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US07806946B2	Additives for hydrocarbon fuels An additive for hydrocarbon fuels such as LPG, gasoline, and diesel fuel. The additive includes a hydrocarbon mixture, an alkyl amine, and at least one vapor phase inhibitor.
US07806945B2	Production of biodiesel and glycerin from high free fatty acid feedstocks A system and method for converting a high free fatty acid grease feedstock to biodiesel. The process comprises a glycerolysis reaction to convert free fatty acids to glycerides and a base catalyzed transesterification reaction to produce fatty acid methyl esters and glycerin in the absence of solvents. In preferred embodiments, both glycerin and methanol are recycled. The process can process a feedstock containing up to 100 percent free fatty acid content to produce biodiesel and glycerin with minimal waste generation.
US07806943B2	Secondary battery and method for producing the same A secondary battery includes an electrode plate group (1) in which a positive electrode plate (2) and a negative electrode plate (3) are wound or stacked with a separator (4) interposed therebetween and a battery case (7) in which the electrode plate group (1) and an electrolyte are contained. At least one of the positive electrode plate (2) and the negative electrode plate (3) includes a porous protective film (28) formed on a surface of an active material layer. In a surface of the at least one of the electrode plates on which the porous protective film (28) is provided, a plurality of grooves (10) are formed, and the grooves (10) are also formed in the surface of the active material so that each of the grooves (10) extends from the surface of the porous protective film (28) to the surface of the active material layer.
US07806938B2	Security power control A method and apparatus are described that control the supply of electrical power to one or more components of a computing device. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US07806927B2	Interchangeable prosthetic valve The invention relates to a prosthetic valve which is endoluminally placeable and comprises a tubular support radially deformable with respect to a main axis (X-X) from an unfolded implanting position to a folded setting position. A flexible plug connected to the tubular support and deformable between a blocking position in which it is transversally stretched and a releasing position in which it is transversally contracted by the action of a flow circulating through said tubular support. The inventive valve also comprises a rigid chord which extends generally along the generatrix of the tubular support and is connected thereto at least at two points which are remote from each other along the axis thereof.
US07806926B2	Holders for prosthetic aortic heart valves A holder for a flexible leaflet prosthetic aortic heart valve that is less bulky than earlier holders and minimizes obstructions to vision and working space around the valve to facilitate implantation thereof. The holder may have a central hub and three outwardly extending legs that connect directly and exclusively to tips of the commissures of the aortic heart valve for better tactile feedback when parachuting and seating the valve in the annulus. The legs are sized so that they do not overlap the commissure tips and therefore afford a better view of the sewing ring adjacent the commissures. The legs may be narrow in the midsection or split into two rails to increase visibility of the valve leaflets. The hub may be vaulted axially upward relative to the outer ends of the legs to further increase visibility of the valve. A more secure engagement between the central hub and a delivery handle is also provided to ensure the holder/handle connection does not become loose during suture placement through the sewing ring and fewer handle revolutions are required to screw in and unscrew the handle from the holder.
US07806923B2	Side branch stent having a proximal split ring A side branch stent has a generally cylindrical body portion and a proximal split ring formed of a first semi-circular portion and a second semi-circular portion. The first semi-circular portion has a larger radius than the second semi-circular portion such that in a compressed configuration, the second semi-circular portion nests within the first semi-circular portion. Upon expansion of the side branch stent the two detached semi-circular portions expand to form a ring. The outer diameter of the proximal split ring, in both the compressed and expanded configurations, is larger than the outer diameter of the generally cylindrical body portion. The proximal split ring is used as a stopper or anchor which contacts the ostium of a vessel or the inner surface of a stent deployed in a main vessel of a bifurcated vessel in order to properly position the side branch stent in a side branch vessel.
US07806918B2	Removable stent The invention is relative to a stent with a tubular support frame consisting of axially successively following, interconnected annular segments which support frame is surrounded on its outside by a thread. The thread ends are guided via a deflection from the outside into support frame, where they are coupled by a connector consisting of a material visible in x-rays. Deflection is realized by two deflection elements in the form of eyelets provided on annular segments. Deflection elements are arranged on the circumference of support frame at an interval from one another and are provided on end-side annular segments, viewed in longitudinal direction of the stent.
US07806915B2	Apparatus and method for providing enhanced heat transfer from a body Methods and apparatuses for temperature modification of a patient, or selected regions thereof, including an induced state of hypothermia. The temperature modification is accomplished using an in-dwelling heat exchange catheter within which a fluid heat exchange medium circulates. A heat exchange cassette is attached to the circulatory conduits of the catheter, the heat exchange cassette being sized to engage a cavity within a control unit. The control unit includes a heater/cooler device for providing heated or cooled fluid to a heat exchanger in thermal communication with the fluid heat exchange medium circulating to the heat exchange catheter, a user input device, and a processor connected to receive input from various sensors around the body and the system. A temperature control scheme for ramping the body temperature up or down without overshoot is provided.
US07806911B2	Fixation plate and method of use A spinous process clamp employs a pair of elongate plates that are positioned on either side of the spinous processes of vertebrae that are to be fused. The plates are joined by fasteners, preferably bolts and nuts. The plates include a recess on the bone facing side of the plate for retaining a bone growth promoting substance. When the bolts and nuts are tightened, the spinous processes are clamped between the plates, thereby pressing the bone growth promoting substance against the bone and encouraging bone growth across the vertebrae fixed by the plates.
US07806906B2	Vascular filter with improved strength and flexibility A method and apparatus for treating a patient having an obstruction in a first blood vessel through which blood normally flows in a given direction, at a location downstream of a branch point where the first blood vessel and, a second blood vessel branch off from a main blood vessel, by: blocking blood flow in the main blood vessel at a point upstream of the branch point; inserting into the second blood vessel a first filter adapted to pass blood while trapping debris resulting from removal of the obstruction; inserting an obstruction removal assembly into the first blood vessel and operating the assembly to at least partially break up the obstruction and produce debris; withdrawing the obstruction removal assembly from the patient's body; and then inserting into the first blood vessel a filter adapted to pass blood while trapping debris; then restoring blood flow in the main blood vessel.
US07806900B2	Apparatus and methods for delivery of reinforcing materials to bone An apparatus and methods for delivery of reinforcing materials to a weakened or fractured bone is disclosed. An apparatus for delivering a reinforcing mixture to a bone including a tube having a proximal end, a distal end, and a longitudinal axis therebetween, wherein the tube has at least one inner lumen capable of allowing a bone reinforcing mixture to pass therethrough; a balloon engaging the tube wherein the balloon expands from a substantially deflated state to a substantially inflated state upon the bone reinforcing mixture entering the balloon; and at least one light guide extending through the tube into the balloon to guide a light into the balloon.
US07806898B2	Modular guide systems and related rasps and methods for resecting a joint articulation surface The present invention relates to guide systems and methods for resecting at least a portion of a joint articulation surface on a bone by mounting a first cutting guide on the joint articulation surface. A first portion of the joint articulation surface is resected using the first cutting guide as a guide for resecting. A second cutting guide is then mounted on the joint articulation surface following which the first cutting guide is removed. A second portion of the joint articulation surface is then resected using the second cutting guide template as a guide for resecting, at least a section of the second portion of the joint articulation surface having been previously covered by the first guide template.
US07806897B1	Knee arthroplasty and preservation of the quadriceps mechanism A method is provided for the preparation and performance of a total knee arthroplasty. The method includes making a primary incision near the knee joint of a leg of a patient. The incision is sized or located preserving a quadriceps mechanism in the leg of the patient. The method also includes resecting medial and lateral condyles of the femur of the leg to create at least one femoral cut surface and moving a femoral component of a total knee implant through the primary incision. The method further includes positioning the femoral component with respect to the at least one femoral cut surface.
US07806894B1	Hemostasis and transection of tissue A laparoscopic cautery instrument may include an elongate shaft, a handle coupled to the shaft and moveable with respect to the shaft, an insulation ring, and a monopolar cautery wire. A laparoscopic cautery instrument may include an elongate shaft, a handle coupled to the shaft and moveable with respect to the shaft, a monopolar cautery wire, and an electrical conductor.
US07806893B2	Apparatus and method for making a spherical lesion An electrode assembly for a bi-polar ablation system comprises a first electrode array including a plurality of first tines, each of the first tines, when in a deployed configuration, extending substantially radially away from a center of the first array and including a substantially straight central portion in combination with a second electrode array including a plurality of second tines, each of the second tines, when in the deployed configuration, extending radially away from a center of the second array and including a substantially straight central portion substantially parallel to the central portion of a corresponding one of the first tines.
US07806892B2	Tissue-retaining system for ultrasound medical treatment An ultrasound medical treatment system includes an end effector insertable into a patient. The end effector includes a tissue-retaining device. The tissue-retaining device includes a first tissue-retaining member having an ultrasound medical-treatment transducer and includes a second tissue-retaining member. The first and second tissue-retaining members are operatively connected together to retain patient tissue between the first and second tissue-retaining members and to release patient tissue so retained. In one example, the second tissue-retaining member has an ultrasound reflector. In the same or a different example, the ultrasound medical-treatment transducer is an ultrasound imaging and medical-treatment transducer.
US07806891B2	Repositioning and reorientation of master/slave relationship in minimally invasive telesurgery The invention provides robotic surgical systems which allow selectable independent repositioning of an input handle of a master controller and/or a surgical end effector without corresponding movement of the other. In some embodiments, independent repositioning is limited to translational degrees of freedom. In other embodiments, the system provides an input device adjacent a manipulator supporting the surgical instrument so that an assistant can reposition the instrument at the patient's side.
US07806880B2	Pull-on wearable article with informational image A pull-on wearable article includes a main portion with an outer cover, the main portion defining a front waist region, a rear waist region, and a crotch region extending between and connecting the front and rear waist regions. First and second extendable side panels extend between and connect the main portion front waist region and the main portion rear waist region to form the article in a closed waist configuration, wherein at least a portion of each side panel is extendable between a relaxed state and an extended state. The article defines first and second side regions, each side region including one of the first and second side panels and a transverse region of the main portion bordering the respective side panel. An informational image is disposed in at least the first side region, wherein the informational image is legible when the first and second side panels are substantially in the relaxed state.
US07806879B2	Medical suction system A disposable liner/lid system useable with a rigid canister and having an adhesive seal to provide improved sealing characteristics and effectively reduce the likelihood of spillage and leakage. The liner includes a flange and the lid includes adhesive that is secured to the interior of the lid and the flange of the liner when installed to provide a seal.
US07806878B2	Medicament applicator A medicament applicator for use with a medicament cartridge is disclosed herein. The applicator comprises a first handle member and a second handle member, both of which are movable with respect to one another between a first handle position and a second handle position. The applicator further comprises a first separating member and a second separating member, which are movable between a first separating position, which corresponds to the first handle position, and a second separating position, which corresponds to the second handle position. The applicator further comprises a compressing apparatus attached to the applicator, which compresses the medicament cartridge and selectively expels the medicament from the medicament cartridge.
US07806869B2	Blood exposure prevention in vascular access devices An extravascular system includes a catheter assembly, a needle assembly, and a hemostatic adapter. The catheter assembly defines a lumen extending from a distal end thereof to a catheter hub at a proximal end thereof. The needle assembly includes a needle hub disposed at a proximal end of a needle disposed within the lumen defined by the catheter assembly. The hemostatic adapter defines a passage and is adapted to be operatively associated with the needle assembly and the catheter assembly. The hemostatic adapter-further includes at least one liquid-reactive material adapted to at least substantially seal the passage. The liquid-reactive material is selected and configured to morph upon contact with liquids to provide a mechanical barrier to prevent blood flow. A fluid may be injected into the lumen and/or passage by way of an optional port to provide a fluidic barrier in addition to the mechanical barrier.
US07806864B2	System for detecting and removing a gas bubble from a vascular infusion line System for detecting and removing gas bubbles from a vascular infusion line, including a cassette adapted for disposition intermediate the fluid line, the cassette including a flexible tube having an inlet port for connection to a supply side of the fluid line, an outlet port configured for connection to a patient side of the fluid line, and a purge port intermediate the inlet and outlet ports, and a base unit adapted to receive the cassette and monitor fluid flow through the tube, the base unit including a sensor to detect the presence of a gas bubble in the fluid flow, a pinch valve adapted to stop the flow of fluid, and a control unit adapted to operate the base unit so that (i) fluid is permitted to flow past the pinch valve when no gas bubble is detected; and (ii) fluid flow is arrested when a gas bubble is detected.
US07806863B2	System for detecting and removing a gas bubble from a vascular infusion line System for detecting and removing gas bubbles from a vascular infusion line, including a cassette adapted for disposition intermediate the fluid line, the cassette including a flexible tube having an inlet port for connection to a supply side of the fluid line, an outlet port configured for connection to a patient side of the fluid line, and a purge port intermediate the inlet and outlet ports, and a base unit adapted to receive the cassette and monitor fluid flow through the tube, the base unit including a sensor to detect the presence of a gas bubble in the fluid flow, a pinch valve adapted to stop the flow of fluid, and a control unit adapted to operate the base unit so that (i) fluid is permitted to flow past the pinch valve when no gas bubble is detected; and (ii) fluid flow is arrested when a gas bubble is detected.
US07806856B2	Apparatus and method for temporary hemostasis An apparatus for providing hemostasis within a puncture through tissue includes an elongate member having a lumen extending between proximal and distal ends thereof, an expandable member carried on the distal end and a housing on the proximal end, the housing including an interior communicating with the lumen, and further including a valve assembly with a one-way valve allowing access into the housing interior upon application of a pressure differential across the valve, and a movable plunger for overriding and opening the valve.
US07806855B2	Manual breast pump A manual breast pump, including a housing; a funnel connected to the housing and forming a passage for breast milk; a cup for receiving a breast; a lid connected to an upper portion of the housing; a handle assembly connected to the lid; a substantially semi-circular finger grip connected to the housing; a piston movably connected to the handle assembly and reciprocally movable within the housing to create a negative pressure for the expression of breast milk from the breast; a flexible insert sealably secured to the cup and forming an isolated air volume between the cup and the flexible insert. A valve is removably connected to a lower portion of the housing; and a receptacle for receiving the breast milk, the receptacle being removably attached to a lower portion of the housing. The isolated air volume expands and contracts as the piston moves reciprocally within the housing, causing the flexible insert to move.
US07806854B2	Fully automated control system for type 1 diabetes An augmented, adaptive algorithm utilizing model predictive control (MPC) is developed for closed-loop glucose control in type 1 diabetes. A linear empirical input-output subject model is used with an MPC algorithm to regulate blood glucose online, where the subject model is recursively adapted, and the control signal for delivery of insulin and a counter-regulatory agent such as glucagon is based solely on online glucose concentration measurements. The MPC signal is synthesized by optimizing an augmented objective function that minimizes local insulin accumulation in the subcutaneous depot and control signal aggressiveness, while simultaneously regulating glucose concentration to a preset reference set point. The mathematical formulation governing the subcutaneous accumulation of administered insulin is derived based on nominal temporal values pertaining to the pharmacokinetics (timecourse of activity) of insulin in human, in terms of its absorption rate, peak absorption time, and overall time of action.
US07806850B2	Insufflating system, method, and computer program product for controlling the supply of a distending media to an endoscopic device The present invention is directed to a system, method, and computer program product for controlling the supply of a distending media (such as an insufflating gas) from a distending media source to an endoscopic device so as to prevent the excess venting and/or waste of distending media. More specifically the present invention provides for the detection of a pressure level within a lumen of an endoscopic device and adjusts a supply parameter of the distending media based at least in part on the detected pressure level, and in some cases on the relationship between the detected pressure level and a user-defined threshold.
US07806849B2	Short catheter A catheter assembly is provided which provides a flexible catheter tube having one end provided with a catheter hub. A hollow needle having a needle hub on its end is installed in the catheter tube with its sharp end extending out from one end of the catheter tube and a portion of the needle extending through the catheter hub. A needle shield, which is on the needle within the interior of the catheter hub, is biased axially within the catheter hub with its ends being fixed to prevent axial expansion.
US07806848B2	Arterio-venous shunt graft A graft, for example, an arterio-venous shunt graft, is provided, which in a first aspect of the subject invention, is formed with longitudinal ribs. With fibrotic tissue ingrowth between the ribs, a composite rib/tissue layer is formed about the graft. The ribs provide counteracting lateral force against the embedded tissue to seal punctures formed therethrough during hemodialysis procedures. To provide additional surface area for puncturing, the graft may be formed with a truncated cross-section. With a second aspect of the invention, the graft is mounted onto a strip to prevent kinking, twisting or bending during an implantation procedure.
US07806844B2	Plantar-flexion restraint device A device for a subject having plantar fasciitis, the device comprising: (a) an elastic sock (10), (b) a leg binding (15) and (c) an elastic strap (20), wherein in use the elastic strap extends from adjacent a toe portion of the elastic sock to the leg binding so as to restrain the plantar fascia from flexion, yet permits the subject to walk and exercise the plantar fascia.
US07806843B2	External fixator assembly An external fixator assembly structured for placement and use substantially adjacent the ankle area of the body and including a support assembly comprising at least one base segment and one or two contoured segments disposed substantially on opposite sides of the ankle area. Each of the contoured segments includes a contoured portion having a either different or substantially equivalent angular and/or convergent configurations disposed along a length or height of the ankle area. At least one transfixtion member may be connected along the length of the contoured portion(s) as well as a remainder of the contoured segment(s) so as to extend transversly inward there from into operative engagement with tissue associated with the ankle area patient's body.
US07806839B2	System and method for ultrasound therapy using grating lobes A system and method for medical treatment of tissue using ultrasound. The system comprises a probe having an array of transducer elements, an ultrasound waveform generator adapted to generate at least one electrical ultrasound signal, and a plurality of phase controls, each coupled to the ultrasound waveform generator and adapted to generate from the electrical ultrasound signal a phase-shifted drive signal that is coupled to an associated transducer element. The drive signal is effective to control grating lobe foci emitted by the array. The method employs the system.
US07806838B2	Image analysis method for abnormal hip structures based on transverse sections An image analysis method for abnormal hip structures. A plurality of transverse sections of a bone structure are provided. Structural features on the transverse sections are obtained. Abnormities of the structural features of the bone structure are recognized. Structural and feature properties of the bone structure are estimated according to recognition results, and corresponding structural parameters relating to the bond structure are obtained accordingly.
US07806837B2	Guide wire for catheter A guide wire (10) for a catheter carrying an implant includes alternating radio-opaque zones (16) and radio-transparent zones (18) formed from a granular material at a portion of the guide wire (10) just proximal to a flexible tip (12). The granular material is compressed within a sheath formed by the guide wire (10) and held in place by a bung (11). By regularly spacing the radio-opaque zones (16), the guide wire (10) enables in situ measurements to be taken within a patient's vasculature. The use of granular material to form the radio-opaque zones (16) and the radio-transparent zones (18) provides rigidity to the portion of the guide wire (10) proximal to the tip (12).
US07806835B2	Biopsy device with sharps reduction feature A biopsy device includes a cannula, a cutter disposed within the cannula, a needle hub having a gear for rotating the cannula, a mechanism for rotating and translating the cutter within the cannula, and a body portion. The cutter rotation and translation mechanism includes a first component that is secured to the cutter and a second component that is secured to the body portion. The body portion includes a tab that is configured to retain the axial position of the cannula and needle hub relative to the body until the tab is depressed or removed. The body is configured to permit the cannula and the needle hub to be pulled axially from the body only after the tab has been depressed or removed. The cutter can then be pulled axially from the body by unscrewing the first component of the cutter rotation and translation mechanism from the second component.
US07806834B2	Device for minimally invasive internal tissue removal A medical device for severing and removing small amounts of internal tissue for biopsy sampling or other purposes is disclosed. Versions of the device may include a hollow probe having a piecing tip, a tissue receiving aperture and a vacuum lumen; a cutter within the probe having a cutting edge that moves past the tissue receiving aperture, and a cutter driver mechanism. A cutter for use with versions disclosed herein may include an angled cutting tip and a cutting edge having a concave grind. Versions of the device also may include an aspirator fluidly connected to the vacuum lumen, coordinated operation of the aspirator and the cutter driver mechanism, and a fluid management system. Versions described may be used for removing multiple samples of tissue during a single insertion of the probe proximate to a target tissue mass.
US07806833B2	Systems and methods for analysis and display of heart sounds An auscultation system aids a clinician's diagnosis of the heart sounds by visually displaying at least an S1 heart sound and an S2 heart sound, and ascertaining an onset of at least one of the heart sounds. A corresponding audio representation of the heart sounds can be provided to the clinician. The auscultation system includes a sensor for sensing heart sounds from at least one chest location of the patient and for transducing the heart sounds into electrical signals. The auscultation system also includes a signal processor for selectively filtering the electrical signals thereby highlighting frequency differences of the heart sounds, and further includes a video display for selectively displaying the selectively filtered electrical heart signals. In some embodiments, the auscultation system also displays calipers corresponding to the time domain and the frequency domain of the heart sounds, permitting the clinician to zoom in and out portions of the heart sounds of particular interest and also to take more accurate measurements of these portions of the heart sounds.
US07806830B2	Apparatus and method for determination of stroke volume using the brachial artery Provided herein are methods and apparatus for stroke volume determination by bioimpedance from a patient's upper arm, or brachium, or a patient's thorax, utilizing pulsations of the arteries contained therein. The apparatus includes two or more spaced apart alternating current flow electrodes positioned on the patient's arm or thorax and two or more spaced apart voltage sensing electrodes positioned on the patient's arm or thorax and in-between alternating current flow electrodes. The system and method utilizes the mean value of the second time-derivative of the cardiogenically induced impedance variation of the patient using the measured voltage from the voltage sensors in calculating the stroke volume of the patient.
US07806829B2	System and method for navigating an ultrasound catheter to image a beating heart Catheter navigation is coupled with ultrasound imaging to yield a context map showing the location on a heart of the ultrasonically imaged frame.
US07806824B2	Ultrasound diagnosis apparatus In a medical ultrasound diagnosis apparatus, a reference image and a guidance display are provided as probe operation support information. The reference image contains a recorded probe mark generated based on coordinate data recorded during a past diagnosis and a current probe mark generated based on current coordinate data. A user adjusts a position and an orientation of a probe so that these marks match. The guidance display has a plurality of indicators provided corresponding to a plurality of coordinate components. Each indicator displays proximity and match for each coordinate component. With the probe operation support information, it is possible to quickly and easily match a current diagnosis part to a past diagnosis part.
US07806821B2	Methods of phalloplasty using multiple slits tissue or multiple pieces tissue Disclosed herein is a method of phalloplasty for girth enhancement. It comprises incising minimally the outer skin of a penis; separating the skin and the hypoderm from a part immediately above Buck's fascia and peeling off the skin and the hypoderm in a region ranging from a part proximal to a glans to prepubic junction; forming a mesh structure of multiple slits in a penile implant; and fixing the penile implant to the penis by suture. The formation of a mesh structure of multiple slits or the use of an implant in multiple pieces makes it possible to cope with complications, thereby significantly reducing complications. Also, the multiple slits or multiple pieces form spaces therebetween, which lead to an increase in flexibility between the implant tissues, thereby enjoying the advantages of minimizing discomfort upon erection and reducing the occurrence of penis curvature. The delicate irregularities of the penis may serve as a factor promoting sexual stimulation upon sexual intercourse. Also, upon carvenosal injection therapy for erectile dysfunction, drugs for inducing erections can be easily injected into the space between the multiple slits or multiple pieces.
US07806819B2	Rotor for laboratory centrifuges with hold-down element for centrifugation containers The invention relates to a rotor for laboratory centrifuges which is designed for accommodating at least one centrifugation container, and an adapter for accommodating a sample vessel and for use in a laboratory centrifuge rotor. The rotor has at least one hold-down element by which the at least one centrifugation container is held in the rotor and protected from axial displacement. In addition, a contact pressure may be produced on the at least one centrifugation container on the rotor.
US07806815B2	Core trainer The present invention is an exercise machine that is versatile, easily adjustable, and easy to store and transport. The machine may be used by varying sizes of users for a wide variety of exercises to increase strength. The Core trainer is comprised of a seat with a press bar attached to an adjustable arm, which is attached to a resistance arm. The press bar is available in various interchangeable designs. A pivot allows the adjustable arm and resistance arm to be placed in varying positions in relation to the seat to provide for a multitude of exercise options. The Core trainer can be used with a number of attachments, and also folds into a compact unit that takes up a fraction of the space of other exercise machines.
US07806813B2	Exercise machine An exercise machine in one embodiment includes a frame, a pivot arm, an adapter mounted on the pivot arm to adjust between various adapter positions, and an operator engagement device mounted on the adapter to adjust between various engagement device positions. The adapter is typically telescopically mounted on the pivot arm to extend and retract along a first axis about which the adapter is also rotatable. The engagement device is typically telescopically mounted on the adapter to extend and retract along a second axis which is transverse to the first axis and about which the engagement device is rotatable. The embodiments may include a pivotal connection between the pivot arm and a generally T-shaped handle for positioning the handle and for enhancing the use of the handle. Handle extenders may be included to lengthen a typical T-shaped handle. Unique cable and pulley configurations are also disclosed.
US07806809B2	Apparatus for positioning a component of an exercise device An exercise device including at least one positionable component configured to be positioned by a user. The exercise device includes a frame to which a collar is mounted. The positionable component includes a member slidably received within the collar that may be positioned therein by sliding. A locking assembly is coupled to the collar and operable to lock the member in a selected position within the collar, release the member from the locked position, and when released, allow the member to slide within the collar. The locking assembly includes a cam pivotably mounted to the collar and a cam follower assembly selectively biased by the cam against a portion of the member disposed inside the collar. The locking assembly also includes a pair of engagement members disposed inside the collar opposite the cam. The engagement members are moveable relative to one another and biased by the cam against member.
US07806808B2	Athletic apparatus with non-parallel linear sliding track An athletic apparatus with non-parallel linear sliding tracks includes a frame, a pair of non-parallel linear tracks installed to the frame, a pair of pedal mechanisms slidably installed to the tracks and a pair of rocker arm mechanisms. Each rocker arm mechanism pivoted to a shaft rod of the frame is linked to the pedal mechanism through at least one linking rod and further connected to a damping mechanism which provides a resistance to the rocker arm mechanism. Each pedal mechanism is linked to a steel rope of a linking mechanism so that the pair of the pedal mechanisms can move back and forth against each other alternately along the non-parallel linear tracks. A handle is arranged on a top of each rocker arm mechanism, a user can exercise by holding the handles and treading on the pedal mechanism.
US07806804B2	Method for shifting a gear in a multi-stage gearbox of a motor vehicle as a function of the drive input shaft rotational speed Method for shifting, in particular engaging and/or disengaging, gears in an automatic multi-stage gearbox of a motor vehicle, wherein the gearbox comprises a drive input shaft (18) connectable to an engine drive output shaft (16) by means of a friction clutch (12) which acts as a separating clutch (12), and a drive output shaft (20) couplable to a drive wheel or to drive wheels of the motor vehicle, wherein a shift process takes place, in particular only, as a function of rotational speeds (n) of the shafts, wherein each gear is assigned a synchronizing device (36), which acts as a shift clutch, in order to connect the drive input shaft (18) to the drive output shaft (20), comprising the following steps: setting the separating clutch (12) into a dragging position such that a low, preferably predefined, drag torque is transmitted from the engine drive output shaft (16) to the drive input shaft (18), which drag torque is sufficient to bring a rotational speed (nIS) of the drive input shaft (18) when the shift clutch (36) is open to a rotational speed (nM) of the engine drive output shaft (16); adjusting the rotational speed of the engine drive output shaft (16) to a predetermined value (I) which differs sufficiently from a rotational speed of a source gear or from rotational speed of a target gear; setting the shift clutch (36) of the source gear towards an open position in order to separate the drive input shaft (18) and drive output shaft (20) from one another; detecting the rotational speed (nIS) of the drive input shaft for a predetermined time period which follows at least a time (t1) when the shift clutch (36) of the source gear is in the open position; determining a change in the rotational speed (nIS) of the drive input shaft (18) during the predetermined time period; and determining whether the change which is determined in this way lies within predefined tolerances of an expected rotational speed change (FIG. 8).
US07806800B2	Drive train In a drive train and a method for operating the drive train for a motor vehicle, comprising a hydraulically shiftable transmission unit with an input shaft connectable to an internal combustion engine via a first clutch, a first electric motor, and an oil pump which supplies the transmission unit with pressurized oil and which is driven by the internal combustion engine or by an electric pump motor, the electric pump motor for driving the oil pump is in the form of a sensorless electric motor, and if required, the first electric motor is energized and coupled to the oil pump in order to assist starting the electric pump motor.
US07806799B2	Gear transmission unit with planetary gears A planetary type gear transmission unit (11) suitable for a wind turbine (10) includes sun (27), planet (25) and ring (24) gears and a planet carrier (41), the planet carrier (28) including a planet bogie plate (43) which supports and locates circumferentially spaced pairs of planet gears (25) a planetary type gear transmission unit (11) includes sun (27), planet (25) and ring gears (24) and a planet carrier(28), the planet carrier (28) including a planet bogie plate (43) which supports and locates circumferentially spaced pairs of planet gears (25), the sun (27) and ring gears (24) being each of the double helical type and each of the planet gears (47) of a pair being of the single helical type and of a helix angle opposite to that of the other planet gear (48) of the pair.
US07806796B2	Power set for vehicles A power device for motor vehicles installed on a motor vehicle with an internal combustion engine is composed of a first variable displacement hydraulic activator (107), a second variable displacement hydraulic activator (108), a planetary gear mechanism (103) and a mechanical transmission (104). The power device further includes a hydraulic control device (109) and an electronic control device (112) which are used to control the first and second variable displacement hydraulic activators. The control device may carry out the following controls, that is, during the period when the engine outputs power, part of mechanical energy is converted into electric energy via the motor to be stored in the chargeable cell when the power requirement from the motor vehicle increases.
US07806794B2	Power transmission chain and power transmission device A power transmission chain includes a plurality of links, a plurality of pins, and a plurality of interpieces. By pressing upper and lower edges of the pin into upper and lower edges of a through hole, the pin is connected to the link. The end of the pin which is located at a front end side when the pin is pressed is formed in a shape into which the upper and lower edges of the pin are pressed at the same time.
US07806791B2	Continuously variable transmission and control method thereof A positional deviation ERRstep of a step motor 27 is calculated on the basis of a reference model step StepMdl, an actual speed ratio-corresponding step Bstep, and an added value obtained by adding together a target deviation GTstep, calculated in accordance with a transmission input torque Ti, and a starting learned value Gstep. When the transmission input torque Ti is large, the target deviation GTstep is increased in accordance with the transmission input torque Ti. A line pressure PL is then controlled on the basis of the positional deviation ERRstep obtained as a result.
US07806781B2	Golf club head To provide a golf club head in which a sole portion has a high rigidity. A weight material is mounted near a central part of the sole portion in the fore-to-aft direction, and a rib extends in the toe-to-heel direction. Since the sole portion has high rigidity in the toe-to-heel direction, there is less deformation of the head in the toe-to-heel direction when hitting the ball, thereby suppressing the vibration of the sole portion. An elastic body is filled in a recess portion and closely contacted with the weight material, whereby the vibration of the sole portion is absorbed by the elastic body.
US07806775B1	Swing set and climbing apparatus with displaceable swing A mechanism for spacing a swing from underneath a horizontal climbing ladder of a jungle gym-type swing apparatus. In one implementation, the apparatus is spring biased such that the swing is laterally spaced away from the plane of the horizontal climbing ladder when not in use and, in another implementation, the apparatus fixedly positions the swing away from the plane of the horizontal climbing ladder when not in use.
US07806770B2	Gaming machine having a mounting assembly for a flat panel display A gaming machine includes a cabinet and a main door coupled to the cabinet. The main door and the cabinet define a first interior space when the main door is in a closed position. A mounting assembly is coupled to hinge of the main door. The main display is connected to the mounting assembly, wherein the main display does not move with the main door when the main door is moved from a first closed position to a second opened position, and wherein the main display is movable from a closed position to an open position independent of the main door. The mounting assembly does not require a separate hinge or mounting assembly and moves independently of the main cabinet door. The mounting assembly may be retrofitted to pre-existing gaming cabinets or installed in new gaming cabinets without any additional components thereby reducing retrofitting, manufacturing, and maintenance costs.
US07806767B2	Game system in which a field of view is displayed according to a specific view point position Game system in which an object is arranged in a virtual three-dimensional space including a display device, an input device for outputting signals according to player operations and a game control device for executing a game according to a program while checking the output of the input device and displaying a visual field image including the object on the display device. The visual field image is viewed from a predetermined view point position in the virtual three-dimensional space. The game control device includes a position determining device for determining whether to view the object from a first view point position which is a back and slightly inclined position toward a moving direction of the object to view an observation position set forward the object, or from a second view point position from which the observation point is viewed in a fixed direction regardless of the movement of the object.
US07806766B1	Voucher gaming system and method A gaming system and method of playing a gaming device by a user. The method includes inserting a voucher having a voucher value into the gaming device and accessing a database having voucher data associated with the voucher. The voucher value is verified. The user is queried for a credit value of a base wagering denomination. Calculations of full game credits and partial game credits are performed based upon the voucher value and the credit value. The full game credits, the partial game credits, and the voucher value are displayed on a game display. The method allows partial or all credits to be played at any time. The method provides for recording of game events to a database. The method also allows for the user to change the base wagering denomination during game play.
US07806763B2	System and method for remote automated play of a gaming device A method according to one or more embodiments of the present invention provides for initiating an automated session, in which the automated session comprises a plurality of games, and receiving a first signal including a video representation of the automated session. The method also includes transmitting a second signal including the video representation of the automated session to a player communication device.
US07806761B2	Methods and systems for determining and selling wagering game outcomes to be viewed remotely In accordance with some embodiments, a plurality of outcomes are generated and used to create a video presentation of representative outcomes. The video presentation is recorded onto a tangible medium (e.g., DVD or CD-ROM) or otherwise provided to a player (e.g., player may access the video presentation online). This allows a player to purchase a video presentation of (e.g., predetermined) outcomes in a jurisdiction in which gambling is legal yet view the presentation at the player's convenience (e.g., from any jurisdiction and at any time). A player who purchases such a video presentation may subsequently redeem it for a redemption value associated therewith.
US07806760B2	Gaming device having a multiple selectable indicator game A game for a wagering gaming device including an award indicator having a plurality of player selectable symbol indicators, a plurality of first award symbols and a plurality of second award symbols. The game also includes a plurality of activatable symbol indicators which are positioned adjacent to the first award symbols and the second award symbols. The gaming device enables a player to select one of the symbol indicators adjacent to the first award symbols and one of the symbol indicators adjacent to the second award symbols in a game. The gaming device then moves or rotates the award indicator. When the award indicator stops rotating, the activated symbol indicators indicate award symbols. The gaming device then provides the first and second awards associated with the indicated first and second award symbols to the player.
US07806756B2	Coin receiving device in coin processing apparatus A coin receiving device in a coin processing apparatus is provided with a flat belt stretched around a pair of rollers substantially horizontally. A reverse rotation roller is disposed above the flat belt so that it is parallel with the axial line of the rollers, and the lower circumferential face is separated from the flat belt by a distance which is larger than thickness of a coin. A movable restrictor is disposed above the reverse rotation roller, which extends upstream of the flat belt in substantially parallel with the flat belt. A distance between the movable restrictor and the top face of the flat belt is smaller than a diameter of a coin having the largest diameter. The movable restrictor is convex toward an upstream direction of the flat belt. The movable restrictor is replaceably attached to a frame.
US07806754B2	Poultry press An apparatus for flattening one or more cuts of poultry to prepare at least one of the cuts to be cooked may have at least one roller turner, one or more roller supports, a first roller mounted on at least one of the roller supports and adapted to be turned by the roller turner and a second roller mounted on at least one of the other roller supports. The second roller may be disposed substantially parallel to the first roller such that the distance between the first roller and the second roller is less than the size of an unflattened cut of poultry, such that the poultry is flattened when fed between the rollers with the roller turner. Various configurations of the rollers, methods of using the apparatus, and automated embodiments provide advantages for food preparation.
US07806748B2	Bra and system having a bay and a truss and method for using the same A bra and a system have bays and a truss for supporting breasts of a user wearing the bra. The bra has a first bay and/or a second bay for receiving the breasts of the user wearing the bra. The bra has a first cup, a second cup and/or the truss for supporting and/or for enclosing the breasts of the user. The truss connects a rear end of the first portion to a rear end of the second portion. Liners are connected to an interior surface of the first portion and/or an interior surface of the second portion. The truss reduces stress of, strain of and/or pain in shoulders, a neck and/or a back of the user from the weight of the breasts of the user. The bays, the truss and/or the cups of the bra minimize unwanted movements of the breast of the user.
US07806743B2	Method for manufacturing a display device A method for manufacturing a display device and a display device manufactured thereby are provided. The above method has the steps of forming a first resin material on a base substrate so as to surround a region in which light-emitting devices are provided, applying a second resin material in the region surrounded by the first resin material, initiating polymerization of at least one of the above resin materials, adhering the base substrate to the sealing substrate with the above two resin materials provided therebetween after the polymerization is initiated so as to seal the light-emitting devices in the second resin material, and curing the first resin material and the second resin material by promoting the polymerization.
US07806741B1	Marine propulsion system with separate air intake and cooling systems An outboard motor is provided with two distinct and separate streams of air flowing through its cowl structure. One stream of air is intended to cool various heat emitting components under the cowl and the other stream of air is intended to provide required air for combustion within the cylinders of the engine. The two streams of air flow along first and second flow paths which are maintained in isolation with respect to each other so that the air in the two streams of air are not mixed together. In that way, heat is prevented from decreasing the density of the air stream flowing into the cylinders for combustion within the engine.
US07806740B1	Marine propulsion device with an oil temperature moderating system An oil temperature moderating system of an outboard motor causes cooling water to be warmed to a predefined magnitude of temperature and then conducted through a temperature responsive valve to a coolant conduit, or coolant jacket, in thermal communication with oil within an oil sump of the outboard motor. In this way, the oil within the oil sump is continuously disposed in thermal communication with cooling water that has achieved a temperature controlled by a thermostat or similar device and, as a result, is above the temperature of the water drawn from a body of water in which the outboard motor is operated. This type of system reduces the temperature of oil in the oil sump when it is greater than the cooling water flowing through the thermostat and raises the temperature of oil in the oil sump when it is cooler than water flowing through the thermostat.
US07806739B2	Battery connector with time-delay function A battery connector (100) includes an insulative housing (10) and a power contact (30A), a signal contact (30B) and a grounding contact (30C) received in the insulative housing. The insulative housing defines a mating face (101). Each of the power contact, the signal contact and the grounding contact has a contacting portion (307) extending out of the mating face of the insulative housing. A distance from the contacting portion of the power contact to the mating face is larger than a distance from the contacting portion of the signal contact to the mating face.
US07806736B2	Wiring device terminal and related method of termination A terminal of a wiring device includes a conductive plate, an arm, and a wire guide. The conductive plate has an opening formed therethrough. The conductive plate receives a fastener for securing a substantially straight wire to the conductive plate. The arm extends from the conductive plate and defines a mating element on the wiring device. The arm is an anchor of said conductive plate. The mating element of the arm is adapted to cooperate with a complementary mating element. The wire guide is in spaced relation to the fastener to position the substantially straight wire adjacent to the fastener.
US07806734B1	Audio jack connector An audio jack connector includes an insulating housing, a movable terminal, a fixed terminal, and a conductive ring. The insulating housing has a main body and a cylindrical sleeve, and defines an insertion hole therein for receiving an audio plug. A bottom of the insulating housing defines an opening across a junction of the main body and the sleeve and communicating with the insertion hole. The movable terminal has an elastic arm projected into the insertion hole from the opening. The fixed terminal has a contact arm attached to an outer periphery of the sleeve. The conductive ring encircles the sleeve with the contact arm against an inner side thereof. The movable terminal is electrically connected with the fixed terminal through the conductive ring when the audio plug is inserted into the insertion hole to push the elastic arm up to contact with the inner side of the conductive ring.
US07806732B1	Connector assembly A connector assembly includes a socket connector and a signal output connector. The socket connector is configured for connection with an external electronic device, such as a computer or a mobile phone. The signal output connector is assembled with the socket connector. Terminals configured for multiple transmission functions are compactly standby-provided in the connector assembly to enable the connector assembly to be connected to various multi-functional interfaces.
US07806731B2	Rounded contact fingers on substrate/PCB for crack prevention A strengthened semiconductor die substrate and package are disclosed. The substrate may include contact fingers formed with nonlinear edges. Providing a nonlinear contour to the contact finger edges reduces the mechanical stress exerted on the semiconductor die which would otherwise occur with straight edges to the contact fingers. The substrate may additionally or alternatively include plating traces extending at an angle from the contact fingers. Extending at an angle, at least the ends of the plating traces at the edge of the substrate are covered beneath a lid in which the semiconductor package is encased. Thus, when in use with a host device, contact between the ends of the plating traces beneath the lid and contact pins of the host device is avoided.
US07806729B2	High-speed backplane connector A terminal module for assembly into a high-speed electrical connector having a contact receiving first contact pair and second contact pair, the second contact pair being in electrical communication with the first contact pair via a corresponding pair of contact interconnections. The contact interconnections have a substantially identical length of the corresponding pair and are arranged within parallel planes. The module further includes a shielding member arranged and disposed in close proximity to at least three edges of one or more of the first contact pair, the second contact pair and the contact interconnections to provide shielding. A housing member is arranged and disposed to receive backplane contacts via contact receiving apertures. The housing member is engaged with the first contact pair to receive the contacts into the contacts of the first contact pair. A backplane having grounding plate grid is also disclosed.
US07806727B2	Plug connector The invention relates to a plug connector (10), in particular, for telecommunications and data-systems-technology connections, comprising a housing in which a connector jack (20) is disposed around which a mating face is disposed, wherein the housing has a front section (44a, 44b, 44c, 44d, 44e) and a rear section (42), wherein the mating face (30a, 30b, 30c, 30d, 30e) is disposed on the front section (44a, 44b, 44c, 44d, 44e), while the connector jack (20) is disposed in the rear section (42) or in the front section (44a, 44b, 44c, 44d, 44e), and wherein the front section (44a, 44b, 44c, 44d, 44e) is disposed on the rear section (42) in a detachably connectable manner.
US07806721B2	Patch panel modular jack assembly A module assembly includes an interface module including a housing having a plurality of jack cavities and associated jack latch openings. The housing is configured to be mated with a patch panel. The module assembly also includes a plurality of modular jacks that are directly inserted into corresponding jack cavities. Each modular jack includes a single latch arm that engages the jack latch opening to retain the modular jack in the jack cavity. Optionally, each modular jack may include a top surface and a bottom surface, wherein the latch arm extends from the top surface and wherein the bottom surface is planar. The bottom surface may rest flush with a bottom wall of the jack cavity.
US07806720B2	Wire harness and wire harness assembling method A wire harness has a joint connector having a joint terminal and a connector housing. The joint terminal has a short-circuit section and a plurality of electrical contact portions aligned in a direction substantially orthogonal to an axial direction of wires. The connector housing has an external wall surrounding terminal chambers and exposed to the outside; and a plurality of terminal locking tabs formed integrally with the external wall the terminal locking tabs locking wire terminals. Each of the terminal locking tabs has a shape deflectable between an engaging position that locks each wire terminal and a disengaging position. The joint connector is fixed to the peripheral surface of a wire harness main body while the outer surface of the external wall of the connector housing faces and contacts the peripheral surface of the wire harness main body the connector housing being provided with the terminal locking tabs.
US07806718B2	Electrical connectors and methods of connecting An electrical connector and method of making an electrical connection wherein the connector includes a housing having an upper portion and a lower portion rotatable relative to each other, a chamber, a cavity configured to receive a first wire, and a first conductive member positioned within the chamber. The first conductive member is configured to extend into the cavity and establish electrical contact with a conductor of the first wire upon rotation of the upper housing portion relative to the lower housing portion. A second conductive member can be electrically coupled to a conductor of a second wire. The second conductive member is also electrically coupled to the first conductive member such that electrical conductivity can thus be established between the conductor of the first wire and the conductor of the second wire.
US07806716B2	Plug-in combination of appliances for protecting against overvoltages The invention relates to a plug-in combination of appliances for protecting against overvoltages, said combination of appliances comprising: a socket-type lower part and at least one plug-in module, which can both receive overvoltage protection elements; contact elements and contact counter elements that are respectively arranged in the lower part and in the plug-in module; and complementary guide rails or guide grooves for inserting or pushing-on and fixing the respective plug-in module. According to the invention, functionally separated, mechanical catch or snap-in elements act between the respective plug-in module and the socket-type lower part independently of the forces which hold together the contact elements and the contact counter elements in a positively fixed and/or non-positively fixed manner when the plug-in module is in use. The catch or snap-in function can be cancelled without any mechanical auxiliary means when the respective plug-in module is to be replaced.
US07806715B2	Connector A slider (50) is mounted on a housing (20) movable between a wait position and a detection position. The slider (50), at the detection position, is at a position opposite to a flexing direction of a locking arm (26) to prevent the locking arm (26) from flexing in an unlocking direction. In a process of shifting the slider (50) from the wait position to the detection position, a guide portion (45) gradually displaces the slider (50) toward the detection position in a direction in which the degree of locking between the slider (50) and the locking arm (26) becomes higher. At the detection position, a detection piece (54) of the slider (50) takes a downwardly inclining posture at its front portion to press down a front portion of the locking arm (26) from above.
US07806714B2	Push-pull connector A connector assembly configured to engage a mating connector. The connector assembly includes a plug body that has loading and mating ends and a central axis extending therebetween. The mating end is configured to be inserted into a cavity of the mating connector to establish at least one of communicative and power connections. The plug body has an outer surface that surrounds and faces away from the central axis. The connector assembly also includes a ring that is slidably mounted over the plug body. The ring is configured to slide along the outer surface of the plug body in an axial direction between withdrawn and locked positions. The connector assembly also includes a sleeve member that is slidably mounted over the plug body and the ring. The sleeve member includes a plurality of fingers that extend toward the mating end and are biased toward the outer surface of the plug body. The ring is configured to engage the fingers and the fingers are configured to flex away and engage the mating connector.
US07806713B1	High speed radio frequency cable connector interface stabilization systems and methods The present disclosure provides a cable connector interface stabilization system, including: a component; one or more cables coupled to the component through one or more connectors; a spacer block disposed adjacent to the one or more connectors; and a retention member disposed adjacent to the one or more connectors opposite the spacer block and selectively secured to the spacer block, thereby securing the one or more connectors, and thereby securing the one or more cables to the component. The spacer block disposed adjacent to the one or more connectors is attached to one of a board and a heatsink assembly. The spacer block and the retention member surround the one or more connectors. The spacer block and the retention member secure the one or more connectors and secure the one or more cables to the component such that the associated connector-to-component interface(s) are fixed and immovable, ensuring that the associated electrical parameter(s) remain constant over time.
US07806710B2	Lamp holding unit A lamp holding unit includes a coupling terminal and a main body. The coupling terminal includes a coupling plate extended in a direction crossing a longitudinal direction of a lamp. The coupling plate has a cutout portion to receive a lead line of the lamp so that the cutout portion of the coupling plate making contact with the lead line. The main body is coupled with the coupling terminal and guiding the lamp. Therefore, an electrical connection between the lamp holding unit and the lead line of the lamp is stabilized, so that noise or spark caused by mal-connection is prevented.
US07806709B2	Lamp socket and display device having the same A display device includes a backlight assembly and a panel assembly. The backlight assembly includes lamps which emit light when properly powered. Each of the lamps includes a lead terminal, and receives electric power through a lamp socket that is electrically connected to an external power supply. The lamp socket includes a socket cover inserted in the lamp socket. The socket cover supportively embraces a resilient contact terminal within the socket body and thus helps the contact terminal to maintain grip with the lead terminal. The socket cover includes a metal material that is able to absorb and safely dissipate heat impulses from nearby intermittent sparks, so that the socket cover is not substantially deformed by the heat impulses of multiple sparks that occur nearby at contact points between the lamp lead terminal and the socket contact terminal.
US07806708B2	Means for transferring electric power in a turret-moored vessel and method of assembly Means for transferring electric power and/or signals comprises an electrical power slip-ring system (EPSR) (3) comprising a housing (4) containing an electrical slip-rings, the housing (4) being connected to a support structure (6) of a vessel (7) and a brush carrier unit (8) that is in slidable contact with the electrical conductor means, the brush carrier (8) being fixed to a turret (2). A swivel unit (10) extends thorough the center of the housing (4). The turret (2) and support structure (6) may be disposed on the vessel in various configurations such as an internal turret configuration, a submerged turret configuration or an external turret configuration.
US07806704B2	Connector The present invention provides a connector including an insulative body; a first differential signaling contact, disposed inside the body; a second differential signaling contact, disposed inside the body in spaced relation to and at an equal height level to the first differential contact; and a third contact, disposed inside the body, at a different height level from the differential signaling contacts, and positioned between the differential signaling contacts and offset toward one of the differential signaling contacts. The third contact includes a first overlapping portion that overlaps in plane position with the first differential signaling contact; and a second overlapping portion that overlaps in plane position with the second differential signaling contact. Overlap areas of the first and second overlapping portions relative to the first and second differential signaling contacts, respectively, are adjusted in accordance with an impedance difference between the first and second differential signaling contacts.
US07806703B2	Component part having an electrical printed circuit board A component part has an electrical printed circuit board (12), which has an electronic circuit and has been contact-connected to a lead frame (10), which is generally surrounded at least partially by plastic (11), in which first contact elements (14) protrude on the lead frame (10) adjacent to the printed circuit board (12) and are mechanically connected to second contact elements (16) on the printed circuit board (12) via a flexible intermediate region (30), wherein the first and the second contact elements (16) are contact-connected to one another in pairs in such a way that in each case at least one punctiform and/or linear contact region (25, 27) on one contact element (14) interacts with a flat contact region on the other contact element (16) in a clamping connection.
US07806701B2	Electronic card having a countermeasure against static electricity The electronic card of the present invention enables prevention of failure of an electronic circuit incorporated in the electronic card by establishing an electrostatic shielding unit. A connector has a plurality of contacts and a housing. A container case has a side facing a face of one side of the substrate on which an electronic circuit is imprinted, and a first shell and a second shell of electrically conductive material positioned on a side facing the face of the other side of the substrate, respectively. An opening is established on a front end section relating to insertion and removal of the connector in a housing, and is held in a state in which contacts are exposed internally. An electrostatic shielding unit is of electrically conductive material that is electrically connected to the container case, and is positioned in an exposed state on a surface of the above-mentioned front end section.
US07806699B2	Wound coil compression connector A multi-contact electrical connector and method of making are provided. An embodiment of a multi-contact electrical connector includes multiple small-scale densely packed contacts in the form conductive coils with wire loops whose elastic deformation provides a normal contact force for each contact in the connectors. The connector also includes a body that is configured to position the conductive coils. In some embodiments, the body may be elongate and the wire loop may be wrapped around the elongate body. In other embodiments, the body may have channels that extend through the body in which the conductive coils are disposed.
US07806688B2	Soft polymer dental sheet and processes therefor Processes wherein a soft polymer sheet deforms readily under the pressure of dental surfaces brought into contact with one another. As such, the sheet does not itself interfere with such contact. Processes for the sheet include deforming the sheet between contacting dental surfaces, and noting the location and intensity of contact deformations. The position of the sheet is stabilized on the surfaces by temporary adhesion, wherein the adhered sheet does not interfere with contact. Further processes involve deforming the sheet between contacting dental surfaces such that the sheet does not interfere with the contact of the dental surfaces, and utilizing the sheet to support dental materials, such as supporting restorative composite, impression materials, and so on. The sheet is preferably comprised of polytetrafluoroethylene.
US07806682B2	Low contamination rate flame detection arrangement Contamination rate reduction for a flame detection or sensor arrangement using controlled but flexible flame sensor activation. A flame sensor of the subject application is subject to contamination which reduces the lifetime of the sensor. To reduce a contamination rate of the flame sensor, the sensor may be inactivated for certain periods of time when the necessity of flame detection does not appear significant for the use at hand.
US07806681B2	Plate heater for a manifold of an injection molding apparatus An injection molding apparatus includes a manifold having a manifold channel for receiving a melt stream of moldable material and delivering the melt stream to a mold cavity through a nozzle channel of a nozzle and a mold gate. A heater is coupled to the manifold. The heater includes a heater plate that is formed by an extrusion process and at least one channel for receiving a heating element.
US07806676B2	Automated concrete casting system A system for automating the casting of concrete panels in which a bed position indicator is fed to a program which compares the bed position to CAD drawings concerning the concrete to be cast and sends the drawing detail for the position of the bed which is then shown on the bed by a laser.
US07806675B2	Injection molding machine with resin pressure gradient detection Suck back is started and a gradient of pressure (an amount of change in resin pressure while a screw or a plunger moves backward by a certain amount) is detected. Whether or not an absolute value of the detected gradient of the pressure is smaller than a reference value set in advance is determined, and it is determined that the reduction of the resin pressure has been completed when the absolute value becomes smaller than the reference value. A screw position at the time of the completion of the pressure reduction is stored and a screw movement amount from a suck back start position to a pressure reduction completion position is displayed on a screen.
US07806671B2	Piston pump A piston pump includes a piston for increasing and decreasing the volume of a pump chamber formed in a cylinder bore of a cylinder member, by axially reciprocating movement thereof; a suction valve provided in the piston, and opening and closing when the volume of the pump chamber increases and decreases, respectively; and a discharge valve provided at a discharge side of the pump chamber, and opening and closing when the volume of the pump chamber decreases and increases, respectively. A plurality of mutually communicating, axially extending grooves are formed on an outer circumferential portion of the piston located on the pump-chamber side. A cylindrical seat member is fixedly and externally fitted to the piston in a region of the communicating grooves. A valve port and a valve seat of the suction valve are formed at an end portion of the seat member located on the pump-chamber side.
US07806668B2	Flexible tube for supplying chemical liquid A flexible tube 20 has an inlet side fixed end 21, and an outlet side fixed end 22, and an elastic deformation portion 23 is provided between them. The elastic deformation portion 23 is provided with convex arc portions 42. In the convex arc portions 42, three apices 41 provided apart at approximately regular intervals in the circumferential direction are each curved in a convex shape outward so as to have smaller curvature radius than that of a virtual circle S tangent to the apices 41 from each apex as a center for deformation. Concave arc portions 43 are formed consecutively between the respective convex arc portions 42 in circumferential direction, and the concave arc portions 43 are each curved in a concave shape outward. At a time of expansion and shrinkage of the elastic deformation portion, the respective convex arc portions 42 elastically deform in the circumferential direction, and the concave arc portions 43 elastically deform in the radial direction.
US07806656B2	Fan assembly for vehicle heat-dissipating fan and forming method thereof A fan assembly comprises a frame and a securing element. The frame has a first end portion, a second end portion and a middle portion. The foam securing element comprises a positioning hole having a first hole having a shape corresponding to the first end portion, a second hole having a shape corresponding to the second end portion, and a third hole having a cross section larger than that of the second hole. When the second end portion is inserted into the first hole, the second end portion and the middle portion pass through the first hole and the first end portion urges against the periphery of the second hole to receive the second end portion in the third hole. The second end portion of the frame is stopped by a periphery of the positioning hole after rotating at a predetermined angle so that the frame is positioned.
US07806655B2	Method and apparatus for assembling blade shims A method for assembling a stator assembly for a turbine engine is provided. The method includes providing a blade with a base including an end wall having at least one hole defined therein and providing a shim having at least one aperture extending therethrough. The shim aperture is aligned with the end wall hole, and the shim is secured to the blade base end wall using a fastener. The fastener is inserted through the shim aperture in an interference fit within the end wall hole. The blade and the shim are coupled to a turbine casing.
US07806647B2	Lift gate apparatus for a truck or trailer body A lift gate apparatus for a truck or trailer body is provided that includes a platform and a drive mechanism operable to pivot the platform between a stowed position and a deployed position, and vertically move the platform from a bed-level position and a lower than bed-level position. In some embodiments, the drive mechanism utilizes a pneumatic motor to power one or both of a pivot drive and a lift drive. In some embodiments, the drive mechanism utilizes one or more pneumatic cylinders within the pivot drive or lift drive. In some embodiments, one or more pneumatic cylinders are arranged to both pivot the platform and vertically lift the platform, thereby combining the functionality of the pivot drive and the lift drive. The emergency brake system of the truck or trailer body can be used as a source of compressed air to power the pneumatic motor and/or cylinders.
US07806645B2	Adaptable cart lifter A refuse collection cart lifter is provided with a lock/release mechanism that prevents relative movement between the upper and lower hooks when the lifter is in the inverted position, but permits such relative movement when released so as to permit the lifter to have a an adaptable or “breakaway” feature This allows the lifter to be mounted on vertical surfaces that may prevent the lifter from retracting to a recessed position when in the lowered or retracted position, but still permit the first actuator arms supporting the lower hook to pivot freely with respect to the lift arms should an obstacle be engaged.
US07806643B2	Elevator-based tool loading and buffering system A substrate processing apparatus is provided. The apparatus has a casing, a low port interface and a carrier holding station. The casing has processing devices within for processing substrates. The load port interface is connected to the casing for loading substrates into the processing device. The carrier holding station is connected to the casing. The carrier holding station is adapted for holding at least one substrate transport carrier at the load port interface. The carrier holding station is arranged to provide a fast swap section for replacement of the substrate transport carrier from the carrier holding station.
US07806641B2	Substrate processing system having improved substrate transport system A substrate processing system includes a first load lock, a process chamber having a first opening to allow an exchange of a substrate between the first load lock and the first process chamber, first rollers in the process chamber; and second rollers in the first load lock, wherein the first rollers and the second rollers are configured to transport a substrate thereon through the first opening between the first load lock and the process chamber. The first rollers and the second rollers are not rotated by an active transport mechanism.
US07806636B2	Dead spindle chucking system with sliding sleeve A power driver may include a housing, a tool chuck and a sleeve. The tool chuck may have a chuck body mounted for rotation on the housing and supporting threadless chuck jaws, and a chuck drive shaft mounted for rotation on the chuck body. The sleeve may be mounted on the tool chuck for adjustment into a DRILL DRIVE MODE to rotationally lock together the chuck body and the chuck drive shaft, and a CHUCK MODE to rotationally lock together the chuck body and the housing.
US07806634B2	Cutting insert for high feed face milling, and milling cutter tool including same A cutting insert for milling operations, such as, face milling, slot milling, plunge milling, and ramping operations. The cutting insert exhibits a combination of favorable cutting edge strength, and unique cutting edge geometry, thus, allowing milling operations at relatively high feed rates. The cutting insert includes at least four cutting edges, wherein at least one of the cutting edges is a convex cutting edge. Certain embodiments of square cutting inserts will have four convex cutting edges which may be connected by nose corners. The convex cutting edge may comprise at least one of a circular arc, a portion of an ellipse, a portion of a parabola, a multi-segment spline curve, a straight line, or combinations of these. Wherein the convex cutting edge comprises a circular arc, the circular arc may have a radius greater than or equal to two times a radius of the largest circle that may be inscribed on the top surface.
US07806633B2	Cutting insert with threaded hole and cutting tool therefor A cutting insert includes a top surface; a bottom surface; a plurality of clearance side surfaces extending between the top and bottom surfaces; a cutting edge formed at an intersection between the top surface and at least one of the plurality of clearance side surfaces; and a threaded hole extending from the bottom surface to a predetermined distance from the top surface. The threaded hole is capable of receiving an insert screw for mounting the cutting insert to a cutter body. A cutting tool for mounting the cutting insert to an insert-receiving pocket is also disclosed.
US07806621B2	Locking device for connector assembly A locking device designed to maintain the connection between a male connecting element and a female connecting element, and assembly including the locking device. The locking device includes a sleeve provided with a female thread designed to interact with a male thread of the female connecting element and indexing means housed in the sleeve and designed to interact with the male connecting element and to be indexed during screwing of the locking device onto the female connecting element. The locking device also includes a compression device mounted so that it sides in the sleeve and is capable of increasing a contact pressure between the indexing means after screwing.
US07806617B2	Document binding system A document binding system for efficiently securing a plurality of documents together in a professional manner. The document binding system generally includes a first support including at least one post and a second support including at least one opening. The post extends outwardly from the first support and the opening extends through the second support. The post includes a plurality of teeth ending along an outer surface of the post and the opening includes a locking member extending within, wherein the locking member selectively engages at least one of the teeth to secure the first support to the second support, wherein a plurality of documents are preferably selectively secured between the first support and the second support.
US07806616B2	Writing instrument barrel including a painted inner surface A writing instrument barrel, comprising a body portion, which is generally tubular, and which has a hollow channel extending therethrough. It includes an inner surface, including a paint-adhering material applied to the inner surface for enabling paint to adhere thereto, and paint applied to the paint-adhering material on at least a portion of the inner surface of the body portion to form a painted inner surface. The hollow channel includes opposed ends and openings at the opposed ends thereof. The paint is able to be applied by a brush with paint on the tip thereof, which is able to be extended through the openings in the body portion.
US07806615B1	Mechanical pencil A chuck (4) for grasping a writing lead and a rotor (6) arranged to be movable in a direction of rotation and an axial direction within a body cylinder (1). A rotational drive mechanism for the writing lead is formed such that first and second cam faces (6a) and (6b) are respectively formed at one end face and another end face of the rotor in the axial direction, and first and second fixed cam faces (13a) and (14a) are arranged on the body cylinder side to face the above-mentioned first and second cam faces respectively. A pipe end (7) for guiding the writing lead to interlock with retreat and forward movement of the writing lead while the writing proceeds is arranged to move in the same direction, in conjunction with retreat and forward movement of the above-mentioned chuck.
US07806612B1	Device for applying fluids to convex surfaces The present invention may be used for applying fluids to a convex surface. A handle may be attached to a fluid dispensing assembly that may have a roller applicator assembly attached. The roller applicator assembly may have rollers rotatably disposed on a bracket with two of the rollers positioned at an oblique angle to an intermediate roller. The fluid dispensing assembly may have a body with a first fluid channel in fluid communication with a first fluid container in the handle and a second fluid channel in fluid communication with a second fluid container in the handle, and a piston in each fluid container. The first fluid channel may have an aperture adjacent a first roller and a second aperture adjacent the intermediate roller. The second fluid channel may have an aperture adjacent a second roller and a second aperture adjacent the intermediate roller.
US07806610B2	Printer with cover having laterally movable hinge A printer with a chassis, a hinge and a paper cover assembly. The chassis may have a printing head and a notch. The hinge may have an axis, and may be coupled with the chassis such that the rotational axis of the hinge is laterally movable. The paper cover assembly may be coupled with the hinge, and may be rotatable about the hinge. The paper cover assembly may have a roller and a handle. The roller may have an axis, and when the paper cover assembly is closed, the axis of the roller may be within the notch. The handle may be configured to move a cam mechanism, and when the paper cover assembly is closed and the mechanism is moved, the mechanism may act against the chassis causing the axis of the hinge to laterally move, thereby causing the axis of the roller to move out of the notch.
US07806609B2	Printer A roll paper printer having a cover movable between an open and closed position with the printer having hooks on locking levers disposed to the cover to hold the cover in the locked position upon engaging pins located on the printer body side and having an opening lever to unlock the cover. The printer also includes a paper cutter device having a stationary knife which is attached to the cover and contact plate parts which extend from the stationary knife for contacting the front panel part on the printer body and having extension springs disposed in tension for pulling the stationary knife towards the back of the printer such that upon closing the cover the contact plate parts push the cover to the front of the printer. This causes the hooks of the locking levers to press from the back against the engagement pins to eliminate any play in the cover when in cover is in the locked position and to assist in opening the cover when the cover opening lever is operated.
US07806607B2	Cylindrical molded article, lens barrel, camera, and injection mold A drive frame 34 serving as a cylindrical molded article includes a drive frame main body 34a, three first cam grooves 34c, three second cam grooves 34d, three first gate portions 84b, and three high-density regions H. The first gate portions are formed at the end of the cylindrical portion, and are vestiges of gates in injection molding. The high-density regions H are regions in which there is the highest proportion of the axial direction dimension accounted for by the first cam grooves 34c and the second cam grooves 34d with respect to the axial direction dimension of the drive frame main body 34a. The first gate portions 84b are disposed at a location closer to one of two adjacent high-density regions than the other in the circumferential direction of the two adjacent high-density regions H.
US07806606B2	Miniature camera shutter and filter/aperture The present invention is a miniature camera module for use in miniature camera applications. It is an object of the present invention to provide the miniature camera module with solenoid controlled blades in order to alter the amount and quality of light passing through a conduit disposed on the surface of the module. In some embodiments of the present invention, the blade comprises a shutter to completely block light. In other embodiments, the blade comprises an aperture, a neutral-density filter, a monochromatic filter, and the like. In some embodiments of the present invention, the miniature camera module is positioned within a more elaborate miniature camera chassis.
US07806603B2	Optical power supply type sensing system An optical power supply type sensing system includes: an optical directivity coupler (6) mounted in a sensor unit (1); a photo-electric converter (4) connected to a first optical fiber (5) among the first to the third optical fiber (5, 7, 8) connected to the optical directivity coupler (6); an optical output device (3) connected to the second optical fiber (7); and a measurement device (10) connected to the third optical fiber (8) drawn out of the sensor unit (1).
US07806598B2	Method of protecting roller element bearing assemblies against oil-out conditions and bearing assemblies made thereby A method of enhancing the operating life of roller bearings assemblies (B) subject to oil-out conditions is disclosed. The method comprises applying a tribological metal carbide reinforced amorphous hydrocarbon coating layer (16) over either the sliding surfaces (SS) or the rolling surfaces (RS) of the bearing assembly rolling elements (RE), but is preferably applied at least to the sliding surfaces of the rolling element. The coating has a thickness determined according to the equation: Formula (I), where d=coating thickness P=is the ratio of force applied to the rollers/contact area; n=the number of rollers; (t−t0)=the desired operating time after oil-out condition starts; and K′ is the Archard constant. d K ′ = Pv n ⁢ ( t - t 0 ) , ( 1 )
US07806597B2	Wheel bearing arrangement with face spline A wheel bearing arrangement which as at least two rows of rolling bodies which are used to bear a wheel hub which can be driven by a drive element and which includes a wheel bearing arrangement. The wheel hub is connected to the drive element. The wheel hub and the drive element engage together in a positive fit via a pair of face splines which correspond to each other.
US07806595B2	Miniature linear motion guide unit A miniature linear motion guide unit can eliminate the need for additional machining on a track rail, and thus improve the accuracy of the track rail and reduce the manufacturing costs. A track rail (R) having raceway grooves (4, 5) is fixed to a mounting surface by a fixing member (A). A slider (S) straddles and moves on the track rail. The fixing member has a recessed groove (7) formed in an opposing mounting face (6) facing the mounting surface and straddling the track rail. Part of the recessed groove is in contact with the track rail when the recessed groove straddles the track rail. A mounting hole (11) is drilled in a portion of the recessed groove of the fixing member away from the track rail. A stopper member (10) such as a bolt is inserted in the mounting hole and fixed to the mounting surface.
US07806594B2	Deli bag with adhesive strip A bag for holding perishable foods for transportation to a consumer's home includes an adhesive disposed on a flap of the bag to be folded down to cover the bag's opening. The adhesive can be used to bind multiple deli bags together for dispensing as well as to seal the bag for transportation of foodstuffs.
US07806593B2	Refuse bag with improved air removal and content compaction A lawn refuse bag is provided that includes a tubular container having a first side surface, a second side surface, a third side surface, a fourth side surface, and a fifth side surface. The tubular container further includes an open end for receiving compressible contents therein. A plurality of perforations are selectively disposed on at least one side surface of the tubular container adapted to discharge air from the tubular container away from a user compressing the contents therein.
US07806589B2	Bi-plane X-ray imaging system A high-speed biplane radiography system for in-vivo assessment of joint function is provided. The system can acquire stereo-pair radiographic images at rates from 30-4000 frames per second of nearly any motion or joint. The radiographic equipment can be mounted in a gantry system that provides sufficient positioning flexibility for imaging different joints of a subject's body, along with an imaging area large enough for a variety of dynamic activities (e.g., walking, running, jumping, throwing, etc.). Three-dimensional (3D) bone positions can be determined using software for matching the bones in each X-ray image with 3D models developed from subject-specific CT (computed tomography) scans. This system can provide accurate (e.g., ±0.1 mm) assessment and direct 3D visualization of dynamic joint function, and can overcome limitations of conventional gate or motion analysis.
US07806587B2	Electronic clinical thermometer and method of producing the same A method of producing an electronic clinical thermometer is disclosed, the electronic clinical thermometer including a temperature-sensitive element, lead wire that is connected to the temperature-sensitive element, a body case having a probe part in which an insertion path for the lead wire to be inserted is formed, and a sensor cap having a cavity one end of which is opened and the other end is closed, both the lead wire projecting from the insertion path and the temperature-sensitive element being stored within the sensor cap, and the method includes a step for mounting the sensor cap on the probe part, in a state where the lead wire having the temperature-sensitive element mounted on the tip thereof projects from the insertion path of the probe part.
US07806585B2	Apparatus, method, and system for measuring water activity and weight An apparatus configured to determine water activity and weight of a sample. The apparatus may comprise a chamber configured to at least partially enclose a sample. The apparatus may also comprise a sensor configured to measure water activity of a sample in the chamber. Additionally, the apparatus may comprise a moisture content adjustment device connected to the chamber and configured to change moisture content in the chamber. An isotherm generation module is also disclosed. The isotherm generation module may be configured to receive water activity measurements from a sensor device and weight measurements from a weighing device, the isotherm generation module being configured to generate an isotherm for a sample based on the water activity measurements and the weight measurements.
US07806583B2	Clamping mechanism A clamping mechanism particularly for clamping a vibrator to a reinforcing bar. The clamping mechanism provides a slot which intersects a channel. The channel is longitudinally open in one direction at one side of said intersecting slot and longitudinally open in the opposite direction at the other side of said intersecting slot. A reinforcing bar or other member to be engaged first enters the slot then moves into the channel. Once in the channel, the bar or other member is positively retained therein.
US07806581B2	Lighting lamp A lighting lamp includes a light guide board, which is directly mounted in the cavity of a lamp holder, furniture, utensil, or the construction of a building, having a clear transmissive layer at the front side and a continuous piece of reflective layer a clear transmission layer at the front side and a reflective layer at the back side that has the shape of an umbrella surface and sloping from the periphery toward its center, and a plurality of LEDs mounted within the cavity outside the light guide board and controlled to emit light laterally into the inside of the light guide boards to provide a uniform lighting effect having an enhanced brightness without multi-image and to simulate the lighting effect of a ball lamp.
US07806580B2	Light source device A light source device includes a light conduction, a light source and a light diffusion component. The light conduction component has a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The second surface has a light input portion. The first surface has a light output portion substantially coaxial with the light input portion and having two opposite longitudinal ends and two opposite lateral ends. The light source is configured to emit lights to the light input portion. The first light diffusion component is positioned on the first surface, and includes row light diffusion components and column light diffusion components substantially perpendicular to the row light diffusion components. The row light diffusion components are positioned at the longitudinal ends of the light output portion. The column light diffusion components are positioned at the lateral ends of the light output portion.
US07806578B2	Illumination device having light guide body The illumination device is provided with a plurality of light guide bodies, the bottom face of which is given light reflection/scattering treatment, light sources individually connected to the end portions of a plurality of the light guide bodies to radiate the bottom faces of a plurality of the light guide bodies, and a control unit for changing the intensity of light made incident from the light sources to a plurality of the light guide bodies. A plurality of the light guide bodies are laminated so as to be at least partially overlapped at the respective light emitting regions of the light guide bodies, and the control unit allows the intensity of light made incident from the light sources to the light guide bodies to change with the lapse of time.
US07806577B2	High brightness light emitting diode device The present invention relates to a light emitting diode (LED) device (10) comprising (a plurality of LED chips (12) placed on a substrate, and a plurality of light guiding elements (16, 36) each having and an entrance window (24) and an exit window (26) wherein the elements are arranged for allowing light from at least one LED chip to be transferred from the entrance window to the exit window, and wherein the elements are further arranged so that said exit windows form several inner side surfaces (20) of a cavity (22), which cavity further has an exit aperture (30) for allowing extraction of light from the device. This configuration allows for a high brightness LED device.
US07806570B2	Reinforcement for linear indirect lighting fixtures An elongated indirect lighting fixture having a upwardly directed shallow concave sheet element suspended at its ends with spars interconnected along the outer marginal edges of the reflector element. The spars are preformed in an upward and inward direction to resist sagging both in a downward direction and an outward direction so that the lighting fixture, as represented by the sheet element, is substantially linear.
US07806569B2	Lighting system with removable light modules A lighting system with removable light modules mounted on a frame by an attractive force between magnetic material of the light module and magnetic material of the frame such that a light module may be installed on, removed from, or relocated on the frame manually without tools or permanent electrical connection. The frame may be one-, two-, or three-dimensional, and it may provide an aesthetic appearance even when the lighting system is not illuminated. The light modules may employ incandescent, quartz-halogen, LED, or fluorescent light sources. Particularly, in LED embodiments, the magnetic materials serve the dual functions of mounting and heat sinking. The lighting system may be utilized as a sign, signaling device, or a building block in larger lighting systems. The lighting system has a wide variety of applications and provides a user with improved ability to control the quantity, direction, and characteristics of the emitted light.
US07806567B2	Diffuser plate with cambered and prismatic microstructures and backlight using the same A backlight module includes a light source module and a diffuser plate. The diffuser plate has a plate body, a plurality of light-scattering areas and a plurality of light-gathering areas. The light-scattering areas and the light-gathering areas are alternately disposed on a light-entrance surface or a light-exit surface of the plate body. The light-scattering area includes a plurality of cambered units while each cambered unit has a convex cambered surface. The light-gathering area includes a plurality of prism lenses. Two side surfaces of the prism lenses intersect at an angle θ.
US07806554B2	LED direct-plugging type multi-chip high power light source The present invention provides a LED direct-plugging type multi-chip high power light source, comprising a heat dissipating substrate, a protective rubber ring mounted at the front side of the heat dissipating substrate, LEDs fixed on the heat dissipating substrate and in the protective rubber ring, the heat dissipating substrate being provided with two through holes penetrating its front side and rear side, in each of the two through holes separately provided with a pin connected to the LEDs, one end of the pin inserted into the through hole and the other end of the pin led out from the rear side of the heat dissipating substrate to the outside of the heat dissipating substrate, and the part of the pins inserted in the through holes being separated from the heat dissipating substrate by a insulator. The heat dissipating substrate is made of high heat conduction metal. In the present invention, the heat dissipating substrate is made of high heat conduction metal, and the heat conducting pole is abolished. Comparing with the conventional art, the present invention decreases the heat dissipating path, increases the sectional area, and eliminates the intermediate link of high thermal resistance. The present invention increases the power of a single light source, decreases the attenuation of light greatly, and increases the useful life greatly.
US07806552B1	Lighted cooler A lighted cooler includes a thermally-insulated cooler body having a cooler body interior, at least one lid carried by the cooler body and closeable over the cooler body interior, a front body panel carried by the cooler body, a transparent light panel carried by the cooler body in spaced-apart relationship with respect to the front body panel, a plurality of lights carried by the front body panel adjacent to the transparent light panel, a power source electrically connected to the plurality of lights and a light control button electrically connected between the power source and the plurality of lights.
US07806551B1	Halloween trick bowl An apparatus comprising a bowl having an opening. The opening includes a plurality of movable members movable between a first position and a second position. The first position is a closed position in which the movable members are connected and support items in the bowl. The second position is an open position and allows a hand to enter the opening. The apparatus includes a circuit that includes a switch operably connected to said moveable members such that a light turns on upon said moveable members being in a second position.
US07806544B2	Backlight assembly and display device having the same A backlight assembly includes a plurality of lamps, a receiving container and a conductive member. Each of the lamps includes a lamp body, a first electrode part disposed at a first end portion of the lamp body and a second electrode part disposed at a second end portion of the lamp body, the second end portion being opposite to the first end portion. The receiving container includes a bottom plate on which the lamps are disposed and a sidewall disposed at edge portions of the bottom plate to define a receiving space. The receiving container has a plurality of grounding portions formed on the bottom plate or the sidewalls. The conductive member electrically connects the second electrode part to one of the grounding portions.
US07806543B2	Light system for a temperature controlled case A temperature controlled case is disclosed that includes a housing defining a display area and a first shelf provided within the display area. The temperature controlled case also includes a light system associated with the first shelf. The light system includes a substrate having a first portion and a second portion and a light source provided at the first portion of the substrate and configured to direct light through the substrate towards the second portion for illuminating an area below the first shelf. According to another embodiment, the substrate is a light sheet that cooperates with the light source to provide a distribution of light that varies between the first portion of the light sheet and the second portion of the sheet.
US07806542B2	Display device A display device that performs display by illuminating an object having a display surface is reduced in size and improved in viewability. A panel-shaped illumination device is disposed facing a display surface of an instrument that is the illumination object. The illumination device has light-emitting regions patterned finely and facing the display surface of the instrument. A light-shielding layer is disposed on the light-emitting region of the illumination device on a side not facing the display surface of the instrument, that is, an observer-side. Illumination light emitted from the light-emitting region illuminates the display surface of the instrument uniformly and is reflected toward the observer before visually recognized through transparent region of the illumination device. At that time, direct visual recognition by the observer of the illumination light emitted from the light-emitting region is suppressed.
US07806541B2	High performance LED lamp system An LED lamp system with a plurality of LED elements is described. The system comprises a chamber (1) with a plurality of inner side wall faces and a radiation opening (4) for the emission of light. The inner side wall faces are each formed predominantly from a plurality of LED radiation surfaces (3a, 3b).
US07806538B2	Light source device and vehicle lighting device An LED light source device can have a simple configuration which can easily create a desired light distribution pattern with a low profile and light weight. An illumination apparatus and a vehicle lighting device can also be configured to use the LED light source device. The light source device can include a light guide plate made of a flat plate-like material that is transparent in the visible range, and which has a front surface serving as a light emission surface. A point light source can be opposed to an end surface of the light guide plate. A rear surface of the light guide plate can include a luminance control element configured to control a luminance distribution on the light emission surface. The luminance control element controls light from the light source, incident through the end surface of the light guide plate, so that a reduced inversion of a light distribution pattern that is to be emitted is formed on the light emission surface as the luminance distribution. The light guide plate can include a polarizing film for making the light emission surface emit p-polarized (parallel polarized) light.
US07806536B1	Convex mirror A convex mirror formed of a back board, a mirror, a ball head connecting rod, a ball socket, a socket cover and a mounting frame is disclosed. The back board has stub rods and retaining holes for receiving respective locating holes and hollow cylindrical posts of the ball socket to facilitate installation of rivets in affixing the ball socket and the back board together. The mirror has a rim inserted in between a rim and equiangularly spaced locating blocks of the back board to facilitate installation of self-tapping screws in affixing the rim of the back board and the rim of the mirror together.
US07806535B2	Low power projection display devices Described herein are devices that provide projection-type video output in a portable design. The projection-type display devices include a battery that stores electrical energy. The battery increases display device portability and flexible usage by permitting display device operation in locations not serviceable by a fixed power supply. For example, inclusion of a battery extends projector-type display device usage into a car, library, remote environment, or any other setting where fixed power outlets are not readily available or within power cord reach. To increase device endurance from a finite battery power supply, the present invention may also implement one or more hardware designs that reduce power consumption.
US07806532B2	Projector for projecting an optical image formed by light modulated by a light modulating device A projector includes a light source; a light modulating device that modulates the flux of light emitted from the light source on the basis of image information to form an optical image; a projection optical system that projects the formed optical image; and an exterior housing that accommodates the light source, the light modulating device, and the projection optical system. An opening that introduces air from the outside of the exterior housing into the inside thereof is formed in the exterior housing. An object to be cooled, a duct connecting the opening to the objects to be cooled, and a filter purifying the air introduced from the opening are provided inside the exterior housing. A cooling fan that sucks the air having been purified through the filter and sends the air to the object to be cooled are provided in the duct.
US07806526B2	Progressive ophthalmic lens and method of producing one such lens The invention relates to a progressive ophthalmic lens and to a method of producing one such lens. Variations in the optical power and the astigmatism of a progressive ophthalmic lens (10) result from (i) spherical and cylindrical variations in the anterior face (2) of the lens and (ii) variations in another physical unit of the lens. In this way, it is possible to customise the design of the progressive lens as a function of at least one behavioural characteristic of the lens wearer. Said customisation can be repeated by modulating the values of the physical unit between the different points of the lens. As a result, progressive lenses with different designs can be obtained from identical semi-finished lenses. The physical unit can comprise the sphere and the cylinder of the posterior face of the lens (3).
US07806525B2	Eyeglasses having a camera One embodiment pertains to a pair of glasses with a camera. For example, the camera can be partially or fully embedded in the glasses. In another embodiment, the camera can be removably attached to the glasses, such as removably attached to a temple of the glasses. The glasses can also include one or more various other electrical components. These other electrical components can work separately or in conjunction with the camera.
US07806522B2	Printer assembly having a refillable cartridge assembly Provided is a printer assembly having a refillable cartridge assembly. The cartridge assembly includes an elongate main body defining a number of rectangular ink reservoirs along a length thereof, with end reservoirs being larger than reservoirs interposed between the end reservoirs, said end reservoirs being configured to store ink more readily consumed during a printing process. The cartridge assembly also includes a lid assembly covering the main body to seal ink inside the ink reservoirs, the lid assembly having an actuator to actuate a cartridge refill unit. Also included is a printhead assembly fast with the main body and operatively fed with ink from the ink reservoirs in the main body, as well as a refill unit engageable with the lid assembly to refill at least one of the reservoirs.
US07806520B2	Ink supply apparatus and ink jet recording apparatus An ink supply apparatus for supplying ink from an ink tank to a recording head includes an atmosphere communication chamber that is connected to the ink tank, a first hollow tube that connects the atmosphere communication chamber to the outside air wherein one end is extended into the atmosphere communication chamber, and a second hollow tube that connects the atmosphere communication chamber to the outside air wherein one end is extended into the atmosphere communication chamber. The length of extension of the second hollow tube is different from the length of extension of the first hollow tube.
US07806513B2	Pagewidth printer having an elongate bi-lithic printhead unit Provided is a pagewidth printer having an elongate bi-lithic printhead unit. The unit includes two integrated circuits laid end-to-end, each having a multitude of micro-electromechanical nozzles for operatively ejecting printing fluid, and an ink distribution plate for feeding printing fluid into apertures defined in the integrated circuits. The unit also includes an ink distribution molding defining a plurality of elongate conduits for distributing printing fluid to the plate along a length of the printhead, and an end plug configured for fitment onto an end of the distribution molding to arrange said conduits in fluid communication with ink reservoirs. The unit further includes a printed circuit board (PCB) configured to relay data signals from a printer controller to respective ends of the integrated circuits.
US07806510B2	Image recording apparatus An image recording apparatus comprises a carriage carrying a recording head for recording an image on a recording medium transported in a predetermined direction, first and second support members, disposed on an upstream side and a downstream side, respectively, in a transport direction of the recording medium, for supporting said carriage slidably by support surfaces thereof facing said recording head and an endless belt for moving said carriage reciprocally in a direction substantially orthogonal to the transport direction wherein said carriage comprises a first contact section that comes into contact with the support surface of said first support member, and a second contact section that comes into contact with the support surface of said second support member, and a height position of a joint section of said endless belt and said carriage is at substantially the same height as a position of center of gravity of said carriage.
US07806509B2	Ink-jet image forming apparatus and waste-ink processing method An ink-jet image forming apparatus includes a recording head in which a plurality of nozzle groups jetting an ink is formed, a carriage which is mounted on the recording head, and which is capable of reciprocating in a predetermined direction, a waste-ink tank which stores the ink discharged from a the nozzle groups, and an air guide section which expedites evaporation of waste-ink by guiding a flow of air generated by the carriage movement to the waste-ink tank. Accordingly, it is possible to make the waste-ink tank compact without reducing an amount to be received of the waste-ink.
US07806508B2	Ink-jet recording method and ink-jet recording apparatus An ink-jet recording method for forming an image by discharging a liquid functional material onto a recording medium by a full-line type ink-jet head having discharge nozzles arranged in a widthwise direction substantially perpendicular to a transporting direction of the recording medium, includes: determining a range free of image recording between images recorded intermittently on the recording medium; effecting discharge or pressurization purge of the liquid functional material in the range free of image recording on the recording medium; and lowering a fluidity of the liquid functional material discharged.
US07806507B2	Liquid ejection apparatus, capping device, and installation device for liquid absorber A capping device provided in a liquid ejection apparatus having a liquid ejection head is provided. The liquid ejection head has a nozzle-forming surface in which a nozzle for ejection liquid is formed. The capping device includes a cap, a liquid absorber, and a fixing member. The cap is capable of contacting the liquid ejection head in such a manner as to encompass the nozzle. The liquid absorber is accommodated in the cap. The fixing member fixes the liquid absorber accommodated in the cap to the cap. The fixing member is arranged in the cap such that an upper end of the fixing member is at the same height as or lower than an upper surface of the liquid absorber.
US07806505B2	Mobile telecommunications device with printhead capper and controlled media drive A mobile telecommunications device is provided which has a printhead with an array of nozzles for printing a media substrate, a capper assembly movable between a capped position covering the nozzles and an uncapped position spaced from the nozzles, a drive shaft for feeding the media past the printhead, and a print engine controller for operatively controlling the printhead. The capper assembly is held in the uncapped position by the media such that it moves to the capped position upon disengagement with the media. During use, the print engine controller senses the number of complete and partial rotations of the drive shaft and adjusts the operation of the printhead in response to variations in the angular velocity of the drive shaft.
US07806492B2	Printhead and printing apparatus A printhead in which the voltage fluctuation absorption range of a MOS transistor serving as a constant current source is narrowed according to constant current driving. The printhead includes a controller which controls voltage fluctuations to adjust a current supplied to a plurality of printing elements. The printhead also includes a DC/DC converter which outputs a voltage of a voltage value to be applied to a plurality of printing elements from outside a printing element substrate.
US07806488B2	Medication cart drawer liner and method for using same to reduce nosocomial infections In a medication storage cart or ADM machine housing a plurality of individual drawers or bins holding medication and/or medical equipment, the invention provides devices and a method for reducing the risk of nosocomial infection through the use of disposable liners. Disposable liners may be placed within the bins, within drawer liners, or within cubies or mini-drawers. In some applications the liners may be color-coded for a predetermined use or patient compartmentalized with dividers, or customized with special labels. The disposable liners may have a tapered form so that multiple liners may be stored in a nested stack to minimize space requirements and to be loaded into a liner dispenser system.
US07806487B2	Noiseless rubber tracks for tracked vehicles A rubber track for tracked vehicles, comprising a rubber belt with an inner surface and a ground-engaging surface, the ground-engaging surface comprising a series of traction lugs spaced apart in a longitudinal direction of the track at a first pitch, the inner surface provided with a series of drive lugs spaced apart in the longitudinal direction of the track at a second pitch, wherein the rubber belt comprises at most one reinforcing rod, embedded in a rubber material thereof and extending transversally substantially over an entire width of the track, at every two traction lugs.
US07806485B1	Vehicle wheel accessory capable of displaying different designs A vehicle wheel accessory includes a hub, a plurality of blades having ornamental designs on opposite surfaces thereof, a plurality of radially extending spokes, coupled to said hub by a hinged spoke coupler; a biasing device contained within each blade for biasing the blade toward said hub and yet permitting said blade to be pulled outwardly away from said hub, enabling each blade to be rotated about an associated spoke for causing a first design on a first side of a blade to be displaced by a second design on a second opposite side of said blade; and wherein a plurality of anti-rotation locking devices are coupled to said hub for preventing blade rotation when lower portions of associated blades remain seated therein.
US07806481B2	Seating unit with adjustable components An armrest structure includes a tubular support, and an armrest having a tubular end telescopingly engaging the tubular support. A support plate engages bottom walls of the tubular support and the tubular end in a laminar arrangement. A clamping bolt slides through a top hole and into aligned holes in the laminar arrangement, with its head abutting the aligned holes. A clamping handle on a bottom of the bolt is rotatable between a clamping position tensioning the bolt to secure the arrangement, and a release position de-tensioning the bolt. By this arrangement, remaining walls of the tubular support and the tubular end are not deformed even when the clamp is clampingly pressing the adjacent sidewall sections together. An adjustable back with actuator handles at a lower edge of the back, and a seat assembly with fingers that retain an upholstery cover tight against concave areas are also shown.
US07806480B2	Latch rear seat back operation A vehicle seat for temporarily enlarging trunkspace includes a seat back and a seat bottom. The seat back is positionable in an upright position and a folded position. The seat back at least partially defines a portion of a vehicle storage compartment. In the folded position, the storage compartment is larger and able to hold more items than when the seat back is in the upright position. The vehicle seat is operable by a user with a single hand.
US07806476B2	Seat, especially an airplane or vehicle seat A seat, especially an airplane or vehicle seat, has a seat part placed on the stand-type seat structure (12) in relation to a base and provided with a bearing part (18) on its front side. The bearing part (18) is embodied in a flexible manner and can move in the direction of the seat structure (12) when a predefined seating load is exerted on it. When the load is discharged, it can move back into its initial position in the opposite direction from the seat structure (12). This arrangement creates a seat whose front part is maintained in a flexible manner such that the front area of the seat part yields according to the seating load exerted by the seat user. The pressure forces are limited to the lower side of the upper thighs of the seat user. As a result, the cross-sections of the veins in that region are not reduced, but are maintained such that the circulation of the blood is not impeded, significantly reducing the risk of thrombosis.
US07806471B2	Cushion for baby chair A cushion for a baby chair comprises a head pad, a back pad and a buttocks pad arranged on a seat of the baby chair. The head is supported by a neck support portion projecting along a lower edge of the head pad and a pair of temporal support portions projecting along both side edges of the head pad. A trunk is supported from a side by a pair of trunk support portions projecting along both side edges of the back pad and extending from an upper to a lower edge of the back pad. Buttocks are supported by a buttocks support portion projecting along a lower edge of the buttocks pad. A thigh and a knee are supported by a pair of thigh support portions projecting along both side edge of the buttocks pad. The head pad, the back pad, and the buttocks pad are mutually detachable.
US07806469B2	Swinging and sliding roof device for motor vehicles A sliding roof device (1) which is designed to close an opening (104) in the upper part of a motor vehicle body (101), the sliding roof device (1) having a pane (10) which is mounted for displacement between a closed position in which it closes the opening (104), and an opened position in which the pane (10) is at least partially spaced away from the opening (104). The movable pane 10 has a front part (11) which is mounted to rotate about a transverse axis (A) which is mounted for displacement in essentially translational motion. The rear part (12) of the movable pane (10) is pivotally mounted rotate about a transverse axis (B) while being swung about a stationary axis (C).
US07806467B2	Structure of rear portion of car body A partition panel extends in a first direction to partition a passenger room from a trunk room in the rear portion of the car body and is provided with an opening. A floor panel extends in a second direction which is different from the first direction. Upper attaching portions respectively arranged in a pair of right and left upper end portions of an X-shaped reinforcing bar are fixed to upper attached portions formed on the partition panel. Lower attaching portions respectively arranged in a pair of right and left lower end portions of the reinforcing bar are fixed to lower attached portions formed on the floor panel.
US07806465B2	Removably clamped platform A removable deck plate or platform for a vehicle includes a platform for placement on a vehicle frame, a clamping plate for clamping the platform against the frame, a clamping arm engageable with the clamping plate via a hole in the platform, wherein the clamping arm and the clamping plate are configured so as to clamp the platform to the frame upon moving the clamping arm into a position adjacent the platform.
US07806458B2	Convertible vehicle with a cover part which may open in two directions The invention relates to a motor vehicle with a roof or roof section which may be placed below a cover piece in the rear section of the vehicle, whereby the cover piece can be opened to provide a loading opening for luggage or a through opening for the roof. The cover piece is retained by at least one displacement mechanism in the vehicle, embodied such that the displacement mechanism, on at least one vehicle side, comprises a movement with only one degree of freedom for both opening directions of the cover piece.
US07806453B2	Stowable cover with storage feature for vehicle cargo area and method A cargo storage and support system and method is provided for use in a vehicle which includes a substantially planar storage body made of a collapsible material and having a first edge and a second edge substantially parallel to the first edge, at least one collapsible storage area formed within the substantially planar storage body and at least one attachment structure formed adjacent the first edge and the second edge of the storage body for attachment to a vehicle body. The storage body is maintained in tension when in use so that it can carry a load. The storage areas are formed within the storage body and can be accessed from a top surface of the storage body and are collapsible. The storage body can also be removed from the vehicle for pre-loading or if it is not being used. Attachment structures formed adjacent the storage body mate with receiving structures formed on a vehicle so that the storage body is maintained in tension.
US07806451B2	Piggyback slider tray design A vehicle center console assembly having a bin secured to a floor of the vehicle and revealing an interior bounded in part by first and second extending sides. A pair of support rails extend along inner surfaces of the extending sides in communication with its interior. A first tray is supported upon the rails and adapted to be slidably displaced between forward and rearward locations associated with the bin. A second tray includes side projecting lip edges overlaying the support rails and is adapted to being releasably secured to an exposed edge location of the first tray, such that the second tray is capable of being displaced with the first tray in substantially non-contacting fashion with top surfaces of the support rails.
US07806450B2	Vehicle component and method for making a vehicle component A method for forming a component (210) for a vehicle includes providing a substrate (230) that includes a relatively rigid material and providing a skin (222) adjacent at least a portion of the substrate such that a cavity is formed between the substrate and the skin. The method also includes coupling at least a portion of the skin to the substrate and introducing a material (240) into the cavity after securing at least a portion of the skin to the substrate. The skin and the material introduced into the cavity form a cushioned region for the vehicle component.
US07806448B2	Vehicle bumper system with energy absorber A vehicle bumper system includes a beam configured to attach to a vehicle and a thermoformed energy absorber positioned on the beam. The energy absorber comprises a frame and a crush lobe extending from the frame. The crush lobe comprises a lobe wall extending between the frame and an outer wall. The change in lobe wall thickness may be constant. The outer wall is curved away from the frame.
US07806443B1	Method and apparatus for connecting air conditioning coolant lines A method and apparatus for connecting air conditioning coolant lines. The apparatus comprises a coupler body, a coolant line, a flexible annular seal, a nut, and a deformable annular retainer. The coupler body has a passageway extending therethrough and a coolant line has an end portion disposed at least partially within the passageway. A flexible annular seal is disposed within the passageway in the coupler body for sealingly engaging the deformable annular retainer. The nut receives the coolant line therein and threadedly engages the coupler body. The deformable annular retainer engages with the nut and the coupler body, and the end portion of the coolant line is disposed within the deformable annular retainer, wherein the threaded engagement of the nut with the coupler body urges the deformable annular retainer into a sealing engagement with the coupler body and the coolant line. The method includes swaging a deformable annular retainer to a coolant line, wherein the deformable annular retainer completely covers the end portion of the air conditioning coolant line; providing a nut on the coolant line; providing a coupler body having a passageway and a flexible annular seal disposed within the passageway; engaging the deformable annular retainer with the flexible annular seal to create a first seal; engaging the coupler body with the deformable annular retainer to create a second seal; and tightening a threaded engagement of the nut and the coupler body.
US07806441B2	Snowboard support system A Snowboard Support System capable of relieving the load placed on the snowboarder's bound downhill foot and leg while riding on a chair lift. This invention is lightweight, compact, self retractable and safe. Most notably, the Snowboard Support System comprises a hooking mechanism that attaches to the chair lift, has an emergency releasable buckle, and an adjustment mechanism to change the length of the webbing to suit each snowboarder's height. The hooking mechanism is self retracted into an outer structure via a spring mechanism. The outer structure is fixed to the snowboard via U brackets and threaded inserts.
US07806440B2	Dual spool retractor in belt-in-seat A restraint assembly of a type including a seat belt assembly and a side impact air bag assembly. The seat belt assembly and side impact assembly are preferably mounted to a motor vehicle seat. The seat belt assembly includes one or two retractors, preferably each having roto pretensioners. A single gas source is used to actuate retractor pretensioning functions, as well as providing a gas source for initiating the production of inflation gas for the side impact air bag assembly. Preferably, these elements are all mounted to a motor vehicle seat.
US07806439B2	Active anti-bunching D-ring seat belt system A motor vehicle seat belt system having an active system for avoiding bunching of webbing in a D-ring during a rapid deceleration event. The system includes a controlled locking mechanism engageable with a rotatably mounted D-ring to restrict backward rotation of the D-ring.
US07806436B2	Gas generating system A gas generating system includes a first enclosure containing a gas, and a second enclosure having a gas generant material contained therein. The second enclosure is operatively coupled to the first enclosure so as to enable fluid communication between the first enclosure and the second enclosure. After activation of the gas generating system, the gas in the first enclosure passes through the second enclosure prior to exiting the system.
US07806431B2	Airbag for a front passenger's seat An airbag for a front passenger's seat includes a left outer panel, right outer panel, left inner panel and right inner panel. The left and right outer panels are prepared as laterally symmetrical separate entities. Each of the left and right inner panels includes at the upper front end at full inflation a crossing edge that extends in a transverse direction on the airbag at full inflation. Each of the left and right outer panels includes at the upper periphery a central extended region that includes a joint edge for joint with the crossing edge of each of the inner panels. The central extended regions of the left and right outer panels are coupled together at their circumferences except the joint edges.
US07806429B2	Air bag assembly unit An air bag assembly unit is provided for an occupant restraint systems in motor vehicles with an air bag, which is accommodated by an air bag housing and is to be filled with gas by the contents of a gas generator. The assembly unit includes a diffusor housing, which is arranged at the air bag housing, is connected to the air bag housing via gas passage openings, and in which the gas generator pushed in via an installation opening is fixed by a holding device. The holding device is formed from a fastening ring (7), which is arranged in the intermediate space (5) of the diffusor housing wall (8) and the gas generator wall (9), seals the intermediate space (5) by a sealing device (6) in a gas-tight manner and surrounds the gas generator (2) in a ring-shaped pattern. The fastening ring (7) is fixed at the diffusor housing wall (8) in a positive-locking manner.
US07806427B2	Fastener for air bags and other uses The invention provides a fastener (10) for releasably securing a first element, such as an air bag (12) to a second element such as a bracket (14) located in a vehicle. Fastener (10) has a locking pin (16) which is movable between a locked position and a release position. Locking pin (16) has an engageable head (18). Fastener (10) includes clip (22) for engaging head (18). Locking pin (16) is biased to the release position, for example, by spring (26). Fastener (10) includes an actuator such as spring (32), comprising or including shape memory alloy and adapted to elongate upon application of appropriate energy. When spring (32) is elongated, it causes locking pin (16) to move to the release position. The invention also provides a fastener assembly (130) including at least one post (122) having a groove (124). Fastener assembly (130) includes a bar or latch, for example, in the form of wire (126) adapted to engage the groove (124). Attached to bar (126) is connecting means, such as shape memory spring (128). Upon application of suitable energy, spring (128) is adapted to change shape and draw bar (126) out of engagement with groove (124).
US07806426B2	Adjustable cart One embodiment of the invention relates to an adjustable cart including a upper platform with a front portion and a back portion, a lower platform with a front portion and a back portion, rolling members for movably supporting the lower platform, a first supporting member connected to the back portion of the lower platform, and a first rotational pivot structure connecting the first supporting member to the back portion of the upper platform to permit pivoting about a first pivot location. The upper platform is configured to rotate about the first rotational pivot structure from a first position substantially parallel to the lower platform to a second position substantially perpendicular to the lower platform during which the first pivot location moves away from the lower platform.
US07806425B2	Trailer hitch A trailer hitch having a retaining latch bolt to reduce shaking includes a locking head, a bolt seat, a retaining element, a latch bolt and an elastic element. The retaining element has a first directing rib to be rapidly positioned in a first bolt aperture of a first coupling member. The bolt seat has a positioning rib anchored in a second bolt aperture of a second coupling member to facilitate coupling of the first coupling member and the second coupling member. Hence the latch bolt can be coupled easily and adjustment of coupling tolerance can be performed as desired. Locking can be done to thwart pilferage of the trailer. And the latch bolt can be held firmly without sliding or shaking.
US07806422B2	Bicycle with a common pivot shock absorber A bicycle with a common point shock absorber comprises a bicycle frame and a shock absorber. The bicycle frame comprises a front frame and a rear frame, an upper linkage device and a lower linkage device connected pivotally to the front frame and the rear frame. The shock absorber is mounted in the bicycle frame and comprises a first connecting member connected pivotally to the upper linkage device, and a second connecting member connected pivotally and coaxially to the lower linkage device and the front frame. Thus, assembling the component and the assembly process can be simplified. Convenience for component assembly and repair has been improved. Manufacturing costs are reduced.
US07806420B2	Hydraulic damper The present invention provides a damping system for use with a mechanism such as a steering system wherein one element moves relative to another element. The system includes a variable volume chamber, a collection chamber, and an inertia track providing fluid communication between the two chambers. A fluid is disposed in the chambers and the inertia track. A compliant tuning member is in fluid communication with the variable volume chamber. The damping system is capable of attenuating vibration at chosen frequencies without adding undesired damping at other frequencies. In the preferred embodiment, the damping system is used to attenuate steering wheel torsional vibration without increasing low frequency damping that would deteriorate steering feel.
US07806417B1	Height averaging means for use with a motor vehicle suspension control system A means to average the left and right tire height positions relative to the chassis of a vehicle having an independent suspension system. The averaging means uses a rigid member having a first end and a second end wherein the first end is combined with the driver's side independent suspension and the second end is combined with the passenger's side independent suspension. As each side of the vehicle's suspension moves up and down, the ends of the rigid member also move up and down. A sensor determines the average height of the rigid member and communicates that information to the ride-height control system.
US07806414B2	Cylinder head gasket In order to provide a cylinder head gasket, comprising at least one gasket sheet, with at least one combustion chamber opening and a combustion chamber bead, the height of which may be elastically deformed and surrounds the combustion chamber opening, and at least one deformation limiting means limiting the deformation of the combustion chamber bead, wherein the deformation limiting means assures adequate protection of the combustion chamber bead and adequate sealing surface pressure over a wide range of operating conditions of the engine, it is proposed that the cylinder head gasket comprises a compensation means which comprises at least one compensation element, the height of which varies essentially reversibly when the operating status of the engine changes, and which at least partially supports both the combustion chamber bead and the deformation limiting means.
US07806412B2	Lip type end face sealing device An objective of the present invention is to provide a lip type end face sealing device 6 having excellent sealability to different kinds of liquids on the both sides in the axial direction and having excellent durability. A case 61 tight fitted to an inner peripheral face 2a of a housing 2 comprises case members 611 and 612. One pair of seal lips 62 and 63 is integrally fitted to inner peripheral flange parts 611b and 612b, positioned oppositely each other in the axial direction, and opened in a tapered shape. One pair of the seal lips 62 and 63 is slidably contacted with flange parts 64b and 65b of slingers 64 and 65 tight fitted to an outer periphery of a rotary shaft 3. Pressure in seal internal spaces S2 between the both seal lips 62 and 63 and the both slingers 64 and 65 is released through a vent hole 22 opened on the inner peripheral face 2a of the housing 2, an air hole 611c opened on the case 61, and between the case members 611 and 612.
US07806404B2	Skew adjustment of print sheets by loading force adjustment of idler wheel Systems and methods for reducing sheet skew in a document processing device are disclosed. A document processing device may include a plurality of nips, a sheet skew measurement system, a feedback controller and an actuator. Each nip may include an idler wheel and a drive wheel. The sheet skew measurement system may be configured to measure sheet skew for a sheet. The feedback controller may be configured to generate a control signal in response to the sheet skew measured by the sheet skew measurement system. The actuator may be configured to adjust a loading force applied to a sheet by an idler wheel for at least one nip in response to the control signal.
US07806401B2	Medium feeding apparatus A medium feeding apparatus includes a feeding roller for picking up a sheet member, a separating member pressed against the feeding roller by a predetermined pressing force, for separating the sheet members sheet by sheet, a conveyance roller for conveying the separated sheet member, a sheet member detector for detecting the sheet member, disposed at an upstream side with respect to the conveyance roller in a direction of conveying the sheet member, and a pressing force varying processor for varying a pressing force during a period after the sheet member detector detects the sheet member before the conveyance roller starts conveyance of the sheet member.
US07806399B2	Media support pick device Various apparatus and methods relating to positioning differently sized sheets on a shuttle for printing are disclosed.
US07806396B2	Sheet handling apparatus A paper note handling apparatus includes a pay-in and pay-out mouth through which a paper note is paid in or paid out, a conveyance for conveying the paper note, a discrimination part to discriminate authenticity and denomination of the conveyed paper note, a temporary hold part to temporarily hold the paper note, a storing part to store the paper note, and a shifter to shift a position of the paper note in a widthwise direction of conveyance. The shifter rotates in a direction inclined relative to a direction of conveyance of the paper note and comes into contact with the paper note to shift the position of the paper note in the widthwise direction of conveyance.
US07806392B2	Spring sheet structure of hydraulic shock absorber In a spring sheet structure of a hydraulic shock absorber having a sheet rubber seated on a spring sheet and supporting a spring through the sheet rubber, an end coil portion of the spring is stored in the sheet rubber, the spring sheet includes a movement restraint unit for restraining a movement of the sheet rubber, the sheet rubber includes an abutment unit corresponding to the movement restraint unit of the spring sheet, and the abutment unit of the sheet rubber is engaged with the movement restraint unit of the spring sheet while the sheet rubber is seated on a flat sheet surface provided in a circumferential direction of the spring sheet, thereby restraining a movement of the spring relative to the spring sheet.
US07806387B2	Cable guide A guide adapted to retain a flexible member can include a body defining an arcuate intermediate portion extending between a first end and a second end. The arcuate intermediate portion can define a generally u-shaped cross-section. The intermediate portion can define a throat adapted to slidably capture the flexible member. A mounting aperture can be defined through the first end. At least one finger can be formed on the body. The finger can extend toward the throat and is adapted to retain the flexible member within the throat.
US07806386B2	Winch and braking device thereof A braking device for a winch comprises a braking bush, a brake driving shaft having one end connected to an output shaft of the motor and another end of the brake driving shaft having a first axial protrusion. A brake driven shaft defines an end rotatably disposed in the braking bush and having a second axial protrusion opposed to the first axial protrusion. A brake shoe is disposed between the first axial protrusion and the second axial protrusion. An elastic member is connected to the second axial protrusion and the brake shoe and normally urges the brake shoe toward the first axial protrusion. A winch having the braking device is also disclosed.
US07806385B2	Industrial robot having a suspended unit The Cableveyor may be able to support its own weight in the direction of gravity since the Cableveyor having the bent portion that connects between the straight-moving unit and the rotating unit is arranged so that it bends in a horizontal plane. As a result, the Cableveyor and the maintenance member do not collide, thus collision noise or dust caused by the collision can be suppressed. Moreover, since the Cableveyor is arranged to the side of the straight axis, the height size of the robot can be suppressed compared with the composition that arranges the Cableveyor on the upper surface of the straight axis.
US07806379B1	Holder for liquid container A holder for a liquid container includes a frame body and a resilient holding ring. The frame body includes a container-holder having a substantially C-shaped surrounding wall that defines a container-receiving space and that has inner and outer surfaces, and two spaced-apart free ends. The resilient holding ring is molded over the frame body, and includes an inner lining layer covering the inner surface of the surrounding wall and extending from one of the free ends to the other one of the free ends, and a bridge portion bridging the free ends of the surrounding wall, being stretchable between the free ends, and directly connected to the inner lining layer. The bridge portion and the inner lining layer form a ring.
US07806372B2	Full authority fly-by-wire pedal system A pedal system particularly tailored to a Fly-By-Wire (FBW) flight control system includes a double gradient linkage assembly. The double gradient linkage assembly includes a damper system and a spring system that improves yaw axis (azimuth) control of the aircraft. Control is only required when a change in the yaw axis state is demanded. Since only minimal displacement inputs to such a FBW flight control system is required, the travel of the pedals are exceeding compact, such that pilot workload is significantly reduced through the reduction in the frequency and magnitude of aircraft control inputs.
US07806370B2	Large-scale deployable solar array A deployable structure is disclosed. The deployable structure may include one or more slit-tube longerons; and one or more flat sheets coupled with the one or more slit-tube longerons. The one or more slit-tube longerons and the one or more flat sheets may be stowed by rolling the one or more slit-tube longerons and the one or more flat sheets together into a roll. In one embodiment, at least a portion of the one or more slit-tube longerons may be exposed when stowed. In another embodiment, the one or more slit-tube longerons may be manufactured from a shape memory material. These slit-tube longerons unroll into to a straight configuration when exposed to heat.
US07806368B1	Aerial sensor pod deployment system A roll-on/roll-off, aircraft-borne sensor pod deployment system having an operator station and a sensor pallet system and method of using same. The operator station has a base platform, a shelter box mounted on the base platform for accommodating a human operator, and a computer installed inside the shelter box. The sensor pallet system has a base platform, a linear system mounted on the base platform, a rotational system mounted on the linear system, a mechanical arm attached to the rotational system, a sensor pod attached to the mechanical arm, and an electrical control system that provides power to the deployment system and controls movements of the sensor pallet system. In operation, the sensor pod can be retracted into a compact, stowing position, or extended out an opening in the aircraft for an unobstructed field of view. The deployment system optionally includes an apparatus and method for sealing the aircraft opening.
US07806367B2	Integrated multispar torsion box of composite material The invention relates to an integrated multispar torsion box structure of composite material for aircraft, comprising a lower skin (12), an upper skin (11), several spars (9), each of which comprises in turn a chord (13) and a web (14), several stringers (10) in the lower skin (12) and several stringers (10) in the upper skin (11), characterized in that the mentioned integrated torsion box structure is achieved by means of joining unitary U-shaped structural elements (15), unitary U-shaped structural elements (16) with a flap and unitary C-shaped structural elements (17) with a flap. The invention also relates to a method for manufacturing an integrated multispar torsion box structure of composite material for aircraft.
US07806360B2	Creel magazine supply system and method A creel magazine for continuously delivering packaged stranded material to a manufacturing process. A plurality of magazines linearly disposed in substantially parallel alignment are alternately supplied stranded materials fed to the manufacturing process from movable magazine cartridges supporting packages of stranded materials form either side of the magazine frame. The apparatus and method provide for sequential delivery of stranded materials from packages supported by cartridges at the sides of the magazines, intermediate replenishment of the depleted cartridges with cartridges loaded with replenished packages.
US07806356B2	Laying head with multi-groove rotating member A laying head, for forming coils starting from continuous rolled products such as round bars or wire rods (10) comprising a rotating member (3) with an axis (X), rotationally fixed to the supporting structure (30) by means of bearings (4, 5). The end of the rotating member (3) is a bell-shaped element (6) on the surface of which are a series of grooves (18) that guide the rolled product (10), said grooves having the form of a spiral and being open towards the outside. The laying head (1) comprises a fixed containing and protecting bell element (15) enclosing a portion of the rotating bell element (6) and having a shape that is complementary thereto.
US07806355B2	Fishing reel The present invention relates generally to the field of fishing reels, and in particular, one type of reel described herein is a “bait cast” reel, specifically one designed for the particular styles of fishing commonly referred to as “flippin' and pitchin'”, wherein several improvements over the art are disclosed, including a highly durable and smooth line retainer element on the spool, a line retainer element, and a drag lock system that can be either adjustable or permanent.
US07806349B2	Device for spraying water jets with removable seal support The invention relates to a device for spraying water, provided with a seal support (21) arranged between the body (1) and the perforated sheet (23) and in contact with the above. The seal support is mounted such as to be able to be removed from the body (1) with the joint (20). The above finds application in the production of non-woven materials.
US07806348B2	Showerhead for emergency fixture An apparatus for controlling a flow of fluid in an emergency fixture is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a first control element at least partially located in the body and configured to impart rotation into the fluid flow. The second control element comprises an inlet that receives fluid, and an outlet that divides the fluid flow into at least a first portion and a second portion. The outlet comprises a first outlet portion and a second outlet portion. The first outlet portion guides the first portion of the flow out of the flow rotation element as an axial flow, and wherein the second outlet portion provides rotation to the second portion of the flow relative to the axial flow.
US07806343B2	Counterfeit proof label having optically concealed security safety features and clues for consumer's self identification The prevention of counterfeiting labels for various products is addressed by introducing counterfeit proof labels having optically concealed security safety features and clues for consumer's self identification and verification. The images of groups of questions and answers are printed in a precise serial formation, parallel to the optical center of the micro lenticule at the focal plane of a high resolution micro optic array of the label at the location in relation to the optical centers of the micro lenticule and viewing angle, so that each of the questions and answers can be read at a specific viewing angle. For identification, gently tilling the label back and forth, at different angles, each group of the question and answers will be displayed on the label. If the answers correctly match with the questions, the label is proved to be authentic; if one or more of the answers is wrong or not clear the label is a counterfeit. The label can be read under visible light source without any viewing aid.
US07806340B2	Method of installing IC tag An IC chip in an IC tag is provided with a voltage application terminal in connection with its internal circuit, and a high voltage or a reverse voltage is applied to the voltage application upon unlawful handling of the IC tag, so that the IC chip is electrically broken down. In this way, an IC tag installed in an item is prevented from being misused when the IC tag is no longer necessary or being removed for misuse.
US07806335B2	Digital image capturing and processing system for automatically recognizing objects in a POS environment A digital image capturing and processing system for automatically recognizing objects in a POS environment. The system includes a system housing having an imaging window; illumination and imaging stations for generating and projecting illumination and imaging planes or zones through the imaging window, and into a 3D imaging volume definable relative to the imaging window, for digital imaging an object passing through the 3D imaging volume, and generating digital linear images of the object as the object intersects the illumination and imaging planes or zones during system operation. A digital image processor processes the digital images and automatically recognizes the object, such as produce and fruit, graphically represented by the digital images.
US07806331B2	Optical sighting system An automatic optical sighting system generates at least one adjustment for an adjustable optical system based on at least one detected condition, an appropriate dynamic model of a projectile in flight, and a solution of the equations of motion in flight, so that the projectile will have a trajectory between an origin and a selected target that helps the projectile to hit the target.
US07806326B2	Door management system for field service and delivery personnel A delivery system, comprising the steps of: assigning field personnel to provide a delivery or service at a designated location; traveling to the designated location to provide an on-site delivery or service; remotely actuating an opening mechanism to open an emergency exit door; entering the designated location through the door opening; providing a delivery or service at the designated location; and closing the emergency exit door after the delivery or service has been substantially completed.
US07806324B1	Methods of making and using memory card with enhanced testability By decreasing the amount of card substrate required in a memory card to support the actual memory unit, the test interface of the card, which is usually removed before final assembly of the card, can be brought within the allowable length of the finished card and can, therefore, remain on the card permanently. Consequently, in the event of a field failure, the test interface remains available for testing the card and diagnosing the location and cause of the failure.
US07806323B2	System and method for providing activation and expiration data associated with newly issued financial presentation devices Apparatus and method for indirectly determining activation status of newly issued financial presentation devices that replace existing financial presentation devices such as credit cards that are about to expire. The apparatus includes a computer device having an account update module that receives an account identifier for an existing credit card, determines a new expiration date associated with a newly issued credit card that replaces the existing credit card, retrieves transaction data associated with the new credit card and examines the expiration date of the retrieved data. If the expiration date associated with the retrieved transaction data matches the new expiration date, then the account update module determines that the newly issued card has been activated.
US07806318B1	Card activated cash dispensing automated banking machine audible user interface system and method An automated banking machine operates to carry out financial transfers responsive to data read form data bearing records. The machine includes a card reader that operates to read data from user cards. The card data corresponds to financial accounts. The automated banking machine further includes a cash dispenser. The machine is operative to dispense cash to an authorized user based on identifying data including card data, and to cause a financial transfer from an account corresponding to card data through communication with at least one remote computer. The machine is operative to receive a screen message from a host banking system. The screen message may include data indicating the presence of speech data in the screen message.
US07806317B2	Automated banking machine controlled responsive to data bearing records with currency tracking An automated banking machine (10) operates responsive to data bearing records. Users of the machine may deliver and receive records including individual sheets and stacks of sheets to and from the machine such as notes, checks or other documents. Notes assessed by the machine as being of questionable validity may be marked with a removable mark or otherwise identified.
US07806315B2	Device and method for controlling copying operation of document with use of barcode The present invention provides an image processor capable of preventing illegal copying of a document. The image processor first extracts information from a barcode in a first region of document image data. Then, the image processor extracts information from a barcode in a second region of the document image data if the information is extracted from the barcode in the first region. On the other hand, if the information is not extracted from the barcode in the first region, the image processor does not extract the information from the barcode in the second region of the document image data. This enables a copying operation for a document consisting of a plurality of pages to be efficiently controlled.
US07806310B2	Method and apparatus for remotely activating destruction of a glass window The disclosure relates to a method and apparatus for activating destruction of window glass. In one embodiment, the disclosure relates to a method for remotely destroying a glass by providing a glass window having a resonant vibration frequency; identifying a frequency channel on the glass window; positioning a resonator at or near the embedded frequency channel, the resonator providing one of an acoustical vibration or mechanical vibration to the glass window, the acoustical vibration or mechanical vibration substantially matching the resonant frequency of the glass window; detecting an external event necessitating destruction of the window glass; activating the resonator to deliver the acoustical vibration or mechanical vibration substantially matching the resonant frequency of the glass to the frequency channel.
US07806308B2	Releasable mounting of bicycle rack on vehicle bumper A quick connection and release assembly for releasably mounting a bicycle rack on the bumper of a motor vehicle. The assembly includes a bumper plate structure adapted to be fixedly secured to the bumper by fasteners and defining at least one tongue extending upwardly from an upper edge thereof and a bicycle rack plate structure adapted to be fixedly secured to a rear face of the bike rack base plate by fasteners and including an aperture proximate an upper edge thereof sized to receive the tongue and retractable pins proximate lower side edges thereof for positioning behind a lower edge portion of the bumper plate structure.
US07806307B2	Carrier device for a bicycle A bicycle carrier for a vehicle includes a holding column and a support device. The holding column is movable between a horizontal position and an upright position. The holding column is operable for receiving a crank arm of a pedal of a bicycle when the holding column is in the upright position. The support device fixes the holding column in the upright position when the holding column is in the upright position.
US07806306B2	Vehicle article carrier having single side release mechanism A system and method for forming a vehicle article carrier having a single side release crossbar assembly. The crossbar assembly includes a trigger style, horizontally arranged actuating lever that simultaneously locks and unlocks a pair of locking pins at opposite ends of the crossbar assembly from their respective support rails. The support rails are fixedly secured to an outer body surface of a vehicle such that the crossbar assembly is supported above the outer body surface. The single side release feature eliminates the need for the operator to walk back and forth to both sides of the vehicle to unlock and lock the crossbar assembly when the crossbar assembly needs to be repositioned on the support rails.
US07806303B1	Sealable pour spout Disclosed herein is a sealable pour spout. The pour spout provides a conduit which allows liquid to leave a bottle and a vent which allows air to enter the bottle and replace the liquid. A cap moves vertically along the conduit which provides fluid communication with the interior of the bottle. When the cap is moved upward, the spout opens. A through hole in the side of the cap also allows fluid communication with the interior of the bottle. When the cap is depressed, a stopper occludes the pour hole and closes the spout. The vent is occluded, in the closed position, by the interior surface of the cap. Therefore, the interior of the bottle is completely sealed when the spout is in the closed position.
US07806302B2	Personal fluid dispensers with features for aiding portability and use A personal fluid dispenser includes a flexible container holding fluid to be dispensed. The flexible container is defined by a front wall, a rear wall, rounded shoulders joining a portion of the front wall to the rear wall, opposed rounded side walls extending from the rounded shoulders and joining additional portions of the front wall to the rear wall, a dispensing end providing access to the interior volume of the container; and a closed insertion end opposite the dispensing end and defined by first and second tapered walls meeting at a rounded apex, the insertion end joining additional portions of the front wall to the rear wall, the opposed rounded side wall also joining the first and second tapered walls along a portion thereof.
US07806300B1	Hydration system A hydration system that includes a flexible reservoir coupled to a self-sealing port assembly, wherein an interior of the flexible reservoir is in fluid communication with the port assembly; a delivery conduit having two ends, wherein a first end of the delivery conduit is coupled to a self-sealing connector assembly and wherein a second end of the delivery conduit is coupled to an end fitting; a user actuable valve removably coupled to the self-sealing connector assembly; and wherein the port assembly is open to allow fluid to flow from the flexible reservoir when the end fitting of the delivery conduit is coupled to the port assembly and the port assembly is closed to prevent fluid from flowing from the flexible reservoir when the end fitting of the delivery conduit is decoupled from the port assembly, such that the reservoir may be disconnected from the delivery conduit without leakage.
US07806295B2	Dose indicator for fluid product dispensing device The invention relates to a dose indicator (A) which is intended for a fluid product dispensing device (B). The inventive indicator consists of at least one rotary counting means (10) which can move in rotation and which comprises indicator means (15), said indicator means indicating the number of doses that have been distributed or that remain to be distributed. Moreover, said at least one counting means is actuated by an actuation member (35) which is in turn actuated by a transmission element (34) that is designed to co-operate with a part (54) of the dispensing device (B) each time the latter is actuated. The dose indicator further comprises adjustment means (134) which are disposed between the transmission element (34) and the aforementioned part (54) of the dispensing device (B) and which can be moved and/or deformed, such that, during the assembly of the dispensing device (B), the distance at rest between the transmission element (34) and said part (54) of the dispensing device (B) can be precisely pre-determined.
US07806293B2	Shotgun shell storing and dispensing device A shotgun shell storage and dispenser device in the form of a hollow elongated housing to hold the shotgun shells in vertical array, the housing adjusted for loading and dispensing shotgun shells through a loading end of the housing. Shotgun shells are positioned by structural elements on a rear wall of the housing and constant force springs in conjunction with a follower to urge the shotgun shells toward a loading and discharge end of the housing.
US07806292B2	Towelette dispenser A towelette dispenser is provided with an integrally molded lid. The lid has a central aperture for allowing access to a roll of towelettes maintained within a tub receiving the lid therein. The separation bar bridges the aperture, and provides a rip fence in the form of a fingered thimble that is angled with respect to the lid as a whole. The thimble is offset near one edge of the annular opening so that a user may access the back side thereof to thread an edge of the leading towelette through the thimble without having to remove the lid from the tub. A well is provided in the smaller portion of the aperture and a cap for the lid is provided with a stuffer tab to urge the leading edge of the next towelette into the well when the cap is closed. Barrier caps are also provided to seal the interior of the tub during shipment and storage before the first use of the towelette dispenser. The barrier caps have removable portions that permit access to the interior of the lid and are removable without having to remove the lid from the tub.
US07806291B2	Center-pull dispenser for web material According to one exemplary embodiment of the present invention, a center-pull bottom feed dispenser includes a housing defining a compartment and including a center-pull bottom feed arrangement for dispensing a sheet material that is in the form of a roll of the sheet material. The sheet material can be a pre-moistened airlaid web. The dispenser also includes a tray that supports the airlaid web roll and includes an outlet opening through which the airlaid web is fed to be accessible to a user. The tray includes a moisture retaining feature that directs fluid from the pre-moistened air-laid web away from the outlet opening and toward an outer peripheral edge of the roll.
US07806290B2	Release system for container A release system for releasably securing a container in a closed position is provided. The release system is integrally molded with a container component that is to be applied to a container. The release system is integrally formed with the container component in a first position that may be rotatably moved to a second position.
US07806288B2	Folding dish The invention comprises a dish that can be folded to a compact size for use when camping or traveling. The dish is preferably folded along a central axis via living hinges that allow the dish to be collapsed and held in a collapsed position by snaps or other fasteners. In use, the dish is unfolded and formed into a stable position.
US07806286B2	Push/pop closure A closure device and methods for manufacturing closure a device having a lid that is capable of alternating convex-to-concave movement and concave-to-convex movement. The lid may be mounted to a closure body, which may, for example, contain substances for attracting and exterminating pests, such as ants, other insects, snakes, and rodents. In other embodiments, the closure body may contain other substances, for example, a vaporizable air freshener. Certain embodiments may include a stake for affixing the closure body to the ground.
US07806277B2	Sliding rack-mountable shelf for rack-mountable components A sliding support shelf supports equipment within a rack system regardless of its design. The base of the support shelf includes a surface capable of supporting the equipment reducing unintended movement of the equipment, providing security of the supported equipment, and enhancing ventilation of the equipment. A slide is associated with the base to allow the base to move with respect to the rack. The slide lacks ball bearings, but provides smooth movement of the base without requiring direct attachment to the equipment. Cable management arms are integral to the base to manage the various cables and the like associated with the equipment. The method of the present invention comprises steps of use of the support shelf with various designs of racks and types and dimensions of equipment to be supported.
US07806276B2	Buoy suspension fractionation system A separator that uses centrifugation to fractionate a suspension such as blood comprises a separation container and a buoy. The buoy is carried in the separation container and has a tuned density that is configured to reach an equilibrium position in a suspension. The guide surface is carried on the buoy upper surface and is inclined to an accumulation position near a buoy perimeter. The buoy suspension fractionation system can be used in a method of isolating a fraction from a suspension, and in a method for re-suspending particulates for withdrawal.
US07806271B1	Audio caddy A container for recreational or food items comprises a housing with a handle and a lid made of durable plastic and a compartment inside the housing. A portable CD player/radio and a battery compartment for rechargeable batteries are built in the housing under the compartment. The face of the CD player/radio with controls, display, and the front of a CD drawer being built onto the bottom of a front face of the housing, an AC adaptor jack and a first speaker for the CD player/radio are built into one side of the housing, a headset jack and a second speaker for the CD player/radio are built into another side of the housing.
US07806268B2	Interlocking display for products A sheet of material is divided into front and rear panels and folds over on itself to a folded position. The front panel has flaps and immediately adjacent hanger openings formed in it. When the flaps are pivoted outward, the spaces they vacated define flap openings. Hangers project from the rear panel and align with their corresponding hanger openings. To assemble the display, the flaps are pivoted outward to their open positions and the sheet is folded to the folded position. As the sheet is being folded, the hangers swingingly extend through the hanger and flap openings, which together form a single continuous opening. Once in the folded position, the flaps are then pivoted back to their closed positions with the hangers extending through and interlocked with the hanger openings.
US07806265B2	Apparatus and method for reconstituting a pharmaceutical and preparing the reconstituted pharmaceutical for transient application An apparatus for preparing a pharmaceutical for transient application includes a tray having a sealed compartment, a vial of an ophthalmic formulation of mitomycin-C, a diluent carrier containing sterilized water, and a syringe that are all contained together in a single package. The component parts of the apparatus are used together to reconstitute the contents of the vial with the water in the diluent carrier, and then draw the reconstituted drug into the sealed compartment of the tray by a suction force produced by the syringe. In the tray compartment, the reconstituted drug is absorbed in an absorbent pad. The tray is opened to remove the pad and the absorbed drug from the tray compartment for use of the pad in transient application of the drug.
US07806263B1	Removable container accessory for a portable device A container accessory for a portable device includes a substantially planar body, a holder mechanism having a sleeve and a cavity for containing small items, second securing means for removably attaching the sleeve to the body, first securing means for removably attaching the body to the portable device or to cooperatively attach the sleeve to the body, an optional clip mechanism for removably attaching the body to the portable device, a closure mechanism to enable selective closure of the cavity, and indicia inscribed along sides of the body. A modified embodiment includes a false bottom and a slider mechanism for expelling short items from the holder mechanism.
US07806260B2	Display apparatus for a portable electronic device A display apparatus for displaying a portable electronic device comprises a curved shell, a gravity base, a seat and a transparent cover that covers the curved shell and the seat. The gravity base is formed on the bottom of the curved shell. The seat is lodged in the curved shell and the seat has interior space having a shape matching the predetermined shape of a portable electronic device. The assembled gravity base and the curved shell are integrally formed as a tumbler structure for keeping balance while facing external forces.
US07806259B2	Sport ball container A container for storing an article includes a base, a top, at least one upright, and an elastically deformable member. The top has an opening sized to permit an article to pass through the opening. The at least one upright extends between the base and the top. The elastically deformable member is shift able between a substantially undeformed position and a deformed position. The base, the top, the upright, and the elastically deformable member cooperate to form a storage cavity sized to store the article. The elastically deformable member and at least one of the uprights cooperate to form a gap sized to prevent passage of the article through the gap when the elastically deformable member is in the substantially undeformed position, and the size of the gap is expandable in response to deflection of the elastically deformable member to the deformed position to permit the article to pass through the gap.
US07806256B2	Plunger caddy assembly A plunger caddy assembly includes a plunger and a caddy that receives the plunger. The plunger is selectively rotatable in a first direction relative to the caddy to release the plunger from the caddy. The plunger is selectively rotatable in a second direction relative to the caddy to secure the plunger within the caddy.
US07806255B1	Jewelry display A jewelry display for ease and convenience having a front frame hingedly connected to a rear compartment. The front frame includes a mirror and screen which can be opened for retrieval or storage of jewelry or other small objects on a series of shelves, slots and posts mounted in the rear compartment. A pair of magnets maintains the front frame in a closed posture with the rear compartment. Hooks are also available for jewelry suspension on the front of the frame beneath the screened mirror. When the jewelry display is closed, the mirror in the front frame allows the user to observe the jewelry worn and the screen permits a convenient attachment of jewelry during dressing.
US07806254B2	Belt conveyor and method A belt conveyor includes at least one belt module defined by at least one drive pulley and at least one other pulley that is generally an idler pulley positioned between opposite sidewalls of the conveyor, and having a continuous belt routed around the drive pulley and the other pulley. The drive pulley is operable to drive the continuous belt around the pulleys to move articles along the zone assembly. The belt conveyor may incorporate features that allow for improved maintenance methods and reduced down time during service intervals. These features may include a removable belt module, at least one pulley mounted on at least one pivot arm, or a combination thereof. The belt may have a low modulus characteristic and may be initially stretched when the belt is reeved or routed around the pulleys and the pivot arms are moved into their operating position.
US07806250B2	Packaging system having loading carousel A packaging system utilizes two sides of a loading carousel, which reduces both the height and footprint of the packaging system. Mass and inertia are also reduced, allowing higher operational speeds. The loading carousel receives opened cartons on a first side and lowers them over product groups on a second side.
US07806249B2	Radar system characteristic determination The invention is related to radar system characterization. In one embodiment, a radar module characterization system comprises a target, a conveyor comprising at least one connector configured to removably couple a radar module to the conveyor and to linearly displace the radar module relative to the target, and a control system communicatively coupled to the conveyor. In another embodiment, a method comprises linearly displacing a radar module relative to a target, transmitting a signal from the radar module toward the target, and determining a characteristic of the radar module based on a reflection of the signal from the target.
US07806243B2	Vehicular brake rotors Vehicular brake rotor formed by powder metallurgy including metals such as titanium powder.
US07806242B2	Magnetic rail brake device A magnetic rail brake device of a rail vehicle comprises at least one braking magnet including a magnet coil body having a plurality of magnetic elements held thereon, and which magnetic elements are movable. The device also comprises at least one fixing strip running parallel to a longitudinal length of the magnetic coil body and directly connected to the magnetic coil body to fix the braking magnet to other components of the magnetic rail brake device.
US07806240B2	Surge brake actuator A surge brake actuator having a coupler housing telescopically engagable with an actuator housing is provided. The surge brake actuator incorporates an improved reverse lockout assembly that prevents movement of the coupler housing with respect to the actuator housing during reverse movement of a towing vehicle. The reverse lockout assembly is capable of moving to an operating position upon forward movement of the towing vehicle. A breakaway cam effectuates actuation of a braking system of a towed vehicle if the towing vehicle breaks away from the towed vehicle.
US07806236B2	Method of displaying a product on a product display system A product display includes at least one shelf and a plurality of product displays. The at least one shelf is configured to receive a stack of product packages thereon. The product displays are pivotally mounted, at spaced intervals, along the at least one shelf. In a first position, each product display supports a product generally in front of the stack of product packages on the at least one shelf, and in a second position, each product display is pivotally moved away from a front of the stack of product packages to enable direct access to the stack of product packages.
US07806235B1	Environmental compressor protection assembly A device that relieves lubricant pressure in a divider block lubrication system into a fluid reservoir, a container, or directly back into the compressor frame to which the tubing is connected. This eliminates housekeeping, environmental, safety, and compressor component failure concerns associated with current atmospheric rupture assemblies that relieve directly to the atmosphere. The environmental compressor protection assembly contains a spring set to a pre-determined pressure. Lubricant pressure in excess of this pre-determined set pressure results in spring compression and opening of a relief path. The assembly preferably remains in a full open position and must be must be manually reset to the closed position to prevent fluid flow in the system. A preferred assembly for maintaining the valve in either the open and closed position includes two balls, one of which remains trapped behind a pin during normal operation and is forced from behind the pin during an overpressure condition, the ball being prevented by the geometry of the housing from returning without manual intervention to its operating position. The relief path can lead to a fluid reservoir, a container, or directly back into the compressor frame. Flow of lubricant through the relief path results in loss of flow to the lubrication system. This triggers an alarm in the no-flow system and shutdown of the compressor. The relief path remains open until an operator resets the device. A visual indicator shows an operator if the relief valve is open or closed.
US07806232B2	Roof perimeter cable guard system A roof perimeter cable guard system has a main stanchion member supported at its lower end by an anchor bracket screwed to the roof perimeter. A main brace member extends outward and downward from the upper end portion of the main stanchion member and curves around and under the perimeter feature. The main brace has a lower sleeve receiving an adjustable wall-engaging member to provide bracing against the wall of the structure. In one configuration the wall-engaging member has an additional supporting extender member, which allows the wall-engaging member to engage the soffit of an overhang. An inward extender member and parapet engagement bracket allow for position attachment to a parapet feature. Pairs of barrier cable engagement brackets having barrier cable receiving slots are spaced along the inner side of the stanchion vertical members for easy insertion or removal of an equal number of barrier cables, normally three.
US07806231B1	Safety shield The present invention provides a safety shield for installation in an aerial bucket. The safety shield provides an adjustable panel which may be extended to a variety of positions to protect a user from unintentional contact with harmful surfaces such as electrical wires.
US07806227B2	High-performance full-range speaker assembly A high-performance, full-range speaker includes a front horn having a channel tube located on the inside at the bottom side, a rear cover shell, a holder base defining a sound transmission passage, a speaker unit mounted on the holder base, a control circuit board, an equalizer mounted in the sound transmission passage of the holder base to buffer the gain of the treble of the forward waves produced by the speaker unit and to balance the mid-range, a bass resonator, a rack and first, second, third and fourth resonance chambers in air communication with the channel tube and the bass resonator to eliminate noises and to amplify the bass.
US07806224B2	Vehicle steering apparatus A vehicle steering apparatus includes a steering member for rotational operation, and a support mechanism that supports the steering member so as to be movable between a housing position where the steering member is housed in a fixed frame of an instrument panel and a projection position where the steering member projects to an outside of the fixed frame. The steering member includes a main body supported by the support mechanism, a pair of grip sections which are movable between the housing position and the projection position together with the main body, and which are supported so as to be movable between a nonoperating position and an operating position by the main body, and a grip section drive actuator which is supported by the main body, and drives the pair of grip sections to the nonoperating position and the operating position.
US07806220B2	Torque distributing drive mechanism for motor vehicles A drive axle assembly includes first and second axleshafts and a drive mechanism coupling a driven input shaft to the axleshafts. The drive mechanism includes a differential assembly, a planetary gear assembly operably disposed between the differential assembly and the first axleshaft, a brake and first and second mode clutches. The first clutch is operable with the brake and the planetary gear assembly to increase the rotary speed of the first axleshaft which, in turn, causes a corresponding decrease in the rotary speed of the second axleshaft. The second clutch is operable with the brakes and the planetary gear assembly to decrease the rotary speed of the first axleshaft so as to cause an increase in the rotary speed of the second axleshaft. A control system controls actuation of both mode clutches.
US07806218B2	Running vehicle and running vehicle system, and method for driving running vehicle A running vehicle has front and rear driving wheels, and a sensor for measuring the acceleration of the running vehicle. The vehicle determines a distribution rate of torque to each of the driving wheels in accordance with the found acceleration, and changes driving torque to each of the front and rear driving wheels based on the found distribution rate to control driving motors.
US07806215B2	Straddle-type wheeled vehicle and frame thereof A straddle-type three-wheeled vehicle has a frame having an upper frame member, a lower frame member, a forward cross member interconnecting a forward portion of the upper frame member with a forward portion of the lower frame member, and a rearward cross member interconnecting a rearward portion of the upper frame member with a rearward portion of the lower frame member. A strut extends diagonally from the forward cross member to the lower frame member. The vehicle has an engine mounted to the frame. An air box of the vehicle has at least a portion thereof disposed above at least a portion of the engine. A fuel tank of the vehicle is disposed rearwardly of the air box.
US07806211B2	Internal combustion engine system, power output apparatus, vehicle, and method for controlling the internal combustion engine system When a catalyst temperature θc is higher than a threshold value θref (S320), an increase coefficient Kf is set so as to tend to be larger as opening and closing timing of an intake valve is advanced, an intake air flow Qa is larger, and a rotation speed Ne of the engine 22 becomes higher (S340), a target fuel injection quantity Qf* is set based on a product of a basic fuel injection quantity Qftmp set based on the intake air flow Qa and an increase coefficient Kf (S350), and fuel injection of the set target fuel injection quantity Qf* is performed (S360).
US07806210B2	Congestion-based control of vehicle hybrid propulsion system A method of controlling a hybrid propulsion system of a vehicle, the hybrid propulsion system including an internal combustion engine and an alternate powertrain torque source capable of propelling the vehicle while the engine is turned off, the method comprising of detecting congestion by receiving and analyzing data that is external to the vehicle, and controlling a transition of the hybrid propulsion system between a first propulsion mode and a second propulsion mode based on said detecting of congestion.
US07806209B2	Apparatus and method to reduce vibrations on a tracked work machine An apparatus and method for reducing vibrational effects of track chain assembly catenary hang is disclosed. A work machine includes a pair of track roller assemblies one positioned on each side of the work machine. The vibration reducing apparatus and method includes repositioning undercarriage components to vary the catenary hang from one side of the work machine to the other.
US07806205B2	Earth drilling device An earth drilling device having a rotary drive and a drilling head connected to the rotary drive via a shaft is disclosed. The shaft runs at least partially axially along a pipe with two pipe ends, the first pipe end of which is connectable to a vacuum source and the second pipe end of which is provided with a pipe opening over which the drilling head at least partially projects. The drilling head is provided with at least two fillet sections connected to the shaft, which are attached to the shaft in radial extension and in projection along the axis of the pipe only partly cover the pipe opening. The fillet sections are each connected to an axially oriented surface section, which contacts the inner wall of the pipe in a gliding manner or contacts an inner wall of a sleeve coaxially connected to the second pipe end when the drilling head rotates. The axially oriented surface sections are each connected to a limb which axially projects over the pipe or the sleeve.
US07806204B2	Sonic drill rod with external surface features Drill rods and systems for use in drilling processes, as well as methods for making and using such drill rods and systems. A drill rod configured for sonic drilling operations can include a cylindrical body having an interior surface and an exterior surface. A first connector may be located on a first end of the cylindrical body and a second connector may be located on a second end of the cylindrical body. The first connector and the second connector can be complementary. The drill rod can include a helical feature and a corresponding helical channel on the exterior surface of the cylindrical body. The helical feature and corresponding helical channel can be configured for moving material displaced during a drilling operation in an axial direction away from one end of the drill rod to the other.
US07806202B2	System and method for reservoir characterization using underbalanced drilling data In an underbalanced drilling system and method, a change is induced in flowing bottom hole pressure in a wellbore. Data of the surface flow rate of effluent is then measured in response to the induced change. This measured data is obtained using a multi-phase flow meter before a separator of the underbalanced drilling system. Algorithms in computer software analyze the flowing bottomhole pressure and the measured surface flow rate data and determine both permeability and formation pressure for a portion of the wellbore in real-time during the underbalanced drilling operation. Ultimately, portion of the wellbore is characterized with the determined permeability and formation pressure.
US07806198B2	Hybrid impact tool A power tool with a motor, a transmission and a rotary impact mechanism. The transmission receives rotary power from the motor and includes a transmission output member. The rotary impact mechanism has a first spindle, a second spindle, a hammer and an anvil. The second spindle is disposed coaxially with the first spindle and the hammer is drivingly coupled to the second spindle. The power tool also includes a device that selectively couples the first and second spindles with the anvil and the transmission output member. Coupling of the first spindle with the anvil and the transmission output member directly drives the anvil, whereas coupling of the second spindle with the anvil and the transmission output member drives the anvil through the hammer.
US07806197B2	Split rolling basket A strip tillage implement includes a single, center-mounted arm located directly above the row area of a strip-till berm. Basket halves are rotatably connected to opposite sides of the arm in cantilever fashion to eliminate outer support arms. Residue flow encounters rolling baskets rather than fixed arms so that catching, flipping and twisting of residue is minimized and plugging in high residue conditions is reduced. A single, center-mounted bearing and simplified basket halves reduce the cost and complexity of the implement.
US07806193B2	Swellable packer with back-up systems A packer assembly which incorporates a swellable elastomeric packer element and one or more swellable thermoplastic components. The swellable thermoplastic components are support rings that are located at each axial end of the elastomeric element and provide positive mechanical backups for the elastomeric element to limit extrusion of the packer element.
US07806192B2	Method and system for anchoring and isolating a wellbore Downhole tools for anchoring and isolating at least one zone in a wellbore comprise a mandrel having an upper end, a lower end, an outer wall surface, and a longitudinal bore disposed therethrough having an axis. One or more anchors are disposed through the outer wall surface of the mandrel. Each of the anchors has a retracted position and an extended position. An isolation element is disposed along the outer wall surface of the mandrel. The isolation element may cover the anchors or be disposed, above, below, or around the anchors. Engagement of the isolation element with the inner wall surface of the wellbore to isolate at least one zone of the wellbore may be accomplished by piercing the isolation element to permit wellbore fluid to contact a swellable material contained within the isolation element, or by pumping fluid into the isolation element.
US07806185B2	Treatment fluids comprising friction reducers and antiflocculation additives and associated methods Methods comprising: providing an aqueous treatment fluid comprising an aqueous fluid, a friction reducing polymer, and an antiflocculation additive; and introducing the treatment fluid into a subterranean formation. Methods of fracturing a subterranean formation comprising: providing an aqueous treatment fluid comprising an aqueous fluid, a friction reducing polymer, and an antiflocculation additive; and introducing the treatment fluid into a well bore penetrating the subterranean formation at rate in the range of from about 30 barrels to about 250 barrels per minute so as to create or enhance one or more fractures in the subterranean formation. Aqueous treatment fluids comprising: an aqueous fluid, a friction reducing polymer in an amount sufficient to reduce friction without forming a gel, and an antiflocculation additive.
US07806183B2	Well treatment compositions and methods utilizing nano-particles Disclosed embodiments relate to well treatment fluids and methods that utilize nano-particles. Exemplary nano-particles are selected from the group consisting of particulate nano-silica, nano-alumina, nano-zinc oxide, nano-boron, nano-iron oxide, and combinations thereof. Embodiments also relate to methods of cementing that include the use of nano-particles. An exemplary method of cementing comprises introducing a cement composition into a subterranean formation, wherein the cement composition comprises cement, water and a particulate nano-silica. Embodiments also relate to use of nano-particles in drilling fluids, completion fluids, stimulation fluids, and well clean-up fluids.
US07806182B2	Stimulation method A subterranean formation stimulation method utilizes a treatment fluid comprising residual drilling fluid injected into the formation, and producing the stimulated formation. In one embodiment, a tight gas formation is fractured and the fracture has a higher conductivity than the formation.
US07806178B2	Wire wrap screen manufacturing method Non conductive supports flank the mounting location of ribs for a wire wrap screen so as to limit penetration into the wire being fed over the ribs and resistance welded notwithstanding variations of applied force from the weld roller. Optionally the wire can be pre-rolled to approximately its end diameter in the finished screen ahead of the time it contacts a rib so as to minimize bending the wire over the rib which thins the wire. The supports are preferably ceramic and provide equal penetration of the rib into the wrap wire despite variations in loading by the weld roller.
US07806168B2	Optimal spreader system, device and method for fluid cooled micro-scaled heat exchange A device, method, and system for a fluid cooled micro-scaled heat exchanger is disclosed. The fluid cooled micro-scaled heat exchanger utilizes a micro-scaled region and a spreader region with a highly thermally conductive material and sized to yield high heat dissipation and transfer area per unit volume from a heat source. The micro-scaled region preferably comprises microchannels.
US07806167B2	Heat dissipation device A heat dissipation device includes a base, a first fin group located above the base, at least one heat pipe connecting the base and the first fin group and first and second fans located at two opposite sides of the first fin group. Each of the first and second fans is oriented with an acute angle to the base. Outlet and inlet of the first and second fans are oriented towards the base and the first fan produces cooling air to blow towards the first fin group and the base and the second fan draws heated air away from the first fin group and the base.
US07806160B2	Blinds for adjusting illumination made of thick material The present invention relates to a roll type blind mounted in a window for preventing light from being introduced from the outside or leaking from the inside of a room. In the blind for adjusting height and brightness made of a thick blind material according to the present invention, an inner blind material and an outer blind material of the thick blind material hang down in a tensed state by a pre-weight element and they always keep an equal width therebetween.
US07806157B2	Tyre building drum A tyre building drum having a central shaft; two cylindrical half-drums mounted to slide along the central shaft; and a telescopic central body coaxial with the two half-drums, connecting the two half-drums, and having a tubular central member integral with the central shaft, two tubular end members integral with the respective half-drums, and an intermediate segment interposed between the tubular central member and each tubular end member; each end member is defined by the union of two semicircular end half-members connected rigidly to the half-drum by a number of first releasable fastening devices; and each intermediate segment is defined by the union of two semicircular intermediate half-segments connected rigidly to the central member by a number of second releasable fastening devices.
US07806150B2	Mixing and packing of particles A method for packing and/or mixing particulate materials, e.g., aerogel particles, includes combining materials having different particle sizes and applying a negative pressure differential in the presence of a sound field. A negative pressure differential in the presence of vibration also can be used. The method increases mixing and packing density.
US07806147B2	Papermakers dryer fabric The present disclosure relates to a papermakers dryer fabric (C to G) adapted to carry a paper web on one fabric surface thereof and woven from machine direction yarns (1) and cross machine direction yarns (2; 6.1, 6.2; 15, 16) wherein the yarns (1, 2; 6.1, 6.2; 15, 16) cross over each other to create void volume (V.T, V.U1, V.U2) both inside the structure (T) of the fabric (C to G) and at the surfaces (U.1, U.2) of the fabric (C to G). The machine direction yarns (1) and the cross machine direction yarns (2; 6.1, 6.2; 15, 16) are interlaced so that virtually all of the void volume (V.U1, V.U2) is exposed to the paper web carrying and non-paper web carrying surfaces (U.1, U.2).
US07806146B2	Device for controlling the transverse movement of the warp threads of a textile weaving machine In order to solve the problem of not having enough space available for a large number of components and keeping the deflection of the electric motor small in a device for controlling the transverse movement of the warp threads of a textile weaving machine, particularly a textile weaving machine with single strand movements, the invention proposes to operatively connect the strands via power transmission elements having different lengths in a staggered or register-like way to an electric motor and to provide the electric motors with a ratio in relation to the strands such that the movement of the electric motors brings about a greater movement of the strands.
US07806145B1	Housing for a flow conditioner There is provided a housing for a flow conditioner. The housing comprises a body having first and second pipe connections, a flow passage between the pipe connections, a carrier receiving cavity within the flow passage, and an opening corresponding to the carrier receiving cavity. A plate carrier has a sealing portion and a flow conditioner carrying portion. The sealing portion has a sealing surface for sealing the opening corresponding to the carrier receiving cavity, and the flow conditioner carrying portion depends from the sealing portion. The flow conditioner carrying portion is sized to be inserted through the opening and into the carrier receiving cavity, and has a plurality of set screw receiving apertures or a retaining lip for securing the flow conditioner. There is a connector for securing the plate carrier within the body such that the sealing surface seals against the body.
US07806144B2	Flow restrictor for infusion system The present invention includes a disposable flow path for an infusion system for communicating between a fluid source and a patient. The flow path comprises a flow restrictor having first and second ends and defining a flow path between the ends. The flow restrictor comprises a plurality of materials, including a first material defining the flow path, which first material is substantially resistant to vapor transmission, and a second material different than the first material defining at least a portion of an outer surface of the flow restrictor. The second material is suitable for joining to other portions of the flow path.
US07806142B2	Combined relief valve and check valve A combination check valve and relief valve has a valve body with an inlet, an outlet, and a valve chamber operatively interposed between the inlet and outlet. A check valve may be integrated with the relief valve and therefore simplify a hydraulic system. The valve includes a relief valve member which is within the valve chamber. The valve also includes a resilient member with a first end and a second end. The first end of the resilient member operatively engages the relief valve member. The valve includes a setting member pressure-fit within the valve chamber to operatively engage the second end of the resilient member. The resilient member is resiliently biased between the setting member and the relief valve member to bias the relief valve member against a relief valve seat, whereby, when pressurized fluid communicates with the inlet, the resilient member is compressed, and the relief valve member disengages its seat to enable the fluid to pass through to the outlet.
US07806140B2	Power saving locking coil A variable flow valve is provided. The variable flow valve includes a housing, an actuator, a biasing agent, positioning coils, and a locking coil. The housing defines a bore, an inlet, and an outlet. The actuator is moveably disposed within the bore and configured to selectively obstruct and expose the outlet. The biasing agent is disposed within the bore. The biasing agent is also interposed between the housing and the actuator to bias the actuator toward the outlet. The positioning coils are disposed about the housing and operable to drive the biasing agent to a retracted position. The locking coil is disposed about the housing proximate the biasing agent. The locking coil is operable to capture the biasing agent in the retracted position. As such, the positioning coils are thereafter able to move the actuator free of the bias from the biasing agent.
US07806139B2	Fluid conduit coupling assembly having male and female couplers with integral valves The present invention is a fluid conduit coupling assembly for coupling a first fluid conduit to a second fluid conduit. The fluid conduit coupling assembly comprises a first coupler and a second coupler. The first coupler is for connecting to the first fluid conduit and comprises a first housing and a first valve. The first valve comprises a first lever arm. The second coupler is for connecting to the second fluid conduit and comprises a second housing and a second valve. The second valve comprises a second lever arm. When a force is applied to couple together the couplers, at least a portion of said force is communicated to each lever arm, thereby causing each valve to pivot from a closed position to an open position. The first valve and first lever arm are contained within the first housing, and the second valve and second lever arm are contained within the second housing.
US07806136B2	Wafer-type direct-acting valve In the direct-acting valve of the present invention, no flange is formed in the valve box and the piping is achieved by interposing the valve box between pipe flanges. The direct acting valve includes: a driving section that operates by sensing a primary pressure or a secondary pressure; and a valve body communicating with the driving section to open and close a flow path. A valve box of the valve is positioned between pipe flanges tightened by bolts and nuts. Connecting end portions to be mated with pipe flanges respectively have an inlet and an outlet of the flow path, and each of the end portions is formed to have a smaller diameter than that of the pipe flange. A cover flange neck is extended upward from the valve box is formed so as to be interposed between the bolts B and B1 which are provided between the pipe flanges and adjacent to each other on the circumference of the pipe flanges.
US07806128B2	No water spill automatic steam car wash system An automatic steam car washing system is provided. The automatic steam car washing system according to current application is comprised of a moving station and 10 metal beams that comprise a frame. Car to be washed stays inside of the frame. Pluralities of steam spraying nozzles, a vacuum nozzle, and a towel are installed in a moving station and moves along the surface of the car. Pluralities of steam generators are installed inside of the moving station and connected to the steam spraying nozzles. Tip of the steam spraying nozzle oscillates horizontally with an angle to the surface of the car. The distance between the spraying nozzle and the surface of the car is maintained constant irrespective of the surface geometry. The automatic steam car washing system according to current application realize a no water spill automatic car washing system and protects the air by collecting the dusts that comes out from the contaminated car surface. By making a steam car wash system automatic, it also protects workers from contaminated working environment. No detergent is used.
US07806127B2	Smelt spout enclosure for chemical recovery boilers An enclosure for a smelt spout of a chemical recovery boiler comprises a skirt having a central region through which smelt flowing from the smelt spout falls into a dissolving tank. The central region is defined by a wall and has a trough disposed around its perimeter. The trough is supplied with a fluid that overflows the trough and flows downward across the wall toward the dissolving tank to clean and cool the skirt. The trough may have a depth substantially equal to the height of the skirt, and the fluid may include at least one of: water, weak wash, and green liquor. Water may be periodically supplied to the trough in lieu of the fluid to clean the trough. A nozzle system is configures to direct at least one shatter jet onto the smelt flowing from the smelt spout to break it up into smaller particles.
US07806118B2	Cardiopulmonary resuscitation device A cardiopulmonary resuscitation device that combines ventilation of a patient's lungs with chest compressions on the patient's sternum area. The device includes a self-inflating bag having an outlet port through which the content of the bag is forced when bag is compressed; target indicia on the bag to indicate the proper position of the bag on the patient's sternum area and to indicate the proper location on the bag for applying force to the top side thereof; a face mask for placement over the patient's mouth and nose; and a tube extending from the bag to the face mask. The device may include indicia for indicating the amount of pressure applied to the self-inflating bag, and a backboard including belt/motor structure for providing repeated and rapid chest compression and forced ventilation of the patient's lungs.
US07806116B2	Metering system and method for aerosol delivery An apparatus for metering the delivery of an aerosol. The apparatus has a variable acoustic source and a microphone, both acoustically coupled to a volume having a fluid region and an air region. The apparatus may also include a processor to determine a volume of the air region based on signals received from the microphone and the variable acoustic source. A fluid valve is coupled to the processor, and is configured to allow an amount of fluid to exit the fluid region associated with the volume of the air region. An atomizer, coupled to the fluid region, is configured to aerosolize at least a portion of the fluid.
US07806113B2	Compressed gas projectile accelerator having multiple projectile velocity settings A compressed gas projectile accelerator that includes a velocity adjustment mechanism and/or method configured to allow the compressed gas projectile accelerator to expel projectiles between a first velocity setting and a second velocity setting. The velocity adjustment mechanism and/or method includes a velocity controller configured to allow a user to selectively select a velocity setting falling between the first velocity setting and the second velocity setting. The first velocity setting comprises an upper or maximum velocity setting and the second velocity setting comprises a lower or minimum velocity setting.
US07806112B2	Apparatus for launching balls for sports practice An apparatus for launching balls for sports practice comprising a tank (2) for housing a pressurised gaseous fluid, connected by means of an exhaust duct (5) to a launch tube (3) whose section substantially corresponds to that of a ball (4) to be launched, and which has a seat (8) for positioning the ball (4). A rapid opening device (6) allows to discharge on command the fluid from the tank (2) to the launch tube (3) through the exhaust duct (5), in order to cause the launch of the ball (4). The apparatus (1) further comprises throttling means (37) mounted in the exhaust duct (5) to determine the transfer of the fluid from the tank (2) to the launch tube (3), as well as means (43) for varying the position of the seat (8) for the ball (4) to be launched, which can be operatively associated to each other to vary the position of the seat (8) according to the regulation of the transfer of the fluid from the tank (2) to the launch tube (3) and vice versa, according to a pre-determined relationship.
US07806103B2	Integrated valve device An integrated valve device includes a casing having cylindrical portions each defining therein a fluid passage. The fluid passage accommodates a valve being adapted to opening and closing the fluid passage. A shaft extends through the valves to manipulate positions of the valves all together. Each cylindrical portion has a pair of wall portions each opposed to corresponding one sidewall surface of each of the valves. The pair of wall portions is located in a range out of an open-close range between a full close position and a full open position of the valve. Each wall portion has a protrusion for supporting the valve by being in direct contact with corresponding one of the sidewall surfaces when the protrusions of the pair of wall portions interpose therebetween the valve.
US07806101B2	Two-stage-coordination type eight-stroke engine The present invention provides a two-stage-coordination type eight-stroke engine for controlling the air-flows of the eight-stroke-operation and preventing the backfiring in the coordinate-port during the injection-process, so the coordinate-valve and the coordinate-port can be kept within the operational temperature in the heavy load operation; the two-stage-coordination system will open the coordinate-valve twice during each round of the eight-stroke-operation, so the hot-combustion-medium of the master cylinder will be mixing with the flow of the high-density-air in a conceal environment after the coordinate-valve is shut with the pressure difference, thereby reducing the heat loss and preventing the irreparable damage due to the backfiring effect.In addition, the two-stage-coordination type eight-stroke engine also improves the response time of the coordinate-valve to the engine load changes and the engine rpm changes, while sustaining a fuel efficiency over 35% for gasoline type eight-stroke engine and 45% for the diesel type eight-stroke engine.
US07806100B2	Injection method and associated internal combustion engine In order to improve a combustion process of a motor vehicle, in particular with regard to emissions and/or the development of noise, a method for regulating an injection profile is provided, in which method a fuel is injected directly into a combustion chamber, wherein the regulation brings about a change in the injection profile (23) at least during a first work cycle on the basis of at least one parameter which is recorded during the first work cycle. Furthermore, a corresponding direct-injection internal combustion engine is provided.
US07806090B2	Boiler apparatus for combusting processed agriculture residues (PAR) and method An apparatus that extracts energy from processed agriculture residue (PAR) such as dried distiller grains or rapeseed as a biomass fuel having about 12% by weight or less moisture combusted in a vertically elongated combustion chamber having at least one suspension burner that projects a flame down a longitudinal axis of combustion chamber for transferring heat to heat collection surface located radially from the flame, an exhaust opening vertically spaced from a distal end of the flame containment portion and vertically spaced lower of a substantial majority of the heat collection surface, and a temperature modulator that supplies a cooling air. A method of extracting energy from PAR fuel is disclosed.
US07806078B2	Plasma treatment apparatus A plasma CVD apparatus has a container, and channels composed of introduction grooves and circumferential grooves for different types of gases are formed within the container. The gases introduced through source gas piping, auxiliary gas piping, and cleaning gas piping are equally supplied to a plurality of supply nozzles, a plurality of auxiliary gas supply nozzles, and a plurality of cleaning gas nozzles. The configuration of the container can be simplified without complicating pipings for the gases.
US07806077B2	Plasma nozzle array for providing uniform scalable microwave plasma generation Microwave plasma nozzle array systems and methods for configuring the microwave plasma nozzle arrays are disclosed. The microwaves are transmitted to a microwave cavity in a specific manner and form an interference pattern that includes high-energy regions within the microwave cavity. The high-energy regions are controlled by the phases and the wavelengths of the microwaves. A plurality of nozzle elements is provided in the array. Each of the nozzle elements has a portion partially disposed in the microwave cavity and receives a gas for passing therethrough. The nozzle elements receive microwave energy from one of the high-energy regions. Each of the nozzle elements include a rod-shaped conductor having a tip that focuses the microwaves and a plasma is then generated using the received gas.
US07806072B2	Mercury release alerting Methods provide an alert to the release of mercury. A sealed container containing an odor-producing agent is provided proximate to a sealed breakable enclosure containing mercury, the container and/or the breakable enclosure physically separating the agent from the mercury. In response to a breaking of the breakable enclosure, the agent produces an odor as a function of the breaking, the odor providing an alert to a release of the mercury. Service methods are also provided, for example wherein a service provider provides the sealed breakable enclosure containing mercury and deploys the odor-producing agent. Articles of manufacture, systems, articles and programmable devices are also provided.
US07806070B2	Method and apparatus for a vehicle forward direction signal A vehicle direction indicator system is designed to alert surrounding drivers of the intentions of the vehicle operator to continue in a forward direction. The indicator system has a plurality of indicator light end points and each end point is powered by the vehicle's electrical system and includes a housing, a light source holder and a lens attached to the front portion of the housing, and a vibration feedback element to indicate to the driver when the signal is activated. The end points may be positioned in various locations such as the grill, spoiler, side markers and the like and may simultaneously emit a color when the vehicle driver actuates the indicator system within the vehicle. The system is preferably mounted onto the front portion of the vehicle and is capable of signaling to other drivers at a four way intersection an intention to continue in a straight direction.
US07806068B2	Rudder for marine vehicles A rudder (1) adaptable to a rudder shaft (4) in a rudder mechanism for changing the direction of motion of a marine vehicle. The rudder (1) is provided at least one drive unit (2) for the rotation of the rudder (1) around an axis substantially vertical to the lateral surfaces of the rudder (1)
US07806064B2	Friction reducing pollution control system for marine vehicles An exhaust redirect line in communication with an engine exhaust channel of a marine vehicle receiving exhaust gas. A blower unit in the exhaust redirect line directing the exhaust gas through the exhaust redirect line. A mixing chamber in communication with the exhaust redirect line receiving the engine exhaust gas. An injector unit in communication with the mixing chamber introducing a chemical agent, air and water into the mixing chamber to provide a treated exhaust gas. An output vane disposed on an exterior underside of a hull being in communication with the mixing chamber discharging the treated exhaust gas underneath the hull as a foam, whereby the engine exhaust gas is encapsulated and detoxified by the chemical agent in the foam to prevent the exhaust gas from entering the surrounding water and wherein the foam reduces friction between the hull and the surrounding water to improve engine efficiency.
US07806063B2	Electronic sewing machine and sewing machine motor control program An electronic sewing machine includes a sewing machine motor that vertically drives a sewing needle via a rotation of a main shaft; a stitch-pitch setting unit that sets a stitch-pitch in sewing manually fed workpiece cloth; a consumed thread amount detection unit that detects consumed thread amount of at least either of a needle thread or a bobbin thread consumed in each ongoing sewing cycle; a consumed thread amount calculation unit that calculates consumed thread amount based on an output from the consumed thread amount detection unit; and a speed control unit that controls rotational speed of the sewing machine motor based on calculated result of the consumed thread amount calculation unit so that an amount of manual cloth feed equals the stitch-pitch set by the stitch-pitch setting unit.
US07806061B2	Agricultural implement with dense phase product dispensing and purging A dense phase flow product delivery system for an agricultural implement is provided. The system comprises a primary container configured to accommodate dispensed product and that includes a product exit. The system also comprises a pressure supply assembly configured to provide a pressurized fluid to the primary container and a delivery conduit connected to the product exit and configured to permit the dispensed product to pass there through. The system further comprises a purge supply configured to provide a purge fluid to the delivery conduit. The system is configured for a dispensing operation in which the pressurized fluid forces the dispensed product in the primary container to flow through the delivery conduit in a delivery direction. The system is also configured for a purging operation in which the purge fluid forces residual product in the delivery conduit to flow in a direction opposite the delivery direction.
US07806060B2	Table top with a plurality of closely spaced depressions A pivotable folding utility table includes a table top having a pair of support pedestals pivotally attached thereto. A first pivotal support brace including a distal end and a proximal end attached to the first support pedestal. A second pivotal support brace including a distal end and a proximal end attached to the second support pedestal. The distal ends of the first and second pivotal support braces pivotally attached to a retaining assembly preferably mounted in relation to the table top. Specifically, the retaining assembly includes a cross-brace member operably disposed through openings formed in the distal ends of the first and second pivotal support braces, thus providing a pivotal engagement in relation to the table top. Alternatively, a second retaining assembly including a cross-brace member may be mounted in relation to the table top, wherein the distal end of the first pivotal support brace pivotally engages the first retaining member and the distal end of the second pivotal support brace pivotally engages the second retaining member. In addition, the first and second support pedestals may comprise at least one support leg, wherein each support leg of the first and second support pedestals are laterally offset from each other so as to permit an offset displacement of the support legs when the support pedestals are disposed in a collapsed position.
US07806054B2	Amusement park ride with vehicles pivoting about a common chassis to provide racing and other effects A ride system is provided that allows selective relative positioning of vehicles in an amusement or theme park ride to simulate racing or other effects. The ride system includes a chassis that is adapted to be supported by and to travel on or along a length of track of a particular ride. A support is attached to the chassis and moves with the chassis during operation of the ride. The ride system includes first and second passenger vehicles that are spaced apart on and supported by the support. A drive assembly is linked to the support and configured to rotate the support about its central axis. During support rotation, the first and second vehicles are moved concurrently relative to the track to alter their relative positioning. The vehicles are each rotated about an axis that extends parallel to the rotation axis, and the rotation may be independent or concurrent.
US07806052B2	Printing forme magazine with a receiving arrangement for receiving a plurality of printing formes to be mounted on a forme cylinder of a printing press At least two blankets which are removed from the same cylinder of a printing machine one after the other, are stored in a storage device. The blankets are drawn off the cylinder in a longitudinal direction and are stored in the device at an angle of inclination of not more than 15° relative to the horizontal. The second blanket to be drawn off is stored below the previously drawn-off blanket at a distance that is vertical along its length.
US07806050B2	Ink composition, inkjet recording method, method of producing planographic printing plate, and planographic printing plate The invention provides an ink composition which includes a polymerization initiator, a polymerizable compound, a colorant, and a high molecular compound having a repeating unit represented by the following formula (I). In formula (I), n represents an integer of from 1 to 5.
US07806049B2	Kit for creating artistic work on lawn Components of a kit for creating an artistic work on a lawn include: a container of aerosol paint; a plurality of stakes for anchoring a lawn stencil to a lawn; and a sheet of flexible material in which is defined one or more openings used to apply one or more design elements of the artistic work to the lawn by spraying the aerosol paint through the one or more openings in the lawn stencil when the lawn stencil is anchored to the lawn with the stakes. The components are held in a container having a relatively small form factor that readily accommodates point-of-sale display and purchase at retail stores by consumers.
US07806048B2	Method and apparatus for calibrating print head pressure and applying an accurate print pressure during production A stencil printer includes a frame, a stencil coupled to the frame, a substrate support coupled to the frame to support a substrate in a print position, and a print head, coupled to the frame, to deposit and print viscous material over the stencil. The print head includes a squeegee assembly having at least one squeegee blade and a squeegee blade movement mechanism configured to move the squeegee blade from a raised position in which the squeegee blade is spaced from stencil and a lowered position in which the squeegee blade engages and applies a force on the stencil. The print head further has a device to detect a first reference point associated with a first force of the squeegee blade against the stencil and a second reference point associated with a second force of the squeegee blade against the stencil when moving the squeegee blade to the lowered position in which the squeegee blade engages and applies a force on the stencil.
US07806045B2	Scheduling and tracking system and method for bakery products An apparatus for producing a bread product including: an input means for entering product variables; a processor for determining a production schedule for producing product; a thawer for thawing or partially thawing substantially planar frozen dough pieces; a moulder for working the thawed or partially thawed dough in accordance with predetermined process steps; and an oven for baking the product; the processor controlling or instructing an operator to control the operation of the thawer, shaper and oven.
US07806043B2	Apparatus and method for preparing and delivering a beverage with the use of a raw matter contained in a cartridge The present invention provides for at least a dispensing spout to be directly formed in the sealing membrane that closes the bottom of a capsule containing an edible raw material for preparing a beverage, e.g. coffee. In this manner, the beverage is able to directly fall from the capsule into a drinking vessel arranged therebelow. What is claimed are both a machine, characterized by the means that form the spout and the open bottom of the container in which the capsule is loaded, and a method for preparing and dispensing the beverage.
US07806038B2	Modular polymeric projectile absorbing armor A building block that can be assembled into structures without requiring special end or corner pieces. The block has top and bottom surfaces that contain a cooperating projection and slot for stacking the blocks. Two end surfaces and two side surfaces complete an enclosed volume. One side and one end surface has at least one interlocking male portion. The other side end surface has at least one cooperating slot portion into which the male portion fits to interlock the blocks.
US07806031B1	Device for finely cutting workpieces from a material A device for finely cutting workpieces from a material, which includes a press plate which is subjected to the pressure of a knife-edged ring cylinder consisting of a knife-edged ring and a clipping punch which is guided in the pressing plate, and associated with a blanking die with a counter holder (ejector) on a tappet, whereby the tappet is placed against at least one compensation cylinder which is hydraulically connect to the knife-edged ring cylinder.
US07806026B2	Indicator for torque limiting tool A torque wrench is provided that includes a handle in which is disposed a torque limiting mechanism and a torque indicator engaged with the torque limiting mechanism. The torque limiting mechanism functions to limit the maximum torque that can be transmitted by an individual through the tool, while the indicator provides a visible indication to the individual when a specified amount of torque is being provided through the tool that is less than the amount which causes the torque limiting mechanism to operate.
US07806022B2	Bicycle component actuating device A bicycle component actuating device is provided with a base member, a first user operating member, a locking member and a second user operating member. The first user operating member rotates between first and second operating positions about a rotational axis in a first operating plane that intersects with the rotational axis. The locking member is moves between a locking position to lock the first user operating member in the second operating position and a releasing position to release the first operating member from the second operating position. The second user operating member moves from a non-releasing position to a releasing position for releasing the first user operating member. One of the locking member and the second user operating member is movably along an operating path that intersects with the first operating plane of the first user operating member.
US07806021B2	Control cable adjustment device A control cable adjustment device for adjusting a control cable extending between a control mechanism and an operating mechanism. The adjustment device includes an adjuster rotatably connected to a housing of the control mechanism and a spring element having at least one retention segment. The retention segment engages a detent contour of the adjuster to retain the adjuster in its current position. Another segment of the spring element may have a second function as a return spring for a gear shifter or a brake lever.
US07806016B2	Worm gear mechanism having worm, torque-transmitting worm wheel and auxiliary worm wheel and electric power steering apparatus including the same A worm gear mechanism includes a worm, a torque-transmitting worm wheel meshing with the worm, and an auxiliary worm wheel disposed concentrically with the torque-transmitting worm wheel. The auxiliary worm wheel has a pitch circle diameter set to be greater than a pitch circle diameter of the torque-transmitting worm wheel and hence meshes with the worm in a meshing phase different from that of the torque-transmitting worm wheel. A screw thread provided on the worm actually meshes with teeth of the torque-transmitting worm wheel along a length defined as an actual meshing length. The screw thread has an effective length reduced to be approximately equal to the actual meshing length.
US07806011B2	Balanced bearing assembly An engine starter includes a motor housing having an inlet and an outlet for a motive fluid, a fluid-driven motor within the motor housing, the motor including a rotor and a stator, the stator directing a flow of fluid over the rotor, thereby inducing rotation of the rotor about an axis and exerting an axial force on the rotor and an output shaft operably coupled to the rotor such that rotation of the rotor drives rotation of the shaft about the axis. A front and a rear ball bearing assembly support the rotor. A front biasing member is pre-loaded to exert a first biasing load on the front ball bearing assembly and a rear biasing member is pre-loaded to exert a second biasing load on the rear ball bearing assembly in opposition of the axial force exerted on the rotor. The biasing members distribute the axial force between the two ball bearing assemblies.
US07806008B2	Sample analysis using cantilever probe A method and apparatus for analysis of a sample. The method includes an accessing operation for accessing a region of the sample via a tip of at least one probe mounted on a cantilever. A removing operation removes a sample material from the region that is accessed by the tip of the at least one probe mounted on the cantilever. A sensing operation senses a parameter associated to the removal of the sample material in the removing operation. The accessing, removing, and sensing operations are repeated to facilitate removal of at least one layer of the sample.
US07806000B2	Sensor for detecting arcing faults The present invention is directed to a sensor for detecting arcing faults, the sensor combining a photodetector, a pressure detector, and an accelerometer along with integrated circuitry. The circuitry controls each detector, operates the self-test circuitry, conditions the signals from the detectors, and communicates with the external network. The circuitry receives commands from the network and transmits the output decision from the sensor.
US07805999B2	Apparatus and methods for measuring pressure using a formation tester A system for measuring pressure in a well borehole using two pressure sensing gauges that are exposed to an area of common pressure. Pressure measurements are made with preferably two pressure gauge assemblies each containing a single pressure sensing gauge. The two pressure gauge assemblies are removably disposed within a receptacle or “pocket” in the outer surface of a wall of a formation tester tool section. When disposed or “side loaded” in the pocket, the gauges within the pair of assemblies are axially aligned and positioned in a plane that is normal to the radius of the formation tester tool section. Both pressure sensing gauges can be connected to respond to the same fluid pressure originating from a probe or port section of a formation tester tool. By disposing the pressure gauge assemblies in a receptacle or “pocket” in the outer surface or wall of a formation tester tool section, the pressure sensing gauges are exposed to wellbore fluids. Pressure sensing gauges are selected to have low mass. The low mass of the gauges and a cooperating heater assembly allow the pressure gauges to rapidly thermally stabilize with changing temperatures in the wellbore.
US07805998B2	Apparatus and method for inspection of turbine valve seats An apparatus and method for remote frequency-based inspection of a valve seat includes inserting a frequency-based inspection tool into an inspection position over the valve seat and contacting the one or more supports to the inner surface of the valve seat. An input signal is transmitted at a desired frequency through the valve seat to a joint between the valve seat and a valve shaft via the one or more transducers. The shaft is rotated to remotely rotate the fixture, thereby allowing an inspection of an entire perimeter of the joint. An output signal is received and is evaluated to determine if an anomaly is present in the joint.
US07805994B2	Silicon micromechanical gyroscope The present invention relates to a novel silicon micromechanical gyroscope, which is used in control technology field to measure pose measurement of a rotating body, such as aerobat, motor tire and drilling platform, wherein the novel silicon micromechanical gyroscope main includes a sensing element and a signal process circuit. The sensing element further comprises a silicon slice frame, a silicon slice, an upper electrode ceramics plate and a bottom electrode ceramics plate. The signal process circuit further comprises a signal detecting bridge circuit used as bridge arm of the capacitor sensing element, and a SCM signal process circuit with data process module. The novel silicon micromechanical gyroscope is able to replace a drive force from the drive conformation with a rotating force from the rotation of the rotating body so as to achieve a novel silicon micromechanical gyroscope without a drive conformation. The novel silicon micromechanical gyroscope without a drive conformation to mostly achieve purposes like minify in craft, simply in structure and reduced in volume so as to effectively lower cost and save energy.
US07805992B2	Gas sensor housing for use in high temperature gas environments An apparatus and method for packaging and operating a gas sensor for use in high temperature gas environments. A gas sensor can be configured, which includes a sensor element and a housing in which the sensor element is located. A parallel gas path can be configured form said housing, wherein said parallel gas path is based on the natural differential pressure with respect to the velocity of said gas. The parallel gas path is preferably vertical to provide a sufficient friction to soot particles compared to the gas, such that when a partial quantity of said gas reaches said sensor element, said soot particles are avoided by said sensor element.
US07805990B2	Arrangement of an air mass meter at a flow channel For arranging an air mass meter at a flow channel, the flow channel has a housing section with a flange surrounding a receiving opening for the air mass meter. The air mass meter has a socket with a contact surface that is facing the flange. Fasteners are provided that attach the socket on the housing section. The socket and the housing section have elements for positioning the air mass meter free of play relative to a flow direction of a fluid flow that is guided in the flow channel.
US07805985B2	Method for diagnosing the leakage of an injector and associated control device In order to diagnose the leakage of an injector (IN1) which serves for injecting fuel into the combustion chamber of at least one cylinder (CY1) of a combustion engine (CE), it is detected, in an observation time window (OPS2) during which the particular injector (IN1) of the combustion engine (CE) that is to be tested is deactivated, whether a deviation (DV) of the speed curve (GS2) of the combustion engine (CE) has occurred relative to a reference speed curve (GS1) which indicates injector leak-tightness. In the event that a deviation (DV) is detected, it is concluded that there is a leakage of the injector (IN1).
US07805983B2	Method for measuring the number of fine particles in ultrapure water and method for manufacturing a filtration device for measuring the number of fine particles in ultrapure water A method for measuring the number of fine particles in ultrapure water includes subjecting the ultrapure water to internal pressure filtration through a hollow fiber membrane having a skin layer capable of trapping the fine particles in the ultrapure water at least on an inner surface thereof, exposing the inner surface of the hollow fiber membrane, and measuring the number of fine particles on the exposed inner surface.
US07805982B2	Portable core flood apparatus for conducting on-site permeability measurements A portable apparatus and method provide on-site permeability measurements of a core sample extracted from a subterranean reservoir. The portable apparatus is easily and conveniently transported to well locations for use on-site, thereby allowing the core sample to be tested in actual reservoir conditions. The apparatus can simultaneously test incoming liquids and liquids passing through the core sample, and can measure data in the forward and reverse flow directions. The apparatus requires only a single pump to pressurize and inject the liquid into the core sample.
US07805980B2	Selectivity enhancement in photoacoustic gas analysis via phase-sensitive detection at high modulation frequency A method for detecting a target fluid in a fluid sample comprising a first fluid and the target fluid using photoacoustic spectroscopy (PAS), comprises a) providing a light source configured to introduce an optical signal having at least one wavelength into the fluid sample; b) modulating the optical signal at a desired modulation frequency such that the optical signal generates an acoustic signal in the fluid sample; c) measuring the acoustic signal in a resonant acoustic detector; and d) using the phase of the acoustic signal to detect the presence of the target fluid.
US07805976B2	Method for checking surface condition after cleaning Methods for inspecting gas turbine component parts for possible distress after hydrogen fluoride cleaning are disclosed. The methods selectively remove a small amount of material for IGA inspection and restore the material using the same procedures as when the parts were manufactured.
US07805975B2	Gasless calibration in metabolic gas analyzers A method of calibrating a metabolic analyzer incorporating an oxygen analyzer and a NDIR carbon dioxide analyzer in the field that does not require the use of gas cylinders containing gases of known concentration is described. In calibrating the CO2 detector, at the time of factory setup, the detector output for a gas of a known concentration is measured and stored in the memory of the metabolic analyzer's microprocessor, as is the detector output voltage when the IR source is dimmed by a known percentage. Subsequently, in the field, CO2 levels in ambient air and cell pressure are measured at two different flow rates through the sample chamber and the IR source is again dimmed by the same percentage as had been used at the time of factory setup. Based upon the resulting readings, both the zeroing and span adjustment factors can be computed.
US07805974B2	Testing performance of gas monitors Method, apparatus, and system are utilized for testing the performance of a gas monitor against predetermined monitor characteristics to determine if performance of the gas monitor is validated in a manner whereby testing gas is directly delivered to the gas sensor.
US07805972B2	Integrally bladed rotating turbo machinery and method and apparatus for achieving the same A method and an apparatus for performing the method of inducing compressive residual stress in blading members integrally formed with a rotor. The method includes using a caliper-type burnishing tool such that the caliper arms of the tool are contoured and oriented for placing the burnishing elements on opposite sides of the blading member to be treated. The blading member is burnished to introduce a pre-determined pattern of residual compressive stresses in a selected area of the blade.
US07805967B1	Universal deadbolt lock knob immobilizer Apparatus is simply hung on a deadbolt knob when the deadbolt is in locked position. It prevents the deadbolt knob from rotating enough to retract the deadbolt. This ensures that the door cannot be unlocked from the outside. A passage in an upper end of the apparatus is dimensioned to receive the deadbolt knob. The deadbolt knob is not round. The passage has side walls narrow enough to prevent the deadbolt knob from rotating freely within the passage. As the knob is rotated, the knob engages the side walls of the passage so that the entire apparatus rotates until the lower end of the apparatus engages the door frame. Many passages are provided so that the apparatus may be used with deadbolt knobs that have different locked positions.
US07805960B2	System for air-conditioning an environment, in particular the passenger compartment of a motor vehicle The air conditioning system including at least one sensor of the thermal comfort of the passenger compartment of a motor vehicle, and an apparatus having at least one pair of heat-exchanger units, each designed to increase and reduce said temperature at alternating intervals under the control of the sensor. Each heat-exchanger unit comprises a substrate having the property of absorbing and releasing heat according to the absorption of a gas. The two substrates are set in two hermetic casings in communication with one another through a compressor and a series of valves, which can be actuated so as to transfer the gas alternately from one to another of the two substrates. Each heat exchanger unit also includes an outlet conveyor with an outlet opening to the passenger compartment and another outlet opening towards the outside. The two outlets are controlled by hatches that can be actuated intermittently so as to send hot air or cold air continuously into the passenger compartment.
US07805954B2	High-frequency circuit cooling apparatus The high-frequency circuit cooling apparatus comprises a package container 14 for housing a high-frequency circuit, a tank 16 for storing a gas to be introduced into the package container 14, a cold head 12 for cooling the package container 14 and the tank 16, pipes 24, 26 connected to the tank 16, for supplying the gas into the tank 16, pipes 18, 22 detachably connected between the tank 16 and the package container 14, for introducing the gas in the tank 16 into the package container 14, and pipes 34, 36 detachably connected to the package container 14, for discharging the gas in the package container 14.
US07805953B2	Prefilter system for heat transfer unit and method A method of transferring heat is accomplished by providing a heat exchanger unit that is at least partially air cooled. The heat exchanger unit has an evaporator, condenser, compressor and a fan for forcing air over an exteriorly located heat exchange surface of the condenser. A fiberglass filter element is positioned adjacent to the heat exchange surface of the condenser for capturing at least one of grease, debris and other contaminants that are not entrained within any liquid cooling fluid that would otherwise contact the heat exchange surface. The filter element is allowed to capture the at least one of grease, debris and other contaminants prior to contact with the heat exchange surface of the condenser.
US07805951B2	Method and apparatus for the crust-freezing/cooling/deep-freezing treatment of products Methods and apparatus for freezing a product. The product is frozen in a treatment container which contains a vibrating support. The vibrating support is capable of receiving a film of a cryogenic liquid. A heated temperature probe, located just before the outlet of the treatment container, measures the temperature at that location. The supply system for the cryogenic liquid has a proportional valve. A data acquisition and processing unit receives the temperature information and controls the opening of the proportional valve.
US07805949B2	Device for supporting and housing auxiliaries in a bypass turbojet A device for supporting and housing auxiliaries in a bypass turbojet is disclosed. The device includes two coaxial case rings arranged one inside the other and connected by tubular radial arms through which fluid ducts and electric cables pass. At least one of the radial arms includes on a lateral face a detachable panel whose removal allows access to turbojet equipment situated radially inside the internal case ring in alignment with the radial arm.
US07805948B2	Internally mounted device for a pressure vessel An assembly for sealingly mounting a device in a hole in a pressure vessel casing, the assembly transferring a load produced by pressurized fluid to the casing and retaining the stem to the casing.
US07805945B2	Thermal shield, especially for lining the wall of a combustion chamber A highly durable, high-strength thermal shield element is provided for the interior lining of the combustion chamber of a gas turbine. For this purpose, the thermal shield element comprises a base produced from a solidified cast ceramic material into which a plurality of reinforcing elements are integrated, to increase the tensile strength of the thermal shield element.
US07805944B2	Combustion chamber air inlet A combustor assembly comprising a combustor liner having an opening and a combustor chute, which is formed of a sheet material which is bent to form the desired chute. The chute allows the passage of cooling and dilution air into the combustor.
US07805941B2	Method for starting a steam turbine installation The invention relates to a method for starting a steam turbine installation which comprises at least one steam turbine and at least one steam-generating installation for generating steam for driving the steam turbines, the steam turbine installation having at least one casing component, which has an initial starting temperature of more than 250° C., the temperature of the steam and of the casing component being continually measured, and the casing component of the steam turbine installation being supplied with steam from the starting time point onwards. The starting temperature of the steam is lower than the temperature of the casing component and the temperature of the steam is increased with a start transient and the staring temperature is chosen such that the change in temperature per unit of time of the casing component lies below a predefined limit. The temperature of the casing component initially decreases, until a minimum is reached and then increases.
US07805935B2	Stirling engine and control method therefor In a Stirling engine, a casing houses therein component elements of the Stirling engine, including a high-temperature-side cylinder, a high-temperature-side piston, a connecting rod, a crankshaft, etc. A pressure control device determines whether the pressure of the gas charged in the casing has declined. If the pressure of the gas has declined, the pressure control device drives a pump to pressurize the gas charged in the casing.
US07805934B1	Displacer motion control within air engines Methods and apparatus are disclosed for generating power. A thermodynamic air engine is configured to convert heat provided in the form of a temperature differential to mechanical energy. The thermodynamic air engine has a working fluid and a displacer adapted to move through the working fluid. The temperature differential is established across the thermodynamic air engine between a first side of the engine and a second side of the engine. The displacer is directly actuated to move the displacer cyclically through the working fluid in accordance with a defined motion pattern.
US07805933B2	Throttle arrangement and exhaust system equipped with same The invention relates to a throttle arrangement for an exhaust system of an internal combustion engine having a throttle valve for throttling a stream of exhaust gas flowing through a pipe and having a restoring spring which prestresses the throttle valve into a closed position. The throttle valve is pivotable about a pivot axis in the pipe between the closed position [and the open position] and the restoring spring is supported on the valve end on a lever fixedly connected to the throttle valve and is supported at the pipe end on a bearing for accommodating a shaft extending coaxially with the pivot axis. The restoring spring is adapted to support the spring forces on the pipe end in an essentially symmetrical manner with respect to a plane of symmetry that extends perpendicular to the pivot axis and is in the area of the support on the valve end.
US07805932B2	Flow assembly for an exhaust system A flow assembly has a hollow housing including a lumen extending from a proximal aperture to a distal aperture. The flow assembly can have a first set of blades including at least one first blade disposed within the lumen, wherein the at least one first blade extends from the housing and can be positioned between the proximal aperture and the distal aperture. The flow assembly also has a second set of blades including at least one second blade disposed within the lumen, wherein the at least one second blade extends from the housing and can be positioned between the at least one first blade and the distal aperture. Also, the flow assembly can have a central passageway substantially free of blades extending from the proximal aperture to the distal aperture.
US07805927B2	Diesel engine displacement on demand An exhaust temperature control system for a displacement on demand (DOD) diesel engine includes a first and a second cylinder and an air intake that selectively enables air flow into the first cylinder. A fuel injector selectively enables fuel flow into the first cylinder. A controller increases an exhaust temperature of the diesel engine by closing the air intake and disabling fuel flow through the fuel injector to deactivate the first cylinder.
US07805921B2	Reel height control for flexible cutting platform in an agricultural harvesting machine An agricultural harvesting machine includes a feeder housing and a cutting platform attached to the feeder housing. The cutting platform includes at least one platform section, with each platform section having a frame, a cutterbar assembly at a leading edge of the platform section, and an excessive localized deflection indicator associated with the cutterbar assembly. One or more pairs of reel support arms are provided, with each pair associated with a corresponding reel. Each pair of reel support arms is movable toward and away from the cutterbar assembly, dependent upon a state of the excessive localized deflection indicator.
US07805920B2	Lawn mower having steeply inclined exit tunnel and battery access through rear face of mower cutting deck A walk behind lawn mower has an exit tunnel that is opened and closed by a pivotal mulch door to convert the mower between collecting and mulching modes of operation. An operating handle fixed to the mulch door includes a vertically reciprocal push button for releasing locking tabs that engage detents for holding the mulch door in the open and closed positions thereof. The bottom wall of the exit tunnel has a steeply inclined rear ramp section that is angled upwardly relative to the horizontal at least approximately 45°. The rear discharge opening of the exit tunnel occupies approximately an upper quarter of the area of the rear face of the cutting deck. Grass clippings flow into the upper portion of a grass collector through this high, steeply angled exit tunnel to promote even and full filling of the grass collector in the collecting mode.
US07805919B2	Offset epicyclic sickle drive for a header of an agricultural plant cutting machine A compact epicyclic drive includes a pinion rotatable about a ring gear and an eccentric element fixedly connected to the pinion so as to be rotated thereby, a knife head bearing supported on and extending around the eccentric element, and a knife head assembly connected to a sickle knife assembly. The knife head assembly is configured so as to translate rotation of the eccentric element into sideward reciprocating movements of the sickle knife assembly, and to transfer forces resulting from the movements to a housing supporting the drive. Two of the drives can be utilized for reciprocatingly driving two of the sickle knife assemblies in opposite directions, such that the transferred forces will at least partially cancel one another.
US07805915B2	Offset spindle cotton picker bar A picker spindle bar includes spindles oriented on the bar to offset the spindle picking ends relative to each other. In an exemplary embodiment, adjacent spindle axes are rotated six degrees relative to each other about the upright spindle drive shaft axis so that the picking ends of adjacent spindles are offset and enter the doffing zone at different times to reduce peak loads on the harvester row unit. The angled spindle configurations also space picking ends fore-and-aft in the picking zone and improve harvesting efficiency, especially where green bolls are present. The staggered spindle ends reduces cotton pinching in the picking, doffing and spindle wiping areas to thereby reduce row unit plugging.
US07805913B2	Method and apparatus for evacuating and sealing containers An apparatus and method for creating a vacuum-sealed package comprising the placement of the item to be vacuum packed in a container; sealing the container, placing a portion of the container in contact with a sealable chamber; sealing the chamber, creating holes in the container, evacuating the desired amount of air from the container and creating a seal between the interior of the container and the holes.
US07805912B2	Auto tensioning system for surface wrap A wrapping means tensioning device is provided for a round baler and comprises an idler assembly and an application assembly. Wrapping means, like net, when drawn during a wrapping cycle acts onto the idler assembly, which in turn will press an application element of the application assembly against a roll, on which wrapping means is stored. This provides for proper tension during a wrapping cycle without the need for springs or the like, the force of which would need to be overcome, when a wrapping device is brought into a non-operative loading mode.
US07805907B2	Breathable low-emissivity metalized sheets A moisture vapor permeable metalized composite sheet is formed by coating a moisture vapor permeable sheet with at least one metal layer and at least one outer organic coating layer. The moisture vapor permeability of the composite sheet is at least about 80% of the moisture vapor permeability of the starting sheet. The composite sheet provides a barrier to air and liquid water infiltration while having high moisture vapor permeability and good thermal barrier properties. The composite sheet material is suitable for use as a building construction wrap such as roof lining and house wrap.
US07805906B2	Web structure for insulating concrete block An insulating concrete block adapted to be interlocked with other insulating concrete blocks to form an insulating concrete form for casting concrete. The insulating concrete block including a first foam panel and a second foam panel arranged in a spaced apart, parallel relationship to form a concrete receiving cavity. At least two web structures extending between the first foam panel and the second foam panel. Each web structure includes a pair of elongated end plates joined by a pair of web members. One of the end plates is embedded in the first foam panel and the other end plate is embedded in the second foam panel. Each of the end plates has at least one attachment element formed by providing a thickened area on the end plates.
US07805904B2	Ceiling grid spanner A suspended ceiling fixture for hanging items from a suspended ceiling that is adjustable in multiple degrees of freedom includes a body spanning a distance between adjacent frame members of a suspended ceiling. The fixture also includes brackets for hanging the body from the adjacent frame members. Additionally included is a hanger assembly for hanging an item from the fixture, where the hanger assembly is adjustable along the body of the fixture.
US07805903B2	Locking mechanism for flooring boards A locking system for floor boards comprises a plurality of floor boards and a plurality of locking devices. Each floor board has two tongues on one lateral side and another tongue and a locking groove on the opposite lateral side. The floor board also has two grooves on its bottom side. The locking device has three protruding gripping extensions. Few locking devices are placed on each floor board before the floor boards are sent to a job site. At the job site, two adjacent floor boards are assembled together by inserting the tongue of one board into a space defined by the locking device and the tongues of the adjacent board. The tongues are further secured in place by compression of flexible buffers located at each protruding gripping extension.
US07805899B2	High impact, moisture resistant wall panel system A high impact, moisture resistant, wall panel system and methods for mounting a high impact, moisture resistant wall panel to an existing structure are disclosed herein. A high impact, moisture resistant wall panel includes an inert substrate composed of a high density inorganic material, wherein the substrate is dimensionally stable, a laminate composed of a substantially rigid polymeric material, and an adhesive for engaging the laminate to the substrate.
US07805891B2	Apparatus and method for securing a roof assembly during a severe wind storm A strapping system includes a roof assembly including a plurality of receiving channels; each of the plurality of receiving channels is fastened to interconnected roof materials connected to a roof structure. The roof assembly also includes a plurality of roof channels that are connected by the plurality of receiving channels and fastened to the interconnected roof materials. The strapping assembly also includes a plurality of straps for tying down the roof assembly to a corresponding plurality of anchors. The strapping assembly further includes a plurality of tensioning devices. On opposite sides of the building, each of the plurality of straps is fastened to a corresponding ratchet assembly attached to a corresponding anchor of the plurality of anchors, thereby transferring load from the roof assembly to the foundation of the structure during a high wind storm such as a, hurricane, typhoon, cyclone or a tornado.
US07805890B2	Rain and storm water filtration systems A debris-filtering downspout and other water runoff conduits and receptacles are disclosed, and include a screen mounted within a conduit, a culvert, a storm water conveyance or secured to a water collection basin. The screen provides high water throughput and is self-cleaning while effectively filtering debris contained in an incoming water stream. Optionally, media pads may be included to further scrub the water before it exits the downspout assembly.
US07805888B2	Adapter for the assembly of a door control module to a motor vehicle door An adapter received in an opening of a partition wall of a vehicle door connects a cable plug of a cable harness to a module plug of a door control module. The adapter includes a mount for the module plug, a mount for the cable plug, and an abutment face providing a seal at the partition wall. The adapter further includes a latching tab. When the adapter is inserted into the opening, the latching tab flexes outwardly, securing the adapter to the partition wall. The module plug and the cable plug can be inserted into or removed from the adapter without affecting the sealing between the wet area and the dry area of the vehicle door.
US07805887B2	Open/close member driving apparatus A clutch mechanism and a worm wheel are disposed in such a manner as to be aligned or superposed on each other via a base plate held therebetween. A circular swollen portion is formed on the base plate in such a manner as to project from one side to another side of the base plate. The swollen portion is disposed in such a manner as to face the worm wheel, and a side of a field core of a clutch mechanism is accommodated within a dish-shaped recess formed on a rear side of the swollen portion.
US07805886B2	Plant pot arrangement Plant pot arrangement comprising an over pot, an insert container positioned in the over pot and removable therefrom, for receiving a plant, the insert container defining a space for a plant, and being open at an upper container edge, and at least one handle being movable in a guided manner in a handle guide in a pull-out direction and being positioned in the region of the container edge (16; 16a), for removing the insert container from the over pot.
US07805885B2	Green roof planter A roof planter comprising a body capable of placement upon a roof, a pad in association with the body, growth medium, and vegetation in association with the growth medium. The pad is composed of a material that is compatible with the surface of the roof, and is positioned between the body and the roof, the body retaining the growth medium when the roof planter is placed upon a roof. The roof planters are configured so as to enable the nesting of one roof planter within another.
US07805884B2	Japanese knotweed injector system A Japanese knotweed injector system for injecting a dose of weed-killing fluid into the stem of a Japanese knotweed, including a fluid dispenser system with a fluid passage, a collared needle with a fluid delivery aperture in communication with the fluid dispenser system, and an actuator connected to the fluid dispenser system for actuating the transmission of fluid from the fluid dispenser system to the fluid delivery aperture.
US07805879B1	Baiting a fish hook with safety and proficiency A fish hook is baited by placing a morsel of bait in a well located at the top end of a block having a slot extending along a side of the block. The slot is located relative to the well such that upon placing the shank of the fish hook in the slot, with the tip of the hook confronting the well and aligned with the bait in the well, and then drawing the shank along the slot, the bait is impaled upon the tip of the hook with safety and with accuracy. The baited hook then is withdrawn from the block in a direction which militates against inadvertent pulling of the tip of the hook out of the bait.
US07805871B2	System for assisting a guardian with locating and monitoring a child and method of using A system for assisting a guardian in monitoring or locating a child is provided. The system includes a guardian band and a child band having matching indicia. At least a portion of the bands are preferably formed from a highly reflective, retroreflective, iridescent or fluorescent material. A method for assisting a guardian in monitoring or locating a child includes sizing a guardian band, sizing a child band, forming the child band into a loop, and placing the child band about a child's body above the waist.
US07805870B2	Vehicle display system A system for displaying a banner (70) on a vehicle comprises mounting means (160) having channels (163), retaining means (112) for retaining the banner and associated with first and second locking members (124, 140) for engagement with the channels, the first locking member having a strut (134) locatable in a first channel, the second locking member having a second protruding strut (148) locatable in the same channel, and the first locking member further having a third protruding strut (135) spaced apart from the first strut and locatable within a second channel. When the locking members (124, 140) are aligned, the first strut (134) and second strut (148) are adjacent each other, the adjacent sides being parallel and the struts are located in the channels for secure attachment to the mounting means. The retaining means (112) may be connectable to the first locking member (124), e.g. by a pivot (115, 117), or it may form an integral member (53, 54, 35) therewith.
US07805864B2	Walk-behind trenching machine A walk-behind trenching vehicle incorporating a trenching boom with an endless trenching chain. The trenching boom may be connected to a forward end of the vehicle via a pivot joint that is offset from a drive axis of the trenching chain. The boom may be movable between an operating position and a transport position via a single actuator, e.g., hydraulic cylinder.
US07805863B2	Materials moving blade A materials pushing or moving blade for use with heavy equipment vehicles, for example, a bulldozer or loader, and more specifically to a method and apparatus for moving snow, specifically a snow moving blade having a reinforcing gusset for strengthening the extended sidewalls of the snow moving blade.
US07805856B2	Device for drying laundry by means of a current of air A device for drying laundry by means of a current of air includes a drum to accommodate the laundry and a ducting system to direct the current of air. The ducting system has a section arranged downstream of the drum in which a filter is arranged to capture lint from the current of air. A scraper is movably mounted over the filter. This filter is a channel arranged in an approximately horizontal manner and in the form of an inverted arch. The scraper has a foil resting on the filter in a sprung manner, the scraper being curved in accordance with the shape of the channel. Moving the scraper along the longitudinal axis of the filter scrapes lint off the filter and into a collection reservoir.
US07805851B2	Articulated arm coordinate measuring machine The invention relates to a coordinate measuring machine (CMM) for determining a measuring position of a probe. The CMM comprises an articulated arm having first and second ends and at least one joint between the first and the second end, the first end forming a base being positionable on a supporting surface, the second end being movable relative to the first end and having attached the probe. Further exists at least one sensing unit for measurement of an actual relative setting of said at least one joint and at least one computing unit for calculating a measuring position of the probe relative to the base, as well as for referencing the measuring position in an external coordinate system by using a provided base-position in the external coordinate system.
US07805849B1	Retractable line leveler for medical equipment A device and a method that aids in the leveling of intra-vascular catheters from the transducer to the patient for medical procedures takes the form of a small housing which encloses a strong resilient filament which is dispensed therefrom. A bubble level vial is fixedly mounted thereupon the housing. The device thereby provides a means to acquire the desired leveling pressure readings of the intra-vascular catheter with minimal amount of effort by attaching one (1) end of the filament there to the patient and the opposing end to the transducer. When finished, the filament is retracted and stored.
US07805837B2	Method of installing an electrical insulating device A method of installing a mandrel, useful in high voltage cable splicing and termination operations, wherein said mandrel exhibits a tapered surface and longitudinal ribs for assembly onto a high-voltage cable to be connected to a premolded or extruded high-voltage component. As the premolded high-voltage component is passed over the mandrel, the mandrel expands the internal cavity of the high- voltage component and may further reduce the loss of lubrication within the internal cavity of the high-voltage component thereby allowing for the high voltage component to be easily installed onto the high-voltage cable. After the high voltage component passes over the apparatus, the high-voltage component may return to a lesser-expanded shape providing a snug fit around the cable member. The high-voltage component may then compress around the cable, with a uniform layer of lubricant remaining in between interior cavity of the high-voltage component and the outer layer of the cable.
US07805836B2	Manufacturing method of electronic board and multilayer wiring board A manufacturing method of an electronic board includes: placing an electronic component including conductive parts on a first insulation layer with the conductive parts facing up as well as providing projections having conductivities on the conductive parts; applying an insulation material by means of a droplet discharging method providing a second insulation layer on an upper surface of the electronic component while dodging the projections, the second insulation layer having a height the projections project out from the layer; providing conductive wirings to be connected to the projections on the second layer; and applying the insulation material around the electronic component by means of the droplet discharging method to provide a third insulation layer having a height generally equal to the second insulation layer.
US07805835B2	Method for selectively processing surface tension of solder mask layer in circuit board A method for selectively processing a surface tension of a solder mask layer in a circuit board is provided. The method conducts surface tension processing to the flip-chip area and the non-flip-chip area of the solder mask layer in the circuit board. Therefore, the underfill used in packaging configures relative contact angles at the flip-chip area and the non-flip-chip area of the solder mask layer, respectively. In such a way, the present invention is adapted to solve the difficulties of the underfill void bulb and the overflowing contamination at the same time.
US07805831B2	Electronic components feeding apparatus, and components information managing method in electronic components feeding apparatus A carrier tape package 20 is used in an electronic components placing apparatus for feeding electronic components by a tape feeder, and has a carrier tape 22 housed in a wound state on a tape reel 21. In the carrier tape package 20, a data storage unit 23, in which an IC tag 25 having carrier tape information containing identification information of electronic components P held in the carrier tape 22 is held in a holder 24, is attached to the tape reel 21. At the instant when the carrier tape 22 is mounted in the tape feeder, the carrier tape information is read out by a reader/writer belonging to the tape feeder from the data storage unit 23 mounted on the leading end portion of the tape feeder.
US07805828B2	Method of manufacturing thin-film magnetic head A method of manufacturing a thin-film magnetic head including forming the first shield layer; forming the magnetoresistive device, carried out after forming the first shield layer, a heat treatment providing exchange coupling between the ferromagnetic layer and the antiferromagnetic layer so as to magnetize the ferromagnetic layer in a predetermined direction; forming the domain control layer so as to hold the magnetoresistive device in a track width direction; magnetizing the domain control layer in a direction yielding a magnetic field in the same direction as with a magnetic field received by the ferromagnetic layer upon exchange-coupling with the antiferromagnetic layer, forming the second shield layer, carried out after magnetizing the domain control layer, and remagnetizing the domain control layer in a direction yielding the longitudinal bias magnetic field, carried out after forming the second shield layer.
US07805825B2	Method for forming motor winding conductors Method and apparatus for forming motor winding conductors rectangular conductor wire. The method comprises populating with hairpin shaped conductors, most of a forming fixture having a plurality of pockets distributed in equal number in one or more pairs of adjacent circles, each concentric with a center of the forming fixture, at least one member defining each of the pockets in one of each pair of adjacent circles being rotatable, at least through a limited angle, with respect to a member defining the pockets in the other of the respective pair of adjacent circles, the hairpin conductors each having first and second legs integrally joined by a loop at one end thereof, with one leg of each hairpin conductor in a respective one of the pockets in a pair of adjacent circles, and rotating in a first direction, relative to each other, the members defining the pockets in each pair of circles through a predetermined angle, to permanently separate the two legs of each hairpin conductor without substantial rotation of each leg of the hairpin conductors relative to its respective pocket. Various additional features are disclosed.
US07805824B2	Control of white-etched layer during machining A machining system includes a support configured to retain an article, such as a rotor disk, having an area, such as a surface of a slot in the disk. A cutting tool, for example, a broach, is movable relative to the support to cut the area. A heating member, such as a laser, is configured to locally heat the area of the article. In one example, the cutting tool includes a body having a cutting edge. The heating member is supported by the body and is configured to provide heat adjacent to the cutting edge. The cutting edge cuts the locally heated area while the area is still heated.
US07805823B2	Axial swage alignment tool An axial swage alignment tool (11) having a bridge member (27) for axially and rotationally aligning a metal tube (21) and a fitting (31) is disclosed. The bridge member that is temporarily bonded to the exterior surfaces of the metal tube and the fitting. The bridge member eliminates the need to place any material between the metal tube and the fitting either prior to or after the swaging process.
US07805821B2	Method of making capacitance sensor A method for manufacturing a capacitance sensor comprises the steps of (a) depositing a film to be a diaphragm forming a moving electrode, (b) heating the film to be the diaphragm to a first temperature, and (c) depositing a film to be a plate forming a fixed electrode opposing to the moving electrode. Stresses of the diaphragm and the plate of the capacitance sensor are optimized.
US07805818B2	Nonwoven loop member for a mechanical fastener A loop member for a mechanical fastener comprises a nonwoven web, the nonwoven web having a pattern of intersecting bond lines. The pattern is characterized in that at least a portion comprises a first plurality of non-intersecting continuous bond lines and a second plurality of non-intersecting continuous bond lines, each non-intersecting continuous bond line of the first plurality intersecting each non-intersecting continuous bond line of the second plurality. The intersecting bond lines define unbonded pattern elements, each of the pattern elements being at least partially bounded by non-linear segments of the bond lines. The bond pattern for a nonwoven web is suitable for use as a loop member of a mechanical fastener. The bond pattern comprises intersecting bond lines having a uniform width and defining a number of bond pattern elements per unit area, wherein at least one of the bond lines is nonlinear, and wherein the ratio of contour to overall bonded area of the bond pattern is greater than a bond pattern comprising all straight lines having the same uniform line width and defining the same number of bond pattern elements per unit area.
US07805808B2	Reversible door with integral pivot pin A door assembly for pivotally securing a door to an animal enclosure or other enclosure. The door assembly comprises a pivot pin assembly integrally formed with the door and a hinge secured to the enclosure adjacent the opening. The pivot pin assembly preferably comprises a vertically oriented pivot pin integrally formed with upper and lower horizontal support members extending from upper and lower ends of the pivot pin across a portion of the door. The pivot pin is fitted within a hinge barrel formed within the hinge in a manner to permit the pivot pin to rotate within the barrel such that the door may be pivoted from an open to a closed position.
US07805806B2	Handle arrangement on a suction hose A handle arrangement on a suction hose equipped for spray extraction has a bushing non-rotatably attached to one end of the hose, and is inserted in a handle tube and axially fixed therein such that it can rotate in the tube. An elastic liquid line is guided outwards from the hose and the inner bushing in a radial direction through a wall opening of the handle tube and into the cavity of a handle part. The handle part is firmly connected at both ends to the handle tube. The liquid line is fixed so as to form a length reserve loop in the cavity. A receiving space is provided on the inner bushing, into which the liquid line from the length reserve loop is shifted when relative rotations take place between the hose and the handle tube.
US07805803B2	Suction nozzle for a vacuum cleaner, comprising a dust flow display device A suction nozzle for a vacuum cleaner that can be connected to a suction pipe and/or a suction tube of the vacuum cleaner includes a nozzle part that can be connected to the suction pipe or the suction tube by means of a tubular connection part. A dust sensor is arranged in the flow path of the vacuum cleaner, the signals thereof being evaluated by a battery-operated electronic control device that can be activated by a low-pressure switch. During operation, said control device controls a display device displaying the dust flow. The control device, the low-pressure switch, the display elements displaying the dust flow, and a battery compartment for receiving the batteries are arranged in a housing formed on the upper side of the tubular connection part. The dust sensor is arranged beneath the housing, inside the upper region of the connection part, in the dust air stream.
US07805800B2	Wiper blade A wiper blade (10) comprising a rubber elastic wiper strip (12) into whose lateral longitudinal grooves resilient rails (18, 20) are inserted as support elements and laterally protrude from the longitudinal grooves, wherein the resilient rails (18, 20) are held together at their ends and are fixed relative to the wiper strip (12) in the longitudinal direction and support a terminal cap (24). It is proposed that the terminal caps (24) have detachable fixing means (34) that engage in a top strip (16) of the wiper strip (12), wherein the axial movability of the resilient rails (18, 20) relative to the wiper strip (24) is limited by the terminal caps.
US07805783B2	Procedure radiograph orientation device and methods of use Procedure radiograph orientation devices and methods of use are provided for stabilization and orientation of a patient's anatomy for a variety of surgical interventions. Additionally, devices of the present invention aid in orienting radiographic imaging devices through the inclusion of radiopaque fiducials so as to optimize radiographic images by providing radiographic reference landmarks.An example of the present invention includes a rostral base plate, a plurality of support slats, and a caudal base plate, these components being adapted to pivot about one another or in certain embodiments, adapted to pivot about a series of spacers. One or more tension wires extend through the slats and base plates, joining the elements. The devices may be secured in various configurations by increasing the tension of the tension cable(s). Visual sighting or aiming devices may also be included in certain embodiments. Certain embodiments may include a rigid base plate having radiopaque fiducials.
US07805777B2	Closet flange spacer In one aspect of the subject invention, a spacer is provided for supporting a closet flange above a sub-flooring, the closet flange having a pipe section and an annular flange extending radially outwardly from the pipe section. The spacer includes a disc-shaped body having spaced apart first and second faces, and spaced apart inner and outer edges extending between the first and second faces. The inner edge defines an opening extending through the body, the opening sized to permit passage therethrough of the pipe section of the closet flange but not the annular flange of the closet flange. The outer edge is generally smooth and arcuate. Advantageously, with the subject invention, a spacer is provided usable with a closet flange to provide elevation thereof.
US07805767B2	Body armor plate having integrated electronics modules A body armor plate is configured to provide ballistics protection to a wearer of the plate. For example, the plate may be configured to protect the upper torso of the wearer from high-speed, ballistic projectiles like bullets, shrapnel, and/or other projectiles. In some implementations, the plate may include one or more electronic modules formed integrally therewith. Formation of the electronic modules integrally with the plate may enhance the functionality of the plate, may enhance the convenience (e.g., the form factor, the weight, the portability, etc.) of the electronics modules, robustness of the electronics modules, and/or other aspects of the electronics modules. The combination of the plate and the electronics modules may specifically provide various enhancements to, for example, military or law enforcement personnel that rely on the plate for ballistics protection.

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