums
A chewing gum comprising at least one active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) with a core onto which is applied at least one inner polymer film coating and thereafter onto which is applied at least one outer hard coating. A preferred API is nicotine. Flavoring agents may be incorporated in the core, in the at least one inner polymer film coating and/or in the at least one outer hard coating. The gums formed exhibit a long lasting effect of flavoring agent(s) and result in the domination of flavoring agents in the coating(s) over flavoring agent(s) in the core, thereby (a) avoiding problems of chemical or pharmaceutical incompatibility between an API in the core and flavoring agent(s) in the coating(s) and (b) achieving an increased control of the release of the API and of non-active excipients. |
| US08658198B2 |
Non-abusable pharmaceutical composition comprising opioids
There is provided pharmaceutical compositions for the treatment of pain comprising a pharmacologically-effective amount of an opioid analgesic, or a pharmaceutically-acceptable salt thereof, presented in particulate form upon the surfaces of carrier particles comprising a pharmacologically-effective amount of an opioid antagonist, or a pharmaceutically-acceptable salt thereof, which carrier particles are larger in size than the particles of the opioid analgesic. The compositions are also useful in prevention of opioid abuse by addicts. |
| US08658197B2 |
Disruptable medical implants with reservoir (s), and materials preparable from same
Described is a medically useful article comprising a three-dimensional body including one or more implantable substances, wherein the body defines one or more reservoirs for receiving amounts of a biocompatible wetting liquid. In certain embodiments the body is disruptable upon wetting with the biocompatible liquid to form a conformable implantable material such as a putty, paste or more flowable wetted implant material. Also described are methods for manufacturing such medical materials, and methods for using such medical materials to treat patients. |
| US08658185B2 |
Kit useful for treating tumors and lesions of the skin and the mucous membranes
The pharmaceutical preparation useful for treating a skin or mucous membrane lesion is provided. The pharmaceutical preparation including, as active ingredients, a therapeutically effective amount of trichloroacetic acid and hydrochloric acid, or trichloroacetic acid and formic acid or all three of these acids and optionally a crosslinking/fixating/preserving agent. Additional preparations are also described. |
| US08658181B2 |
Pharmaceutical composition for preventing and treating liver fibrosis or nonalcoholic fatty liver disease
The present invention provides a pharmaceutical composition for preventing and treating liver fibrosis or nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, comprising 50 to 90% by weight of Cordyceps sinensis mycelium powder, and 10 to 50% by weight of condensed astragalus powder. |
| US08658177B2 |
Promiscuous HER-2/Neu CD4 T cell epitopes
The present invention relates to the discovery of novel T cell epitopes of the human HER-2/Neu protein that is promiscuous for at least 25 different HLA-DR alleles. The invention also relates to compositions that contain one of the novel epitopes or a fusion peptide of such a epitope and a heterologous polypeptide. Further disclosed herein is the use of the epitopes or their fusion peptides, and compositions containing the epitopes or their fusion peptides. |
| US08658171B2 |
Humanized anti-TNFα antibodies
The present invention provides a humanized anti-TNF monoclonal antibody and the use thereof. The humanized anti-TNF monoclonal antibody significantly reduces the immunogenicity of murine-antibody while retaining the ability of antibody to recognize antigen, compared with conservative mouse chimeric antibody. Therefore, safety of the antibody in clinical applications has been improved. |
| US08658167B2 |
Methods and compositions for treatment and diagnosis of fibrosis, tumor invasion, angiogenesis, and metastasis
Provided are methodology, compositions and kits to prevent and treat diseases associated with abnormal cell proliferation, angiogenesis and fibrosis, using processed lysyl oxidase or lysyl oxidase-like protein inhibitors, LOX inhibitors and LOXL inhibitors, or synergistic combinations of such inhibitors with therapeutic agents. Provided are methods for selecting tumor invasion, angiogenesis and metastasis inhibiting agents, by contacting cells in EMT states with candidate agents and detecting changes in such states; and methods, compositions, and kits for diagnosing or monitoring diseases associated with abnormal cell proliferation, angiogenesis and fibrosis, using molecules or agents specifically recognizing processed LOX or LOXL. Provided are methods, compositions, medical devices, systems and kits for preventing or treating diseases and conditions associated with fibrosis, including pathological cardiovascular conditions and diseases, e.g., hypertension, hypertensive heart disease, myocardial infarction, atherosclerosis, restenosis, liver fibrosis, kidney fibrosis, lung fibrosis, dermal scaring, keloid formation, and Alzheimer's disease, with LOX or LOXL inhibitors. |
| US08658166B2 |
Methods and materials for the diagnosis of prostate cancers
Methods for diagnosing the presence of prostate cancer in a subject are provided, such methods including detecting the levels of expression of multiple polypeptide biomarkers in a biological sample obtained from the subject and comparing the levels of expression with predetermined threshold levels. Levels of expression of at least two of the polypeptide markers that are above the predetermined threshold levels are indicative of the presence of prostate cancer in the subject. Determination of the expression levels of specific combinations of biomarkers can also be used to determine the type and/or stage of prostate cancer. |
| US08658164B2 |
Methods and materials for the diagnosis of prostate cancers
Methods for diagnosing the presence of prostate cancer in a subject are provided, such methods including detecting the levels of expression of multiple polypeptide biomarkers in a biological sample obtained from the subject and comparing the levels of expression with predetermined threshold levels. Levels of expression of at least two of the polypeptide markers that are above the predetermined threshold levels are indicative of the presence of prostate cancer in the subject. Determination of the expression levels of specific combinations of biomarkers can also be used to determine the type and/or stage of prostate cancer. |
| US08658163B2 |
Compositions and use thereof for treating symptoms of preeclampsia
A therapeutic agent for the treatment of toxemia, preeclampsia and eclampsia and a method for preparing the therapeutic agent is disclosed. The therapeutic agent is a stable pharmaceutical preparation containing, but not limited to, digestive/pancreatic enzymes. The therapeutic agent may be manufactured by a variety of encapsulation technologies. Delivery of the therapeutic agent may be made orally, through injection, by adherence of a medicated patch or by other methods. Further, a method of using the presence of chymotrypsin in the maternal GI tract as a biomarker to determine the likelihood of developing preeclampsia, a pregnancy induced hypertension, and eclampsia/toxemia is disclosed. |
| US08658158B2 |
Sensitization of chemotherapeutic agent resistant neoplastic cells with a virus
The present invention relates to a method of increasing the sensitivity of neoplastic cells to chemotherapeutic agents by using a virus, a method of treating proliferative disorders with a virus and chemotherapeutic agents, and a method for preventing a neoplasm from developing drug resistance to chemotherapeutic agents. The virus is preferably a reovirus. |
| US08658157B2 |
Selection and use of lactic acid bacteria for reducing dental caries and bacteria causing dental caries
New strains of Lactobacillus that have been selected for their capability of improved reduction the number of Streptococcus mutans in the mouth of mammals through inhibiting activity in combination with better binding to the oral mucins and dental plaque, thereby preventing, reducing or treating dental caries, and products derived from said strains, including agents for treatment or prophylaxis of caries for administration to humans. |
| US08658154B2 |
Humanized FcγR mice
Genetically modified non-human animals and methods and compositions for making and using them are provided, wherein the genetic modification comprises a deletion of the endogenous low affinity FcγR locus, and wherein the mouse is capable of expressing a functional FcRγ-chain. Genetically modified mice are described, including mice that express low affinity human FcγR genes from the endogenous FcγR locus, and wherein the mice comprise a functional FcRγ-chain. Genetically modified mice that express up to five low affinity human FcγR genes on accessory cells of the host immune system are provided. |
| US08658148B2 |
Chemically modified dendrimers
Dendrimers comprising N-acyl urea terminal moieties are described herein. The dendrimers can be used, for example, in the treatment of arthritis. |
| US08658142B2 |
Cosmetic compositions having long lasting shine
The invention relates to a cosmetic composition comprising at least one polyester that may be obtained by reacting: a tetraol containing from 4 to 10 carbon atoms; a linear or branched saturated monocarboxylic acid containing from 9 to 23 carbon atoms; a cyclic dicarboxylic acid containing from 6 to 12 carbon atoms; and an aromatic monocarboxylic acid containing from 7 to 11 carbon atoms; at least one resin chosen from hydrocarbon-based resins; at least one hyperbranched polyol compound; at least one non-volatile solvent chosen from monoalcohols; at least one co-solvent chosen from esters; at least one nonvolatile silicone oil; optionally, at least one wax; and optionally, at least one colorant, as well as to methods of using such compositions. |
| US08658136B2 |
Methods to increase transgene expression from bacterial-based delivery systems by co-expressing suppressors of the eukaryotic type I interferon response
Bacterial delivery systems with improved transgene expression are provided. The recombinant bacterial delivery systems deliver transgenes of interest and suppressors of the eukaryotic Type I interferon response to eukaryotic cells. Suppression of the eukaryotic Type I interferon response allows improved expression of the encoded transgene. |
| US08658135B2 |
Antagonists of ligands and uses thereof
The invention provides hetero-multivalent ligand binging agents (traps) for members of the TGF-β superfamily, as well as methods for making and using such constructs. In an embodiment of the invention there is provided a hetero-multivalent binding agent with affinity for a member of the TGF-β superfamily. The agent comprises the general structure I: ( |
| US08658133B2 |
Methods and compositions relating to alzheimer's disease
Methods and compositions relating to Alzheimer's disease are provided, including proteins that are differentially expressed in Alzheimer's disease as compared to the normal state. Further provided are methods, particularly experimental paradigms, for the identification of differential expressed proteins that are potential molecular targets for compounds to treat or prevent Alzheimer's disease. Also provided are methods for the identification and therapeutic use of compounds for the prevention and treatment of Alzheimer's disease. |
| US08658128B2 |
System and method for diagnosis and treatment
This invention relates to a low cost rapid response diagnostic system to determine cortisol levels in patients selected as potential candidates for GCR (glucocorticoid receptor) antagonist therapy utilizing a GCR antagonist, such as ORG 34517. The rapid, sensitive, and inexpensive test can be used to determine patients who have non-normal cortisol production or disordered circadian rhythms as a method for selecting subjects for GCR antagonist therapy for whom it is likely to have beneficial and/or therapeutic effects, and can also be used to monitor changes in cortisol levels in response to treatment. |
| US08658124B1 |
Process for the manufacturing of ferric sulfate
A process for manufacturing ferric sulfate has the steps of introducing water into an interior of a pressure vessel, introducing an iron material into the interior of the pressure vessel, mixing the iron material and the water within the interior of the pressure vessel, adding sulfuric acid to the mixed iron material and water, agitating the iron material and the sulfuric acid and the water for a period of time so as to increase a temperature of a reaction and a pressure of the reaction within the interior of the pressure vessel, and discharging ferric sulfate from the interior of the pressure vessel. The iron material can be either hematite or magnetite. Oxygen can be introduced into the interior of the pressure vessel if the iron material is magnetite. |
| US08658123B2 |
Method for producing a coarse-grained ammonium sulfate product via crystallization and installation for operating the method
Method for the production of a coarse-grained ammonium sulphate product by crystallization and installation for carrying out the method from an ammonium sulphate solution in a DTB type crystallizer having an internal suspension circuit and a clarifying zone, from which a clarified partial flow of solution is constantly drawn off into an external circuit, is heated in a heat exchanger to dissolve the solids contained therein and is guided back as a clear solution into the lower region of the crystallizer. A fine crystal suspension flow is drawn off from the clarifying zone as a further partial flow and guided back into the internal circuit of the crystallization stage without any previous dissolution of the solid proportion contained therein. |
| US08658117B2 |
Production of ammonium phosphates
A method for production of ammonium phosphates includes providing (210) of a phosphorus-loaded water immiscible liquid phase, adding (212) of anhydrous ammonia to the water immiscible liquid phase, precipitating (214) of mono-ammonium phosphate and/or di-ammonium phosphate from the water immiscible liquid phase and extracting (218) of the precipitated mono-ammonium phosphate and/or di-ammonium phosphate from the water immiscible liquid phase. The method further includes controlling (216) of a temperature of the water immiscible liquid phase during the adding (212) and precipitating (214) to a predetermined temperature interval. |
| US08658116B2 |
Method of producing sulfur dioxide
A method of producing sulfur dioxide is provided. A feed gas stream comprising at least 5% by volume hydrogen sulfide is provided. The feed gas stream is separated into a hydrogen sulfide stream and a hydrocarbon gas stream. An oxidant stream is provided and is combusted with the hydrogen sulfide stream to produce thermal power and a combustion stream containing sulfur dioxide and steam. Sulfur dioxide is separated from the combustion stream. |
| US08658115B2 |
Reducing mercury emissions from the burning of coal
Sorbent components containing halogen, calcium, alumina, and silica are used in combination during coal combustion to produce environmental benefits. Sorbents such as calcium bromide are added to the coal ahead of combustion and other components are added into the flame or downstream of the flame, preferably at minimum temperatures to assure complete formation of the refractory structures that result in various advantages of the methods. When used together, the components reduce emissions of elemental and oxidized mercury; increase the level of Hg, As, Pb, and/or Cl in the coal ash; decrease the levels of leachable heavy metals (such as Hg) in the ash, preferably to levels below the detectable limits; and make a highly cementitious ash product. |
| US08658113B2 |
Thin film valve device and its controlling apparatus
Provided are a thin film valve device and a thin film valve control apparatus in which a hole or a channel in the body of the thin film valve device is opened and closed using the heat generated from a heat generating apparatus and the centrifugal force. The thin film valve device and the thin film valve control apparatus are applicable to, for example, a diagnostic lab-on-a-chip that can detect a trace amount of a material in a fluid, a rotatable bio-disc in which a bio chip, such as a protein chip and a DNA chip, is integrated, and the like. |
| US08658110B2 |
Fluid delivery system
Embodiments of a fluid delivery system are disclosed. |
| US08658104B2 |
Honeycomb structural body and exhaust gas conversion apparatus
A honeycomb structural body includes a honeycomb unit having a plurality of through holes defined by partition walls and arranged in a longitudinal direction of the honeycomb unit and having macro-pores having an average pore diameter approximately 0.1 μm or more and approximately 0.3 μm or less. The macro-pores have a porosity approximately 30% or more and approximately 40% or less. The honeycomb unit includes a phosphate group zeolite and an inorganic binder. |
| US08658102B2 |
Chemical analysis apparatus and chemical analysis method
A chemical analysis apparatus comprising reaction containers containing therein a substance to be analyzed; an agitating mechanism spaced from the substance to be analyzed and agitating said substance to be analyzed with a liquid in said reaction container; and, a measuring portion for measuring physical properties of the substance to be analyzed, said agitating mechanism having a sound supply portion supplying sound waves to the substance to be analyzed, wherein said sound supply portion comprises a mechanism changing, in time, intensity of ultrasonic waves to be irradiated so as to apply pulsation to a swirl flow in the reaction container. |
| US08658099B2 |
Integrated apparatus for conducting and monitoring chemical reactions
Apparatus for conducting and monitoring chemical reactions comprises a base and a thermal cycler mounted on the base. A plurality of heat-conducting receptacles are mounted on the thermal cycler and in heat-communication therewith. Each receptacle comprises an opaque body defining a bore having an open end, a first window, and a second window. A cartridge is removably mounted on the receptacles. The cartridge comprises a plurality of light-transmitting reaction vessels, and conduits connected to the reaction vessels for processing and transferring fluid. The reaction vessels are received in the bores of the receptacles through the open ends of the bores. A light emitter is mounted on the base for illuminating the reaction vessels through the first windows of the reaction vessels. A light detector is mounted on the base for selectively receiving and detecting light emitted from the reaction vessels through the second windows of the receptacles. |
| US08658096B2 |
Rack transport system
Provided is a rack transport system that horizontally slides a rack tray holding and storing a plurality of specimen containers, allowing the rack tray to be safely placed on a rack tray set section. For this purpose, a rack transport system (8) using a rack tray (10) having a rack dropout-preventing mechanism (10b) includes a rack tray set section (8A) that has a lock canceling mechanism (8i) of the rack dropout-preventing mechanism and on which the rack tray that arranges and holds a plurality of racks (9) supporting a plurality of specimen containers (9a) is placed, and a projection section (8h) serving as a lock canceling button of the rack dropout-preventing mechanism is formed at a position where the rack tray that holds and stores the plurality of racks supporting the plurality of specimen containers is slid to be able to be set in the rack tray set section. |
| US08658094B2 |
High temperature and pressure oxidation-reduction potential measuring and monitoring device for hot water systems
A device for measuring oxidation-reduction potential at operating temperature and pressure in hot water systems is disclosed and claimed. The device includes a flow-through cell, an oxidation-reduction potential probe, a temperature detector, and an external pressure-balanced reference electrode assembly. Each component of the device works in conjunction with the other components and each has electrical connections that transmit signals to a controller. The controller calculates and determines adjustments to feedwater chemistry for the hot water system. |
| US08658090B2 |
Apparatus and method for reprocessing lumened instruments
Methods and apparatus for liquid, gas, and gas plasma sterilization of items. The apparatus includes two chambers and a holder to connectorlessly secure a lumened instrument such that a first portion of the lumened instrument lies in the first chamber and a second portion of the instrument lies in the second chamber, a liquid medium contained within the two chambers, and pumping means for simultaneously increasing fluid pressure within the first chamber of said container while decreasing fluid pressure within the second chamber of the container in a reciprocating fashion. The pumping means displaces at least a total internal volume of the liquid medium through the lumen for a given highest volume of a lumened instrument during each stroke. |
| US08658085B2 |
Method for irradiating objects
The invention relates to a method for irradiating partly formed packages (10) with electron beam irradiation from at least one electron beam sterilizing device (18), characterized in that it comprises: providing at least one partly formed package (10) to be irradiated in a gaseous environment, and exposing the gaseous environment to a pre-determined pressure regulation cycle and exposing the partly formed package (10) to irradiation at least during a portion of said pressure regulation cycle. The invention also relates to a device for realizing said method. The invention further relates irradiation of a packaging material web. |