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US07799280B1 Tortuous path chemical preconcentrator
A non-planar, tortuous path chemical preconcentrator has a high internal surface area having a heatable sorptive coating that can be used to selectively collect and concentrate one or more chemical species of interest from a fluid stream that can be rapidly released as a concentrated plug into an analytical or microanalytical chain for separation and detection. The non-planar chemical preconcentrator comprises a sorptive support structure having a tortuous flow path. The tortuosity provides repeated twists, turns, and bends to the flow, thereby increasing the interfacial contact between sample fluid stream and the sorptive material. The tortuous path also provides more opportunities for desorption and readsorption of volatile species. Further, the thermal efficiency of the tortuous path chemical preconcentrator is comparable or superior to the prior non-planar chemical preconcentrator. Finally, the tortuosity can be varied in different directions to optimize flow rates during the adsorption and desorption phases of operation of the preconcentrator.
US07799279B2 Immunoassay assembly and methods of use
The present invention relates to an improved system for efficiently and accurately performing immunoassays, such as ELISAs. The invention provides an immunoassay assembly which includes a flow-through unit and an aspiration pump. The immunoassay flow-through unit includes an outer seal; at least one bed support; an inner seal; and a packed non-porous bed. The unit is releasably attached to an aspiration pump which enables the controlled flow rate of liquid passing through the packed bed of the flow-through unit. The invention also provides a method of using the immunoassay assembly to identify analytical targets of interest.
US07799277B2 Detection device and detection method
A detection device is provided which comprises an examination flow channel for passing a fluid containing a detection object, a reference flow channel extending adjacently along the examination flow channel, an interaction film interposed between the examination flow channel and the reference flow channel for causing an interaction thereof, a light emission unit for injecting a detecting light into the reference flow channel, and a detection unit for receiving the detecting light. This device is used for recognizing the state of the detection object in the examination flow channel from deflection of the optical path of the detecting light caused by the interaction.
US07799272B2 Decontamination methods of use thereof
A method for reducing biological and/or chemical contaminants within a feed fluid stream includes in one embodiment the following steps: a) introducing the fluid stream into a cold pass of at least one recuperator; b) optionally heating the feed fluid stream using a heater; and c) introducing the feed fluid stream into a compressor, and compressing the fluid stream to an elevated pressure, resulting in heating of the fluid stream to an elevated temperature, thereby producing a decontaminated fluid stream.
US07799270B2 Electromagnetic device for fusion and interfacial agitation of diphase systems, particularly for the acceleration of metallurgic or pyrochemical processes
Electromagnetic device for fusion and interfacial agitation of diphase systems, particularly for the acceleration of metallurgic or pyrochemical processes, which includes for example a crucible to contain a diphase system, an inductor surrounding this crucible, and a circuit for the supply of the inductor by a current with two components, namely a high frequency component which melts the phases of the system and a low frequency component which agitates the interface of the phases.
US07799269B2 Method of sintering AIN under a methane-containing nitrogen atmosphere
The present method uses a methane-containing nitrogen gas sintering atmosphere to sinter aluminum nitride (AlN) to a high transmittance. The methane gas replaces the solid carbon charge material used in prior art sintering methods as the source of gaseous carbon. The amount of carbon in the methane-containing nitrogen gas is easily controlled by varying the partial pressure of methane in the nitrogen gas. In addition, the methane flow is stopped prior to the end of the sintering cycle to prevent darkening of the sintered part.
US07799267B2 Method for manufacture of transparent ceramics
The disclosed invention relates to a method of manufacture of transparent ceramics such as yttrium aluminum garnet by tape casting. The method entails forming a mixture of ceramic oxide, dispersant and organic solvent, milling the mixture to produce a first slurry, mixing the first slurry with an organic binder and a plasticizer to form a treated slurry, milling the treated slurry to produce milled slurry, tape casting the milled slurry to produce cast tape, drying the cast tape to produce dried tape, stacking portions of dried tape to form an assembly, compressing the assembly to produce a preform, heating the preform to produce a green preform, and sintering the green preform to produce transparent yttrium aluminum garnet. The method may be used to produce a unitary ceramic product having differing transparent sections as well as transparent ceramic product having a dopant gradient across a portion of the thickness of the product.
US07799263B2 Manufacturing method of color filter substrate
A manufacturing method of a color filter substrate includes forming a black matrix on a substrate, the black matrix including first, second, third and fourth openings, forming first, second and third color filter patterns in the first, second and third openings, forming an overcoat layer on the substrate, disposing a soft mold on the organic material layer, the soft mold including first depressed portions and a second depressed portion, the first depressed portions corresponding to the black matrix, and the second depressed portion corresponding to the fourth opening, wherein a first depth of the first depressed portions is larger than a second depth of the second depressed portion, applying pressure to the soft mold such that the first and second depressed portions are filled with the overcoat layer, first curing the overcoat layer, detaching the soft mold from the overcoat layer, and second curing the overcoat layer.
US07799262B1 Method of manufacturing a continuous filament by electrospinning
The invention is directed to a method of making continuous filament by electrospinning, wherein electrospun nanofibers are collected on a multi-layer type collector consisting of two or more, rotating disk-shaped conductive materials by electrospinning a polymer dope onto the multi-layer collector with a high voltage applied thereto and which rotates at a rotational linear velocity of 5 m/sec or more, through nozzles having a high voltage applied thereto, and then collecting the nanofibers on the collector in the form of a continuous filament by the use of a collecting roller, and conveying the nanofibers to a canvas through a traverse, or dried, drawn, and wound consecutively.
US07799249B2 Systems and methods for producing silicone hydrogel contact lenses
Systems and methods for producing silicone hydrogel contact lenses are described. Certain of the present systems include a contact lens mold forming station, a station for filling a contact lens mold section with a lens precursor composition and for placing a second mold section on the filled mold section to form a contact lens mold assembly, a curing station for forming a contact lens, a mold assembly separation station, and an extraction/hydration station. Certain of the present methods include forming a plurality of mold sections, placing a lens precursor composition on a surface of a first mold section, placing a second mold section on the first mold section, polymerizing the lens precursor composition, separating the first and second mold sections, removing the silicone hydrogel contact lens from one of the mold sections, extracting extractable components from the contact lens, and hydrating the contact lens.
US07799247B2 Disposable chemiluminescent infrared therapy device
A therapeutic device has a first chamber that retains an oxalic ester solution, and a second chamber that retains a hydrogen peroxide and fluorescer solution. The therapeutic device is activated by causing the oxalic ester solution to mix with the hydrogen peroxide and fluorescer solution, which produces chemiluminescent light for treating a wound.
US07799241B2 Liquid for preventing dispersion of or for fixing dispersible dust
A fixing liquid for properly and economically suppressing or preventing dispersion of dust (asbestos dust) generated through weathering or demolition of a sprayed-on material containing asbestos is prepared by homogeneously incorporating a surfactant and a thickener (e.g., CMC) into a solution of a polysaccharide (e.g., gum arabic). When an appropriate amount of the fixing liquid is sprayed onto a sprayed-on material containing asbestos, dust due to weathering of the sprayed-on material is wetted and retained, and dispersion of dust generated during demolition of the material is suppressed or prevented. Even after drying of the fixing liquid, the viscosity of the liquid is restored by re-wetting with water, and dispersion of dust generated during demolition of the thus-treated material is suppressed or prevented. Since the thickener has an increased volume in the presence of water, the thus-treated material is readily removed.
US07799240B1 Refrigerant compositions
Refrigerant composition are disclosed which comprises: (a) pentafluoroethane, trifluoromethoxydifluoromethane or hexafluorocyclopropane, or a mixture of two or more thereof, in an amount of at least 75% based on the weight of the composition, (b) 1,1,1,2- or 1,1,2,2-tetrafluoroethane, trifluoromethoxypentafluoroethane, 1,1,1,2,3,3-heptafluoropropane or a mixture of two or more thereof, in an amount of from 10 to 20% by weight based on the weight of the composition and (c) an ethylenically unsaturated or saturated hydrocarbon, optionally containing one or more oxygen atoms, with a boiling point from −50° C. to +35° C., or a mixture thereof in an amount from 1% to 4% by weight based on the weight of the composition the weight ratio of component (a):component (b) being at least 4:1.
US07799234B2 In-line waste disinfection method
A modular waste disinfection system for the disinfection of substantially liquid infectious waste streams and methods of treating such waste streams are disclosed. The modular waste disinfection system includes a metal ion generation chamber for introducing metal ions into the waste material; an oxidant generation chamber in fluid flow communication with the metal ion generation chamber for disinfection of the waste material with an oxidizing agent; and a chelation chamber in fluid flow communication with the oxidant generation chamber for deactivation of metal ions in the waste material, wherein the waste is discharged to a sanitary sewer after disinfection.
US07799231B2 Process for separating solids from liquids
A liquid/solid separator system mounted on a mobile cart and connected to a process tank for reducing the rate at which fluids are consumed in manufacturing processes. The system may include automation and also may include a shear-stepped screen including tilted wire wedge wires arranged at varying cant angles. The system may include a fine screen basket received in a settling box.
US07799223B1 Biological nutrient removal process and process control for same
The present disclosure describes an improved system and method for treating wastewater or other liquid. Furthermore, the present disclosure provides a control program for operating the system and method. In one embodiment, the treatment process utilizes a biological nutrient removal activated sludge process utilizing a continuously sequencing reactor (CSR).
US07799216B2 Drain trap with strainer and cup
Drain trap assembly for separating sediment from discharged wastewater including a conduit with a first upper inlet portion and a second upper outlet portion. Between the inlet and outlet is located a lower bend portion. Interrupting the lower bend portion is a third conduit portion including a cup closure for sediment accumulation out of the wastewater pathway. Affixed to the cup closure and extending generally upwardly within the assembly and across the wastewater flow is a strainer including at least one plate with through-holes sized to reject particulate sediment and other solids of a predetermined size. Another strainer embodiment includes fibers affixed to the closure and extending across the wastewater flow. A strainer support leg may be concave to guide or deflect sediment-laden wastewater downwardly to the accumulation area and may include at least one wastewater flow aperture. Closure removal automatically withdraws the strainer, offering ready access to accumulated sediment.
US07799213B2 Additives to enhance phosphorus compound removal in refinery desalting processes
Reactive phosphorus species can be removed or transferred from a hydrocarbon phase to a water phase in an emulsion breaking process by using a composition that contains water-soluble hydroxyacids. Suitable water-soluble hydroxyacids include, but are not necessarily limited to glycolic acid, gluconic acid, C2-C4 alpha-hydroxy acids, poly-hydroxy carboxylic acids, thioglycolic acid, chloroacetic acid, polymeric forms of the above hydroxyacids, poly-glycolic esters, glycolate ethers, and ammonium salt and alkali metal salts of these hydroxyacids, and mixtures thereof. The composition may optionally include a mineral acid to reduce the pH of the desalter wash water. A solvent may be optionally included in the composition. The invention permits transfer of reactive phosphorus species into the aqueous phase with little or no hydrocarbon phase undercarry into the aqueous phase. The composition is particularly useful in treating crude oil emulsions, and in removing calcium and other metals therefrom.
US07799212B2 Method for preventing fouling of a heat exchanger for cooling residue from a hydrodesulfurization/hydrocracking process
A method which controls sedimentation occurring at a heat exchanger for cooling hydrodesulfurization/hydrocracking residue containing asphaltenes at a high content and thereby prevents fouling of the heat exchanger is disclosed. A method for preventing fouling of a heat exchanger for cooling hydrodesulfurization/hydrocracking residue, which injects flux oil into hydrodesulfurization/hydrocracking residue containing asphaltenes at 1% by mass or more, wherein the flux oil is at least one species of residue selected from the group consisting of crude vacuum distillation residue and fluidized catalytic cracking residue, and injected into the hydrodesulfurization/hydrocracking residue to control its actual sediment content at 0.2% by mass or less, determined in accordance with IP-375 is also disclosed.
US07799205B2 Ion concentration transistor and dual-mode sensors
An ion concentration sensor produces a signal reflective of the ion concentration within a solution. The ion concentration sensor is based on an ion sensitive transistor having a solution input, a reference input, a diffusion input, and a diffusion output. The ion sensitive transistor is connected as a pass transistor, such that the diffusion output provides an electrical signal indicating an ion concentration in a solution contacting the solution input.
US07799204B2 Voltammetric Ion Sensor
A method and device for the quantitative determination of an ion in a fluid which comprises subjecting the fluid to voltammetry using a sensing electrode which comprises an electrically conducting support having a surface which is coated with a support matrix, the support matrix containing an electroactive species capable of being oxidised or reduced to form a charged species, and an ionophore.
US07799202B2 Method for determining parameters of a gas-selective electrode
Gas-selective electrodes in liquid analyzing devices have a characteristic curve K with a linear portion L and a non-linear portion NL. In the non-linear portion NL, the characteristic previously could only be estimated so that determinations of the concentration were rather inexact. According to the present application, the electrode is rinsed with an acid and the zero point voltage UN at the electrode is determined during the rinsing. Using the zero point voltage UN, the non-linear portion NL of the characteristic K is determined with high precision so that even low concentrations c can be determined with great accuracy.
US07799200B1 Selective electrochemical accelerator removal
Methods and apparatus are provided for planar metal plating on a workpiece having a surface with recessed regions and exposed surface regions; comprising the steps of: causing a plating accelerator to become attached to said surface including the recessed and exposed surface regions; selectively removing the plating accelerator from the exposed surface regions without performing substantial metal plating on the surface; and after removal of plating accelerator is at least partially complete, plating metal onto the surface, whereby the plating accelerator remaining attached to the surface increases the rate of metal plating in the recessed regions relative to the rate of metal plating in the exposed surface regions.
US07799196B2 Methods and apparatus for sorting and/or depositing nanotubes
Methods and apparatus for forming devices using nanotubes. In one embodiment, an apparatus for depositing nanotubes onto a workpiece comprises a vessel configured to contain a deposition fluid having a plurality of nanotubes including first nanotubes having a first characteristic and second nanotubes having a second characteristic. The apparatus further includes a sorting unit in the vessel configured to selectively isolate or otherwise sort the first nanotubes from the second nanotubes, and a field unit in the vessel configured to attach the first nanotubes to the workpiece. For example, the field unit can attach the first nanotubes to the workpiece such that the first nanotubes are at least generally parallel to each other and in a desired orientation relative to the workpiece.
US07799190B2 Target backing plate for sputtering system
A multi-chamber processing system is described for depositing materials on multiple workpieces (wafers, display panels, or any other workpieces) at a time in a vacuum chamber. Multiple magnets (one for each target) in the magnetron assembly in the sputtering chamber oscillate over their respective targets for uniform target erosion and uniform deposition on the wafers. An electrically insulated target backing plate between each magnet and a target has a liquid channel running through it for controlling temperature, where the liquid channel has a wider cross-sectional area around the middle portion of the target backing plate to increase cooling of the middle portion of the target. The distance between the magnets and the targets is made very small by a thin aluminum plate fixed to the bottom segment of the target backing plate by a dip brazing process.
US07799187B2 Inert electrode assemblies and methods of manufacturing the same
A composite anode assembly is provided, the assembly including a permeation resistant portion and a porous conductive portion circumscribing at least the bottom of the permeation resistant portion. The composite anode assembly reduces corrosion and restricts thermal expansion stresses.
US07799183B2 Electropolishing apparatus and method for medical implants
An electropolishing apparatus and method are provided for polishing stents and other medical implants. The apparatus includes a motor that rotates a roller. The roller continuously rotates the medical implant to be electropolished. One of the advantages of the apparatus and method is that marks generated around the electrical contact between the anode and the medical implant are minimized. In addition, the medical implant is polished more evenly than conventional electropolishing systems.
US07799180B2 Silver selenide sputtered films and method and apparatus for controlling defect formation in silver selenide sputtered films
Method and apparatus for sputter depositing silver selenide and controlling defect formation in and on a sputter deposited silver selenide film are provided. A method of forming deposited silver selenide comprising both alpha and beta phases is further provided. The methods include depositing silver selenide using sputter powers of less than about 200 W, using sputter power densities of less than about 1 W/cm2, using sputter pressures of less than about 40 mTorr and preferably less than about 10 mTorr, using sputter gasses with molecular weight greater than that of neon, using cooling apparatus having a coolant flow rate at least greater than 2.5 gallons per minute and a coolant temperature less than about 25° C., using a magnetron sputtering system having a magnetron placed a sufficient distance from a silver selenide sputter target so as to maintain a sputter target temperature of less than about 350° C. and preferably below about 250° C. during sputter deposition, and heating the sputter deposition substrate to greater than about 30° C.
US07799177B2 Valve installation apparatus and methods
A deheader valve is fitted onto an existing or new coke drum by initially positioning the body and valve, and then raising the valve to mate with the flange using a lifting device other than a chain fall. The vertical positioning of the deheader valve is preferably accomplished with a hydraulic or pneumatic piston, winch, scissor jack, ratchet jack, screw jack, and so forth. The distance traveled by the valve using these devices is more than 2 cm, commonly at least 20 cm, and in some installations up to 40 cm or more. In retrofit situations an oil inlet is provided in a side wall of the drum above the bottom drum flange.
US07799175B2 Passive sensor system for detection of wear problems in paper machine clothing
A stratified press fabric for the press section of a paper machine having a passive sensor system for detecting wear in the press fabric. The lower (non-surface) layer(s) of the stratified press fabric are produced using colored staple fiber batt material. As the surface of the fabric is worn away through use, the colored batt material is exposed to provide a visual indication of the wear. This visual indication allows the customer to readily determine the appropriate time to replace the press fabric.
US07799174B2 Foil for paper production systems
A foil for paper production systems has a carrier strip and mutually adjoining plates of ceramic material. The plates are fixed to the carrier strip by way of a plurality of clips, whose free ends are latched to the plates. On their side facing the carrier strip, the plates of a ceramic material are formed with strips projecting from the latter and extending in the longitudinal direction of the carrier strip, which are formed with undercuts along their side edges, the free ends of the clips, which are oriented toward one another, projecting into the lateral undercuts of the strips projecting from the plates.
US07799173B2 Screen plates having diagonal slots with curved inlets for a digester
A screen plate for a cellulosic material puling vessel, the screen plate including: slots having curved inlet corner edges adjacent an inside surface of the screen plate and facing a pulp flow.
US07799171B2 Reeling method and system as well as an measuring apparatus
A method and a system to control a reeling profile of a material web reel (30), when, in the forming of a material web reel (30), a web is reeled around a reeling core and when in an adjustment of CD-directional profiles of the web reel, profiling devices (8) have been applied. For adjusting quality profiles and reeling profiles of the web, profiling devices are managed with the help of profile measurings of the roller nip and/or of the profile measurings of the reel (30), which are obtained from the reel-up (2). A measuring device (40) for a measuring of a CD-directional hardness profile of the fiber web reel includes a measuring head (43), which is connected with a loading means (41, 42), which loads the measuring head against the fiber web reel. The motion course of the measuring head is linear.
US07799170B2 Method and device in a paper or board machine line for straining paper
In a paper or board machine drying line after the wire section, during dewatering a web's (W) width is affected in a direction crosswise to the web's traveling direction. Starting from an edge, at least one device (20A, 20B) brings about a force effect of a desired magnitude which is directed all the way to a desired arbitrary crosswise web position in order to modify web characteristics. A device in a paper or board machine line after the wire section has means for processing the web and for dewatering. The paper or board machine line after the wire section further has at least one device (20A; 20B) for directing a force effect at a desired partial area (WS) of the web (W) in the cross machine direction in order to modify the web's characteristics profile in the cross machine direction.
US07799166B2 Wafer edge expose alignment method
Incorporation of a sensor, such as an optical or laser based sensor, into a wafer edge processing unit, such as a WEE unit or mechanism. This sensor enables the WEE unit to be referenced to the wafer edge. Specifically, the sensor can be used to place a WEE unit in a fixed but accurate location at the beginning of the wafer edge expose process. Another approach is to have the WEE drive controller actively follow the edge of the wafer as it rotates during the WEE process, which has the advantage of compensating for any wafer centering errors as well as diameter and placement errors. In yet another approach, the edge sensor is used to sense and track the edge of a previous layer WEE pattern. The sensor can also facilitate the measuring of a distance from a wafer edge to a WEE edge feature.
US07799162B2 Composite webs with elastic composite structures
Composite webs having one or more elastic composite structures located on a substrate, methods of manufacturing the composite webs, and articles including the elastic composite structures and substrates are disclosed. The elastic composite structures may preferably include one or more elastic components attached to anchors at two or more locations, wherein the anchors are themselves attached to the substrate. The anchors may preferably be constructed of inelastic polymeric material (and/or exhibit limited to no elasticity in use) and the elastic components may preferably be constructed of elastomeric polymeric material.
US07799158B2 Method for producing crystallographically-oriented ceramic
A method for producing a crystallographically-oriented ceramic includes the steps of forming a first sheet with a thickness of 10 μm or less containing a first inorganic material in which grain growth occurs at a first temperature or higher and a second sheet containing a second inorganic material in which grain growth occurs at a second temperature higher than the first temperature, laminating one or more each of the first and second sheets to form a laminated body, firing the laminated body at a temperature equal to or higher than the first temperature and lower than the second temperature to cause grain growth in the first inorganic material, and then firing the laminated body at a temperature equal to or higher than the second temperature to cause grain growth in the second inorganic material in the direction of a crystal plane of the first inorganic material.
US07799152B2 Method for manufacturing nickel alloy
A nickel alloy having an excellent corrosion resistance (hereinafter referred to as “nickel alloy”) used for pipes, structural materials and structural members, such as bolts or the like, in a nuclear power plant or in a chemical plant, and a manufacturing method for the same are provided. In the nickel alloy according to the present invention, an excellent corrosion resistance, in particular an excellent resistance against the IGSCC, is obtained by specifying the low angle boundary rate of 4% or more in the grain boundaries, along with the restriction of the chemical composition in the alloy, thereby making it possible to provide a nickel alloy which is most suitably used for pipes, structural materials and structural members, such as bolts or the like. Accordingly, the nickel alloy according to the present invention is widely applicable to structural members used in a nuclear station or in a chemical plant.
US07799151B2 Method for surface cooling steel slabs to prevent surface cracking, and steel slabs made by that method
A method is provided for the continuous casting, cutting, and continued heat treatment of steel slabs, particularly those having cracking-prone alloy formulations, without requiring the use of water spray quench cooling equipment.
US07799150B2 Increased stability low concentration gases, products comprising same, and methods of making same
Methods of passivating a metal surface are described, the methods comprising the steps of i) exposing the metal surface to a silicon-containing passivation material; ii) evacuating the metal surface; iii) exposing the treated surface to a gas composition having a concentration of reactive gas that is greater than an intended reactive gas concentration of gas to be transported by the metal surface; iv) evacuating the metal surface to remove substantially all of the gas composition to enable maintenance of an increased shelf-life, low concentration reactive gas at an intended concentration; and v) exposing the metal surface to the reactive gas at the intended reactive gas concentration. Manufactured products, high stability fluids, and methods of making same are also described.
US07799149B2 Oil country tubular good for expansion in well and manufacturing method thereof
An oil country tubular good for expansion according to the invention is expanded in a well. The oil country tubular good for expansion has a composition containing, in percentage by mass, 0.05% to 0.08% C, at most 0.50% Si, 0.80% to 1.30% Mn, at most 0.030% P, at most 0.020% S, 0.08% to 0.50% Cr, at most 0.01% N, 0.005% to 0.06% Al, at most 0.05% Ti, at most 0.50% Cu, and at most 0.50% Ni, and the balance consisting of Fe and impurities, and a structure having a ferrite ratio of at least 80%. The oil country tubular good for expansion has a yield strength in the range from 276 MPa to 379 MPa and a uniform elongation of at least 16%. Therefore, the oil country tubular good according to the invention has a high pipe expansion characteristic.
US07799142B2 Apparatus and method for cleaning a board terminal
A board terminal cleaning apparatus for cleaning a terminal portion by bringing a cleaning member in contact with the terminal portion of a board comprises a first support member that supports the cleaning member in a first position, a second support member that supports the cleaning member in a second position, a cleaning head that pressurizes part of the cleaning member supported between the first position and the second position by bringing the part in contact with the terminal portion of the board, a support member moving unit that moves the first support member and the second support member in the direction along the terminal portion, and a cleaning head moving unit that moves the cleaning head in the direction along the terminal portion at a second movement velocity different from the first movement velocity of the first support member and the second support member by the support member moving unit.
US07799141B2 Method and system for using a two-phases substrate cleaning compound
Cleaning compounds, apparatus, and methods to remove contaminants from a substrate surface are provided. An exemplary cleaning compound to remove particulate contaminants from a semiconductor substrate surface is provided. The cleaning compound includes a viscous liquid with a viscosity between about 1 cP to about 10,000 cP. The cleaning compound also includes a plurality of solid components dispersed in the viscous liquid, the plurality of solid components interact with the particulate contaminants on the substrate surface to remove the particulate contaminants from the substrate surface.
US07799140B1 Process for the removal of photoreceptor coatings using a stripping solution
The disclosed embodiments are directed to processes for removing photoreceptor coatings from a substrate, wherein the photoreceptor coatings disposed over a substrate of an electrophotographic photoreceptor. More specifically, the invention discloses a photoreceptor coatings removal process comprises subjecting an electrophotographic photoreceptor to a stripping solution that separates the coatings from the substrate.
US07799139B2 Chemistry for removal of photo resist, organic sacrificial fill material and etch polymer
Methods and associated structures of forming a microelectronic device are described. Those methods may include utilizing a cleaning mixture comprising a solvent such as ethylene glycol monopropyl ether, an inorganic base, an organic base, a copper corrosion inhibitor and a surfactant to clean at least one of a polymer residue, a organic sacrificial fill material and etched or un-etched photo resist from a Damascene structure of a microelectronic structure comprising a porous oxide dielectric.
US07799138B2 In-situ method to reduce particle contamination in a vacuum plasma processing tool
The method and apparatus of the embodiments of the present invention employ an in-situ particle decontamination technique that allows for such decontamination while a wafer is a vacuum tool or deposition chamber, thereby eliminating the need for another device for performing decontamination. This in-situ decontamination is effective for particle contamination resulting, for example, from tool resident mechanical component. Furthermore, particle decontamination is performed in the presence of plasma, having a potential for helping to maximize a “self bias” voltage, under RF conditions, and is integrated into the vacuum process.
US07799125B2 Yellow iron oxide pigments
The present invention relates to improved yellow iron oxide pigments and to their use.
US07799120B2 Metal-organic frameworks with exceptionally high capacity for storage of carbon dioxide at room-temperature
A carbon dioxide storage system includes a container and a conduit attached to the container for introducing or removing a carbon dioxide-containing composition from the container. A carbon dioxide storage material is positioned within the container. The carbon dioxide-storage material includes a metal-organic framework, which has a sufficient surface area to store at least 10 carbon dioxide molecules per formula unit of the metal-organic framework at a temperature of about 25° C.
US07799114B2 Method for recovering gold
The invention relates to a method for recovering gold in connection with the hydrometallurgical production of copper from a waste or intermediate product containing sulphur and iron that is generated in the leaching of the copper raw material. The recovery of both copper and gold occurs in a chloride environment. The gold contained in the waste or intermediate is leached by means of divalent copper, oxygen and alkali bromide in a solution of copper (II) chloride and alkali chloride, in conditions where the oxygen-reduction potential is a maximum of 650 mV and the pH a minimum of 0.5. The bromide accelerates the dissolution of the gold.
US07799112B2 Production method of pure metal/alloy super-micro powder
It is to propose a method of producing super-micro powders of pure metal-alloy in which cheap materials can be used and the production is efficient. In the production method of pure metal super-micro powder by heating a starting material containing a metal chloride and reducing the resulting vapor of the metal chloride with hydrogen gas, an elementary metal constituting the metal chloride is added to the starting material containing the metal chloride and a metal chloride having a large valence among metal chlorides having two or more valence is used as the metal chloride. Also, in the production method of alloy super-micro powder, a metal chloride is used as one to (number of all alloying components—1) alloying components in the starting material and an elemental metal is used as the other alloying component.
US07799109B2 Device for separating a gas-liquid mixture
The invention relates to a device for separating a gas-liquid mixture, in which the liquid portion exists in the form of small particles, especially for ventilating a crankcase of an internal combustion engine, by separating and coagulating the liquid particles on a target area. The liquid mixture, after acceleration in acceleration openings provided for this purpose, impacts the target area at an approximately right angle. The aim of the invention is to improve the aforementioned device in such a manner that it allows as high a degree of separation as possible for different sized volume flows of mixtures. For this purpose, the number and/or the cross-sections of the acceleration openings is varied, depending on the volume flow of mixtures, between a small complete cross-section for a low volume flow and a large complete cross-section for a large volume flow.
US07799101B2 Stabilized lubricant compositions
A stabilized lubricant composition is disclosed that comprises lubricating oil and a mixture of (a) at least one organophosphite compound and (b) at least one aromatic secondary amine or one substituted phenol or mixtures thereof. The compositions have been found to be highly resistant to oxidation under demanding service conditions.
US07799099B2 Method of manufacturing a current collector for a double electric layer capacitor
A method of manufacturing a current collector for use in a capacitor (e.g., a DEL capacitor) having an aqueous or non-aqueous electrolyte, such as an aqueous sulfuric acid electrolyte. The conductive basis of the current collector is preferably, but not necessarily, comprised of lead or a lead alloy. The portion of the conductive basis that will be in contact with the electrolyte is provided with a protective layer that is created by deposition of one or more layers of one or more protective coating materials thereto. Each protective coating material is comprised of at least a conductive carbon powder and a polymer binder that is resistant to the electrolyte. Preferably, but not essentially, the protective coating material(s) are applied to the conductive basis in the form of a paste, which is subsequently subjected to a solvent evaporation step and a thermal treatment step.
US07799097B2 Processes for spray dyeing fabrics
Processes for dyeing fabric are provided. The process can include continuously moving the fabric in a machine direction; removing folds or creases from the fabric; spraying a first surface of the fabric with a dye; and exposing the fabric to atmospheric steam after spraying the dye on the first surface but prior to the dye drying on the first surface so that the dye migrates from the first surface to a second surface of the fabric and reacts with and affixes to a component of the fabric.
US07799094B2 Oxidation dye composition comprising a cationic surfactant, a bioheteropolysaccharide, an amphoteric surfactant and a dye precursor
The present invention relates to a composition for dyeing keratin fibers, comprising at least one dye precursor, at least one bioheteropolysaccharide, at least one cationic surfactant and at least one amphoteric surfactant.Such a composition affords improved ease of application and also improved dyeing properties.
US07799093B2 Coloring composition of keratinous fibers comprising at least one polysiloxane/polyurea block copolymer
Disclosed herein is a composition comprising at least one nonionic polysiloxane/polyurea block copolymer, at least one colored or coloring entity, and at least one volatile nonsilicone organic solvent. Such a composition may make it possible to obtain a coloring which is resistant to external agents.
US07799089B2 Reinforced small intestinal submucosa
Bioprosthetic devices for soft tissue attachment, reinforcement, or construction are provided. The devices comprise a sheet of naturally occurring extracellular matrix and a sheet of synthetic mesh coupled to the naturally occurring extracellular matrix portion.
US07799087B2 Implant
The invention relates to a cap-shaped implant for implanting on a prepared stump of a femoral head. The implant is in the form of a ball section (11), having a flat base surface (13) and a polar axis (15) which is arranged in a perpendicular in relation to the base surface (13). According to the invention, a cavity (17) is arranged in ball section (11) which protrudes from the base surface (13), said cavity (17) is rotationally symmetrical and comprises a hollow spatial axis (19) which is arranged below an angle (a) which is different form zero in relation to the polar axis (15).
US07799085B2 Modular implant system with fully porous coated sleeve
A modular knee implant system allows a surgeon to select between several different styles of distal femoral implant components and several different styles of stem extensions while also allowing for use of a metaphyseal component. The metaphyseal component can be a universal one that is usable with all of the styles of distal femoral implant components through use of an adapter. A second adapter allows for use of stem extensions with different types of connectors with the metaphyseal component. A separate metaphyseal component could also be provided with a distal Morse taper post to mate with a distal femoral component having a proximal Morse taper bore. The metaphyseal component may have an outer surface that is configured to maximize contact area with the patient's bone, and may have a surface finish over a substantial part of its overall length that is conducive to bone ingrowth.
US07799082B2 Artificial functional spinal unit system and method for use
A stabilization system for a human spine is provided comprising at least two dynamic interbody device and at least one dynamic posterior stabilization system. In some embodiments the stabilization system comprises a pair of dynamic interbody devices and a pair of dynamic posterior stabilization systems. The dynamic interbody devices may work in conjunction with the dynamic posterior stabilization systems to allow for movement of vertebrae coupled to the stabilization system. The dynamic posterior stabilization systems may provide resistance to movement that mimics the resistance provided by a normal functional spinal unit. In some embodiments, a bridge may couple a dynamic interbody device to a dynamic posterior stabilization system.
US07799080B2 Spinal disc prosthesis and methods of use
Spinal disc prosthetic devices are provided having up to six-degrees-of-freedom with three rotational and three translational degrees-of-freedom within the entire workspace of a Functional Spinal Unit (FSU). Certain embodiments of the prosthetic disc mechanisms attach to upper and lower plates anchored between vertebrae of an FSU allowing modularity of the devices. Scaling, conjoined mechanical programmability allow the devices to realize almost any nominal required spinal articulation, from the cervical to lumbar regions.
US07799078B2 Implantable vertebral lift
A vertebral lift device including an expandable member made of a bio-compatible material and having a plurality of interconnected structural members, with the expandable member having a first dimension for insertion thereof into a damaged vertebral body having a damaged dimension, the interconnected structural members of the expandable member being expandable to a second dimension substantially corresponding to dimensions of the vertebral body prior to its damage, wherein the expandable member defines a void area within a periphery defined by the structural members when the expandable member is expanded to the second dimension for receiving a restoration agent; and a covering configured to substantially cover the exterior of the expandable member to inhibit leakage of the restoration agent received within the void area.
US07799077B2 Minimally invasive joint implant with 3-dimensional geometry matching the articular surfaces
This invention is directed to orthopedic implants and systems. The invention also relates to methods of implant design, manufacture, modeling and implantation as well as to surgical tools and kits used therewith. The implants are designed by analyzing the articular surface to be corrected and creating a device with an anatomic or near anatomic fit; or selecting a pre-designed implant having characteristics that give the implant the best fit to the existing defect.
US07799076B2 Biocompatible osteogenic band for repair of spinal disorders
Methods of repairing a joint formed by at least two bone sections are provided wherein a biocompatible osteogenic band fabricated from an osteogenic biological material such as bone, tendon, ligament and collagen is affixed to two or more bone sections.
US07799075B2 Surgical scaffold
A scaffold for reshaping an ear or a nose, the scaffold being configured to be i) attached to the cartilaginous portion of an ear or ii) attached to the cartilaginous portion of a nose, wherein the scaffold is formed at least in part from a shape-memory material and/or a plastic material and is capable of transforming from a first configuration to a second, pre-programmed configuration.
US07799070B2 Coated implantable medical device
A coated implantable medical device 10 includes a structure 12 adapted for introduction into the vascular system, esophagus, trachea, colon, biliary tract, or urinary tract; at least one coating layer 16 posited on one surface of the structure; and at least one layer 18 of a bioactive material posited on at least a portion of the coating layer 16, wherein the coating layer 16 provides for the controlled release of the bioactive material from the coating layer. In addition, at least one porous layer 20 can be posited over the bioactive material layer 18, wherein the porous layer includes a polymer and provides for the controlled release of the bioactive material therethrough. Preferably, the structure 12 is a coronary stent. The porous layer 20 includes a polymer applied preferably by vapor or plasma deposition and provides for a controlled release of the bioactive material. It is particularly preferred that the polymer is a polyamide, parylene or a parylene derivative, which is deposited without solvents, heat or catalysts, and merely by condensation of a monomer vapor.
US07799068B2 Endovascular apparatus
Percutaneous treatment of aortic aneurysms and like vascular anomalies by an apparatus and method wherein the apparatus is delivered via catheter and comprises a sleeve with at least one peripheral conduit which is caused to assume an expanded, rigid configuration by the introduction of a chemical or mechanical hardening means, whereby the sleeve is caused to assume an open cylindrical configuration for fluid flow therethrough.
US07799057B2 Translaminar facet augmentation and flexible spinal stabilization
The present invention is an apparatus and method for stabilizing the facet joints of the spine. One aspect of the present invention is the stabilization of the facet joint by insertion of a facet implant through two opposing facet surfaces. The facet joint is not fixedly frozen by insertion of the screw, but instead the facet surfaces are flexibly and movably anchored to preserve movement because the screw or anchor includes a flexible intermediate portion which is positioned between the facet surfaces. The facet implant may be in the form of a screw or other anchor with the intermediate portion in the form of a polyaxial head, a cord, a spring, etc. The facet implant may furthermore be used in conjunction with a facet spacer that is placed between the first and second facet.
US07799054B2 Facet joint replacement
Various methods and devices for replacing damaged, injured, diseased, or otherwise unhealthy posterior elements, such as the facet joints, the lamina, the posterior ligaments, and/or other features of a patient's spinal column, are provided. In one exemplary embodiment, the methods and devices are effective to mimic the natural function of the spine by allowing flexion, extension, and lateral bending of the spine, while substantially restricting posterior-anterior shear and rotation of the spine.
US07799049B2 Atraumatic anchoring and disengagement mechanism for permanent implant device
A recoverable thrombosis filter that may be recoverable by a single recovery procedure. It can include a plurality of thrombosis filtering elements that are shaped in a predetermined manner and which are joined at one end and are deployed about a longitudinal axis to form a generally conical structure. The filtering elements can include shaped ends for engaging an inner lumen wall.
US07799046B2 Dynamic cannula
A perfusion cannula constructed of a wire mesh or other structure having an expandable portion capable of expanding from a constricted state to an expanded state such that a vessel is stented open while permitting fluid flow through a cannula into the vessel.
US07799039B2 Surgical instrument having a hydraulically actuated end effector
A hydraulically actuated surgical instrument. The instrument may comprise a handle portion and a shaft. The shaft is mechanically coupled to the handle. The instrument may also include an end effector mechanically coupled to the shaft along its longitudinal axis. The end effector may comprise a surgical implement and a hydraulic device. At least a portion of the surgical implement may be translatable along a transverse axis, wherein the transverse axis is substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the shaft. Also, the hydraulic device may be positioned to be expandable toward the surgical instrument in a direction substantially parallel to the transverse axis of the shaft.
US07799037B1 Surgical insertion tool
A tool is provided for facilitating determining a proper location for an implantable device or medication, and for then delivering the implant to the precise location determined with the tool. To determine the target location, the tool may include a component for testing target locations, such as a stimulating probe for simulating a miniature implantable stimulator. In one embodiment, the tool is used to test a miniature implantable stimulator prior to depositing the implant precisely at the target location. The components of the tool are configured to maintain the implant at the target location while the tool is withdrawn. In one embodiment, a push rod assembly of the tool keeps the implant in position while it retracts the implant holder from around the implant. The ergonomic and light-weight tool leads to reduced surgical time, number and size of incisions, risk of infection, and likelihood of error.
US07799029B2 Radial impaction bone tamp and associated method
An instrument for compacting bone material is provided. The instrument includes a first component defining a longitudinal axis of the first component and a second component. The second component is moveably associated with the first component. The second component is moveable at least partially in a radial direction outwardly from the longitudinal axis of the first component.
US07799023B2 Compliant electrode for patent foramen ovale closure device
A medical device for use in delivering RF energy to a tissue opening is disclosed. In one embodiment, the medical device comprises a compliant electrode. The compliant electrode can include a shape memory material, such as NITINOL, to facilitate the electrode having at least one relaxed orientation. The electrode can be deployed from a delivery shaft inside the left atrium, for example, of a heart through the delivery shaft. The electrode can be configured to substantially conform to the tissue proximate the tissue opening. After energy is applied to the tissue between the left and right electrodes, the left electrode can be removed from the left atrium by being received back into the delivery shaft and the delivery shaft thereafter removed from the opening.
US07799022B2 Ablation with echogenic insulative sheath
Tissue ablation probes are provided. Each tissue ablation probe comprises an electrically conductive probe shaft, at least one tissue ablation electrode carried by a distal end of the probe shaft, and an electrically insulative outer sheath disposed on the probe shaft. The sheath is at least partially composed of polyether ether ketone (PEEK) and another material comprising condensed-phase particles interspersed throughout the PEEK to increase the echogenicity of the outer sheath. The durability of the PEEK allows the sheath to be formed as thinly as possible, thereby minimizing the diameter of the ablation probe, while the inclusion of condensed-phase particles within the PEEK does not significantly degrade the durability of the sheath.
US07799021B2 Electrosurgical treatment in conjunction with monitoring
An electrosurgical apparatus comprising an energy source operable to concurrently provide a first signal and a second signal, said first and second signals having different frequencies; and a signal processor operable to receive a third signal from a patient's body, to process said third signal, and to produce an output based on a processing of said third signal; wherein said third signal is an evoked potential generated by said patient's body in response to a delivery of said second signal to said patient's body.
US07799020B2 Near-instantaneous responsive closed loop control electrosurgical generator and method
An electrosurgical generator has a control system formed by an array of logic gates programmed to execute mathematical algorithms for regulating at least one parameter of output power, output voltage or output current of an output electrosurgical signal in a closed loop response to sensed values of the output voltage and the output current.
US07799018B2 Cryogenic applicator for rejuvenating human skin and related method
A cryogenic applicator for rejuvenating skin and a treatment for use of the applicator. A barrel is hand-held. A head is rotatably mounted to the barrel. A cryogenic interface fluidly connects the barrel to a source of a biocompatible non-toxic cryogenic fluid to supply the cryogenic fluid through the barrel to the head that in turn sparges the cryogenic fluid onto the skin quickly, evenly, and smoothly when the head is rolled on the skin, and thereby rejuvenate the skin. The treatment includes the step of rolling the head quickly, smoothly, and evenly over the skin being treated for a period of time in an order of hundredths or tenths of a second, and sparging the cryogenic fluid onto the skin quickly, evenly, and smoothly when the head is rolled on the skin, and thereby rejuvenate the skin.
US07799015B2 Method for securing a clip to a conduit connection
A method for retaining a first conduit (210) to a second conduit (230) by attaching a clip (100) to the first conduit and the second conduit, the first conduit including a first connector (220) and the second conduit including a second connector (240). The first connector is releasably connected to the second connector. The clip (100) has a base portion (110) and a first clip portion (120) extending away from the base portion. The first clip portion (120) has a first opening (140) that is sized to frictionally retain the first connector (220). The clip further has a second clip portion (150) disposed on the base portion (110) away from the first clip portion (120). The second clip portion (150) includes a second opening (170) that is sized to frictionally retain the second connector (240).
US07799014B2 Dialysis catheter
A dialysis catheter comprising a catheter body having a proximal portion, a distal portion, a first longitudinally extending central lumen configured to deliver blood, and at least three longitudinally extending lumens positioned radially of the central lumen and configured to withdraw blood from a patient. At least one blood delivery opening is formed in the distal portion of the catheter body and in fluid communication with the first lumen and configured for passage of blood therethrough. At least three blood withdrawal openings are formed in the outer wall of the catheter body, wherein each of the openings is in fluid communication with one of the at least three lumens and is configured for passage of blood from a patient.
US07799013B2 Pelvic arterial catheter
An improved angiographic catheter that allows selective catheterization of the bilateral pelvic arteries via a unilateral single common femoral arterial entry site for the purpose of introducing radioopaque iodinated contrast solutions for both diagnostic and therapeutic purposes. The catheter has an optimal length, specific tapered and curved regions, and a progressively tapering diameter along its length. The catheter is made from a hybrid of soft, flexible hydrophilic and reinforced materials to allow for conformational changes in order to accommodate to the variety of vascular anatomy encountered in clinical angiographic practice.
US07799010B2 Intravascular line and port cleaning methods, methods of administering an agent intravascularly, methods of obtaining/testing blood, and devices for performing such methods
An intravascular port access device includes a first component having a chamber configured to attach reversibly to an intravenous line port. A second component reversibly attaches to the first component and contains a disinfecting agent and an applicator material. The second component is configured to be reversibly received over external surfaces of the intravenous line port. A method of cleansing an intravenous line port includes providing a port cleaning device having a first component with a chamber containing a first cleaning agent. A second component includes a second cleaning agent. A third component has a microbiocidal agent and is reversibly attached to the first component. The second component is removed from the device, the external surfaces of the port are contacted with the second cleaning agent, the first cleaning agent is ejected from the chamber into the port, and the third component is used to cap the port.
US07799009B2 Tabletop drug dispensing vial access adapter
A vial enshrouded or contained in a protective covering which prevents emission of radiation form the vial contents, shielding the environment and personnel from irradiation. The vial optionally has a V-shaped bottom to allow withdrawal of a maximal amount of the fluid without inverting the vial. The vial is equipped with a vial access adapter having a fluid withdrawal spike which extends in to the V-shaped bottom. The vial access adapter may be vented or non-vented.
US07799005B2 Intravaginal article measuring device
A method is provided for measuring the insertion distance of an intravaginal article within a human vaginal cavity. The method uses a measuring device, which can be slidably attached to a withdrawal means of a vaginally inserted intravaginal article. The measuring device may be moved along the withdrawal means to a predetermined position, and then fixedly secured to the withdrawal means. The intravaginal article is then removed from the vaginal cavity and the insertion distance determined.
US07799000B2 Fixation apparatus for a medical device
A fixation apparatus for attaching a medical device to a patient includes an attachment feature attached to the medical device and configured to cooperate with one or more surgical staples to facilitate stapling of the medical device to the patient. The attachment feature includes a staple receiving portion including two ends, each of which has a staple retaining end disposed adjacent thereto. The staple receiving portion is configured to receive surgical staples, and the staple retaining ends are configured to inhibit the staple receiving portion from dislodging from the surgical staples.
US07798997B2 Cassette and method for drug preparation and delivery
A disposable cassette for mixing a drug in a vial includes a liquid inlet for connection to a liquid supply, a first vial spike, a second vial spike, a chamber and a valve mechanism. The chamber, the first and second vial spikes, and the liquid inlet are in fluid communication with each other. The valve mechanism may be actuated to control flow between the chamber, the vial receptacles and the liquid inlet.
US07798991B2 Trocar and cannula assembly having variable opening sealing gland and related methods
A trocar system for endoscopic surgery, cap assembly, and related methods are provided. The cap assembly includes a housing with an opening formed in line with an axis of the housing. The cap assembly also includes a variable opening flexible sealing gland having a stack of valve body sections each including a valve extension extending from a valve ring and having a valve opening and a slit extending between a valve opening and the valve ring. The combination of the individual valve body sections forms a substantially conically shaped iris diaphragm portion of the sealing gland. The iris is positioned to individually and separately receive elongate tools so that when any one of the elongate tools is positioned through the valve opening, a seal is maintained between peripheries of the seal gland surrounding the iris and outer peripheries of the inserted elongate tool.
US07798986B2 Tampon applicator barrels having gripping structures and methods of forming
A tampon applicator barrel including a cardboard tube having a first end and a second end and at least one gripping structure defined from the cardboard tube proximate the second end is provided. The cardboard tube has a wall thickness of between about 0.015 and about 0.020 inches, while the gripping structure has a height of up to about 0.035 inches.
US07798984B2 Heel ulcer prevention and cushioning boot
A cushioning boot for bed-ridden patients. The boot includes a thickly-padded leg engaging portion and foot engaging portion with a front opening for easy insertion of a patient foot and leg. A series of stretchable, adjustable closure panels are removably secured to the boot for positioning and inserted leg in the proper orientation and retaining it in place.
US07798981B2 Living body inspection apparatus
A living body inspection apparatus including an oscillation coil which passes an AC current, a detection coil which detects an AC magnetic field generated from the detection coil, an amplification circuit which amplifies a voltage generated by the magnetic field induced by the detection coil, a detecting unit for detecting the output signal of the amplification circuit, a low pass filter to which the output signal of the detecting unit is input, a unit for setting the oscillation coil and detection coil in first and second regions of the living body, a recording unit for recording the output of the low pass filter while the first region and the second region of the living body are moving and a displaying unit for displaying the data recorded in the recording unit or results of analysis of the recorded data.
US07798972B2 Puncture adapter and an ultrasonic probe, and the method of using the same
A puncture adapter is provided for being mounted on an ultrasonic probe. The ultrasonic probe to be mounted comprises a rod-like insertion portion that is insertable into a subject and has a search unit for transmitting and receiving ultrasonic waves at the tip end of the insertion portion, and in which a guide channel for guiding a puncture needle is formed on a side surface of the insertion portion. This puncture adapter has a first tubular component on which a gap is provided on a side surface along the length direction, which gap is from one end to the other side of the side surface. The first tubular component is mounted so as to contact the outside of the insertion portion and cover the guide channel, and is turnable in the circumferential direction thereof.
US07798971B2 Motorized ultrasonic scanhead
A motorized scanhead device is capable of rotating an array transducer through 360 degrees of angular rotation in a manner such as to provide acquisition of images in successive scanning planes arranged around the principal axis of the device. The device can be incorporated in endoscopes (e.g., transesophageal endoscopes), laparoscopes, endocavity or intracavity probes so as to provide an expanded angle of vision or to render 3D images, without the need for external movement of the device. The motorized scanhead device includes a motor that is isolated from the transducer signal interconnections in order to minimize electrical discharges associated with motor operation and to provide more room between an associated probe housing and the scanhead device.
US07798966B2 Ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus
An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus including: an ultrasonic observation device that transmits and receives an ultrasonic wave by an ultrasonic transducer arranged on a tip end of a probe, and that acquires a plurality of two-dimensional ultrasonic tomographic images for a subject in a living body; a position data calculator that detects information indicating a reference position of each of the two-dimensional ultrasonic tomographic images and an orientation of a tomographic plane of the each two-dimensional ultrasonic tomographic image; and an image processor is provided. The image processor generates a band-shaped longitudinal image including a curved plane along a moving path of the ultrasonic transducer.
US07798960B2 Speculum
A speculum for the insertion and expanding of a body cavity. The speculum comprises a plurality of blades pivotally connected around a ring-shaped frame, the first ends thereof extending longitudinally and meeting at a point distant from the frame to form a generally bulbous end and the second ends which are manipulated to rotate the blades about the frame. A rotating action of the second ends causes the first ends to angularly move away from each other to expand the bulbous end, and hence the body cavity. A series of block pivotally attached to the frame interact with the second ends to form a ratcheting locking means to lock the blades at certain positions between a closed position and an open position.
US07798959B2 Endoscope light source unit with light quantity control
An endoscope light source unit for making illumination light incident on an incident end face of a light guide connected thereto, includes an aperture device having aperture openings of different opening ratios, for selectively positioning one of the aperture openings between the incident end face of the light guide and the light source; a reading device for reading information on an illumination light quantity limit from a memory provided in a scope connected to the endoscope light source unit; and a controller for selecting an opening ratio of the aperture device in accordance with the information on the illumination light quantity limit read by the reading device, wherein the controller controls the aperture device so as not to position any of the aperture openings, which have an opening ratio higher than the selected opening ratio, between the incident end face of the light guide and the light source.
US07798954B2 Hydraulic gastric band with collapsible reservoir
A self-regulating gastric band apparatus for adjusting stoma size. The apparatus includes an adjustable gastric band that has an inner ring expanding with injected fluid. A band adjustment assembly is provided for implanting with the gastric band that includes a sensor for sensing fluid pressure in the inner ring. The band adjustment assembly further includes a pump assembly connected to the expandable inner ring and to a controller that can operate the pump assembly to adjust the volume of the fluid in the band based on the sensed fluid pressure. The band adjustment assembly includes memory storing an operating range relative to a target fluid pressure, and the pump assembly is operated to maintain the sensed band pressure within the operating range. The target pressure being set to maintain pressure variations below a predefined variation limit generally corresponding with satiated fill volumes for a particular patient and implanted band. An elongated fluid reservoir may extend along a substantial part of a fill tube. A balloon-like expandable fluid reservoir in fluid communication with the pump assembly may store a volume of the fluid for adjusting the volume of fluid in the lumen. A protective outer sheath may be provided around the exterior of an expandable fluid reservoir in both a first, deflated state, and a second, inflated state of the reservoir.
US07798946B2 Exercise device with centrally mounted resistance rod
An exercise machine has resilient elongate members for providing balanced resistance in the form of elongate resilient members oriented horizontally such that the intermediate portion of the elongate members contact a fulcrum of the exercise machine. The user adjusts the amount of resistance provided by capturing different combinations and members of resilient elongate members. A cable and pulley system ensures a long stroke so that the user can perform a wide variety of exercises in comfortable positions.
US07798944B2 Liquid weight system for bench press and stations of home gym
A liquid weight system for a bench press and for stations of a home gym comprises barbells and having hollow portions and expandable disc-bladders which are weight adjustable by means of a utilization of varying levels of liquid supplied from a liquid tank system. The instant abstract is neither intended to define the invention disclosed in this specification nor intended to limit the scope of the invention in any way.
US07798943B1 Exercising device
An exercising device has two rails, two feet, two sliding footrests, an articulated assembly, at least one resilient member and two handles. The rails are parallel. The feet are mounted on the rails. The sliding footrests are mounted slidably on the rails. The articulated assembly is mounted on the rails and is connected pivotally to the sliding footrests. The handles are mounted detachably on the articulated assembly. The exercising device allows conditioning of a neck, arms, thighs, abdomen and back, especially vastus lateralis and vastus medialis muscles of the thighs.
US07798941B2 Compliance-on-demand for vehicle transmission clutch
Provided is a selectively actuable compliance system for a vehicle transmission having a clutch in hydraulic communication with a clutch feed path. The compliance system also includes a disconnect valve or control that may selectively disconnect an accumulator or compliance element from the clutch feed path. While utilizing the compliance element during power-on up-shift may be desirable, the compliance element is not desirable for power-on down shifts. Therefore, this system provides a means of efficiently managing the use of a compliance element (or accumulator with damper) in the clutch assembly of a vehicle transmission.
US07798940B2 Method for determining the filling pressure for a clutch
Method for determining the filling pressure for a clutch that comprises clutch linings, a clutch release spring, and a hydraulic pressure system for closing the clutch against the force of the clutch release spring. By several method steps iteratively a set-filling-pressure is determined that allows an optimum pressure to bring the clutch linings quickly into an abutting position at an engagement point, but avoiding such high pressure that would press the clutch linings against each other in a manner that would cause the clutch to transmit torque.
US07798938B2 Controller system for device unit of vehicle
A control system for a drive unit of a vehicle, including a reaction force establishing device controlling a speed change ratio of a continuously variable transmission, and a clutch mechanism arranged on a power transmission route from the continuously variable transmission to a wheel and in which a torque capacity thereof is controllable. A first input torque control mechanism lowers a torque to be inputted to the clutch mechanism through the continuously variable transmission, by controlling a torque of the reaction force establishing device while the torque capacity of the clutch mechanism is being controlled. The system reduces a change in a torque inputted to a clutch mechanism, in case of carrying out a speed change operation of a continuously variable transmission and engaging the clutch mechanism.
US07798937B2 Transmission with a countershaft which can be idled in direct gear
In a utility vehicle transmission having an input shaft, a main shaft and an output shaft, a countershaft is provided which can be decoupled in direct gear, a high number of gears wherein power is transmitted from the input shaft to the output shaft directly via the main shaft while providing for a high number of gears by two shiftable input constants with different transmission ratios which are selectively engageable with either of the various forward transmission stages and the reverse transmission stage but which also permit the return flow of power from the input shaft to the main shaft via the input constants.
US07798934B2 8-speed transmission
The transmission has a plurality of members that can be utilized in powertrains to provide eight forward speed ratios and one reverse speed ratio. The transmission includes four planetary gear sets having five torque-transmitting devices, three fixed interconnections and a grounded member. The powertrain includes an engine and torque converter that is continuously connected to at least one of the planetary gear members and an output member that is continuously connected with another one of the planetary gear members. The five torque-transmitting devices provide interconnections between various gear members, and with the transmission housing, and are operated in combinations of three to establish at least eight forward speed ratios and at least one reverse speed ratio.
US07798933B2 Motor vehicle transmission device and motor vehicle drivetrain having a motor vehicle transmission device
A motor vehicle transmission device which, in order to form a plurality of gears, forms a Lepelletier transmission. At least one torsional damper is provided in the Lepelletier transmission, and also to a motor vehicle drive train, which has a Lepelletier motor vehicle transmission device.
US07798932B2 Multi-speed transmission
A transmission is provided having an input member, an output member, four planetary gear sets, a plurality of coupling members and a plurality of torque transmitting devices. Each of the planetary gear sets includes first, second and third members. The torque transmitting devices may include clutches.
US07798927B2 Belt-type continuously variable transmission and straddle-type vehicle
Wear of a V-belt and wear of sheaves in a belt type continuously variable transmission is compatibly prevented. A V-belt wound around a primary sheave \ and a secondary sheave is formed with a resin block belt. A sheave surface of the primary sheave is plated with chrome. The secondary sheave is made of stainless steel and is not plated with chrome. The sheave surface hardness of the secondary sheave is lower than the sheave surface hardness of the primary sheave.
US07798926B1 Composite baseball bat
A composite baseball bat includes a handle, which has a tapered portion formed on one end of the handle body thereof and gradually increased in diameter in direction away from the handle body, a spacer member formed of a soft material having a uniformly distributed predetermined thickness and covered on the periphery of the tapered portion of the handle, and a barrel, which is sleeved onto the handle, having a first opening ad a second opening respectively located on two distal ends thereof for the passing of the handle body of the handle and a tapered portion located on one end around the first opening and pressed on the spacer member against the tapered portion of the handle.
US07798923B2 Lacrosse head with sidewalls of asymmetrical height
A lacrosse head in which one of the opposing sidewall portions is shortened by bringing its lower rim upward relative to the corresponding lower rim of the opposing sidewall. At the same time, the upper rim of each of the opposing sidewalls is maintained at the same level. This moves the pivot point of the shortened sidewall closer to the player's hands and allows faster clamping when facing-off. Faster clamping likely results in an increased number of “wins”, or possessions, that occur after the face-off.
US07798914B2 Golf clubs with variable moment of inertia and methods of manufacture thereof
In some embodiments, a golf club head has a body with a front section, a first restrictor of a restrictor mechanism coupled to a first portion of the body, and a weight having a first end coupled to the restrictor mechanism and to the body. The first restrictor has a first stiffness and is non-integral with the weight. Responsive to impact at a first zone of the front section, the first restrictor and the first end of the weight react towards each other, and the first stiffness can resist a deformation of the first restrictor by the first end of the weight. Responsive to impact at a second zone of the front section, the first restrictor and the first end of the weight react away from each other such that the first stiffness is substantially non-involved with first end of the weight. Other examples and related methods are also described herein.
US07798913B2 Golf clubs with variable moment of inertia and methods of manufacture thereof
In one embodiment, a golf club head includes a body and a restrictor mechanism coupled to a first portion of the body. The restrictor mechanism can have a base coupled to the first portion of the body, and a weight coupled to the base. The restrictor mechanism can be configured to (1) present a first resistance to a first deformation of the base in response to a rotational inertia of the weight relative to a rotation of the golf club head in a first direction, and (2) present a second resistance to a second deformation of the base in response to the rotational inertia of the weight relative to a rotation of the golf club head in a second direction opposite the first direction, where the first resistance is greater than the second resistance. Other examples and related methods are disclosed herein.
US07798910B2 Golf swing training device and method
A golf swing training aid includes a shaft having two sliding elements magnetically attached to fixed positions on the shaft. The sliding elements slide along the shaft from initially coupled positions to impact positions during a backswing and downswing movement simulating a golf swing for providing distinctive sounds at selected impact positions along the shaft to aid in setting the shaft when executing the backswing and lagging of the shaft during the downswing. Grip protrusions are biased against webs of the fingers for enhancing power generated during the swing.
US07798909B2 Pool table
A pool table which comprises a planar playing surface and having conventional indent sidewalls and pockets associated therewith, the improvement wherein there is provided a center cushion which is located substantially centrally of the playing surface. Preferably, the center cushion partially surrounds a centrally located pocket.
US07798908B2 Promotional games architecture
The claimed subject matter relates to an architecture that can facilitate promotion of an online service. The architecture can provide for a games platform that can host a variety of games. The hosted games can be designed such that a user's experiences can be enhanced by game cards that can be discovered and retrieved while using the online service being promoted. Accordingly, the user's experiences can be enhanced as a function of the usage of the online service being promoted.
US07798897B2 Gaming system including slot machines and gaming control method thereof
A gaming system comprises: a slot machine having a signal transmitted for switching the game to a roulette game; a second gaming apparatus which has a function of executing the roulette game; second gaming terminals each of which is used as a dedicated terminal for the roulette game; and a central controller. The central controller has a function of communicating with the slot machine, the second gaming apparatus, and the second gaming terminals. In the case of receipt of the switching signal from the slot machine, the central controller transmits a start signal for starting the roulette game, which instructs the second gaming apparatus to start the roulette game. In the case that a particular condition has been satisfied in the roulette game, the central controller provides the payout to the slot machine and the second gaming terminals according to a predetermined ratio.
US07798894B2 Method for transferring crop material
In a method for transferring crop material from a harvesting machine to a hauling vehicle, with which the crop material is accelerated and ejected through a conveyor chute of a transfer device to a target point on the transport vehicle, the acceleration of the crop material to be transferred is controlled as a function of at least one parameter that represents a transfer distance. A corresponding control unit for a harvesting machine and a harvesting machine with a control unit of this type is also provided.
US07798890B2 Converting a fluctuating stream of poultry into a uniform stream of poultry
In poultry slaughterhouses, birds arrive in batches. Birds are delivered in holders (2), are unloaded and are connected to carriers (14). The birds are then introduced into the slaughterhouse and slaughtered, after which further processing take place. The supply is variable over the course of time. However, the slaughtering is a continuous process. The present invention evens out the supply variability, so that a uniform stream of birds which is well matched to the continuous process in the slaughterhouse is obtained. A conveyor device (8, 9) having a controllable speed is positioned between the point at which the birds are unloaded from the holders and the point at which the birds are connected to a carrier. The speed of this conveyor device is controlled in such a manner that the number of birds which leaves the conveyor device is substantially uniform. It is also possible to control the speed of unloading. It is also possible for measurements to be performed at various points in the system and for these measurements to be fed back to the controllable conveyor device. In this way it is then possible to automatically generate a uniform stream of birds.
US07798889B2 Chamfering apparatus for chamfering glass substrates
A chamfering apparatus is used to chamfer a peripheral edge of a glass substrate. The chamfering apparatus includes a grindstone having a cylindrical hollow end portion; a grindstone driving unit that rotates the grindstone around an axis of the cylindrical hollow end portion; a substrate rotation-driving unit that rotates the glass substrate around either one of an axis of the outer periphery and an axis of the center circular hole; and a pressing unit that presses the grindstone to the glass substrate such that an annular end surface of the grindstone contacts with an edge of either one of the outer periphery and the inner periphery of the glass substrate while the cylindrical hollow end portion of the grindstone faces with one of the outer periphery and the inner periphery of the glass substrate.
US07798884B2 Toy construction system
A toy construction system includes a block component and a connector component. The connector component has a connector-to-block coupling section for releasable coupling to the block component and a connector-to-connector coupling section for releasable coupling to a substantially similar connecting component. The connector-to-block coupling section defines a connector block contacting surface for contacting the block component. The coupling aperture defines a peripheral edge retaining section made out of a substantially resiliently deformable material. The peripheral edge retaining section is configured, sized and positioned so that when the block and connector components are in a component assembled configuration, the connector block contacting surface substantially deforms the peripheral edge retaining section to a retaining configuration for positively retaining the latter; and when the connector block contacting surface is spaced from the peripheral retaining section, the latter resiliently springs back to a non-retaining configuration.
US07798880B2 Process for manufacturing plasma display panel and substrate holder
The invention relates to a process for manufacturing plasma display panel and a substrate holder, preventing an occurrence of dust giving an unfavorable effect in a forming process of a film on a substrate of a plasma display panel in a film forming apparatus. When forming the film, a substrate (3) and a dummy substrate (35) are held by a first substrate holder (31) composed of a supporter sustaining underneath the substrate and a restrictor restricting a position of the substrates (3) in a plane direction, and a second substrate holder (32) sustaining the first substrate holder (31).
US07798867B2 Environmentally sealed contact
A contact probe assembly may include a cylindrical member including a barrel having a first opening located at a first end of the barrel and a second opening located at a second end of the barrel. The contact probe assembly may also have a plunger having a first end and second end. The first end of the plunger may be adapted to be removably received by the second opening of the barrel. The contact probe assembly may also include a cap having at least one o-ring. The cap may be configured to interconnect with the second end of the barrel such that the o-ring seals a gap between the plunger and the barrel. The contact probe assembly may have a plug that may be adapted to be removably received by the first opening of the barrel. The plug may be configured to seal the first opening.
US07798865B2 Service supply module and adapter for a consumer electronic device
A service supply module and a modular system including the service supply module and an adapter. The service supply module has a surface mount and a service interface. The service interface supplies a service provided from the surface to which the service supply module is mounted. The adapter has a service interface for a consumer electronic device and receives the service from the service interface of the service supply module and supplied it to the consumer electronic device. The service supply module can comprise multiple service interfaces.
US07798862B2 Medical electrical lead connection systems and methods
An electrical connection assembly of a medical device includes a plurality of electrical contact blocks and a sealing member, which are held within a cavity of a base of the assembly. The sealing member includes a plurality of openings, at least one interior surface surrounding a bore and at least one void. Each electrical contact block extends into a corresponding opening of the sealing member, and a conductive sidewall of each block defines a portion of a perimeter of an area for receiving a lead connector, while the bore of the sealing member forms another portion of the perimeter of the area. The at least one void provides a compressible space in a bulk volume of the sealing member. When the lead is inserted within the area, and a cap is engaged with the base, the at least one interior surface of the sealing member is compressed about the lead.
US07798859B1 Electrical terminal
An electrical terminal integrated with an insulating housing by means of insert molding includes a base plate embedded in the insulating housing, a soldering portion and a contact portion oppositely extended from two opposite ends of the base plate. A portion of the base plate is perpendicularly punched to divide the base plate into three parts designated as two first fastening plates and a second fastening plate which is connected between the two first fastening plates by two connecting portions. A bend is accordingly formed between the second fastening plate and the first fastening plates. During insert molding, the fluent plastic material flows around the base plate to make the first fastening plates, the second fastening plate and the connecting portions fully and firmly wrapped with the fluent plastic material due to the bend so as to form a firm integration between the electrical terminal and the insulating housing.
US07798854B2 Connector
A connector which is capable of preventing degradation of transmission, and achieving downsizing. Contact portions of first and second signal contacts, and contact portions of ground contacts are arranged in a row in a contact arranging direction. Contact portions of contacts for non-high-speed transmission are arranged in a row in the contact arranging direction. The row formed by the contact portions of the first and second signal contacts, and the contact portions of the ground contacts, and the rows formed by the contact portions of the contacts for non-high-speed transmission are parallel. The contact portions of each pair of first and second signal contacts are disposed between the contact portions of adjacent ones of the ground contacts in the contact arranging direction.
US07798853B2 USB connector having noise-suppressing device
An electrical connector (1) includes an insulative cover (10), a metal shell (30,40) retained in the insulative cover and a plug portion (80) received in the metal shell. Said plug portion includes a base (60), a plurality of contacts (50) retained in the base and a printed circuit board (70) capable of connecting with the contacts. The base is sunken with a compartment (66). The printed circuit board is retained in the compartment and presses against the contacts.
US07798841B2 Wire harness interconnection and retention method and apparatus
A smaller conductor having an uninsulated portion and an insulated portion is positioned adjacent a larger conductor having an insulated portion and a conductive portion located within the insulated portion of the larger conductor. The two conductors are joined by a discontinuous metal band having respective ends extending across a top portion of the insulated portion of the larger conductor to make electrical contact with the uninsulated portion of the smaller conductor, then bending downward on one side of the conductor pair and then upward and through the insulated portion of the larger conductor such that a first of the ends of the metal band is positioned in contact with the conductive portion of the larger conductor; the metal band bending downward on the opposite side of the conductor pair and then upward and through the insulated portion of the larger conductor such that a second of the ends of the metal band is positioned in contact with the conductive portion of the larger conductor.
US07798840B2 Expandable and collapsible peripheral device
An expandable and collapsible peripheral device is disclosed, along with methods of manufacturing same. When in an expanded state, the peripheral device may have a length which conforms to the ExpressCard standard, and when in a collapsed state, the peripheral device may have a form factor approximating that of a CompactFlash card. Peripheral devices of the present invention may operate according to standards other than the ExpressCard standard, and may have sizes in the expanded and collapsed positions unrelated to ExpressCards and/or CompactFlash cards.
US07798837B1 Connector security cover
A connector security cover for enclosing and sealing a connection between a signal line cable connector and a weighing terminal of a platform scale. An exemplary embodiment of the cover generally includes a body with first and second ends. The first end may have an opening with a first aperture defined surface adapted to engage a cable connector. The second end may have an opening with an aperture defined surface adapted to engage a corresponding element on the weighing terminal. The body may comprise hinged or non-hinged body halves that are secured closed by a fastening device. A tamper indicating device may be associated with the body and adapted to indicate if the body is opened after engagement. The cover may be placed around the cable connector and a corresponding element on the weighing terminal to restrict movement of the cable connector with respect to the weighing terminal.
US07798828B2 Cover assembly
A cover assembly for a portable electronic device includes a body member defining a jack and a cover member defining a through hole at one end. The cover member pivots relative to the body member to cover or expose the jack.
US07798827B1 Intrinsically safe electrical outlet
The present invention provides an intrinsically safe electrical outlet, which is fitted with a shell accommodating a live wire stub and a live wire conductive clip; a protective device is disposed on the live wire stub' the protective device has a shell, wherein there are a moveable connecting block and a return spring; when the pin of the plug is inserted into the electrical outlet, the connecting block is activated so that the live wire conductive clip is electrically connected with the live wire pin of the plug. As the live wire stub in the shell is enclosed in a protective device, the metal objects or other conductive bodies may not get contact with the live wire conductive clip and cause electric shock or leakage even if they are extended accidentally into the jack; satisfactory safety could be realized since the live wire conductive clip is electrically connected with the plug's live wire pin only when certain forced is applied to the plug pin and insert it into the jack.
US07798818B2 Electrical connector with improved housing
An electrical connector (1) for interconnecting integrated circuits (ICs) to a circuit board, includes an insulative housing (2, 3) defining a plurality of passageways extending therethrough, and a plurality of contacts received respectively in each of the passageways of the insulative housing. The insulative housing has a first base (2) adapted to connecting an IC to a circuit board and a second base (3) which is capable of cooperating with said first base when the connector is used to connecting another IC having a different size to the circuit board.
US07798815B2 Computer-controlled tissue-based simulator for training in cardiac surgical techniques
The present invention is directed to an electromechanical pumping system for simulating the beating of heart in a cardiac surgery training environment. A computer-controllable linear actuator is used to control the electromechanical pumping system.In a preferred embodiment, the electromechanical pumping system is linked to a porcine heart. The heart is made to beat by inserting intra-ventricular balloons placed inside the heart and connected to the pumping system. When controlled by the electromechanical pumping system, the porcine heart is able to display normal and abnormal beating rhythms, as well as ventricular fibrillation.In addition, an electronic pressure sensor incorporated into the pumping system can be used to trigger a ventricular fibrillation mode when the porcine heart attached to the pumping system is handled by a trainee surgeon.
US07798814B2 Riding simulation system
A riding simulation system for providing an operator with a pseudo-experience of a running motorcycle. A steering handle mechanism of the system which enables the operator to perform steering operations is turnably held on a frame body and a connection shaft is supported to be inclinable relative to the frame body through an inclination lock mechanism. The connection shaft is provided to be extendable and contractable along the axial direction thereof through an extension/contraction lock mechanism, so that the position of a pedal mechanism mounted on the lower side of the connection shaft can be displaced to a desired position relative to the position of the steering handle mechanism. The system also includes a vibrator and a click generator to simulate the vibration of a motor and the sound of gear shifting, as well as a mechanism to simulate a reaction force to a steering handle.
US07798813B1 Rotary tissue removing instrument
A rotatable tissue removing instrument having a tissue engaging member. The tissue engaging member includes one or more prongs or barbs, or both, which grab the strands of granulation tissue and cause the tissue to be wrapped around the tissue engaging member. The granulation tissue continues to be wrapped around the tissue engaging member until pulled free from both the tooth and the bone.
US07798811B2 Vertical type heat processing apparatus and vertical type heating method
A vertical type heat processing apparatus prevents falling-down of a boat placed on a heat insulating mount due to an external force, such as an earthquake. The apparatus includes a heating furnace having a furnace port, a cover, a pair of substrate holding tools, each to be placed on the cover via a heat insulating mount and to hold multiple substrates, a rotating mechanism, and a lifting mechanism to raise and lower the cover to carry in and carry out the substrate holding tool relative to the furnace. While one of the substrate holding tools is located in the furnace, the other is placed on a table, for loading the substrates. Each substrate holding tool is carried between the table and the heat insulating mount due to a carrier mechanism. Further, a locking part and a part to be locked can be engaged with each other.
US07798809B2 Method for controlling the operation of a bulk good grate cooler
A method of controlling the operation of a bulk good grate cooler for cooling hot cement clinker, for example, in a process-controlled manner is provided in order to ensure that the volume flows of cooling air in all areas of the cooling grate and/or the residence time in the respective area of the bed of the goods to be cooled can be matched to the cooling requirements occurring in each area. A control intervention is carried out during the operation of the grate cooler with respect to the respective local cooling air volume flow and/or with respect to the respective local speed of conveyance of cooling grid according to the respective bulk good bed height measured per area and/or the bulk good bed temperature and/or the cooling air through-flow resistance such that if a modification occurs in one or several of the measured parameters, i.e., bed height, bed temperature and through-flow resistance, the respective local cooling air volume flow and/or the conveyance speed of the grate system is altered.
US07798807B2 Plastic injection mould tool
The present invention relates to plastic injection molding tool, having a front and a rear tool half which, in the closed state, delimit a hollow molding chamber between them. The rear tool half has at least one ejector and at least one oblique slide. The ejector is constituted by at least one front part, designed as a driver, of the rear tool half. It can be displaced to a limited extent by a linear drive mechanism, which is supported on another portion of this tool half or on the base thereof. It is furthermore connected on its rear via a transverse guide element, extending at a defined angle in regard to the movement direction of the linear drive mechanism, with the oblique slide, which is guided by an oblique guide element on a part of the rear tool half which is fastened on the base.
US07798805B2 Molding-system platen having tie-bar accommodation corners that resist coplanar disorientation
Disclosed are: (i) a platen of a molding system, (ii) a molding system having a platen, (iii) a clamp of a molding system having platens, and (iv) a molded article.
US07798803B2 Injection molding device
An injection molding device includes a female mold defining a cavity, a male mold having a projecting part protruding toward the female mold corresponding to the cavity, a transport configured for transporting a foil into a position between the female mold and the male mold, a vacuum-pump, and a thermal medium source. A plurality of air discharging holes is defined in the female mold joining in the cavity. A channel is defined in the projecting part of the male mold. The vacuum-pump is connected to the air discharging holes of the female for vacuuming the cavity to suck the foil toward the female mold. The thermal medium source is connected to the channel of the male mold for inputting thermal medium into the mold via the channel to press the foil to cling to the female mold.
US07798800B2 Method and device for heating thermoplastic preforms
A method and device for heating at least one blank which is used to produce a container, such as a bottle, from a thermoplastic material, particularly PET, by means of blow molding or stretch blow molding. The blank is disposed between two opposing lateral walls which are positioned at a distance from one another. One of the walls supports several radiation sources which are disposed one above the other opposite the body of the blank. The space between the two lateral walls is closed at least partially beyond and close to the base of the blank. At least part of the radiation emitted beyond the base of the blank is reflected in the direction of the body of the blank. In this way, losses due to lost radiation are limited.
US07798798B2 Rotary injection molding apparatus and method for use
A rotary injection molding apparatus and method for manufacturing products containing elastomeric material within multi-section single cavity molds. The apparatus includes a modular frame supporting an injection molding operation station having an injector assembly with a pressure sensitive nozzle assembly. The injector assembly is engaged with an extruder assembly at a check valve assembly. A mold servicer assembly is provided for assembly and disassembly of multi-section single cavity molds. A robotic arm assembly is supported on the modular frame and positioned for inserting and removing products or product components from disassembled molds. Finally; a rotating table is provided on the frame which has a plurality of work station positions supporting clamping assemblies for clamping single cavity molds around the periphery of the rotating table.
US07798794B2 Screw pump and screw rotor
A cross section of a tooth profile of a first screw rotor (17) perpendicular to the rotor axis includes a tooth top arc (A1B1), a tooth bottom arc (C1D1), a first curve (A1C1), and a second curve (B1D1). The first curve (A1C1) is a first trochoidal curve that connects a first end (A1) of the tooth top arc (A1B1) to a second end (C1) of the tooth bottom arc (C1D1). The second curve (B1D1) connects the second end (B1) of the tooth top arc (A1B1) to the first end (D1) of the tooth bottom arc (C1D1). The second curve (B1D1) is a composite curve formed by an involute curve (B1E1) and a second trochoidal curve (E1D1), which extend continuously from each other at a first intersection point (E1). A screw pump (11) thus suppresses leakage of fluid with improved performance.
US07798793B2 Compressor slide valve lubrication
A compressor (20) has an unloading slide valve (100). The valve has a valve element (102) having a range between a first condition and a second condition, the second condition being unloaded relative to the first condition. A first surface (200) of the valve element (102) is in sliding engagement with a second surface (202) of the housing (22) during movement between the first and second conditions. The compressor includes means for lubricating the first (200) and second (202) surfaces.
US07798785B2 Automatic pressure-relieving apparatus for suction pump
An automatic pressure-relieving apparatus for a suction pump comprises a pipework provided at the cap. A first rod positioned in the pipework has an upper sealing ring arranged around the top periphery thereof, whereby the first rod can detachably seal the upper opening of the pipework. Moreover, the first rod is coupled with a second rod, which is pierced through the lower opening of the pipework and extending into the oil reservoir of the cylinder. The second rod further has a sealing component arranged at the periphery thereof for moving. upward and detachably sealing the lower opening of the pipework. Also, a control device is fastened to the bottom of the second rod so that when the raising oil surface lifts a float of the control device, the float can in turn drive the first and second rods to move upward. Thereby, the upper and lower openings of the pipework are opened and closed respectively, and the pressure in the pump can be automatically released through the opened upper opening.
US07798781B2 Metering pump with self-calibration and health prediction
A metering pump incorporates a method of relating inner loop current to a pump output pressure. Pump/motor speed, which correlates to current, is measured and controlled by a system controller. System temperature is also measured by the system controller. The controller monitors the measured system temperature and provides for compensation for system losses, including inductive-resistive (IR) losses, and for density and viscosity shifts, within a pre-determined allowable system temperature operating range. An initial system calibration is conducted using a “shut-off” test, where the metering pump is run at a very slow known speed while the system is shut-off. After initial start-up, a health-monitoring feature continues to monitor the current as an indicator of pump performance and continuously adjusts a motor speed to maintain a desired level of pump performance. This provides the system with the ability to compensate for performance losses, including performance losses due to variations in operating conditions, and to compensate for pump wear.
US07798780B2 Modularly constructed rotorblade and method for construction
Disclosed is a modularly constructed rotorblade including a leading and a trailing edge, including a plurality of rotorblade sections in bonded association, and at least one bonding line disposed away from continuous contact with the leading edge and the trailing edge.
US07798775B2 Cantilevered nozzle with crowned flange to improve outer band low cycle fatigue
A flange for supporting arcuate components comprising at least one arcuate rail, each arcuate rail having an inner radius, a first taper location, a first taper region, a second taper location, a second taper region, wherein the thickness of at least a portion of the first taper region is tapered and wherein the thickness of at least a portion of the second taper region is tapered.
US07798771B2 Heat dissipating device
A heat dissipating device includes an outer frame, a first rotor, a base, a second rotor and a driving device. The first rotor comprises a shaft, a first hub and a plurality of first rotor blades disposed around the first hub. The base is disposed in the outer frame. The second rotor comprises a plurality of second rotor blades, coupled to the shaft of the first rotor and disposed next to the first rotor. The driving device is supported by the base for driving the first rotor and the second rotor.
US07798769B2 Flexible, high-temperature ceramic seal element
A ceramic seal element (200) for use in a turbo-machine comprises a first, rigid portion (210) comprising ceramic fibers (212) bound within a ceramic matrix binder (214), a second, flexible portion (220) comprising ceramic fibers (222), and a third, rigid portion (230) comprising ceramic fibers (232) bound within a ceramic matrix binder (234). Ceramic fibers (222) retain a desired flexibility because they are not bound in ceramic matrix binder. In some embodiments the ceramic fibers (212, 222, 232) are stacked as horizontally disposed layers (225). Also, the fibers (212, 222, 232) of any layer (225) comprise bundles of fibers wherein some of the bundles extend continuously across portions (210, 220, 230). An alternative sealing element (300) comprises a first, rigid portion (310) comprising ceramic fibers (312) that are bound within a ceramic matrix binder (314), and a second, flexible portion (320) that comprises ceramic fibers (313) that retain a desired flexibility. Methods of manufacture are disclosed.
US07798766B2 Vertical axis wind sail turbine
A vertical axis omni-wind turbine having a wind sail centrally mounted to a rotor, the wind sail consisting of two vanes one on each side of the rotor in generally planar arrangement. The vanes are substantially identical with each having a generally concave surface with an opposite or reverse face that is generally convex. As assembled and mounted to the rotor, one vane presents the concave face to the wind while the vane 180 degrees away presents the convex face. The concave face operates to capture the wind to force rotation of the rotor while the convex face offers minimal resistance to rotor rotation. With continued rotation the reverse, or backside, of the convex surface, which is a concave face, is then presented to the wind, thus to provide continued rotation.
US07798761B2 Electronic control system and method for an auxiliary device interlock safety system
A controller, control system and method for controlling an auxiliary device comprising a wheelchair lift, ramp, or the like are provided. An exemplary embodiment of the auxiliary device controller is microprocessor-based and communicates with a vehicle's OEM controller for receiving a plurality of sensor inputs, which originate from OEM and auxiliary sensors, process the sensor inputs, and control various OEM and auxiliary systems relative to the sensor inputs to effect a number of safety interlocks. The controller may operate to coordinate various OEM and auxiliary subsystems to automate auxiliary device operation to reduce operator error.
US07798760B2 Hitch-mounted cargo lift for personal mobility device
A vehicle-mounted cargo lift including a frame and carry arms suitable for carrying a scooter, a personal transportation device, or other cargo. The frame includes a power inverter/converter, which provides power to a motorized worm drive, which raises and lowers the carry arms. Wheel chocks on the carry arms hold in place the scooter wheels. The cargo lift attaches to the back of a vehicle via a trailer hitch.
US07798758B2 Reduced capacity carrier, transport, load port, buffer system
A semiconductor workpiece processing system having at least one processing apparatus for processing workpieces, a primary transport system, a secondary transport system and one or more interfaces between first transport system and second transport system. The primary and secondary transport systems each have one or more sections of substantially constant velocity and in queue sections communicating with the constant velocity sections.
US07798757B2 Screw driving device and screw
To provide a screw fastening device that, when performing a screw tightening operation, can substantially reduce the running torque directly applied by external force to a screw driving device. A characteristic constitution is adopted that equips a screw driving device α2a with a device body 1 that stacks a plurality of piezoelectric elements 3 and 4 that generate predetermined ultrasonic oscillations with the application of a predetermined AC voltage and excites mechanical oscillations in a predetermined direction on an oscillating end surface 1a based on the ultrasonic oscillations; and a male distal end portion 21 that is correspondingly formed to be capable of fitting in a female recess 103 formed in a screw β1 and integrally fixed to the device body 1 on the oscillating end surface 1a of the device body 1 to impart running torque, which is directly applied to the screw driving device α2 by external force, and transmit the mechanical oscillations in the predetermined direction that the device body 1 excites to the screw β1, with which contact is made by fitting in the female recess 103.
US07798750B2 Drill guide with removeable clamp retainer
A drill guide apparatus includes a body providing a workpiece clamping surface. The body includes one or more drill guides, wherein the one or more drill guides pass through the workpiece clamping surface at an acute angle, a first track, and a second track. The drill guide apparatus further comprises a first slider mounted on the first track, and a second slider mounted on the second track. The first slider includes a first extrusion that extends beyond the workpiece clamping surface and is slideable along the first track to adjust the position of the first extrusion relative to the workpiece clamping surface. The second slider includes a second extrusion that extends beyond the workpiece clamping surface and is slideable along the second track to adjust the position of the second extrusion relative to the workpiece clamping surface. The drill guide may also include a removeable clamp retainer.
US07798748B2 Double wall structure type mechanically stabilized earth wall system
Disclosed is a mechanically stabilized earth (MSE) wall system for preventing collapse of a retaining wall. The MSE wall system includes: at least two pillars installed on a front surface of the retaining wall; a plurality of screens installed on a rear surface of the pillar and arranged along a vertical direction to intercept a space between the adjacent pillars; at least a connector installed between the adjacent pillars to preserve a space between the adjacent pillars and prevent the screens from being separated into a front direction; and at least a front panel spaced from a front surface of the screen. Since deformation of the screen which supports the load of the backfilling soil is not transferred to the front panel, it is possible to provide excellent appearance.
US07798743B2 Composition and method of use of soy-based binder material
A composition and method for use of a soy-based material binder is provided. One example method for increasing road stabilization with a soy-based material binder may include determining road base attributes of the road base for application. The method may further include creating a soy-based material binder comprising at least one of a soy protein isolate with a concentration in the range of 1 to 20% of soy protein isolate based on road base attributes. The method may further include determining an amount of soy-based material binder for a volume of application based on the concentration of soy protein isolate in the soy-based material binder and the road base attributes. Further still, the method may include combining the soy-based material binder and the road base wherein the resultant mixture includes soy-based material binder in a range of 0.0001-5 gallons per pound of road base.
US07798741B2 Cable-release anchor assembly
An assembly for releasing tension in a cable includes a mounting plate holding the cable in tension, the mounting plate oriented substantially parallel to the cable when it is in tension; and a leveraging member having a base positioned between the mounting plate and the cable and a leg extending upward from the base relative to the ground surface, wherein the leveraging member leverages the cable from holding connection with the mounting plate when it is impacted with a sufficient force.
US07798739B2 Connection arrangement
The invention relates to a connection arrangement in which two parts can be coupled to a corresponding engagement means without play. A connection device having at least one elastically resilient portion is located in the engagement region of the two engagement means, the elastically resilient portion being stressed based on the coupling of the two parts due to deformation such that the two parts are in mutual engagement without play. Furthermore, a latch element is formed at the elastically resilient portion or at another resilient portion in the engagement region of the two engagement means. The latch element serves as a transport lock and as an installation aid and latches the second part in a predetermined relative position with respect to a third part before the coupling of the two parts.
US07798737B2 Collapsible ring binder and uses thereof
A collapsible ring binder includes a plurality of selectively openable and closable rings that releasably retain hole-punched documents within the binder. The rings may be collapsed and/or detached from the binder to flatten the binder for transportation and/or storage. The rings are easily moved from their collapsed and/or detached configuration to their upright and usable configuration so that an end user can easily ready the collapsed binder for use.
US07798728B2 Camera lens cover device and mobile communication terminal having the same
A mobile communication terminal according to an exemplary embodiment, includes a terminal body having a camera lens hole, a lens cover member mounted at the terminal body and configured to open and close the camera lens hole, and a rotation member mounted at the terminal body and interlocking with the lens cover member such that lens cover member opens and closes when the rotation member is rotated.
US07798727B2 Optical transceiver module and duplex fiber optic connector
Various embodiments of duplex fiber optic connectors and optical transceiver modules are provided. One embodiment comprises an optical transceiver module comprising: an integrally-formed housing having a duplex front port with a pair of alignment holes for receiving a pair of ferrules from a duplex fiber optic connector, the duplex front port having an upper flexible retaining element and a lower flexible retaining element for retaining the pair of ferrules from the duplex fiber optic connector; an opto-electronic assembly contained within the housing; and an electrical interface extending from the integrally-formed housing.
US07798725B2 Hybrid fiber/copper connector system and method
A junction box and hybrid fiber optic cable connector which permit repair of damaged fibers or copper conductors carried by a hybrid fiber/copper cable without requiring replacement of the entire cable assembly or retermination of the cable. A hybrid fiber/copper connector including cable management within the connector housing. A method of assembling a hybrid fiber/copper connector.
US07798724B2 Bearing with light weight metal and ceramic material
A bearing includes an inner bearing ring on which a raceway is formed. The ring includes at least a first component of light metal material and at least a second component of fully dense ceramic material, where the first component and the second component are separate entities joined together, and where the second component forms at least part of the raceway. The first component includes two lightweight metal parts interconnected by a screw thread which can be tightened to induce compressive pre-stress in the second component to compensate for low tensile strength of the ceramic material.
US07798722B2 Round bearing
Round bearings comprise (i) an outer bush, (ii) a bearing element based on polyisocyanate polyadducts and (iii) a hollow inner bush. A surface of the outer bush and/or the hollow inner bush that is adjacent to (ii) the bearing element containing thermoplastic polyurethane.
US07798721B2 Fluid dynamic bearing device
The present invention provides a fluid dynamic bearing device having high durability and capable of being produced at low cost. In the fluid dynamic bearing device, a housing and a disc hub are resin molded parts, and a thrust bearing gap is formed between an upper end surface of the housing and a lower end surface of the disc hub. In this case, the surfaces function as sliding portions temporarily in sliding contact with each other during operation of the bearing. A diameter of PAN-based carbon fibers blended as reinforcement fibers in the resin housing is 12 μm or less, and the blending amount is within a range of 5 to 20 vol %, thereby making it possible to prevent occurrence of flaws and wear in the sliding portions.
US07798719B2 Method of manufacturing linear guide device and track rail for the linear guide device
A track rail is composed of a pair of rail members in which rolling contact surfaces for rolling bodies are formed, respectively, and a rail housing equipped with a pair of rail mounting grooves in which those rail members are fitted, respectively. Each of the rail members is fixed within a corresponding one of the rail mounting grooves via an adhesive layer. A reference projection, formed on a bottom of one of the pair of the rail mounting grooves, is in contact with a corresponding one of the rail members without the intermediary of the adhesive layer. The rail member fitted in the one of the rail mounting grooves is adhesively fixed in a state of being abutted against the reference projection. The rail member fitted in the other rail mounting groove is adhesively fixed at a predetermined distance from the reference projection.
US07798718B2 Rolling element accommodating belt for linear guide apparatus and linear guide apparatus
There is provided a rolling element accommodating belt for a linear guide apparatus which has a guide rail, a slider having a load rolling element guiding face which constitutes a rolling element track path together with the guide rail, a pair of direction converting paths and a rolling element return path, a plurality of rolling elements circulating within an endless circulation path defined by the rolling element track path, the pair of direction converting paths and the rolling element return path; and a guide groove. The rolling element accommodating belt includes a plurality of spacer portions interposed between the rolling elements, coupling arms to be guided by the guide grooves and rolling element accommodating portions accommodating the rolling element. The spacer has an inward abutting face abutting on the rolling element so as to prevent the rolling element from moving to inner diameter side of the endless circulation path.
US07798715B2 Composite breathable produce bag with a reinforced mesh sidewall
A composite or so-called “half and half” bag has a first side wall formed from a synthetic resin mesh material and a second side formed from a synthetic resin film material. A reinforcing strip extends horizontally along the upper end portion of the mesh side wall of the bag. The reinforcing strip overlaps the upper edge of the first side wall such that it is joined to the first side wall through a horizontal seam positioned well beneath the top edge of the reinforcing strip to form an extension that protrudes well above (e.g., ½ inch to 1½ inches or even more) the upper edge of the mesh side wall. In order to strengthen the seam at the sides of the bag, the side edges of the reinforcing strip are joined to the second film side wall along at least most of the vertical extent of the extension. This film-to-film bond is considerably stronger than a bond through an intermediate mesh layer, as occurs along the remainder of the side seams of the bag. In addition, the relatively long extension provides an improved contact point for suction cups or other equipment used on automated bag filling equipment to open a bag during a bag filling process.
US07798713B2 Polymeric bags with pressure relief valves
Polymeric bag includes first and second opposing body panels attached to each other along a pair of opposing sides and a bottom bridging the sides, a reclosable fastener extending along a mouth formed opposite the bottom, a pressure relief opening defined in the first body panel, and a pressure relief valve attached to the first body panel. The valve includes a cover member to cover the opening. The cover member includes an upper layer and a lower layer, wherein the upper layer is connected at a first end to the lower layer. The lower layer includes a first portion attached to the body panel and a second contiguous portion not attached to the body panel. The first end of the upper layer is hingedly connected to the second portion of the lower layer. An additional aspect includes a seal line extending proximate the pressure relief opening.
US07798712B2 Large capacity waste disposal bag
A large capacity waste disposal bag includes loops attached to it. One set of loops may be used to raise and lower the bag during transportation. Another set of loops may be connected to adjacent loops to support and maintain the bag in an upright, open position. In another embodiment, a large capacity waste disposal bag includes pockets attached to it. When support members are inserted into the pockets the bag is supported and maintained in an upright, open position.
US07798703B2 Apparatus and method for measuring local surface temperature of semiconductor device
An apparatus and method is described for measuring a local surface temperature of a semiconductor device under stress. The apparatus includes a substrate, and a reference MOSFET. The reference MOSFET may be disposed closely adjacent to the semiconductor device under stress. A local surface temperature of the semiconductor device under stress may be measured using the reference MOSFET, which is not under stress. The local surface temperature of the semiconductor device under stress may be determined as a function of drain current values of the reference MOSFET measured before applying stress to the semiconductor device and while the semiconductor device is under stress.
US07798701B2 Display device and liquid crystal display device
A display device includes a point light source; a light source substrate; a rear frame including a first side wall and a bottom, the light source substrate being disposed at an inner surface of the first side wall; and a front frame engaged with the rear frame and including a second side wall that faces the first side wall. The first side wall and the second side wall respectively have a first through hole and a second through hole through which a screw is inserted. The light source substrate has a screw hole to be screwed with the screw and is located only at a position corresponding to the first through hole and the second through hole. The light source substrate is fixed by the screw that is inserted into the first through hole and the second through hole and is screwed into the screw hole.
US07798699B2 Layered light guide with diffractive structures
A layered light guide structure has a number of planar light guides arranged in a stack to receive a number of different color light beams from the edge of the light guides. Each of the planar light guides has one or more diffractive structures imparted or provided on its upper surface. The diffractive structures on each light guide are configured to diffract light of a particular wavelength range so that they efficiently diffract the guided light within that light guide. The diffractive structure can be one or more keypad symbols such that the layered light guide structure can be used as a keypad. The symbols can be pixelized such that the pixels can have different color patterns. The diffractive structure can also be a simple patch so that the layered light guide structure can be used as a back-light source.
US07798696B2 Illumination device for liquid crystal display
An illumination device for a liquid crystal display (LCD) is provided, including: a flat light guide plate having a light exit surface; at least one linear source unit integrally formed with a side of the flat light guide plate and extending along the at least one side of the flat light guide plate; one or more point light sources emitting light through at least one of the side surfaces of the linear light source unit; and a plurality of light exit holes vertically passing through the flat light guide plate and arranged in a longitudinal direction of the linear light source unit between the light exit surface of the flat light guide plate and the linear light source unit, wherein each of the light exit holes has a reflective surface that totally reflects light incident on the linear light source unit into the flat light guide plate.
US07798692B2 Illumination device
Illumination devices include a light source including a substantially planar light-emitting surface and an optical rod or optical taper disposed proximate to the substantially planar light-emitting surface to optically couple the optical rod and the substantially planar light-emitting surface.
US07798684B2 Luminaire system with thermal chimney effect
A luminaire system having an elongated throughway utilizing a thermal chimney effect. The thermal chimney effect within the throughway circulates air to remove heat generated from the electrical components of the system. Dissipating heat into the throughway from the electrical components can increase the life expectancy of the lamp and the output of the lamp. The electrical components of the system being entirely sealed and isolated from the throughway results in a permanent air, dust, and water tight seal. The permanent seal can minimize damage to the electrical components of the system as well as prevent the build up of moisture and dust within these sealed components.
US07798683B2 Torchiere floor lamp having hidden light
A floor lamp having a hidden first light source intermediate the base and the top of the lamp with an elongated tubular shade enclosing the space within in which the first light source is disposed and defining the outer periphery thereof and obscuring the first light source. A plurality of legs in the form of slat like members having a thickness and a width are equi-angularly disposed and rise from a base. A torchiere is supported at the top of the legs in order to provide illumination by a general area lighting source. The slat like legs define a centrally disposed inner space which receives the first light source, as well as a stem rising from the base and carrying electrical wiring to provide electrical energy to the first light source and the general area light source. A canopy is secured to the upper ends of the slat like legs to maintain them in position to define the centrally disposed inner space.
US07798681B2 Light guide block and related illumination device and backlight module having the same
A backlight module (300) includes a plurality of illumination devices (100). Each of the illumination devices includes a light guide block (120) and a point light source (140) optically coupled with the light guide block. The light guide block includes a light exit surface (121), a bottom surface (123) opposite to the light exit surface, and a tapered portion (122) located between the light exit surface and the bottom surface. The bottom surface has a receiving hole (1232) formed therein. The tapered portion includes an outside surface (1221) and a prism array (1224) formed on the outside surface. The point light source is secured in the receiving hole. The plurality of illumination devices are joined with one another and the light exit surfaces of light guide blocks are substantially coplanar and whereby cooperatively constitute a light output surface of the backlight module.
US07798678B2 LED with compound encapsulant lens
An LED light source includes an LED emitter and an encapsulant that at least partially surrounds the emitter. The encapsulant includes an inner lens and an outer lens, the inner lens having a refractive index less than, and in some cases about 70 to 80% of, the refractive index of the outer lens. The inner lens and outer lens can contact each other along a curved surface, and in some cases the inner lens is substantially plano-convex and the outer lens is meniscus. The inner lens produces a first virtual image of the emitter and the outer lens produces a second virtual image, and the first virtual image is disposed between the emitter and the second virtual image. The LED light source is capable of providing uniform illumination in a compact space.
US07798677B2 Illumination unit for projection systems
An illumination unit for emitting light along an optic axis for a projection system includes an LED die and a collimator lens. The collimator lens includes a central part and a peripheral part. The central part has a first light transmission surface and a second light transmission surface opposite to the first light transmission surface. The peripheral part which is around the central part has an inner refraction wall coupled to the first light transmission surface to form a hollow for situating the LED die, an outer reflection wall opposite to the inner refraction wall, and a refraction surface connecting to the second light transmission surface and the outer reflection wall. Both the central part and the peripheral part of the collimator lens are rotationally asymmetrical corresponding to the optic axis.
US07798674B2 Cover device for compact flourescent lamps
A device for enhancing the appearance of a compact fluorescent lamp (CFL) and changing the optical properties of light emitted by the CFL is provided. The device for a compact fluorescent lamp (CFL) includes a cover configured for obscuring the compact fluorescent lamp; and an attachment mechanism configured for coupling the cover to the compact fluorescent lamp by engaging an inner surface of the compact fluorescent lamp. The attachment mechanism includes at least two resilient fingers for engaging at least two spaced apart inner surfaces of the compact fluorescent lamp.
US07798673B2 Aqua-lamp-based candle-like lighting device
An aqua-lamp-based candle-like lighting device includes a stand accommodating therein an incandescent lamp assembly that is engageable with a power source to generate heat. The stand has an open end in which an aqua-lamp base that defines an internal chamber is mounted. An illuminator for lighting purposes is arranged at an opening of the chamber. Thus, the heat generated by the incandescent lamp assembly is employed to cause a liquid contained in the aqua lamp base to flow and show a shining effect; and the illuminator of the internal chamber serves as a twinkling night lamp. As such, the aqua-lamp-based candle-like lighting device shows dual interests of visual effects in both light twinkling and liquid flowing.
US07798672B2 Sealed LED light fixture including dual layer glass sheet
An illumination apparatus includes a lamp housing defining a cavity, a plurality of light emitting diodes disposed within the cavity, a first inner glass sheet for sealing the cavity, a second outer glass sheet, and a resilient layer formed between the glass sheets.
US07798669B2 Marine lantern controlled by GPS signals
A remotely adjustable lighting device configured to an operational mode customized for the geographic location of the device. The lighting device is powered by a battery provided with solar charging. The lighting device, under control of an integral controller, is turned off and on for an illumination period as a function of both local sunrise and sunset times determined by a combination of time and date information and GPS positioning. The luminosity of the lighting device is autonomously controlled as a function of battery charge and the determined required illumination period. The solar charging system is oriented by the controller to optimize its energy collection by periodical adjustments.
US07798667B2 LED spotlight
LED lamp has LEDs aimed rearwards with either a concave mirror to the rear of each LED, or one concave mirror to the rear of two or more LEDs, collecting the light from the LEDs to form a forward projecting beam. LEDs may be high power types that require heatsinking. LED lamp may have a lens forward of each LED to collimate the radiation produced by the LEDs into a beam, where at least one lens has at least one aspheric curved surface. LED lamp may have a transparent reflective optic to collimate the radiation produced by each LED into a beam. LEDs mounted to heatsink mount with spokes and ring to support LEDs in place above mirror and conduct away heat.
US07798666B2 Support for appliances to be worn on the head
A support for appliances to be worn on the head includes a bow-shaped base and support elements in the area of its front end, in a further section, for example its center section, and support elements disposed on the bow in the area of its rear end. All support elements can be adapted to be adjustable relative to the bow. On one end of the bow, an appliance can be fastened. Such an appliance can be a visual aid or the like. On the other end of the bow, electronic components and/or a counterweight are provided for the purpose of balance and are preferably disposed in a housing linked with a slide for adjusting the support elements that rest on the back of the head.
US07798664B2 Fixing apparatus for reducing noise of backlit unit
A fixing apparatus, applied to a diffuser plate of a backlight unit (BLU), includes a fixing groove and a positioning piece. The fixing groove is formed at the frame and symmetrically related to one end of a centrosymmetric line of a diffuser plate. A first pair of edges are set at two sides of the centrosymmetric line. A third edge connects the first pair of edges cutting across the centrosymmetric line. The positioning piece is located within the fixing groove. The positioning piece is separated from the first pair of edges of the fixing groove at a first distance, and separated from the third edge of the fixing groove at a second distance, wherein the first distance is smaller than the second distance.
US07798662B2 File system for a stage lighting array system
A file system for a stage lighting system that maintains the different files associated with the stage lighting system. Each of the files that can represent an effect are maintained within the system within a configuration file. The configuration file can be updated on each start of the system so that the system can maintain information indicative of current configuration files. A test mode can also be entered in which a pre-formed show can be tested against the current state of the configuration files.
US07798661B2 Background illumination by non-electrical energy sources
Described is an illumination unit for a field-device display module. The illumination unit generates luminescence light as background illumination for the display. In this arrangement, the illumination element comprises a chemiluminescence element or a radioactive element that generates ionising radiation for exciting a phosphorescence layer.
US07798657B2 Projection apparatus
A projection apparatus including a projection body, a support and a pivoting member is provided. The support is disposed underneath the projection body. The pivoting member serves as a pivot between the projection body and the support, and both sides of the support are supported on a supporting surface. The projection body is suitable for swinging with the pivoting member as a pivot and therefore users are able to quickly adjust the degree of elevation and inclination of the projection body.
US07798653B2 Projection display and optical aperture unit
A gear portion meshing with the first step of a pinion gear at the side of a motor, which is a driving unit of optical aperture mechanism, is designed to be a two-gears composition of a gear portion abutting on one side surface of the channel of the pinion gear, and a gear portion abutting on the other side surface of the channel of the pinion gear.
US07798647B2 RNFL measurement analysis
One embodiment of the present invention accounts for individual anatomical variation when evaluating optical nerve fiber measurements. In one aspect, contextual information is used to compensate or correct measurement data. In another aspect, reference coordinates are remapped for improved comparison or visualization. In one embodiment of this latter aspect, the method uses measurements of nerve fiber capacity and maps of nerve fiber retinal service to improve sensitivity and specificity in eye function metrics. In one instance, we use the birefringence of nerve fibers to determine the orientation of the fibers within the RNFL. Orientation of the fibers about the ONH is indicative of the service provided by the fibers and is used to improve the interpretation of thickness measurements of the nerve fiber layer. Normalized nerve fiber measurements about the optic nerve head improve specificity and sensitivity as compared to the standard model. These improvements are a result of partitioning the normative database or modifying the measurement data prior to comparison. Statistics on normalized measurements of nerve fiber bundles also show improvements in specificity and sensitivity.
US07798638B2 Eyeglasses with integrated video display
Eyeglasses including at least one video display that may be pivoted forwardly and outwardly to a viewing position in front of the lenses of the eyeglasses, and folded rearwardly and inwardly to a stored position for retention by the ear pieces of the eyeglasses when not in use are described. When the at least one video display is disposed in the rearward, folded configuration against or within receiving portions of the temple members of the eyeglasses, the eyeglasses present the appearance and function of conventional eyewear. Video signals may be generated by at least one camera integrated with the eyeglasses, or by an external source thereof.
US07798636B2 Eyewear item, especially glasses frames, comprising a support provided with a thermoformable foam
The invention relates to an eyewear item, especially glasses frames or an optical mask, comprising a bridge (1) or a browbar (14). According to the invention, the bridge (1) or browbar (14) comprises a support (5) having a thickness (4) consisting of a thermoformable foam (3), and thermally conforming by receiving an impression following the heating of the thickness (4), then being applied to an anatomic region of a carrier, and keeping said impression after cooling. Preferably, the foam has a thermal conductivity of less than 0.040 W/m·K, preferably equal to 0.034 W/m·K. More specifically, the foam is a cross-linked polyolefin. In one mode of embodiment, the support (5) has a concave (6) or convex (7) profile to which the foam (3) is fixed in the form of a film contouring the concave or convex profile.
US07798631B2 System and method for lubricating a transfer roller with an image member
Ghosting conditions occur less frequently during duplex printing when a transfix roller in a printer is enabled to remain in rolling contact with release agent on a print drum after a trailing edge of a media sheet has left a transfix nip between the transfix roller and the print drum. A printer in which such rolling contact occurs includes a print drum for receiving ink ejected by a print head, a release agent applicator located proximate to the print drum to apply release agent to the print drum, a transfix roller located proximate to the print drum, a displaceable linkage coupled to the transfix roller to move the transfix roller into and out of contact with the print drum, a controller coupled to the displaceable linkage for generating signals that cause the displaceable linkage to move the transfix roller, the controller being configured to generate a transfix signal, a roll-off signal, and a release signal, and the displaceable linkage responds to the transfix signal to move the transfix roller to form the transfix nip with the print drum, the displaceable linkage responds to the roll-off signal to move the transfix roller away from the print drum so the transfix roller remains in rolling contact with the print drum with reduced pressure being exerted on the print drum, and the displaceable linkage responds to the release signal to move the transfix roller out of rolling contact with the print drum.
US07798629B2 Pigment dispersion, inkjet-ink using the pigment dispersion, image forming process, and image forming apparatus
The present invention provides a pigment dispersion that contains a carbon black, a dispersing agent and water, wherein the carbon black is any one of a channel black and a gas black, the dispersing agent is a sodium naphthalenesulfonate formalin condensate, and the total content of a dimer, a trimer and a tetramer of naphthalenesulfonate in the sodium naphthalenesulfonate formalin condensate is 20% by weight to 80% by weight. The present invention also provides an inkjet ink using the pigment dispersion.
US07798626B2 System for loading and feeding solid ink sticks to an ink melter in a phase change ink printer
A solid ink delivery system for a phase change ink image generator includes a solid ink stick loader and a solid ink stick feeder that cooperate to provide solid ink sticks to an ink melter. The solid ink delivery system includes a solid ink stick loader having a moving support that transports a solid ink stick from a loading area and a solid ink stick feeder having a moving gripper for engaging a solid ink stick received from the solid ink stick moving support. The moving gripper remains in engagement with the solid ink stick as the ink stick is delivered to an ink melter and converted to liquid ink. The loader and gripper members of the delivery system interact with ink sticks that are configured with drive engagement structures at opposed sides of the ink stick.
US07798619B2 Printing device, flexible reservoir and working container and feed system
In a printing device (10) of the piezoelectric DOD type for printing a substrate (12) with a printing medium, comprising a print head (16), which is arranged in such a manner that it can be moved to and fro substantially transversely with respect to the direction in which the substrate to be printed is conveyed, the working container (30) for degassed printing medium is coupled to a flexible reservoir (32). This results in increased productivity.
US07798618B2 Ink jet head
An ink jet head is provided with a passage unit and an actuator unit. The passage unit includes a nozzle and a pressure chamber communicating with the nozzle. The actuator unit includes a piezoelectric layer, a first electrode connected with a front surface of the piezoelectric layer, a second electrode connected with a back surface of the piezoelectric layer, a first insulating layer located between the second electrode and the passage unit, and a first conductive member. The first insulating layer includes a first through hole. At least a part of the first conductive member is located in the first through hole. The passage unit includes a concave portion located at a position facing the first through hole, and a protruding portion which protrudes from an inner surface of the concave portion. One end of the first conductive member is electrically connected with the second electrode. The other end of the first conductive member makes contact with the protruding portion.
US07798616B2 Fluid ejection device metal layer layouts
A fluid ejection device comprises a first metal layer and a second metallayer. The first metal layer comprises an address path portion and a nonaddress path portion. The second metal layer, which overlies the first metal layer, comprises a first portion which comprises a power conducting portion. The power conducting portion is routed only over the non-address path portion of the first metal layer.
US07798613B2 Pagewidth printhead assembly
Provided is a pagewidth printhead assembly. The assembly includes a plurality of printhead integrated circuits (ICs) each having a plurality of micro-electromechanical nozzle arrangements for operatively ejecting printing fluid onto a printing medium, each IC defining a plurality of discrete supply channels for supplying the nozzle arrangements with fluid. Each IC has a bonding surface with a plurality of trenches etched therein, the trenches having a width of less than 10 microns to attract a liquid adhesive by capillary action. The assembly also includes an ink manifold having a mounting surface, the bonding surface of each printhead IC bonded to the mounting surface with an adhesive tape comprising a liquid-based adhesive, the adhesive tape having a plurality of laser-drilled holes defined therein, said holes being positioned to coincide with the supply channels, and said adhesive is received, at least partially, in the plurality of etched trenches.
US07798612B2 Microfluidic architecture
A microfluidic architecture is disclosed. The microfluidic architecture includes a substrate having an edge and a thin film stack established on at least a portion of the substrate adjacent the edge. The thin film stack includes a non-conducting layer and a seed layer, where the seed layer is positioned such that a portion of the non-conducting layer is exposed. A chamber layer is established on at least a portion of the seed layer. The non-conducting layer, the seed layer, and the chamber layer define a microfluidic chamber. A layer having a predetermined surface property is electroplated on the chamber layer and on at least one of another portion of the seed layer and the exposed portion of the non-conducting layer.
US07798610B2 Ink jet printing head
A groove for a separate liquid chamber opening is provided in the vicinity of a location in a first separate liquid chamber to which a cantilever element is fixed and the groove extends overall in a vertical direction of the separate liquid chamber. The flow resistance of flow across the cantilever element from the upper side to the lower side of the separate liquid chamber through the opening is sufficiently small compared to the flow resistance of flow through the other small gap. Therefore, the ink flow from a common liquid chamber to the lower side of the cantilever element in each separate liquid chamber, which is caused with every ink ejection, passes through substantially two separate liquid chamber openings. As a result, the stagnation of ink flow in the first separate liquid chamber is reduced and the bubbles are smoothly flushed out.
US07798607B2 Inkjet printhead having multiple printer controllers
An inkjet printhead is provided having inkjet printhead modules arranged to successively abut one another and controllers for controlling the printhead modules. A first controller is configured to receive and process print data to generate first ink dot data and a second controller is configured to receive and process print data and at least some of the first dot data to generate second ink dot data. The first controller is arranged to output the first dot data to at least a first printhead module and the second controller. The second controller is arranged to output the second dot data to at least a second printhead module.
US07798606B2 Inkjet recording apparatus
An inkjet recording apparatus for recording an image by jetting inks in a plurality of colors includes a plurality of recording-head modules for jetting inks in the plurality of colors, and a carriage for mounting the plurality of recording-head modules, wherein each recording-head module includes a plurality of recording heads for jetting ink in the same color and constructs a unit capable of integrally attaching and detaching the plurality of recording heads to and from the carriage.
US07798604B2 Inkjet printer and inkjet printing method
An image is output, the image having high quality in which density unevenness due to an end-deviation is excellently reduced in all colors in forming an image with use of a bidirectional inkjet printing head provided with ejection port arrays of a plurality of colors for small droplets of ink. Thereby, distributions of print permission rates of mask patterns to be used in performing a multi-pass printing are made different from each other in accordance with a distance between the two ejection port arrays for the same kind of ink. Thus, the degree of the end-deviation depending on the distance between the two ejection port arrays can be suppressed for every ejection port array.
US07798598B2 Inkjet recording apparatus
In a cleaning unit that cleans nozzles are provided a support base, a wiping portion that moves together with the support base to clean an ink on the nozzles, and a suction nozzle that is provided on the support base through a spring behind the wiping portion with respect to a traveling direction along which a cleaning operation is performed and sucks the ink subjected to cleaning. The wiping portion is moved by a set pin to adjust a gap between the wiping portion and a recording head, and contact cleaning or non-contact cleaning is selected at the time of cleaning. As a result, there can be provided an inkjet recording apparatus that can prevent an ink-repellant coating from being abraded, stably eject the ink, and record a high-quality image.
US07798596B2 Inkjet recording apparatus
An ink non-ejection detecting circuit device for an inkjet recording apparatus is disclosed which comprises a bridge circuit including a piezoelectric head having a piezoelectric element, a first resistor connected in series to the piezoelectric head, a capacitor provided outside the piezoelectric head, and a second resistor connected in series to the capacitor. A differential voltage that appears between the piezoelectric head and the first resistor and between the capacitor and the second resistor is amplified, so that the acoustic-system admittance of the piezoelectric head can be detected with a high SN ratio.
US07798592B2 Droplet ejection head drive method, droplet ejection device, and electrooptic apparatus
A droplet ejection head drive method includes (1) associating multiple nozzles with ranks corresponding to weights of droplets ejected from the nozzles, (2) generating drive waveforms for driving actuators of the nozzles and correcting the weights of the droplets to a predetermined weight, for each of the ranks, and (3) supplying the drive waveforms corresponding to the ranks of some of the nozzles selected according to drawing data, to actuators of the selected nozzles and ejecting droplets each having the predetermined weight from the selected nozzles onto a target.
US07798587B2 System and method for cross-process control of continuous web printing system
A system and method for controlling the cross-process position of ink print heads including identifying a first roll error frequency related to a circumference of a first roll, identifying a first roll error phase with respect to a reference location along a process path, identifying a first roll error amplitude of cross-process motion, identifying a second roll error frequency related to a circumference of a second roll, identifying a second roll error phase with respect to the reference location, identifying a second roll error amplitude of cross-process motion, and controlling the cross-process position of a first and second print head based upon the identified first roll error frequency, first roll error phase, first roll error amplitude, second roll error frequency, second roll error phase, and second roll error amplitude, wherein the first print head is axially spaced apart from the second print head along the process direction.
US07798586B2 Remaining amount detection sensor and ink-jet printer using the same
Provided is a remaining amount detection sensor (4) which is disposed outside a sub-tank (3) to detect a remaining amount of an ink (20), including: a detection electrode (4a) disposed so as to face the sub-tank (3); a guard electrode (4b) disposed in the same plane as the detection electrode (4a) so as to surround an outer periphery of the detection electrode (4a); and a guard electrode (4d) which is disposed so as to face the detection electrode (4a) with a space in at least a range covering the detection electrode (4a), and has the same potential as that of the guard electrode (4b), in which the remaining amount of the content of the sub-tank (3) can be detected based on a capacitance to be measured by the detection electrode (4a) with the potentials of the guard electrodes (4b) (4d) each being set as a reference potential. Accordingly, in the remaining amount detection sensor and the ink-jet printer using the same, the remaining amount of the content of the container can be detected with high accuracy.
US07798581B2 Fast detachable slide bracket
A fast detachable slide bracket includes a frame, a resilient latching member, and a linkage. A folded plate having a through hole is disposed at one end of the frame. The resilient latching member has a first end and a second end opposite to each other. The section between the first end and the second end is pivotally connected to the frame. The first end is relatively disposed to and separated from the folded plate for a proper range. The linkage has a first end and a second end opposite to each other. The first end of the linkage penetrates the through hold of the folded plate of the frame and the second end of the linkage links the latching member to raise the second end of the latching member thus to move the first end of the latching member to release the bracket from a support temporarily.
US07798579B2 Endless track chain assembly with in situ replacement wear parts
An endless track chain assembly for an endless track vehicle having drive teeth received in tapered slots in a drive wheel. The drive teeth are replaceable in situ by a movement in a direction parallel to the rotational axis of the drive wheel. The drive teeth inter-fit with tapered inserts on the endless chain assembly so that all the driving forces are transmitted between the two replaceable wear elements. The inserts are inter-connected with pairs of links in a three point mounting as a structural unit to increase torsional rigidity and enable bushings that inter-connect adjacent links to be smaller that conventional bushings. The inserts on the endless chain assembly are readily replaceable by fasteners accessed from the exterior of the endless chain assembly.
US07798577B2 Apparatus including a brake control assembly having a brake fluid accumulator assembly
Apparatus including a brake control assembly having a brake fluid accumulator assembly. The brake fluid accumulator assembly includes a brake fluid orifice, at least one brake-fluid-accumulating piston bore, a controllable bi-directional motor, and at least one piston. The brake fluid orifice is fluidly connectable to a brake apply master cylinder and is fluidly connectable to a wheel brake. The at-least-one brake-fluid-accumulating piston bore is fluidly connected to the brake fluid orifice. The motor has a first motor driving direction and an opposite second motor driving direction. The at-least-one piston is each positioned in and slidable within a corresponding brake-fluid-accumulating piston bore and is each movable by the motor, in the first motor driving direction, to move in compression within the corresponding brake-fluid-accumulating piston bore.
US07798576B2 Brake control device for vehicle
In an ABS control, a vehicle brake control device detects a sudden change road in which a friction coefficient changes suddenly from a high value to a lower value and controls, based on the detection of the sudden change road, the currents to be supplied to a first and a second electrical motor in a first manner or a second manner, wherein in the first manner the currents are controlled so that the first and second electrical motors would eventually stop rotating if the motor control portion kept controlling the currents in the first manner for a sufficiently long time, and in the second manner the currents are controlled so that the first and second electrical motors would eventually start rotating in a reverse direction if the motor controlling portion kept controlling the currents in the second manner for a sufficiently long time.
US07798575B1 Hub and drum assembly including recessed shipping nut
A hub and drum assembly includes a recess around one or more stud holes in the drum and a shipping nut threaded onto a stud and contained in the recess. The recessed shipping nut securely fastens the hub to the drum during shipping. At a destination facility, the shipping nut does not have to be removed before wheels are installed on the huh and drum assembly. A method of assembling a portion of a drive train including a hub and drum assembly with a recessed shipping nut is also provided.
US07798573B2 Reclinable chair
A chair includes a supporting frame and a seat portion which is foldable about a transverse fold to define a rearward portion behind the transverse fold and a forward portion, forward of the transverse fold. The seat portion is supported above the supporting frame by its rearward portion. The chair also includes a reclinable back portion and a recline mechanism with which the back portion is connected for reclining action of the back portion. The recline mechanism is operably linked to the rearward portion of the seat portion such that on reclining action of the back portion, the rearward portion is moved to increase in rearward tilt angle and to obtain a net increase in height above the supporting frame, with a consequent folding of the seat portion about the transverse fold line under the weight of the occupant.
US07798571B2 Child vehicle safety seat
A car seat has a seat structure with a seating surface and a portion configured to rest on a dedicated seat of a vehicle when installed. The seat structure has a front and a pair of opposed sides. An instruction manual is provided with the car seat. The car seat has a compartment that is configured to receive and retain the instruction manual. The compartment is disposed interior to a part of the seat structure and has an access opening that is accessible when the car seat is installed.
US07798570B2 Adjustable headrest for a vehicle seat
An adjustable headrest assembly for a vehicle seat is disclosed. The assembly has a portion fixed to a seat frame and an adjustable portion that moves relative to the fixed portion on a circular arcuate path under spring forces. Relative movement is triggered by a vehicle rear crash event.
US07798568B2 Sunshade assembly and open roof construction provided therewith
A sunshade assembly comprises a flexible sunscreen having opposed longitudinal edges and opposed transversal edges, two opposed longitudinal guides for receiving therein and guiding corresponding ones of the opposed longitudinal edges of the sunscreen, a rotatable winding shaft configured for winding an unwinding the sunscreen at first one of its transversal edges, and an operating beam connected to the second one of the transversal edges of the sunscreen. Each of the opposed longitudinal edges of the sunscreen near to the second one of the transversal edges is provided with a wing folded inwards around a positioning member having a stationary position relative to said second transversal edge and extending into a corresponding one of said opposed longitudinal guides.
US07798567B2 Vehicle roof comprising a movable cover and an openable blind disposed thereunder
The invention relates to a vehicle roof (10) comprising at least one at least partially transparent roof part (14) that can be moved in order to at least partly open a roof opening (17), and a blind (20) which allows the movable roof part (14) to be covered from below at least in the closed position of the roof part (14). Said blind (20) is equipped with a blind web (22), an extensible hoop that is arranged at the front edge of the blind web (22), and a blind shaft (26) for winding up the blind web (22). The extensible hoop (24) is coupled to an electric driving motor via a dog so as to displace the extensible hoop along a guide. In order to make the vehicle roof more comfortable to operate, the extensible hoop (24) is removably coupled to a dog which is connected to the driving motor such that the blind (20) can be operated with the aid of the driving motor and can be displaced manually without being coupled to the driving motor.
US07798565B2 Roof module for a vehicle and method for mounting a roof module of this type
The invention relates to a roof module for a vehicle, which can be mounted from above in an opening in the bodywork and which comprises a rigid outer shell (12), in addition to at least one electric functional unit (16), which is pre-installed on the underside of the outer shell by means of a support unit (14). The electric functional unit (16) can be displaced by means of said support unit (14) between a mounting position, in which the electric functional unit can be introduced into the bodywork opening and a functional position, in which at least part of the electric functional unit can be placed against a limit (22) of the bodywork opening. The invention also relates to a method for mounting a roof module of this type.
US07798564B2 Reinforcing member for vehicle
A reinforcing member for vehicles comprises a pair of fixed parts fastened on spaced-apart portions of a vehicle body, and a bar body for connecting the respective fixed parts. A rotation allowing mechanism is provided on at least one of the fixed parts in order to allow the bar body to rotate with respect to the vehicle body. Therefore, the respective two portions of the vehicle body, on which the fixed parts are fastened respectively, are allowed to have angle variations to each other without changing the space between the two portions of the vehicle body. Consequently, the rigidity of the entire vehicle body can be improved without the degradation in the drivability and the ride comfortableness of the vehicle.
US07798562B2 Motor vehicle with front wall cross member
A motor vehicle contains two A pillars, a front wall, a central tunnel and a front wall cross member. The front wall cross member has two side parts which are attached to the A pillars of the motor vehicle, and a middle part connecting these two side parts. The side parts are shaped in such a way that they are in at least partial contact with the front wall of the motor vehicle and are attached to the front wall there. The middle part is in at least partial contact with the central tunnel of the motor vehicle.
US07798555B2 Movable roof for a passenger vehicle
A roof assembly includes a roof having a roof frame with front, center, and rear sections, and a lever assembly. The lever assembly includes three levers which are respectively linked to three swivel axes on the rear section such that the roof is movable between a closed position and an opened position. The first lever connects the rear section at the first axis to a support such that the rear section is movable about the first axis; the second lever connects the rear section at the second axis to the center section such that the center section is movable about the second axis; and the third lever connects the rear section at the third axis to the front section such that the front section is movable about the third axis. The levers are adjacently situated in a transverse direction with the second lever being between the first and third levers.
US07798554B2 Motor vehicle roof configuration which can be put away
A motor vehicle roof configuration which can be put away has at least two shaping sections, which are movable relative to one another and can be put away together, for lateral convertible top cloth strips. The shaping sections lie in a row next to one another in a closed position of the roof configuration and have water channels which run approximately parallel to each convertible top cloth strip and in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle and also adjacent to the convertible top cloth strips. It is provided that, at least in a closed position of the roof configuration, an inner edge of each convertible top cloth strip together with at least one sealing configuration forms a leakproof covering for the adjacent water channel.
US07798553B2 Loc-N-Load mechanism
The invention consists of an automatic lock and tension of a tarpaulin system in a safe manner and does not require the intervention of the operator when the system is being engaged, disengaged, opened or closed.This invented automatic mechanism tensions the tarpaulin system exerting always a parallel force with the direction of opening and closing of the tarpaulin system eliminating the internal stresses exerted to the tarpaulin system components.Any misalignment produced due to tolerances is removed from the guide wheels or an edge established under the track of the sliding tarpaulin system.
US07798552B2 Sun visor holder
A sun visor holder is provided which includes a holder main body 10 and a grommet 11 which is brought into engagement with the holder main body 10 so as to fix the holder main body 10 to a body of a vehicle, wherein roof lining temporary fastening pieces 40 adapted to be brought into engagement with an upper surface of a roof lining 5 and body panel engagement portions 35 adapted to be brought into engagement with an upper surface of a body panel 13 of the body are provided on the grommet 11, and lower end portions of the roof lining temporary fastening pieces 40 are positioned further upwards than a lower surface of the body panel 13 and further downwards than the upper surface of the body panel in such a state that the body panel engagement portions 35 are in engagement with the body panel 13.
US07798548B2 Soft composite trim panel for a vehicle interior
A flexible trim panel attaches to a surface of a vehicle interior and includes a compression-molded thermoplastic foam layer and a textile fabric or synthetic leather layer, such as expanded polyurethane or PVC material. The panel has a compression-molded surface feature in an inner and outer layer, and may have a pocket and a zipper closure. An LED, EL ribbon, or other lighting device is connected to a transparent zipper closure. A composite trim panel is also provided having a compression-molded EVA foam layer and an outer layer. The layers form a composite piece that is attachable to a seat, an instrument panel, or a door. A vehicle interior includes a seat, an instrument panel, a door, and at least one composite trim panel. A transparent closure device connects to the composite trim panel, and a lighting device having a variable property is positioned adjacently to the transparent closure device.
US07798543B1 Security locking device
A security locking device includes a clasp, a tension spring having a first tag end affixed to the clasp and a second tag end movable between an open position released from the clasp forming an open loop and a closed position retained by the clasp forming a closed loop, a clasp cover mounted to the clasp for movement between a first position away from the clasp and a second position enclosing the clasp, the first tag end of the tension spring, and the second end of the tension spring in the closed position thereof retained by the clasp forming the closed loop. The tension biases the second tag end into the open position.
US07798536B2 Reverse sliding seal for expandable tubular connections
An expandable threaded connection between segments of expandable tubulars that provides a high bearing pressure seal at a specific area along the pin and box members is disclosed. The invention utilizes a “groove” in a surface of the box member and a corresponding “rib” on the pin nose. The radial expansion of the tubulars causes the pin to become shorter in length, thereby causing the pin nose to retract from the back of the box member. As the pin nose retracts, the rib on the pin nose moves backward until a portion of the rib contacts a portion of the groove in the box member. The point of contact between the rib and the groove creates a metal-to-metal seal between the pin and box members. Because the point of contact between the rib and the groove is a relatively small area, the force acting on the point of contact generates a high bearing pressure that is equal to or greater than the internal pressure within the expandable tubulars and, thus, generates a high pressure seal.
US07798533B2 Ventilation chimney section and method
A ventilation chimney or exhaust fan flue section for hog barns has inner and outer plastic tubes formed by edge welding plastic sheets. A snug fitting insulation sheet is slid between the tubes. Collars of male and female coupling elements are inserted into the ends of the section between the inner and outer tubes and secured by screws passing through the outer tube and into the collars. The chimney can be installed by combining sections using a suitable adhesive.
US07798530B1 Bookmark and stand
A bookmark and stand, comprising first and second flaps and a bridge assembly. The first and second flaps each comprise a wall section, a base section, and a hook section. The bridge assembly comprises a top edge, a bottom edge, and a bridge. The bridge assembly connects to rear edges. The first and second flaps have a sheet configuration and are made of a substantially rigid material to support a book when in a bookstand configuration, and also may lay flat within the book when in a bookmark configuration, whereby the first and second flaps and the bridge assembly conform to a shape of the book and are thin enough so as to not damage the book.
US07798528B2 Sports equipment transport apparatus
A transport caddy preferably includes at least a wheel supporting a base portion, an alpine snow ski detachably secured between the base and cover portions, and a ski pole disposed within the cover portion and secured adjacent the alpine snow ski by an accessories support portion detachably attached to the alpine snow ski is provided. Preferably, the ski pole is secured to the transport caddy by steps that include at least: positioning a tip of the ski pole within a pole tip confinement aperture provided by the cover; rotating a ski pole confinement member of the accessories support portion into non-adjacency with a ski pole retention portion of the accessories support portion; disposing a shaft portion of said ski pole within the ski pole retention portion; and re-rotating said ski pole confinement member into pressing contact with the shaft portion.
US07798524B2 Air bag module with vent
An apparatus (10) helps protect an occupant (16) of a vehicle (12). The apparatus (12) includes an inflatable vehicle occupant protection device (14) that is inflatable to help protect the vehicle occupant (16). A vent opening (52) directs flow of inflation fluid away from the protection device (14). A vent member (60) is movable between an open condition enabling flow of inflation fluid away from the protection device (14) through the vent opening (52) and a closed condition at least partially blocking flow of inflation fluid away from the protection device through the vent opening. A panel (80) receives and transfers the force of inflation directed into the protection device to the vent member to urge the vent member toward the closed condition.
US07798523B2 Side impact airbag apparatus
The side impact airbag includes an airbag that is folded up from a state where an occupant-side wall and a vehicle-side wall having generally identical contours are lapped and flattened, through a vertical contracting step. The airbag includes at least either at the top or bottom a tucked portion that is formed in the vertical contracting step by tucking i.e. invaginating part of each of the occupant-side wall and the vehicle-sidewall inside the airbag. The tucked portion includes a main portion that is stored inside the airbag and a projecting region that extends vertically from the main portion in an exposed manner. The projecting region is folded back toward the vehicle-side wall so as to be located outside the main portion.
US07798521B2 Lower limb protecting airbag apparatus
A lower limb protecting airbag apparatus M1 is provided in front of the lower limbs L of an occupant D seated in a seat. At the collision of vehicles, the lower limb protecting airbag apparatus is operated to be able to protect the lower limbs of the occupant so that an airbag having inflated in front of the lower limbs is disposed therein. An accommodating part configured to accommodate and hold the airbag is supported by a support arm. A servo motor is activated to cause the support arm to feed the accommodating part from a standby position to a working position at which the airbag is expanded and inflated. The accommodating part has a support portion which can support a front surface side when the airbag having completed inflation at the working position catches the lower limbs.
US07798519B2 Side airbag device
A device includes an airbag and an outer cover. The airbag is accommodated between a body and a rear seat of a vehicle. The outer cover covers a space defined between the body and the rear seat from the passenger compartment and is exposed to the passenger compartment. When an impact greater than a predetermined level is applied to the vehicle body, a thin portion of the outer cover is ruptured by the pressure from inflation of the airbag. This forms an opening in the outer cover. The airbag is then inflated into the passenger compartment from the opening of the outer cover. The end at the part of the outer cover corresponding to the opening and facing toward the rear seat is entirely formed by the end of the outer cover.
US07798517B2 Knee-protecting airbag apparatus
The knee-protecting airbag apparatus includes an airbag module and a mounting bracket for fixing the airbag module on a vehicle body. The mounting bracket is provided with a mounting hole that is adapted to be fastened to a mounting seat of the vehicle body. The airbag module includes a retaining lug for fixing the airbag module tentatively on the vehicle body. When the retaining lug is engaged with a periphery of a retaining hole of the vehicle body, a rearward rotation moment is generated to rotate the airbag module about the engaging point of the retaining lug and periphery of the retaining hole, so that a pressing plane of the airbag module formed above the retaining lug abuts on and gets supported by a receiving plane formed on the vehicle body such that the mounting hole of the mounting bracket is positioned on a fastening location of the mounting seat of the vehicle body.
US07798515B2 Folding baby stroller system and method
A baby stroller for transporting an infant at speeds faster than normal walking is disclosed. This baby stroller can be folded to make it easier to stow and transport. The folding mechanism, a unique feature of the design is directed toward compactness, ease of use, reliability, and reduction in manufacturing costs.
US07798509B2 Vehicle motorcycle light unit having lens
The light unit includes a lamp body and a lens having engagement members. The engagement members engage directly with the body of a vehicle (for example, a motorcycle). The engagement members preferably engage with a vehicle body exterior component such as a side cover. By engaging directly with the body, the alignment accuracy between the light unit and the side cover is improved.
US07798507B2 Vehicle suspension apparatus
A vehicle suspension apparatus 10 includes a plurality of arms 14, 27 to 29 respectively extending from the side of a vehicle body, and a knuckle 13 swingably supported on the leading ends of these arms 14, 27 to 29 for swingably mounting a wheel 12 thereon. The arm 27 includes a straight arm portion 31, a first rubber bush 32 provided on one end of the arm portion 31 and a second rubber bush 34 provided on the other end of the arm portion 31. And, the center lines C1 and C2 of the first and second rubber bushes 32 and 34, when they are viewed from the axial direction of the arm portion 31, are set to have a predetermined angle of inclination between them.
US07798505B2 Suspension interlock system
A vehicle having a suspension system that supports a vehicle frame has a suspension interlock for governing the distance that the suspension system may move away from the frame during a vehicular rear impact event, thereby channeling impact forces through the suspension system and into the vehicle frame. A flexible member attaches to the vehicle frame and to the suspension system and acts as a tether to maintain the position of the suspension system relative to the frame. Alternatively, the suspension interlock may be a u-shaped bar mounted to the vehicular frame that interacts with a pin that is mounted to the suspension system. The pin resides within the confines of the u-shaped bar to maintain the position of the suspension system relative to the frame. Alternatively, a hooked plate may be used instead of a pin.
US07798503B2 Cast apex adjustable V-type torque rod
A V-configuration torque rod includes an apex joint assembly which includes a cast apex joint housing. A pair of solid rods are threadingly received by the cast apex joint housing and an end joint assembly is attached to the end of each solid rod. A retention system in the form of a clamp or jamb nut secure the solid rods to the cast apex joint housing. A length adjustment mechanism can be incorporated between the solid rods and the end joint assemblies if necessary.
US07798502B2 Lug cart & support table assembly for food product breading machine
A lug cart and support table assembly is disclosed comprising a support table having an upper support surface for supporting a breading machine. A lug tub-shaped lug located in the lug cart and a latching system affixed to the lug cart to removably attach the lug cart to a selected one of a front side and a rear side of the table assembly. The latching system includes a first latch assembly and a second latch assembly affixed to an end of the cart in spaced apart relation, each of the first and second latch assemblies includes a support body, a pivoting arm coupled to the support body and pivoting in a horizontal plane about a vertical axis between a locking position and a release position.
US07798501B1 Apparatus for transporting and storing multiple stands
An apparatus for transporting and storing a plurality of stands. Each stand has an elongate, vertically oriented pole having a longitudinal axis and a base supporting the pole with a plurality of legs extending perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the pole. The apparatus includes a substantially planar base having a front end and a rear end, and a plurality of wheels supporting the substantially planar base. At least one shelf assembly is supported above the substantially planar base. Each shelf assembly has a first half and a second half. A substantially unobstructed slot extends upward from the substantially planar base wherein the first and second halves of the at least one shelf assembly are disposed on opposite sides of the slot. The plurality stands are receivable on the substantially planar base and the at least one shelf assembly, and the poles of said stands are receivable in the slot for arranging the stands on the substantially planar base and the at least one shelf assembly in a vertically staggered configuration.
US07798498B2 Vehicle stabilizer system
A stabilizer system for a vehicle, including: (a) a stabilizer bar (28) including (a-1) a torsion bar portion (90), and (a-2) an arm portion (92) that extends from the torsion bar portion toward a wheel (12) of the vehicle; and (b) an actuator (32) including (b-1) a motor (40), and (b-2) a speed reducer (42) that reduces a speed of the motor while transmitting a force of the motor to the torsion bar portion of the stabilizer bar. The stabilizer bar generates a stabilizing force which is dependent on a reaction generated as a result of torsion of the torsion bar portion, and which forces the wheel and the vehicle body in a direction toward each other or a direction away from each other. The actuator allows the stabilizer bar to generate the stabilizing force whose magnitude is dependent on a magnitude of the motor force and is changeable depending on an amount of rotation of the torsion bar portion. The actuator includes an actuator-efficiency changing mechanism changing a negative efficiency of the actuator, depending on a direction of the force of the motor.
US07798495B1 Electronic table top board game
A game board has grooves aligned parallel to X and Y axes that define travel paths along pre-determined directions covering a surface area thereof. Notches are formed along end regions oppositely spaced from each other along an outer periphery of the board. Controllers are coupled to the board, and game pieces are positional along the grooves. Target zones are anchored to the board and spaced along the grooves. Projectiles associated with the game pieces are stored within the notches. A mechanism displaces each of the game pieces along the grooves based upon a user input through an associated controller, and maintains contact with a bottom surface of the grooves. A mechanism rotates one arm of each of the game pieces such that each player tosses one of the projectiles along a travel path terminating at one of the target zones.
US07798494B1 Amusement game
An amusement device which uses a case containing balls that are shot from one side of the case to the other, and pegs are positioned at the bottom of the case to facilitate scoring. A second container is positioned at the top of the case so the game can be turned upside down in order to continue the game or to start a new game.
US07798492B2 Sheet conveying apparatus
To provide a sheet conveying apparatus capable of preventing meandering of a belt. A flange roller arranged at an entrance of sheets is used for a conveying roller immediately before a flange roller for feeding conveying rollers to a first conveying path for conveying the sheets. Namely, the flange roller is arranged just closely to an upstream side of the conveying belts arranged on the flange roller in a rotational direction. Further, a flange roller arranged at an exit of the sheets is used for a conveying roller immediately after a flange roller for feeding the conveying rollers finishing conveyance of the sheets on a second conveying path for discharging the sheets. Namely, the flange roller is arranged just closely to a downstream side of the conveying belts arranged on the flange roller in the rotational direction.
US07798487B2 Print plate handling system
An apparatus (100) for repositioning recording media includes a base (18); a support coupled to the base by a pivot (28), wherein the support is adapted to bear a portion of the recording media while positioned at a first position (34) and not bear the portion of the recording media while positioned at a second position (36); and an actuator (32) adapted to pivot the support about the pivot to move the recording media along a path from the first position towards the second position, wherein a direction of movement of the recording media at each point along the path intersects an imageable surface of the portion of the recording media borne by the support at that point, and wherein the support is adapted to bear an additional portion of the recording media as the recording media is moved from the first position towards the second position.
US07798486B2 Image forming apparatus including sheet container with handle
An image forming apparatus may include an image forming mechanism to form an image and to transfer the image onto a recording sheet and a container configured to contain the recording sheet. The container may include a container part, a handle attachment part, and/or a handle. The handle may be attached to the handle attachment part. The handle may be attachable to and detachable from the container and to pull out the container from the image forming apparatus. The handle may include an insertion part, a handle part, and/or a grip. The insertion part is configured to attach the handle to the container. The handle part may be configured to protrude from a front surface of the container and to include a through-hole and a grip to be held through the through-hole.
US07798485B2 Document-feeding device with improved sheet-separating structure
The present invention relates to a document-feeding device. The document-feeding device includes a sheet-feeding channel and a sheet-separating structure. The sheet-separating structure includes a base, a separation pad, a pinch roller, a separation roller and an elastic element. The base is disposed in the sheet-feeding channel. The separation pad is disposed on a surface of the base. The pinch roller is disposed in the base. The separation roller is in contact with the separation pad and the pinch roller. The elastic element is used for supporting the base such that the separation pad and the pinch roller are sustained against the separation roller.
US07798474B2 Ignition system for a pulse fog generator
The present invention provides an ignition system for a pulse fog generator having a carburetor, a pump for pumping air into the carburetor, and a priming pump for directing a quantity of fuel into the carburetor. The ignition system includes an igniter operable on low voltage, a switch for activating and deactivating the igniter, and a grounding connection for grounding the igniter to the carburetor. The grounding connection for grounding the igniter can include an igniter bracket and a ground wire assembly which couples to the igniter and to a location substantially near a sparkplug of the pulse fog generator.
US07798473B2 Guardrail support, attachment, and positioning block
A block used to space guardrails from support posts. The positioning or spacer block is a generally rectangular block having corded-out cavities to reduce weight and tabs or projections for cooperatively engaging the sides and top of a support post as well as the edges of the guardrail during roadway safety barrier system installation. Webbing within one or more of the cavities is used for additional structural support. The spacer block may be formed by low-pressure injection molding to optimize the strength to weight characteristics of the spacer block. The spacer block is formed from virgin and/or recycled plastic material and/or includes virgin or recycled rubber material, such as that obtained from the regrind of used tires, and/or another elastomeric materials from other sources.
US07798468B2 Valve closure system and valve closure assembly
A valve closure assembly (50) for remotely and automatically closing a railway tank car valve (V1, V2, V3, V4), characterized by improved convenience in mounting on a tank car dome (160) and adaptability to various dome geometries, valve configurations, and car-to-car dimensional variations. A clamp assembly (52) mounts assembly (50) on dome (160). An adapter (180) operated by a motor (58) turns a valve handle (A1, A2, A3, A4) when motor (58) runs. A positioning mechanism (54) selectively positions adapter (180) relative to clamp assembly (52) to establish a spatial relationship between them for enabling clamp assembly (52) to be placed at a desired location on the dome wall (162) and adapter (180) to engage a valve handle. Positioning mechanism (54) comprises three degrees of freedom of motion for establishing the spatial relationship of adapter (180) to clamp assembly (52), two of which are in the horizontal plane.
US07798467B2 High vacuum valve
The high vacuum valve includes a valve housing having a valve flow channel provided in an interior thereof, two ports connected to the valve housing so as to be arranged perpendicular relative to each other, and capable of being communicated with each other through the valve flow channel, a valve member housed in the valve flow channel for opening and closing the valve flow channel, a valve shaft received in the valve flow channel for causing the valve member to perform opening/closing operations, and an assembly comprising a tubular member and a welded bellows and hermetically surrounding a periphery of the valve shaft, the assembly being fixed at one end portion thereof to a rear face of the valve member and fixed at the other end portion thereof to a portion of the interior of the valve housing which is opposed to the rear face of the valve member.
US07798465B1 Reversible heat pump stand
A reversible heat pump stand for securely supporting heat pumps and allowing drainage of water without ice buildup. The reversible heat pump stand includes a first support frame for securely supporting a heat pump; and also includes a second support frame being interconnected to the first support frame for also securely supporting the heat pump; and further includes support members interconnecting the first and second support frames.
US07798463B2 Adjustable hanging device
The present invention provides, among other things, an adjustable hanging device for securing an object to a wall including a frame defining a number of substantially parallel slots and being securable to a wall, and a hook for supporting an object and being selectively moveable along each of the plurality of slots in a sliding direction to adjust an orientation of the object relative to the wall. Each of the slots can have a closed end to prevent the hook from disengaging the frame while moving in the sliding direction.
US07798456B2 Transferable patient care equipment support
A patient care equipment support is transferable between a first device having a first coupling member and a second device having a second coupling member. The equipment support comprises an equipment supporting portion configured to support patient care equipment and a coupler coupled to the equipment supporting portion and having first and second clamps. The first clamp is configured to grip the first coupling member and the second clamp is configured to grip the second coupling member.
US07798450B2 Support structure for a retractable and extendable flap, and use of said structure
The invention relates to a support structure for a retractable and extendable flap (12) associated with an object (14), surrounded by a flowing fluid, comprising a shell profile (16) that has a fluid/aerodynamic low-drag form on the outer side and on the inner side forms a chamber (18) for at least partially receiving a device (20) for retracting and extending the flap (12).
US07798446B2 Aircraft seating and seating arrangements
A seat (20) for a commercial aircraft capable of conversion to a sleeping configuration, comprises a seat back (26), a seat base (22) and a leg rest mounted within a seat shell, comprising side members (12, 14) and a back shell part (10) the rear surface of the back shell (10) defining a recess (34) for the head, and a moulding (32) defining a second recess for the feet of the passenger behind. The seat back (26) is foldable over the seat base (22) to form the main supporting surface (31) of the bed configuration. The second recess in the seat (20) requires the passenger to lie in a diagonal sleeping position, maximising the available bed length within a minimum seat pitch.
US07798443B2 Composite material for geometric morphing wing
An airfoil member and an airfoil member altering system are provided for significantly modifying the shape and size of the airfoil member while simultaneously providing an airfoil member with increased adaptability to various flight conditions throughout a flight envelope. The airfoil member comprises at least one motor or actuator, a system controller, a plurality of vehicle performance sensors, at least one temperature controller and airfoil member comprising at least one geometric morphing device that is adjustable in both size and shape and one or more rigid members.
US07798440B2 Dual line fly fishing reel
A fly reel having a spool with multiple line holding portions, permitting a single rod an reel assembly to be simultaneously fitted with different types of fly line, and eliminating the need to remove and reinstall reels when changing types of fly line.
US07798432B2 Device for spraying anti-icing agents on transport surface
The present invention provides a deicing device for spraying anti-icing agents over a transport surface, such as paved road or bridge, to protect the transport surface from snow deposition and ice formation. The deicing device that is surface mounted to the transport surface has a pavement sensor to determine when the deicing device is turned on and off to spray the anti-icing agents. The deicing device comprises a supporting housing, a spray puck having a plurality of nozzles and jet channels connected to the nozzles for spraying anti-icing agents, a lock ring to immobilize the spray buck within the supporting housing, and an O-ring for sealing the anti-icing agents from leaking. The spray puck can be rotated within the supporting housing to change a spray direction. The jet channels have round corners, such as parabolic shape cross-section, to prevent from collection of dirt or debris. The supporting housing is configured for dual stacking such that a second supporting housing is stacked on a first supporting housing to extend the top of the deicing device to be flush with the transport surface when the road is repaved.
US07798431B2 Flow control device
A flow control device can be implemented to include an riser, a control valve, a simplified retaining rod, and a ball. The riser can include multiple threaded segments, one or more predetermined breakaway points, and a predetermined length and diameter. The control valve can include a first threaded valve end for detachably connecting to the riser, a second threaded valve end for detachably connecting to a supply line, and a ball housing integrally connected to the first and second valve ends. The ball housing has a predetermined internal housing diameter. The ball is enveloped inside the ball housing, and the ball diameter is smaller than the internal housing diameter and larger than a first opening between the first valve end and the ball housing and a second opening between the second valve end and the ball housing. The retaining rod physically prevents the ball from obstructing the first opening.
US07798428B1 High pressure spray cleaning head and distributor body
A spray head with improved distributor body for a high pressure spray cleaning apparatus is provided. The spray head is carried on the end of a hand held wand with control valves to separately regulate flow through a pair of fluid circuits, the spray head having a nozzle that sprays heated water in a fan-like pattern against a deflecting edge of a distributor body. Cleaning chemicals are forced through an aperture into the fan-like pattern prior to its striking the deflecting edge to be intimately mixed with the heated water to produce a mixture that strikes the deflecting edge and is deflected therefrom in a highly concentrated form at a high velocity. An elbow guard provides improved protection for the chemical cleaning fluid flow line where it connects to the spray head. Also disclosed is a spray head that allows for the separate application of fluids delivered from separate supply sources.
US07798425B2 Apparatus for spraying liquids, and disposable containers and liners suitable for use therewith
A spray gun (1) has a fluid reservoir (11) which contains a removable liner (13). The liner (13), which may be thermo/vacuum-formed from a plastic material, is a close fit within the interior of the reservoir and collapses as fluid is withdrawn from within the liner during operation of the gun. Preferably, the liner has a comparatively-rigid base and is capable of standing, unsupported, outside the reservoir. The side walls of the liner are preferably thin in comparison to the base and can be collapsed for disposal of the liner. The reservoir (11) has a removable lid (15) and is capable of standing, inverted, on its own so that it can be filled with fluid. The lid (15) also functions to secure the liner (13) in the reservoir and, at the end of a spraying operation, the lid (15) and the liner (13) are removed together from the reservoir (11) and discarded, thereby simplifying the cleaning of the spray gun.
US07798424B2 Automatic air freshener spraying device
An automatic air freshener spraying device includes a front cover, a base, two air freshener bottles and a press driving device, and a motor of the press driving device is pivotally coupled to the driving gear, such that when the driving gear rotates clockwise or anti-clockwise at the motor, the driving gear with the transmission of the gear set pushes a protruding member at the bottom of one of the left and right sides of a large fan-shaped gear to obtain a larger instant pressing force, and a set of press driving devices are used for controlling the motor to rotate clockwise or anti-clockwise, and either the left or right air freshener bottles is pressed to spray an air freshener from an air freshener nozzle of the left air freshener bottle or the right air freshener bottle, so as to provide a uniform misty spray.
US07798421B2 Apparatus for spraying liquids, and disposable containers and liners suitable for use therewith
A spray gun (1) has a fluid reservoir (11) with a removable liner (13) received in a container (12) having a detachable lid (15). The liner (13), which may be thermo/vacuum-formed from a planar material, has a shape that corresponds to and is a close fit within the interior of the container (12) and collapses as fluid is withdrawn from within the liner (13) during operation of the spray gun (1). The lid (15) has an outlet (16) connected to an inlet on the spray gun (1) for transfer of liquid from the reservoir (11) to the spray gun (1) and the container (12) has a vent (12A) in the base end for admitting air between the container (12) and the liner (13) as liquid is withdrawn from within the liner (13).
US07798419B2 Method of and a device for the reduction of tropical cyclones destructive force
A method and device for suppressing the destructive force of a tropical cyclone, wherein the ascendant speed of wind in the eyewall of a cyclone is reduced by sea water pumped on-site from under the sea surface to above the surface, and then dispensed in the wind at the bottom of the cyclone in/near its eyewall.
US07798417B2 Method for data interchange
A method for data interchange includes summing up data associated with an electronic document to provide summed up data, representing the summed up data as one or more bar codes, and returning the one or more bar codes for display and data capture via a bar code scan from either a video display or a printed version of the one or more bar codes. The electronic document may be of any number of formats. The summing up may include taking data from multiple information fields to create the summed up data. The data may include data tags or a step of adding data tags to the data to assist in data interchange may be performed.
US07798415B1 Wireless transaction fobs and methods of using the same
The invention relates to transaction tokens (“fobs”) having wireless functionality and methods of using the same. More specifically, fobs having radio frequency functionality such that information, such as payment information, identification information, or other like information, may be wirelessly transmitted from a memory within the fob to a receiver are disclosed. The fobs of this invention may comprise a microchip or other memory component, and/or antenna disposed on or within an insert and encased within an enclosure in an interior compartment. The fobs may have a quick-release mechanism for easily attaching to and detaching from a securing device, such as a keychain or the like. Moreover, the interior compartments of the fobs may be easily accessible for replacing the enclosed insert.
US07798410B2 Hybrid laser scanning and imaging reader
An imaging module is supported by a housing of a reader for electro-optically reading indicia. The imaging module includes a solid-state imager having an array of image sensors for capturing return light from the indicia during reading. A laser scanning module is also supported by the housing and includes a scanner for scanning at least one of a laser beam from a laser and a field of view of a light detector in a scan pattern across the indicia during reading. A controller is operatively connected to the modules, and is operative for preventing reading interference between the modules during reading.
US07798406B2 Graphical code readers for balancing decode capability and speed
In an exemplary embodiment, a graphical code reader is disclosed that includes an image capture component that is configured to capture images at different resolutions. The graphical code reader also includes a processor, and memory in electronic communication with the processor. Instructions are stored in the memory. The instructions are executable to implement a method that involves providing a sequence that defines how resolutions of the captured images are varied. The method also involves capturing the images. The method also involves varying the resolutions of the captured images according to the sequence. The method also involves attempting to decode graphical codes within the captured images.
US07798405B2 Optical imaging device for the recognition of finger prints
The invention relates to an optical imagery device comprising: a light source, an optical medium in which the light coming from the source can be propagated; a detection surface defined by a frontier of the optical medium; an image sensor towards which the light coming from the light source and undergoing reflection onto the detection surface is reflected. The inventive device is characterized in that it is arranged in such a way that from the sensor the source appears to be sufficiently pointed to enable an image to be formed directly on the sensor.
US07798404B2 Electronic admission pass system employing a plurality of updateable electronic-ink admission passes and one or more activator modules
An electronic admission pass system for installation in a controlled environment in which a plurality of persons are permitted admission. The system includes at least one activator modules installed within the controlled environment, and a plurality of updateable electronic-ink labels issued to a plurality of individuals who may be admitted within the controlled environment. The activator module sends and transmits electromagnetic signals within the environment. Each electronic-ink pass employs an addressable display assembly including a layer of electronic ink including a bi-stable non-volatile imaging material. The electronic-ink pass includes an integrated circuit structure having a storage element for storing instructions, programs and data, and a programmed processor in communication with storage element. A signal transmitting structure transmits signals from the antenna structure to the activator module. A signal receiving structure receives electromagnetic signals from the activator module, using the antenna structure. An on-board battery power structure, operably connected to the integrated circuit structure, supplies electrical power to the integrated circuit structure. The electronic-ink pass displays graphical indicia, representing information related to the occurrence of events within the controlled environment, and which is updated by the remote activator module installed within the controlled environment.
US07798402B2 System and method for shipping freight
The present invention is directed to a system and method that helps a freight carrier to more efficiently determine if a shipment of freight has been classified with the correct freight classification. In one embodiment, the method includes the use of a handheld communication device that allows an operator of a freight carrier's vehicle to display a description of a freight classification that has been provided by the shipper at the point of origin. The operator can then compare the displayed description to the appearance of the shipment of freight to determine if they match. If they do not match, the operator can flag the shipment of freight for reexamination at the carrier's terminal facility.
US07798401B2 Obtaining user assistance
An apparatus, device, method, computer program product, and system that detects a first electronic device in a proximity to a second electronic device; and obtains an end user assistance corresponding to an at least substantially common aspect of the first electronic device and the second electronic device.
US07798398B2 Check cashing automated banking machine
An automated banking machine operates responsive to data read from data bearing records to cause financial transfers. The machine includes a card reader that reads data from user cards corresponding to financial accounts. The machine can communicate with a host computer to cash financial checks. The machine can read check indicia, send check data to the host, receive authorization from the host to cash the check, and dispense cash corresponding to the check. The machine can also produce image data representative of the check indicia and determine whether the data can be accurately identified within a predetermined level of assurance.
US07798394B2 Device, system and method for reducing an interaction time for a contactless transaction
A method. The method comprises, at a reader, performing at least one transaction-based risk management process prior to energizing a contactless interface, initiating communication with a card utilized for the contactless transaction, receiving information associated with the card, and terminating communication with the card to authorizing the contactless transaction.
US07798393B2 Method and system for restricting use of additional functions in a mobile terminal
A method of restricting the use of at least one additional function in a mobile terminal is provided. The mobile terminal generates new data by executing an additional function of the mobile terminal. The mobile terminal encrypts the data with currently received location information, upon receipt of a restriction signal, stores the encrypted data, and upon request for reading of the stored data decrypts the stored data with currently received location information.
US07798392B2 Delivery container for digital disc
A one and two-way disc mailer for mailing DVDs, CDs, video game discs, or other discs from a sender to a recipient via first class mail. The disc mailer provides improved protection to the disc during mail processing while weighing less than or equal to 1 ounce, including the weight of the disc, for first-class compatibility.
US07798389B2 Flux for soldering, soldering method, and printed circuit board
A flux for soldering used when soldering is performed to a board subjected to electroless nickel plating, the flux containing resin having film forming ability, activator, and solvent, and further containing metallic salt in an amount of 0.1 to 20% by weight of the total amount of flux. The use of this flux suppresses diffusion of nickel solder in soldering portions, and prevents concentration of phosphorous, thereby improving the bonding strength of soldering.
US07798385B2 Surgical stapling instrument with chemical sealant
Embodiments include a surgical device and a method. An embodiment of the surgical instrument includes at least one grasping jaw, the at least one grasping jaw being adapted to deliver surgical staples by a force generated from a force generator mechanism that is contained within the at least one grasping jaw or is in a proximity to the at least one grasping jaw. Another embodiment includes at least one grasping jaw, at least one actuation mechanism adapted to deliver surgical staples, the actuation mechanism being located in a proximity to or contained within the at least one grasping jaw, the surgical staples containing at least one shape-transforming material, at least one sensor, at least one chemical tissue sealant and at least one cutter. A method includes: grasping a body tissue with at least one grasping jaw, adjusting a configuration of the grasping in response to a signal or a datum or an image, and releasing a surgical staple/fastener in response to the signal, datum or image.
US07798380B2 Plastic drinks bottle support
The invention relates to a plastic drinks bottle support. The inventive support (1) comprises an anchoring member (2) and a ring (3). The anchoring member (2) takes the form of a clamp that is intended to be fixed to a belt or hooked onto the edge of a pocket. The clamp (2) comprises two prongs, namely an outer prong (21) and an inner prong (22). The aforementioned ring (3) comprises an internal elastic lip (4) which projects out from the inner edge of the ring (3) in order to reduce the cross-section thereof.
US07798379B2 Integrated fitment for aseptic packaging
The present invention provides a fitment, for use on a flexible container, comprising a spout member having a first end and a second end and defining a passageway between the two and a plug member which is sized to be received in the passageway. The plug member also has a leading end that lies in sealing engagement with the first end of the spout member when the plug member is received in the passageway.
US07798378B2 Closure assembly having a spout with a memory band for spout directing
A closure assembly for a container, the container including a raised outlet defining a dispensing opening, includes a closure body having a nestable and extendable spout formed with a generally cylindrical section, a frustoconical section, and an invertible fold between these two sections so as to enable the closure body to be either nested or extended. The generally cylindrical section defines an outlet opening and a threaded closing cap is assembled to the generally cylindrical section for closing off the outlet opening. A retainer is used for connecting the closure body to the raised outlet wall and the frustoconical section includes a thicker wall portion, described as a memory band portion, for enabling the closure body to maintain a selected orientation upon deflection into the selected orientation in order to provide directional discharge of the container contents.
US07798374B2 Process for producing crosslinkable compositions based on organopolysiloxanes
In a process for producing crosslinkable organopolysiloxane compositions, in particular organopolysiloxane compositions which can be crosslinked at room temperature, the organopolysiloxane compositions are stored in a storage unit before being packed in moisture-proof containers, the storage having a storage capacity of at least 15 minutes of production capacity of the mixture, the essentially dead-space-free storage unit continually having an internal pressure of more than 1200 hPa during filling.
US07798370B2 Universal collar key
A universal collar key used in connection with a container that fits within the housing of a dispenser that has a keyed receiver, the universal collar key including a collar supported on the container, a first flange and a second flange extending radially outward from the collar and spaced axially to define a clearance for receipt of the receiver therebetween.
US07798367B2 Mixing nozzle
A beverage dispenser provides numerous inventive features in its refrigeration system, diluent delivery system, concentrate delivery system, mixing and dispensing system, and control system. For example, the mixing and dispensing system includes a mixing nozzle that has several novel aspects. Such novel aspects include an elevated blocking surface that directly faces the inlet of a pressurized diluent in order to create turbulence for the mixing, and novel constructions of a depressurizing section together with a funnel-shaped passageway that reduces splashing.
US07798366B2 Two-liquid distributing aerosol device
Provided is a two-liquid distributing aerosol device separately storing two types of liquids to be separately stored, wherein the two types of liquids are separately distributed in a valve mechanism and mixed for use immediately before distribution or separately distributed for use without mixing. The device having first and second passages, formed separately from each other, each passage having an independent seal.
US07798364B1 Toy water gun for discharging and mixing multiple liquids
The present invention relates generally to a toy water gun and, more particularly, to a pressurized toy water gun having a mixing nozzle or nozzles for simultaneously discharging and mixing two or more liquids after they pass through the mixing nozzle. In one embodiment, the toy gun may include separate tanks or reservoirs for storing the liquids, and separate nozzles for receiving and discharging the liquids in discharged streams of liquid. The toy gun may further include a pressurization mechanism in fluid communication with the tanks and the nozzles to provide pressure to cause the liquids to be discharged from the nozzles in the discharged streams of liquid. The nozzles may be oriented relative to each other such that the discharged streams engage each other after being discharged from the outlets of the nozzles to mix the liquids.
US07798363B2 Method and apparatus for tinting caulk
A caulk product is provided. The product comprises an amount of caulk that is formulated so as to be white in color prior to curing and clear after curing. A cylindrical cartridge contains the amount of caulk, wherein the cartridges comprises a dispensing tip, a substantially cylindrical body, a removable and replaceable endcap, and a breakable seal located between the tip and the body. A transparent area is disposed within a wall of the cartridge so as to allow the color of the caulk to be viewed, wherein the area defined by the cartridge body is adapted to accommodate the insertion of colorant and a mixing tool without overflow. A related method for coloring caulk is also provided.
US07798360B2 Reusable penetratable seal
A seal system usable to seal containers and other fluid components to allow fluid flow through the seal system in a first direction yet prevent fluid flow through the seal system in an opposite direction. The seal system is particularly useful for facilitating insertion of a tube, such as a straw, into a container to withdraw fluids yet prevent fluids from leaking from a container once the straw has been withdrawn. The seal system may be formed from a flange having an opening and attached to the opening of the container, and a tubular body extending from the flange into the container. The tubular body may be formed from a transition section attached to the flange and extending generally away from the flange, and a collapsed seal section attached to the transition section and extending from the transition section away from the flange.
US07798359B1 Heat-sealed, peelable lidding membrane for retort packaging
Heat-sealed, peelable lidding membrane for retort packaging. The membrane includes a plastic layer laminated to a foil layer with a first adhesive layer. A co-extruded layer is laminated to the foil layer with a second adhesive layer. The co-extruded layer is formed with a plastic body co-extruded with a heat-sealable sealing resin layer.
US07798358B2 Waste disposal receptacle
A waste disposal receptacle (1) including a body (20) and a lid (30). Wherein the body (20) is defined by a base (21), at least one side (22) and an open top (23); and the lid (30) is defined by at least one side (31), a top (32) and an open base and includes an aperture (35) in the at least one side (31) through which material can be deposited into the receptacle (1); Wherein the at least one side (31) of the lid (30) is adapted to be received within the body (20) and is reversibly movable between an open and closed position such that when the lid (30) is in the closed position, the aperture (35) is covered by the at least one side (22) of the body (20) and when the lid (30) is in the open position, the aperture (35) is exposed.
US07798357B2 Bottle can member, bottle, and thread forming device
An effective thread number in the thread section which is disposed on the mouth section of the bottle is formed to be 2.2. That is, the thread section is formed such that the thread section 13 should serve effectively in the mouth section such that an interval between a start position and an end position should be 2.0 to 2.5. In the bottle can member 11 which has such a thread section, an outer diameter of the thread section which is formed on the mouth section is 28 to 38 mm. Also, the thickness of the mouth section is 0.25 to 0.4 mm. The thread section which has the effective thread number 2.0 to 2.5 is formed by eight-thread per inch pitch. By doing this, it is possible to put the cap desirably.
US07798356B2 Tubular case
A cylindrical case receives a stick in a reciprocating manner so through an opening of the case. A cap is arranged to engage with the opening of the case. Engagement release of the cap is carried out by rotating an operating member. The operating member includes a peripheral member and an operating force imparting portion continuous with the peripheral member mounted on an upper portion of the case. When the operating force imparting portion is pressed downward, force apply points opposite to the operating force imparting portion impart a push-up force to the cap thereby releasing the cap from the engagement with the case.
US07798353B2 Polymeric container assembly with stackable features
A generally circular container is disclosed. The container comprises a continuous body portion. The container further comprises a rim encompassing and projecting laterally outwardly from the body portion. The container further comprises a first feature projecting generally upwardly from the rim. The container further comprises a corresponding second feature positioned on the rim. The container further comprises a stacking feature formed on the body portion opposite the rim. The stacking feature extends substantially along the circumference of the container. The container is adapted to be stacked with a second container, the second container being inverted relative to the first container, by engaging the stacking feature of the container with a second stacking feature of the second container to prevent or inhibit lateral movement of the container relative to the second container.
US07798350B2 Container with an at least partially triangular prismatic body
The invention relates to a container (1′) made of a thermoplastic material, especially PET, having a body (2′) which, for at least a part of its height, is substantially prismatic in shape with a substantially triangular cross section and with three faces (6) joined by three edges (7), each of which is shaped in the form of a groove (8) which opens outwards and which has a rear wall (9) having a reversed curvature with its convexity being directed outwards.
US07798346B2 Combination drinking bottle and concentrate container and method of making same
A sports bottle with concentrate cup removably coupled thereto by a female coupling ring.
US07798343B2 Combination storage rack
A combination storage rack includes a rack, which has transverse sliding rails symmetrically disposed therein at two sides and arranged in pairs at different elevations, and storage boxes slidably insertable into the rack at different elevations for storing things, each storage box having a top box frame that is a hard rectangular open frame supportable on one pair of transverse sliding rails in the rack and a flexible box body fastened to the top box frame for holding things.
US07798335B2 Clothing accessory organizer
An apparatus for organizing articles of clothing is disclosed, including a housing having first and second drums rotatably mounted thereto. A drive system is used for rotating a belt around the first and second drums. The belt includes a plurality of hooks for hanging articles thereon. In one embodiment, the apparatus mounts on a closet rod and further includes a posterior end with an adjustable telescoping sleeve to stabilize the mounted apparatus against a wall. The apparatus can include a removable battery pack mounted to the underside of the apparatus. The removable battery pack can have a light bulb mounted on it to illuminate the selection of articles on the hooks. In another embodiment, the apparatus includes a rod-mounting apparatus that has a length that prevents or minimizes entanglement of articles hanging on the apparatus with other articles hanging near the apparatus.
US07798331B2 Tissue collection tray
A tissue collection tray is described for use with a biopsy device. The tissue collection tray includes a well portion, a body portion and a divider. The well portion is defined by first and second ends, a bottom and at least two walls. The body portion includes a recess formed therein. The divider includes a groove formed therein. The divider is positioned between the recess and the well portion.
US07798330B2 Lockable pill container and methods
A lockable pill container includes a holder defining at least one compartment having an access opening providing access to a pill holder interior volume. At least one lid is moveable between a covering position and an open position. The lid includes a first locking member that is sized to project into the holder when the respective lid is in the covering position. A second locking member is moveable between a locking position and a release position. The locking position includes a position in which the second locking member engages a first locking member of the at least one lid in the covering position. The release position includes a position in which the second locking member is disengaged from all of the first locking members. The second locking member includes opposite first and second ends. The second locking member is moveable from the locking position to the release position by application of a force against the second end. The second locking member is moveable from the release position to the locking position by application of a force against the first end. A visual indicator, such as color, can be used to help the user know when the container is locked or not locked. A tactile indicator can be used to help the user know when the container is locked or not locked.
US07798327B1 Multi-pack sanitary napkin container and associated method
A multi-pack sanitary napkin container includes a flexible outer container and first, second, third, and fourth pluralities of sanitary napkins respectively. Such first, second, third, and fourth pluralities of sanitary napkins are vertically stacked within an interior portion of the container. The kit further includes a mechanism for securing the container about the first, second, third, and fourth pluralities respectively of sanitary napkins when the first, second, third, and fourth pluralities of sanitary napkins are vertically stacked within the interior portion of the container.
US07798326B2 Retainer ring for a wire package and method of using the same
A retainer ring is provided for use in a welding wire package having looped magnetic welding wire. The ring is a flat sheet of flexible permanent magnet material with an outer periphery and an inner periphery and includes printed material on the ring which can be cut from the ring and affixed to any metal surface.
US07798325B2 Package for felting needles
A wedge-shaped receptacle (9) is provided for packaging felting needles (8). The wedge shape is configured in such a manner that the felting needles lie in the receptacle in a mutual lateral engagement, that is, they are held approximately parallel to one another and they firmly clamp one another without their tips abutting against the receptacle body. This, on the one hand, results in a particular protection of the felting needles (8) during transportation and, on the other hand, results in a simple handling with the lowest danger of injuries.
US07798321B2 Media storage and display sleeve
A media storage and display sleeve is adapted to fit over a media storage container to provide a unique interactive marketing piece to be viewed and handled by the consumer. The sleeve includes an inner sleeve that receives the traditional media storage container and a pair of outer sleeves that slide back and forth over the inner sleeve between closed and open configurations. Stops are used to impede the outer sleeves from being readily removed from the inner sleeve.
US07798319B1 Container device for tobacco articles
Some embodiments of a tobacco product package device can be used to enhance freshness and other characteristics of tobacco products or other products contained therein. Certain features can improve product freshness both during shelf life and during consumer use.
US07798315B2 Modular assembly
A modular assembly comprises a fixing seat formed with a slot for receiving a positioning member of a moving seat, and a plurality of fastening elements for pressing the positioning member against an inner wall of the slot so that the moving seat is positioned in the fixing seat.
US07798312B2 Compression passing roller
Methods and apparatus for conveying a stack (22) of paper products by the use of rollers (50, 150, 250 or 350) that include lobed outer surfaces for contacting the stack of paper.
US07798307B2 Apparatus for aligning fasteners having radially symmetrical polygonal heads in a feed device
The invention relates to an apparatus for aligning fasteners having radially symmetrical polygonal heads in a device for feeding these fasteners to a processing station. A tubular piece having axially running grooves in its interior is provided in a feed channel for the fasteners, the number of these grooves corresponding to the number of edges on the heads of the fasteners, and the diameter of the groove corners on the inlet side of the tubular piece being greater than the width across the corners of the polygonal heads, the grooves tapering from a large width to a narrow width in the transport direction in such a way that fasteners entering the tubular piece are captured with a great clearance in relation to the grooves and leave the tubular piece with narrow clearance and therefore in the aligned position.
US07798305B2 Carousel for the warehousing of goods
Rack (1) for the dynamic warehousing of goods boxed in containers (S), of the type including at least one bidirectional conveyor device (2) for the containers (S); and at least some means of inversion (4 and 4a) of the movement and connection of conveyor devices (2), the means (4) of inversion of the movement (4) being fitted with variable-geometry guiding means (6), movable between an open operating position (A) and a closed position (B); the means (4) of inversion of the movement including at least one rotating disc (12) capable of transporting the containers (5) along a substantially semicircular path corresponding to the closed operating position (B).
US07798303B1 Multi-coin operated actuation mechanism
A multi-coin operated actuation mechanism includes an interchangeable coin carrier wheel having a coin receiving recess of a width different from that of another wheel such that a different number of coins can be deposited into coin accepting regions of the recess. The wheel has an outer segment on its peripheral edge defining either an abutment surface or a camming surface at an outer trailing end of the recess correspondingly aligned with the coin accepting region or a non-accepting region of the recess defined adjacent to the accepting region. Also, coin periphery sensing dogs are pivotally mounted side-by-side and match the maximum number of the multiple coins. The dogs have outer tip surfaces substantially identical and correspondingly aligned with and adapted to engage outer segments on the peripheral edge of the wheel to prevent or allow movement of the wheel past them depending upon whether the multiple coins are present or not in the recess.
US07798301B2 Segmented core plate and friction disc
Segmented steel core plates for either double sided or single sided wet clutch friction plates or separator plates and a process for making the same are disclosed.
US07798292B2 Engine noise baffle for tractor brake shaft
An engine noise engine noise baffle for a tractor brake shaft that extends laterally through openings in an engine compartment wall. The engine noise engine noise baffle has a cup-shaped portion pressed against the interior surface of the engine compartment wall, and a sleeve portion around the tractor brake shaft. The engine noise engine noise baffle has freedom of rotation with respect to the engine compartment wall. The engine noise engine noise baffle helps block and shield the operator cab from high engine temperatures, engine noise, dirt and dust, and engine fumes.
US07798290B2 Arrangement in an elevator without counterweight
The present invention relates to an arrangement in an elevator without counterweight, which comprises at least a control unit (5), a hoisting machine (3) and a traction sheave (4) connected to it, and an elevator car (1) suspended on hoisting ropes (2) fixed to an essentially immovable place at their first ends and adjustably at their second ends, which elevator car (1) is fitted to travel backwards and forwards in an essentially vertical direction, and which elevator also comprises a tightening element (15) acting on the second end of the hoisting ropes (2). An actively operating actuator (17, 21, 24, 29) is in connection with the tightening element (15), which is fitted by means of feedback to keep the rope tension essentially at a predetermined level either by lightening or tightening the rope tension according to changes in the loading.
US07798289B2 Internal-combustion engine having a pressure lubrication system according to the dry-sump principle
An internal-combustion engine having a pressure lubrication system according to the dry-sump principle, particularly for an opposed-cylinder engine, having a crankcase in which an oil scavenging space is constructed in the lower part feeds the lubricating oil by way of an oil return feed pump equipped with an oil scavenging pipe to an oil storage tank. The lubricating oil situated in the oil storage tank is fed by way of a main feed pump to the consuming devices. The oil storage space forming the wet sump is also integrated in the crankcase of the internal-combustion engine.
US07798288B2 Climbing aid for ladders
The invention relates to a climbing aid for ladders or the like, comprising an endless traction means running between guide pulleys, from which a person may optionally hang by means of a suspension device, with a drive device (20) comprising a drive motor (21), by means of which one of the guide pulleys may be driven as the drive disc (12) for the drive means (13), with a traction force limitation device and with a device for switching the drive device on/off, which can be actuated by the endless traction means (13). According to the invention, the traction force limitation device consists of a slip clutch (30) with torque limitation interposed between the drive disc (12) and the drive motor (21), and the device for switching the drive device on/off comprises sensor means (70) with which a movement of the traction means (13) can be detected, whereby the sensor means (70) are formed in such a manner that a detection of a sensor pulse switches the drive motor (21) on and an absence of sensor pulses within a time span switches the drive motor (21) off.
US07798285B2 Acoustic barrel for aircraft engine nacelle including crack and delamination stoppers
An acoustic inner barrel for an aircraft engine nacelle inlet is constructed from a composite material and is formed as a single, 360-degree annular segment. The barrel includes an inner skin, an outer skin, a cellular core disposed between the inner skin and the outer skin, and at least one crack and delamination stopper extending radially from the inner skin to the outer skin.
US07798282B2 Power assisted steering system
A hybrid electrical power assist system (EPAS) for an automotive vehicle that utilizes the advantages of a conventional EPAS system to provide power assist based upon several distinct sensor inputs, in a heavy duty vehicle that requires significantly more assistance forces than a conventional EPAS can provide. The hybrid system utilizes a hydraulic amplifier that is connected to receive the torque output from an EPAS motor actuator and responsively provide a fluid under differential pressure through a pair of high pressure lines to a steering piston.
US07798281B2 Method and apparatus for enhancing vehicle performance
A method and system for improving steering performance of a vehicle is disclosed. The method and system resides in increasing the flow size of the hydraulic oil flow path from a pump (3) to a steering unit (5). This can be done by modifying the size of a conduit (4) between the pump (3) and unit (5) or by modifying the bore diameter of hose fittings (36, 37).
US07798280B2 Hydraulic steering system for a vehicle
A steering system for an agricultural vehicle with a hydraulic steering motor incorporates an internal pump, a distribution valve, an input shaft which in use is coupled for rotation by the steering shaft of a vehicle steering wheel, and connectors for hydraulic lines leading to a high pressure source of oil, to an oil reservoir and to hydraulic actuators connected to the steerable wheels of the vehicle. The steering motor is located remotely from the steering shaft and is coupled for rotation with shaft by hydraulic rotary actuators mounted on the steering shaft and the input shaft of the steering motor and arranged in a closed circuit with one another.
US07798279B2 Steer-by-wire steering apparatus with actuatable mechanism
A steering apparatus (10) for turning steerable wheels of a vehicle in response to rotation of a vehicle steering wheel (12) comprises a first assembly (16), a second assembly (26), and a mechanism (108). The first assembly is operatively coupled to the steering wheel and includes components (18, 22) for monitoring applied torque and angular rotation of the steering wheel. The second assembly includes a steering gear (34) and components (28, 30) for actuating the steering gear in response to the monitored rotation. The mechanism, when in a first mode of operation provides a mechanical connection between the steering wheel and the steering gear. The mechanism when in the second mode of operation, providing a mechanical connection between the steering wheel and the steering gear sufficient to enable manual actuation of the steering gear and permit actuation of the steering gear in response to the monitored steering wheel rotation.
US07798276B2 Vehicle pedestrian impact sensor with proximity arming
A pedestrian impact sensor system includes a first plate and a second plate both connected to an outer surface of a vehicle such that a capacitance between the first plate and the second plate is dependent upon whether a body proximate the vehicle is animate. A crush sensor senses a force exerted by the body on the vehicle. A monitoring circuit monitors the capacitance between the first plate and the second plate and an output signal of the crush sensor. The monitoring circuit issues a safety countermeasure signal dependent upon the capacitance between the first plate and the second plate and the output signal of the crush sensor.
US07798270B2 Method and vehicle electric system of a motor vehicle with a pre-emptive temporary increase in the idling speed of the internal combustion engine
A method is provided for reducing the energy consumption of a motor vehicle having an internal combustion engine and at least one vehicle electric system, to which at least a first electric consumer is connected. In order to achieve an efficient vehicle electric system with a reduced energy consumption, the internal combustion engine is operated in a first operating mode at a first speed. In a second operating mode, the internal combustion engine is operated at a second speed that is higher than the first speed. A driving situation detection device provided in the vehicle recognizes an imminent specific driving situation on the basis of the previous behavior of the driver in controlling the vehicle and/or the behavior of the vehicle in advance, and initiates a switch in the internal combustion engine from the first operating mode to the second operating mode.
US07798266B2 Hybrid system
A hybrid system includes an electrical motor generating motive power, a storing portion providing electrical power to the electrical motor, a fuel cell that provides electrical power to the electrical motor or the storing portion within a predetermined output range, an internal combustion engine absorbing loading of the fuel cell, a determination portion that determines whether the loading of the fuel cell is above the maximum output in the predetermined range, and a control portion that controls the internal combustion engine so as to operate if it is determined that the loading of the fuel cell is above the maximum output in the predetermined range.
US07798264B2 Reconfigurable balancing robot and method for dynamically transitioning between statically stable mode and dynamically balanced mode
An apparatus and a method for robotic control that allows an unbalanced pendulum robot to raise its Center of Mass and balance on two motorized wheels. The robot includes a pair of arms that are connected to the upper body of the robot through motorized joints. The method consists of a series of movements employing the arms of the robot to raise the robot to the upright position. The method comprises a control loop in which the motorized drives are included for dynamic balance of the robot and the control of the arm apparatus. The robot is first configured as a low Center of Mass four-wheeled vehicle, then its Center of Mass is raised using a combination of its wheels and the joint located at the attachment point of the arm apparatus and the robot body, between the rear and front wheels; the method then applies accelerations to the rear wheels to dynamically pivot and further raise the Center of Mass up and over the main drive wheels bringing the robot into a balancing pendulum configuration.
US07798250B2 Bearing assembly inner barrel and well drilling equipment comprising same
A well drilling head comprises a housing having a sidewall structure defining a central bore and a bearing assembly removably seated within the central bore of the housing. The bearing assembly includes an outer barrel having a central bore, an inner barrel at least partially disposed within the central bore of the outer barrel and bearing units coupled between the barrels for providing concentric alignment of the barrels and allowing rotation therebetween. The inner barrel includes a central bore and a plurality of cooling structures protruding from a surface thereof within the central bore.
US07798248B2 Roller bearing seal companion ring having textured surface for holding lubricant and small particles
A roller cone bit is provided that includes a companion ring positioned exterior to a seal, wherein the companion ring includes a textured surface where the inner diameter of the companion ring contacts the bearing pin.
US07798243B2 Vegetation cutter
A vegetation cutter intended to mechanically separate vegetation, such as control of e.g. control weeds and/or other undesired crops or vegetation from desired crops or vegetation on a land surface. Said vegetation cutter is movable during use in a direction through the vegetation at the same time as it comprises a number of knife devices arranged in a distance from each other, each knife device having at least one cutting function working in or towards said distance, the stems of said vegetation in cross section have various thickness or diameters, such as coarser thickness, mainly constituting the weed and/or the undesired crops, said vegetation also having narrower thickness or diameters mainly constituting desired crops or vegetation and said distance on at least some place being shorter than the coarser thickness or the diameters at least at that place, where the cutting function works, so that the cutting function, when it is moved through the vegetation, cuts off or damages the coarser thickness, so that they fade, while the narrower thickness mainly can pass the cutting function without being damaged, so that they remain undamaged and can grow on further.
US07798242B2 Shift interlock mechanism
A shift interlock mechanism for automatically shifting a sod cutter into a low gear when a cutting blade is lowered into the ground and automatically raising the cutting blade when the sod cutter is shifted into a high gear. The mechanism may include a cutting blade lever. The cutting blade lever may include a cam member which engages the shift lever creating cam action when the cutting blade handle is raised to the up position. When the cutting blade lever is moved to lower the cutting blade, the cam member moves the shift lever into a low gear. When the cutting blade handle is in the up position and the cutting blade has been lowered, the shift lever will oppose the cam member and create an opposite cam action, thereby raising the blade, when the shifter is moved into a high gear.
US07798239B2 Ceiling-only dry sprinkler systems and methods for addressing a storage occupancy fire
A ceiling-only dry sprinkler system configured to address a storage occupancy fire event with a sprinkler operational area sufficient in size to surround and drown the fire. The system and method preferably provide for the surround and effect by activating one or more initial sprinklers, delaying fluid flow to the initial activated sprinklers for a defined delay period to permit the thermal activation of a subsequent one or more sprinklers so as to form the preferred sprinkler operational area. The sprinklers of the operational area are preferably configured so as to provide sufficient fluid volume and cooling to address the fire-event with a surround and drown configuration. The defined delay period is of a defined period having a maximum and a minimum. The preferred sprinkler system is adapted for fire protection of storage commodities and provides a ceiling only system that eliminates or otherwise minimizes the economic disadvantages and design penalties of current dry sprinkler system design.
US07798237B2 Enclosed coiled tubing rig
An enclosed coiled tubing apparatus which includes a mobile trailer and a coiled tubing unit releasable coupled thereto, and a enclosure to maintain an adequate temperature, where the coiled tubing unit includes a coiled tubing injector postionally fixed relative to a coiled tubing reel so as to move together relative to the trailer as an integral unit. The coiled tubing reel and injector may travel laterally on the trailer on a track. Also included are methods of extending a wellbore in a subterranean formation by: translating a coiled tubing unit within an enclosure to a first position and then inserting a bottom hole assembly (BHA) into the wellbore using a lifting system, and wherein the coiled tubing unit includes coiled tubing; and translating the coiled tubing unit to a second position and then coupling the coiled tubing to the BHA and operating the BHA to extend the wellbore.
US07798228B2 Liquid breaker for acid fracturing fluids
Liquid breakers can be used in methods and compositions for acid fracturing formations. The fracturing fluid includes a liquid breaker that decreases the viscosity of the fracturing fluid over time. The liquid breaker can also be produced in situ. The liquid breaker includes fluoroboric acid.
US07798226B2 Cement diffuser for annulus cementing
A cement diffuser and method for allowing a ported tubular to be cemented in place, while keeping an annulus about a port of the ported tubular generally free of set cement. The cement diffuser includes a collection of fibers secured over the port and extending out from an outer surface of the tubular.
US07798223B2 Bore isolation
A method of isolating a section of a drilled bore containing a problem zone comprises: providing a section of tubing; locating the tubing in the section of the bore; and expanding the tubing and forming at least an outer portion of the tubing to conform to irregularities in the bore wall, to isolate the problem zone. The tubing may feature a formable outer section, and the expansion of the tubing may be achieved using a compliant rotary expander.
US07798219B1 Enhanced oil recovery techniques using liposomes
Process and a method for enhancing recovery of petroleum from an underground source including injecting into the source, a petroleum displacement agent including fluids and modified liposomes. The liposomes and fluids merge the discrete oil droplets after waterflood into a continuous layer of oil (oil phase) eliminating b-pass of water through oil and employ mobility control through transition of gel phase to liquid crystalline phase.
US07798217B2 Apparatus for separating a mixture of liquids of differing specific gravities in a wellbore
An apparatus for separating a mixture of liquids of differing specific gravities in a wellbore is disclosed along with a method of installation and operation thereof. This device separates water from hydrocarbons prior to hydrocarbon extraction in order to decrease disposal costs of waste water. The device is designed to be compatible with existing oil wells that have been abandoned because of lack of profitability caused by a high water to oil ratio. The device may also be installed in new wells with a high water concentration.
US07798216B2 Wellbore surveying system and method
A method for surveying a wellbore may include deploying a deployable wellbore survey tool into the wellbore, collecting survey data as the deployable survey tool traverses the wellbore, and determining wellbore position information based on the survey data. In one example the method may include landing the deployable wellbore survey tool on a component of a bottom hole assembly.
US07798209B1 Seal configuration for top drive swivel apparatus and method
For use with a top drive power unit supported for connection with a well string in a well bore to selectively impart longitudinal and/or rotational movement to the well string, a feeder for supplying a pumpable substance such as cement and the like from an external supply source to the interior of the well string in the well bore without first discharging it through the top drive power unit including a mandrel extending through a sleeve which is sealably and rotatably supported thereon for relative rotation between the sleeve and mandrel. The mandrel and sleeve have flow passages for communicating the pumpable substance from an external source to discharge through the sleeve and mandrel and into the interior of the well string below the top drive power unit. The unit can include a packing injection system and novel seal configuration.
US07798206B2 Heat exchanger and method of manufacturing the same
Each header tank includes a tank body and a header plate. The tank body includes a top wall, shorter side walls, and longer side walls. Each shorter side wall has joining portions integrally formed via rounded connection portions and extending along the inner surfaces of the longer side walls. The header plate includes a closure wall, shorter side walls, and longer side walls. End portions of each longer side wall of the tank body are curved along the rounded connection portions to form first bent portions. End portions of each longer side wall of the header plate are curved along the first bent portions to form second bent portions. The shorter side walls of the header plate have deformation portions which enter recesses formed between the rounded connection portions of the tank body and tip end surfaces of the first bent portions.
US07798205B2 Heat exchanger and method of manufacturing the same
In a heat exchanger having a core portion in which aluminum flat tubes and aluminum fins are disposed alternatively and brazed with each other, each fin has one side portion located at one side of the tube and the other side portion located at the other side of the tube. The one side portion of the fin is higher in pitting potential than the other side portion of the fin, and the pitting potential difference between the one side portion of the fin and the other side portion of the fin is 40 to 200 mV. The pitting potential difference can be formed by the Zn concentration difference in the aluminum alloy constituting the fin.
US07798204B2 Centrifugal condenser
A centrifugal condenser in an engine has a stacked arrangement of interleaved plates surrounding a central core. Exhaust steam from the engine is directed through interior cavities of the plates while external cooling air from intake blowers circulates over outer surfaces of the plates to cool the plates and condense the steam on the opposite inner side of the plates. The water condensation is returned to a collection pan or sump for subsequent use in the engine.
US07798200B2 Thixo-molding shot located downstream of blockage
Disclosed is a metal molding system, including a metal molding conduit assembly having a conduit passageway configured to pass a volume of molten metal located downstream of a passageway blockage formable in the conduit passageway. Also disclosed is a mold for forming an article from a molten metallic, including a mold body configured to cooperate with a metal molding conduit assembly, including a conduit passageway configured to pass a volume of molten metal into a mold cavity defined by the mold body, the volume of molten metal located downstream of a passageway blockage.
US07798196B2 Bead breaker roller head for a tire mounting-demounting machine
A tire mounting-demounting machine having a bead breaking arm with a work head having a head-holder support (10), bracket member (6) pivoted at one end thereof to the head-holder support (10), a bead breaker tool (2) supported at the other end of the at least one bracket member (6) and configured to engage a bead of a tire (P), a lever element (7) pivoted to the head-holder support (10) and bearing a feeler pin arm portion (9) configured to control the lever element (7) and a biasing member configured to yieldably keep the lever element (7) in the work position.
US07798192B2 Method and system for preparing webs with sequentially applied previously prepared substrates
The present invention relates to a system for producing an incrementally laminated web having a series of discrete, individual segments that are preprinted prior to being placed on the web. The system includes a supply of individual segments that are prepared by cutting one or more sheets that have been printed in a number of pre-determined areas. The segments are placed into a supply or hopper which supplies a feeder mechanism that places each segment individually on a rotary positioning cylinder. The cylinder, through use of a segment holding or receiving area then positions each of the segments on a traveling web in a particular arrangement ranging from slightly overlapping to spaced from one another.
US07798189B2 Radial tire for airplane with zigzag belt cord having specified heat shrinkage stress
A radial tire for airplane comprises a pair of bead cores, a radial carcass, and a belt disposed on an outer periphery of a crown portion of the radial carcass and comprised of plural belt layers each containing organic fiber cords, in which a total strength in a circumferential direction over a full width of the belt Tbelt(N) satisfies Tbelt/WD≧1.5×106 when an outer diameter of the tire is D (m) and a width of the tire is W (m), and at least one layer of the belt layers is constituted with an organic fiber cord extending zigzag in the circumferential direction and satisfying the following equations (I) and (II): σ≧−0.01E+1.2  (I) σ≧0.02  (II) (wherein σ is a heat shrinkage stress at 177° C. (cN/dtex) and E is an elastic modulus at 25° C. under a load of 49 N (cN/dtex)).
US07798188B2 Laminate of thermoplastic resin and rubber and pneumatic tire using the same
A laminate of a thermoplastic resin and rubber comprising a thermoplastic resin layer (A) made of a matrix of a polyamide resin matrix containing an elastomer dispersed therein and an unvulcanized diene-based rubber layer (B) containing a diene-based rubber and a low molecular weight diene-based rubber having an acid anhydride group and having a weight average molecular weight of 500 to 50,000 laminated partially or totally in at least one layer each to form a laminate integrated at the time of vulcanization and a pneumatic tire using the same.
US07798187B1 Woodworking machinery stop and track system
A woodworking machinery jig and fixture system has a stop with a half-dovetail surface and can be provided with one or more T-slots. The half-dovetail surface can be clamped against a half-dovetail surface on the support, or against a flat surface. In one of the stops, the base has multiple through holes, any one of which can be used to mount a flip stop arm so as to vary the height of the arm or use a zero clearance fence.
US07798183B2 Integrated compressor-tire sealant injection device with large mouth sealant container
An integrated compressor-tire sealant injection device with a sealant container and a compressor is provided. The integrated compressor-tire sealant injection device has a compressor unit that has a compressor and a connector to a bottle of sealant integrated into the compressor unit so that a bottle of sealant is connectable to the device to inflate a tire wherein the connector has first and second ball valves.
US07798180B2 Harness fabricating apparatus
An electric harness fabricating apparatus includes wire reel out means provided for a pressure welding apparatus for pressure-welding a connector a wire of a wire harness; two rotary encoders are provided at a wire supply apparatus for supplying the wire to the pressure welding apparatus and for detecting the of wire supplied from the wire supply apparatus to the pressure welding apparatus. A main computer is provided to calculate the length of wire reeled out by the wire reel out means and a detected value detected by the rotary encoders and calculating a difference therebetween. The computer provides a means for comparing the difference calculated by the calculating means with a previously determined allowable range, and the wire reel out amount abnormality determining means for determining that an actual amount of wire fed out by the wire reel out means is different from the desired reel out amount when the difference exceeds the allowable range by a comparison by the comparing means.
US07798178B2 Shed forming device for a weaving machine
The invention relates to a shed forming device for a weaving machine, comprising two or more sets of hooks (2), which are provided with complementary hooks (2a, 2b) operating in conjunction with a pulley (40), the complementary hooks (2a, 2b) of one set of hooks (2) are operating in conjunction with one pulley (40) and a number of first pulleys (40a) of one or more first sets of hooks (20a) are provided in an upper row (100), and a number of second pulleys (40b) of one or more second sets of hooks (20b) are provided in a lower row (101). On the other hand, the invention relates to a weaving machine comprising a shed-forming device (1) as described above.
US07798175B2 High capacity water diversion conduit
A fluid diversion conduit is described for diverting the flow of fluid, and particularly for diverting water from a stream to a discharge location. The discharge end of the duct has a segment of gradually enlarging cross sectional area, forming a hydraulic flow diffuser. Water flow through this segment is thereby slowed as the flow area increases, and most of the dynamic head of the water flow is recovered, improving flow capacity of the conduit. The rate of flow through the conduit may be monitored and controlled to achieve streamline flow in the diffuser section, and to prevent air from entering the diffuser section. Air entering the conduit may be expelled or otherwise displaced from the conduit.
US07798173B2 Electrically controllable valve
Disclosed is an electrically controllable valve accommodating in its valve housing (4) a second valve member (6) that is operable by the first valve member (2) in order to be able to variably adjust a second valve opening cross-section (A2) that is arranged in series to the first valve opening cross-section (A1), and a third valve opening cross-section (A3) that is releasable by means of the first valve member (2) is positioned in series arrangement to the first valve opening cross-section (A1) in order to limit the hydraulic pressure to a mechanically preset value.
US07798171B2 Valve assembly
The present invention relates to a valve having a first assembly cooperating with a second assembly to create a seal, wherein the first assembly opens before the second assembly opens and closes after the second assembly closes. The invention also relates to a valve wherein the pressure required to open the second assembly is greater than the pressure required to open the first assembly.
US07798165B2 Rupture control system
In various embodiments, the present invention includes a rupture control system comprising an inner hose, an outer hose, and a valve that is actuated by fluid leaking from the inner hose. The inner hose and the outer hose define a containment passageway therebetween, and the valve includes an inlet, an outlet, a passageway extending between the inlet and the outlet, a valve member readily movable between a first position and a second position, and a valve control chamber. In these embodiments, a rupture in the inner hose places the inner hose in fluid communication with the containment passageway and the valve control chamber, and fluid flowing into the valve control chamber moves the valve member from its first position into its second position, the valve member at least partially blocking the valve passageway in the second position.
US07798164B2 Plasmon assisted control of optofluidics
A method of microfluidic control via localized heating includes providing a microchannel structure with a base region that is partially filled with a volume of liquid being separated from a gas by a liquid-gas interface region. The base region includes one or more physical structures. The method further includes supplying energy input to a portion of the one or more physical structures within the volume of liquid in a vicinity of the liquid-gas interface region to cause localized heating of the portion of the one or more physical structures. The method also includes transferring heat from the portion of the one or more physical structures to surrounding liquid in the vicinity of the liquid-gas interface region and generating an interphase mass transport at the liquid-gas interface region or across a gas bubble while the volume of liquid and the gas remain to be substantially at ambient temperature.
US07798163B2 Auxiliary modeling structure for playhouse
An auxiliary modeling structure for playhouse comprises a frame body of playhouse, at least one auxiliary modeling unit, and at least one connecting module. The frame body has a bottom surface of a predetermined area and a cover enclosing the bottom surface. Each auxiliary modeling unit has an external surface which defines an attachable surface of a predetermined area. Each connecting module further includes a first connecting part and a second connecting part. The second connecting part is connectable with the first connecting part in a detachable manner; wherein one of the first and second connecting parts is furnished on the frame body, while the other one is furnished on the auxiliary modeling unit. By using the second connecting part to connect the first connecting part, the auxiliary modeling unit can be connected to the predetermined location of the frame body so as to make the playhouse shaped like a three-dimensional animal, fruit, daily utensil, transportation, or etc.
US07798159B2 At-home integrated cleaning and disinfection system and method for dental hardware
An at-home integrated cleaning and disinfection system for dental hardware, for consumer use includes a compact and portable base unit sized for at-home use by a consumer, the base unit including a holding frame and an ultraviolet lamp. The system also includes a cleaning chamber within which dental hardware and a cleaning solution that includes hydrogen peroxide are receivable. The cleaning chamber fits within the holding frame in a manner such that contents of the cleaning chamber are exposed to light emitted by the ultraviolet lamp. A vibration mechanism is positioned so as to cause the cleaning chamber to vibrate while the cleaning chamber is fitted within the holding frame. To clean and disinfect dental hardware, the consumer places dental hardware in the cleaning chamber, fills the cleaning chamber with the cleaning solution, and inserts the cleaning chamber into the holding frame. The vibration mechanism is activated, so as to cause the cleaning chamber to vibrate while the cleaning chamber is fitted within the holding frame, and the ultraviolet lamp is activated, so as to expose contents of the cleaning chamber to light emitted by the ultraviolet lamp.
US07798154B2 Receptacle having a neck provided with two portions of different diameters
The present invention provides a receptacle comprising: a body; and a neck, comprising: a first portion having a first diameter, and having first fixing means; and a second portion situated between the body of the receptacle and the first portion, said second portion having a second diameter greater than the first diameter, and having second fixing means.
US07798153B2 Nicotiana Kawakamii smokeless tobacco
The invention features a blended smokeless tobacco composition that includes two of the following tobaccos: Nicotiana acaulis, Nicotiana acuminata, Nicotiana acuminata var. multiflora, Nicotiana africana, Nicotiana alata, Nicotiana amplexicaulis, Nicotiana arentsii, Nicotiana attenuata, Nicotiana benavidesii, Nicotiana benthamiana, Nicotiana bigelovii, Nicotiana bonariensis, Nicotiana cavicola, Nicotiana clevelandii, Nicotiana cordifolia, Nicotiana corymbosa, Nicotiana debneyi, Nicotiana excelsior, Nicotiana forgetiana, Nicotiana fragrans, Nicotiana glauca, Nicotiana glutinosa, Nicotiana goodspeedii, Nicotiana gossei, Nicotiana hybrid, Nicotiana ingulba, Nicotiana kawakamii, Nicotiana knightiana, Nicotiana langsdorffii, Nicotiana linearis, Nicotiana longiflora, Nicotiana maritima, Nicotiana megalosiphon, Nicotiana miersii, Nicotiana noctiflora, Nicotiana nudicaulis, Nicotiana obtusifolia, Nicotiana occidentalis, Nicotiana occidentalis subsp. hesperis, Nicotiana otophora, Nicotiana paniculata, Nicotiana pauciflora, Nicotiana petunioides, Nicotiana plumbaginifolia, Nicotiana quadrivalvis, Nicotiana raimondii, Nicotiana repanda, Nicotiana rosulata, Nicotiana rosulata subsp. ingulba, Nicotiana rotundifolia, Nicotiana setchellii, Nicotiana simulans, Nicotiana solanifolia, Nicotiana spegazzinii, Nicotiana stocktonii, Nicotiana suaveolens, Nicotiana sylvestris, Nicotiana thyrsiflora, Nicotiana tomentosa, Nicotiana tomentosiformis, Nicotiana trigonophylla, Nicotiana umbratica, Nicotiana undulata, Nicotiana velutina, Nicotiana wigandioides, and Nicotiana x sanderae.
US07798151B2 Reduction of constituents in tobacco
Methods of selectively reducing constituents in tobacco as well as the tobacco obtained by such methods are disclosed. Subcritical fluids, e.g., liquid carbon dioxide, serve as the reduction media.
US07798129B2 Shot mode transition method for fuel injection system
A fuel injection system for a combustion engine is disclosed. The fuel injection system may have a fuel injector configured to inject fuel in one of a first shot mode and a second shot mode. Additionally, the fuel injection system may have a sensor configured to sense a parameter indicative of a desired rate of change of a supplied fuel quantity and generate a corresponding signal. The fuel injection system may also have a controller in communication with the fuel injector and the sensor. The controller may be configured to operate the fuel injector in one of the first shot mode and the second shot mode during an injection event, based on a count and the signal.
US07798128B2 Apparatus and process for controlling operation of an internal combustion engine having an electronic fuel regulation system
An apparatus and process for controlling an internal combustion engine (C) having an electronic fuel regulation system that provides fuel control for small engines (C) used in garden equipment (B) and small vehicles. An electronic control unit (1) accepts a plurality of signals generated by a plurality of sensors that detect certain environmental characteristics and certain engine operating characteristics. The electronic control unit (1) uses a set of firmware having a number of electronic maps to analyze the plurality of signals to manage operation of a fuel valve (3) and a fuel pump (2) to control the timing and amount of fuel delivered to the cylinder of small internal combustion engine (C) having at least one cylinder.
US07798127B2 Top mounting fuel injector clip
A coupling for suspending a fuel injector from a fuel rail assembly of an internal combustion engine includes a collar that mates with the fuel injector and a retainer clip that engages with the collar thereby mechanically connecting the fuel injector to the fuel rail assembly. The retainer clip includes windows to enable even load distribution upon the socket flange when assembled. Features are integrated in the collar to facilitate correct alignment of the injector relative to the fuel rail. Paired together, the retainer clip and the collar enable a secure, and a keyed fuel injector-to-fuel rail connection that is able to withstand high pressure separating loads.
US07798124B2 Method and system for closed loop combustion control of a lean-burn reciprocating engine using ionization detection
A system and method for controlling knock in a lean burn internal combustion (IC) engine includes a spark plug having an electrode, an electrical circuit, and a controller. The electrical circuit is configured to provide a first voltage to the electrode and detect an ion current during a thermal-ionization phase of the combustion process, and provide a second voltage to the electrode to create a spark and initiate a combustion process within the combustion chamber. The controller is configured to monitor the ion current for a knock condition that includes at least an incipient knock condition, determine a crank angle of the IC engine where the incipient knock occurs, and adjust timing of the IC engine to operate at a crank angle that does not exceed a threshold level beyond inception of incipient knock.
US07798123B2 Internal combustion engine control device
An ion current corresponding to an amount of ion produced by combustion of air fuel mixture in a combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine is detected and an ion current parameter indicative of combustion state is calculated from the ion current. The properties of fuel are determined by a change of combustion state from an engine start time, that is, by a change of the ion current parameter.
US07798118B2 Method and apparatus for incorporation of a flame front—type ignition system into an internal combustion engine
A method and apparatus for installation and functioning of a flame front type ignition system in a throughbore through the wall of the head of an internal combustion engine. The flame front ignition system employs a flame cone which is thread ably inserted within the throughbore. The inboard end of the flame cone is provided with a plurality of exit ports opening from a central channel and into the combustion chamber. The flame cone is provided with indicia on its outboard face and a marker is provided on the outer rim of the throughbore. When an indicia letter on the flame cone is aligned with the marker, the flame cone is properly installed. The depth of insertion of the flame cone is adjustable by means of spacer washers adapted to selectively adjust the dept as well as seal the flame cone in the throughbore.
US07798116B2 Piston/connecting rod assembly for an internal combustion engine
A piston/connecting rod arrangement for an internal combustion engine has a piston upper part with hub supports which lie opposite one another and have hubs and hub holes which delimit a recess, in which the small connecting-rod eye of a connecting rod is arranged. A piston pin is mounted in the small connecting-rod eye and the hub holes. There is at least one oil-guiding face to be provided on that face of the hub support which faces the recess. At least one oil-guiding face opens into at least one oil-collecting space which is arranged in the hub hole, in such a way that the oil-guiding face guides oil into the oil-collecting space.
US07798113B2 Two-step roller finger cam follower assembly having a follower travel limiter
A two-step roller finger follower assembly for use in conjunction with a camshaft of an internal combustion engine, wherein the camshaft has at least one first lobe and at least one second lobe. The roller finger follower assembly comprises a follower body for engaging the first cam lobe and having a central aperture, a follower pivotably disposed on the follower body in the central aperture for engaging the second cam lobe, and a limiting stop disposed on the follower body for engaging a feature on the follower to limit travel of the follower body with respect to the follower. The limiting stop prevents overtravel of the follower body during valve-deactivation mode of the assembly, thus preventing excessive leak down of an associated hydraulic lash adjuster.
US07798112B2 Dual lift rocker arm latch mechanism and actuation arrangement therefor
A rocker arm assembly includes first and second rocker arms defining a pivot location. The first rocker arm includes, toward a first axial end thereof adjacent the pivot location, a fulcrum surface and, toward a second axial end thereof, a latch assembly including a latch member moveable between latched and unlatched conditions relative to a latch surface defined by an adjacent portion of the second rocker arm. The latch assembly further including a spring biasing the latch member toward one of the latched and unlatched conditions, and a pressure chamber operable to bias the latch member toward the other of the latched and unlatched conditions. The first rocker arm further includes a fluid passage having a first end in open fluid communication with the fulcrum surface and a second end in open fluid communication with the pressure chamber of the latch assembly.
US07798105B1 Method of instructing a horse to jump
A method for instructing a horse to jump over a barricade, comprising acclimating the horse to the barricade, wherein such acclimation comprises providing a jump wherein the jump comprises an overlay having visually depicted thereon a realistic image of the barricade; providing the horse with visual access to the image depicted on the first overlay; and having the horse jump over the jump. The horse may be instructed to jump over an endless number of types of barricades simply by removing the overlay from the jump and replacing it with an overlay having depicted thereon a visual image of the desired type of barricade. By repeating the jumping process over the overlay bearing an image of the particular type of barricade, the horse will proficiently and cost effectively learn to jump over the actual barricade when presented to the barricade.
US07798104B2 Livestock footbath system
A footbath system for livestock includes a water and/or chemical containment tank, a footbath pan with a drainage exit door, non-turbulent flow, and a multiple branch system.
US07798101B2 Apparatus and method to remove animal waste from litter
An apparatus and method for separating animal waste from litter are provided. In one form, the apparatus includes a drum that contains litter and a helical rake that is rotatable in the drum. The rake can rotate relative to the drum to reduce power requirements for the rotary rake drive. Preferably, the drum is also rotatable by turning of the rake in the drum, but only for a limited, fixed angular distance which also reduces peak power requirements for the rotary drive motor for the rake.
US07798099B2 Modular bird feeder system
A modular bird feeder system has a plurality of different modular bird feeder components which can be interchangeably connected based on user preference. All components are slideably mounted on a vertically standing pole. The slideable components include a feed filling funnel, an upper feed tray, a lower feed tray, a squirrel guard, and a feeder unit position adjustment handgrip which controls the upward and downward movement along the pole of the integral bird feeder unit which is assembled. An adjustable locking pin extending from the pole is used to maintain the bird feeder unit in the uppermost bird feeding position on the pole, regardless of which components are being used. When the pin is removed, the handgrip facilitates control of the bird feeder unit as it slides from its bird feeding position to a user-friendly, convenient feed filling position on the pole.
US07798098B1 Animal feeder
The animal feeder has an elevated container, a food distributor and a collector around the distributor. Feed placed in the container exits through the container lower opening and falls onto the distributor spinner plate. When activated, the spinner plate throws the feed into a bin of the collector. The feed falls from the collector bin into a conduit, where it travels to a trough. The collector is removably coupled to the feeder to allow the feeder to dispense feed either on the ground (without the collector) or into the collector trough. The length of the conduit is adjustable to allow the trough to bear on the ground. The collector bin is provided with a transparent hatch to allow access to the distributor.
US07798097B2 Plasma booster for plasma treatment installation
An arrangement for boosting or igniting a glow discharge plasma for coating workpieces has at least one hollow body of an electrically conductive material formed such that when an electric signal is applied to the hollow body at least in a certain pressure and voltage range, the geometric conditions for the ignition of a discharge in the interior of the hollow body are satisfied. The hollow body has at least one opening through which charge carriers can flow off into the environs of the arrangement in order to ignite and operate the plasma or to boost a plasma existing there. The arrangement has a mechanism which connects the hollow body electrically with the workpieces such that the hollow body is essentially at workpiece potential.
US07798092B2 Process and apparatus for treating a particulate material
A process for treating a particulate material is described, comprising the steps of filling the material into a container, the container having a base, an upright wall widening from bottom to top, and a deflection element adjoining the wall in an upper region of the container, moving the material in the container in a continuous circulatory movement along the base to the wall and along the wall upward by rotating the wall about a vertical axis of rotation, and moving the material along the deflection element by an air stream, which is introduced substantially from bottom to top through at least one air gap in a transition region from the wall to the deflection element and, in a region adjacent to the air gap, substantially tangentially with respect to the course of at least one of the wall and the deflection element. Further an apparatus for carrying out the process is described.
US07798091B2 Meter device and vehicle
A meter device for a vehicle with enhanced visibility that is easily discriminated from other meter devices. A speedometer includes a meter panel having an indication surface that indicates a running speed, and a finger moving in an area above the meter panel. A light guide surrounds a rim part of the meter panel. The light guide is formed with a light guiding member which guides light from a light source. A rim frame section of the light guide protrudes over the indication surface from a back side of the meter panel toward a front side.
US07798088B2 Planing pontoon tube
An improved water tight, chambered planing pontoon assembly incorporates a hollow shell with a cross sectional shape in the form of an upper portion and lower portion. The upper portion of the shape is generally semi-cylindrical extending downward and terminates with opposing chines extending the full length of the tube. The lower portion of the shape is formed by equal and opposing planing surfaces which extend upward at acute angles from a vertical center line, then turn outward, perpendicular to the vertical center line, meeting at the chines. The tube terminates on the bow end with an elongate semi-cone and on the opposite end with a water tight bulkhead. The upper and lower portions of the tube are formed of one homogeneous sheet of metal. The semi-cone with opposing chine portions is formed of one homogeneous sheet of metal.
US07798086B2 Apparatus and method for docking, deploying and recovering an underwater vehicle
An apparatus for deployment and recovery of an underwater vehicle can be introduced into a recovery tube of an underwater recovery vehicle. The apparatus has a moveable tube provided with an insertion/extraction device at one of its ends. The device is in the form of a tube or of a ring in a retracted state and in the form of a funnel in an extended state. There is also disclosed a method for deployment and a method for recovery of an underwater vehicle by way of the above-mentioned apparatus that is introduced into a recovery tube of an underwater recovery vehicle. Additionally, there is disclosed a method for docking an underwater vehicle at a recovery tube of an underwater recovery vehicle provided with the above-mentioned apparatus.
US07798085B2 Apparatus, systems and methods for disconnecting an elongated member extending from a waterborne vessel
In some embodiments, apparatus for disconnecting at least one elongated member extending between a waterborne vessel and at least one other object includes a cable extendable between the waterborne vessel and the other object. When the distance between the waterborne vessel and the other object exceeds a certain distance, the cable causes the at least one elongated member to be released from the vessel or other object.
US07798078B2 Granular containment assembly and method
A containment assembly and method includes generally side-by-side longitudinal tanks that are oriented substantially along a direction of travel of the containment assembly. The containment assembly includes a frame, a ground engagement member, and a plurality of tanks coupled to the frame. Each tank includes a longitudinal axis defined between a fore end and an aft end that is substantially parallel to the direction of travel. A length between the fore end and the aft end of the tank is greater than the width between a left side and a right side of the tank. A tank bottom surface is contoured to direct the granular material toward the aft end. The plurality of tanks are oriented such that at least a right side or a left side of one tank is proximate at least a right side or a left side of another one of the plurality of tanks.
US07798076B1 Modular furniture system
A modular furniture system that includes a base cabinet having a drawer used for storage and able to be opened and closed; a plurality of shelf members; means for support the plurality of shelf members in at least one stacked array over said base cabinet; and a plurality of modular leg members that are interengageable by screwing together and that are adapted for placement in said drawer.
US07798069B2 Suspension for a rail vehicle
A suspension for a rail vehicle includes a bogie pedestal 10, an axle box 11 and suspension springs 16, 18 and 19 arranged such that the axle box supports load exerted on the pedestal via the springs. The suspension includes a pair of wedge elements 20 urged, by means of springs 18 and 19, into engagement with faces 30 of the pedestal and faces 21 of the axle box. This engagement causes damping of axle box movements. Wedge elements 20 are urged resiliently in opposing directions A and B into frictional slidable contact at the faces 21 by means of additional preset springs 40 mounted at the pedestal 11. This further urging is independent of the load carried by the springs and provides improved suspension characteristics.
US07798068B2 Friction drive trolley conveyor
A friction drive trolley conveyor has a conveying traveling body provided with a friction drive load bar having traction purpose engaging means at both ends thereof and allows traction drive to be easily conducted without fail even at the time of conveying a heavy object. The traction purpose engaging means is composed of an engaged shaft arranged in the horizontal direction within a vertical notched portion formed at one end of the load bar, a hook member vertically swingably pivotally supported at an intermediate position in vertical height of the load bar at the other end of the load bar and a holding means holding the hook member in an engaged posture or a disengaged posture, and on a traveling route side, a first switching means switching the hook member from the engaged posture to the disengaged posture and a second switching means switching the hook member from the disengaged posture to the engaged posture.
US07798067B2 Thin turntable
A turntable for a heavy object such as a car which includes a ground-engaging member and a load-supporting platform each having load surfaces facing each other, the load-supporting platform being supported off the ground-engaging member by an intermediate load transfer unit comprising a plurality of rotatable bearing elements distributed across an extended region of the load surfaces to allow rotation of the load-supporting platform with respect to the ground-engaging member.
US07798061B2 Portable airbrush with improved paint mechanism and stencil assembly
A portable airbrush with improved mechanisms for aerosolizing paint and for facilitating stenciling. The device utilizes an air compressor that is compact, portable and relatively lightweight. The air compressor is housed in a base that has projections to hold stencils in positions that make it easier for a person to spray his or her own nails. The stencils are removably attached to the projections with stencil fasteners. The mechanism for aerosolizing the paint arranges an air-emitting nozzle, a paint-emitting needle, and its attached paint reservoir in such a way that when the nozzle and paint reservoir are removed from the wand, substantially no residual paint remains in the wand. The air compressor may be battery-powered or powered by house current, and the device may be packaged in a case with numerous stencils and refillable bottles of paint.
US07798057B2 Cooking devices
A cooking device comprises a cooking surface and a wall structure that extends away with respect to the cooking surface. Examples of the cooking device include a closure configured to be moved with respect to the wall structure from a first position to a second position. Access to the cooking surface is provided when the closure is oriented in the first position and the closure is configured to cooperate with the wall structure to define a cooking chamber when the closure is oriented in the second position. A handle can be attached to the closure, wherein the closure is configured to move from the second position to the first position by moving the handle away with respect to the wall structure. In addition or alternatively, the cooking device may include a rotisserie device with an arm configured to move from a retracted position to an extended position with respect to the wall structure. If provided, a portion of the arm can be positioned within an interior area portion of the wall structure in the retracted position and the portion of the arm can extend outside of the interior area portion of the wall structure in the extended position.
US07798056B2 Fruit flavoring in the image of a fruit portion stored with a vessel for flavoring a fluid
An assembly and method are provided for storing and dispensing a soluble substance, such as a flavoring, into a liquid. A useful application of the subject invention includes the case where lime-flavored liquid is contained in a foam artificial lime stored in the neck of a beer bottle, attached to a beer bottle or can, or attached to the 6-pack or 12-pack carton. The artificial lime may be retrieved from the neck or a protective covering and acted upon so it diffuses the lime-flavored liquid into the beer when it is inserted into the beer bottle. Alternately, juice from the artificial lime may be squeezed into the beer, or the artificial lime may be simply retrieved and discarded. Rather than needing to buy a natural lime, cut it up and push a wedge into a beer bottle, an artificial lime, or a packaged natural lime, may be stored directly in or with the beer bottle and placed in functional contact with the beer at time of consumption.
US07798054B2 Dispensing of a substance
The invention proposes to dispense a substance from a container (1) filled with a single portion of a substance. The container comprises a preformed deformable body, preferably made of sheet material, defining a filling cavity which body has an opening (6) and an integral planar circumferential rim (5) surrounding said opening, which opening is closed by a cover sheet (7) which is sealed to the circumferential rim (5) by means of a circumferential sealing seam (10). The container with the substance is opened by making use of the deformability of the cover sheet (7). A support surface supports the cover sheet (7) except at the position of a recess (10b). The recess (10b) is positioned at least over a part of the circumferential sealing seam. Upon compression of the container body the substance is pressurized and the cover sheet (7) bulges out into the recess (10b) such that the sealing seam (10) is broken at the location where the bulge is formed resulting in the container being open.
US07798053B2 System for producing beverages
The present disclosure relates to a system for producing beverages or other food products which includes, generally and broadly, controllably dispensing water from the system for use in brewing. Water is introduced to a heated water reservoir heating and subsequent use in a process such as brewing. An active thermal expansion system is provided to accommodate water which expands from the reservoir as a result of the heating process. One form of thermal expansion system may include a controllable expansion device accommodates an accumulation of water which expands during the heating process and then returns the water to the flow of water during a brew cycle or drains the water from the system.
US07798051B2 Arrangement for electrical energy transmission in a gun
An electrical energy-insulating, preferably ceramic, insert (15) which is fitted in a barrel (2) is adapted in order to prevent electrical energy transmission (16) from an electric igniter (3) to a barrel body on firing of an ammunition unit (11) which can be initiated with the electric igniter (3). The insert is arranged in a position for firing of the ammunition unit. By means of the invention, a simple solution is obtained to the problem of electrical energy transmission by virtue of the fact that other measures do not have to be taken, for example the cases of the ammunition units do not have to be adapted by complicated and cost-increasing measures.
US07798050B2 Quick-response drive mechanism for controlling the movement of an object relative to a support
An improved drive mechanism (100) adapted to be mounted on a support for controllably moving a first output shaft (16) about either or both of two orthogonal axes (T, E). The drive mechanism has a stationary lower portion adapted to be mounted on the support and having a movable upper portion mounted for movement relative to the stationary portion. The improved drive mechanism broadly includes: a first power train (10, 12, 2, 4, 14) for controllably rotating a first gear (6); a second power train (9, 11, 1, 3,13) for controllably rotating a second gear (5); and a third gear (7) connected to the first output shaft and meshing with at least one of the first and second gears. The first, second and third gears form a portion of a differential-like mechanism (18) mechanically coupling the first and second power trains to the first output shaft. The first and second power trains may be selectively operated to controllably and cooperatively move the first output shaft to a desired position relative to the support.
US07798046B2 Mortar blast attenuator diffuser
An orifice entry diverging multi vane conical venturi diffuser for a mortar tube that provides a surface at the discharge end of a mortar tube for measuring or sensing instruments. The internal,vanes comprise the primary surface and the conical venturi wall comprises the secondary surface. This apparatus allows a solid object of the equivalent diameter of the entry orifice when propelled by gas pressure to travel through the diffuser into the open atmosphere while at the same time providing an increasing volumetric flow path for the discharge of the propellant gas. The vanes axial parallel primary surface area is used to provide a port for instrumentation. The area between the primary and secondary surfaces of circumferentially spaced vanes provides the gas flow channels when the center section formed by the vanes primary surfaces is obstructed by a solid object with the equivalent diameter of the entry orifice.
US07798043B1 Weight discrimination of colliding ballistic objects
When a kinetic kill vehicle is launched against an incoming ballistic object and the two objects collide, by measuring the deflection angle of the trajectory of the merged object and comparing the deflection angle against a threshold value, a determination is made as to the relative weight of the incoming ballistic object and whether or not the incoming ballistic object is a decoy and not the warhead.
US07798042B2 Reciprocated knife having an integral tangent axis orientation drive
A reciprocated knife cuts pattern work material pieces without rotating a housing tube for orientation of the cutting knife. An integrated tangent axis drive motor orients the cutting knife, eliminating any inertia caused by the cutting housing tube and preventing the slowing of the angular acceleration and increasing the speed of the knife orientation. Alternative motor types are provided by various embodiments of the invention.
US07798039B2 Cross cutting device and method for operating such a cross cutting device
The invention relates to a cross cutting device and a corresponding operating method for manufacturing cut-out portions from a flat material web which is moved in a direction of transportation. The device has two cross cutting units which each have a fixed blade and a rotating blade arranged on a rotational element, and said cross cutting units are spaced apart from one another in the direction of transportation. The second rotational element can be connected to a suction device in such a way that in a case of application the cut-out portion is at least temporarily secured on the second rotational element. According to the invention, the second rotational element has, along its circumferential face, a plurality of zones, to which suction air can be applied individually and/or in combination, in order to secure cut-out portions of different formats.
US07798036B2 Joint driving device
A first elastic body actuator and a second elastic body actuator are used for driving a first configuration member and a second configuration member to swing them with respect to each other. One end portion of the first elastic body actuator is secured to the first configuration member and the other end portion of the first elastic body actuator is secured to the second configuration member, and one end portion of the second elastic body actuator is secured to the first configuration member and the other end portion of the second elastic body actuator is secured to the second configuration member, such that the position at which the other end portion of the second elastic body actuator is secured to the second configuration member and the position at which the one end portion of the first elastic body actuator is secured to the second configuration member are substantially symmetric about a rotational joint. The interval between the portion of the first elastic body actuator, which is secured to the second configuration member, and the portion of the second elastic body actuator, which is secured to the second configuration member, is moved by a securing-position variable mechanism.
US07798035B2 Mechanical arm including a counter-balance
A mechanical arm comprises a forearm, a spring, and an upper arm disposed between the forearm and the spring, wherein the forearm applies a moment to the upper arm. A copying device associated with the upper arm copies a force associated with the moment to the spring. The spring is adapted to apply a counter-force resisting at least a portion of the moment to reduce a torque for urging the forearm.
US07798030B2 Twin clutch transmission design with selective hybrid power transfer compatibility
In to a modular transmission design for twin-clutch transmissions which are alternatively equipped with, or without, hybrid functionality in particular for use in connection with front-wheel drive motor vehicles, the transmission is designed to optionally accommodate the components providing the hybrid capability.
US07798028B2 Transmission system
A transmission system made of gears and bearings. The system improves the efficiency of force transfer between rotational motion and rectilinear motion. To accomplish this, the gears and bearings are assembled to allow maximum torque output during force input and reproduced cyclically. Bearings of the transmission system allow a crank to rotate to a position to increase the torque applied on gears to output shaft.
US07797991B2 Rocking Y-shaped probe for critical dimension atomic force microscopy
Measuring surface profiles of structures on integrated circuits is difficult when feature sizes are less than 100 nanometers. Atomic force microscopy provides surface profile measurement capability on flat horizontal surfaces, but has difficulty with three-dimensional structures such as MOS transistor gates, contact and via holes, interconnect trenches and photoresist patterns. An atomic force microscopy probe with two atomically sharp tips configured to facilitate measurements of three-dimensional structures is disclosed. A method of making such measurements using the disclosed probe and a method of fabricating an IC encompassing the method are also claimed.
US07797989B2 Sample injector, in particular for high-power liquid chromatography
A device for feeding samples to a separating device and for collecting sample fractions generated by means of the separating device, especially for high-performance liquid chromatography, with a first switch valve unit, which has at least eight ports and two switch positions. The device has a dosing device for feeding a sample to the switch valve unit, which is connected to a suction port of the first switch valve unit and which interacts with a removal and discharge device for the removal of a sample from at least one sample-holding container and for the discharge of each fraction into one of several fraction-holding containers, which is connected to a suction and discharge port of the first switch valve unit. The device uses a single switch valve unit configured in a new way to replace the function of two switch valve units, resulting in significantly simpler and cheaper construction.
US07797987B2 Test sensor with a side vent and method of making the same
A test sensor assisting in determining an analyte concentration in a fluid sample comprises a lid, a base and a spacer. The spacer has first and second spacer sections. The first spacer section has a first spacer side and a first spacer end. The second spacer section has a second spacer side and a second spacer end. The lid, base and spacer are attached such that a fluid chamber is formed between a portion of a lower lid surface and an upper base surface, and between the first and second spacer sides. The lower lid surface, the upper base surface, the first spacer end and the second spacer end form a side vent therebetween that is in communication with the fluid chamber.
US07797986B2 Magnetic fluid particulate separation process
A fluid tester includes an inlet for a fluid path, an ionization chamber defining at least part of the fluid path located downstream from the inlet, a charge chamber configured to subject a fluid to an electric field defining at least part of the fluid path located downstream of the ionization chamber, a patch holder configured to hold a patch into the fluid path downstream of the electric chamber and an outlet for the fluid path. A method of testing a fluid includes ionizing a fluid, moving particles suspended in the fluid by passing the fluid through an electric field, passing the fluid through a patch and analyzing a patch.
US07797985B2 Method and system for operating an air gauge at programmable or constant standoff
Provided are a methods and systems for determining a topography of an object. In an embodiment, a system includes a reference probe configured to measure a surface of a reference surface and to generate a reference signal, a measuring probe configured to measure a surface of an object and to generate a measurement signal, a sensor configured to sense a position of the measuring probe and to generate a sensor signal, and a combiner configured to receive the sensor signal and the measurement signal and to generate a combination signal therefrom. A desired distance between the measuring probe and the object is substantially maintained by adjusting the position of the measuring probe based on the measurement signal. A topography of the object is determined based at least on a comparison of the reference signal and the combination signal.
US07797976B2 Method for the production of a flange on a metal blank, and transmission part
A method of forming a flange on a circular metal blank (1) has the following steps: By means of at least one pressure roller (3), a hub-type and/or conical structure is formed on the circular metal blank, and from the conical structure (4), a flange (7) is formed on the circular metal blank (1) by means of a subsequent treatment.
US07797975B2 Tooling system
An element (10) for use in a tooling system which comprises a plurality of elements arranged in an array, the elements of the array being movable between a closed position in which the elements contact one another and are secured in position, and an open position in which the elements of the array are spaced apart and are capable of vertical movement relative to one another is characterized in that the element comprises tagging means (8) providing the element with a unique identifier. The tagging means preferably comprises a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag.
US07797973B2 Hierarchical cylinder lock systems
A hierarchical lock system includes a first cylinder lock having a cylindrical plug, rotatable, reciprocating tumbler pins, a slider disposed within the plug and a side bar that cooperates with the cylinder plug, the slider, and the tumbler pins to control rotation of the lock. A second cylindrical lock includes a cylindrical plug, reciprocating tumbler pins, a slider, and a side bar that cooperates with the cylindrical plug and the slider. A first key is configured to open both the first and second locks by elevating and rotating the tumbler pins, and moving the slider to an unlocked position with respect to the side bar. A second key is able to open only the second cylindrical locks by elevating but not rotating the tumbler pins and by moving the slider to an unlocked position with respect to the side bar.
US07797972B2 Secure fire hydrant cap
A security device for engaging a threaded element includes an inner body configured to engage the threaded element and an outer body operatively coupled to the inner body. A pin is operatively coupled to the inner body and movable between an extended position and a retracted position such that the outer body moves relative to the inner body when the pin is disposed in the retracted position and the outer body and the inner body are operatively coupled for simultaneous movement when the pin is disposed in the extended position.
US07797968B2 Method to make circular knit elastic fabric comprising spandex and hard yarns
Circular knit, elastic fabrics of at least one of single jersey, French terry, and fleece are disclosed that include a bare elastomeric material plated with spun and/or continuous filament hard yarns. The circular knit, elastic fabrics of at least one of single jersey, French terry, and fleece are manufactured by a method that does not require a dry heat setting step. The method requires drafting the bare elastomeric material no more than about 7× its original length when knitting to form the circular knit, elastic, single jersey, French terry, or fleece fabric. The method includes contacting the knit fabric with an aqueous solution under very low tension and under conditions of temperature and pressure for a period of time sufficient to substantially set the elastomeric material.
US07797967B2 Warp knitting fabric and its manufacturing method
A warp knitting fabric, excellent in a dimension stability and a shape stability or the like and preferably used for underpants or panty, or a shirt or the like, including: tube-shaped fabric parts that form articles in a predetermined pattern; marginal fabric portions that are knitted simultaneously with said fabric parts, and to be eventually cut therefrom; and bridging portions formed by knitting at a predetermined interval in wale direction, each of which connects a fringe of said fabric part onto the marginal fabric portion contiguous to the fringe; and wherein the bridging portions are formed by knitting to have a dimension of 2-20 courses in the wale direction, at an interval of 2-50 courses.
US07797965B2 Method for producing tubes of quartz glass
In a known method for producing tubes of quartz glass, a hollow cylinder (2) of quartz glass is continuously supplied to a heating zone (1) and is softened therein in regions, and a tube strand (21) is drawn off at a drawing speed from the softened region with formation of a drawing bulb (26), and the tubes to be produced are cut to length in the form of tube strand pieces by separating the tube strand (21) at a desired separation point (T, Vu, Vo) and an internal pressure differing from the external pressure applied to the outer cladding is maintained in the inner bore (4) of the hollow cylinder (2) in that the inner bore (4) of the tube strand is provided with a flow obstacle. Starting therefrom to indicate a simple method which permits the manufacture of particularly large volume quartz glass tubes with utmost precision, while observing narrow tolerances, it is suggested according to the invention that the flow obstacle should be configured as a constriction (28, 29) of the inner bore which is produced by softening and plastic deformation of the tube strand in the area of a deformation zone (Vu, Vo).
US07797964B1 Ring clasp and sizer
A kit having a ring sizer and ring joiner. The kit has a plurality of circular bands that fit into and engage with a plurality of adjacent rings, such as a wedding ring and an engagement ring, to secure the plurality rings together. In addition, the bands are made in different thickness so the bands can also be used to adjust the size of the rings.
US07797958B2 HVAC system controlled by a battery management system
An HVAC system for a vehicle. The HVAC system includes a battery management controller, which can be used to run the components of the HVAC system when the engine of the vehicle is not running.
US07797955B2 Supercritical cycle and expansion valve used for refrigeration cycle
A supercritical cycle comprises an evaporator, a compressor, a gas cooler and a main valve portion of an expansion valve arranged in that order. An internal heat exchanger is arranged for exchanging heat between the high-pressure side refrigerant flowing toward the main valve portion of the expansion valve from the gas cooler and the low-pressure side refrigerant flowing toward the compressor from the evaporator. The expansion valve is formed integrally with a temperature sensing portion for controlling the main valve portion, and includes a bypass for supplying the refrigerant to the temperature sensing portion from the upstream side of the internal heat exchanger in which the high-pressure side refrigerant flows and an orifice for supplying the refrigerant from the temperature sensing portion to the refrigerant circuit downstream of the main valve portion.
US07797954B2 Cooling system, particularly for a motor vehicle, and method for cooling a heat source
In a cooling system, particularly a cooling system for motor vehicles, including a cooling circuit and a refrigerating circuit which are coupled to one another via a refrigerant/coolant heat exchanger and a third medium/coolant heat exchanger arranged in the cooling circuit, a heat source to be cooled is arranged in the cooling circuit and means are provided for controlling the quantity of coolant flowing through the refrigerant/coolant heat exchanger.
US07797952B2 Defrosting method of drum-type washing machine
A defrosting method of a drum-type washing machine is provided. The defrosting method includes performing a warm water supply operation upon receiving a defrost command; performing a water discharge operation; performing a heating operation if a water level has not yet decreased; and performing an additional water discharge operation.
US07797949B2 Device for moulding food substances
A device for molding foodstuff masses comprises: one or more molds (14) provided with sockets (16) which define pouring cavities; inserts (22) made of thermally conductive material associated, in a relationship of heat exchange, with the pouring cavities (16); and thermal-conditioning units (24), such as Peltier cells, associated to the inserts made of thermally conductive material (2). There is present a control unit (34) for generating signals for control of the thermal-conditioning units (24) so as to provide cycles of thermal treatment of the material undergoing selectively pre-determined pouring.A preferential application is in the sector of the confectionery industry.
US07797946B2 Double U design for mid-turbine frame struts
A mid-turbine frame is connected to at least one mount of a gas turbine engine for transferring a first load from a first bearing and a second load from a second bearing to the mount. The mid-turbine frame includes a first load structure, a second load structure, and a plurality of struts. The first load structure combines the first load and the second load into a combined load. The second load structure transfers the combined load to the mount. The struts are connected between the first load structure and the second load structure and transfers the combined load from the first load structure to the second load structure.
US07797945B2 Bleed valve outlet flow deflector
A bleed valve assembly for discharging bleed air into a gas turbine engine bypass plenum includes a bleed flow duct, a bleed valve, and a flow deflector. The bleed flow duct is contoured such that it delivers uniformly flowing bleed air to the flow deflector when the bleed valve is in the open position. The flow deflector has a plurality of openings formed therein. Each opening fluidly communicates the bleed air flow passage with the bypass plenum. A portion of the openings are oriented at a discharge angle such that bleed air is discharged from each opening in a direction that does not have a vector component in the direction in which air is flowing in the bypass plenum, and another portion of the openings are oriented to provide stress relief to the deflector.
US07797943B2 Core burning for scramjet engines
A pilot for a scramjet provides a flame front whose arrival at the wall of the scramjet combustor is delayed thereby reducing combustor heat load. By combining in-stream injection of fuel with an interior pilot and a lean (fuel-poor) outer annulus, the bulk of combustion is confined to the scramjet combustor center. This concept, referred to as “core-burning,” further reduces combustor heat load. One such pilot is for a two dimensional scramjet effective to propel a vehicle. This pilot includes a plurality of spaced apart struts separated by ducts and a strut pilot contained within each strut. A second such pilot is for an axisymmetric scramjet engine has, in sequence and in fluid communication, an air intake, an open bore scramjet isolator and a scramjet combustor. This centerbody pilot pod includes a pilot isolator disposed between the air intake and a pilot diffuser, the pilot diffuser disposed between the pilot isolator and a pilot with the pilot disposed between the pilot diffuser and a pilot combustor. The pilot pod is in axis symmetry around a central axis of the scramjet isolator and supported by a plurality of struts extending from an inner wall of the open bore to an outer surface of the centerbody pilot pod.
US07797942B2 Gas turbine combustor having multiple independently operable burners and staging method thereof
In a combustor of a gas turbine which has a pilot nozzle being installed to the center of the axis of a combustor basket and a plurality of main nozzles being installed to the vicinity of the pilot nozzle and provided with a premixing tool on the outer circumference thereof, wherein, fuel being injected as air-fuel pre-mixture from the main nozzle into the interior of a transition piece forming a combustion chamber downstream of the combustor basket is ignited by diffusion flame being generated by the pilot nozzle in the transition piece so as to generate a premixed flame in the transition piece, wherein combustion is performed by a part of the plurality of main nozzles from start-up until a predetermined load rate and then performed by adding the remaining portion of the plurality of main nozzles when the predetermined load rate is exceeded.
US07797940B2 Method and system for producing power from a source of steam
The present invention provides a power plant system for producing power using a source of steam, comprising: a vaporizer into which steam from a source of steam is supplied, for vaporizing organic working fluid flowing through the vaporizer; at least one turbine wherein one of the turbines is an organic vapor turbine to which the vaporized working fluid is supplied and which is suitable for generating electricity and producing expanded organic vapor; a recuperator for heating organic vapor condensate flowing towards the vaporizer the expanded organic vapor exhausted from the organic vapor turbine; and two or more stages of preheating means for additionally heating organic working fluid exiting the recuperator and flowing towards the vaporizer, wherein fluid extracted from one of the turbines is delivered to one of the stages of preheating means.
US07797938B2 Energy recovery system
An energy recovery system is provided having a fluid configured to absorb and convey thermal energy. The system also has an exhaust treatment device cooling system configured to transmit thermal energy from an exhaust treatment device to the fluid. In addition, the system has a turbine that is driven by the fluid configured to convert at least a portion of the thermal energy to mechanical energy. The system further has a generator that is powered by the turbine configured to convert at least a portion of the mechanical energy to electrical energy.
US07797937B2 EGR equipped engine having condensation dispersion device
A condensation dispersion device for use with a power source having an exhaust recirculation system is disclosed. The condensation dispersion device may have a housing with an inlet configured to receive exhaust, and an outlet configured to discharge exhaust. The condensation dispersion device may also have a first static mixing device disposed within the housing and being configured to redirect condensate from an internal wall of the housing into the exhaust.
US07797934B2 Anti-stall system utilizing implement pilot relief
A hydraulic control system for a machine is disclosed. The hydraulic control system may have a source driven by an engine to pressurize fluid, and a tool actuator movable by pressurized fluid. The hydraulic control system may further have a first valve element movable to control an amount of pressurized fluid directed to the tool actuator, and an interface device movable by an operator to control an amount of pressurized fluid directed to move the first valve element. The hydraulic control system may also have a second valve element movable to limit an amount of pressurized fluid available to move the first valve element, and a controller in communication with the second valve element. The controller may be configured to move the second valve element to reduce pressurized fluid directed to the first valve element in an amount related to a load on the engine.
US07797930B2 Exhaust gas purification device of internal combustion engine
An ECU performs exhaust temperature control based on output values of multiple exhaust temperature sensors provided upstream and downstream of a particulate filter provided in an exhaust passage of an engine. The ECU calculates a change speed deviation value by subtracting change speed of outlet side exhaust temperature, which is sensed by one of the exhaust temperature sensors, from change speed of inlet side exhaust temperature, which is sensed by the other one of the exhaust temperature sensors, in an operation state in which temperature of exhaust gas flowing through the particulate filter changes rapidly. The ECU determines that the exhaust temperature sensors are mounted erroneously if the change speed deviation value deviates from a predetermined normal range.
US07797926B2 Apparatus for detecting a state of a particulate filter
A particulate filter is provided in an exhaust system of the engine. Parameter values correlated with a flow amount of exhaust gas of the engine are determined, and differential pressure between upstream and downstream sides of the particulate filter is determined. The ratio of a variation rate of the parameter values correlated with the exhaust flow amount to a variation rate of the differential pressure is compared with a predetermined threshold value during transitional operation of the engine to determine the state of the particulate filter.
US07797924B2 Abnormality diagnosis apparatus for secondary air supply system of engine
An abnormality diagnosis apparatus is used for a secondary air supply system for an internal combustion engine. The system includes an air pump for supplying secondary air into an upstream of a catalyst in an exhaust gas passage of the internal combustion engine. A secondary air detecting means detects secondary air information. An abnormality diagnosis means performs an abnormality diagnosis of the secondary air supply system in accordance with the secondary air information detected using the secondary air detecting means. A temperature information determining means performs at least one of detection and estimation of air pump temperature information. A condition setting means performs at least one of setting and compensating a condition for evaluating normality and abnormality of the secondary air supply system in accordance with the air pump temperature information.
US07797921B2 Control apparatus of extracted air booster system of integrated gasification combined cycle power plant
A control apparatus of an extracted air booster system of an integrated gasification combined cycle power plant can additionally serve a sufficient pressure control function and a sufficient antisurge control function. For example, when an inlet guide vane is fully closed or has a small opening degree equal to or smaller than a predetermined opening degree, a second control section of the control apparatus performs pressure control based on a pressure deviation, instead of or as well as antisurge control. In the pressure control, the degree of opening of an antisurge valve is controlled so that a booster outlet pressure detection value can become equal to a set pressure value. In a case where a pressure ratio is larger than a set pressure ratio value, it is also effective that the second control section performs the antisurge control even when the inlet guide vane is fully closed.
US07797919B2 Strand with increased adherence to metal disks
The invention concerns a rope or a rope element which comprises, in a manner known per se, a reinforcement made of a fiber material varying from the fiber material of the rope or the rope element, respectively. The rope or the rope element, respectively, according to the invention wherein at least one multifilament yarn and/or staple fiber yarn and/or at least one monofilament is/are at least partially provided as the fiber material of the reinforcement.
US07797918B2 Mower with flip up armrest carrying operational controls and display
A riding mower has a frame supported by a plurality of wheels including a pair of front drive wheels covered by front fenders. A plurality of cutting units are arranged in advance of the frame. The operator sits on a seat atop the frame at the front of the frame. The operator mounts and dismounts the seat from behind the front fenders and the front wheel and not from the front, access to the seat from the front being prevented by the placement of the cutting units. A pivotal armrest along one side of the seat normally blocks access to the seat from that side. However, the armrest can be pivoted to a raised position in which it clears the seat to allow the operator to reach the seat from that side of the seat. The armrest carries a lift and lower control for lifting and lowering the cutting units and a start/stop control for starting and stopping the operation of the cutting units, the operational controls moving with the armrest as the armrest moves between its lowered operational position and its raised position.
US07797916B2 Systems and methods for harvesting cotton
Systems for harvesting cotton from plants are provided. In this regard, a representative system incorporates an extracting zone and nozzles. The extracting zone is operative to receive therein stalks of plants from which cotton is to be removed. The nozzles are operative to direct vacuum pressure toward the stalks of the plants received within the extracting zone such that cotton is removed from the stalks and drawn into the nozzles. The nozzles also are operative to move relative to the extracting zone.
US07797915B1 System to clear stuck reels on grass mowing machine
A system to clear stuck reels on a grass mowing machine with a reversible electric or hydraulic motor connected to a cutting reel. The reel motor can rotate in a forward direction and a reverse direction. A controller provides electric signals to the reel motor, and commands the motor to reverse direction if the reel motor does not rotate in the forward direction at a rotational speed at least as high as a preset minimum speed, or rotate a pre-specified number of revolutions.
US07797914B2 Method and device for holding envelopes during insertion
An inserting system is provided for securing an envelope having a window. The system includes a deck slidably supporting the envelope, where the deck defines an insertion area, and a securing mechanism in the insertion area securing the envelope in an insertion location during insertion of a collation. The securing mechanism includes a first securing element selectively securing a first portion of the envelope between the window and an open edge of the envelope and a second securing element selectively securing a second portion of the envelope between the window and a closed edge of the envelope. The inserting system may also include a deflection element disposed on the deck between the first securing element and the second securing element, wherein the deflection element guides the collation away from an edge of the window.
US07797909B2 Apparatus for packaging non-contact printed comestible products
The present disclosure provides an apparatus and method for packaging a non-contact printed edible substrate as well as the resultant packaged product. The packaging apparatus may include a non-contact printer, a carrier, and a package located at a discharge position. The carrier may be constructed and arranged to transport the edible substrate from the print position to the package and orient same in the package so that the printed ink indicia is visible through at least a portion of a panel of the package. At a print position, the non-contact printer is constructed and arranged to apply an edible ink indicia to an edible substrate. The packaging apparatus may form a packaged product having a plurality of compartments where at least one compartment at least partially defined by a panel. The interior of the compartment contains at least one edible substrate comprising a surface and a printed edible ink indicia on the surface so that the ink indicia is visible through at least a portion of the panel.
US07797908B2 Metal framing member
A metal framing member for use in a wide variety of applications including interior and exterior walls, structural insulated panels (SIPs), as well as floors, ceilings and roofs of residential and commercial buildings, to name but a few. The metal framing member generally includes first and second metal components, where each of the metal components is a separate piece and includes an elongated support with a series of fingers extending therefrom. The two metal components are attached together near tips of the fingers so that an alternating sequence of fingers and spaces is formed in an intermediate area between the two supports. This sequence can result in weight, material and cost savings, reduced thermal and acoustic conductivity across the metal framing member, and trade-ready holes for passing through items such as wires, pipes, etc.
US07797906B2 Non-penetrating elastomeric membrane anchoring system
An improved anchoring system for fastening an elastomeric membrane to a roof comprises an anchoring plate with a top planar surface, spaced apart, raised sidewalls over which the membrane may be laid and at least one aperture for securing to a roof. Each sidewall has a retaining lip that extends inwardly from the top planar surface for retaining a spacing insert, a top surface of which has raised flanges, each flange having a retaining lip with a plurality of longitudinally extending gripper ridges. Preferably, the retaining lips on the spacing insert extend over the top surface of the anchoring plate and taper toward one another at one or more areas between their end points. The system further includes a wedge for inserting into a cavity defined by the spacing insert.
US07797905B1 Roofing system and members
The disclosure is directed to a roofing assembly. The roofing assembly can include trusses, purlins, and purlin collars. Purlins can be attached to the trusses, and purlin collars can be attached to the trusses, to the purlins, or both. The purlins and purlin collars can be attached using chemical and/or mechanical fasteners. In one embodiment, the purlins and purlin collars are attached to the trusses with nails. Another embodiment of the disclosure includes an integrated starter-terminator that includes a hat section, a fascia, and a soffit return. The starter-terminator can be attached to the purlins, the purlin collars, or both, and can be attached to the roofing system using any desired attachment mechanisms, including nails.
US07797902B2 Backing metal fixture and external wall constructing structure using the same
The present invention provides a backing metal fixture which is excellent in constructability and stability with fixing an external wall, and an external wall constructing structure using the backing metal fixture. A backing metal fixture used for fixing an external wall to a skeleton via a securing metal fitting and a heat insulating material placed on a front surface of the skeleton, comprising: a butting flat plate portion to be butted against a rear surface of the securing metal fitting having an opening in the center area to allow a fixing member to go through, and a first leg unit and a second leg unit erected rearward from the butting flat plate portion, wherein the second leg unit is erected from a position closer to the opening than the first leg unit.
US07797900B2 Floor profile arrangement for bridging a joint
A floor profile arrangement is provided, in particular for bridging a joint between adjacent floor coverings, with a base profile, a covering profile with at least one sideways projecting covering wing, and a web arrangement as a connection between the base profile and the covering profile, and with an articulation arrangement, the articulation arrangement consisting of an articular cavity disposed on the base profile or the covering profile and an articulation element formed on the lower or on the upper edge of the pivoting web arrangement.
US07797898B2 Portable panel construction and method for making the same
Disclosed herein is a portable panel having numerous favorable characteristics. The panel comprises a core having a length, a width, a first side and a second side. A first fiber layer is attached to the first side while a second fiber layer is attached to the second side. A first polyurethane layer is impregnated in the first fiber layer while a second polyurethane layer is impregnated into the second fiber layer. A first skin is attached to the first polyurethane layer while a second skin is attached to the second polyurethane layer. The panel can be used in the manufacture of tables, flooring, risers, stages, bleachers, and the like.
US07797897B2 Building construction assembly of structural modules
A building construction assembly composed of factory-manufactured thermoplastic structural modules which when interconnected at a building site then create the entire shell of an edifice having side walls and a roof. Each module which is formed of a pair of parallel panels bridged by transverse webs is provided on either side along its length with a pair of flexible catch flanges projecting from the panels. When assembling these modules to create the shell of the edifice, adjacent modules are interconnected in coplanar relation by a double-faced joiner on each face of which is a pair of teeth. When one face of the joiner is pressed against a side of a module, its catch flanges then flex to snap into and behind the teeth to connect the joiner to this module. The other face of the joiner is similarly connected to the side of an adjacent module whereby the modules are then interconnected in coplanar relation. When it becomes necessary to interconnect four modules in a cross formation, use is then made of a square, quad-faced joiner on each face of which are a pair of teeth which are engageable by the catch flanges projecting from the side of the module to be joined to this face.
US07797896B2 Log-cabin type facade
The invention relates to a log-cabin type façade for cladding walls in internal and external areas. Said façade comprises elongated contoured elements (12) and corner elements (16), which are designed to produce an interior corner and an exterior corner for internal and external areas.
US07797890B2 Interlocking floor tiles with mushroom shaped connectors
An interlocking tile system comprises tiles that has a body, interlocking cap structure with a first surface and a second surface; a first curved portion connecting the first surface with a radius of R1 to the second engaging surface with a radius of R2, wherein R1>R2; and a stem supporting the cap structure. The cap is a mushroom-like shape. Such configuration of the connector aids in installation by lessening instances of binding and align and guide the caps into their corresponding receiving areas. The tiles are preferably square, and are connected along all four sides.
US07797882B2 Window positioning apparatus
An apparatus for positioning a vehicle window. The apparatus includes a lift mechanism configured to move the window between a raised position and a lowered position. A strut may bias the window toward the raised position.
US07797880B1 Decorative pole and pedestal stabilizing container
A container for substantially surrounding a pole and a base stand of a device such as a floor lamp is disclosed. The container includes a sidewall integrally attached to a base panel to form a ballast volume and a fixture void extending into the ballast void. The container can take on a variety of shapes and can be split into two sections comprising an upper planter section and a lower reservoir section. The upper planter section includes a ballast volume and a pole void and can include a plurality of drain ports with or without attached protruding hollow legs. The lower reservoir section includes a ballast volume, a watering port, and a base stand void extending into the ballast volume. A wedge section can be provided to partially close off the fixture void to define the aperture in which a freestanding device such as a floor lamp is housed.
US07797878B2 Fire ant suppression system
The present invention provides a method, apparatus and system for treating fire ant mounds. The invention comprises a pressure vessel for holding water and steam, a water heating coil for heating water and a steam heating coil for heating steam. A heat source contemporaneously heats the water heating coil, the steam heating coil and the pressure vessel. Steam is generated, superheated and is supplied to a probe for applying steam to fire ant mounds. A nozzle containing countersunken ports may be attached to the probe. A sliding hammer to aid insertion and extraction may be fixed to the probe. An articulated protective shroud attached to the probe remains in contact with the ant mound surface.
US07797876B2 Elastic fishing device
An elastic fishing device for securing a fishing line directly to a support on or near the water's edge has an elongated elastic member adjustably mounted on a spool which has a winding portion. The elongated elastic member is a shock cord that can be stored on the spool when the device is not in use. Additionally, the device can be adjusted to fit various sized supports and to fish at selected depths.
US07797874B2 Rear aperture sight for rifle
A rear aperture sight for use in conjunction with a front sight post sight on a rifle. The front sight post has a horizontal top edge and vertical side edges. The rear aperture sight comprises a rear sight adapted to be mounted on the rifle. The rear sight has a horizontally elongated aperture formed therein having height and width dimensions. The width dimension is greater than the height dimension. The height dimension is of such a value that the aperture is adapted to cause the horizontal top edge of the front sight post and a horizontal edge of a target to be sharply focused. The width dimension is of such a value that the aperture is adapted to permit a sufficient amount of light to pass through the aperture so that the front sight post and the target are bright.
US07797873B2 Sighting system for a fire arm
Improved sighting system for a fire arm, characterised in that it comprises a single indicator light (6); a sighting device (7) providing an alignment opening (8) with a longitudinal reference plane (XoX′) which is parallel or mainly parallel to the axis (Y-Y′) of the barrel (4) and which is aligned with the indicator light (6); an inclinometer to measure the elevation angle (A) of the fire arm (1); a ballistic calculator (9) connected to the indicator light (6) and to the inclinometer, making it possible to calculate the desired angle of inclination of the fire arm (1) as a function of the distance of the target (18) and to control the indicator light (6) so as to signal at what moment the measured elevation angle (A) corresponds to the calculated elevation angle.
US07797868B1 Sign assembly having arcuate nesting component
A sign assembly having a sign post, a first arcuate nesting component and a first sign panel. The sign post has a sign post perimeter, a sign post longitudinal axis and a sign post elongated slot extending substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis. The first arcuate nesting component is adapted to be secured to the sign post. The first sign panel is adapted to be retained by the first arcuate nesting component. The sign post and the first arcuate nesting component are configured and arranged such that when the first arcuate nesting component is secured to the sign post there is substantially no gap between the first sign panel and the sign post, and the first arcuate nesting component extends around a portion of the sign post perimeter.
US07797867B2 Apparatus and method for retaining and selectively tensioning a sheet material display to a billboard
An apparatus for retaining and selectively tensioning a sheet material display on a billboard which includes a base plate, a handle connected to the base plate, a draw bar operationally associated with the handle, a spring detachably connected to the draw bar, and a chain with one end connected to the spring and the other end capable of being detachably connected to the sheet material display. The draw bar is selectively positioned about the handle in at least two different positions to exert a different amount of tension to the sheet material display when the handle is place in a sheet material display tensioned position.
US07797866B2 Illuminated sign and light source for use with said sign
An illuminable sign (20) has a base (22); a trough (24) having a configuration C formed in the base (22); a light dispensing medium (26) having the configuration C fitted in the trough (24) and including a pair of light-entering ports (28, 30); a light generator (32) fixed in operative relation between the pair of light-entering ports (28, 30), the light generator (32) including at least one light source (34); and a cover (36) fitted to the base.
US07797863B2 Iron sole and iron containing same
Iron's soleplate comprising a body that is a single ceramic plate (1) having an ironing outer side and an inner side (11), and a heating element having at least one screen-printed resistance (2) on said inner side of the ceramic plate. The ceramic plate is made of alumina or a glass-ceramic material and is provided with some steam outlets (3). The ironing outer side of the ceramic plate is uniformly granulated, in order to form a plurality of micro-channels for uniformly distributing the steam, or else is smooth and is provided with some channels for distributing the steam too.
US07797860B2 Automated control of boom or attachment for work vehicle to a preset position
A method and system for automated operation of a work vehicle comprises a boom having a first end and a second end opposite the first end. A first hydraulic cylinder is associated with the boom. A first sensor detects a boom position based on a first linear position of a first movable member associated with the first hydraulic cylinder. An attachment is coupled to the second end of the boom. A second hydraulic cylinder is associated with the attachment. A second sensor detects an attachment position based on a second linear position of a second movable member associated with the second hydraulic cylinder. A switch accepts a command to move to or enter a preset position state from another position state. A controller controls the first hydraulic cylinder to attain a target boom position and for controlling the second cylinder to attain a target attachment position associated with the preset position state in response to the command.
US07797859B2 Snowplow and mount assembly
A snowplow and mount assembly comprising a mount frame adapted to be secured to a vehicle, and a snowplow frame. One of the mount frame and the snowplow frame has first and second arms and the other of the mount frame and snowplow frame has first and second receivers, the first and second receivers receiving the first and second arms, respectively. Respective ones of first and second latch pins removably secure the first and second arms in the first and second receivers. A latch lever is operably associated with the first and second latch pins and simultaneously actuates the latch pins to latched and unlatched positions. The snowplow frame includes a jack stand movable to and between an extended ground contacting and snowplow frame supporting position and a retracted ground noncontacting and snowplow frame nonsupporting position. The latch lever operably frees the jack stand for movement into the extended position when the latch pins are in the unlatched position and operably prevents jack stand movement maintaining the jack stand in the retracted position when the latch pins are in the latched position.
US07797854B2 Apparatus for the treatment of particulate material
An apparatus serves for the treatment of particulate material and comprises a process chamber for the reception and treatment of the particulate material. The process chamber has a bottom provided with a passage orifice through which the process air can be introduced into said process chamber and an outlet for the discharge of said process air from said process chamber. A device for conditioning said process air and for circulating said process air in a circuit through said process chamber said outlet and back to said bottom has at least one fan for circulating said process air at least one condenser and at least one process air heater. A filter arrangement is provided for removing solids from said process air flowing out of said process chamber. A second chamber is arranged around said process chamber within said second chamber at least parts of said filter arrangement at least parts of said device for conditioning the process air are received.
US07797853B2 Picture hanger placement device
The picture hanger placement device (10) compensates for the span between a picture hanger fastener and the lowermost portion of a picture hanger hook, (the bight) (B). The device includes a plate (12) that has a handle (54) at the top and a hook-type picture hanger (30) at the bottom. An adjustable slide moves within an elongate slot (26) between the top and the bottom of the plate. A picture hanger position marker is attached to the back of the slide. The slide is adjusted according to the dimensions of a picture hanger bracket (H) so that the picture hanger position marker marks the spot on a vertical wall where a picture hanger fastener (such as a nail) should be placed so that a picture hanger bracket (H) retains the picture in the desired position.
US07797850B2 Contact type measuring instrument
There is provided a contact type measuring instrument in which the contact force of a probe is adjusted by a force created by compressed air and an attraction force between a permanent magnet and a magnetic body. This measuring instrument gives a pulling-in force or a pushing-out force to the probe by controlling a fluid pressure in a probe body. Also, between the permanent magnet attached to the tip end of a movable part of a micrometer attached to the probe body and a plate-shaped member attached to the end part on the side opposite to a contact of the probe, an attraction force according to a distance between the permanent magnet and the plate-shaped member is created.
US07797848B2 Folding carpenter's level
A folding carpenter's level is disclosed which has two level segments, each of which has a smooth flat top and bottom surface, that are hingeably attached at a distal tip by means of a recessed, flat hinging means. The two level segments can be rotated laterally in the plane of the level so as to be oriented with respect to each other at angles of from 0 to 180 degrees, thus effectively doubling the length of the level. At least one of the level segments has one or more tubular spirit vials attached to the segment for measuring the levelness of the top surface with respect to horizontal. The level segments usually have additional tubular spirit vials oriented vertically to allow the tool to be used to measure plumb. Such tubular spirit vials are generally located in apertures so that the spirit bubble in the vials can be seen from the front or the back of the folding level. The folding level can beneficially include other recessed features, such as a fastening means to hold the segments together in a folded configuration, and a locking means to hold the segments secure when the segments are rotated 180 degrees with respect to each other so that the tops of the segments form a smooth flat surface with a straight edge.
US07797845B2 Levelling device
A mobile leveling apparatus for quickly and simply transferring the height of a visible, fixed datum point from a distant wall or column across a room. The leveling apparatus is hand-held and can be operated by a single user. The operator physically holds the apparatus at the actual point where the height of the datum point is required, thereby ensuring that the apparatus is always under his/her control.
US07797843B1 Optical sight
An optical sight comprises an elongate housing defining a light channel. A lens is provided at one end of the light channel and has a partially reflecting surface. A laser diode is energised by a pulsating electric current delivered by a battery powered energising circuit, and the energised laser diode emits light towards the reflecting surface to produce a light spot by direct imaging of the laser diode on the surface. The light spot shall be superimposed on the target when sighting through the light channel from the other end thereof.
US07797842B2 Multi-functional carpentry tool
A multi-functional carpentry tool includes a base member having a longitudinal T-shaped groove formed therewithin and a rule member. A T-shaped slide member is positioned within the groove and has a threaded aperture formed therewithin. A knob has a threaded stem operatively received within the threaded aperture for selectively securing the base member and the rule member together in frictional engagement maintaining the base member and the rule member in selected positions relative to one another and permitting each of a sliding and pivoting movement of the rule member relative to the base member. Linear measuring scale indicia is provided in each of the base and rule members. Angular measuring scale indicia and a squaring groove is also provided within the base member. A spring biased pin is movably mounted within the knob for defining pivot axis and facilitating arc scribing effort.
US07797833B2 Developing roller and method of producing the roller, process cartridge, and electrophotographic image-forming apparatus
The present invention intends to provide a method of producing a developing roller capable of providing high-quality electrophotographic images under a variety of environments. The method of producing a developing roller according to the present invention is a method of producing a developing roller having a mandrel, a resin layer on the outer periphery of the mandrel, and a surface layer on the outer periphery of the resin layer, the method including the step of curing a mixture containing a carbon black, a specific diol, and a specific isocyanate compound to form the surface layer.
US07797831B2 Method for manufacturing recording apparatus
There is provided a method for manufacturing a recording apparatus which includes an actuator, a flexible flat cable connected to the actuator, and a circuit element mounted on the flexible flat cable, the method including: applying a conductive material for connection to the actuator and the circuit element, on terminal electrodes formed on one surface of the flexible flat cable; and forming bumps for joining the actuator to the terminal electrodes while joining the circuit element to the terminal electrodes. This makes it possible to mount the circuit element for preventing a malfunction of the recording apparatus, without any great increase in the number of manufacturing processes of the recording apparatus.
US07797826B2 Method of power-ground plane partitioning to utilize channel/trenches
An apparatus that includes a plurality of metalized planes, one or more dielectric layers separating the plurality of metalized planes; and one or more conductive trenches connecting to at least one of the plurality of metalized planes.
US07797824B2 Printed circuit board and method for decreasing impedance of a power source thereof
A method for decreasing impedance of a power source in a printed circuit board includes: (a) forming a first metal plane over a first layer of the printed circuit board; (b) forming a second metal plane and a third metal plane over a second layer of the printed circuit board; (c) forming a dielectric layer between the first layer and the second layer of the printed circuit board for insulating the first layer from the second layer; and (d) connecting the second metal plane to an electric potential different from an electric potential of the first metal plane and the third metal plane.
US07797821B2 Tool for pulling and cutting a Z-axis electrical interconnector
A connection portion of a z-axis interconnector is assembled into contact with a plurality of aligned vias in a corresponding plurality of stacked printed circuit boards by gripping and pulling a leader portion of the interconnector connected to the connection portion, to move the interconnector into the final position with the connection portion contacting the aligned vias. The leader portion is severed from the connection portion after the interconnector is moved into the final position. A single pulling and cutting tool which accomplishes these functions preferably does so by a single pinch and cut device having opposing blades which partially penetrate into the leader portion to grip the leader portion, which fully penetrated through the leader portion to sever the leader portion, and which are moved toward and away from the plurality of stacked printed circuit boards to pull the interconnector and to reposition for severing the leader portion.
US07797811B2 Method for fastening sheet material
The invention relates to a system of fastening sheet material cladding onto substrates with hammer driven fasteners. The fasteners are cylindrical and have a first diameter at a tip end which is larger than a second diameter at a head end. When the fastener is driven through sheet material a hole is produced which is larger in diameter than the portion of the fastener adjacent the head. The sheet material is free to move laterally relative to the fastener because of the oversized hole that is produced by the oversized tip of the fastener. Additionally, deformation or dimpling is avoided because the small-diameter portion of the fastener does not produce axial frictional forces on the sheet material as it passes through the sheet material.
US07797806B2 Internal high-pressure shaping method for shaping conical tubes made of metal
A method for shaping a conical metal tube using a tool that has sealing pistons and a die cavity with a complex contour is described. The die cavity has two ends with a cylindrical portion of the die cavity located at each end. The method includes inserting the conical tube into the die cavity such that the ends of the conical tube protrude into the cylindrical sections of the die cavity. Sealing pistons engage the tube ends and press each tube end against a cylindrical portion of the die cavity to seal an interior space of the conical tube. The tube is shaped by applying pressure to the sealed interior of the tube to force the tube against the complex contour of the die cavity while simultaneously axially compressed the tube by exerting axial forces on the tube ends with the sealing pistons.
US07797804B2 Multilayered piezoelectric element and method of manufacturing the same
A multilayered piezoelectric element in which braking to displacement of piezoelectric material layers is suppressed and insulating films suitable for thinning of the piezoelectric material layers are formed. A method of manufacturing the element includes the steps of: (a) forming a multilayered structure including piezoelectric material layers, at least one first electrode layer, and at least one second electrode layer; (b) discharging a liquid synthetic resin from a nozzle provided in a dispenser to apply it to an end portion of the first electrode layer in a first region within side surfaces of the multilayered structure and curing the liquid synthetic resin to form a first insulating film; and (c) discharging the liquid synthetic resin from the nozzle to apply it to an end portion of the second electrode layer in a second region and curing the liquid synthetic resin to form a second insulating film.
US07797803B2 Seat belt buckle
A seat belt improvement providing seat belt buckling assistance and automatic release of the seat belt. The seat belt assembly includes an electromagnet located in the seat belt buckle that aligns and draws the seat belt tongue into the seat belt buckle when the seat belt tongue is in close proximity to the seat belt buckle. The buckle may be formed with a funnel region adjacent its open end to assist in aligning the seat belt tongue with the opening of the housing and thereafter engaging the seat belt tongue with the latch mechanism. The buckle may additionally include a manual release element. The buckle may further include one or more illuminated areas to assist the passenger in visually locating the seat belt buckle and/or the manual release element.
US07797796B2 Articulated-quadrilateral hinge assembly with adaptable stabiliser bar for vertical-movement doors
A hinge assembly for vertical-movement doors comprises two articulated-quadrilateral hinges each including a first plate designed to be fastened to the furniture flanks, a second plate designed to be fastened to the door and two superposed arms pivotally mounted between the plates to form the quadrilateral connecting-rods. The assembly comprises brackets for removable fastening of the bar ends to the hinges, where the brackets can be alternatively mounted at two different fastening seats present at locations spaced apart from each other, along the upper arm of each hinge.
US07797795B2 Hinge structure for an electronic device
A hinge structure to be used in portable electronic devices, such as mobile stations, making it possible to rotate a first body part (10) and a second body part (20) of the device in relation to an axis of rotation (X-X) of the hinge structure, the hinge structure having a hinge element (31) with a first hinge half and a second hinge half which are movable in relation to each other by a pivot (X) placed on the axis of rotation (X-X), and which hinge element is arranged to be connected by the first hinge half to the first body part (10) and by the second hinge half to the second body part (20). The hinge structure comprises a shield structure (32) for shielding the back of the device, the shield structure being connected to the hinge element (31), and the shield structure (32) being arranged to be movable in the direction perpendicular to the axis of rotation (X-X).
US07797791B2 Vacuum with panel filter
A vacuum is provided with a removable filter tray that allows a user to access the filter without having to disassemble the vacuum. The filter can then be changed or cleaned and easily replaced without disassembly of the vacuum.
US07797790B2 Dust collector of vacuum cleaner
A vacuum cleaner is provided. The vacuum cleaner includes a main body, a suction nozzle coupled to the main body to draw in particle laden air, and a dust collecting assembly detachably coupled to the main body and including a dust collecting container that has a dust collecting space formed therein. Particle laden air is drawn in through a polluted air inlet, and particle free air is discharged through a clean air outlet of the dust collecting container. The main body includes a dust collecting assembly receiving groove that receives the dust collecting assembly, and a clean air inlet is provided on an inner wall of the dust collecting assembly receiving groove, facing the dust collecting assembly. The clean air inlet is in communication with an outlet of the dust collecting assembly through which particle free air is discharged from the dust collecting assembly.
US07797789B2 Mobile vacuum apparatus for collection of liquid or semi-liquid materials
The apparatus comprises a vacuum tank with a front-mounted collection means thereunder The collection means is a V-shaped scraper with a height adjustable suction inlet at the apex thereof. The collection means has a pair of laterally adjustable pivoting wings for varying its width to correspond to that of an alley or gutter. The suction inlet may be equipped with a snorkel to introduce a small quantity of air as an aid in entraining thick-consistency materials. A blower vac is used to both draw air into and blow air through the vacuum tank. A valve means comprising a pair of oppositely oriented check valves is used to alternate flow paths between a lowered rearward exhaust during collection and an elevated intake during tank discharge.
US07797777B2 Washing method in steam injection type washing machine
A washing method in a steam injection type washing machine in which wash water is heated to generate high temperature and high-pressure steam while passing through the steam supply unit in the wash or rinse cycle, and the generated steam is injected into the wash tub at the top of the wash tub. Accordingly, it is possible to rapidly achieve the wetting of clothes with wash water while achieving an enhancement in sterilization and washing performances. In addition, consumption of water and electrical energy can be reduced.
US07797776B2 Fluidized support bed
A fluidized bed for supporting a patient has a fluid-impervious peripheral wall, a fluid-porous membrane top covering and a fluid-porous floor defining a unit volume in which a quantity of glass bead support media is confined. Several diffusers supply air through the floor to fluidize the support media and support a body on the bed top covering. Each diffuser is a laminate having a porous membrane top and a porous membrane bottom spaced by a fluid-impervious boundary wall and a plurality of fluid-impervious interior walls that create discrete cells. Each cell contains a quantity of glass bead cell media. A pair of blowers supplies pressure air through one-way valves to the cells in the diffusers and through the cells up into the unit interior volume to fluidize the support media. Unequal distribution of support media causes a localized drop in air flow beneath an area of low media density and a consequent air pressure increase in the cells below an area of high media density, increasing air pressure in the support media above, which causes the support media to self-level to equalize pressure throughout the unit volume.
US07797773B1 Neck rest with attached head support
A neck rest includes a first body member and a second body member. The first body member has a first recess for receiving a user's neck and defines a cushion extending around the recess for at least partially surrounding the user's neck. The second body member is different from the first body member and connected to the first body member. The second body member defines a second recess for receiving at least a lower portion of the user's head. The second body member defines a cushion extending around the second recess for at least partially surrounding the lower portion of the user's head.
US07797770B2 Portable spa
A spa pool assembly has a pool having an enclosing wall and a base that together defines an interior. The base has a plurality of inflatable sections that are divided by a plurality of air passages that includes a first air passage that has a plurality of small bubble openings, and a second air passage that has a plurality of large bubble openings. The small bubble openings eject bubbles that are smaller in size than the bubbles ejected from the large bubble openings. The spa pool assembly can also include a bubble controller that controls the ejection of bubbles from the small bubble openings and the large bubble openings.
US07797769B2 Sanitary, user activated, water saving, motion sensing flushing method and device
A flushing system with a sensing module, having at least one sensor and a controller circuit having a sensor detection and trigger sub-circuit operatively coupled to the at least one sensor, and a flushing mechanism operatively coupled to the motion sensing module.
US07797767B2 Cover for a wall-hung urinal as well as cover or seat board for a toilet
A cover for a wall-hung urinal or a cover or a seat board (13) for the toilet seat (12) of a toilet (10) with interchangeable decoration and design elements or articles of daily use which are adapted to the respective individual wishes of the users has at least one through bore (210) or a blind bore (210′), whereby an insert member (200) filling the bore and held in the bore is placed fixedly or detachably in the bore (210; 210′), this insert member being configured as a full body or a hollow body, whereby the insert member (200) is made totally, partially or portionwise of a clear material with or without colouration, whereby fixed or movable decoration articles or articles of daily use or functional articles (230) such as lighting means, radio or television, a CD-player, a time displaying device, a speech and/or music module with a current production source such as a battery or a solar cell, liquid means or games, are placed in the material of the insert member (200) configured as a full body or in the inner space of the insert member (200) configured as a hollow body.
US07797760B2 Protective athletic equipment
A upper body protective garment for cushioning blows imparted upon the wearer's body includes a chest protector portion, a back protector portion, and a pair of telescopic shoulder protector portions. The protective garment includes a variety of different designs formed in the outer surface of the chest protector, the back protector portion and the pair of shoulder protector portions. The designs are formed by radio frequency welding a plurality of different fabric pieces together.
US07797758B2 Finger protector and sports glove equipped therewith
There is proposed a finger protector for a sports glove, including a plate that is connected in one piece with strips to be associated to several fingers of one hand, each strip consisting of a chain of members which are connected in one piece with each other and can be moved relative to each other in two opposite directions by means of through holes extending transverse to the chain direction, and a member band with nipples which are pushed into the through holes. The invention further relates to a sports glove incorporating such finger protector.
US07802312B2 Method of recording and/or reproducing data under control of domain management system
Provided are a method of recording/reproducing data under control of a domain management system. The method includes extracting, from the write command, domain management information regarding the predetermined domain and contents, and copy control information specifying an extent of copying the contents within the predetermined domain; recording the extracted domain management information on the storage medium; generating a domain-bound flag that is used to determine whether the recording apparatus which records the contents on a storage medium is present in the predetermined domain, based on the extracted copy control information; and recording the domain-bound flag and the contents on the storage medium. Accordingly, it is possible to record contents, recording of which is limited within a predetermined domain, on a storage medium outside a slave under control of a domain management system, while preventing the contents from being reproduced within other domains.
US07802311B2 Recording apparatus, recording method, recording medium and program
A recording apparatus which executes copy control utilizing copy control information which is indicative of plural types of copy control includes an electronic watermark detection device, which detects a predetermined copy control information portion of the copy control information out of a content over which an electronic watermark expressing the copy control information is superimposed, and a recording device which records a content in accordance with a detection result obtained by the electronic watermark detection device.
US07802310B2 Controlling access to data in a data processing system
Access to and delivery of licensed content is controlled using content names that were determined based on the content. A name for a data item is obtained, the name having been determined based at least in part on the data which comprise the contents of the data item. Access to the data item is authorized based at least in part on the name. Once authorized, access may be granted from more than one computer. The name may have been determined using a hash or message digest function such as MD4, MD5 or SHA. The data item may comprise a file, a portion of a file, a page in memory, a digital message, a digital image, a video signal or an audio signal.
US07802307B2 Systems and methods for communication protection
A communications apparatus and method is provided to reliably protect communication systems, such as mobile phone systems, from unauthorized use, as well as to make the interception of wireless communication more difficult. Specifically, the static wireless phone number or other similar identifiers are not used for identification and authorization during communication between the mobile unit and a base station. Instead, a set of private identifiers is determined and is known only to the phone company and the base stations controlling the mobile phone calls. These private identifiers allow dynamic and continual updating of the mobile phone and base station directories with current valid identifiers that are used for communication between the devices.
US07802303B1 Real-time in-line detection of malicious code in data streams
In one embodiment, a data stream is scanned for presence of computer viruses using a stream-based protocol parser, a stream-based decoder/decompressor, and a stream-based pattern matching engine. The protocol parser may be configured to extract application layer content from the data stream to generate a file stream. The protocol parser may stream the file stream to the decoder/decompressor, which may decode/decompress the file stream to generate a plain stream. The decoder/decompressor may stream the plain stream to the pattern matching engine, which in turn may scan the plain stream for viruses. Advantageously, the aforementioned components may perform its function as soon as streaming data becomes available, without having to wait for the entirety of the data.
US07802302B1 Single scan for a base machine and all associated virtual machines
A scanning manager scans the file systems of virtual machines running on a base computer. In order to scan a virtual machine, the scanning manager identifies the file on the base machine that represents the virtual machine, freezes the virtual machine, and creates a snapshot thereof. The scanning manager restarts the frozen machine, and starts the snapshot. The files of the snapshot are mapped at a virtual machine level, and the resulting file mapping information is used to scan the files of the virtual machine at a base machine level. The scanning can comprise scanning for malicious code, such as virus signatures. The scanning manager can scan one, multiple or all virtual machine(s) running on the base computer, in conjunction with a full or partial scan of the base computer, or independently.