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US07884183B2	Compounds for targeting endothelial cells, compositions containing the same and methods for their use The present invention provides compounds for targeting endothelial cells, tumor cells or other cells that express the NP-1 receptor, compositions containing the same and methods for their use. Additionally, the present invention includes diagnostic, therapeutic and radiotherapeutic compositions useful for visualization, therapy or radiotherapy.
US07884181B2	Pharmaceutical formulation comprising crystalline insulin and dissolved insulin The invention provides a pharmaceutical formulation and a method for preparing the formulation.
US07884180B2	Peptides which bind to G protein-coupled receptors Disclosed are peptide ligands for G-protein coupled receptors that are useful for treating disorders associated with G-protein coupled receptor activation.
US07884174B2	Imide-linked maleimide and polymaleimide compounds The invention is based on the discovery that a remarkable improvement in the performance of maleimide thermosets can be achieved through the incorporation of imide-extended mono-, bis-, or polymaleimide compounds. These imide-extended maleimide compounds are readily prepared by the condensation of appropriate anhydrides with appropriate diamines to give amine terminated compounds. These compounds are then condensed with excess maleic anhydride to yield imide-extended maleimide compounds.
US07884172B2	Tetraglycidyl ether of 1,1,2,2-tetrakis(hydroxyphenyl)ethane To provide an epoxy resin giving a cured object having high heat resistance, which is improved in impact resistance and moisture resistance as compared with conventional high-heat-resistance epoxy resins.The epoxy resin is obtained by glycidylating one or more phenol compounds comprising 95% or more 1,1,2,2-tetrakis (hydroxyphenyl)ethane, and is characterized in that in an examination by gel permeation chromatography, the epoxy resin has a tetranucleus-form content of 50 to 90% by area and an octanucleus-form content of at least 5% by area and has a total chlorine content of 5,000 ppm or smaller.
US07884169B2	Thermoplastic cellulose composition, method for producing the same, and molded product using the same A method for producing a thermoplastic cellulose composition according to the present invention includes a process of ring-opening polymerization of cyclic ester with a cellulosic material or oligoesterified cellulose after mechanochemical pretreatment or during mechanochemical treatment, to improve thermoplasticity of the resultant thermoplastic cellulose composition.
US07884165B2	Half-metallocene catalyst compositions and their polymer products The present invention provides polymerization catalyst compositions employing half-metallocene compounds with a heteroatom-containing ligand bound to the transition metal. Methods for making these hybrid metallocene compounds and for using such compounds in catalyst compositions for the polymerization and copolymerization of olefins are also provided.
US07884163B2	Silica-coated alumina activator-supports for metallocene catalyst compositions Silica-coated alumina activator-supports, and catalyst compositions containing these activator-supports, are disclosed. Methods also are provided for preparing silica-coated alumina activator-supports, for preparing catalyst compositions, and for using the catalyst compositions to polymerize olefins.
US07884161B2	Method for preparation of 1-alkene-acrylate based copolymer The present invention provides a method for preparation of an 1-alkene-acrylate based copolymer comprising a step of a radical polymerization reaction of 1-alkene and acrylate based monomer under presence of a metal oxide or Lewis acid, and a method for preparation of an alkene-acrylate based copolymer comprising reacting alkene with an acrylate based monomer under presence of a metal oxide. In the method of preparation according to the present invention, the process is simple and properties of the copolymer can be easily controlled by preparing the copolymer in a mild condition of 100° C. or less and 200 bar or less. In addition, the amount of the polar group of the copolymer prepared by the method is so high that the copolymer can be used for transparent optical products. Since the alkene-acrylate based copolymer prepared by the method is a random copolymer of ethylene and a polar monomer and the amount of the polar group of the polar monomer so high that the crystallinity of the ethylene monomer does not remain in the copolymer, the ethylene-acrylate based copolymer is not affected from a transparency of the polymer and thus may be used for optical products.
US07884159B2	Propylene polymer composition, film, stretched film, shrink film and a method for producing shrink package A propylene polymer resin composition characterized in that it has a flexural modulus in the range of 200 to 1200 MPa and a melt flow rate (MFR) measured at 230° C. in the range of 0.1 to 30 g/min, and a melt tension (MT (mN)) and an MFR (g/10 min) measured at 230° C. satisfy a specific formula, and a sheet or film obtained therefrom. According to the present invention, there is provided a polyolefin film which is excellent in transparency and especially excellent in transparency and low-temperature heat shrinkable properties after stretching.
US07884158B2	Cosmetic compositions containing block copolymers, tackifiers and phenylated silicones A cosmetic composition containing at least one block copolymer having a hard segment and a soft segment, at least one tackifier component, at least one phenylated silicone, at least one solvent, and optionally, at least one colorant.
US07884157B2	Process for preparing copolymers by anionic solvent-free polymerization The invention concerns a process for preparing a block or comb copolymer comprising at least one hydrophilic portion and at least two hydrophobic portions, by anionic solvent-free polymerization of a prepolymer selected from a polyethylene glycol and a polyvinyl alcohol, and of a lactone or dilactone monomer. The process is carried out in the presence of an alkaline-earth metal hydride, in an inert atmosphere, and the polymerization step is not carried out under vacuum. The invention also concerns copolymers obtained by this process.
US07884155B2	Process for producing polybutadiene rubber and rubber composition A process for producing a vinyl-cis-polybutadiene rubber, including mixing (A) vinyl-cis-polybutadiene obtained by (1) a step of adding a cis-1,4-polymerization catalyst obtainable from an organoaluminum compound and a soluble cobalt compound to a mixture containing 1,3-butadiene and a hydrocarbon-based organic solvent as the major components and having an adjusted water content, thereby subjecting the 1,3-butadiene to cis-1,4-polymerization and subsequently, (2) a step of making a catalyst obtainable from a soluble cobalt compound, an organoaluminum compound represented by the general formula, AlR3 (wherein R represents an alkyl group having from 1 to 6 carbon atoms, a phenyl group, or a cycloalkyl group), and carbon disulfide present in the resulting polymerization reaction mixture, thereby subjecting the 1,3-butadiene to 1,2-polymerization; and (B) cis-polybutadiene obtained by a step of adding the foregoing cis-1,4-polymerization catalyst, thereby subjecting the 1,3-butadiene to cis-1,4-polymerization and a rubber composition containing the resulting rubber.
US07884153B2	Method for preparing anisotropic silica aggregates The invention concerns a method for preparing anisotropic silica aggregates comprising the following steps: a) contacting at least one polymer with non-aggregated silica particles and/or highly dispersed in an aqueous medium, with a ratio R, polymer weight to silica particle surface, ranging between 0.03 and 2 mg/m; 2; and whereof the electrostatic value of the silica particle surface is not less than the value of the charge of the silica particle surface measured in an aqueous phase without added salts at a pH not less than 7; b) consolidating the aggregates obtained at step a) either by heat treatment, or by precipitation of a mineral compound. The invention also concerns a silica aggregate comprising a chaining of elementary particles whereof the number of particles ranges between 5 and 15, whereof 80% of elementary particles are in contact with not more than 2 particles and whereof the greatest distance measurable between 2 points of the aggregate is not more than 5 times the average size of one elementary particle.
US07884152B2	Manufacturing method of organic modifer-free exfoliated nano clay-polymer composite The present invention relates to a manufacturing method of organic modifier-free exfoliated nano clay-polymer composite. The manufacturing method of organic modifier-free exfoliated nano clay-polymer composite includes (S1) dispersing layered clay nanoparticles and dissolving a thermoplastic polymer in an acidic solvent; (S2) adding the product of step (S1) to a polymer non-solvent incapable of dissolving the polymer, but capable of dissolving the organic modifier separated from the organized layered clay nanoparticles; and (S3) separating an organic modifier-free exfoliated nano clay-polymer composite from the product of step (S2). The inventive manufacturing method can maximally improve the physical properties of composites through the addition of the exfoliated clay nanoparticles by removing the organic modifier that may deteriorate physical properties of the composite from the exfoliated clay nanoparticles dispersed therein.
US07884148B2	Resin composition, method of producing same, and foam-insulated electric wire The present invention provides a resin composition containing a filler poor in affinity for fluororesins as uniformly dispersed therein and a method of producing such resin composition and, further, a resin composition containing, as fillers, a nucleating agent for foaming and suited for producing foamed moldings with fine foam cells uniformly distributed therein and a method of producing such resin composition as well as a foamed molding formed from either of such resin compositions. The present invention is related to a resin composition comprising a fluororesin (A) and a filler (X) low in affinity for said fluororesin (A), wherein the filler (X) has a d99 value of not more than 15 μm.
US07884147B2	Synergistic stabilizer mixture A synergistic stabilizer mixture comprising a component a) and, for example, a component b), where component a) is at least one compound of the formula I in which R1 is hydrogen or methyl, R2 is a direct bond or C1-C10alkylene, and n1 is a number from 2 to 50; component b) is at least one compound of the formulae IIa and IIb in which n2 and n2* are a number from 2 to 50.
US07884146B2	Polymer material containing ultraviolet absorbent A polymer material, containing at least one kind of polymer substance selected from the group consisting of acrylic acid-based polymers, polyester-based polymers, and polycarbonate-based polymers; and a compound represented by formula (2) contained in the polymer substance: wherein A21 and A22 each independently represent an atom other than hydrogen atom and carbon atom; Y21 and Y22 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or a monovalent substituent; at least one of Y21 and Y22 represents a substituent having a Hammett substituent constant σp of 0.2 or more; Y21 and Y22 may bind to each other to form a ring; and (B) represents a group of atoms necessary for forming a five- or six-membered ring with A21, A22 and the carbon atom.
US07884145B2	Process for producing filler-containing polytetrafluoroethylene granules A process for producing filler-containing polytetrafluoroethylene granules by an underwater agitation granulation method, whereby filler-containing polytetrafluoroethylene granules excellent in flowability can be obtained with little detachment of the filler and it is possible to prevent discharge of a polytetrafluoroethylene emulsion into waste liquid, the process characterized in that in a stage of granulating a mixture of polytetrafluoroethylene powder and a filler by agitation in water in the presence of a liquid organic substance hardly soluble in water, a polytetrafluoroethylene emulsion and a coagulant are added to coagulate the polytetrafluoroethylene emulsion as a surface layer of the filler-containing polytetrafluoroethylene granules.
US07884141B2	Biomedical devices Biomedical devices are provided herein which are formed from a polymerization product of a monomeric mixture comprising (a) one or more esterified aminoalcohol monomers; and (b) one or more biomedical device-forming monomers.
US07884138B2	Process for making Fischer-Tropsch olefinic naphtha and hydrogenated distillates A process is described by which an olefinic naphtha and a hydrogenated distillate fuel are made from a Fischer-Tropsch process. The olefinic naphtha is suitable for use in an ethylene cracker where the olefins enhance the formation of ethylene. Thy hydrogenated distillate fuel is used in jet and or diesel fuels. Optionally the olefinic naphtha has a low content of acids. This low acid content, is obtained by operating the Fischer-Tropsch unit at H2/CO ratios from 1.8 to 2.05 or treating the effluent from the Fischer-Tropsch unit with a metal oxide to remove the acids.
US07884137B2	Hydroxy polyesters and uses as biodegradable demulsifiers Hydroxyl polyester compounds or compositions which are useful as oilfield demulsifiers are prepared through esterifying carboxylic compounds and epoxide compounds under controlled molar ratios. The hydroxyl polyesters are useful as biodegradable demulsifiers on oil productions.
US07884135B2	Modafinil-based treatment for premature ejaculation Methods and compositions comprising modafinil are described for treating premature ejaculation in a male individual.
US07884133B2	Pharmaceutical compositions containing (+) cannabidioil and derivatives thereof and some such novel derivatives Cannabinoid derivatives are known for their function in the central as well as peripheral nervous system. Disclosed are some novel (+)-cannabidiol (CBD) derivatives of the general formula (I) having selective activity in the peripheral, but not in the central nervous system. Use of (+)-CBD derivatives as analgesics, anti-inflammatory and anti-diarrheal agents is also disclosed.
US07884132B2	Process for metabolic control and high solute clearance and solutions for use therein The present disclosure describes novel standardized citrate replacement fluid solutions and a standardized dialysate solution for use with CRRT methods. The standardized citrate replacement fluid solutions and standardized dialysate solutions do not require modification based on the clinical status of the individual patients. The use of the standardized solutions described herein offers significant advantages over the prior art solutions used in CRRT. The present disclosure describes superior metabolic and electrolyte control and significantly increased dialyzer patency in: (a) 24 intensive care unit (ICU) patients with ARF using a 0.67% trisodium citrate replacement fluid solution, and (b) 32 ICU patients with ARF using a 0.5% trisodium citrate replacement fluid solution. Both groups were treated with Bicarbonate-25 dialysate and achieved effluent rates of 35 mL/kg/hr.
US07884131B2	Oxylipins from long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids and methods of making and using the same Disclosed are novel oxylipins, referred to herein as docosanoids, that are derived from C22 polyunsaturated fatty acids, and method of making and using such oxylipins. Also disclosed is the use of docosapentaenoic acid (C22:5n-6) (DPAn-6), docosapentaenoic acid (C22:5n-3) (DPAn-3), and docosatetraenoic acid (DTAn-6: C22:4n-6) as substrates for the production of novel oxylipins, and to the oxylipins produced thereby. Also disclosed is the use of DPAn-6, DPAn-3, DTAn-6, and/or the oxylipins derived therefrom, and/or novel docosanoids derived from the structures of C22 fatty acids, in therapeutic and nutritional or cosmetic applications, and particularly as anti-inflammatory or anti-neurodegenerative compounds. The invention also relates to novel ways of producing long chain polyunsaturated acid (LCPUFA)-rich oils and compositions that contain enhanced and effective amounts of LCPUFA-derived oxylipins, and particularly, docosanoids.
US07884130B2	Gamma-undecenolactone, method for the preparation and use thereof for cosmetics and in the form of food additives The invention relates to a gamma-undecenolactone of formula (i), wherein a lactonic cycle can carry an unsaturation between carbon No. 2 and carbon No. 3 and is preferably saturated, RI is a possibly substituted C7 alkenyl or alkynyl group having at least one unsaturation, and preferably RI is an CH2═CH—CH2—CH2—CH2—CH2—CH2 group, the gamma-undecenolactone contains an asymetric carbon in position 4 having (R) or (S) configuration. The biosynthesis of the gamma-undecenolactone and the use thereon for perfumery and for a food flavoring agent are also disclosed.
US07884126B2	Indazole-heteroaryl derivatives The invention relates to novel indazole derivatives as cited in claim 1, which are inhibitors of CHK1, CHK2 and SGK kinases and can be used to treat cancer and other diseases.
US07884124B2	Fluoro-substituted inhibitors of D-amino acid oxidase This invention provides novel inhibitors of the enzyme D-amino acid oxidase as well as pharmaceutical compositions including the compounds of the invention. The invention also provides methods for the treatment and prevention of neurological disorders, such as neuropsychiatric and neurodegenerative diseases, as well as pain, ataxia and convulsion. The compounds of the invention have the general structure: wherein A is NH or S. Q is a member selected from CR1 and N. X and Y are members independently selected from O, S, CR2, N and NH. R1, R2 and R4 are members independently selected from H and F, provided that at least one member selected from R1, R2 and R4 is F. R6 is a member selected from O−X+ and OH, wherein X+ is a positive ion, which is a member selected from inorganic positive ions and organic positive ions.
US07884123B2	Substituted thieno[2,3-c]pyrazoles, process for preparing them, compositions containing them, and use thereof Compounds of formula (I), wherein R1 and R3 have the meanings given in the description, said compounds being in all isomeric forms; and salts thereof; processes for the preparation of the compounds and intermediates; compositions containing them, and the use thereof as medicaments, particularly as anti-cancer agents.
US07884120B2	2,4,5-trisubstituted imidazoles and their use as anti-microbial agents The present invention provides therapeutically effective 2,4,5-trisubstituted imidazole compounds, methods of preparing the same, and compositions comprising the compounds alone or in combination with other agents. The present invention further provides for the use of the compounds as anti-microbial agents. The anti-microbial properties of the compounds include anti-bacterial and/or anti-fungal activity.
US07884118B2	1-cycloalkyl-5-iodotetrazoles The compounds of the formula (I) in which R1 represents cycloalkyl, and its stereoisomers and any mixtures thereof are highly suitable as microbicides for protecting plants and materials.
US07884113B2	Tetrahydroquinoline derivatives as cannabinoid receptor modulators The invention provides for compounds of formula I wherein the substitutents are as described herein. Further provided are methods of using such compounds for the treatment of eating disorders, metabolic disorders, obesity, cognitive disorders, neurological disorders, pain disorders, inflammation disorders, in the promotion of smoking cessation and for the treatment of other psychiatric disorders Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds and pharmaceutical combinations of the compounds of the invention with other therapeutic agents.
US07884108B2	Certain substituted pyrazinones Compounds of Formula I that inhibit Btk are described herein. Pharmaceutical compositions comprising at least one compound of Formula I, together with at least one pharmaceutically acceptable vehicle chosen from carriers, adjuvants, and excipients, are described. Methods of treating patients suffering from certain diseases responsive to inhibition of Btk activity and/ or B-cell activity are described. Methods for determining the presence of Btk in a sample are described.
US07884105B2	Squaric acid derivatives as inhibitors of histone deacetylase This invention comprises the novel compounds of formula (I) wherein R1, R2 and X have defined meanings, having histone deacetylase inhibiting enzymatic activity; their preparation, compositions containing them and their use as a medicine.
US07884103B2	N-sulfonyl-α-amino-acid derivatives The invention relates to N-sulfonyl-α-amino-acetic acid derivatives of the general formula (I): including the optical isomers thereof and mixtures of such isomers, wherein Ar1 and Ar2 independently of each other stand for an optionally substituted aryl or heteroaryl group, R1 and R2 stand independently of each other for hydrogen, optionally substituted C1-C5alkyl, optionally substituted C2-C5alkenyl, C-2C5alkynyl or optionally substituted C3C6Cycloalkyl; R3 designates hydrogen, C-3C5alkenyl, C3-C5 alkynyl or optionally substituted C1-C5alkyl; R4 is optionally substituted C1-C5alkyl, optionally substituted C-2C5alkenyl, C-2C5aklynyl or optionally substituted C-3C6 cycloalkyl; R5 and R6 are independently of each other hydrogen or optionally substituted C1-C5alkyl, optionally substituted C2-C5alkenyl, C-2C5alkynyl or optionally substituted C3-C6cycloalkyl; R7 and R8 are independently of each other hydrogen or optionally substituted C1-C5alkyl, optionally substituted C2-C5alkenyl, C2-C5alkynyl or optionally substituted C3-C6cycloalkyl; W designates a bridge selected from —O—, —S—, —SO—, —SO2— or is an —NH— or —N(C1-C5alkyl)-bridge; X designates a direct bond or a bridge selected from —O—, —S—, —SO—, —SO2— or is an —NH or —N(C1C5alkyl)-bridge; Y designates —OR9 or NR10R11; a and b independently of each other stand for a number 1, 2 or 3; and c stands for a number zero, 1 or 2; with R9, R10 and R11 being defined according to the claims. These compounds possess useful plant protecting properties and may advantageously be employed in agricultural practice for controlling or preventing the infestation of plants by phytopathogenic microorganisms, especially fungi.
US07884102B2	Substituted piperidine compounds and methods of their use 3,4-Disubstituted-4-aryl-piperidine compounds are disclosed. Pharmaceutical compositions containing the 3,4-disubstituted-4-aryl-piperidine compounds and methods of their pharmaceutical uses are also disclosed. The compounds disclosed are useful, inter alia, as antagonists of opioid receptors.
US07884100B2	Substituted 8-[6-amino-3-pyridyl]xanthines The present invention provides substituted 8-[6-amino-3-pyridyl]xanthines like the compound shown in the following formula: and pharmaceutical compositions that are selective antagonists of A2B adenosine receptors (ARs). These compounds and compositions are useful as pharmaceutical agents.
US07884097B2	Methods and compositions comprising diamines as new anti-tubercular therapeutics Methods and compositions for treating disease caused by infectious agents, particularly tuberculosis. In particular, methods and compositions comprising novel diamine compositions for the treatment of infectious diseases are provided. In one embodiment, these methods and compositions are used for the treatment of mycobacterial infections, including, but not limited to, tuberculosis.
US07884094B2	Compounds for the treatment of proliferative disorders The invention relates to compounds of structural formula (I): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate, clathrate, and prodrug thereof, wherein Ra, Rb, and R2 are defined herein. These compounds inhibit tubulin polymerization and/or target vasculature and are useful for treating proliferative disorders, such as cancer.
US07884093B2	Progesterone for the treatment or prevention of spontaneous preterm birth A method for treating or preventing spontaneous preterm birth in pregnant women and improving neonatal morbidity and mortality. The method includes administering to a pregnant woman in need thereof an effective amount of progesterone sufficient to prolong gestation by minimizing the shortening or effacing of her cervix. Treatment and prophylaxis with progesterone in pregnant women having symptoms of short cervix has been clinically shown to increase neonatal health.
US07884092B2	Medical uses of a selective estrogen receptor modulator in combination with sex steroid precursors Novel methods for the medical treatment and/or inhibition of the development of osteoporosis, breast cancer, hypercholesterolemia, hyperlipidemia or atherosclerosis in susceptible warm-blooded animals including humans involving administration of selective estrogen receptor modulator particularly compounds having the general structure: and an amount of a sex steroid precursor selected from the group consisting of dehydroepiandrosterone, dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate, androst-5-ene-3β,17β-diol and compounds converted in vivo to one of the foregoing precursor. Further administration of bisphosphonates in combination with selective estrogen receptor modulators and/or sex steroid precursor is disclosed for the medical treatment and/or inhibition of the development of osteoporosis. Pharmaceutical compositions for delivery of active ingredient(s) and kit(s) useful to the invention are also disclosed.
US07884091B2	Methods for treating delirium using glucocorticoid receptor-specific antagonists This invention generally pertains to the field of psychiatry. In particular, this invention pertains to the discovery that agents which inhibit the binding of cortisol to its receptors can be used in methods for treating delirium. Mifepristone, a potent specific glucocorticoid receptor antagonist, can be used in these methods. The invention also provides a kit for treating delirium in a human including a glucocorticoid receptor antagonist and instructional material teaching the indications, dosage and schedule of administration of the glucocorticoid receptor antagonist.
US07884090B2	Compositions and methods for the treatment of arthritis The present invention provides compositions, combination of medicaments, and methods for the treatment of certain conditions such as arthritis, and in particular, reactive arthritis, osteoarthritis, and bursitis, among others.
US07884089B2	Antimicrobial coating An antimicrobial coating composition consisting essentially of 70 to 80 wt. percent water; 5 to 10 wt. percent methyl alcohol; 3 to 8 wt. percent octadecyl dimethyl trimethoxy silylpropyl-ammonium chloride; 1 to 5 wt. percent chloropropyl trimethoxysilane; 0.5 to 1.5 wt. percent aminopropyltrialkoxysilane; 0.5 to 1.5 wt. percent of a surfactant; 1 to 1.5 wt. percent of an anti-microbial agent; and 0.5 to 2.5 wt. percent sulfuric acid.
US07884086B2	Conjugates for use in hepatocyte free uptake assays The present invention provides methods of identifying oligomeric compounds, such as siRNA and double-stranded RNA compounds, having bioactivity in vivo, and kits.
US07884080B2	Azetidinone derivatives and methods of use thereof The present invention relates to Azetidinone Derivatives of structural formula 1: and compositions comprising an Azetidinone Derivative and methods for treating or preventing a disorder of lipid metabolism, pain, diabetes, a vascular condition, demyelination or nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, comprising administering to a patient an effective amount of an Azetidinone Derivative.
US07884079B2	4-aminopyridine and a pharmaceutical composition for treatment of neuronal disorders A composition is provided having the formula where R1 and R2 are each independently H or a C1-C4 hydrocarbon; R3 is H, and R4 is a moiety capable of crossing the blood brain barrier selected from the group consisting of: an amino acid, a peptide, transferrin, gluconate, lactate, citrate, malate, fumarate, benzoate, salicylate, pyruvate and propionate. The composition includes 4-aminopyridine and a transporter species which allows for improved transport of the aminopyridine across the blood brain barrier thereby reducing systemic side effects of aminopyridine administration.
US07884075B2	Polymer-factor VIII-von Willebrand factor-conjugates The present invention relates to a proteinaceous construct (also designated as polymer-VWF-conjugate) comprising plasmatic and/or recombinant von Willebrand factor (VWF), said VWF being bound to at least one physiologically acceptable polymer molecule, as well as to a complex between said proteinaceous construct and at least one factor VIII (FVIII) protein. The physiologically acceptable polymer molecule can be, for instance, polyethylene glycol (PEG) or polysialic acid (PSA). Further the present invention relates to methods for prolonging the in vivo-half-life of VWF or FVIII in the blood of a mammal having a bleeding disorder associated with functional defects of or deficiencies of at least one of FVIII or VWF.
US07884071B2	Administration form for pharmaceutically active peptides with sustained release and method for the production thereof The invention relates to pharmaceutical administration forms with sustained release comprising at least one pharmacologically active peptide. The invention also relates to a method for the production thereof, a kit comprising a lyophilised peptide and an aqueous solution of an inorganic salt or acetic acid salt and the use of an aqueous solution of an inorganic or acetic acid salt for producing a pharmaceutical administration form which releases peptides in a continuous manner over a long period of time.
US07884070B2	Linear cationic peptides having antibacterial and/or antifungal properties A peptide including a first peptide sequence of formula KLAKLAK (SEQ ID NO:11)in which K is lysine, L is leucine and A is alanine, and a second peptide sequence of formula (B) in which B is a peptide of 4 to 15 amino acids positively charged at neutral pH, including at least one peptide motif of formula βxxβ (SEQ ID NO:13)in which β is a basic amino acid and X is any amino acid, and in which the first peptide sequence is repeated n times and the second peptide sequence is repeated m times, n and m being whole numbers between 1 and 5.
US07884068B2	Albumin-based colloid composition having at least one protected thiol region, methods of making, and methods of use A composition comprising an albumin-based colloid composition having at least one protected thiol region, method of making the same, and method for use, including treating hypovolemic conditions such as capillary leak syndrome and shock, are disclosed.
US07884062B2	Cleaning liquid for lithography and cleaning method using same Disclosed is a cleaning liquid for lithography which is characterized by containing a mixed organic solvent which is obtained by mixing (A) at least one solvent selected from ketone organic solvents and glycol ether organic solvents, (B) at least one solvent selected from lactone organic solvents and (C) at least one solvent selected from alkoxy benzenes and aromatic alcohols. This cleaning liquid is highly safe and does not have adverse effects on the environment or the human body, while having basic characteristics necessary for a cleaning liquid for lithography. In addition, this cleaning liquid can be stably supplied at low cost.
US07884060B1	Concentrated liquid soap formulations having readily pumpable viscosity The present invention provides concentrated soap compositions formulated in such a manner that, quite unpredictably, despite high concentration of soap, they have viscosity which allows them to be pumped from, for example, consumer packaging (e.g., bottles) and/or transit or storage points during manufacture (e.g., pipes, storage tanks, etc.).
US07884059B2	Oil-soluble molybdenum derivatives derived from hydroxyethyl-substituted Mannich bases The present disclosure relates to organic molybdenum complexes prepared by reacting a Mannich base with a source of molybdenum. The complexes may be useful in lubricating oil compositions as at least one of an antioxidant, a deposit control additive, and a friction modifier. The organic molybdenum complexes may show a reduced tendency to color finished oils.
US07884055B2	Ceramic microspheres for cementing applications A method and apparatus for manufacturing ceramic microspheres from industrial slag. The microspheres have a particle size of about 38 microns to about 150 microns. The microspheres are used to create a cement slurry having a density of at least about 11 lbs/g. The resultant cement slurry may then be used to treat subterranean wells.
US07884053B2	Methods, kits and compositions pertaining to combination oligomers and libraries for their preparation This invention pertains to the field of combination oligomers, including the block synthesis of combination oligomers in the absence of a template, as well as related methods, kits, libraries and other compositions.
US07884050B2	Band-shaped high-temperature superconductor (HTSL) and method of producing A band-shaped high-temperature superconductor (HTSL) with high critical current density can be produced economically in a wet-chemical process. In the process, a first precursor solution is applied to a carrier, dried, and annealed. Additional precursor solutions may then be applied, with the first precursor solution contain little or no pinning centers, and any subsequent precursor solutions contains a higher concentration of pinning centers than the first precursor solutions.
US07884049B2	Compositions for the control of plant pests The present invention provides a composition comprising imidacloprid and metalaxyl. The compositions of the present invention find use as pesticides.
US07884048B2	Adsorption composition and process for removal of CO from material streams Carbon monoxide is removed from streams by adsorption on an adsorption composition which comprises copper, zinc and zirconium oxides and whose copper-comprising component has a degree of reduction, expressed as weight ratio of metallic copper to the sum of metallic copper and copper oxides, calculated as CuO, of at least 45% and not more than 75%.
US07884047B2	Substrate, in particular glass substrate, supporting a photocatalytic layer coated with a protective thin layer The invention relates to a structure, comprising a substrate supporting a layer with a photocatalytic and anti-soiling property, said layer being based on titanium dioxide (TiO2), on at least part of the surface thereof. Said structure is characterized in that the photocatalytic layer is coated with a non-porous thin layer, containing silicon and oxygen and having a coating capacity, providing a chemical and mechanical protection to the underlying photocatalytic layer, while maintaining the TiO2 photocatalytic activity.
US07884044B2	Pd-containing coatings for low chlorine overvoltage The present invention relates to an electrocatalytic coating and an electrode having the coating thereon, wherein the coating is a mixed metal oxide coating, preferably platinum group metal oxides with or without valve metal oxides, and containing a transition metal component such as palladium, rhodium or cobalt. The electrocatalytic coating can be used especially as an anode component of an electrolysis cell for the electrolysis of a halogen-containing solution wherein the palladium component reduces the operating potential of the anode and eliminates the necessity of a “break-in” period to obtain the lowest anode potential.
US07884043B2	Sorbent for removing heavy metal ions from water The invention relates to sorption materials for removing of heavy metal ions from ground water and surface aquifer systems, and can be used by enterprises in chemical and metallurgical industry which utilize etching and galvanic technologies. The sorbent for removing of heavy metal ions from water is composed of ground zeolite and nanophase material, where the nanophase material consists of nanophase iron hydroxide and nanophase boehmite in the following ratio, mass %: Nanophase iron hydroxide12-18 Nanophase boehmite 5-13 Ground zeolitethe rest. Technical result is the enhanced purification effectiveness of the sorbent due to a wider range of heavy metals it can absorb when purifying highly contaminated water.
US07884042B2	Antiferroelectric multilayer ceramic capacitor An antiferroelectric ceramic material that can be formed into a multilayer capacitor is disclosed. The antiferroelectric ceramic material is selected from the Pb(Sn, Zr, Ti)O3 (PSnZT) composition family.
US07884037B2	Wet wipe having a stratified wetting composition therein and process for preparing same The present invention generally relates to a wet wipe or sheet that is suitable for contacting the skin and that has a stratified wetting composition therein. More specifically, the present invention related to a wet wipe, which may optionally be an ion-triggerable, water-disintegratable wipe, wherein the organic phase, and more particularly one or more components of the organic phase, of the wetting composition is concentrated near the surface of the wipe, and the aqueous phase of the wetting composition is concentrated in the bulk of the wipe. The present invention is further directed to a number of processes for preparing such a wet wipe. For example, in one embodiment an emulsified wetting composition is applied to a fibrous substrate of the wet wipe, and then treated to destabilize the emulsion. In an alternative embodiment, an emulsified wetting composition may be destabilized prior to it being applied to the fibrous substrate. As a result of the destabilization, the emulsion undergoes phase separation after being applied to the fibrous substrate.
US07884035B2	Method of controlling film uniformity and composition of a PECVD-deposited A-SiNx : H gate dielectric film deposited over a large substrate surface We have discovered that adding H2 to a precursor gas composition including SiH4, NH3, and N2 is effective at improving the wet etch rate and the wet etch rate uniformity across the substrate surface of a-SiNx:H films which are deposited on a substrate by PECVD. Wet etch rate is an indication of film density. Typically, the lower the wet etch rate, the denser the film. The addition of H2 to the SiH4/NH3/N2 precursor gas composition did not significantly increase the variation in deposited film thickness across the surface of the substrate. The uniformity of the film across the substrate enables the production of flat panel displays having surface areas of 25,000 cm2 and larger.
US07884029B2	Solar cell, solar module and system and fabrication method thereof A solar cell having an improved structure of rear surface includes a p-type doped region, a dense metal layer, a loose metal layer, at least one bus bar opening, and solderable material on or within the bus bar opening. The solderable material contacts with the dense aluminum layer. The improved structure in rear surface increases the light converting efficiency, and provides a good adhesion between copper ribbon and solar cell layer thereby providing cost advantages and reducing the complexity in manufacturing. A solar module and solar system composed of such solar cell are also disclosed.
US07884028B2	Method of removing material layer and remnant metal A method of removing material layer is disclosed. First, a semiconductor substrate is fixed on a rotating platform, where a remnant material layer is included on the surface of the semiconductor substrate. Afterward, an etching process is carried out. In the etching process, the rotating platform is rotated, and an etching solution is sprayed from a center region and a side region of the rotating platform toward the semiconductor substrate until the material layer is removed. Since the semiconductor substrate is etched by the etching solution sprayed from both the center region and the side region of the rotating platform, the etching uniformity of the semiconductor substrate is improved.
US07884025B2	Plasma process uniformity across a wafer by apportioning ground return path impedances among plural VHF sources In a plasma reactor chamber a ceiling electrode and a workpiece support electrode, respective RF power sources of respective VHF frequencies f1 and f2 are coupled to either respective ones of the electrodes or to a common one of the electrodes, where f1 is sufficiently high to produce a center-high non-uniform plasma ion distribution and f2 is sufficiently low to produce a center-low non-uniform plasma ion distribution. Respective center ground return paths are provided for RF current passing directly between the ceiling electrode and the workpiece support electrode for the frequencies f1 and f2, and an edge ground return path is provided for each of the frequencies f1 and f2. The impedance of at least one of the ground return paths is adjusted so as to control the uniformity of the plasma ion density distribution.
US07884021B2	Planarization of a layer over a cavity A method for fabricating a micro structure includes disposing a sacrificial material in a recess formed in a lower layer and forming a layer of compensatory material on the sacrificial material in the recess. The compensatory material is higher than the upper surface of the lower layer. A first portion of the compensatory material is removed to form a substantially flat surface on the sacrificial material. The substantially flat surface is substantially co-planar with the upper surface of the lower layer. An upper layer is formed on the lower layer and the substantially flat surface.
US07884020B2	Polishing cloth and method of manufacturing semiconductor device A polishing cloth used in the chemical mechanical polishing treatment comprises a molded body of (meth)acrylic copolymer having an acid value of 10 to 100 mg KOH/g and a hydroxyl group value of 50 to 150 mg KOH/g.
US07884017B2	Thermal methods for cleaning post-CMP wafers Methods for cleaning semiconductor wafers following chemical mechanical polishing are provided. An exemplary method exposes a wafer to a thermal treatment in an oxidizing environment followed by a thermal treatment in a reducing environment. The thermal treatment in the oxidizing environment both removes residues and oxidizes exposed copper surfaces to form a cupric oxide layer. The thermal treatment in the reducing environment then reduces the cupric oxide to elemental copper. This leaves the exposed copper clean and in condition for further processing, such as electroless plating.
US07884012B2	Void-free copper filling of recessed features for semiconductor devices A method is provided for void-free copper (Cu) filling of recessed features in a semiconductor device. The method includes providing a patterned substrate containing a recessed feature, depositing a barrier film on the patterned substrate, including in the recessed feature, depositing a Ru metal film on the barrier film, and depositing a discontinuous Cu seed layer on the Ru metal film, where the Cu seed layer partially covers the Ru metal film in the recessed feature. The method further includes exposing the substrate to an oxidation source gas that oxidizes the Cu seed layer and the portion of the Ru metal film not covered by the Cu seed layer, heat-treating the oxidized Cu seed layer and the oxidized Ru metal film under high vacuum conditions or in the presence of an inert gas to activate the oxidized Ru metal film for Cu plating, and filling the recessed feature with bulk Cu metal. The exposure to the oxidation source gas can be an air exposure commonly encountered in semiconductor device manufacturing prior to Cu plating.
US07884011B2	Semiconductor device and method of manufacture thereof A seal ring is provided between a region where a circuit is formed on a semiconductor substrate and a dicing region. The seal ring has a portion where sealing layers of which the cross sectional form is in T-shape are layered and a portion where sealing layers of which the cross sectional form is rectangular are layered.
US07884008B2	Semiconductor device fabrication method A method of forming a semiconductor device including a semiconductor substrate with circuit elements and electrode pads formed on one surface. This surface is covered by a dielectric layer with openings above the electrode pads. A metal layer is deposited on the dielectric layer and patterned to form a conductive pattern with traces leading to the electrode pads. A protective layer having openings exposing part of the conductive pattern is formed. Each opening is covered by an electrode such as a solder bump, which is electrically connected through the conductive pattern to one of the electrode pads. The method enables the thickness of the protective layer, which may function as a package of the semiconductor device, to be reduced. The protective layer may be formed from a photosensitive material, simplifying the formation of the openings for the electrodes.
US07884006B2	Method to build a wirebond probe card in a many at a time fashion Resilient spring contacts for use in wafer test probing are provided that can be manufactured with a very fine pitch spacing and precisely located on a support substrate. The resilient contact structures are adapted for wire bonding to an electrical circuit on a space transformer substrate. The support substrates with attached spring contacts can be manufactured together in large numbers and diced up and tested before attachment to a space transformer substrate to improve yield. The resilient spring contacts are manufactured using photolithographic techniques to form the contacts on a release layer, before the spring contacts are epoxied to the support substrate and the release layer removed. The support substrate can be transparent to allow alignment of the contacts and testing of optical components beneath. The support substrate can include a ground plane provided beneath the spring contacts for improved impedance matching.
US07884001B2	Image sensor and method for manufacturing the same Embodiments relate to an image sensor and a method of manufacturing an image sensor. According to embodiments, an image sensor may include a gate over a semiconductor substrate, a first impurity region over the semiconductor substrate, a second impurity region over the semiconductor substrate, the second impurity region being shallower than the first impurity region, and a third impurity region formed in the first impurity region, and bent toward the gate at a predetermined angle. According to embodiments, the third impurity region may be an n-type impurity region. According to embodiments, an area of a photodiode may be increased and a transfer efficiency of electrons generated from a photodiode may be increased.
US07883999B2	Method for increasing the penetration depth of material infusion in a substrate using a gas cluster ion beam A method for infusing material below the surface of a substrate is described. The method comprises modifying a surface condition of a surface on a substrate to produce a modified surface layer, and thereafter, infusing material into the modified surface in the substrate by exposing the substrate to a gas cluster ion beam (GCIB) comprising the material.
US07883991B1	Temporary carrier bonding and detaching processes A method of bonding and detaching a temporary carrier used for handling a wafer during the fabrication of semiconductor devices includes bonding a wafer onto a carrier through a first adhesive layer and a second adhesive layer, in which the edge zone of the wafer and the carrier is covered by the first adhesive layer while the edge zone is not covered by the second adhesive layer. A wafer edge clean process is then performed to remove the first adhesive layer adjacent the edge of the wafer and expose the edge zone of the carrier, followed by removing the second adhesive layer from the carrier. After detaching the carrier from the wafer, the first adhesive layer remaining on the wafer is removed.
US07883987B2	Semiconductor devices and methods of manufacture thereof Semiconductor devices and methods of manufacture thereof are disclosed. In a preferred embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a workpiece and a trench formed within the workpiece. The trench has an upper portion and a lower portion, the upper portion having a first width and the lower portion having a second width, the second width being greater than the first width. A first material is disposed in the lower portion of the trench at least partially in regions where the second width of the lower portion is greater than the first width of the upper portion. A second material is disposed in the upper portion of the trench and at least in the lower portion of the trench beneath the upper portion.
US07883986B2	Methods of forming trench isolation and methods of forming arrays of FLASH memory cells This invention includes methods of forming trench isolation. In one implementation, isolation trenches are provided within a semiconductor substrate. A liquid is deposited and solidified within the isolation trenches to form a solidified dielectric within the isolation trenches. The dielectric comprises carbon and silicon, and can be considered as having an elevationally outer portion and an elevationally inner portion within the isolation trenches. At least one of carbon removal from and/or oxidation of the outer portion of the solidified dielectric occurs. After such, the dielectric outer portion is etched selective to and effective to expose the dielectric inner portion. After the etching, dielectric material is deposited over the dielectric inner portion to within the isolation trenches.
US07883985B2	Chip and multi-chip semiconductor device using the chip, and method for manufacturing same The chip for the multi-chip semiconductor device having the markings for alignment formed on the front surface and/or the back surface of the chip only by the processing from the front surface of the chip (photolithography, etch) and the method for manufacturing same are presented, without adding any dedicated process step to the formation process for the marking for alignment. In the chip for the multi-chip semiconductor device having two or more electroconductive through plug in one chip for the multi-chip semiconductor device, one or more electroconductive through plugs are employed for the marking for alignment, and the chip is configured to allow identification of the marking for alignment on the front surface and/or the back surface of the chip for the multi-chip semiconductor device. Then, an insulating film is provided on the front surface and/or the back surface of the electrically conducting through plug.
US07883975B2	Method for fabricating a non-volatile memory including converting a silicon layer-which formed over a stacked structure having a charge storage layer-into an insulating layer A method for fabricating a non-volatile memory is provided. The method includes a stacked structure and a consuming layer are formed in sequence over a substrate. A converting process is performed at a peripheral region of the consuming layer to form a first insulating layer. A conductive layer is formed over the stacked layer and the first insulating layer.
US07883972B2	Semiconductor device having a fin structure and method of manufacturing the same A semiconductor device may include a fin structure having source/drain regions and channel fins connected between source/drain patterns. A gate insulation layer may be provided on the channel fins. A gate electrode may include lower gate patterns and an upper gate pattern. The lower gate patterns may extend in a vertical direction and contact the gate insulation layer. The upper gate pattern may extend in a second horizontal direction substantially perpendicular to the first horizontal direction. The upper gate pattern may be connected to upper portions of the lower gate patterns.
US07883971B2	Gate structure in a trench region of a semiconductor device and method for manufacturing the same Disclosed are a gate structure in a trench region of a semiconductor device and a method for manufacturing the same. The semiconductor device includes a pair of drift regions formed in a semiconductor substrate; a trench region formed between the pair of drift regions; an oxide layer spacer on sidewalls of the trench region; a gate formed in the trench region; and a source and a drain formed in the pair of the drift regions, respectively.
US07883967B2	Nonvolatile semiconductor memory device, semiconductor device and manufacturing method of nonvolatile semiconductor memory device A nonvolatile semiconductor memory device includes a gate portion formed by laminating a tunnel insulating film, floating gate electrode, inter-poly insulating film and control gate electrode on a semiconductor substrate, and source and drain regions formed on the substrate. The tunnel insulating film has a three-layered structure having a silicon nitride film sandwiched between silicon oxide films. The silicon nitride film is continuous in an in-plane direction and has 3-coordinate nitrogen bonds and at least one of second neighboring atoms of nitrogen is nitrogen.
US07883966B2	Memory device and method for manufacturing the same A split gate (flash) EEPROM cell and a method for manufacturing the same is disclosed, in which a control gate and a floating gate are formed in a vertical structure, to minimize a size of the cell, to obtain a high coupling ratio, and to lower a programming voltage. The split gate EEPROM cell includes a semiconductor substrate having a trench; a tunneling oxide layer at sidewalls of the trench; a floating gate, a dielectric layer and a control gate in sequence on the tunneling oxide layer; a buffer dielectric layer at sidewalls of the floating gate and the control gate; a source junction in the semiconductor substrate at the bottom surface of the trench; a source electrode in the trench between opposing buffer dielectric layers, electrically connected to the source junction; and a drain junction on the surface of the semiconductor substrate outside the trench.
US07883958B2	Phase change memory device having a diode that has an enlarged PN interfacial junction and method for manufacturing the same A phase change memory device that has a diode with an enlarged, i.e., bulging, PN interfacial junction and a corresponding fabrication method are presented. The phase change memory device includes a semiconductor substrate, an insulation layer, a diode, and a phase change memory cell. The insulation layer is placed on the semiconductor substrate and has a contact hole which is wider in a middle portion than the lower and upper portions of the contact hole. The diode is formed within the contact hole and PN interfacial junction at the wider middle portion of the diode within the contact hole. The phase change memory cell is formed on top of the diode.
US07883953B2	Method for transistor fabrication with optimized performance A semiconductor process and apparatus includes forming <100> channel orientation CMOS transistors (24, 34) with enhanced hole mobility in the NMOS channel region and reduced channel defectivity in the PMOS region by depositing a first tensile etch stop layer (51) over the PMOS and NMOS gate structures, etching the tensile etch stop layer (51) to form tensile sidewall spacers (62) on the exposed gate sidewalls, and then depositing a second hydrogen rich compressive or neutral etch stop layer (72) over the NMOS and PMOS gate structures (26, 36) and the tensile sidewall spacers (62). In other embodiments, a first hydrogen-rich etch stop layer (81) is deposited and etched to form sidewall spacers (92) on the exposed gate sidewalls, and then a second tensile etch stop layer (94) is deposited over the NMOS and PMOS gate structures (26, 36) and the sidewall spacers (92).
US07883951B2	CMOS device with metal and silicide gate electrodes and a method for making it A semiconductor device and a method for forming it are described. The semiconductor device comprises a metal NMOS gate electrode that is formed on a first part of a substrate, and a silicide PMOS gate electrode that is formed on a second part of the substrate.
US07883947B1	Method of fabricating a device with ESD and I/O protection Methods for fabricating and testing integrated circuit devices and systems. The integrated circuit device generally includes two semiconductor dies. The first die has little or no I/O or ESD protection, and the second die includes at least one exposed terminal in electrical communication with one or more terminals on the first die, at least one I/O circuit in electrical communication with one or more terminals on the second die, and at least one I/O terminal in electrical communication with the I/O circuit(s). The method of forming an integrated circuit includes aligning at least one of the exposed terminals on the first die with at least one of the exposed terminals on the second die, and forming at least one electrical junction between them such that the exposed terminal(s) on the first die is/are in electrical communication with an I/O circuit and an I/O terminal on the second die. The method of testing a semiconductor die includes placing the semiconductor die into a predetermined position for testing, placing a tester probe tip in contact with a subset of the exposed terminals on the first die, the probe head having an ESD protection structure in electrical communication with the probe tip, and testing the die.
US07883945B2	Array substrate and method of manufacturing the same A method or manufacturing an array substrate at a low cost. Silicon patterns are formed. A first impurity is implanted at a high concentration. Gate metal patterns are formed. A second impurity is implanted. The first impurity is implanted at a low concentration. A pixel electrode is formed. The first impurity is simultaneously implanted into partial portions of the pixel pattern part, the storage pattern part, and the driving pattern part.
US07883935B2	Method of manufacturing a semiconductor device Aimed at improving adhesiveness between upper and lower interconnects in semiconductor devices, a semiconductor device of the present invention includes a second dielectric multi-layered film formed on a substrate, and containing a lower interconnect; a first dielectric multi-layered film formed on the second dielectric multi-layered film, and having a recess; an MOx film formed on the inner wall of the recess, and containing a metal M and oxygen as major components; an M film formed on the MOx film, and containing the M as a major component; and an electric conductor formed on the M film so as to fill the recess, and containing Cu as a major component, wherein the surficial portion of the interconnect fallen straight under the bottom of the recess has an oxygen concentration of 1% or smaller.
US07883930B2	Phase change memory including a plurality of electrically conductive bodies, and manufacturing method thereof A phase change memory including at least a storage cell which includes a first electrode, an electrically conductive portion provided on the first electrode and having at least two electrically conductive bodies with approximately the same shape provided on the first electrode, the electrically conductive bodies being spaced by a high resistance film with a high resistance, a recording layer provided on the electrically conductive portion and having phase change material which can change between a first phase state with a first specific resistance and a second phase state with a second specific resistance different from the first specific resistance, and a second electrode provided on the recording layer.
US07883929B2	Methods of manufacturing non-volatile memory devices by implanting metal ions into grain boundaries of variable resistance layers Integrated circuit nonvolatile memory devices are manufactured by forming a variable resistance layer on an integrated circuit substrate. The variable resistance layer includes grains that define grain boundaries between the grains. Conductive filaments are formed along at least some of the grain boundaries. Electrodes are formed on the variable resistance layer. The conductive filaments may be formed by implanting conductive ions into at least some of the grain boundaries. Moreover, the variable resistance layer may be a variable resistance oxide of a metal, and the conductive filaments may be the metal. Related devices are also disclosed.
US07883928B2	Image sensor and fabricating method thereof An image sensor and fabricating method thereof are provided. The image sensor can include a color filter on a semiconductor substrate, a microlens on the color filter layer, and a carbon-doped low temperature oxide layer on the microlens.
US07883927B2	Method and apparatus to sort nanotubes Methods and systems for sorting nanostructures, such as nanodot or nanotubes, are described. The sorting of the nanostructures removes remnants of the nanotube fabrication from the mixture or bundle of material. The sorting includes suspending the mixture in a plasma, which separated the nanostructures and remnant material. A motive force, such as gas flow or laser, is applied to the suspended nanostructures and remnants such that the larger material moves out of the plasma while the smaller material remains trapped in the plasma.
US07883924B2	Method for producing a photovoltaic module using an IR laser For producing a photovoltaic module (1), the front electrode layer (3), the semi-conductor layer (4) and the back electrode layer (5) are patterned by separating lines (6, 7, 8) to form series-connected cells (C1, C2, . . . Cn, Cn+1) with a laser (14) emitting infrared radiation. During patterning of the semiconductor layer (4) and the back electrode layer (5) the power of the laser (14) is so reduced that the front electrode layer (3) is not damaged.
US07883922B2	Image sensor and method for manufacturing the same An image sensor and a method for manufacturing an image sensor that has an increased aspect ratio. An image sensor and a method for manufacturing an image sensor that have a relatively large process margin (e.g. even in high level pixels), which may reduce and/or eliminate restrictions in downscaling an image sensor. An image sensor may include at least one of a first unit pixel including a first transfer transistor, a second unit pixel including a second drive transistor, and a contact electrically connecting a floating diffusion region of the first unit pixel with the second drive transistor of the second unit pixel. A method of manufacturing an image sensor including at least one of forming a first unit pixel including a first transfer transistor, forming a second unit pixel including a second drive transistor, and forming a contact electrically connecting a floating diffusion region of the first unit pixel with the second drive transistor of the second unit pixel.
US07883921B2	Thin film transistor array panel and manufacturing method thereof The present invention relates to an OLED display and a manufacturing method thereof, including a substrate, a control electrode formed on the substrate, a polysilicon semiconductor formed on the control electrode, a data line including an input electrode at least partially overlapping the polysilicon semiconductor and an output electrode facing the input electrode, an insulating layer covering the data line and the output electrode and having a contact hole, a gate line connected to the control electrode through the contact hole, and a pixel electrode connected to the output electrode.
US07883919B2	Negative thermal expansion system (NTEs) device for TCE compensation in elastomer compsites and conductive elastomer interconnects in microelectronic packaging A method for fabricating a negative thermal expanding system device includes coating a wafer with a thermally decomposable polymer, patterning the decomposable polymer into repeating disk patterns, releasing the decomposable polymer from the wafer and forming a sheet of repeating patterned disks, suspending the sheet into a first solution with seeding compounds for electroless decomposition, removing the sheet from the first solution, suspending the sheet into a second solution to electrolessly deposit a first layer material onto the sheet, removing the sheet from the second solution, suspending the sheet into a third solution to deposit a second layer of material having a lower TCE value than the first layer of material, separating the patterned disks from one another, and annealing thermally the patterned disks to decompose the decomposable polymer and creating a cavity in place of the decomposable polymer.
US07883918B2	Multi-chip device and method for manufacturing the same A multi-chip device includes LED sensors for sensing light separated by a predetermined interval in a wafer, LEDs for emitting light formed over the wafer respectively corresponding to the LED sensors, a driving circuit formed between the LEDs over the wafer, an insulating film over the wafer, and trenches in the insulating film exposing the LEDs.
US07883917B2	Semiconductor device with bonding pad A method for forming a semiconductor device with a bonding pad is disclosed. A first substrate having a device area and a bonding area is provided, wherein the first substrate has an upper surface and a bottom surface. Semiconductor elements are formed on the upper surface of the first substrate in the device area. A first inter-metal dielectric layer is formed on the upper surface of the substrate in the bonding area. A lowermost metal pattern is formed in the first inter-metal dielectric layer, wherein the lowermost metal pattern serves as the bonding pad. An opening through the first substrate is formed to expose the lowermost metal pattern.
US07883915B2	Method of making nitride semiconductor laser, method of making epitaxial wafer, and nitride semiconductor laser A method of making a nitride semiconductor laser comprises forming a first InGaN film for an active layer on a gallium nitride based semiconductor region, and the first InGaN film has a first thickness. In the formation of the first InGaN film, a first gallium raw material, a first indium raw material, and a first nitrogen raw material are supplied to a reactor to deposit a first InGaN for forming the first InGaN film at a first temperature, and the first InGaN has a thickness thinner than the first thickness. Next, the first InGaN is heat-treated at a second temperature lower than the first temperature in the reactor, while supplying a second indium raw material and a second nitrogen raw material to the reactor. Then, after the heat treatment, a second InGaN is deposited at least once to form the first InGaN film.
US07883913B2	Manufacturing method of image sensor of vertical type A manufacturing method of an image sensor of vertical type is provided that includes: forming an insulation layer with a metal wiring and a contact plug therein on a first substrate; bonding a second substrate having an image sensing unit over the insulation layer; forming a trench in the second substrate to divide the image sensing unit for each pixel; forming a PTI by gap-filling the trench with insulating material; forming a first material layer over the PTI, the image sensing unit, and the insulation layer; and forming a second material layer over the first material layer and performing a deuterium annealing process thereon. The crystal defects of the substrate generated when performing the trench etching on the donor substrate to define unit pixels are cured by performing the deuterium annealing process, making it possible to improve the sensitivity and illumination characteristics of the image sensor of vertical type.
US07883912B2	Display device and method for manufacturing the same According to one aspect of the present invention, at least one or more of patterns required for manufacturing a display device, such as a conductive layer which forms a wiring or an electrode and a mask, is formed by a droplet discharging method. At that time, a portion of the gate insulating film where is not located under the semiconductor layer is removed during manufacturing steps of the present invention.
US07883910B2	Light emitting diode structure, LED packaging structure using the same and method of forming the same A light emitting diode (LED) structure, a LED packaging structure, and a method of forming LED structure are disclosed. The LED structure includes a sub-mount, a stacked structure, an electrode, an isolation layer and a conductive thin film layer. The sub-mount has a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface. The stacked structure has a first semiconductor layer, an active layer and a second semiconductor layer that are laminated on the first surface. The electrode is disposed apart from the stacked structure on the first surface. The isolation layer is disposed on the first surface to surround the stacked structure as well as cover the lateral sides of the active layer. The conductive thin film layer connects the electrode to the stacked structure and covers the stacked structure.
US07883909B2	Method to measure ion beam angle A device and method for measuring ion beam angle with respect to a substrate is disclosed. The method includes forming a plurality of shadowing structures extending substantially perpendicular from an upper surface of the substrate, directing an ion beam toward the substrate, the plurality of shadowing structures interrupting an incident angle of the ion beam to define implanted and non-implanted portions of the substrate. The method further includes measuring the dose of implanted species within the substrate, determining an implanted surface area as a function of measuring the dose of implant, determining non-implanted surface area based on the implanted surface area, and obtaining the ion beam angle as a function of the non-implanted surface area.
US07883907B2	Parameter measurement using multi-layer structures Various embodiments disclosed herein include methods for measuring a parameter associated with a workpiece. Such a method may include providing a first overlay pattern on the workpiece and a second overlay pattern over the first overlay pattern. The first overlay pattern may comprise a first plurality of features spaced apart from each other, and the second overlay pattern may comprise a second plurality of substantially optically transmissive features spaced apart from each other. The second plurality of features may be offset with respect to and partially overlapping the first plurality of features. The method may further comprise directing light onto the first and second overlay pattern such that the light is reflected from both the first and second overlay patterns and using reflectometry to obtain a measure of the parameter from the reflected light.
US07883906B2	Integration of capacitive elements in the form of perovskite ceramic The use of a conductive bidimensional perovskite as an interface between a silicon, metal, or amorphous oxide substrate and an insulating perovskite deposited by epitaxy, as well as an integrated circuit and its manufacturing process comprising a layer of an insulating perovskite deposited by epitaxy to form the dielectric of capacitive elements having at least an electrode formed of a conductive bidimensional perovskite forming an interface between said dielectric and an underlying silicon, metal, or amorphous oxide substrate.
US07883905B2	Process for producing a BST thin-film capacitor having increased capacity density and reduced leakage current density It is an object of the invention to provide a process for production of a thin-film capacitor that can simultaneously achieve improved capacity density and reduced leakage current density for barium strontium titanate thin-films. There is provided a process for production of thin-film capacitors that includes a metal oxide thin-film forming step in which an organic dielectric starting material is fired to form a barium strontium titanate thin-film, wherein the firing atmosphere used is an oxygen-containing inert gas atmosphere, and the barium strontium titanate thin-film formed by the process has a larger capacity density than the capacity density of the barium strontium titanate thin-film fired in an oxygen atmosphere.
US07883893B2	Method to assay test substances Membrane proteins represent ˜30% of the proteome of both prokaryotes and eukaryotes. Unique to cell surface receptors is their biogenesis pathway, which involves vesicular trafficking from the endoplasmic reticulum through the Golgi apparatus and to the cell surface. Increasing evidence suggests specific regulation of biogenesis for different membrane receptors, hence affecting their surface expression. A pulse-chase assay can be used to monitor function recovery after chemobleaching (FRAC) to probe the transit time of the cell surface receptors to reach the cell surface. This method distinguishes molecular density from functional density. The ability of the reported method to access the biogenesis pathways in a high-throughput manner facilitates the identification and evaluation of molecules affecting receptor trafficking.
US07883887B2	Automatic cell cultivation apparatus utilizing autoclave sterilization and method for using the same To present an automatic cell cultivation apparatus capable of sterilizing completely including a cold storage unit and a normal temperature storage unit, without causing cross contamination, in used of cell cultivation of plural subjects. An automatic cell cultivation apparatus comprising an operation unit 11 for operating to cultivate cells of subjects, incubator units 14 for cultivating the cells, a cold storage unit 16 for storing reagents necessary for cultivation, a normal temperature storage unit 17 for storing culture tools, an inlet-outlet unit 15 for taking in and out reagents and culture tools, and a steam supply unit 22 for autoclave sterilization, in which the incubator units 14, the cold storage unit 16, the normal temperature storage unit 17, and the inlet-outlet unit 15 communicate with the operation unit 11, and have sealing doors 18a to 18d leading to the operation unit 11, filters 20a and 20b for cleaning and sterilizing the air stream supplied in the operation unit 11 are provided, and sealing doors 30a and 30b are provided between the filter units and the operation unit 11. By selecting the sealing doors 18a to 18d and opening and closing, sterilizing steam from the steam supply unit 22 is supplied into any of the sterilization required units, operation unit 11, and the incubator units 14, the cold storage unit 16, the normal temperature storage unit 17, and the inlet-outlet unit 15, communicating with the operation unit 11.
US07883880B1	DNA polymerase lambda and uses thereof The present invention relates to the identification and isolation of a DNA polymerase and uses of this polymerase. In particular, the present invention describes the nucleotide sequence of the human gene for DNA polymerase lambda (Pol λ), the amino acid sequence of Pol λ, and the amino acid sequence of several isoforms derived from alternative splicing of its mRNA. The association of some of these isoforms with tumour samples makes Pol λ a marker for the diagnosis, prognosis and evolution of tumoral processes.
US07883874B2	Galactooligosaccharide composition and the preparation thereof Novel strains of Bifidobacterium hifidum capable of producing a novel galactosidase enzyme activity that converts lactose to a novel mixture of galactooligosaccharides. The mixture of oligosaccharidcs may be incorporated into numerous food products or animal feeds for improving gut health by promoting the growth of bifidobacteria in the gut, and repressing the growth of the pathogenic microflora.
US07883869B2	Four-color DNA sequencing by synthesis using cleavable fluorescent nucleotide reversible terminators This invention provides a process for sequencing single-stranded DNA by employing a nanopore and modified nucleotides.
US07883866B2	Compositions of aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase and uses thereof Compositions and methods of producing components of protein biosynthetic machinery that include orthogonal tRNA's, orthogonal aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases, and orthogonal pairs of tRNA's/synthetases are provided. Methods for identifying these orthogonal pairs are also provided along with methods of producing proteins using these orthogonal pairs.
US07883858B2	Methods for identifying and monitoring drug side effects The present invention relates generally to methods for identifying drug side effects by detecting perturbations in organ-specific molecular blood fingerprints. The invention further relates to methods for identifying drug-specific organ-specific molecular blood fingerprints. As such, the present invention provides compositions comprising organ-specific proteins, detection reagents for detecting such proteins, and panels and arrays for determining organ-specific molecular blood fingerprints.
US07883857B2	CD44 polypeptides, polynucleotides encoding same, antibodies directed thereagainst and method of using same for diagnosing and treating inflammatory diseases An isolated polypeptide is provided. The isolated polypeptide comprising an antigen recognition domain capable of specifically binding a CD44 polypeptide as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 2 and incapable of binding a CD44 polypeptide selected from the group consisting of: SEQ ID NO: 4 or 6.
US07883855B2	Immunosuppressant drug extraction reagent for immunoassays An improved extractive reagent composition and method for extracting an immunosuppressant drug, such as sirolimus, tacrolimus or cyclosporine, from blood samples while yielding a test sample extract that has low vapor pressure and is compatible with immunoassay components. The inventive reagent composition comprises dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO), at least one divalent metal salt and water. The sample extracts resulting from use of each of these combinations have low vapor pressure and are compatible with immunochemistry assays.
US07883850B2	Cry1F and Cry1Ac transgenic cotton lines and event-specific identification thereof This invention relates to plant breeding and the protection of plants from insects. More specifically, this invention includes novel transformation events of cotton plants comprising one or more polynucleotide sequences, as described herein, inserted into specific site(s) within the genome of a cotton cell. In highly preferred embodiments, said polynucleotide sequences encode “stacked” Cry1F and Cry1Ac lepidopteran insect inhibitory proteins. However, the subject invention includes plants having single cry1F or cry1Ac events, as described herein. Additionally, the invention is related to cotton plants derived from that transformation event and to assays for detecting the presence of the event in a sample. More specifically, the present invention provides DNA and related assays for detecting the presence of certain insect-resistance events in cotton. The assays are based on the DNA sequences of recombinant constructs inserted into the cotton genome and of the genomic sequences flanking the insertion sites. These sequences are unique. Based on these insert and border sequences, event-specific primers were generated. PCR analysis demonstrated that these cotton lines can be identified in different cotton genotypes by analysis of the PCR amplicons generated with these event-specific primer sets. Thus, these and other related procedures can be used to uniquely identify these cotton lines. Kits and conditions useful in conducting the assays are also provided. These materials and methods can also be used to assist breeding programs to further develop traits in cotton.
US07883847B2	Transcriptional profiling of stem cells and their multilineage differentiation The present invention concerns methods of screening cells for differentiation or de-differentiation, and/or for status as a pluripotent or multipotent (e.g., “stem”) cell, by detecting the differential expression (e.g., upregulation, downregulation) of genes.
US07883846B2	Heterologous stimulus-gated ion channels and methods of using same Methods and compositions to activate a genetically designated target cell (or population of target cells) artificially, in vivo or in vitro, employ triggering of heterologous stimulus-gated ion channels to activate the cells. The stimulus-gated ion channels are suitably TRPV1, TRPM8 or P2X2. A stimulus which leads to opening or “gating” of the ion channel can be a physical stimulus or a chemical stimulus. Physical stimuli can be provided by heat, or mechanical force, while chemical stimuli can suitably be a ligand, such as capsaicin for TRPV1 or ATP for P2X2, or a “caged ligand,” for example a photolabile ligand derivative, in which case a physical signal in the form of light is used to provide the chemical signal. Selective activation of the cell may be used for various applications including neuronal and neuroendocrine mapping and drug screening.
US07883844B2	Method for propagating influenza virus A method for producing influenza virus on large scale is provided. A method for propagating influenza virus which comprises, after removing or decreasing a trypsin inhibitor secreted into culture of MDCK cells (cell line derived from dog kidney) by washing with a culture medium or a buffer, inoculating influenza virus into said cells and culturing said influenza virus-inoculated cells in a culture medium supplemented with trypsin.
US07883841B2	Methods and kits for testing the efficacy of therapeutic compounds and other therapies in a three-dimensional matrix with respect to tumorous cells and tissue Three-dimensional physiological matrices, methods, apparatus and kits for the expedited design, testing and evaluation of oncological remedies are provided. Key aspects of the inventions include matrices, and especially gel matrices, comprising one or more physiological fibers, which are adapted and arranged to provide conditions which permit behaviors, such as the movement of cells away from the margins of samples of target tissue through the matrix, to be evaluated in a manner that produces data useful for evaluating the oncological status and characteristics of the cells. In a further key aspect, the invention permits the in vitro testing and analyses of one or more conventional, experimental or theoretical therapies with respect to specific target tissues or cells. Among such therapies are therapeutic compounds and combinations thereof, radiation therapies, combinations of therapeutic compound and radiation and numerous other possible therapies.
US07883840B2	Developing method and method for fabricating semiconductor device using the developing method In a developing method, a developer is supplied onto a resist film provided on a substrate, made of a resist and having an upper surface on which design patterns having different mask opening ratios are exposed and a development reaction is caused to proceed on the resist film with the supplied developer. After the development, the substrate is rotated so that the developer and the resist dissolved in the developer are removed. Then, a rinsing solution is supplied onto the resist film subjected to development and the substrate is rotated, thereby washing out the developer and the resist dissolved in the developer. The rotation speed of the substrate in removing the developer is a half or less of the rotation speed of the substrate in the rinsing step of washing out the resist.
US07883839B2	Method and apparatus for nano-pantography A method is provided for creating a plurality of substantially uniform nano-scale features in a substantially parallel manner in which an array of micro-lenses is positioned on a surface of a substrate, where each micro-lens includes a hole such that the bottom of the hole corresponds to a portion of the surface of the substrate. A flux of charged particles, e.g., a beam of positive ions of a selected element, is applied to the micro-lens array. The flux of charged particles is focused at selected focal points on the substrate surface at the bottoms of the holes of the micro-lens array. The substrate is tilted at one or more selected angles to displace the locations of the focal points across the substrate surface. By depositing material or etching the surface of the substrate, several substantially uniform nanometer sized features may be rapidly created in each hole on the surface of the substrate in a substantially parallel manner.
US07883832B2	Method and apparatus for direct referencing of top surface of workpiece during imprint lithography An apparatus (and method) for referencing a surface of a workpiece during imprint lithography, includes an air bearing for mechanically referencing a surface of the workpiece, and a lithographic template coupled to the air bearing.
US07883831B2	Method for translating a structured beam of energetic particles across a substrate in template mask lithography The present inventors have developed an accurate method for forming a plurality of images on a substrate. The present method provides an improved pattern replication technique that provides submicron resolution, for example 20 nm or less, especially 10 nm or less. The method may involve moving a structured beam of energetic radiation across a target substrate. The motion of an image of the template mask on the substrate is achieved by tilting a mask and substrate assembly relative to the axis of the incident beam. The technique does not require high precision motion of the template mask relative to the target substrate. The energetic radiation may comprise energetic particles. The technique is insensitive to particle energy and can be applied to uncharged, neutral particles.
US07883830B2	Photosensitive planographic printing plate A photosensitive planographic printing plate comprising a substrate and a photosensitive layer including a photopolymerizable compound, wherein the photosensitive layer and the substrate are provided between them with an undercoat layer including a (co)polymer having structural units having ethylenically unsaturated groups bonded with silicon atoms and phosphonic acid groups.
US07883827B2	Polymerizable composition and planographic printing plate precursor The present invention provides a planographic printing plate precursor including on a support a photosensitive layer that contains a polymerizable composition containing a specific binder polymer having a repeating unit of formula (I), an infrared absorbent, a polymerization initiator and a polymerizable compound, wherein R1 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group; R2 represents a linking group which includes two or more atoms selected from a carbon atom, a hydrogen atom, an oxygen atom, a nitrogen atom and a sulfur atom and has a number of atoms of 2 to 82; A represents an oxygen atom or —NR3— in which R3 represents a hydrogen atom or a monovalent hydrocarbon group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms; and n represents an integer of 1 to 5. The invention also provides a planographic printing plate precursor provided with a specific photosensitive layer with respect to an alkaline developer.
US07883826B2	Negative-working radiation-sensitive compositions and imageable materials A radiation-sensitive composition and negative-working imagable element includes a polymeric binder that has a hydrophobic backbone and pendant salt groups that comprise a cation covalently attached to the hydrophobic backbone and a boron-containing anion forming a salt with the cation. The use of these particular polymers provides fast digital speed (high imaging sensitivity) and good printability (good shelf-life) even when the preheat step normally used between exposure and development, is omitted.
US07883825B2	Image forming apparatus and method for forming an image on a recording medium An image forming apparatus which forms an image onto a recording medium using a liquid developer which contains an insulation liquid and toner particles dispersed in the insulation liquid is provided. The image forming apparatus includes a liquid developer storage section for storing the liquid developer therein; a developing section for developing a toner image using the liquid developer supplied from the liquid developer storage section; an image transfer section for transferring the developed toner image formed by the developing section onto the recording medium to form a transferred image thereon; and a fixing section for fixing the transferred image formed on the recording medium onto the recording medium, wherein at least a part of the insulation liquid in the transferred image is oxidized and polymerized to fix the toner particles in the transferred image onto the recording medium. According to the image forming apparatus, it is possible to fix the toner particles onto the recording medium firmly. A method for forming an image onto a recording medium using the liquid developer is also provided.
US07883824B2	Method for evaluating lithography apparatus and method for controlling lithography apparatus An evaluation method for lithography apparatus including a coating unit, an exposure unit, a heating unit and a development unit, the evaluation method including forming an evaluation resist pattern by using the lithography apparatus, the evaluation resist pattern including first and second evaluation patterns, the first and second evaluation patterns having different peripheral environments, measuring dimensions of the first and second evaluation patterns to obtain a dimensional difference between the first and second resist evaluation patterns, estimating an exposure dose of a resist when the resist is exposed by the exposure unit, the estimating the exposure dose being performed based on the dimensional difference between the first and second resist evaluation patterns, and estimating an effective heating temperature of the resist when the resist is heated by the heating unit, the estimating the effective heating temperature being performed based on the estimated exposure dose and the dimensional difference.
US07883822B2	Graded lithographic mask In one aspect there is provided a gray scale lithographic mask that comprises a transparent substrate and a metallic layer located over the substrate, wherein the metallic layer has tapered edges with a graded transparency. The lithographic mask, along with etching processes may be used to transfer a pattern 450a into a layer of a semiconductor device.
US07883813B2	Fuel cell system ventilation scheme A method of operating a fuel cell system includes purging heavier and lighter than air gases from a system cabinet containing at least one fuel cell stack during a single purge step, and starting-up the fuel cell system after the purging step. The system includes an air blower, a purge manifold, and a purge damper.
US07883811B2	Control apparatus for fuel cell stack A control apparatus for a fuel cell stack includes a fuel cell stack having a stacked body formed by stacking fuel cell units together and a pair of end plates sandwiching the stacked body therebetween; electrical heaters disposed near the ends of the stacked body or the end plates, respectively; a water purging device for purging water which is generated during a power generation operation in the fuel cell stack, and which is held in the fuel cell units; and a control unit which controls the power generation operation in the fuel cell stack, and which is operatively connected to the electrical heaters and the water purging device. The control unit is adapted to operate the electrical heaters and the water purging device when the power generation operation is stopped.
US07883807B2	Membrane/electrode assembly for polymer electrolyte fuel cells, and method for operating polymer electrolyte fuel cell To provide a membrane/electrode assembly and a method for operating a polymer electrolyte fuel cell, whereby power generation will not be terminated even when the power generation is initiated in such an environment that the temperature of the membrane/electrode assembly is at most 0° C. A membrane/electrode assembly 10 for polymer electrolyte fuel cells, which comprises an anode 13 and a cathode 14 each having a catalyst layer 11 containing a proton-conductive fluoropolymer (A), and a polymer electrolyte membrane 15 containing a proton-conductive fluoropolymer (B), disposed between the anode 13 and the cathode 14, wherein each of the above proton-conductive fluoropolymer (A) and the above proton-conductive fluoropolymer (B) has an ion exchange capacity of from 1.4 to 1.8 meq/g dry resin, and each of the above proton-conductive fluoropolymer (A) and the above proton-conductive fluoropolymer (B) has a water content of at most 150 mass %.
US07883806B2	Fuel cell reforming catalyst, method of preparing the same, reformer for fuel cell, and fuel cell system including the same A fuel cell reforming catalyst includes a platinum-group metal; an inorganic oxide selected from CeO2, Pr6O11, and combinations thereof; a strong acid ion; and a carrier. The fuel cell reforming catalyst has high activity for the reforming reaction at low temperatures and low space velocities.
US07883805B2	Hydrogen generating material, hydrogen generator and fuel cell A hydrogen generating material reacts with water to produce hydrogen and includes at least one metal material selected from the group consisting of aluminum, magnesium, and their alloys. The metal material includes particles with a particle size of 60 μm or less in a proportion of 80 wt % or more. The hydrogen generating material can produce hydrogen easily and efficiently at low temperatures. A hydrogen generator can be made portable by using the hydrogen generating material. Moreover, the use of the hydrogen generating material as a hydrogen fuel source can reduce the size of a fuel cell and improve the electrical efficiency.
US07883803B2	SOFC system producing reduced atmospheric carbon dioxide using a molten carbonated carbon dioxide pump A solid oxide fuel cell power generation system's entire output is made up of three streams: water, sequestered carbon dioxide provided into a storage tank, and carbon dioxide depleted air. Thus, the system generates electricity from a hydrocarbon fuel, while outputting substantially no pollutants into the atmosphere and cleaning the air by removing carbon dioxide from the air exhaust stream. Thus, the system outputs cleaner air than it takes in without releasing pollutants into the atmosphere, while generating electricity from a readily available hydrocarbon fuel, such as natural gas.
US07883802B2	Systems and methods for electrochemical power generation Electrochemical power generation systems in which the oxidizable reactant is non-carbon constituents of a fossil fuel are provided. The fossil fuel may be coal, which is contacted with an aqueous electrolyte medium used in the systems. The electrolyte may, in certain aspects, be acid mine drainage. Aspects of the invention include systems and methods for remediation of acid mine drainage, where the systems are configured to raise the pH of acid mine drainage. Aspects of the invention also include regenerating the electrolyte using an external electricity source and recirculating the electrolyte to the system.
US07883798B2	Active material for battery and method of preparing the same An active material for a battery has a surface treatment layer that includes a conductive agent and at least one coating-element-containing compound selected from the group consisting of a coating-element-containing hydroxide, a coating-element-containing oxyhydroxide, a coating-element-containing oxycarbonate, a coating-element-containing hydroxycarbonate, and a mixture thereof.
US07883797B2	Non-aqueous electrolyte battery A non-aqueous electrolyte battery that contains a molten salt electrolyte and has the enhanced output performances and cycle performances can be provided. The electrolyte has a molar ratio of lithium salt to molten salt of from 0.3 to 0.5, and the non-aqueous electrolyte battery has a positive electrode having a discharge capacity of 1.05 or more times that of a negative electrode thereof.
US07883787B2	Organometallic complexes as phosphorescent emitters in organic LEDs Organic light emitting devices are described wherein the emissive layer comprises a host material containing an emissive molecule, which molecule is adapted to luminesce when a voltage is applied across the heterostructure, and the emissive molecule is selected from the group of phosphorescent organometallic complexes, including cyclometallated platinum, iridium and osmium complexes. The organic light emitting devices optionally contain an exciton blocking layer. Furthermore, improved electroluminescent efficiency in organic light emitting devices is obtained with an emitter layer comprising organometallic complexes of transition metals of formula L2MX, wherein L and X are distinct bidentate ligands. Compounds of this formula can be synthesized more facilely than in previous approaches and synthetic options allow insertion of fluorescent molecules into a phosphorescent complex, ligands to fine tune the color of emission, and ligands to trap carriers.
US07883786B2	Biphenyl derivative and organic light-emitting element using same The invention provides a novel compound used as a material for organic light-emitting elements, and an organic light-emitting element which has highly efficient and highly luminescent optical power and is superior in durability. The organic light-emitting element includes an anode and a cathode, and a layer which contains an organic compound and is held between the anode and the cathode. The layer containing an organic compound includes a biphenyl derivative represented by the following general formula (1):
US07883783B2	Electrodeposited copper foil with carrier foil on which a resin layer for forming insulating layer is formed, copper-clad laminate, printed wiring board, method for manufacturing multilayer copper-clad laminate, and method for manufacturing printed wiring board An electrodeposited copper foil with carrier foil on which a resin layer for forming an insulating layer is formed, comprising a carrier foil, a bonding interface layer, an electrodeposited copper foil with smooth surfaces on both sides and a resin layer. The resin layer is composed of 20 to 80 parts by weight of an epoxy resin and a curing agent, 20 to 80 parts by weight of a solvent soluble aromatic polyamide resin polymer and optionally a curing accelerator in a suitable amount.
US07883780B2	Laminate of liquid crystalline polyester with copper foil The present invention provides a laminate comprising a resin layer and a copper foil. The resin layer is made from a liquid crystalline polyester having at least one structural unit selected from a structural unit derived from aromatic diamine and a structural unit derived from aromatic amine with a phenolic hydroxyl group in an amount of 10 to 35% by mole on the basis of the total structural units in the polyester. The copper foil has a tensile modulus of 60 GPa or smaller and a tensile strength at break of 150 MPa or smaller measured after heat treatment at a temperature of 300° C. The copper-foil laminate has good flexibility and high durability with little anisotropy is provided.
US07883772B2	High strength, durable fabrics produced by fibrillating multilobal fibers A fabric including microdenier fibers is provided, the microdenier fibers prepared by fibrillating a multicomponent, multilobal fiber including a contiguous core fiber component enwrapped by a multilobal sheath fiber component such that the sheath fiber component forms the entire outer surface of the multicomponent fiber, wherein the core fiber component and the multilobal sheath fiber component are sized such that the multicomponent, multilobal fiber can be fibrillated to expose the core fiber component and split the fiber into multiple microdenier fibers.
US07883767B2	Composite material comprising layered hydrophilic coatings A composite material comprising a support member that has a plurality of pores extending therethrough, a first polymer which durably coats the pores of the support member, the first polymer layer having both hydrophobic and hydrophilic properties, and a second polymer layer disposed on the surface of the first polymer layer, the second polymer being more hydrophilic than the first polymer layer. A process for preparing the composite material, and its use as a separation medium.
US07883766B2	Prepreg A prepreg is provided capable of being a composite material having suitable high heat resistance, impact resistance, and mechanical properties under high temperature and high humidity conditions. As the matrix resin, a composition including a specific epoxy resin component (A), a specific bifunctional epoxy resin (B), a specific tetrafunctional epoxy resin (C), and a specific aromatic amine compound (D) at specific proportions are used. Particularly, as the epoxy resin component (A), one obtained by mixing and heating a bifunctional epoxy resin (a1), a trifunctional epoxy resin (a2), a phenol compound (a3), and a specific polyamide resin (a4) is used so as to be able to solve the above-described problems.
US07883761B2	Multiple layer polymer interlayers having an embossed surface The present invention provides multiple layer interlayers having a relatively soft inner layer and relatively stiff outer layers that can be laminated without unacceptable optical distortion and used in various multiple layer glass panel type applications. Multiple layer interlayers of the present invention have surface topography that is formed by embossing the exposed surface of the interlayer, or individual layers of the multiple layer interlayer, after formation of the interlayer or layers. The embossing process is carried out under temperature conditions that prevent the transfer of the embossing to inner layers of the interlayer. By precisely controlling the embossing of the interlayer, lamination of the interlayer with a rigid substrate does not lead to unacceptable optical distortion caused by the transfer of the surface topography through outer, stiffer layers into softer, internal layers of the interlayer.
US07883759B2	Honeycomb structure and method for manufacturing honeycomb structure A honeycomb structure has a longitudinal axis, a ceramic structure extending along the longitudinal axis and having a large number of cells partitioned by a partition, and a coating layer arranged on an outer surface of the ceramic structure. The main component of the coating layer is molten inorganic oxide.
US07883754B2	Casing for a writing instrument and method of manufacturing the same using dual injection molding A casing for a writing instrument comprises an outer shaft, an inner shaft, and a nib. The outer shaft is formed using dual injection molding. An outer surface of the outer shaft includes a raised hard part and a raised soft part. The inner shaft is formed of a thin-wall tube having an upper end and a lower end, the inner shaft being configured for insertion inside the outer shaft. The inner shaft further includes a fastener protruding on its upper end that engages an upper end of the outer shaft. The nib is configured to engage the lower end of the inner shaft to help secure the inner shaft within the outer shaft. The raised hard or soft parts on the outer surface of the outer shaft may include an oblique loop-shaped part, a strip-shaped part, and/or an arc-shaped part.
US07883753B2	Recording sheets for ink jet printing A recording sheet for ink jet printing is described, which consists of a support having coated thereon at least one ink-receiving layer consisting of binders, a nanocrystalline, nanoporous aluminum oxide or aluminum oxide/hydroxide, wherein the nanocrystalline, nanoporous aluminum oxide or aluminum oxide/hydroxide has been prepared in the absence of acids and has been treated with aluminum chlorohydrate. In a preferred embodiment of the invention the solution of aluminum chlorohydrate is aged at elevated temperature.
US07883748B2	Method of making reinforcing fiber sheet by screen printing A method of manufacturing a reinforcing fiber sheet includes the following steps (a) to (c). In the first step, a screen having a mesh size which is coarser than a standard mesh size is set on top of a cloth layer constructed of vertically and horizontally woven vertical strips and horizontal strips which are assemblages of numerous reinforcing fibers. In the second step, an ink that exhibits good flexibility after drying is supplied onto the screen in a screen printing, and the cloth layer is impregnated with the ink. In the third step, the cloth layer impregnated with the ink is dried to form a cloth core. This cloth core is embedded in a matrix resin and used as a reinforcing material for a molded article, or a synthetic resin high-stretch sheet material and the resulting assembly is used as a material for dress-up sheets.
US07883744B2	Use of a titanium-copper-nickel-based alloy A titanium-copper-nickel based alloy is used for the formation of at least one resistive thin film on a polymer substrate. The alloy comprises 50 to 80% by weight of titanium, 10 to 25% by weight of copper and 10 to 25% by weight of nickel. The thin film has a thickness between about 100 and 160 nanometres.
US07883740B2	Low-quality particulates and methods of making and using improved low-quality particulates A method of treating a subterranean formation, comprising: at least partially coating particulates with a first layer of a first curable resin and allowing the first curable resin to substantially cure; and then, at least partially coating the particulates with a second layer of a second curable resin; and allowing the second layer of the second curable resin to substantially cure; and then, slurrying the coated particulates into a treatment fluid and placing the slurry into a subterranean formation. Improved particulates suitable for use in subterranean formations, comprising low-quality particulates that have been at least partially coated with a first layer of a first curable resin and then at least partially coated with a second layer of a second curable resin and wherein the first layer of the first curable resin is allowed to substantially cure before the application of the second layer of the second curable resin.
US07883739B2	Method for strengthening adhesion between dielectric layers formed adjacent to metal layers A method is provided which includes forming a metal layer and converting at least a portion of the metal layer to a hydrated metal oxide layer. Another method is provided which includes selectively depositing a dielectric layer upon another dielectric layer and selectively depositing a metal layer adjacent to the dielectric layer. Consequently, a microelectronic topography is formed which includes a metal feature and an adjacent dielectric portion comprising lower and upper layers of hydrophilic and hydrophobic material, respectively. A topography including a metal feature having a single layer with at least four elements lining a lower surface and sidewalls of the metal feature is also provided herein. The fluid/s used to form such a single layer may be analyzed by test equipment configured to measure the concentration of all four elements. In some cases, the composition of the fluid/s may be adjusted based upon the analysis.
US07883738B2	Metallic surface enhancement A method and composition for enhancing corrosion resistance, wear resistance, and contact resistance of a device comprising a copper or copper alloy substrate and at least one metal-based layer on a surface of the substrate. The composition comprises a phosphorus oxide compound selected from the group consisting of a phosphonic acid, a phosphonate salt, a phosphonate ester, a phosphoric acid, a phosphate salt, a phosphate ester, and mixtures thereof; an aromatic heterocycle comprising nitrogen; and a solvent having a surface tension less than about 50 dynes/cm as measured at 25° C.
US07883737B2	Methods allowing for visual inspection of coated components for erosion damage Methods allowing for visual inspection of a coated component for erosion damage involving providing a component, and applying a plurality of layers of an erosion system to at least a portion of the component to produce the coated component where each layer of the erosion system comprises a different color that becomes visible as the layer is eroded.
US07883735B2	Apparatus and method for curled extrudate An apparatus and method for producing a substantially spiral shaped food product is disclosed herein. The apparatus includes a die defining a plurality of apertures disposed in a circle about a center. The apparatus also includes at least one cutting blade disposed for rotation about the center and operable to intermittently pass fully across each of the apertures during rotation. The apparatus also includes a plurality of slicing blades arranged for individual rotation about one of the plurality of apertures. The plurality of slicing blades are also arranged for continuous extension less than fully across the one aperture. The apparatus also includes a planetary coupling arrangement operably disposed to facilitate reciprocating rotation between the at least one cutting blade and the plurality of slicing blades.
US07883734B2	Method of removing caffeine from caffeine-containing catechin compound composition A process for selectively removing caffeine from a caffeine-containing catechin composition, which includes dissolving the caffeine-containing catechin composition in a 9/1 to 1/9 by weight mixed solution of an organic solvent and water, and then bringing the resultant solution into contact with activated carbon alone or with activated carbon and also acid clay or activated clay; and a packaged beverage containing such a decaffeinated composition.
US07883730B2	Rumen protected lysine Use of lysine imines and compositions containing them as a source of rumen protected lysine for ruminant animals.
US07883729B2	Natural vegetable oil concentrated in unsaponifiable matters as food ingredient The invention concerns a natural vegetable oil selected among palm oil, corn germ oil, sunflower oil and canola oil, concentrated in unsaponifiable matters, such that said oil unsaponifiable matter content is 3 to 15% m/m. Said concentrated natural vegetable oil constitutes a novel food ingredient enriched in particular in vitamin E and phytosterol, useful as favored food source in vitamin E and phytosterol, meeting recommended daily intake.
US07883728B2	Composition to enhance the bioavailability of curcumin A composition for enhanced bioavailability of curcumin including purified curcuminoid and purified essential oil of turmeric. A method to prepare a composition for enhanced bioavailability of curcumin having purified curcuminoid and purified essential oil of turmeric.
US07883724B2	In-vitro diagnostic medical devices for determining saliva volume The invention relates to a method of collecting saliva from the oral cavity for detecting a test substance, comprising the steps of (a) cleaning the oral cavity, (b) stimulating saliva secretion with a saliva-collecting solution, (c) removing the saliva-saliva collecting solution mixture from the oral cavity and collecting it in a container (1), (d) transferring the saliva-saliva collecting solution mixture into a sealable collection vessel.
US07883721B2	Pharmaceutical formulation The present invention is directed to pharmaceutically acceptable polymeric compositions suitable for injection molding of single or multi-component pharmaceutical dosage forms comprising a plurality of drug substance containing sub-units, being capsule compartments and/or solid sub-units comprising a solid matrix of a polymer which contains a drug substance, the sub-units being connected together in the assembled dosage form by a weld between parts of the assembled dosage form.
US07883718B2	Methods and devices for the sustained release of multiple drugs The invention relates to an drug delivery device and a method for delivering multiple drugs over a prolonged period of time. The drug delivery device has two or more unitary segments comprising a drug-permeable polymeric substance, wherein at least one of the segments further comprises a pharmaceutically active agent. The invention also relates to a method for the treatment of a benign ovarian secretory disorder in a female mammal, a method of contraception, and a method of relieving the symptoms associated with menopausal, perimenopausal and post-menopausal periods in a woman.
US07883714B2	Nitrosated nonsteroidal antiinflammatory compounds, compositions and methods of use The invention describes novel nitrosated nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and novel compositions comprising at least one nitrosated NSAID, and, optionally, at least one compound that donates, transfers or releases nitric oxide, stimulates endogenous synthesis of nitric oxide, elevates endogenous levels of endothelium-derived relaxing factor or is a substrate for nitric oxide synthase, and/or at least one therapeutic agent. The invention also provides novel compositions comprising at least one nitrosated NSAID, and at least one compound that donates, transfers or releases nitric oxide, elevates endogenous levels of endothelium-derived relaxing factor, stimulates endogenous synthesis of nitric oxide or is a substrate for nitric oxide synthase and/or at least one therapeutic agent. The invention also provides novel kits comprising at least one nitrosated NSAID, and, optionally, at least one nitric oxide donor and/or at least one therapeutic agent. The invention also provides methods for treating inflammation, pain and fever; for treating gastrointestinal disorders; for facilitating wound healing; for treating and/or preventing gastrointestinal, renal and/or respiratory toxicities resulting from the use of nonsteroidal antiinflammatory compounds; for treating inflammatory disease states and/or disorders; and for treating and/or preventing ophthalmic diseases and/or disorders.
US07883712B2	Identification of virulence associated regions RD1 and RD5 leading to improve vaccine of M. bovis BCG and M. microti The present invention relates to a strain of M. bovis BCG or M. microti, wherein said strain has integrated part or all of the RD1 region responsible for enhanced immunogenicity of the tubercle bacilli, especially the ESAT-6 and CFP-10 genes. These strains will be referred as the M bovis BCG::RDI or M. microti::RD1 strains and are useful as a new improved vaccine for preventing tuberculosis and as a therapeutical product enhancing the stimulation of the immune system for the treatment of bladder cancer. These strains are also useful for the expression and presentation of heterologous antigens and molecule that are of therapeutic or prophylactic interest.
US07883711B2	Use of polypeptides having antimicrobial activity The present invention relates to the use of polypeptides related to a Bacillus licheniformis polypeptide (amino acids 1-85 of SEQ ID NO: 2) as antimicrobial agents, for example in pharmaceutical applications, including veterinary applications, as well as for preservation, cleaning and disinfection of various surfaces, objects and substances. The polypeptides may in particular be used to treat textiles or laundry, e.g., in detergents, for reducing microbes on textile or laundry, and/or for odor reduction. The invention also relates to use of Bacillus strains producing these polypeptides as antimicrobial agents. Examples of microorganism inhibited by Lento are Gram positive bacterial strains, such as Bacillus cereus, and various species of Corynebacterium, Enterococcus, Micrococcus, Streptococcus, and Staphylococcus.
US07883709B2	Stabilised compositions This invention relates to the stabilization of a bacterial ADP-ribosylating exotoxin class protein (bARE), a method for analysing a bARE class protein, a method for the stabilization of the bARE class bacterial protein, compositions comprising a stabilized bARE protein, compositions comprising a substantially integral bARE class protein and immunogenic composition formulations incorporating same.
US07883707B2	Induction of antigen specific immunnologic tolerance Antigen specific immune tolerance is induced in a mammalian host by administration of a toleragen in combination with a regimen of immunosuppression. The methods optionally include a preceding conditioning period, where immunosuppressive agents are administered in the absence of the toleragen. After the tolerizing regimen, the host is withdrawn from the suppressive agents, but is able to maintain specific immune tolerance to the immunogenic epitopes present on the toleragen. Optimally, the toleragen will have high uptake properties that allow uptake in vivo at low concentrations in a wide variety of tolerizing cell types.
US07883706B2	Methods for using Streptococcus pyogenes polypeptides The present invention relates to antigens, more particularly antigens of Streptococcus pyogenes (also called group A streptococcus (GAS)) bacterial pathogen which are useful as vaccine component for prophylaxis, therapy and/or diagnostic.
US07883705B2	Anti FGF23 antibody and a pharmaceutical composition comprising the same To provide an antibody against FGF23 and a pharmaceutical composition such as a preventive or therapeutic agent which can prevent or treat by suppressing an action of FGF23 by using the antibody. An antibody or its functional fragment against human FGF23 produced by hybridoma C10 (Accession No. FERM BP-10772).
US07883695B2	IL-12P40 and IL-B30 polypeptide complex Purified genes encoding cytokine from a mammal, reagents related thereto including purified proteins, specific antibodies, and nucleic acids encoding this molecule are provided. Methods of using said reagents and diagnostic kits are also provided.
US07883693B2	Compositions and systems for forming crosslinked biomaterials and methods of preparation of use Crosslinkable compositions are provided that readily crosslink in situ to provide biocompatible, nonimmunogenic crosslinked materials that may be used as adhesive compositions. The compositions comprise collagen and a plurality of crosslinkable components having reactive functional groups thereon, with the functional groups selected so as to enable inter-reaction between the components, i.e., crosslinking. Methods for preparing and using the compositions are also provided. Exemplary uses include tissue augmentation, biologically active agent delivery, bioadhesion, prevention of adhesions following surgery or injury, and coating of surgically acceptable patches and solid implants, the latter including sutures.
US07883692B2	Polymer comprising water soluble units and LCST units, and aqueous composition comprising same The invention concerns a polymer comprising water soluble units and LCST units consisting of ethylene oxide and propylene oxide random copolymers, or one of its salts. The invention also concerns an aqueous composition in particular thickened, even gelled, comprising such a polymer or one of its salts and an aqueous phase.
US07883691B2	Cosmetic composition comprising camel milk or components thereof The present invention provides cosmetic compositions and products that contain camel milk or components thereof, wherein the milk or components may be pre-treated by a physical or biochemical process. The invention further relates to a process for preparing cosmetic compositions containing camel milk or components thereof.
US07883690B2	Mascara comprising a liquid fatty phase and a wax The invention concerns a composition comprising, in a physiologically acceptable medium, at least a liquid fatty phase comprising at least a volatile organic solvent and at least an aqueous phase. The invention is characterised in that the aqueous phase contains a micro-dispersion of wax particles. The composition results, after being applied on keratinous fibres, in a water-resistant film and provides good curved shape to the keratinous fibres. The invention is applicable to mascara.
US07883685B1	Complexes of carbon nanotubes and fullerenes with molecular-clips and use thereof Separation of carbon nanotubes or fullerenes according to diameter through non-covalent pi-pi interaction with molecular clips is provided. Molecular clips are prepared by Diels-Alder reaction of polyacenes with a variety of dienophiles. The pi-pi complexes of carbon nanotubes with molecular clips are also used for selective placement of carbon nanotubes and fullerenes on substrates.
US07883684B2	Colorless single-crystal CVD diamond at rapid growth rate The present invention relates to a method for producing colorless, single-crystal diamonds at a rapid growth rate. The method for diamond production includes controlling temperature of a growth surface of the diamond such that all temperature gradients across the growth surface of the diamond are less than about 20° C., and growing single-crystal diamond by microwave plasma chemical vapor deposition on the growth surface of a diamond at a growth temperature in a deposition chamber having an atmosphere, wherein the atmosphere comprises from about 8% to about 20% CH4 per unit of H2 and from about 5 to about 25% O2 per unit of CH4. The method of the invention can produce diamonds larger than 10 carats. Growth rates using the method of the invention can be greater than 50 μm/hour.
US07883681B2	Synthetic carbide lime filler composition and method of making A method for making a white synthetic carbide lime filler composition of calcium hydroxide and calcium carbonate, wherein the calcium carbonate is in the form of surface carbonation on the calcium hydroxide. The method can include calcining calcium carbonate, hydrating the calcined material under controlled conditions which maintain a low moisture content and fracture the hydrated material into small particles of calcium hydroxide, carbonating the small calcium hydroxide particles to create the surface carbonation of calcium carbonate, and classifying the carbonated synthetic carbide lime particles to separate off oversized particles. The method can use a combined classifying and carbonating process, and a modified classifying vessel can be provided to carry out the combined process.
US07883680B2	Method for purifying silicon The present invention provides for methods of purifying silicon, methods for obtaining purified silicon, as well as methods for obtaining purified silicon crystals, purified granulized silicon and/or purified silicon ingots.
US07883676B2	Hydrolysis system and process for devices containing energetic material A system for chemically disposing energetic material enclosed in assembled devices includes a porous basket. The porous basket forms an enclosed chamber for receiving the assembled devices. Further, the basket is supported by a rotatable basket arm that is, in turn, connected to a lifting arm. In addition to these structures, the system includes a tank that holds a hydrolysis solution. The tank is positioned to allow the lifting arm to submerge the basket into the solution. After submersion, the basket arm rotates the basket in the solution to flow the hydrolysis solution into contact with the assembled devices therein. As a result, the assembled devices react with the solution so that the solution penetrates the assembled devices, allowing the solution to contact and react with the energetic material to render the energetic material non-energetic.
US07883672B2	Small cylindrical reformer A reformer having a combustion unit including a combustion part to burn air and fuel, a combustion gas distributor to distribute the burned combustion gas, and first and second combustion gas passages to guide the distributed combustion gas into an outlet. A fuel-converting catalytic reaction unit includes two reforming reaction parts preparing a reforming reaction reformate, each having a reforming catalyst to reform feed and water supplied from a feed/water inlet, and a water gas shift reaction part preparing a water gas shift reformate, between the two reforming reaction parts to decrease a concentration of carbon monoxide in the reforming reacting reformate. The two units are structured as six cylindrical pipes to realize optimal heat exchange efficiency, and preferential oxidation reactor is provided between first air fuel preheating passages in the combustion part to decrease the concentration of carbon monoxide in the water gas shift reformate to a predetermined level or lower.
US07883663B2	Low chromium stainless steel superior in corrosion resistance of multipass welded heat affected zones and its method of production The present invention provides optimal low chromium stainless steel preventing the deterioration in corrosion resistance at the weld zone in the case of multipass welding, superior in grain boundary corrosion resistance of the weld zone even in a harsh corrosive environment, simultaneously free from preferential corrosion at the heat affected zones near weld fusion lines, and further superior in manufacturability, that is, low chromium stainless steel containing, by mass %, C: 0.03% or less, N: 0.004 to 0.02%, Si: 0.2 to 1%, Mn: over 1.5 to 2.5%, P: 0.04% or less, S: 0.03% or less, Cr: 10 to 15%, Ni: 0.2 to 3.0%, and Al: 0.005 to 0.1%, further containing Ti: 4×(C %+N %) to 0.35%, and having a balance of Fe and unavoidable impurities, having a γp(%) expressed by a predetermined formula satisfying 80 or more, and satisfying Ti %×N %<0.004 as well.
US07883662B2	Metal injection molding methods and feedstocks Metal injection molding methods and feedstocks. Metal injection molding methods include forming a feedstock, molding the feedstock into a molded article, substantially removing a lubricant, a thermoplastic, and an aromatic binder from the molded article, and sintering the molded article into a metal article. In some examples, metal injection molding methods include oxygen reduction methods. In some examples, metal injection molding methods include densification methods. Metal injection molding feedstocks include a lubricant, a thermoplastic, and aromatic binder, and a metal powder.
US07883657B2	Method for joining aircraft components The surface of a moulding tool, for receiving a first aircraft component, for example a spar, is shaped to correspond to the surface of a second aircraft component, for example a wing skin. A gap is defined between the tool and the first component. Resin is drawn into the gap by a suction pump. The resin fills the gap and cures to forma shim. The first and second components, which are in the form of composite material structures, are then joined together without any significant voids being formed therebetween.
US07883649B2	Flying foam apparatus and method of making flying foam The present invention is an apparatus for generating foam shapes that float in air having a container, a gas source, an aeration nozzle for aerating a gas from the gas source, an outlet, and a separator for separating extruded foam into individualized foam shapes.
US07883647B2	Method of making luminance enhancement optical substrates with optical defect masking structures An optical substrate possesses a structured surface that enhances luminance or brightness and reduces the effects of structural defects on perceived image quality. User perceivable image cosmetic defects caused by manufacturing or handling, can be masked by introducing structural irregularities in the optical substrate, which may be non-facet flat sections or in-kind to the defects. Optical defects caused by non-facet flat sections in the prism structure of the optical substrate (e.g., flat-bottom valleys with a certain valley bottom thickness above the base layer, and/or flat-top peaks, and/or openings in the optical substrates that expose flat sections of underlying base layer) can be masked by providing distributed in-kind non-facet flat sections (e.g., flat-bottom valleys, and/or flat-top peaks, and/or openings exposing sections of underlying base layer), to diffuse the prominence of the original defects with the introduced irregularities.
US07883646B2	Thixotropic, porous, chemiluminescent reactant composition The thixotropic composition of the instant invention may be cured to a more or less rigid form without the use of a mold. The shaped thixotropic composition includes one of the two components which when combined result in chemiluminescent light. The cured solid is useful in a variety of environments and will emit chemiluminescent light upon addition of a second chemiluminescent component.
US07883642B2	Antioxidant composition excellent in anti-blocking property An antioxidant composition containing an antioxidant represented by the following formula (I) and a metal salt of fatty acid of a carbon number of 4 to 18, wherein a weight ratio of the antioxidant (I) and the metal salt of fatty acid is in a range of (100:0.1) to (100:200).
US07883640B2	Chemical combination for generation of disinfectant and heat This invention comprises a lightweight, portable chemical combination of reagents for sterilizing or disinfecting objects in the absence of electrical power or fire. The chemical combination includes a chemical oxidant with the capacity to liberate a biocidal intermediate, a chemical reductant of the oxidant with the capacity to react with the oxidant, and an effector to induce a reaction between the oxidant and reductant. In one embodiment, the oxidant comprises chlorite, the reductant comprises sulfite, and the effector comprises ascorbate. In another embodiment, the chemical combination comprises the oxidant, reductant, effector and iron-activated magnesium. When water or water solutions are added to either embodiment, the chemical combination generates heat, steam and a biocidal intermediate that can destroy contaminating microorganisms. In one embodiment, the biocidal intermediate is a halogen-based biocidal intermediate, such as chlorine dioxide. In another embodiment, the biocidal intermediate is a halogen-free biocidal intermediate.
US07883631B2	Plasma etching method, plasma etching apparatus, control program and computer-readable storage medium A plasma etching method includes the step of performing a plasma etching on a silicon-containing dielectric layer formed on a substrate to be processed by using a plasma, while using an organic layer as a mask. In addition, the plasma is generated from a processing gas at least including a first fluorocarbon gas which is an unsaturated gas; a second fluorocarbon gas which is an aliphatic saturated gas expressed by CmF2m+2 (m=5, 6); and an oxygen gas. Further, a computer-readable storage medium for storing therein a computer executable control program is provided where the control program, when executed, controls a plasma etching apparatus to perform the above plasma etching method.
US07883630B2	FIB milling of copper over organic dielectrics Apparatus and processes are disclosed for milling copper adjacent to organic low-k dielectric on a substrate by directing a charged-particle beam at a portion of the copper and exposing the copper to a precursor sufficient to enhance removal of the copper relative to removal of the dielectric, wherein the precursor contains an oxidizing agent, has a high sticking coefficient and a long residence time on the copper, contains atoms of at least one of carbon and silicon in amount sufficient to stop oxidation of the dielectric, and contains no atoms of chlorine, bromine or iodine. In one embodiment, the precursor comprises at least one of the group consisting of NitroEthanol, NitroEthane, NitroPropane, NitroMethane, compounds based on silazane such as HexaMethylCycloTriSilazane, and compounds based on siloxane such as Octa-Methyl-Cyclo-Tetra-Siloxane. Products of the processes are also disclosed.
US07883629B2	Technique for patterning differently stressed layers formed above transistors by enhanced etch control strategies During the patterning of stressed layers having different types of intrinsic stress, the effects of the deposition of a silicon dioxide based etch indicator material between the first and second dielectric layers may be significantly reduced by a controlled etch on the basis of optical measurement data indicating the etch rate and, thus, the performance of the respective etch process. In other cases, highly efficient etch indicator species may be incorporated into the stressed dielectric layers or may be formed on a surface portion thereof with reduced layer thickness, thereby providing an enhanced endpoint detection signal without creating the negative effects of silicon dioxide based indicator layers. In one illustrative embodiment, a stressed silicon, nitrogen and carbon-containing layer may be combined with a stressed silicon and nitrogen-containing layer, wherein the carbon species provides a prominent endpoint detection signal.
US07883628B2	Method of reducing the surface roughness of a semiconductor wafer A method for reducing the roughness of a free surface of a semiconductor wafer that includes establishing a first atmosphere in an annealing chamber, replacing the first atmosphere with a second atmosphere that includes a gas selected to and in an amount to substantially eliminate or reduce pollutants on a wafer, and exposing the free surface of the wafer to the second atmosphere to substantially eliminate or reduce pollutants thereon. The second atmosphere is then replaced with a third atmosphere that includes pure, and rapid thermal annealing is performed on the wafer exposed to the third atmosphere in the annealing chamber to substantially reduce the roughness of the free surface of the wafer.
US07883624B2	Self-cleaning filter for washers A self-cleaning filter for a washing apparatus. Water entering a filter assembly travels along a spiral pathway that facilitates the separation of heavy solid debris from the water. A filter element prevents both light and heavy solid debris from entering a conduit leading to spray nozzles, thereby preventing clogging of the nozzles. In a filter cleaning operation, solid debris is removed from the filter assembly.
US07883623B2	Dispensing system A dispenser system that takes high pressure fluid such as a high pressure water source and reduces the volume flow of the high pressure water as it flows into a dispenser with the dispenser having a low pressure outlet, which offers negligible fluid resistance in comparison to the inlet fluid resistance to the dispenser, thereby ensuring that if a dispenser cap is accidentally removed from the dispenser while the unit is in operation the water will not spray out into and onto the user. The dispensing system includes a removable cartridge carrier with adjustable openings and a dispenser housing that one can maintain a uniform flow pattern under different flow rates to provide for a predicable control of a dispersion rate from a dispersant located in the system and a method of predictably changing the dispersion rate of a dispersant.
US07883621B2	Oil bypass device, and engine fitted with such a device According to the invention, the filter is fixed to the engine block by screwing it to an attached connecting sleeve. The connecting sleeve contains a bypass valve, in the form of a tubular piston sliding in a through-passage and pushed against an intermediate shoulder by a spring. By sliding, the piston opens or closes a radial passage establishing direct communication between the inlet passage and the through-passage of the device. If the filter element of the filter is clogged, the pressure rise in the inlet passage causes the piston to move and the radial passage to open to reduce the pressure rise and ensure a satisfactory flow of oil. This reduces pressure rises upstream of the filter and ensures sufficient lubrication of the engine even in the case of clogging of the filter.
US07883620B2	Filter trap for waste water A filter trap into which waste water can be dumped to separate particulate matter from the water. A sensor senses when the liquid level in the filter trap rises above a predetermined level, and triggers an alarm to indicate the filter basket is full of particulate matter and must be removed to dispose of the contents. The withdrawal of the filter basket from the filter trap causes the inlet thereto to automatically close so that waste water cannot be dumped into the filter trap when the filter basket has been removed. A sensor senses when the filter basket has been removed to provide a visual indication thereof.
US07883618B2	Recycle of olefinic naphthas by removing aromatics Systems and processes for producing one or more olefins. A feed containing 90% by weight or more C4 and higher hydrocarbons can be cracked at conditions sufficient to provide an olefinic mixture and an aromatic mixture. The olefinic mixture can comprise 90% by weight or more C1 to C3 hydrocarbons. The aromatic mixture can comprise 90% by weight or more C4 and higher hydrocarbons and one or more aromatics. The aromatic mixture can be contacted with one or more solvents to selectively separate at least a portion of the one or more aromatics therefrom to provide an aromatic-rich mixture and an aromatic-lean mixture. At least a portion of the aromatic-lean mixture can be recycled to the feed prior to cracking.
US07883617B2	Electrochemical analysis method using boron-doped electroconductive diamond electrode This invention provides an electrochemical analysis method for accurately detecting a harmful substance such as arsenic contained in a solution. In the electrochemical analysis method, a working electrode and a counter electrode are disposed in an object electrolytic solution. A negative potential is applied to the working electrode to electrodeposit the electrolyte onto the surface of the working electrode and thus to form an electrodeposit. Next, the potential of the working electrode is sweeped in a positive potential direction to allow the electrodeposit to elute into the solution and, at the same time, to detect a current change upon a potential change and thus to analyze an object substance dissolved as an electrolyte in the object electrolytic solution. A boron-doped electroconductive diamond electrode or an electrode with gold deposited on its surface is used as the working electrode.
US07883614B2	Method of manufacturing electronic part and electronic part The method for manufacturing an electronic part includes a step of forming an opening hole onto an insulating member sandwiched between a conductor film and a lower conductor layer, from the conductor film, a step of making a surface of the lower conductor layer adhering the insulating member as bottom of the opening hole, and making a metal plating as a conductor portion grow in the opening hole from the lower conductor layer. In the method, after metal plating has reached the conductor film, the metal plating is grown on the conductor film and the conductor portion as electrode, to thereby form a thickness enough to form an upper conductive layer.
US07883611B2	Electrochemical sensor having a mediator compound An electrochemical sensor, especially for gases, is provided having a mediator compound based on transition metal salts of polybasic acids and/or transition metal salts of polyhydroxycarboxylic acids. The electrochemical sensor also contains a DLC, BDD or a precious metal thin-layer measuring electrode (3). The electrochemical sensor may be used for determining SO2 and H2S.
US07883610B2	Photolytic oxygenator with carbon dioxide and/or hydrogen separation and fixation Apparatus for oxygenating an enclosed space as well as removing carbon dioxide from the enclosed space. The apparatus comprises a photolytic cell (16) having an anode compartment with a photo-active surface having the ability to convert water to oxygen; a cathode compartment having the ability to convert carbon dioxide and hydrogen to a solid or liquid medium; and a light source (20) for providing light photons (21) to said photolytic cell and activating the photo-reactive surface.
US07883606B2	Production of nanoparticles and microparticles A method of producing microparticles including: (a) providing a system including: (i) a vessel containing a liquid; (ii) at least a first pair of electrodes; (iii) a mechanism for igniting an electrical arc between the electrodes; (b) disposing the first pair of electrodes within the liquid, and (c) effecting at least one pulsed electrical discharge between the electrodes so as to produce a plasma bubble, and to produce the microparticles, the microparticles being associated with the plasma bubble, wherein the pulsed electrical discharge has a pulse duration of less than 1000 microseconds, and wherein the pulsed electrical discharge has a current amplitude of at least 1 ampere (A).
US07883603B2	Method for making paper and cardboard with high dry strength and resulting papers and cardboards A method for making a sheet of paper and/or cardboard and the like, comprises, prior to forming said sheet, adding to the fibrous suspension, separately or mixed, in any sequence of introduction, into one or more injection points, at least three dry strength agents respectively: first agent corresponding to a (co)polymer having a cationic filler density higher than 1 meq/g and exhibiting primary amine functions; a second agent corresponding to a synthetic organic (co)polymer having cationic filler density higher than 0.1 meq/g; and a third agent corresponding to a (co)polymer having an anionic filler density higher than 0.1 meq/g.
US07883602B2	Electrode assembly for the removal of surface oxides by electron attachment An apparatus and a method comprising same for removing metal oxides from a substrate surface are disclosed herein. In one particular embodiment, the apparatus comprises an electrode assembly that has a housing that is at least partially comprised of an insulating material and having an internal volume and at least one fluid inlet that is in fluid communication with the internal volume; a conductive base connected to the housing comprising a plurality of conductive tips that extend therefrom into a target area and a plurality of perforations that extend therethrough and are in fluid communication with the internal volume to allow for a passage of a gas mixture comprising a reducing gas.
US07883597B2	Composite bevel siding A method is disclosed. The method includes forming a groove in at least one of opposing planar surfaces of a cellular thermoform plastic substrate. The groove is formed at an edge region of the substrate. A stiffener is positioned in the groove, and a fiber matt is laid on the at least one planar surface containing the groove. The stiffener and fiber matt are embedded in a thermoset resin. The thermoset resin is cured to form a fiber reinforced thermoset plastic reinforcement. The substrate is then cross-sectionally cut to form a profile. The profile can be further finished to form a beveled siding for buildings.
US07883590B1	Heat treatable L12 aluminum alloys A method of forming high temperature heat treatable aluminum alloys that can be used at temperatures from about −420° F. (−251° C.) up to about 650° F. (343° C.) are described. The alloys are strengthened by dispersion of particles based on the L12 intermetallic compound Al3X. These alloys comprise aluminum, copper, magnesium, at least one of scandium, erbium, thulium, ytterbium, and lutetium; and at least one of gadolinium, yttrium, zirconium, titanium, hafnium, and niobium. Lithium is an optional alloying element.
US07883583B2	Vaporization apparatus with precise powder metering Apparatus for vaporizing a particulate material, comprising a metering apparatus including: a reservoir; a housing having an internal volume and first and second openings for respectively receiving and discharging the particulate material; a rotatable shaft disposed in the internal volume, the shaft having a smooth surface and a circumferential groove for receiving particulate material from the reservoir and for discharging the particulate material; the rotatable shaft and the internal volume cooperating such that the particulate material is transported by the circumferential groove and not along the remainder of the rotatable shaft; a scraper disposed in relation to the second opening, having at its end substantially the same cross section as the groove in the rotating shaft, the scraper cooperating with the groove to dislodge particulate material retained therein, and in response to the shaft rotating, delivers metered amounts of particulate material through the second opening; to the flash evaporator.
US07883582B2	Vacuum processing apparatus and method A gas exhaust unit evacuates the inside of a vacuum transfer chamber at a constant exhaust rate. An gas exhaust valve is kept normally open, and a purge gas (N2 gas) is supplied from a purge gas supply source into the vacuum transfer chamber via a mass flow controller (MFC) and an opening/closing valve. A main control unit controls a pressure in the vacuum transfer chamber to be within a specified range through a flow rate set value for the MFC while monitoring a pressure in the vacuum transfer chamber via a vacuum gauge. The main control unit determines occurrence of abnormality when the pressure exceeds a specified upper limit and then takes such actions as changing a flow rate set value for the MFC, giving an alarm and stopping the operation of a vacuum processing apparatus.
US07883580B2	System and method for nanotube growth via Ion implantation using a catalytic transmembrane Ion implantation is used to grow nanotubes out of carbon and other materials. Catalytic material is placed on or in a membrane that physically and possibly environmentally separates an implantation chamber or region from a growth chamber or region. High-energy ions are implanted into the catalytic material from one side to grow nanotubes on an exposed surface in the growth chamber. Ion implantation via the membrane provides for greater flexibility to separate and independently control the implantation and growth processes.
US07883575B2	Colloidal sealant composition The present invention relates to the addition of biocidal agents to colloidal silicate coating compositions, said compositions being useful for coating structures prepared from Portland cement compositions.
US07883566B2	Methods of using tires and scrap rubber in the manufacture and melting of steel and other metals A method of using scrap rubber and other scrap materials, such as tires or parts or pieces of tires, to manufacture or melt steel and other metals in a furnace is disclosed. The scrap rubber may be used as a carbon source for the manufacture of steel and other metals, and may be used as an energy source to melt the scrap metal used to make the steel and other metals. The net benefit of this method includes reducing the amount of scrap rubber, such as tires, to be sent to a waste disposal facility or landfill, thereby improving the environment. In addition, by increasing the use of scrap rubber as a source of energy for steel or metal production, less energy is required from other sources.
US07883561B2	Device for the tangential introduction of a gas-loaded liquid stream into the head of a column The present invention relates to an apparatus for the tangential introduction of a gas-loaded liquid stream into the top of a column in which gas and liquid are separated. Entry into the column top proceeds through a conventional radially arranged port, to which, however, a special tube construction connects which ensures as smooth as possible non-turbulent flow and its tangential exit into the column top.
US07883560B2	Dust separating apparatus of a vacuum cleaner A dust separating apparatus of a vacuum cleaner, includes a housing, a first cyclone separator integrated within the housing, and second cyclone separators arranged around the first cyclone separator, wherein the second cyclone separators are removably mounted into the housing. The first and second cyclone separators respectively have a separate dust receiving cavity and separate dust collecting chambers.
US07883556B1	Dual fuel slagging gasifier The present invention or dual fuel slagging gasifier provides the equipment, devices, process and methods for increasing the efficiency, commercialization potential and economy of coal/coke gasification. Entrained, fixed bed and water gasification aspects are combined to generate chemically clean high temperature gases from volatile carbonaceous fuels. A charge body of material including particulate solid low volatile carbonaceous material, quartzite, and a flux can be introduced into an upper portion of a slagging gasifier. Further, a finely divided carbonaceous material can be entrained, gasified at a high temperature and injected into a lower portion of the slagging gasifier. This high temperature heat can then be utilized to convert a stack injected steam and the low volatile carbonaceous fuels to additional fuel gas which enhances calorific value and flow rate of the entrained gas to increase energy conversion efficiency of the dual fuel slagging gasifier above that for all known commercial gasifiers.
US07883555B2	Fuel reforming process for internal combustion engines A fuel reforming system, process, and device including a catalytic chamber and a heating chamber. The catalytic chamber, further including a fluid fuel intake and a gaseous fluid exit port and at least one heat exchanger for distributing heat between the heating chamber and the catalytic chamber. The catalytic chamber further including a screen member having a surface, wherein the member includes a catalytic deposit made from a combination of platinum and rhodium alloy. A catalytic conversion of converting liquid fuel to gaseous fuel occurs within the catalytic chamber. Fuel exits the fuel reforming device through a gaseous fluid exit port.
US07883553B2	Method of manufacturing an electrode product A deformable and compressible active electrode dry film is manufactured from dry mixed dry active electrode material and dry binder powder. The electrode film and a current collector with a first surface may be stacked such that the first surface of the current collector is in contact with the dry film. The active electrode dry film and current collector may then be processed in a laminating device, such as a calendar. Lamination both densifies the active electrode film and bonds the film to the current collector.
US07883550B2	Oleic acid free hair dye A new and improved hair dye formula which is completely oleic acid free and has a high percentage water base including sodium lauryl sulfate, sodium lauryl sulfoacetate and disodium laureth sulfosuccinate along with a low percentage peroxide content for protecting consumers during the hair dye process.
US07883545B2	Method and device for determining the change in an object A method is provided for determining a dimensional change in a first object, wherein in an initial state said first object is connected to a second object via a joint, and wherein a first reference system is rigidly connected to the second object. The method includes using a non-invasive coupling device to couple a second reference system to the first object; ascertaining and/or storing a first location corresponding to a location of the second reference system relative to the first reference system, and a second location corresponding to a location between at least one reference point on the first object relative to the first reference system; separating the first object from the second object at the joint; altering the first object; re-assembling the altered first object and the second object to form the joint, wherein the first location is used to align the altered first object to the second object; after alignment, ascertaining or storing a third location corresponding to a location of the at least one reference point relative to the first reference system; and determining the dimensional change in the first object due to the alteration based on a change in location between the second location and the third location of the at least one reference point.
US07883544B2	Condylar head add-on system The present invention generally relates to mandibular prostheses. More particularly, the invention relates to a condylar-head replacement for reconstruction of the temporomandibular joint after resection of the condyloid process. The present invention provides a condylar-head replacement comprising a condylar-head attachment that may be adjustably positioned on a reconstruction plate to achieve various condylar-head heights. The condylar-head height adjustment allows the condylar-head replacement to be fit to a particular patient. The condylar-head replacement of the present invention obviates the need for custom fabrication of a condylar-head replacement for a patient.
US07883543B2	Vertebral prosthesis and spinal fixation system A vertebral prosthesis and spinal fixation system includes a vertebral prosthesis having a height adjustable shaft and an anchoring mechanism coupled to the shaft. The system further includes a spinal fixation device and a number of bone screws. The bone screws attach the fixation device to the vertebral prosthesis via the anchoring mechanism.
US07883541B2	Muscle-based grafts/implants The present invention is directed to a composition comprising a matrix suitable for implantation in humans, comprising defatted, shredded, allogeneic human muscle tissue that has been combined with an aqueous carrier and dried in a predetermined shape. Also disclosed is a tissue graft or implant comprising a matrix suitable for implantation in humans, comprising defatted, shredded, allogeneic human muscle tissue that has been combined with an aqueous carrier and dried in a predetermined shape. The composition and/or tissue graft or implant of the invention is usable in combination with seeded cells, a tissue growth factor, and/or a chemotactic agent to attract a desired cell.
US07883538B2	Methods and devices for termination Devices and methods used in termination of a tissue tightening procedure are described. Termination includes the cinching of a tether to tighten the tissue, locking the tether to maintain tension, and cutting excess tether. In procedures involving anchors secured to the tissue, the tether is coupled to the anchors and the tissue is tightened via tension applied to the anchors by cinching the tether. In general, the devices and methods can be used in minimally invasive surgical procedures, and can be applied through small incisions or intravascularly. A method for tightening tissue by fixedly coupling a first anchor to a tether and slidably coupling a second anchor to the tether, securing both anchors to the tissue, applying tension to the tether intravascularly, fixedly coupling the tether to the second anchor, and cutting the tether is described. The tissue to be tightened can comprise heart tissue, in particular heart valve annulus tissue. Various devices and methods for locking the tether in place and cutting excess tether are described.
US07883535B2	Device and method for transmitting multiple optically-encoded stimulation signals to multiple cell locations The present invention concerns a device and method for transmitting multiple optically-encoded stimulation signals to multiple stimulation sites, especially cell locations. The device uses a primary optical fiber to transmit specific wavelength components of an encoded light signal to output positions along the fiber where they are coupled out of the primary fiber to stimulation sites via electrodes for electrical stimulation of the sites or optical windows and/or secondary optical fibers for photo-stimulation of sites.
US07883534B1	Personal tuner Handheld flashlight type vibratory therapeutic treatment invention, devices, and methods that can house a small piezoelectric crystal adjacent to a bulb in the emitting chamber portion of a flashlight housing, where the crystal is located next to or between light source, or off-axis to the light emitting beam of the flashlight. The crystal can generate a fixed output of approximately 7 to approximately 8 Hertz while the flashlight body is positioned up to approximately 18 inches over the body part being treated with a light beam from the bulb being aimed at the area to be treated. Treatment effectiveness can occur within approximately 2 minutes of being treated. The flashlight invention can be used for treating a variety of ailments such as inflammations, nerve problems, joint pain, muscle pain, as well as gall bladder type problems.
US07883533B2	Method and apparatus for electrolytic hydrotherapy A device and method for increasing the number and type of ions in a hydrotherapy treatment to assist in removing unwanted chemicals from the body. A battery-powered array is submerged into a liquid foot bath to generate ions through electrolysis. The array has at least two electrodes, one containing copper and/or zinc, the other steel. The device can be run in two modes, thereby creating different types of ions and enabling the removal of different types of chemicals. The device uses a current and voltage regulator to deliver a regulated amount of current into the array regardless of the conductivity of the liquid, and electrical circuitry is used to control the duration and mode of the treatment. Excessive heat is dissipated with a heat sink.
US07883532B2	Vertebral pars interarticularis clamp a new spine fixation device, instrumentation, and methodology An improve spinal surgical implant used primarily in the posterior aspect of the spinal column for spinal reconstruction; revision surgery; deformity correction; and/or tumor surgery and/or trauma surgery of the cervical, thoracic and/or and lumbo-sacral spine.
US07883529B2	Threaded suture anchor and method of use A suture anchor includes an elongated shaft having an exterior sidewall extending between a proximal end and an opposing distal end. A helical first thread is wound about and outwardly projects from the exterior sidewall of the shaft so as to extend between the proximal end and the distal end of the shaft. A first suture port transversely extends through at least a portion of the first thread at the proximal end of the shaft. The suture port is configured to receive a suture line.
US07883527B2	Annulotomy closure device and related methods A system for sealing a hole in a body, comprising a generally cylindrical mesh formed from a plurality of helical strands which is inserted into the hole, with at least one end of the cylindrical mesh being moved least partially through an interior portion of the cylindrical shaped mesh such that the mesh expands radially outwards against sides of the hole.
US07883526B2	Embolic coil having stretch resistant member with an attached end and an end with movement freedom A coil device is provided with a stretch resistant feature. The device includes a wound coil defining a lumen and a stretch resistant member at least partially received within the lumen. A headpiece is formed by a joining of the coil and a restrictor member, typically by plasma welding. The restrictor member is also at least partially received within the lumen and defines an aperture adapted to movably receive a portion of the stretch resistant member to allow the wound coil to stretch and elongate. The stretch resistant member includes an enlarged portion that is larger than the aperture and adapted to engage the restrictor member to prevent or resist stretching of the wound coil. The restrictor member may be provided as a separate element fixedly secured to the coil wire, or the coil wire may include one or more minor turns adapted to perform the function of the restrictor member.
US07883523B2	Lancet assembly The present invention provides a lancet assembly which eliminates the need to remove a resin cover encapsulating a pricking element. Upon inserting a lancet structure into a lancet holder, a force which separates a lancet cover encapsulating the sharp tip portion of the pricking element from a lancet body is generated, and this force is allowed to act on the lancet cover and the lancet body to thereby expose, within the lancet holder, the sharp tip portion of the pricking element encapsulated by the lancet cover and to locate the opening of the lancet holder in front of the sharp tip portion of the pricking element.
US07883522B2	Minimal access lumbar diskectomy instrumentation and method A minimal incision maximal access system allows for maximum desirable exposure along with maximum access to the operative field utilizing a minimum incision as small as the METRx and Endius systems. Instead of multiple insertions of dilating tubes the design is a streamlined single entry device to avoid repetitive skin surface entry. The system offers the capability to expand to optimum exposure size for the surgery utilizing hinged bi-hemispherical or oval working tubes applied over an introducer obturator which is controllably dilated to slowly separate muscle tissue. Deeper end working and visualization areas with maximum proximal access and work dimensions are provided to makes the operative procedure safer in application and shorten the surgeons's learning curve because it most closely approximates the ability to use open microdiskectomy techniques. a dual frame system enables full or partial spreading of a working tube set, while an open frame facilitates a four point retraction system.
US07883521B2	Multi-functional second instrument for cataract removal Apparatus for the removal of lens tissue includes a first instrument for inserting into a lens capsule and removing a cataract therein, the first instrument including a lumen for aspiration of cataract tissue and irrigation fluid from the lens capsule and manipulate the cataract until cataract is removed. The second instrument includes an irrigation port for introducing the irrigation fluid into the lens capsule.
US07883520B2	Corneal epithelial pocket formation systems, components and methods Corneal epithelial pocket formation systems include a cutting head and a blade coupled to the cutting head. The blade is coupled to the cutting head at an orientation that is effective in maintaining a viable separated pocket defining portion of corneal epithelium of an eye of a patient during formation of a corneal epithelial pocket of the eye. The blade includes a cutting edge surface at its distal end. The cutting edge surface is effective in separating the corneal epithelium from the underlying Bowman's membrane of the eye without leaving residual corneal epithelial cells in contact with Bowman's membrane that may result in corneal epithelial cell growth between a corneal implant located in the corneal epithelial pocket and the underlying Bowman's membrane. Versions of the present systems include spring loaded blade holders, which may be removable from the cutting head. Versions also can include applanators. Packages containing spring loaded blade holders and blades, and disposable blades useful with the present systems are also described. The components, including disposable components, can be used to produce the present systems, and the present systems and components can be used in methods of enhancing or correcting a patient's vision.
US07883516B2	Methods for removing kidney stones from the ureter Occluding structures may be created within a body lumen by advancing a length of material distally through the body lumen. By drawing a distal location on the advanced length of material in a proximal direction, the material may be compacted into a structure which at least partially occludes the lumen. The occluding structure may be used to remove kidney stones from the ureter in conjunction with lithotripsy and irrigation.
US07883514B2	Fixation of an intraocular implant to the iris For attaching an intraocular implant having pincher like clamping arms forming a pinching area between end portions of the clamping arms to an iris of an eye, the implant is positioned against a surface of the iris in the anterior chamber of the eye, a passage in a distal end portion of an ophthalmologic surgical instrument in the anterior chamber of the eye is positioned against a surface portion of the iris closely adjacent the pinching area, and suction is applied to the passage and at least one of the end portions of the clamping arms is urged towards the iris, causing a tuck of iris material adhered to the passage to be inserted into the pinching area. Thus, a tuck adhering to the passage can easily be introduced into the pinching area between the clamping arms. An instrument and an implant specifically adapted for this method are described as well.
US07883511B2	Method and composition for use in reinforcing bone The invention provides a method and a kit for administering bone cement to the interior cavity of a bony member to enhance bone strength, stabilizing an existing fracture thus reducing susceptibility of the bone to further fracture and/or collapse. The method and kit may include additional components, such as, bone growth enhancing agents, radiopaque components or the like.
US07883508B2	Contact-sensitive pressure-sensitive conductive composite electrode and method for ablation A catheter assembly for pressure-sensitive control of ablation treatment is disclosed. The assembly includes a conductive element, an electrode, and a pressure sensitive conductive composite member positioned between the conductive element and the electrode. At least one of the conductive pin, the pressure sensitive conductive composite element and the ablation electrode are moveable to create an engagement position and a non-engagement position. In the engagement position, the elements are electrically coupled such that ablation energy may be delivered from the conductive pin to the ablation electrode via the pressure sensitive conductive composite element. In the non-engagement position, the elements are electrically decoupled such that ablation energy is not delivered to the ablation electrode. A related method for pressure-sensitive control of ablation is also disclosed.
US07883506B2	Devices and methods for the treatment of endometriosis A tissue treatment device comprises an insertion sized and shaped for insertion into the body via a trocar and a diagnostic element coupled to the insertion section, the diagnostic element illuminating tissue with the light of a wavelength selected to facilitate identification of target tissue in combination with an ultrasound element coupled to the insertion section for delivering to a portion of tissue illuminated by the diagnostic element ultrasound energy.
US07883504B2	Device for percutaneous absorption preparation The invention provides a device for a percutaneous absorption preparation, provided with a solution storage container which can exhibit good solution migration independently of the level of force. The device for a percutaneous absorption preparation comprises an electrode film comprising a base member (1) and an electrode layer (2) and having a dissolution liquid passage hole (9), a drug impregnation member (3) mounted on the electrode layer (2) side of the electrode film, and a dissolution liquid storage container (5) bonded to the base member (1) side of the electrode film via a lid member (7) covering the solution passage hole (9). The dissolution liquid storage container (5) comprises a bottom and a sidewall. A protrusion (5b) which faces the dissolution liquid passage hole (9) is provided at the center of the bottom, and the sidewall is provided with a vertically folded part (5c).
US07883502B2	Connector system for a proximally trimmable catheter A catheter connector system for a subcutaneously placed catheter. The catheter connector system permits proximal trimming of the placed catheter, which is a procedure that provides numerous advantages over traditional methods of trimming catheter distal ends prior to implantation. The catheter connector system can be configured for a single lumen catheter or a multiple lumen catheter. The catheter connector system facilitates precise positioning of both distal and proximal ends of a catheter, providing enhanced functionability and patient comfort.
US07883493B2	Surgical access device with floating gel seal A trocar is provided with a cannula and a housing and valve assembly disposed in the housing which forms a housing seal, and instrument seal, and in some cases a zero seal. A gel material is included in the valve and provides the valve with superior flotation properties for maintaining the instrument seal even when the instrument is moved off-axis In order to accommodate movement of the gel material, voids can be formed within the valve housing and even within the gel material.
US07883492B2	Catheter with portions that can change in volume A catheter for administering a substance into body tissues includes an elongated catheter body that has at least one portion of the length of the catheter body that expands after the catheter is inserted in the patient's body. The portion that expands provides a seal against backflow of the substance along the outer surface of the catheter body and away from the intended treatment area.
US07883491B2	Extrusion laminate polymeric film article and gastric occlusive device comprising same A multilayer film including a layer of sealing film, having main top and bottom surfaces, and a layer of thermoplastic polymer film, laminated to the layer of sealing film, on at least one of the main top and bottom surfaces. The sealing film has a composition and thickness imparting gas barrier character to the multilayer film, of which the layer(s) of thermoplastic polymer film by themselves lack such gas barrier character. Such multilayer film is usefully employed to form biologically compatible therapeutic articles such as medical balloons that are constructed to be inflated in vivo.
US07883489B2	Device for irrigating and pressurizing a cavity The invention concerns a device (1) for irrigating and pressurizing a body cavity (2). Said device comprises a circuit consisting of at least one source (3), wherefrom flows a fluid under pressure, connected to a supply conduit (3) emerging in its downstream end into the cavity (2), a discharge conduit (20) for said fluid exiting from said cavity (2) and means for regulating (30) said fluid. Said regulating means (30) include first pumping means (31) capable of being temporarily engaged with the supply conduit (10), second pumping means (32) engaged with the discharge conduit (20). The two pumping means (31, 32) are operated at the same speed and in the same direction when they are engaged with their respective conduits (10, 20).
US07883482B2	Pressure pulse/shock wave therapy methods and an apparatus for conducting the therapeutic methods The method of stimulating a substance is disclosed. The method has the steps of activating an acoustic shock wave generator or source to emit acoustic shock waves; and subjecting the substance to the acoustic shock waves stimulating said substance wherein the substance is positioned within a path of the emitted shock waves and away from a geometric focal volume or point of the emitted shock waves. In one embodiment the emitted shock waves are divergent or near planar. In another embodiment the emitted shock waves are convergent having a geometric focal volume of point at a distance of at least X from the source, the method further comprising positioning the substance at a distance less than the distance X from the source. The substance is a tissue having cells. The tissue can be an organ of a mammal. The mammal may be a human or an animal. The organ may be a heart, a brain, skin, a liver or a kidney or any other organ. The tissue may be muscle, cartilage, tendon, bone, teeth or gums. The tissue may be a part of the vascular system, a part of the nervous system, a part of the urinary or reproductive system, a part of the lymph node or pituitary systems, a part of the ocular system or a part of a skeletal system.
US07883481B2	Device for mini-invasive ultrasound treatment of disc disease Device for miniinvasive ultrasound treatment of disc disease. A therapeutic ultrasound tranducer (2) is provided for treatment of the disc (5), of a patient (4) by generating an ultrasonic field (3), of which the temperature focus (F) is located in the disc (5), for heating thereof. The device comprises an optical navigating device (20) with a signal receiving or signal sending unit (32). A reference device (28) has a set position relative to the disc (5). The Therapeutic ultrasound transducer (2) is provided for insertion through the skin of the patient (4) and engagement of the disc (5), preferably anulus fibrosus (8), and it has a flexible wall with an ultrasound transmitting element provided within the flexible wall. Between the flexible wall and the ultrasound transmitting element there is located at least one cooling chamber (11) with cooling liquid for cooling the ultrasound transmitting element and the tissue closest to the therapeutic ultrasound transducer (2) and a temperature sensor is provided to measure the temperature in the disc (5), preferably anulus fibrosus (8).
US07883475B2	Manipulators employing multiple deformable elongate members A manipulator is configured with three or more substantially concentric, elongate members configured such that relative rotation and translation of the elongate members adjusts both the spatial position and orientation of the distal end of the manipulator and the spatial positioning of the manipulator along its length. In one arrangement, the elongate members are pre-curved such that the distal end portions of the elongate members have generally arcuate shapes in a resting state. When the three elongate members are combined in a substantially concentric manner, the overall shape of the manipulator is a composite of the individual elongate member shapes. Varying the relative translation and rotational orientation of the component elongate members achieves a family of resulting manipulator shapes as well as a desired spatial position and orientation of the distal end portion of the manipulator.
US07883474B1	Composite braided guidewire This is a composite guidewire for use with a catheter for accessing a targeted site in a lumen system of a patient's body. The guidewire core or guidewire section may be of a stainless steel or a high elasticity metal alloy, preferably a Ni—Ti alloy, also preferably having specified physical parameters. The composite guidewire assembly is especially useful for accessing peripheral or soft tissue targets. The invention includes multi-section guidewire assemblies having super-elastic alloy or stainless steel ribbon braided reinforcements along a least a portion of the core. A variation of the inventive guidewire includes a braid and a tie layer (and one or more lubricious polymers on the tie layer exterior) to enhance the guidewire's suitability for use within catheters and within the interior of vascular lumen.
US07883472B2	Method and system of measuring IAP using a naso-enteric tube A method and apparatus for measuring the intra-abdominal pressure (IAP) within a patient having a naso-enteric tube. The system senses the IAP of the patient by means of a sensing conduit that is filled with a sensing fluid. The sensing fluid in the sensing conduit may be saline, water or feeding solution. After the sensing conduit is filled with the sensing fluid, the sensing conduit is elevated and a portion of the sensing fluid enters the patient. The remaining portion of the sensing fluid is related to the IAP and the IAP may be determined from the height of the sensing fluid within the sensing conduit.
US07883468B2	Medical system having an ultrasound source and an acoustic coupling medium An ultrasound medical system has an end effector including a medical ultrasound transducer and an acoustic coupling medium. The acoustic coupling medium has a transducer-proximal surface and a transducer-distal surface. The medical ultrasound transducer is positioned to emit medical ultrasound through the acoustic coupling medium from the transducer-proximal surface to the transducer-distal surface. The end effector is adapted to change a property (such as the shape and/or the temperature) of the acoustic coupling medium during emission, and/or between emissions, of medical ultrasound from the medical ultrasound transducer during a medical procedure on a patient. In one example, such changes are used to change the focus and/or beam angle of the emitted ultrasound during the medical procedure.
US07883467B2	Ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus An event signal is generated in response to a specific event as a trigger. A recording control unit controls the operation of an image recording unit on the basis of the event signal, thereby automatically forming, as a unit, and recording moving image information based on a unified standard. In addition, an event signal is generated in response to a specific event as a trigger. On the basis of ultrasonic image data of a frame corresponding to the event signal generation, a representative image as an index for search is automatically generated and recorded in association with the ultrasonic image data of the corresponding frame. Furthermore, the recorded representative image is read out and set on the screen. The ultrasonic image data is reproduced on the basis of the frame associated with the representative image selected by the operator.
US07883466B2	Ultrasonic probe apparatus and ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus An ultrasonic probe apparatus which applies a RF pulse signal with a DC bias signal superimposed thereon to c-MUTs and transmits/receives an ultrasound wave is configured such that a transmission control system includes bias regulators which regulate the voltage value of the DC bias signal, a reception control system has a plurality of different frequency band pass filtering characteristics including at least those for a low pass and high pass and a frequency band pass filtering processing section which can select at least one frequency band pass filtering characteristic from those frequency band pass filtering characteristics. The apparatus controls voltage settings of the bias regulators in conjunction with the selection of frequency band pass filtering characteristics of the frequency band pass filtering processing section.
US07883465B2	Finger operated switch for controlling a surgical handpiece According to the invention, a finger-operated switch for activating and operating an ultrasonic surgical handpiece is provided. The power output of the surgical handpiece is responsive and proportional to the pressure applied to the finger-operated switch. The finger-operated switch includes, but not limited to, force sensitive resistors whose resistance is proportional to the force applied by the finger of the human operator of the surgical handpiece, force sensitive capacitors whose capacitance is proportional to the pressure, deflection or compression of the insulation layer between two electrodes or is proportional to the spacing between the two conductive layers, strain gauges mounted underneath or integral to the housing of the surgical handpiece such that the pressure applied thereto results in an output change in the strain gauges, magnets or ferromagnets encased or embedded in an elastomer with a sensor inside the surgical handpiece that detects the field strength of the magnet and monitors changes relative to the force applied to the handpiece housing, and piezo film or piezo ceramic whose charge or voltage is proportional to the force applied.
US07883464B2	Integrated transmitter unit and sensor introducer mechanism and methods of use Method and apparatus for providing an integrated transmitter unit and sensor insertion mechanism is provided.
US07883463B2	Combination sensor for physiological parameters A compact combination sensor is provided for physiological parameters, which can be worn behind the ear. The combination sensor has a heat flux sensor (1) for detecting two temperatures (Th1, Th2) for determining the body core temperature (Tc), an acoustic sensor (2) for measuring the heart rate (HR) and for detecting speech signals, as well as a measured signal evaluating unit (4, 5, 7). A communications interface (8) is provided for transmitting the processed data from the measured signal evaluating unit (4, 5, 7) to a communications unit (9) are located in the sensor carrier (11).
US07883460B2	Endoscope An endoscope has an insertion portion provided with a freely curvable curving portion; a grip portion provided at a base end side of the insertion portion and grasped by an operator. There provided at the grip portion and in its periphery is an instructing operation element with a function of implementing a curve instructing operation of the curving portion and a function of implementing the other instructing operation different from the above described curve instructing operation.
US07883459B2	Endoscope and method for repairing the same Distal ends of the LG fiber bundles are held in a state of being inclined outwardly with respect to an insertion direction of the distal end rigid portion, an observation hole for holding the image-pickup unit is formed at the distal end rigid portion, illumination holes for holding the distal ends of the LG fiber bundles are formed around the observation hole, the illumination holes are inclined outwardly with respect to an insertion direction of the distal end rigid portion, extended lines of inclined angles of the illumination holes are set to pass through backward of the observation hole, and a space after removal of the image-pickup unit from the observation hole is secured as a space for withdrawal of the LG fiber bundles.
US07883454B2	Inner elongated structure of the roll of a paper/board machine or finishing machine The roll of a paper/board machine or finishing machine has an inner elongated structure (11; 104) which is at least partly comprised of composite material, including reinforcing fibers in matrix material. The structure is preferably comprised of a combination of metallic material and composite material.
US07883450B2	Body weight support system and method of using the same A body-weight support system that allows individuals with severe gait impairments to practice over-ground walking in a safe, controlled manner is disclosed. The system includes a body-weight support system that rides along a driven trolley and can be controlled in response to the movement of the subject using the system.
US07883448B2	Side-supporting type folding mechanism for a treadmill A side-supporting type folding mechanism for a treadmill having a rotating shaft pivotally disposed at the bottom of a base frame of the treadmill. Both sides of the rotating shaft are provided with a wing panel. The other end of the wing panel is supported by a pneumatic cylinder. Meanwhile, the center of the wing panel is pivotally connected with a top rod such that another end of the top rod pushes a rotating disc movable with the handrail. In addition, the center of the rotating shaft is connected with an auxiliary support having ground-touching rollers. Meanwhile, the pivot joints among the pneumatic cylinder, the wing panel and the top rod are disposed at a position of the same axle line. In this way, a potential great shear stress created between the supporting elements can be eliminated when the treadmill is folded in a folded position. Thus, the service life of the supporting elements can be extended.
US07883446B2	Trampoline enclosure with access door A trampoline and enclosure with an improved ingress and egress is provided. The enclosure is made from a flexible material with an arched entry way. The entry way is arched, or some other shape (symmetrical or asymmetrical), so that when it is in the open position, the material closing the arch falls out of the way facilitating ingress and egress to the jumping chamber.
US07883440B2	8-speed transmission The transmission has a plurality of members that can be utilized in powertrains to provide eight forward speed ratios and one reverse speed ratio. The transmission includes three planetary gear sets, five torque-transmitting devices, one fixed interconnection, three external gear sets and a final drive gear set. The powertrain includes an engine and torque converter that is continuously connected to one of the planetary gear members and an output member that is continuously connected with one of the external gear sets. The five torque-transmitting devices provide interconnections between various planetary and external gear members, the input shaft, and the transmission housing, and are operated in combinations of three to establish eight forward speed ratios and one reverse speed ratio.
US07883427B1	Device for shot tracking A device for tracking a golfer's shot during a round of golf wherein the device comprises a housing composed of a polymer material, the housing having a main body and a projection body extending from the main body, the projection body having a length ranging from 1 mm to 5 mm and a diameter ranging from 20 mm to 25 mm, a battery, a microprocessor and an accelerometer. The accelerometer is preferably a multiple axis accelerometer. The circuit is preferably utilized with a device for shot tracking.
US07883426B2	Child motion device A child motion device has a frame assembly configured to rest on a floor surface. The device also has a drive system that defines a generally vertical axis of rotation. An arm extends from part of the device and is cantilevered from the axis of rotation. The arm is supported above the floor surface and has a driven end coupled to and movable by the drive system and a distal end opposite the driven end. The drive system is configured to pivotally reciprocate the arm through a partial orbit around the axis of rotation. A child seat is supported on the distal end of the support arm.
US07883425B2	Flooring system A floor system for simulating a natural environment, such as snow, is disclosed. The system includes a confinement member that holds an aggregate. The confinement member may be positioned between a pair of disturbing agent layers comprising meshes that contact the confinement member at a plurality of discrete points. Force applied to the floor system by a user walking across the system results in force being communicated to the confinement member through the disturbing agent layers through the plurality of discrete contact points. The force applied at each of the discrete contact points causes portions of the aggregate proximate to the contact points to shift, resulting in vibrations and sounds that simulate the sound and feel of walking on snow. Additional layers for support, durability, and comfort may also be included in the floor system.
US07883424B2	Torque transmission device useful as a fixed constant velocity ball joint for drive shafts and method for producing such a joint A torque transmission device such as a fixed constant velocity ball joint constructed as an opposed track joint and a process for producing such a device, in which the curvatures bases of the tracks of the joint deviate in their axial course from the curvatures of the ball contact lines. The process is characterized in that prior to the formation of a longitudinal profile of the joint component, the component is brought to an increased hardness by a hardening process and a diffusion layer is partially or completely removed in the region of the longitudinal profile.
US07883423B2	Shaft coupling mechanism for electric power steering apparatus A shaft coupling mechanism for an electric power steering apparatus includes a coupling base body coupled to a rotating shaft; a coupling base body coupled to a steering shaft serving as a rotating shaft; and a rotation transmitting member which is disposed between the both coupling base bodies and transmits the rotation of the coupling base body in a direction about the axis, i.e., in an R direction, to the coupling base body as rotation in the R direction.
US07883419B2	Proxy device to packetize data to send to a wireless network A data transmission system includes: a data generation device generating data in each time slot; a wireless access device; a proxy device interconnecting the data generation device and the wireless access device via wired network; and a mobile device connected to the wireless access device via wireless network and receiving the generated data. The proxy device includes in a packet the generated data in each time slot or the difference of the generated data between each time slot and a reference time slot associated therewith to generate a packetized data in accordance with data loss rate and data transmission delay in the wireless network and sends the packetized data to the wireless access device. The wireless access device determines an upper limit of retransmissions of the packetized data for the mobile device in accordance with the data loss rate and the data transmission delay in the wireless network.
US07883415B2	Method and apparatus for adjusting a view of a scene being displayed according to tracked head motion A method for processing interactive user control with a scene of a video clip is provided. The method initiates with identifying a head of a user that is to interact with the scene of the video clip. Then, the identified head of the user is tracked during display of the video clip, where the tracking enables detection of a change in position of the head of the user. Next, a view-frustum is adjusted in accordance with the change in position of the head of the user. A computer readable media, a computing device and a system for enabling interactive user control for defining a visible volume being displayed are also included.
US07883413B2	Interactive game playing preferences A disclosed gaming machine may be customized according to one or more player preferences. A player may view and modify player preferences stored in a player preference account as preference account information. The preference account information may include but is not limited to loyalty point account information, loyalty point account settings, promotional opportunities, preferred games, preferred game features for the preferred games, preferred gaming machine settings, preferred bonus games, preferred service options and preferred progressive games. The preference account information may be stored in a plurality of preference accounts on a preference account server. Using a preference account interface which may be compatible with a web-browser, a player may be able to view and modify preference account information stored on the preference account server from a number remote devices such as a gaming machine, a home computer, a hotel room video interface and a casino kiosk.
US07883408B2	Station for reading and/or writing in electronic gaming chips Station for reading and/or writing in a memory of a token having an electronic circuit, wherein the station includes a token storing system. An antenna arrangement includes antennas. At least two antennas include antenna loops that are disposed adjacently and at least partly superposed on each other so as to define an enlarged reading and/or writing area in which transmission quality is substantially homogeneous. A communication unit is adapted to exchange information with the memory via the antenna arrangement when the token is arranged in the token storing system in an orientation that allows for communication.
US07883407B2	Method of awarding prizes for jackpot and gaming machines based on amount wagered during a time period Periodic prize draws are conducted by a jackpot controller (13) in a gaming system having one or more electronic gaming devices (10). The probability of each electronic gaming device winning a particular prize draw is dependent upon the amount wagered on that gaming machine during a period preceding that prize draw. The prize may be a progressive jackpot which comprises an initial starting value and a contribution from the amounts wagered on the electronic gaming devices. If an electronic gaming device wins a prize draw, its player may be granted a feature game to determine the actual prize. Jackpots are suspended pending the completion of the feature game. The probability that a gaming device will win the prize draw, or the relative win probabilities of the gaming devices, may be displayed graphically.
US07883405B2	Lottery and gaming systems with multi-theme instant win games In one aspect, the invention is directed to a method of conducting an instant win game in combination with a base wagering game. The method may include receiving a base wagering game entry and a base wagering game wager from a player, and receiving an instant win game wager from the player. The method may further include storing a game theme indicator, storing a plurality of instant win game outcome display themes, and determining an outcome of the instant win game for the player. Still further, the method may include displaying the outcome of the instant win game to the player, wherein the outcome may be displayed with one of the plurality of instant win game outcome display themes, and with the one of the plurality of instant win game outcome display themes corresponding to the stored game theme indicator. In addition, the method may include awarding the player an instant win game prize corresponding to the outcome of the instant win game.
US07883404B2	Slot machine with user selectable accumulative hold symbols and playing method thereof The slot machine fixes symbols selected by the player's operation to press a touch panel and symbols next to selected symbols which coincide with selected symbols, and scrolls symbols other than fixed symbols.
US07883395B2	Electrical contact structures and methods for use Methods and structures. A planarization method includes: providing a contact structure, where the contact structure includes an axle configured to rotate about an axis of rotation, a plurality of cantilever arms, each arm having a first end connected to the axle, where each arm extends radially outward from the axle; and a plurality of electrically conductive spheres, where at least one sphere is disposed on a second end of each arm; placing a substrate in contact with the spheres, applying an electric voltage to the axle, where the voltage transfers to the substrate, where responsive to the transfer an electrochemical reaction occurs on the substrate; rotating the axle, wherein the spheres revolve about the axis, wherein at least one sphere remains in electrical contact with the substrate; and electrochemical-mechanically planarizing the substrate. Also included is a contact structure, an electrical contact, and an electrical contact method.
US07883394B2	Substrate holding mechanism, substrate polishing apparatus and substrate polishing method A substrate holding mechanism, a substrate polishing apparatus and a substrate polishing method have functions capable of minimizing an amount of heat generated during polishing of a substrate to be polished and of effectively cooling a substrate holding part of the substrate holding mechanism, and also capable of effectively preventing a polishing solution and polishing dust from adhering to an outer peripheral portion of the substrate holding part and drying thereon. The substrate holding mechanism has a mounting flange, a support member 6 and a retainer ring. A substrate to be polished is held on a lower side of the support member surrounded by the retainer ring, and the substrate is pressed against a polishing surface of a polishing table. The mounting flange is provided with a flow passage contiguous with at least the retainer ring. A temperature-controlled gas is supplied through the flow passage to cool the mounting flange, the support member and the retainer ring. The retainer ring is provided with a plurality of through-holes communicating with the flow passage to spray the gas flowing through the flow passage onto the polishing surface of the polishing table.
US07883393B2	System and method for removing particles from a polishing pad A system for removing particles from a polishing pad to improve the efficiency of the removal of material by the polishing pad as part of a chemical-mechanical polishing process, the system comprising a polishing pad; a fluid dispenser arranged to dispense a fluid on the polishing pad; and removal means, wherein the removal means include a heater for increasing the temperature of the fluid dispensed on the polishing pad, and/or voltage means for coupling the polishing pad to a voltage source for repelling charged particles from the polishing pad surface while the fluid dispenser is dispensing the fluid on the polishing pad.
US07883390B2	Bubble generating assembly A bubble producing assembly has a housing having an outlet, an air generator positioned on the housing, a bubble producing device positioned over the air generator, a first activator coupled to the air generator, a reservoir associated with the housing for storing a liquid, a pump system coupling the reservoir and the outlet, and a second activator coupled to the pump system for delivering the liquid from the reservoir out of the outlet. Thus, a user can use the first activator to generate air to produce bubbles, and can use the second activator to generate a stream of the liquid that can be aimed at the generated bubbles.
US07883387B2	Pulsed high-voltage silicon quantum dot fluorescent lamp In a method for making a pulsed high-voltage silicon quantum dot fluorescent lamp, an excitation source is made by providing a first substrate, coating the first substrate with a buffer layer of titanium, coating the buffer layer with a catalytic layer of a material selected from a group consisting of nickel, aluminum and platinum and providing a plurality of nanometer discharging elements one the catalytic layer. An emission source is made by providing a second substrate, coating the second substrate with a transparent electrode film of titanium nitride and coating the transparent electrode film with a silicon quantum dot fluorescent film comprising silicon quantum dots. A pulsed high-voltage source is provided between the excitation source and the emission source to generate a pulsed field-effect electric field to cause the nanometer discharging elements to release electrons and accelerate the electrons to excite the silicon quantum dots to emit pulsed visible light.
US07883383B2	Method and arrangement for controlling a drive arrangement in a watercraft A method is provided for controlling a drive arrangement in a watercraft. The method includes detecting thrust and steering commands from an operating device which is connected to a control unit, and controlling the drive arrangement based on detected commands from the operating device for obtaining a desired course of travel of the watercraft, wherein a force is generated which acts towards a defined position on the watercraft. The method furthermore includes determining the speed of the watercraft and adapting the position on which the force from the drive arrangement acts as a function of at least the speed and as a function of the influence of the position of the center of pressure of the watercraft, thereby maintaining the desired course of travel. An arrangement for controlling a drive arrangement in a watercraft is also provided.
US07883382B2	Grounding apparatus and grounding system including the same A grounding system includes a mounting surface, a first ground conductor including first and second ends, a plurality of second ground conductors, and a grounding apparatus. The grounding apparatus includes an elongated conductive member having a first end including an open jaw lug structured to receive and electrically and mechanically engage a portion of the first ground conductor extending transverse to the elongated conductive member, an opposite second end, and an intermediate portion disposed between the first end and the opposite second end. The intermediate portion includes a plurality of lugs. Each of the plurality of lugs is structured to receive and electrically and mechanically engage an end portion of a corresponding one of the second ground conductors. The intermediate portion further includes a plurality of mounting apertures. Each of a plurality of fasteners mounts the intermediate portion to the mounting surface at a corresponding one of the mounting apertures.
US07883379B2	Battery post clamp A battery post connector and harness in accordance with the present invention includes a pair of generally rectilinear jaws with each jaw having a peripheral notch sized and shaped to fit against a battery post. The jaws are abuttable with the notches facing one another to encompass the battery post. A pair of spaced apart bolts are provided with each bolt passing through the jaw transverse to the battery post and each bolt includes a head on one end thereof and a nut on the other end thereof for tightening jaws against the battery post. This enables the bolt to attach the cables to the jaws in a parallel relationship with respect to one another.
US07883376B2	Connector with insulation piercing contact for terminating pairs of bonded conductors There is disclosed a connector and method for terminating a cable comprised twisted pairs of conductors. In one aspect of the invention the connector comprises a wire lead guide for arranging the twisted pairs of conductors and a plurality of piercing contacts which interconnect with respective ones of the twisted pairs of conductors when the wire guide is secured to the module. In a further aspect of the invention the wire lead guide ensures that the spacing between the conductors of a particular twisted pair is maintained, thereby improving the performance of the subsequent assembly.
US07883372B1	Electrical connector having housing thereof with connected grooves to receive shielding shells thereof An electrical connector includes an insulating housing, a shielding shell and a plurality of terminals received in the insulating housing. The insulating housing has a protrusion, a middle of the protrusion protrudes frontward to form an inserting portion, and defines a plurality of first grooves adjacent to the protrusion and a plurality of second grooves connected with the corresponding first grooves. The shielding shell includes a first shielding shell and a second shielding shell, the first shielding shell has a plurality of arms, the second shielding shell defines an opening at a middle thereof, a plurality of splinters bent inward from fringes of the opening, the first shielding shell surrounds the protrusion and the inserting portion with the arms inserted in the corresponding first grooves, the second shielding shell surrounds the insulating housing, the splinters are inserted in the corresponding second grooves and abut against the corresponding arms.
US07883364B2	Cable assembly having shroud substantially covering mated receptacle connector A cable assembly (100) adapted for mating with a mating connector, includes an electrical connector (100) and a cable (120) electrically terminated to one end of the electrical connector. The electrical connector has an insulative housing (10), a number of contacts (20) received in the insulative housing, and a shielding shell (30) enclosing the insulative housing. The cable has metallic braiding layer (123). The cable assembly has a grounding plate (40) mechanically and electrically connecting with the braiding layer of the cable and the shielding shell.
US07883361B2	Connection member and harness connection body using the connection member A connection member of simple structure having a high reliability and capable of performing electric cable branching is provided. Connection portions of a plurality of electric cable terminals having an electric cable are respectively inserted into an electric cable terminal insertion hole of a holding body. Cylindrical contact points of the connection portions are aligned in a pin terminal insertion hole and a pin terminal is inserted into the pin terminal insertion hole. The pin terminal is successively inserted into the cylindrical contact points of the electric cable terminals arranged in parallel in the pin terminal insertion hole so that the pin terminal is electrically connected to the plurality of connection portions and the connection portions are short-circuited with one another.
US07883358B1	Connection-sensing DC plug and DC connector with the same A connection-sensing DC plug has an insulative body, a connection portion, two power terminals, a conductive sheet and a retractable pin. The connecting portion is adapted to electronically connect to a target device and has an isolation layer and a ground layer. The conductive sheet is mounted in the insulative body and contacts either the isolation layer or the ground layer. The retractable pin is movably mounted in the insulative housing parallel to the connecting portion, with one end securely engaging the conductive sheet and the other end protruding from the insulative body. When the DC plug is connected to the target device, the retractable pin is pressed and moves inward to bend the conductive sheet, turning the conductive sheet to a floating state and resulting in a trigger signal.
US07883354B1	Modular plug A modular plug includes a main body and a fixing block. The main body includes an upper housing, a lower housing, and blades. The upper housing includes a first top surface defining slits for respectively retaining one contact and a first bottom surface defining a first cavity and indents extending from one sidewall of the first cavity. The first bottom surface includes wires being connected with one contact. The lower housing includes a second top surface, abutting against the first bottom surface of the upper housing, and a second bottom surface. The second top surface defines a second cavity and slots extending from one sidewall of the second cavity. The second bottom surface forms an elastic tab extending therefrom. The blades are respectively received in one indent. The fixing block is fitted in to the first cavity and the second cavity and includes fixing portions fixing cores of a cable.
US07883351B2	Socket for mounting electronic component A socket for mounting an electronic component that can connect an electronic component always in a correct orientation is provided. Socket-side engaging parts (9) are provided at a plurality of places of a peripheral wall (3) of a socket housing (5) having an electronic component accommodating part (4) that is surrounded by the peripheral wall (3) raised from the four side parts of a quadrangle-shape bottom plate (2). The socket-side engaging parts (9) include elastic fixing pieces whose fixing protrusions (9a) at the tip ends are locked in the bottom parts of respective locking recessed parts of the peripheral wall of the electronic component (6). An electronic component is held in the electronic component accommodating part (4) by these socket-side engaging parts (9). In one side part (3d) of opposing two side parts (3b), (3d) of the peripheral wall (3) of the four side parts (3a), (3b), (3c), (3d) of the socket housing (5), plural socket-side engaging parts (9) are arranged closer to the both end sides thereof with an interval in between, and in the remaining other side part (3b), one or plural socket-side engaging parts are arranged closer to the center side thereof adjacent to each other.
US07883349B2	Socket connector having metallic positioning member securing electronic device therein A socket connector for receiving an electronic device includes an insulative housing with sidewalls extending upwardly and a plurality of contacts retained in the insulative housing. The sidewalls define a receiving space for the electronic device. At least one side wall is provided with a protrusion. An elastic positioning member is mounted within the protrusion and has an engaging section extending into the receiving space.
US07883348B2	Burn-in socket with sliding member movable in dual directions A burn-in socket comprises a base, a plurality of terminals received in the base, a lid mounted upon the base, and a sliding member mounted on the base. The terminal has a movable arm and a static arm, the lid has a number of actuating portions downwardly extending from the bottom thereof to drive the sliding member. The actuating portion of the lid drives the sliding member to move in both a longitudinal direction and a transverse direction, so that the movable arm moves not only in the longitudinal direction but also in the transverse direction to avoid interference with a static arm of an adjacent terminal.
US07883342B2	Electric junction box An electric junction box which includes: a wiring board; a connector block having a body part and terminals, the terminal penetrating through a bottom wall of the body part and one end part of the terminal being electrically connected to the wiring board; a case which is arranged above the bottom wall of the body part, has holes each of which allows an opposite end part of the terminal to pass therethrough so as to expose the terminal, and receives the wiring board and the connector block therein; and a drain part provided on an inner surface of the case so that water, which enters into the case from the hole and is drained from the connector block, moves downward along the inner surface of the case and is drained outside the case.
US07883341B2	Modular connector with EMI protection A connector includes a first and second housing that are configured to be coupled together. The connector may include two circuit cards supported by card supports. Mating edges of the first and second housing are configured to be coupled together and may include one or more crushed ribs positioned in an elongated channel/elongated shoulder interface. The one or more crushed ribs may be configured so as to be spaced apart a distance that acts to improve the electrical shielding provided by the connector. The connector may be configured to be coupled to a cable.
US07883336B2	Implant having circumferentially oriented roughness Implant (10) having a shaft which is adapted in use to be embedded in bone tissue and which has an outer surface provided with a circumferentially-oriented roughness. The circumferentially-oriented roughness has first and second axial sections (19, 21) with each section comprising a series of circumferentially-oriented peaks which have a crest and which are axially spaced apart by troughs. The axial spacing (d) between the crests of adjacent peaks in the first axial section (19) is less than the axial spacing (3d) between the crests of adjacent peaks in the second axial section (21). Although the axial spacing between the crests of adjacent peaks in the first and second axial sections of circumferentially-oriented roughness differs, the first and second axial sections of circumferentially-oriented roughness are adapted in use to provide the same or substantially the same pitch.
US07883335B2	Reinforced gingival retraction cord Gingival retraction cords are constructed from two or more strands that are interlocked to form a knitted, braided, woven, or twisted retraction cord. At least one strand is made from an absorbent material and another strand is made from a degradation-resistant material, such as nylon, polyester, fiberglass, or metal. The absorbent strands are impregnated with an active agent. The degradation-resistant strands resist degradation by the active agent. Alternatively, one or more strands are used to make the knit, weave, or braid and each strand is made from two or more different fibers. For example, one or more absorbent fibers and one or more synthetic fibers can be twisted to make a blended strand. The blended strands can be used to knit, braid, or weave a retraction cord. Because the degradation-resistant strands are part of the strand pattern, the retraction cords can be made sturdier without adversely affecting the cord's inherent deformation properties.
US07883333B2	Valve gate A valve gate of an injection valve includes a center pin whose end portion is exposed to a cavity, a valve main body accommodating the center pin, a valve tip surrounding an outer circumferential portion of the end portion of the center pin and fixed at an inner circumferential portion of the valve main body, a sleeve pin provided so as to be slidable along the center pin, a reservoir portion formed between the valve main body and the sleeve pin and accommodating a molten resin, and a heater surrounding the reservoir portion, wherein the sleeve pin is displaceable between a position where an opened state is established and a position where a closed state is established, and an end portion of the heater facing the cavity is positioned closer to the cavity than an end portion of the reservoir portion facing the cavity when the closed state is established.
US07883332B2	Method and apparatus for producing a seal including a portion having a wall of variable thickness The method makes it possible to produce a seal (1) of an extruded plastics material, including a tubular section (3) with a wall of variable thickness (WT), using a distribution chamber having a terminal die plate (12) with an annular extrusion orifice (15) formed therein, corresponding to the cross section of the tubular section (3). A chamber (18) is formed in the distribution chamber in communication with the extrusion orifice (13) and into which an elastomeric material is fed for forming the tubular section (3). The chamber (18) of the distribution chamber is in open communication with the outside environment by a passage (21) which is separate from the extrusion orifice (13) and is provided to carry a flow of elastomeric material coming from the chamber (18). During extrusion, the output cross section of the elastomeric material through the passage (21) is varied so as to cause corresponding variations in the pressure of the elastomeric material in the chamber (18) and corresponding variations in the thickness of the wall (WT) of the tubular section (3) extrud through the extrusion orifice (13).
US07883326B1	Apparatus and assembly for interchanging indicia of tire molds An apparatus selectively forms indicia of a tire sidewall. The apparatus includes a tire mold member for vulcaninzing an uncured tire. The tire mold member includes a surface engageable with a portion of the uncured tire, a detachable indicia forming member engageable with a portion of the uncured tire to form indicia on a surface of the tire sidewall, and a housing for releasably retaining the indicia forming member on the tire mold member. The housing is fixed to the tire mold member and releasably secures the indicia to the tire mold member. The indicia forming member is secured to the housing by an impact device applied in a first direction and released from the housing by mechanical pressure to one end portion of the indicia forming member applied in the first direction.
US07883324B2	Wind turbine airfoil family A family of airfoils for a wind turbine blade. Each airfoil may include a blunt trailing edge, a substantially oval shaped suction side, and a substantially S-shaped pressure side.
US07883323B2	Fan with improved heat dissipation A fan includes a rotatable center member that is centered relative to an axis of rotation of the fan. The fan includes a number of blades radially extending from the rotatable center member. Each blade may have one or more ribs extending therefrom non-parallel to the axis of rotation of the fan. Each blade may be may be flat in shape, except for the ribs extending therefrom, or it may have a cycloidal curvature that curves away from the direction in which the rotatable center member rotates. In addition to or in lieu of the ribs, each blade may have a side profile that is non-linear. The side profile may be a zigzag or a curvy shape. The side profile may have one or more notches pointed in a direction opposite that in which the rotatable center member rotates, or may have one or more holes extending through the blade.
US07883319B2	Method and device for monitoring the state of rotor blades on wind power installations The invention relates to a method and a device for monitoring the state of rotor blades on wind power installations. According to the invention, structure-borne noise is measured by means of at least one displacement sensor arranged on the rotor blade, the output signals of said sensors determine a frequency spectrum in an evaluation unit by means of suitable methods, the frequency spectrum is compared to reference spectra corresponding to defined states of damage and other particular states and stored in the evaluation unit, and the state of the rotor blade is determined therefrom. The aim of the invention is to provide a method and a device which enable existing local inner and outer damage, and other particular damage-causing states of the rotor blades, to be rapidly identified and evaluated, in order to take into account the effect thereof on the operation of the installation in an automatic manner. To this end, structure-borne noise is measured from a sequence of individual measurements carried out directly one after the other, the beginning of each of said individual measurements being triggered according to a uniform rotational angle of the rotor blade in relation to the rotational axis of the rotor, and all of the determined frequency spectra of each individual measurements are accumulated before being compared with the reference spectra.
US07883317B2	Method for optimizing the operation of a wind turbine A method for optimizing the operation of a wind turbine is provided, the method comprising the steps of: (a) adjusting at least one control parameter of said wind turbine to a predetermined starting value; (b) measuring at least one response variable of said wind turbine and at least one further variable indicative of an ambient condition of the wind turbine; (c) repeating step (b) N times, wherein N is a predetermined integer, wherein said at least one control parameter is varied at each repetition; (d) determining a measured relation between the at least one control parameter with respect to the at least one response variable and the at least one further variable indicative of an ambient condition; (e) determining an optimized value of said at least one control parameter with respect to said response variable from said measured relation; (f) adjusting a set point of said at least one control parameter to said optimized value.
US07883316B2	Monitoring the operation of a wind energy plant The invention relates to a method of monitoring the operation of a wind energy plant, wherein the operation comprises collection of blade-related operational data. Novel aspects of the method according to the invention comprises that, in predefined points on the blade, position indicators are arranged that can be used in a positioning system for identifying the position of the position indicators; and that the positions of the position indicators and hence the position of the predefined points are determined and collected as a part of said blade-related operational data.
US07883311B2	Bearing assembly and method of assembling the same A rotor assembly for a gas turbine engine is provided. The rotor assembly includes a compressor rotor, a compressor stator coupled upstream from the compressor rotor, and a bearing assembly coupled between the compressor rotor and the compressor stator for supporting the compressor rotor. The bearing assembly includes a pair of foil thrust bearings coupled to a portion of the compressor stator and a pair of spring packs coupled substantially co-axially to the pair of foil thrust bearings. A method of assembling the same is also provided.
US07883309B2	Method and apparatus for handling pipe An apparatus and method for handling pipe includes an elongate frame structure for mounting on a ground surface, in which a carriage unit is mounted on the frame structure and is operable for selective and reciprocal shifting along the frame structure. A boom member mounted on the carriage unit is operable for selected pivotal movement relative to the carriage unit, and a plane generally parallel to the boom member's longitudinal axis, about a generally horizontal pivot axis oriented transverse to the direction of shifting of the carriage unit along the frame structure. An elongate pipe carrier mounted on the boom member as dimensioned for receiving pipe so that the pipe's longitudinal axis is substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the boom member and the pipe member, wherein the pipe carrier is operable for selective pivotal movement about its longitudinal axis.
US07883307B2	Self-drilling fastener A self-drilling fastener from which objects may be hung, for use in a friable material with or without an underlying member at the point of use or in a semi-rigid material such as a hollow core door comprises an elongated body having a threaded exterior with separate threads for drilling into the member, gripping the member, gripping the friable material and/or gripping the semi-rigid material. The fastener may further have a thread having a relatively small-diametered solid portion from which objects hang and an axially expanding angled portion for biasing the object toward the solid portion to stabilize and prevent the object from dislodging from the fastener.
US07883302B2	Machine tool A cutting tool holder unit is composed of a cutting tool holder adapted to detachably mount a cutting tool thereon, and a front cover of a flange shape slidably fitted into a side of the cutting took holder mounted on a multi-spindle head. A groove formed on the inner circumferential surface of the front cover is slidably fitted into a groove formed on the cutting tool holder to form a cutting oil circulating channel and a cutting oil injection port is opened at an upstream position of a cutting tool mounting section relative to the direction of rotation of the cutting tool holder.
US07883301B2	Safety protection device for electrical circuit panel boxes and the like An electrical safety device for use within an electrical circuit panel box and other electrical cabinetry is constructed of a tubular, transparent sleeve having a first and a second end. One end has a removable cap and the other end is provided with a means for attaching the sleeve to the interior wall surface of the electrical panel box or other electrical cabinetry. The safety device functions to catch the metallic waste material that is generated when the wall of the panel box or cabinetry is drilled to add other conduits to the panel box so that it does not penetrate any of the electrical components or wiring within the panel box. The safety device also functions to isolate the drill bit from contact with the components within the panel box. The removable cap facilitates emptying of the sleeve after use.
US07883300B1	Tool holder and metal cutting insert with chip breaking surfaces A metal cutting insert (10) having a pair of cutting portions (10a, 10b) disposed on either end of a shank portion (10c), each cutting portion having a front clearance face (20), the upper boundary of which defines a cutting edge (14). A pair of spaced apart chip breaking surfaces (26a, 26b, 28a, 28b) commence at or near the cutting edge and extend away from the cutting edge. A pair of secondary chip breaking surfaces (44a, 44b, 46a, 46b, 48a, 48b, 50a, 50b) are located downstream of the first chip breaking surfaces and are interconnected with associated first chip breaking surfaces by transition surfaces. A center channel (30) is located between the chip breaking surfaces and includes an entry portion (30a). A tool holder (100) includes a base (102) and clamping arm (104) which together define a gap (106) for receiving one of the cutting portions of the insert.
US07883297B2	Gabion deployment A gabion deployment system comprising: a container (30) for retaining a gabion (22) and a gabion (22) of the folding type comprising hingedly attached, connected side walls (16 & 18) and cross-members (12) such that it can be folded for storage and deployed for use; a retaining means (50) associated with the container (30) for retaining the gabion (20) in the container; and at least one releasable attaching, connecting or retentive engaging means (66) for attaching, connecting or retentively engaging at least one part of the gabion (22) to the retaining means (50); wherein the at least one releasable attaching, connecting or retentively engaging means (66) is adapted to attach, connect or retentively engage a part of the gabion (22) to the retaining means (50) when the gabion (22) is folded but to release the gabion (22) from the retaining means (50) when the gabion (22) is deployed.
US07883293B2	Connector assembly for an off shore riser Connector assembly adapted to connect riser member of riser device to another riser member for connecting an oil well to an oil rig includes a male part having a male axial portion and a female part having a female axial portion opposite to said male axial radial portion, which together form a seat. A sealing ring having a radially extending annular stem provided with first and second axial seal support portions, and a radial annular portion interconnecting said first and second seal support surfaces being axially separated. Said radially extending annular stem has a first axial seal support portion adapted at atmospheric pressure to abut said male axial portion and a second axial seal support portion adapted during use to abut said female axial portion.
US07883288B2	Connector A connector (11) for connection to a hollow frame member (12) the connector having at least one projection (17) for receiving a complimentary end of the hollow frame member, the projection having raised portions (19) on an outer surface thereof and the projection is dimensioned relative to the hollow frame member such that force is required to fit the hollow end over the projection and during fitting the hollow end of the frame member is deformed about the projection so as to be internally engaged by the raised portions.
US07883283B2	Printer equipped with cutter mechanism A rolled sheet is accommodated in an accommodating section. A cover is movable between an open position for opening the accommodating section and a closed position for covering the accommodating section. A part of the rolled sheet fed from the accommodating section is transported through the transporting path. A print head is disposed in a first side relative to the transporting path and operable to perform printing on the part of the rolled sheet in the transporting path. A cutter is disposed in the first side and movable between an operable position at which the cutter is operable to cut the part of the rolled sheet and a covered position at which the cutter is not operable to cut the part of the rolled sheet. The cutter is moved to the operable position when the cover is moved from the open position to the closed position, and is moved to the covered position when the cover is moved from the closed position to the open position. A cutter cover covers the cutter in the covered position.
US07883281B2	Camera body, interchangeable lens, and camera system including camera body and interchangeable lens An interchangeable lens system includes an interchangeable lens capable of communication between the interchangeable lens and a camera body. The interchangeable lens includes a camera identifying unit that identifies a camera body from information obtained by the communication between the interchangeable lens and the camera body. In response to a data transmitting request instruction transmitted from the camera body through the communication, the camera identifying unit converts reply data into a format adapted for the camera body on the basis of an identifying result of the camera identifying unit, and transmits the reply data.
US07883280B2	Shutter activation system A shutter includes at least one shutter blade, a magnet moveably connected to the at least one shutter blade, and a solenoid defining a gap between a first pole and a second pole. The solenoid is configured to controllably draw the magnet into the gap in a first state and to controllably repel the magnet from the gap in a second state.
US07883274B2	Bail type unlocking device for opto-electronic module A bail type-unlocking device for an opto-electronic module, which pertains to an unlocking device for a hot pluggable type opto-electronic module in the optical communication field. The unlocking device includes: a bottom housing; an operating unit; a latching unit; an elastic element; and a briquetting; wherein: the latching unit is movably engaged with the bottom housing; the elastic element is provided between the latching unit and the bottom housing, and the latching unit can be movable relative to the bottom housing under the elastic force of the elastic element; the operating unit is configured to be engaged with the bottom housing, when an external force from an operator is applied to the operating unit, the operating unit pivots around a pivot axis thereof with respect to the bottom housing to drive the latching unit so that the latching unit can be movable between a locked position and an unlocked position with respect to the bottom housing; and the briquetting is fixed on the bottom housing and engages with the operating unit, when the latching unit is located at the unlocked position, the briquetting restricts the pivot movement of the operating unit around the pivot axis with respect to the bottom housing.
US07883271B2	Rolling bearing device and rotary apparatus In a rolling bearing including an oil supply unit for supplying lubricating oil stored in a tank by a pump via a nozzle which is made to open in an annular space defined between an inner ring and an outer ring, the nozzle is made to open in a space between an inner circumferential surface of a case and the inner ring, and the inner circumferential surface of the cage is formed into a surface in which an inside diameter of the cage is reduced gradually in a continuous or intermittent fashion from an axial center portion towards at least an end portion lying on a side where the nozzle is inserted, whereby a lubricating oil dropped on to the inner circumferential surface of the cage is caused to flow towards the axial center portion by virtue of centrifugal force generated by the rotation of the cage, so as to prevent the lubricating oil from flowing out to the outside of the bearing unit.
US07883269B2	Structure for closing a rail mounting hole A structure for closing a track rail mounting hole is disclosed, which prevents a closing cap from being press-fitted with an inclined state into the rail mounting hole, thereby being capable of positively preventing formation of a gap between the rail mounting hole and the closing cap. The closing cap includes a fitting portion having an outer diameter larger than an inner diameter of the rail mounting hole, to be press-fitted into the rail mounting hole; and a leading end portion to be inserted into the rail mounting hole before press-fitting the fitting portion into the rail mounting hole, for provisionally positioning the closing cap with respect to the rail mounting hole.
US07883268B2	Package having a fluid actuated closure The package generally includes at least first and second panel portions operably connected to define an interior cavity therebetween. The first panel portion can include a fluid chamber operably disposed along a portion of the first panel portion such that a portion of the fluid chamber is adapted to operably abut or confront the second panel portion to generally block an access opening into the interior cavity. The second panel portion can further include a fluid chamber.
US07883264B1	Method and apparatus for personal product delivery A method and apparatus for personal product delivery have been disclosed.
US07883262B2	Device for manufacturing ready-to-use knifing filler by mixing a binder and hardener component A device (100) for manufacturing ready-to-use knifing filler for spackling surfaces, in particular of motor vehicle bodies, by mixing a binder component and a hardener component to a pasty or fluid mixing material using a mixing device (1) consisting of a hollow cylindrical stator section and a rotor section rotatably accommodated, and an annular gap forming the mixing chamber formed between the rotor section and stator section. The device has a fixed base (101) with a supporting plate (104′) that forms a filler head (104) for holding a supply tank (90) for the binder component and for three supply tanks (91, 92, 92′) for the hardener component, and a first drive unit (102) to actuate the hydraulic cylinder for the supply tank (90) for the binder component and for two supply tanks (91, 92) for the hardener component, a second drive unit (250) for the mixing device (1) and a third drive unit (270) to actuate the plunger rod designed as a toothed rack, wherein all three drive units are combined in a control device (280), which is used to control a first running of hardener component for 1 second and a last running for 1 second, as well as the supply of binder component and other hardener components in the mixing device (1).
US07883260B2	Backlight assembly and flat panel display apparatus having the same In a backlight assembly and a flat panel display apparatus, the backlight assembly has a diffusing plate, a supporting member and reflecting plate. The supporting member has a base body portion, a supporting portion supporting the diffusing plate and a lamp holder receiving lamps to uniformly maintain spaced intervals between the lamps. The base body portion is disposed under the reflecting plate. The supporting portion and the lamp holder are inserted through engaging openings formed at the reflecting plate such that the supporting portion and the lamp holder are upwardly protruded with respect to the reflecting plate. Accordingly, the backlight assembly may reduce an area of the reflecting plate covered by the supporting member, thereby providing the light having uniform brightness distribution.
US07883256B2	Electronic device including optical guide provided with at least two groups of interlaced optical extractors There is disclosed a timepiece (40) including optical means for forming a decorative pattern, in the form of a figurative image, in response to an action by the user. The optical means forming a figurative image include an optical guide (1, 51) having two large faces (10, 11) and at least one lateral face (12). Optical extractors (19) each having at least one light reflective surface (20) are arranged in at least one of the large faces (11). A light source (8, 8a, 8b, 8c) is arranged so as to emit light in the direction of the reflective surfaces (20), via the lateral face (12) of the optical guide. Thus, each of the reflective surfaces causes a reflected light beam to form in a well defined direction, the set of light beams forming a figurative image in that direction, which can typically be selected as the normal with respect to the mid-plane of the watch.
US07883250B2	Lamp unit for vehicles In existing lamp unit for vehicles, the light from the semiconductor light source can not be effectively used. In the present invention, a planar reflect surface (7) is arranged between the projection lens (6) and its focus (FL1) in such a way that the planar reflect surface (7) intersects the light axis (Z1-Z1) of the projection lens (6); a light shutout member (8) is arranged between the semiconductor light source (4) and the projection lens (6); the light shutout member (8) is provided with supplemental reflect surfaces (17-20) reflecting the light (L3) from the semiconductor light source (4) toward the shade (5). As a result, the light (L3) from the semiconductor light source (4) can be effectively used.
US07883246B2	Lighting fixture and method Lighting fixtures and associated methods are provided herein. Generally, the lighting fixtures of the present invention include a lamp, a power coupler, a high-frequency generator, a mounting block adapted to receive heat from the high-frequency generator, and a device adapted to receive heat from the power coupler. In some embodiments, methods include consuming at least about 165+/−10% watts of power using a lighting fixture of the present invention, providing at least about 12,000 initial lumens using the lighting fixture, and providing the lamp with an average life of at least about 100,000 hours with a 50% failure rate. In some embodiments, methods include consuming at least about 165+/−10% watts of power using a lighting fixture of the present invention, and maintaining the temperature rise above ambient of at least a portion of the high-frequency generator at less than about 32 degrees C.
US07883244B2	Illuminating device with drying agent An exemplary illuminating device includes a light source container, a light source and a drying chamber. The light source container includes a receiving room. The light source is received in the receiving room. The drying chamber has desiccant received therein and communicates with the receiving room. The desiccant is configured for absorbing moisture in the illuminating device, therefore, drying the illuminating device.
US07883242B2	Light emitting diode light bulbs with strands of LED's An LED light bulb includes a base and a hollow shell. The base has a closed end, an open end and a sleeve between the two ends. The shell is connected to the open end of the base. The LED light bulb includes at least two LEDs substantially linearly arranged within the shell, and supported by a self-supporting wire connecting one terminal of an LED to the next LED in each strand.
US07883240B2	Light emitting diode based light source assembly An LED based light source assembly (10) comprises a circuit board (11), a plurality of LEDs (13), a heat sink (15) and a plurality of fasteners (17). The circuit board comprises a first surface (12) and a second surface (14) opposite to the first surface. The first surface is provided with electrical conductive traces (118). The plurality of LEDs are arranged on the first surface of the circuit board and electrically connecting with the electrical wires of the circuit board. The heat sink thermally contacts the second surface of the circuit board. The plurality of fasteners each comprise a first end (172) and a second end (174) opposite to the first end. The first end of each of the fasteners abuts on the first surface of the circuit board. The second end of each of the fasteners extends through the circuit board to be secured to the heat sink.
US07883237B2	Heat extractor device for fluorescent lighting fixture A lamp heat extractor device for lowering the cold spot temperature of a fluorescent lamp includes a base portion adapted to be attached to a heat conductive portion of the fluorescent lighting fixture proximate the fixture's lamp socket or sockets, and an extended sleeve end portion thermally connected to the base portion by a conductive connector portion. The conductive connector portion positions the extended sleeve portion so that it contacts the cold spot end of the fluorescent lamp or lamps held by the lamp sockets of the fixture to allow heat transfer to the fixture housing to which the heat extractor device is attached. Suitably, the outer surface of the extended sleeve end portion of the heat extractor device can have a plurality of radially extending fins for increasing surface area for heat radiation from the extended sleeve portion, thereby increasing the overall heat extracting efficiency of the device. The device can have two or more sleeve ends thermally interconnected to the base portion for contacting the cold spot ends of two or more fluorescent lamps.
US07883235B2	Hermetically sealed flashlight assembly A lighting assembly that incorporates a high brightness LED in a compact assembly that is sealed and sufficiently durable for a continuous operational range of between 350 feet below sea level and 35,000 feet above sea level. Further, the flashlight of the present invention includes a novel modular interface arrangement that allows the flashlight to be interfaced with a variety of different equipment or reconfigured in order to facilitate use for different functionality such as a marker light, a runway indicator light or a weapon mounted light.
US07883229B2	Apparatus and method for controlling lamp of refrigerator A refrigerator includes the ability to determine the amount of time that a light within the refrigerator remains on. If the on time exceeds a predetermined time period, the light is turned off. If the door of the refrigerator is repeatedly opened and closed, the total accumulated on time is monitored, and the light will be turned off when the total on time exceeds the predetermined time period. If the light remains off for more than a cooling off period, the accumulated on time timer is reset, and the light can again be turned on.
US07883227B1	Low power, low cost illuminated keyboards and keypads Methods are provided for adapting existing manufacturing processes for non-illuminated data-entry devices and mouses to the manufacture of illuminated data-entry devices. Luminescent sheets of one or more colors underlying optically transmissive device components provide illumination of the components visual to a user of the device. The optically transmissive components may be doped with phosphors or tinted to provide components that emit light of different colors. The intensity of illumination of the luminescent sheet may be controlled by the user and may vary in response to the background light of the environment.
US07883226B2	LED signal lamp An LED signal lamp (100) comprises: a housing (102), at least one LED excitation source (108) operable to emit excitation radiation of a first wavelength range (blue light), at least one phosphor material (114) for converting at least a part of the excitation radiation to radiation of a second wavelength range and a substantially transparent cover (104) provided on the housing opening. In one arrangement the excitation source (LED chip) incorporates the phosphor material. Alternatively, the phosphor can be provided remote to the excitation source such as for example on a transparent substrate which is disposed between the excitation source and transparent cover. In other arrangements, the phosphor is provided on the transparent cover or other optical components as a layer on a surface of the cover or incorporated within the cover/optical component material.
US07883219B2	System and method for displaying images System and method for thin projection display systems. An embodiment comprises a light source, an array of light modulators optically coupled to the light source, a lensed mirror optically coupled to the array, and a controller electronically coupled to the array and to the light source. The array produces images on a display plane by modulating light from the light source based on image data and the controller provides light commands to the light source and load image data into the array. The lensed mirror reflects modulated light from the array onto the display plane, the lensed mirror comprising a refractive portion and a reflective portion. The refractive portion of the lensed mirror helps to increase the light bending capability to help reduce the overall thickness of a projection display system.
US07883218B2	Projector having a light tunnel clip for suppressing positional deviation of a light tunnel A projector capable of preventing a light tunnel from positional deviation is obtained. This projector comprises a rectangular light tunnel having a hollow light guide path capable of passing light therethrough for shaping the light with the light guide path, an optical component holding member provided with a holding portion holding the light tunnel and a light tunnel clip including a first pressing portion and a second pressing portion pressing first and second surfaces, adjacent to each other, of the light tunnel toward the holding portion of the optical component holding member for holding the light tunnel in a pressed state, while the first pressing portion and the second pressing portion press positions of the first and second surfaces of the light tunnel located substantially on the same line perpendicular to the traveling direction of the light respectively.
US07883217B2	Lamp mount system for projector lamps with mount piece and clips A lamp mount system for high voltage projector lamps includes only a few parts which fit together without the need for connecting hardware. A single piece clip snaps into a single piece lamp mount and, together with the lamp form a lamp mounting assembly. The lamp mounting assembly in turn slidably engages with a single piece lamp base. The lamp mount assembly may be slideably removed when the lamp burns out.
US07883216B2	Methods and systems for multiple primary color display Methods and systems for multiple primary color display are provided. Methods and systems of the present invention improve the spectrum efficiency of a color display system, and provide enhanced brightness and color gamut. In an embodiment, methods and systems of the present invention improve the brightness of a color display system employing a high pressure lamp by efficiently incorporating lights components of the lamp output that are outside the red, green, and blue spectrum in creating the color image.
US07883213B2	Liquid crystal projection system A liquid crystal projection system (70) includes a light source (50) for emitting a white light beam of three primary colors, a polarizer (51) for polarizing the white light beam, a separating mirror (52), first and second reflecting mirrors (53, 54), first and second polarization separators (56, 57), a half-wave plate (55), a color separator (58), image modulation devices (60R, 60G, 60B) and a projection lens (59). The separating mirror splits the incident polarized white light beam into two sets of polarized light beams, a monochromatic light beam and a bichromatic light beam that are respectively output to the first and second reflecting mirrors (53, 54). The polarized monochromatic light beam is reflected by the first reflecting mirror, transformed to a light beam with reversed polarization by the half-wave plate, and output to the first polarization separator. The polarized bichromatic light beam is reflected by the second reflecting mirror to the second polarization separator for polarization splitting, and then transmitted to the color separator for separating the two primary colors. The image modulation devices are arranged on sides of the first polarization separator and the color separator for respectively transforming and modulating the incident monochromatic and bichromatic light beams. The projection lens is disposed on one side of the second polarization separator.
US07883210B2	Apparatus for photographing the anterior segment and retina of the eye through the use of a camera attachment Apparatus for photographing the anterior segment and retina of the eye through the use of a camera attachment designed to snap-fit onto an ophthalmoscope without permanently altering the ophthalmoscope itself. The plastic attachment houses a digital camera with video and still photo capabilities. A button on the camera allows for snapshots to be taken. The camera is connected to a laptop or stationary computer via a USB cable. The camera, which utilizes software for photo and video management, relays views to a computer and monitor, projecting the same view on the screen as a practitioner would see when using the ophthalmoscope traditionally.
US07883204B2	Ink jet printer An ink jet printer includes: ink jet heads that discharge aqueous ink droplets onto a printing surface of a printing medium that is transported in a predetermined direction; a vapor supply unit that is provided at a downstream side of the ink jet head in a direction in which the printing medium is transported and supplies vapor to a surface of the printing medium opposite the printing surface of the printing medium having the liquid droplets discharged from the ink jet heads in a non-contact manner; and a vapor electrostatic deposition unit that deposits the vapor supplied from the vapor supply unit to the surface of the printing medium opposite the printing surface of the printing medium using electrostatic force.
US07883199B2	Ink set, ink cartridge set, ink jet recording method, recording unit, and ink jet recording apparatus An ink set is provided which can prevent the occurrence of a new color mixing phenomenon in which a different ink comes into the insides of particular ink channels. The ink set is constituted of plurality of inks. The plurality of inks constituting the ink set is stored respectively in ink cartridges each having an ink storage portion which is brought into a hermetically-closed state. The difference in specific gravity between a first ink having the largest specific gravity and a second ink having the smallest specific gravity among the inks constituting the ink set is less than 0.020.
US07883197B2	Transport system having single insertion port for solid ink delivery in a printer A method is implemented to deliver a solid ink stick from a single insertion port to a corresponding feed channel to help ensure that each feed channel in a plurality of feed channels contains only ink sticks corresponding to the feed channel. The method includes receiving solid ink sticks in a single insertion port, identifying each ink stick received in the single insertion port, and transporting each identified ink stick from the single insertion port to one feed channel in a plurality of feed channels to enable delivery of the identified ink stick to the melting assembly appropriate for the identified ink stick.
US07883195B2	Solid ink stick features for printer ink transport and method A solid ink stick adapted for use with solid ink printers is provided. The stick includes a body defining a longitudinal axis of the body. The body defines an external periphery of the body. The external periphery has a groove formed on the periphery. The groove extends in a direction generally along the longitudinal axis of the body and at least a portion of the groove length is non linear.
US07883194B2	Printer cartridge with printing fluid, printhead and blotter A printer cartridge that has a body configured for user insertion in and removal from an inkjet printer. The cartridge has at least one printing fluid reservoir and a printhead attached to the body. Also attached is a blotter for absorbing the fluid when the cartridge is inserted into the printer. The cartridge allows simultaneous insertion and replacement of the printhead the printing fluid reservoir and the blotter.
US07883187B2	Ink jet printing apparatus In ink supply to a print head including: a common liquid chamber having an ink flow-in port into which the ink flows, and an ink flow-out port for returning the ink; discrete liquid chambers for each supplying the ink to a ejection port from the common liquid chamber; and gas-liquid separation members for each making only gas flow out from the discrete liquid chamber, wherein the pressure adjustment adjusts pressure relations of the pumps so that a relationship between a circulation pressurization pump, a circulation suction pump, and an air suction pump are provided.
US07883185B2	Thermal ink-jet ink and ink cartridge using the same There is provided an ink cartridge including: a thermal ink-jet head provided with a heat generating portion that generates thermal energy for ejecting ink from an ejection opening, and contains the ink. In the ink cartridge, the heat generating portion has, at its surface in contact with the ink, a protective layer containing at least one selected from the group consisting of a silicon oxide, a silicon nitride, and a silicon carbide; and the ink contains at least one of a polyvalent carboxylic acid and a salt thereof, and the total content of the polyvalent carboxylic acid and the salt thereof is in the range of from 0.001 mmol/l or more to 0.5 mmol/l or less. The ink cartridge shows a small change in driving pulse and a small change in image to be outputted, and provides sufficient ejection property and sufficient printing durability.
US07883184B2	Liquid transporting apparatus A liquid transporting apparatus includes a head which has individual channels. Individual electrodes and insulating layers which cover the individual electrodes respectively are provided on a channel-forming surface in which the individual channels are formed. When a predetermined electric potential is applied to the individual electrodes, an ink exists entirely in each of the individual channels, and a meniscus of the ink is formed in a discharge section corresponding to each of the individual channels. When a driver IC switches the electric potential of the individual electrodes to a ground electric potential, a part of the ink on a surface of the insulating layer moves toward the discharge section, and is discharged from the discharge section to outside of the head. Accordingly, there is provided a liquid transporting apparatus which is capable of stably discharging a liquid such as the ink in a predetermined amount.
US07883181B2	Atmospheric plasma inkjet printing apparatuses and methods for fabricating color filter using the same Atmospheric plasma inkjet printing apparatus and methods for fabricating color filters using the same. The atmosphere plasma inkjet printing apparatus includes a nozzle plate having a first column of nozzles and a second column of nozzles. An inkjet printhead module corresponds to the first column of nozzles. An atmospheric plasma module is corresponds to the second column of nozzles.
US07883178B2	Liquid ejecting apparatus A liquid ejecting apparatus comprising nozzles capable of ejecting a liquid onto a medium, a rotational drum including a circumferential surface having a holding area for holding the medium and a non-holding area provided with an opening, wherein the circumferential surface rotates while facing the nozzles, and an absorptive drum which is provided inside the rotational drum which is capable of absorbing the liquid ejected from the nozzles toward the opening of the outer circumference in order to perform a flushing operation.
US07883177B2	Tray insert for an ink tray of a production printing system Tray inserts are disclosed for production printing systems. The tray inserts rest in ink trays and hold ink absorbing elements. The tray inserts and ink absorbing elements collect ink when printheads print outside of the margin of a printable medium, or otherwise discharge ink that does not contact the medium, such as during a cleaning cycle. When the ink absorbing elements become saturated and excess ink collects in the tray inserts, the tray inserts may be lifted vertically out of the ink trays and the ink absorbing elements may be removed from the tray inserts. The excess ink may then be dumped or otherwise cleaned from the tray inserts. In one embodiment, the tray inserts include drains which are used to empty the excess ink.
US07883168B2	Reduction of dependence of color appearance on light source A look up table LUT with specific gray reproduction characteristics is used for converting RGB image data to multi-tone data of ink colors. The gray reproduction characteristics of LUT are set such that the color difference ΔE of a gray color area with an arbitrary tone level in the Lab* color system is kept at about 4 or less, assuming that the results are observed under two different light sources, such as standard light D50 and standard light A, respectively.
US07883167B2	Liquid ejector and method for ejecting liquid A liquid discharge apparatus that is capable of setting a proper deflection amount for deflecting an ink discharge direction even when the distance between the ink discharge surface and the ink landing surface of print paper varies and method of using same. The liquid discharge apparatus includes a head in which a plurality of nozzle-incorporated ink discharge sections are arrayed, discharge direction deflection means for deflecting the discharge direction of an ink discharged from a nozzle of each ink discharge section in the direction of ink discharge section arrangement, distance detection means for detecting the distance between the ink discharge surface of the head and the ink landing surface of print paper, and discharge deflection amount determination means for determining the ink discharge deflection amount (discharge angle) to be provided by the discharge direction deflection means in accordance with the results of detection by the distance detection means.
US07883163B2	Telescopic rail system and a refrigerator and/or freezer unit A telescopic rail system, in particular for refrigerator units and/or freezer units, has a support plate for the holding the telescopic rail system in the inner compartment of the refrigerator unit and/or freezer unit and two telescopic rails arranged opposite at the support plate in its lateral regions.
US07883159B2	Brake control apparatus and brake control method A brake control apparatus comprises: a braking force applying mechanism that brakes a wheel by pressing a friction member upon supply of a working fluid; and a control portion that computes a target value set for controlling the pressure of the working fluid by utilizing a detected temperature of the friction member so as to restrain fluctuations of the effect of the brake caused by temperature changes of the friction member. The control portion restricts the utilization of the detected temperature in the computation of the target value in case a decline of the detection accuracy of the friction member temperature is predicted to restrain the influence of the decline of the estimation accuracy of the friction member temperature on the braking force control.
US07883158B2	Hydraulic unit for a hydraulic vehicle brake system having anti-skid control The invention relates to a hydraulic unit for a hydraulic vehicle brake system having anti-skid control. The hydraulic unit includes a hydraulic block and an electric motor for driving hydraulic pumps inside the hydraulic block. The hydraulic block and electric motor are joined at a circumferential joint. For connection, the invention provides that the electric motor is provided with a radial flange, which is overlapped by a surrounding bead of the hydraulic block. The bead is designed so that it overlaps, in a radial inward manner, the radial flange of the electric motor by a joining process, for example, a surrounding caulking. The electric motor is sealingly connected to the hydraulic block in a simple manner by the surrounding joining process.
US07883153B2	Road milling drum having an adjustable width A road milling drum assembly that is for use with a road milling machine. The road milling drum includes a core portion carrying a first road planing bit assembly wherein the core portion detachably connects to the road milling machine. The first road planing bit assembly has a first milling width. The assembly further including one of the following components selected from the group of: (1) a protective cover that detachably connects to the core portion and the road milling machine; or (2) a milling extension segment carrying a second road planing bit assembly wherein the milling extension segment detachably connects to the core portion and the road milling machine. The second road planing bit assembly has a second milling width wherein the road milling drum has a milling width equal to the sum of the first milling width and the second milling width.
US07883150B2	Portable neck and head support with strap for holding during use and storage A portable and self storing head and neck support having a horseshoe shaped portion filled with batting material attached at the top to a rectangular shaped portion having closed sides and a continuous open interior resulting in an open end opposite the point of attachment to the horseshoe shaped portion with an internal strap secured at the closed sides said strap incorporating an elastic member.
US07883149B1	Multiple person vehicle car seats Apparatus for multiple person vehicle seats, specialized car seats, modular car seat systems, dual person car seats, and overlapping car seats, for use in a land, sea or air vehicle, mounted onto the vehicle's built-in seat and used for securing a car seat user, such as a small child, within a vehicle's regular seating positions. Car seat systems include components enabling addition or removal of seating positions for a desired number of car seat users as needed, limited only by available width space of the vehicle seat onto which it is mounted. Car seat systems and/or multiple person car seats generally provide more and/or specialized seating positions for persons in car seats than provided for regular passengers in the vehicle width space taken up by the car seat systems or the multiple person car seat.
US07883148B2	Active material head restraint assembly A head restraint assembly includes a support member and a deployable member selectively movable between a retracted position and a deployed position. At least a portion of the deployable member is farther from the support member in the deployed than in the retracted position. A latch system is configured to releasably retain the deployable member in its retracted position. An active material member is actuatable to release the latch system, to release the deployable member.
US07883145B2	High chairs and methods to use high chairs High chairs and methods to use high chairs are disclosed. An example high chair includes a frame and a seat, wherein the seat defines a slot and is shaped to funnel spills toward the slot.
US07883143B2	Collapsible portable child seat A collapsible chair has an inner frame with multiple inner cross members configured in an X structure, an outer frame with multiple outer cross members configured in an X structure, a surface coupled to the inner frame and the outer frame, and a seat support extending downward from the surface and configured to support a child. The multiple inner cross members configured in an X structure each have a first inner brace member pivotally connected to a second inner brace member. Similarly, the multiple outer cross members configured in an X structure each have a first outer brace member pivotally connected to a second outer brace member.
US07883140B2	Air-directing component and body front end of a motor vehicle An air-directing component (10) of a motor vehicle has an installation surface (18) that bears against an outer side (20) of the front end (12) of the motor vehicle. Hook-shaped projections (14.1, 14.2) protrude from the installation surface (18) and have dimensions which are matched to dimensions of the recesses (16.1, 16.2) in the front end (12) in such a manner that be pushed into recesses (16.1, 16.2) of a body front end (12) of the motor vehicle. Each projection (14.1, 14.2) reaches through the recess (16.1, 16.2) and engages behind an edge (26) of the recess (16.1, 16.2) on an inner side (28) of the front end (12). The shape and arrangement of the projections (14.1, 14.2) permit the projections (14.1, 14.2) to be pushed transversely with respect to a longitudinal axis of the motor vehicle into the recesses (16.1, 16.2).
US07883139B2	Drainage arrangement A drainage arrangement for a tailgate of a motor vehicle body has water outflow spouts in the inner panel of the tailgate. The water outflow spouts are arranged correspondingly to water outflow openings in a rear part or a rear-end trim panel of the body behind a vehicle license plate as viewed in relation to the direction of travel.
US07883138B2	Cabriolet vehicle A convertible includes an automobile body and a movable roof having at least a rear roof part and an upper roof part, wherein the rear roof part extends at least between a belt line and the upper roof part. The upper roof part is located above a passenger compartment and in front of the rear roof part. The rear roof part has a middle section that encloses a rear window and is located between lateral main posts of the automobile body when the roof is closed. The main posts and the middle section are each rotationally connected with the automobile body and with the upper roof part by joints which form a multijoint linkage whose axis of rotation lie in a common plane in at least one movement position of the roof, so that at least one additional support of the upper roof part located in front of the rear roof part is provided for supporting the upper roof part with respect to the automobile body, wherein the additional support is active in the at least one movement position of the roof.
US07883122B2	Device and method for forming elongated material This invention relates to a device and a method for forming elongated material. A device (824-864) according to the present invention for forming elongated material, is characterised in that the device comprises a track (821) for guiding the material in the device, wherein the track is arranged to guide the movement of the material into a desired form when the material is fed into the device, and the device comprises an opening (823, 824) along the entire length of the track for removing the elongated material from the device after the formation. With this invention it is possible to make knots and other structures of desired geometry easily and efficiently.
US07883121B2	Pipe coupling clamp A pipe coupling clamp including a pair of clamp half members essentially C-shaped in cross-section each having a pipe flange receiving groove for receiving the mating flanges of two pipes to be coupled. The clamp half members being hinged together at one pair of ends by a hinge including plates and releasably connected together at the other pair of ends by a locking eyebolt and associated locking eyebolt nut hingedly connected at its proximal end to the end of one clamp half member to allow pivoting moving through a slot into an open securing jaw on the other end. The locking eyebolt includes, at its proximal end, an eyebolt seating portion connected to a stepped threaded portion of reduced diameter at its distal end. Thus, initially, on loosening of the nut, the locking eyebolt will not disengage from within the securing jaw.
US07883120B2	Male element for a sealed threaded tubular connection A male element for a sealed threaded tubular connection. Before tapered reduction swaging of an end region of a tube and machining in the region of a tapered male threading and a male lip to obtain a male tubular element for makeup into a female tubular element to form a sealed threaded tubular connection after diametrical expansion, the tube is shaped over a portion of its length to produce a cylindrical internal surface that connects via a chamfer to the cylindrical internal surface of the lip obtained subsequently by machining, the radius of the first surface being greater than the radius of the second surface.
US07883118B2	Threaded joint for steel pipes A threaded joint for steel pipes for use in an oil well which has enhanced galling resistance and which is protected from rusting comprises a pin and a box each having a contact surface including a threaded portion and an unthreaded metal contact portion. The contact surface of at least one of the pin and the box has a lower layer of a viscous liquid or semisolid lubricating coating comprising at least wax and a fatty acid alkaline earth metal salt and not containing a harmful heavy metal such as lead and an upper layer of a dry solid coating formed from an aqueous resin coating composition, an organic solvent type coating composition, or an ultraviolet curing coating composition.
US07883116B2	Telescopic tube for electric household appliances equipped with electricity conduction means A telescopic tube for an electric household appliance comprises a first outer tube and a second inner tube slidable inside the first outer tube. An eletricity conduction system comprises: a) an elongate guide body comprising non electrically conductive material; b) a locking member for connecting the first end of the elongated guide body to the second inner tube; c) an outer channel connected to an outer surface of the first outer tube, the outer channel being provided for slidingly receiving the elongated guide body; d) a pair of tubular-shaped electric conductors contained in the elongated guide body; and e) a corresponding pair of substantially rigid rod-shaped electric conductors which are able to slide, at least partially, within the tubular-shaped electric conductors so that each rod-shaped electric conductor is in contact with an inner surface of a corresponding tubular-shaped electric conductor.
US07883106B2	Inflatable seat belt including a thorax airbag A seat belt assembly for use in a seat belt system of a motor vehicle to restrain a vehicle occupant. The assembly includes a belt webbing extending from a first end to a second end and includes tubular webbing extending from the first end and configured to open at a tear seam. An airbag is disposed within the tubular webbing and configured to inflate and deploy through the tear seam. A gas generator is fluidly coupled to the airbag and configured to provide an expanding gas to inflate and deploy the airbag in response to a control signal. A first part of the airbag is configured to inflate above the tubular webbing such that the first part of the airbag is disposed between a side or door of the vehicle and the thorax of the vehicle occupant.
US07883103B1	Protective cover for protecting a pair of tow bar arms A protective cover for protecting a pair of tow bar arms has a cover element adapted to fit around the pair of tow arms. The protective cover also includes a fastener adapted for fastening elongate upper edges of the cover element around each of the pair of the tow bar arms once the cover element has been folded along a fold line, so that the cover element substantially surrounds each of the tow bar arms.
US07883102B1	Apparatus for aligning trailer hitch A fixture designed to hasten and ease aligning a trailer, in particular a gooseneck trailer, to a receiver ball situated on a vehicle by using a drop rod to signal the driver when the optimum hitching point is reached.
US07883101B2	Body frame of motorcycle In a motorcycle, a head pipe is provided with one main frame part that extends rearwardly from the head pipe and a rear frame that extends substantially downwardly from the rear of the main frame part. A pivot is pierced in a pivot support part provided to the rear frame with a swing arm being attached to the pivot so that the swing arm can be vertically swung and a rear shock absorber unit is positioned between the swing arm and the side of the body frame. The main frame is cast in an aluminum alloy and the rear frame on the upside and the downside of the pivot supporting part projects on both sides of a vehicle from the pivot supporting part to attach right and left brackets for supporting both ends of the pivot.
US07883100B1	Suspension lift system for golf carts with improved pivotal nodes A suspension lift system for golf carts includes a carriage, a welded front frame attached to the carriage, upper and lower arms symmetrically arranged at opposite sides of the front frame, a rotatable apparatus, a steering knuckle and an absorber. Each upper or lower arm includes a first mounting side pivotally connected to the front frame, and a spindle connection end opposite to the first mounting side. The rotatable apparatus includes a bracket including a pair of lugs and a receiving space formed therebetween for accommodating the spindle connection end. The spindle connection end and the lug are threaded by a pin in order to combine the spindle connection end and the upper bracket.
US07883099B2	Vehicle suspension for a model vehicle A model vehicle suspension is provided, comprising a vehicle chassis, a spring for providing a supporting suspension force, one or more dampers for providing a damping suspension force, the dampers having an elongated shape, wherein the dampers are mounted on the chassis with a longitudinal axis substantially horizontal relative to the chassis and at least a first suspension member mounted to the chassis for supporting a vehicle wheel, the first suspension member being mounted for movement upwardly and downwardly at the location for supporting a vehicle wheel. A coupling mechanism for transmitting suspension forces from one or both of the spring and the one or more dampers to the first suspension member at the location for supporting a vehicle wheel is also provided, the coupling mechanism being configured to transmit suspension forces to the first suspension member, while allowing movement of the first suspension member at the point of supporting a wheel.
US07883098B2	Spindle bracket of torsion beam axle A spindle bracket for a torsion beam axle includes a main body and first and second flanges. The main body defines an assembly hole for a spindle to be disposed therein. Two first flanges extend from either side of the main body, and are configured to be seated on and attached to a trailer arm. At least one second flange extends from the center of the main body, and is also configured to be attached to the trailing arm. The first and second flanges are parallel to one another, and perpendicular to the main body.
US07883097B1	Heavy truck sway bar assembly A sway bar assembly has a center spacer bar which is attached at each end to a lever arm. An elastomeric bushing assembly is disposed between the center spacer bar and each lever arm. At the end of the lever arms opposite to the center sway bar, an elastomeric bushing assembly is attached to each lever arm to facilitate attachment to the vehicle. The elastomeric bushing assembly between the lever arms and the center spacer bar includes an inner metal defined by the center spacer bar, an outer metal defined by the respective lever arm and an elastomeric bushing disposed between the inner and outer metals.
US07883093B2	Mechanical seal A mechanical non-contact gas seal including a rotary scaling ring and a stationary sealing ring that is engaged and held in an inner periphery of a seal case by means of O-rings so as to move in an axial direction thereof. The O-rings engage with the outer periphery of the stationary sealing ring and come in press contact with the inner periphery of the seal case to seal a gap between the stationary sealing ring and the seal case while allowing the stationary sealing ring to move in an axial direction. A resin coating of a thickness in the range of 5 to 100 μm is formed on the inner periphery of the seal case at least within a range in which the O-rings relatively move with the movement of the stationary sealing ring.
US07883090B2	Bill processing device A bill processing device comprises a hopping part 101 for receiving a placed bill, a carrying part 202 for carrying a bill received by the hopping part 101, a plurality of stacking parts 104 for stacking a bill carried by the carrying part 202, a identifying part 201 for identifying a bill received from the hopping part 101, a placing and running out part 103 which accommodates a bill received from the hopping part 101 and which can send out the bill, and a controlling part 300 which controls the hopping part 101, the carrying part 202, the plurality of stacking parts 104, the identifying part 201 and the placing and running out part 103. The controlling part 300 controls them to determine a destination stacking part from the plurality of stacking parts 104 according to an identification result of the identifying part 201, and when a bill can not be stacked in the determined destination stacking part, the controlling part controls 300 them to carry a bill to the placing and running out part 103.
US07883085B2	Guide devices and image processing apparatus A guide device includes a pair of side guides configured to guide a sheet in a first direction, and a sliding mechanism configured to support the side guides and to slide the side guides in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction between a first position and a second position. The guide device also includes a pinion rotatably positioned at the tray between the side guides, and a plurality of rack members, in which each of the rack members is connected to and extends from a corresponding one of the side guides in the second direction, and includes a rack which engages the pinion. In addition, each of the rack members is configured to move in the second direction in response to a sliding of the side guides. The guide device further includes a plurality of slide guides positioned at the tray, in which each of the slide guides is configured to guide the rack members when the rack member move in the second direction. The guide device also includes an urging member positioned between at least one of the rack members and a one of the slide guides facing the at least one of the rack members, in which the urging member is configured to urge the at least one of the rack members in the first direction when the side guides are at a predetermined position which is closer to the pinion than the first position which corresponds to a position at which the side guides are a maximum distance from the pinion.
US07883082B2	Sheet feed devices and image recording apparatus comprising such sheet feed devices A sheet feed device includes a first tray comprising a first plate configured to receive a first plurality of sheets thereon, in which the first tray includes a support, and a second tray positioned on the first tray. The second tray includes a first and a second side portion, and a second plate configured to receive a second plurality of sheets thereon. The device also includes a feed roller configured to selectively feed the sheets in a sheet feed direction. The support is configured to selectively support the second tray at a retracted position and a sheet feed position at which the feed roller is configured to selectively feed the first plurality of sheets and the second plurality of sheets, respectively. Moreover, a shortest distance between an upper surface of the first plate and a lower surface of the second plate when the second tray is in the sheet feed position is less than a shortest distance in the retracted position.
US07883080B2	Printed copy collecting apparatus An apparatus and method for collecting a printed copy is disclosed. A collecting cylinder is operable in a non-collect mode and a collect mode. A cam collect is coupled to the collecting cylinder. The collecting cylinder is switchable between the non-collect mode and the collect mode by a relative rotational movement between the collecting cylinder and the cam collect.
US07883078B2	Cam clamp A clamp having a first member and a second member; and a mechanism to linearly displace the first member and the second member away from, and toward each other in unison.
US07883077B2	Low-profile X-Y table An X-Y table includes a platform and a frame which has an X and Y-truck trough. An X-drive motor interfaced to an X-drive gear. A Y-drive motor interfaced to a Y-drive gear. Both motors are affixed to the platform. An X-drive linear gear slideably held within an X-direction slot communicates with the X-drive gear whereas rotation of the X-drive gear results in linear movement of the X-drive linear gear. A Y-drive linear gear, slideably held within a Y-direction slot communicates with the Y-drive gear. An X-plane truck attached to the X-drive linear gear is slideably held in the X-truck trough. A Y-plane truck attached to the Y-drive linear gear is slideably held in the Y-truck trough. The frame moves in an X-direction responsive to rotation of the X-drive motor and in a Y-direction responsive to rotation of the Y-drive motor.
US07883075B2	Tension guardrail terminal A terminal portion of a guardrail safety system includes a terminal portion of a guardrail beam having a downstream end and upstream end. The terminal portion of the guardrail beam slopes from a height appropriate for redirecting an errant vehicle to a height proximate the surface of the ground at an upstream end of the terminal portion. Support posts are installed adjacent a roadway in spaced apart relation to one another and are coupled to the terminal portion of the guardrail beam. A terminal support post is installed adjacent the roadway at the upstream end of the terminal portion of the guardrail beam. The terminal support post couples to an upstream end of the terminal portion of the guardrail beam by a resistive, tensile coupling that maintains tension in the terminal portion of the guardrail beam. The resistive, tensile coupling is maintained between the terminal support post and the guardrail beam during an end-on or re-directive impact by a vehicle. However, the resistive, tensile coupling between the terminal support post and the guardrail beam is released during a reverse-direction impact.
US07883073B2	Methods and apparatus for adjusting a spring load in an actuator Methods and apparatus for adjusting a spring load in an actuator are described. An example actuator includes a housing and a plate. Further, the example actuator includes one or more springs disposed in the housing to apply a force to the plate. Additionally, the example actuator includes a spring load adjuster having a collar extending through and movably engaged to the plate to enable an adjustment of the position of the collar relative to the plate to change a load provided by the one or more springs.
US07883072B2	Shaking apparatus, shaking method, and audiovisual system A shaking apparatus for shaking a seat where a user sits down, including actuators, wherein the seat is supported by supporting parts at least at a front side, a rear left side and a right side, or a rear side, a front left side and a right side. The seat is inclined left or right by complementarily operating the actuators mounted to the left and right supporting parts to complementarily vary the distance from a floor of the left and right supporting parts, and the seat is inclined forward or backward by equally operating the actuators mounted to the left and right supporting parts to equally vary the distance of the left and right supporting parts from the floor.
US07883068B2	Actuatable holding system An actuatable holding system is provided for holding an object, such as a bicycle. In one exemplary embodiment of the system, first and second arms are pivotally connected to a pivot base and are actuated between an opened and closed position by an assembly that can include an actuator housing with a length and extending from the base, an arm contacting element that can slide along at least a portion of the length of the actuator housing, and a button slideably disposed on the housing, distal to the arm contacting element, and operable to releasably lock the arm contacting element in at least a first position, in which the first and second arms are in the opened position, and a second position, in which the first and second arms are in the closed position. A variety of features of actuatable holding systems, as well as methods of manufacturing such systems, are also disclosed herein.
US07883065B2	Mounting bracket A mounting bracket assembly has a stationary bracket to be mounted on a pole or other surface, and an adjustable bracket to be attached to the object to be mounted. The adjustable bracket is then positioned on the stationary bracket to mount the object on the surface or pole. The adjustable bracket is first mounted on the stationary bracket in a preliminary mounting position using integrated hooks and latches, and then can be easily adjusted to a permanent mounting position and secured with screws.
US07883064B2	Mounting bracket for a vehicle backup camera A mounting bracket for a vehicle backup camera, including: a lengthwise portion; and a camera mounting portion connected to the lengthwise portion, the camera mounting portion including a protrusion, the protrusion forming a gap between the camera mounting portion and the lengthwise portion so that the lengthwise portion can be mounted behind a license plate of a vehicle and a camera can be suspended by the camera mounting portion for viewing a rear of the vehicle when the vehicle is in reverse.
US07883056B2	Insulation arrangement for the internal insulation of a vehicle The present invention relates to an insulation structure for the internal insulation of a vehicle. The insulation structure is improved in such a way that using it a fire incursion of the flames of a source of fire acting from outside the vehicle environment into the vehicle interior is excluded as much as possible, an increase of the fire protection safety for separate interior regions lying proximal to a structure external skin being implemented by the type of the film insulation of the insulation package. The insulation structure comprises an insulation package (3), in which an insulation core (1) is embedded, and a film (11). The insulation package (3) is positioned inside an intermediate space which encloses internal paneling and an external skin. It is completely enclosed by the film (11). The film (11) is implemented using a burn-through safe film material, which is an obstruction to a flaming fire, to which a film surface region of this film is subjected during an occurring fire catastrophe.
US07883045B2	Webbing retracting device An inertial (mass) body is relatively rotatably provided on a V gear. Further, a ring is provided at the outer peripheral side of the V gear so as to be rotatable and displacable in the rotational radial direction of the V gear. When the V gear is suddenly rotated with a spool, the mass relatively pivots to the side opposite to the side of the pull out direction, and displaces to the outside in the rotational radial direction of the V gear. By doing so, an inner peripheral portion of the ring contacts with an outer peripheral portion of the V gear, and the ring rotates with the V gear. Due to this a pressing portion provided at an outer peripheral portion of the ring displaces an interlocking pawl, meshing the interlocking pawl with ratchet teeth on an outer peripheral portion of the V gear.
US07883044B2	Seat belt retractor The disclosed seat belt retractor may include a spool for retracting a seat belt, a torsion bar, a pre-tensioner, and a locking device. The torsion bar may disposed inside the spool, wherein one side of the torsion bar is connected to the spool, and configured to absorb energy of movement of an occupant while being deformed under torsion. The pre-tensioner may be positioned at one side of the spool and configured to generate a rotating drive force for rotating the spool in a retracting direction in a condition of rapid deceleration of a motor vehicle. The locking device may be capable of locking another side of the spool such that a rotation of the spool in a withdrawal direction is suppressed at both an operating time of the pre-tensioner and a non-operating time of the pre-tensioner.
US07883042B2	Attenuation of pressure variations in crushers A crusher system, including a first crushing surface and a second crushing surface which are operative to crush material between them. A hydraulic system is operative to adjust a gap between the first crushing surface and the second crushing surface by adjusting a position of the first crushing surface with a hydraulic cylinder connected to the first crushing surface. The hydraulic system includes an accumulator connected to the hydraulic cylinder by a hydraulic liquid conduit. The accumulator includes a hydraulic liquid chamber and a gas chamber separated from the hydraulic liquid chamber. The accumulator has a preloading pressure that is the pressure of the gas chamber when the hydraulic liquid chamber is empty, which is at least 0.3 MPa lower than a mean operating pressure of the hydraulic cylinder, such that the accumulator is active and variations occurring in the hydraulic pressure of the hydraulic cylinder during operation of the crusher system are attenuated.
US07883037B2	Refiner stator plate having an outer row of teeth slanted to deflect pulp and method for pulp deflection during refining A method of refining celluosic fiber material between opposing discs in a refiner including: feeding the fiber material to between the discs; rotating at least one of the discs to propel the fiber material radially outward and between the discs; refining the refining material by passing the material through rows of intermeshing teeth on the opposing discs; and deflecting the refining material as the material flows through an outer row of teeth on one of discs, wherein the teeth in the outer row have a leading sidewall angled to deflect pulp material moving radially between the teeth.
US07883034B2	Electrostatic atomizing device and air blower using the same An electrostatic atomizing device, which is capable of increasing the generation of a fine mist, while suppressing abnormal discharge and the generation of ozone. This electrostatic atomizing device is equipped with a plurality of atomizing electrodes, to which a high voltage is applied by a single high voltage generating circuit, counter electrodes disposed so as to face the atomizing electrodes; and a liquid transfer means for transferring a liquid (e.g., water) to each of the atomizing electrodes. The atomizing electrodes are connected in parallel to the high voltage generating circuit, and a resistive element for suppressing discharge current is inserted between the high voltage generating circuit and each of the atomizing electrodes.
US07883033B2	Lead screw locking device A cartridge for an electrohydrodynamic spraying device and a spraying device incorporating the cartridge, where the cartridge includes a locking mechanism. The cartridge is disposable, and can contain therapeutic or other fluid products. The fluid is delivered from the cartridge by a shaft-mounted piston, while the locking mechanism can be selectively engaged with the shaft such that in the engaged position, the locking mechanism prevents the piston from advancing by inhibiting movement of the shaft. When the locking mechanism is disengaged from the shaft, the shaft and piston are free to move, such as in response to a power source in the spraying device. The selective engagement between the locking mechanism and the shaft during periods of inoperability of the spray device prevents the buildup of fluid pressure in the cartridge that otherwise could blurt out upon subsequent operation.
US07883024B2	Heat pump type water heater A hot water storage tank (3) and a circulating path (12) coupled to the hot water storage tank (3) are provided. An operation is possible wherein low-temperature water, let out from a lower part of the hot water storage tank (3) and entering the circulating path (12), is heated and boiled up by a heat pump heating source for forwarding to an upper part of the hot water storage tank (3). A refrigerant circulating circuit of the heat pump heating source is provided with a defrost circuit (38) for supplying hot gas from a compressor (25) to an air heat exchanger (28). It is possible to perform a defrost operation for providing a supply of hot gas to the air heat exchanger (28), with a water circulation pump (13) of the circulating path (12) held in abeyance. The water circulation pump (13) is made active if the defrost operation has been continued for not less than a predetermined time period since the start thereof.
US07883023B1	Fluid moving device having a fail-safe operation In a method for operating a fluid moving device, the fluid moving device is operated under one of a local mode where the fluid moving device operates autonomously and a global mode where the fluid moving device operates based upon instructions received from a global controller, and where the fluid moving device is operated under the local mode as a fail-safe operation to the global mode.
US07883020B2	Smart card and method of testing smart card A smart card includes a non-volatile memory, a CPU, and a plurality of pads. The non-volatile memory stores a test program. The CPU is released from a reset state in response to a test enable signal. The CPU executes the test program stored in the non-volatile memory based on predetermined flag information and stores a result of the test program in the non-volatile memory.
US07883017B1	Bank card/optical magnifier system A card in a rectangular configuration has horizontal upper and lower edges, vertical left and right side edges, front and rear faces, and horizontal and vertical mid lines. Indicia on the front face of the card is in the form of alphanumeric characters. A plurality of pinholes extend through the card. Each pinhole is adapted to refract light and magnify images to be read.
US07883015B2	Host apparatus and method providing calibration and reagent information to a measurement apparatus which makes use of a consumable reagent in a measuring process Apparatuses and methods providing data such as, for example, calibration and reagent information (30) over a network (6) to a measurement apparatus (4) which makes use of a consumable reagent (18) in a measuring process are disclosed. The present invention permits a measurement apparatus (4) to download the necessary code assignment (24) and calibration data (32) of the consumable reagent (18) by means of an electronic communication protocol from a host (33). The host (33) can be a software application running on a host computer (34), another measurement apparatus (50, 58) with or without a code-key slot used to read a memory device providing the above mentioned information (30), a dedicated connectivity device, such as a docking station (44), a portable memory reader (48), a remote computer (54), and combinations thereof.
US07883013B2	Mobile image capture and processing system A mobile image capture and processing system including a digital image capture and processing instrument for capturing digital images of shipping documents associated with shipments to be delivered to an intended destination over a Web-based shipping, tracking, and delivery information network, and automatically processing such images to read a 1D or 2D bar-coded shipment tracking number graphically represented therein, and automatically encode the shipment tracking number within the header of the digital image file and the name or title of the digital image file. A Web-based portable data transaction terminal (PDT) or a Web-based portable digital assistant (PDA) is used to receive digital image files from the digital image capture and processing instrument via a first wireless data communication link, and transmitting such digital image files to (i) an application server supported on said network, and (ii) from said application server to a human-operated data-keying station supported on said network, where the shipping information contained in said digital image files can be read by human operators, and manually entered into a database (RDBMS).
US07883011B2	Information distribution method An information processing apparatus distributes service information related to an electronic transaction to a user who performs the electronic transaction. The information processing apparatus includes a storage unit that stores a service information group including the service information, transaction information relating to the electronic transaction, and user information relating to the user; a service information selector that selects the service information to be transmitted to the user from the service information group based on the transaction information and the user information; and a destination address selector that selects, from a plurality of destination addresses associated with the user, a destination address to which the service information selected by the service information selector is to be distributed.
US07883001B2	Corrugated shipping container system The disclosure indicates that the compression strength of a corrugated shipping crate can be increased through the use of horizontal panels adhered to the inside surface of the vertically fluted outer walls of the crate. The panels can comprise a layer of horizontally fluted single layer of double wall or triple wall corrugated, and a layer of vertically oriented double or triple wall corrugated. The crates' outer walls can be vertically fluted 1100 weight corrugated or less. The double wall vertically fluted corrugated, can be corrugated board have a weight in the range from 500 to 1100 pounds.
US07883000B2	Tamper-resistant and leak-resistant container The present invention is directed to a paperboard container having generally finger access or handhold openings forming carry handles in the end walls. The handhold openings are defined by two adjacent tapered punch-out panels aligned end-to-end and hinged at their outer ends to a respective end wall. When two adjacent tapered punch-out panels punched out they fold oppositely to one another and inwardly into the container in laterally spaced relation to one another on opposite sides of the respective openings. A tear-out panel in one end wall adjoins the associated hand hold openings and when removed forms a dispensing or pourable opening immediately below the associated hand hold openings.
US07882998B2	Method and apparatus of producing a welded connection between the surfaces of two planar workpieces The present invention relates to a method for producing a welded connection between a first workpiece and a second workpiece comprising the following steps: providing a first workpiece and a second workpiece, arranging the second workpiece on a surface of the first workpiece, placing a friction tool by the friction area thereof onto that surface of the second workpiece which is remote from the first workpiece, and rotating the friction tool, with the result that a welded connection is formed between the first workpiece and the second workpiece, the friction area rubbing on that surface of the second workpiece which is remote from the first workpiece, and the contact region between the friction area and the second workpiece running completely in that surface of the second workpiece which is remote from the first workpiece.
US07882995B2	Stapling and cutting in resectioning for full thickness resection devices A stapling unit for use with an endoscopic stapling system adapted to be advanced along an endoscope to a predetermined location within a body lumen to staple the portion of tissue, as part of an occlusal or full thickness resectioning procedure. The stapling unit comprises a first casing having a distal end, a proximal end and a stapling device mounted thereto adjacent to a first window extending through a periphery of the first casing. The invention includes methods for the stapling, severing and removal of tissue by using the device.
US07882986B2	Liquid dispenser A liquid dispenser is mounted on a container and has a shell, a spout assembly, an injection assembly, a power pack and an activating assembly. The shell is mounted on the container and has an injection tube. The spout assembly is formed on and protrudes from the shell. The injection assembly is mounted in the shell pumps air into the injection tube to force liquid from the spout assembly. The activating assembly selectively activates the injection assembly and selectively seals or opens an air passage to the injection tube.
US07882984B2	Fluid or pasty product dispensing device A device for dispensing a fluid or pasty product includes a dispensing member fixed to a container including a neck and a cap, about the dispensing member, wherein the neck includes a ramp and an edge of the cap includes a ramp, the ramps being mutually mobile in rotation between a dispensing position wherein the dispensing member can be actuated and a locking position wherein the ramps prevent the dispensing member from being actuated.
US07882983B2	Capsule for two-component materials Capsule (10) for two or more components of a material which are to be mixed together, comprising a cartridge (11) comprising an outlet (12), a first component chamber (13) for containing a first component, and a second component chamber (14) for containing a second component, the two chambers (13, 14) opening into the outlet (12); and a piston (15) which at least with its front end sits in the cartridge (11), lies with its rear end outside the component chambers (13, 14) and, when it is pushed forwards, presses the two components out of their component chambers (13, 14).
US07882982B2	Indicator for a device for dispensing a liquid or powdery product An indicator for a dispenser device, having an actuator element (1) displaceable between a rest position and an actuated position, a rotary counter element (5), and a drive element (6) that transforms an axial displacement of the actuator element into a rotary displacement of the counter element (5). The counter element (5) including a set of teeth (9) that co-operate with a resilient mechanism (7, 8) of the drive element (6). The resilient mechanism (7, 8) having two flexible tabs (7, 8), a first flexible tab (7) co-operating with the teeth (9) causing the counter element (5) to turn in a counting direction while the actuator element (1) is displaced towards its actuated position, and a second flexible tab (8) co-operating with the teeth (9) causing the counter element to turn in the same counting direction while the actuator element (1) returns to its rest position.
US07882981B2	Device for storing and dispensing parts in particular rivets The invention concerns a device for storing and dispensing (D) parts such as rivets comprising a frame (100) provided with zones for receiving (100′) cartridges (200) for storing parts such as rivets displaced by a transporting fluid. The invention is characterized in that it comprises a mobile dispensing head (300) for gripping and evacuating in single units parts stored in the cartridge (200) in front of which it is urged to be placed, said mobile head being associated with a plurality of dispensing tubes (310) whereof the diameter corresponds to the type of parts to be dispensed. The invention is applicable to storage and dispensing of parts such as rivets.
US07882980B1	Sanitary lid dispenser A dispensing device for beverage cup lid which prevents excessive human contact with the lid prior to insertion upon the beverage cup, the device providing a central stationary lid retaining rod suspended from a lid cabinet upon which a stacked plurality of lids are retained through a central bore, the lids urged downward by a traveling press plate engaging a rotating threaded shaft, the threaded shaft moving the press plate against the uppermost lid on the retaining rod pressing the stacked plurality of lids down along the retaining rod in increments programmed to release only the lowermost lid from the end of the retaining rod onto the top of a beverage cup positioned below the retaining rod. The device is operated by the activation of a presence sensor, either a beverage cup or a clean hand, which causes the incremental dispensing of a single lid.
US07882978B2	Threaded channel closure for tubular heat exchanger Threaded channel closure for tubular heat exchanger comprising channel header wherein the gasket is provided at the shoulder of the channel, tongue of the diaphragm is provided to apply pressure on the gasket to achieve the sealed joint, outer compression ring provided at back side of the diaphragm and being loaded by push bolts, provided at the periphery of threaded lock ring, outer compression ring being supported by channel cover, which is kept in position by threaded lock ring, characterized in that, the channel header being provided with plurality of radial holes on its periphery, approximately at the centerline of the width of the outer compression ring in its assembled condition; the outer compression ring being provided with plurality of radial through holes matching the set of holes in number as well as angular position.
US07882977B2	Fitment assembly for a container having a tamper indication band attached thereto A tamper evident fitment assembly for use with a container for flowable material, the closure comprising a cap and a spout secured to the container, the cap having a frangible tamper evident band, the cap having an annular recess for frictionally engaging a top portion of the spout, the cap and spout having cooperating detent and locking elements so that the assembly in a first position where the cap is removably sealed to the spout and the tamper evident band is not broken when the cap is removed for filling may move to a second position when the cap is removably sealed to the spout and the tamper evident band is broken upon removal of the cap. An important feature of the present invention is that the cap frictionally engages a top portion of the spout. No screw threads or similar securing means are required to retain the cap on the spout.
US07882975B2	Double walled beverage container and method of making same A double walled container is provided for insulating a beverage. An outer insulating shell or container is secured to the inner container that holds the beverage. A gap exists between the outer container and inner container and the air in the gap acts as an insulating barrier. The inner container is preferably a standard aluminum container. The outer container is preferably made from aluminum or a plastic polymer.
US07882971B2	Rectangular container with vacuum panels A thin-walled, non-round plastic container having a body portion with generally rectangular sidewalls and a base. The body portion having a label mounting area extending between an upper label bumper and a lower label bumper on at least two of the adjacent sidewalls. The label mounting area includes a vacuum panel on a first sidewall, and a plurality of ribs, which may be on a second sidewall.
US07882969B2	Display system with adjustable product holder track A display system for product stored in bins includes a first track member which can be fixed to an elongate support member, and a second track member which can be fixed to the first track member in a selected one of a plurality of relative positions to form a track having a height dimension which is dependent on the relative position selected. A plurality of product holders can be secured side-by-side in the track, the relative position of the track members being selected dependent on the height dimension of the product holders. A plurality of bins can be arranged side-by-side on shelves adjacent to the track, the elongate support member preferably being fixed to the distal end of a cantilever beam.
US07882965B1	Hand tool holder A hand tool holder has a base and multiple holding elements. The base has a hanging seat and a track. The track protruding from the hanging seat. Each holding element has a sliding block, a protrusion, an extending board, a mounting stub, a shaft mount and a hanging shaft. The sliding block is mounted on the track. The protrusion protrudes from the sliding block. The extending board protrudes from the protrusion. The mounting stub protrudes from the extending board. The shaft mount protrudes from the protrusion, is opposite to the mounting stub and has an inserted block located on a bottom of the shaft mount. The hanging shaft is metal, is wrapped in the inserted block by injection molding.
US07882964B2	Apparatus and method for utilizing a gravity feed hanger An apparatus and method for removably coupling a hanger to a latch at a first end of the hanger, removing the hanger from the latch while the latch remains coupled to a support member, threading an item of hanging stock onto the hanger via the first end, and recoupling the hanger to the latch while the latch remains coupled to the support member, wherein the hanger extends from the latch at an angle that is less than the horizontal, so that the hanging stock is urged by gravity toward a second end of the hanger.
US07882962B2	Hydrophilizing agent for hydrophobic porous membrane, and method for hydrophilizing hydrophobic porous membrane and test method using this agent A hydrophilizing agent for a hydrophobic porous membrane, wherein the agent contains a surfactant, and the surfactant has a frothability such that the bubble height immediately after frothing, as measured according to the Ross-Miles method (JIS K 3362), using a 0.1 wt % aqueous solution of the surfactant at 25° C., is 40 mm or less, and preferably has a frothability such that the bubble height five minutes after frothing is 20 mm or less; a method for hydrophilizing a hydrophobic porous membrane using this hydrophilizing agent; and a method for testing and hydrophilizing a membrane module using this hydrophilizing agent.
US07882959B1	Method and apparatus for scalping food pieces A method and apparatus for separating multiple food pieces and removing clumps from food pieces in order to process individual pieces for subsequent packaging includes a vibrating conveyor bed which receives a substantially continuous supply of a dried product, such as RTE cereal or another snack product, and delivers the dried product to a screen unit including a plurality of spaced slots through which only individual food pieces can pass for further processing. Prior to the screen unit, the bed can be provided with an upstanding deflector member which diverts the traveling food product away from a discharge chute and onto the screen unit. In any case, the screen unit includes an upwardly angling portion, extending away from the discharge chute, for retaining product which needs to be further processed, while the discharge chute also has an associated, raised lip for product retention purposes.
US07882958B2	Drum sieve machine A trommel screen machine including at least one revolving screening drum, at least one drive for the screening drum, a feeding hopper as well as at least one collecting device, such as a transport device, for collecting and transporting the screened good. In front of and/or on the trommel screen machine at least one disc screen is arranged which screens a defined grain, in particular oversized particles.
US07882955B1	Container for storing pressed powders Pressed powders, such as cosmetics, are more effectively retained within a pan-like container having a bottom, at least one side and a top opening that defines a recess area to receive the pressed powder. Surface features are defined on the inner surface of at least the bottom of the container in order to create a generally lateral force component that the container applies to the pressed powder material to resist cracking of the pressed powder material in response to removal of a portion of the pressed powder material from the top opening. In one embodiment, a non-thermally activated adhesive layer is positioned generally along at least a portion of an inner surface of the bottom of the container.
US07882951B2	Preconfigured gift wrap and packaging assembly A gift wrap package and packaging assembly is configured to receive and enclose a gift in a decorative enclosure and which has the appearance of a conventionally wrapped box gift package. The gift package is made of a folded sheet material that is decorated on one side, and which has sufficient material strength to serve as both a box and a decorative package which has a comparable appearance to a box wrapped with decorative paper. The gift package is preformed and packaged in a folded box configuration with a protective retail display header for hanging display. One end of the gift package is configured to be opened to receive gift contents and additional packaging such as tissue, and then securely closed to complete the gift package.
US07882948B2	U-clip assembly and method A structure and method for forming a U-clip assembly made of a plurality of U-clips arrayed in a continuous abutting relation, each U-clip having first and second slots defined in its crown portion with first and second soft metal wires positioned, respectively, in such first and second slots, such soft metal wire forming a shallow U shape between adjacent crown portions, such first and second soft metal wires being compressed within their slots to expand within such slots for contacting and urging against the sides and bottom of each slot and being retained therein, such soft metal wire and its shallow U shape between adjacent crown portions allowing the U-clip assembly to maintain a non-curved shape and to be substantially flat in configuration.
US07882946B2	Guide arrangement with at least on guide roller for the guidance of webs in webs treatment installations A guide arrangement (1) for guiding webs in evacuatable web treatment installations comprises at least one guide roller (2) with an axis (5), whose spatial position is settable. To solve the problem of compensating in modular installations with several chambers either misalignments of the chambers relative to one another and/or to avoid completely adjustable roller frames, whose adjustment would require the repositioning of treatment and coating sources and of separating gaps on the circumference of coating rollers, the invention proposes that the guide roller (2) is supported between two pivot bearings (11, 12), of which at least one is adjustable relative to the other transversely to the axis (5). This is preferably carried out thereby that the adjustable pivot bearing (12) comprises a slide guide (15), fastened to a chamber wall (14), on which a slide (16) with the pivot bearing (12) is guided, and that the adjustable pivot bearing (12) comprises a remotely operated adjustment drive (21).
US07882944B1	Drive belt guard for a roller conveyor A belt guard for a drive belt on a roller conveyor system, that can be positioned adjacent the drive belt and between adjacent conveyor rollers to guard the side edges of the drive belt from inadvertent or intentional entanglement of a person's fingers or other body parts or clothing in the rotating rollers and drive belts. A guard assembly is provided having a first and second belt guard members affixed together and disposed on opposite sides of the drive belt. The invention also includes a roller conveying system that has a plurality of the spaced-apart cylindrical rollers, driven by a plurality of a circular drive belt, and a nip guard system having a plurality of nip guard means that guard the nips and/or sides of the revolving drive belts.
US07882942B2	Coin bar storage A coin bar storage of the invention includes: a casing; a coin bar tray that is provided in the casing so as to be drawn out from and stored into the casing, and that has a plurality of set sections in which set coin types are respectively pre-set to assign a coin type to each of the set sections; a set coin type presence confirmation section that is provided in all of the set sections of the coin bar tray, that respectively confirms whether or not coin bars of the set coin types is set, and that outputs a confirmation result; and a management section that manages a present amount of coin bars in the coin bar tray based on the confirmation result from the set coin type presence confirmation section.
US07882940B2	Piston for brake calipers, and brake caliper comprising said piston A brake caliper, especially for motorcycle applications, comprises a main rigid body, which can be coupled with a portion of a structure or a vehicle, and defining at least one seat (5); at least one piston (4) slidingly housed in the respective seat (5) and associated with fluid sealing means (22) and with elastic means (19) acting between the piston (4) and the seat (5) to cause at least an action of elastic return to the piston (4) during the sliding thereof, and defining—in cooperation with the respective seat (5) wherein it is inserted and with the elastic means (19)—a first chamber (21) in fluid communication with actuation means. The piston (4) further exhibits a side surface (11) which delimits, in cooperation with a side surface (17) of the respective seat (5), with the sealing means (22) and with the elastic means (19), a second chamber (24), and finally comprising also tapping means to provide a fluid communication between the first chamber (21) and the second chamber (24).
US07882939B2	Elevator operating apparatus An elevator operation controller can land the elevator cage of an elevator at a predetermined floor by giving a command to the elevator without using a special key or a special portable terminal. An elevator operation controller 10 includes a receiving unit 11 specified by a proper telephone number and capable of receiving a speech from the elevator user through a public communication line, a speech recognition unit 12 for recognizing the speech of the elevator user received by the receiving unit 11, a command processing unit 13 for converting a command given by the elevator user and recognized by speech recognition made by the speech recognition unit 12 into an elevator operating signal, and an operation control unit 14 for controlling the operation of the elevator on the basis of the operating signal provided by the command processing unit 13.
US07882929B2	Delivery pipe A delivery pipe includes an outer pipe, an inner pipe, and a noise emission decreasing device. The outer pipe is connected to a plurality of fuel injectors. The inner pipe is disposed in the outer pipe and has an open end through which an interior of the inner pipe communicates with atmosphere. The noise emission decreasing device acts so as to decrease a noise emitted from the inner pipe. The noise emission decreasing device includes a mesh, a porous member, a vibration suppressing member provided to the inner pipe, an elastic tube fitted into the inner pipe, or a wire harness inserted into the inner pipe.
US07882925B2	Vehicle steering apparatus A vehicle steering apparatus utilizing SBW capable of downsizing an expensive turning-power motor, in which a steering mechanism 20 provided with a steering wheel 21 maneuvered by a driver is mechanically separated from a turning mechanism 30 for turning road wheels 35, 35. A turning-power motor 45 of the turning mechanism 30 turns the road wheels 35, 35 based on a turning angle-steering angle ratio determined by a control portion 66 of a controller 61 in accordance with a vehicle speed of the vehicle. The turning angle-steering angle ratio increases with increasing vehicle speed until the vehicle speed reaches a predetermined value from zero; while when the vehicle speed is higher than the predetermined value, the turning angle-steering angle ratio decreases with increasing vehicle speed.
US07882923B2	Arrangement structure of inclination angle sensor In a vehicle of a type which does not bank a vehicle body at the time of turning, an inclination angle sensor is provided which receives the least influence of a centrifugal force at the time of turning. In a four-wheeled buggy that includes a vehicle body frame, four longitudinal wheels including front wheels and rear wheels are provided together with an engine, a fuel tank and a fuel pump. A steering shaft is connected to a steering handle with an inclination angle sensor arranged above a seat and being positioned in front of the steering shaft. Accordingly, the inclination angle sensor is hardly influenced by a centrifugal force at the time of turning.
US07882922B2	Agricultural machine having an emergency stop function A self-propelled agricultural machine comprises a travel drive, a control element (46), able to be moved by the driver, for controlling the speed of travel of the machine, and at least one work-performing unit (2, 3, 5-13, 24, 27, 28) which, while the machine is travelling, can assume an active state and an inactive state as selected by the driver. The machine is set up to decide whether a movement of the control element (36) which is sensed is a regular control movement or an emergency stop movement, and to change the work-performing unit (2, 3, 5-13, 24, 27, 28) to the inactive state if it is decided that the movement sensed is an emergency stop movement.
US07882921B2	Collision air bag and flotation system A pre-impact inflation air bag system for a vehicle having a preselected decreasing distance between the vehicle and an object is disclosed. The system comprises a plurality of nested inflatable air bags. A plurality of inflators are provided for inflating the plurality of nested inflatable air bags, respectively. A collision sensor produces a collision sensor output upon detecting the object with the preselected decreasing distance between the vehicle and the object. A controller receives the collision sensor output for simultaneously inflating each of the plurality of nested inflatable air bags between vehicle and an object. A plurality of pressure relief members are connected to the plurality of nested inflatable air bags for sequentially deflating the plurality of nested inflatable air bags upon sequential impact of the plurality of nested inflatable air bags with the object.
US07882915B1	Vehicle lateral-motion apparatus A vehicle lateral-motion apparatus that, under the direction of a user, moves a vehicle to which it is mounted in a generally perpendicular direction to a vehicle axis that extends between the front and rear of the vehicle includes a vehicle lifting assembly for elevating the vehicle above a roadway and lowering the vehicle back to the roadway as directed by a user and lateral-motion assembly coupled to the lifting assembly for displacing the vehicle to one side or the other of the vehicle axis while the vehicle is elevated above the roadway.
US07882911B2	Straddle type vehicle including air exhaust duct for continuously variable transmission A straddle-type vehicle with enhanced heat exhaust efficiency in a transmission case housing a continuously variable transmission. The continuously variable transmission and an engine are arranged forward of a rear wheel 4. An air intake duct introduces outside air into the transmission case and an air exhaust duct exhausts air from the transmission case. The air exhaust duct is connected to and extends upward from a top portion of the transmission case. The air exhaust duct has an air exhaust port that is positioned above the transmission case.
US07882910B2	Hybrid drive for a motor vehicle A hybrid drive for a motor vehicle includes an internal combustion engine and an electric motor, which, together with at least one auxiliary unit, are connected via a belt/chain drive. The internal combustion engine and the electric motor have respective drive elements with unidirectional freewheeling devices for the belt/chain drive, thus automatically achieving a predefined belt/chain speed.
US07882907B2	Earth boring bit The earth boring bit 10 is designed to bore an angular non-vertical hole into underlying strata. The bit 10 includes a plurality of steeply inclined cutting faces or edges 22 that define a relatively narrow included angle A therebetween. The bit's design ensures that the apex of the bit 10 will contact the surface S and/or other hard strata before the radially outwardly disposed gauge portion of the bit 10. This design reduces or obviates drill chattering or “walking” when the bit 10 is used to drill a hole at an angle that is not vertical relative to the surface or strata S. The bit 10 also includes an interchangeable flow control restrictor that optimizes the velocity of fluid pumped through the bit 10 and thus efficiently flushes debris from the hole as the hole is being drilled.
US07882905B2	Stabilizer and reamer system having extensible blades and bearing pads and method of using same Drilling systems and methods for enlarging a borehole that include an expandable reamer and an expandable stabilizer axially coupled above the expandable reamer are disclosed. The expandable reamer includes a tubular body having a longitudinal axis and a drilling fluid flow path therethrough, a plurality of generally radially and longitudinally extending blades carried by the tubular body, and a cutting structure carried by at least one blade of the plurality of blades, wherein at least one blade of the plurality of blades is movable outwardly with respect to the longitudinal axis. The expandable stabilizer includes a tubular body having a longitudinal axis and a drilling fluid flow path therethrough, a plurality of generally radially and longitudinally extending bearing pads carried by the tubular body, wherein at least one bearing pad of the plurality of bearing pads includes an up-hole cutting structure carried thereupon and is movable outwardly with respect to the longitudinal axis.
US07882904B2	Adjustable bent housing apparatus and method An apparatus for controlling the direction of drill bit within a wellbore. The apparatus comprises a first housing with a first housing axis therein, and wherein the first housing has a first threaded opening having a first threaded opening axis. The first housing has a helical end. A second housing is included, and the second housing contains a second housing axis, and a second threaded opening having a second threaded opening axis configured to engage with the first threaded opening. A collar is included that has a helical collar end that engages the helical collar end and wherein the helical collar end is configured reciprocal to the helical end, and rotational displacement of the first housing relative to the collar will angularly displace the drill bit axis. The apparatus may further include spline members for locking the collar in place relative to the first and second housing.
US07882897B2	Device for limiting the ultimate consequences of a failure to bring under control a mass fire in a storage bin for hazardous materials The device of the present invention is located in a closed containment enclosure surrounding a storage bin and comprises a closed tank (28) positioned on the storage bin containing a liquid (26) and having a fireproof shield enclosing the tank and a liquid level control system for controlling the level of liquid in the tank with the tank (28) comprising at least one opening in communication with the closed container enclosure, and at least one internal chamber in direct communication with the storage bin via a flue pipe and at least one external chamber in direct communication with the containment enclosure via said at least one opening.
US07882895B2	Method for impulse stimulation of oil and gas well production A method for fracturing an oil or gas formation. The method includes introducing a gas impulse device into a wellbore followed by pumping a pressurized liquid into a wellbore at a pressure equal to or lower than the estimated fracture pressure of the formation. Finally, the method includes firing the gas impulse device periodically so that the device releases high pressure compressed gas impulses. The impulses when expanding through the pumped pressurized liquid substantially instantaneously increases the fracturing liquid flow rate into the oil or gas formation. It causes the total pressure to exceed the actual fracturing pressure of the formation thereby initiating or extending fractures in the formation stimulating the flow of the oil or gas therefrom into the wellbore.
US07882892B2	Well having inductively coupled power and signal transmission Well for production of hydrocarbons, comprising a hole drilled down into an underground, a casing fastened to the hole wall, a production pipe that extends into the casing from the surface and down to a hydrocarbon-containing zone, a hanger on the surface in an upper end of the well, in which hanger the production pipe and casing are hung up and electrically short-circuited, and a packer arranged sealingly and electrically short-circuiting in the annulus between the production pipe and the casing, in or close to a lower end of the well, distinguished in that the well further comprises: a primary coil arranged concentrically about the production pipe, a secondary coil arranged concentrically about the production pipe, a load connected to the secondary coil, and an alternating current generator/signal unit connected to the primary coil.
US07882886B1	Coring system and method for manufacturing a one-piece die cast electrical connector body A coring system for producing a flash-free one-piece die-cast body for an electrical connector. The electrical connector of produced by the coring system of the present invention may be used for securing two electrical cables to an electrical panel or electrical box through a single knockout hole. The coring system includes a first core, a second core, and a connecting arrangement for connecting the first and second cores in such a manner that there are no gaps between the joined portions of the two cores. When the cores of the coring system are joined together by the connecting arrangement and placed in a mold, molten metal may be introduced to the mold at the joined area of the two core pieces to form a one-piece flash-free connector body according to the present invention.
US07882882B2	Tire changing machine A tire changing machine for changing difficult to mount tires is provided. The machine utilizes various implements configured about the machine's chassis in such a way that they do not interfere with each other's operation. In this way, the machine enables an operator to effectively change various tires.
US07882881B2	Tool for inserting tape into hard-to-reach area A tool is disclosed comprising a thin, ribbon-like but semi-rigid material which can be “snaked” in between ductwork and the surface to which it is attached. The tool is configured to enable the temporary attachment of a tape material thereon. Further, the tape material includes a non-adhesive “release tape” attached to the adhesive portion of the adhesive tape. Using the method and apparatus described herein, a user can insert the tape, with the protective tape release thereon, around the ductwork, release the tape and remove the tool, and use the tool as it is being withdrawn to urge the adhesive tape onto the seam being taped.
US07882878B2	Radial tire for airplane A radial tire for airplane comprises a pair of bead cores, a radial carcass, and a belt disposed on an outer periphery of a crown portion of the radial carcass and comprised of plural belt layers each containing organic fiber cords, in which a total strength in a circumferential direction over a full width of the belt Tbelt(N) satisfies Tbelt/WD≧1.5×106 when an outer diameter of the tire is D (m) and a width of the tire is W (m), and at least one layer of the belt layers is constituted with an organic fiber cord spirally winding at an angle of approximately 0° with respect an equatorial plane of the tire and satisfying the following equations (I) and (II): σ≧−0.01E+1.2 (I) σ≧0.02 (II) (wherein σ is a heat shrinkage stress at 177° C. (cN/dtex) and E is an elastic modulus at 25° C. under a load of 49 N (cN/dtex)).
US07882871B2	Work bench A work bench (10) including at least two work piece supports (57), the two supports are positioned at intervals along an elongate member (24) and define a substantially horizontal plane in which a work piece can move, a mounting (20) for a power tool (12), the mounting is affixed to the elongate member and can rotate about an axis that is substantially parallel to the length of the elongate member, a ground engaging member (106) which supports the power tool mounting at a point spaced away from the elongate member and adjustment means for adjusting the effective length of the ground engaging member.
US07882870B2	Portable supporting frame for cutting machine A portable supporting frame for a cutting machine includes a leg frame, a tabletop frame, and a frame locker. The leg frame includes two opposing pairs of first and second supporting legs. The tabletop frame includes two table arms pivotally connected to the first crossed legs respectively. The frame locker is used for locking the top ends of the second crossed legs to the table arms respectively to retain the portable supporting frame at a set up position. When the frame locker is released, the tabletop frame is adapted to pivotally fold at 180° to overlap on the folded leg frame at a folded position.
US07882867B2	Mortise/tenon machine A mortise/tenon machine has a base which includes two side plates, a guiding plate installed between the side plates transversely and horizontally, numbers of openings formed on a side of the guiding plate, and a rail member installed between the side plates and in the same horizontal position of the guiding plate. A workpiece is slideably disposed on the openings. A sliding base is slideably mounted on the rail member. A working platform includes a bit installed at a first end thereof, with the bit extending from a desired opening, and with another end of the working platform longitudinally disposed on the sliding base.
US07882866B2	Inverted multiple router station There is disclosed an apparatus that works a work piece that employs routers disposed on opposite upper and lower sides of a table. The routers operate on opposite sides of a work piece contemporaneously. The resultant work piece may be worked so as to be uniform and identical with previously and successively worked work pieces.
US07882864B2	Tree pruning and trimming head An apparatus for gripping a tree, the apparatus being attachable to a carrier boom, the apparatus being usable with a cutting device for cutting a portion of the tree, the apparatus comprising: a body, the body being mountable to the carrier boom; a pair of gripper arms mounted to the body, the pair of gripper arms being selectively movable between an open configuration in which the tree is insertable therebetween and a closed configuration in which the pair of gripper arms is able to grip the tree therebetween; and a support arm operatively coupled to the body for supporting the cutting device, the support arm including a cutting device mount for mounting the cutting device thereto, the support arm being configured, sized and operatively coupled to the body in a manner such that the cutting device is rotatable relatively to the pair of gripper arms about three different rotation axes; whereby, when the pair of gripper arms grips the tree, the pair of gripper arms stabilizes the support arm relatively to the tree and allows for the orientation of the cutting device relatively to the tree by the support arm. It is a general object of the present invention to provide a new and improved hydraulic tree pruning and trimming head attachment, hereinafter abbreviated simply as head attachment.
US07882859B2	System for preparing and making available a flowable medium formed by mixing a dry substance with a fluid A system for preparing and making available a flowable medium (43) that is formed by mixing a dry substance (39) with a fluid (41), in particular a medium for therapeutic purposes includes a) a first container (1) receiving the fluid (41) and has a wall part (3) able to deform counter to a restoring force to change the container volume, b) a second container (35) receiving the dry substance (39), and c) a transfer device (21) for producing a fluid communication between the first container (1) and the second container (35).
US07882846B2	Umbrella with dome shape An umbrella comprises a vertical support member and a plurality of ribs operatively associated with the vertical support member and extending generally radially outward from a central location. The umbrella further includes a plurality of elongated, laterally flexible members, one of the flexible members being operatively associated with each of the plurality of ribs and extending outward therefrom. A canopy is supported by the plurality of ribs and has a periphery extending beyond the ribs. Receptacles are disposed on the inner surface of the canopy at points proximate the periphery of the canopy and in substantial alignment with a corresponding rib. The outer end of each flexible member engages a corresponding one of the receptacles. The canopy and the flexible members are configured such that the canopy exerts a tension on the flexible member that causes it to flex inward and downward.
US07882845B2	Flossing device with internal floss feed A flossing device having internal floss feed in which floss is advanced from a storage chamber inside the handle of the device, through feed gears, to a pair of spaced apart tines. Spent floss is returned through the return gears, the return drive gear having a greater diameter than the feed drive gear, thus ensuring the floss remains taut between the tines. An integral cutter allows the spent floss to be cut off and discarded. The cover over one or both sets of gears may be open at the top and bottom to allow cleaning of the gears. A flexible tile may be included over the aperture through which the floss exits the storage chamber to prevent water incursion therein. A floss advance lever advances the floss by a single action when pressed forward, which creates and maintains sufficient tension on the floss resulting in taut and snug floss between the tines. Optionally, the flossing head has a vibratory device to aid in the flossing action.
US07882840B2	Passage expansion device for patients A method for opening a portion of a passageway of a patient is disclosed. The patient has a first metallic structure attached to a portion of the patient's neck. The method includes obtaining a second magnetic structure, placing the second magnetic structure proximate the first metallic structure attached to the portion of the patient's neck, and pulling the second magnetic structure away from the patient's neck to thereby open the passageway.
US07882838B2	Exothermic condom packaging Packaging for heating a condom using reactants that generate heat when they react with each other.
US07882837B2	Forehead support for facial mask An adjustable forehead support for a nasal mask. The present invention discloses an adjustable forehead support for a nasal or full-face mask wherein the forehead support may be adjusted for the different shapes and sizes of a facial profile. The forehead support utilizes a dual-arm system which adjusts the position of the forehead support vis-à-vis the mask and/or air flow tube. The angle of the mask to the face may be adjusted with the present invention.
US07882836B2	Diaphragm valve for a respirator A diaphragm valve is provided, in which there is improved sealing of a closing cover (15) against the valve housing (3). The seal includes a cylindrical sealing washer (25), which is connected to the valve housing (3) in one piece and into which a cylindrical wall section (18) of the closing cover (15) can be inserted with press fit.
US07882833B2	Periphery view mask and remote breathing assembly A remote breathing assembly includes a periphery viewable goggle or mask, intake and return air-tubes sealably connected to the goggle, and a breathing apparatus coupled to the tubes opposite the goggle. The goggle includes a transparent lens having a front section defining a lateral front length, and left and right sections extending transversely from the front section a distance not less than one-forth the front length, a compressible liner, an improved liner interface having trapezoidal sections, and a securing element for fixing the goggle and evenly compressing the liner. The air-tubes each present upper and lower ends, with the intake tube further presenting a flared end section at the upper end. A blower is connected to the flared end section and configured to direct air therein. The apparatus further includes at least one submersible handle and link.
US07882830B1	Cost effective paintball gun system A paintball gun system comprises a bolt defining a propellant passageway and a gun body defining the following elements: a receptacle for receiving the bolt, a firing charge storage chamber adjacent to but separate from the bolt receptacle, a gas inlet port, a first passageway between the storage chamber and the receptacle, a second fixed passageway between the gas inlet and the receptacle. The first passageway communicates with a first flow opening into the receptacle and the second passageway communicates with a second flow opening into the receptacle. The bolt is axially movable between a chargeup position and a firing position. In the chargeup position, the bolt and the body together define a confined flow circuit between the first opening and the storage chamber. In the firing position, the bolt and the body together define a confined flow circuit between the storage chamber and the discharge inlet.
US07882828B2	Ignition apparatus with cylindrical core and laminated return path An ignition apparatus includes a cylindrical core made from magnetically-permeable material and a C-shaped magnetic return path structure that is made from a stack of silicon steel laminations. A tightly controlled air gap is provided between one leg of the C-shaped structure and an end face of the core, forming a magnetic circuit having a high magnetic permeability, which overall reduces the number of primary winding turns needed, thereby reducing the amount of copper wire. In addition, the circular cross-section of the core reduces the mean length per turn (MLT) of the primary winding because the primary winding can be wound directly on the core, which in turn also reduces the MLT of the secondary winding. The reduced MLT also reduces the amount of copper wire. The structure may be replaced using a magnetically-permeable, U-shaped shield.
US07882826B2	Tapered rotor assemblies for a supercharger A rotor assembly is provided for a compressor assembly having a housing defining an inlet port, outlet port, and a rotor cavity in communication with the inlet port and outlet port. The rotor assembly includes a rotor body having a plurality of lobes formed thereon and rotatably mountable within the rotor cavity of the housing. The rotor body has a first end, substantially adjacent to the inlet port, and a second end, substantially adjacent to the outlet port, when mounted within the housing. Each of the plurality of lobes has an outer radius that is greater at the first end than at the second end.
US07882825B2	Air intake heater with flanged heating element An air heater for heating air entering a combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine is disclosed. The air heater includes a heating element having a substantially planar portion and a flange portion. The flange portion is positioned at an angle to the planar portion. The planar portion is positioned within an air flow at an upstream location relative to the flange portion. A structure is operable to position the heating element in communication with the air entering the combustion chamber of the engine. In addition, a thermal expansion joint for interconnecting a heating element and a frame is disclosed.
US07882823B2	Double shut-off refueling valve A double shut-off refueling valve responds to a full fuel tank level by closing the recirculation line and the canister line. The valve includes at least one float having one or more sealing surfaces corresponding with the recirculation line and the canister line, respectively. The sealing surface is on the top of a float in the float valve. When the fuel in the tank reaches a full level, the float moves upward to close the recirculation line and the canister line substantially simultaneously. In one embodiment, the valve is a float valve having a coaxial seal where the two valve openings corresponding to the recirculation line and the canister line are arranged concentrically. In other embodiments, the sealing surfaces can be, for example, a ribbon seal, two separate sealing surfaces, or any other seal configuration that corresponds with the orientation of the recirculation line and the canister line within the fuel system.
US07882820B2	Control apparatus of internal combustion engine and control method of internal combustion engine A control apparatus of an internal combustion engine in which a plurality of cylinders is divided into a first cylinder group (1a) and a second cylinder group (1b), the internal combustion engine being able to be selectively switched between operating in a partial cylinder operation mode in which only one of the first cylinder group (1a) and the second cylinder group (1b) is operated, and operating in a full cylinder operation mode in which both the first cylinder group (1a) and the second cylinder group (1b) are operated. This control apparatus includes a supercharger (8), as well as a controller (30) that selectively starts and stops operation of the supercharger (8) depending on a load on the internal combustion engine when the internal combustion engine is to be operated in the partial cylinder operation mode.
US07882815B2	Hydraulic cam follower A hydraulic cam follower for simultaneous actuation of several equal-acting gas-exchange valves, especially for a tappet pushrod valve train of an engine, includes an outer part, whose base forms a cam contacting surface, and from whose head hollow-cylindrical guides extend in the same number as the valves in a direction towards the base. A housing of a hydraulic play compensation element is provided in each guide and sits with its bottom side on an inside of the bottom of the outer part. A concentric pressure piston is guided in a borehole starting from a head end of each housing so it can move axially. A non-return valve is located at a bottom-side base of the piston and a high-pressure space is formed axially between the base and the bottom side of the housing. A reservoir for hydraulic medium is formed between the base and a head end of the piston.
US07882811B2	Methods for controlling valves of an internal combustion engine, devices for controlling the valves, and engines employing the methods Methods for improving the efficiency of internal combustion engines are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method of improving the efficiency of an internal combustion engine comprises controlling the motion of an exhaust valve associated with a cylinder of the internal combustion engine. Camshafts and internal combustion engines configured for performing methods of the instant invention are also disclosed.
US07882808B2	Protective hen apron A protective bird apron includes a main body area with a length and a width and a pair of opposing lateral sections attached to the main body area at corresponding opposing edges thereof, each lateral section having a length less than the length of the main body area and a width dimensioned to extend beneath respective wings of the bird. At least one securing strap is coupled to an upper portion of the main body area and to an upper portion of at least one of the lateral sections, the main body area, the at least one of the lateral sections, and the at least one securing strap defining at least one shoulder securing area. A shoulder protector is coupled to the back covering, disposed to protect shoulders of the bird, and has a width substantially the same or greater than a width of the back covering.
US07882805B2	Apparatus for toilet training a pet and method for toilet training a cat An apparatus for toilet training a pet includes a toilet seat adapted to be connected to a toilet bowl and formed with a first opening. A toilet seat cover is connected liftably to the toilet seat, and has a top cover surface, a bottom cover surface, and a second opening formed through the top and bottom cover surfaces, where the second opening is smaller than the first opening and has a size sufficient to permit the pet to squat on the top cover surface. A receptacle is disposed removably on the toilet seat cover and extends through the second opening in the toilet seat cover and the first opening in the toilet seat.
US07882802B2	Device and method for determining teat positions A device for determining the teat positions of a dairy animal after milking. The device is provided with at least one position-measuring device for determining a position of a teat prior to the milking of the dairy animal and for emitting a position signal corresponding to the teat position. The position-measuring device generates individual teat position signals and a control unit determines on the basis of the teat position signals determined before the milking, planes of symmetry extending substantially parallel to the teats. The expected positions are calculated with respect to the planes of symmetry.
US07882800B2	Ring mechanism, and plasma processing device using the ring mechanism A ring mechanism, comprising a focus ring and divided cover rings surrounding a wafer W placed on a loading table (lower electrode) mounted in a processing chamber, wherein a ring-shaped clearance δ1 is provided between the divided rings to spread plasma to the radial outside of the focus ring to allow plasma to get therein, whereby a potential difference between the wafer W and the focus ring can be eliminated to prevent arc discharge by plasma from occurring between the wafer W and the focus ring.
US07882798B2	Key cap painting tool A spray painting tool for painting key caps is disclosed, which comprises: a platform, having a plurality of columns formed on a top surface of the same; a panel, having a plurality of holes formed thereon at positions corresponding to the plural columns for allowing the plural columns to pass through the panel therefrom; a diaphragm, disposed on the panel while aligning a plurality of holes formed thereon with the plural columns for allowing the plural columns to pass through the diaphragm therefrom; and at least a holding unit, each being arranged on the panel at a position corresponding to one of the plural column for fixedly securing a key cap. As the diaphragm can be easily replaced, the spray painting tool can be used repetitively without worrying the stacking of residue paint on its panel. Moreover, as the spray painting tool is simple in structure and ease to use, painting key caps can be achieved with lower cost and less time.
US07882797B2	Method and device for application of particles in an absorbent structure An apparatus and a method for applying particles within a pre-determined limited area of an absorbent structure. The apparatus has: a nozzle arranged to dispense the particles on the pre-determined limited area of the absorbent structure; conduit for supplying particles by a gas flow from a particle container to the nozzle; a valve arranged between the nozzle and the particle container; and, a valve vane arranged to direct the gas flow having particles through the valve from a particle inlet to an application outlet when the valve is in a first position and to direct the gas flow having particles through the valve from the particle inlet to a residue outlet when the valve is in a second position. The apparatus also has a device for maintaining a gas flow in the application outlet when the valve is in the second position.
US07882795B1	Adjustable fisherman seat assembly and associated method An adjustable fisherman seat assembly includes an elongated base member and a seat section. A mechanism for linearly displacing the seat includes: a linear shaft; a pair of linear slots; a bore; first and second linear arms; a bracket; and first and second pairs of spring members. A mechanism for adjustably pivoting the seat includes: a bar; a support plate; a rod; a toothed wheel; an elbow lever; an actuating arm; and a pawl. A fishing rod holder is statically coupled to the adjustably pivoting mechanism. A mechanism for supporting user feet includes a platform and a support stand. Such a platform has a finger extending downwardly and a locking pin. A plurality of independently compressible spring members is nested within the seat section.
US07882794B2	Buoyancy device and method for stabilizing and controlling lowering or raising of a structure between the surface and the sea floor A method of using a buoyancy fluid presenting density that is less than that of sea water, and that is confined in a rigid or flexible leaktight casing, so as to constitute an immersed buoyancy element, wherein the buoyancy fluid is a compound that is naturally in the gaseous state at ambient atmospheric temperature and pressure, and in the liquid state at the underwater depth to which the buoyancy element is immersed. The present invention also relates to a method of putting a buoyancy element into place between the surface and the bed of the sea, wherein the fluid is stored in a tank on a surface ship as a liquid in the cooled or compressed liquid state, and it is injected in the liquid state into a pipe from the surface where it is stored to an said immersed casing at an underwater depth at which the underwater pressure is not greater than the vapor pressure of the gas corresponding to the compound at the temperature at the depth.
US07882783B2	Method and system for digital imaging of printing forms A method for digital imaging of a printing form (10) through application of energy is described, in which a burn-off area (66) is detachably fixed by supporting points (68, 84), supporting points (68, 84) being left in place on the printing form (10) through non-imaging of image spots (112) and in which the burn-off from the burn-off area (66) is detached from the printing form (10) in a cleaning step. A supporting point (68, 84) at a reference point is left in place precisely if the number of image spots (110) to be imaged in a surrounding area (18) of the reference point (12) exceeds a limit value and a boundary area (20) in the surrounding area (18) around the reference point (12) contains only image spots (110) to be imaged. The method may be used in a system for digital imaging of printing forms (10) having an energy source (86), a cleaning unit (70), a control unit (96), and an image processing unit (98) with a computing unit (100), in particular with a raster image processor (RIP) (102) in a printing unit of a printing press.
US07882782B2	Printing device having print head and counterpressure surface in fixed relationship A printing device for printing sheet elements (2) that are serially fed to the printing device, in particular product labels made of temperature-sensitive paper or paper substitute materials, comprises at least two separate feed devices (3a, . . . , 3f) for each liner strip (1) comprising the sheet elements (2), wherein each feed device (3a, . . . , 3f) comprises a peeling-off device (4a, . . . , 4f) for peeling the sheet elements (2) from the liner strip (1), and wherein the feed devices (3a, . . . , 3f) are associated with a print head (5a, . . . , 5f) with a thermal slat (6a, . . . , 6f) for printing a sheet element supported by a counterpressure surface (7a, . . . , 7f), and comprising an application device (8) for removing the printed sheet element from the print head (5a, . . . , 5f) and for applying the printed sheet element to a product.
US07882781B2	Duplex printing apparatus having control unit to control printing speed A duplex printing apparatus capable of printing by performing a slow-up operation on the printing speed so that it increases from a low speed to a set speed at the time of duplex printing. Control means controls, on the basis of a drum rotation position signal and a drum speed signal from a home position sensor and an unshown encoder sensor, a sheet feeding unit, printing unit, sheet discharge unit, sheet re-feeding means and switching member, such that the printing speed (drum speed) slows up from a low speed to a set speed in each rotation of a plate cylinder, which corresponds to feeding of each sheet to the printing unit when duplex printing is started, and further controls a stepping motor of the sheet re-feeding means such that conveyance speed of a sheet receiving board synchronizes with the printing speed.
US07882779B2	Variable displacement inclined plate type compressor A variable displacement inclined plate type compressor comprising a spindle, an inclined plate provided to be inclinable relative to the spindle and rotating together with the spindle, a pair of shoes arranged to hold the inclined plate therebetween, and a piston coupled with the inclined plate through the pair of shoes, wherein the quantity of stroke of the piston is determined depending on the inclination angle of the inclined plate. In the sliding surface of the inclined plate with which the planar part of the shoe comes into contact, a groove is provided such that the contact area of the shoe and the sliding surface of the inclined plate when the inclination angle of the inclined plate is minimum becomes smaller than that when the inclination angle of the inclined plate is maximum. In such a structure, power consumption can be reduced during low displacement operation without damaging reliability of the compressor.
US07882774B1	Brushcutter blade A brushcutter blade with an undulated peripheral cutting edge, wherein the edge alternates partly circular cutting sections, with partly arcuate, radially recessed cutting sections. Recessed cutting sections provide accelerated radial cutting and also additional axial shredding. Auxiliary axial segments are formed or deflected out of the blade body around a base line or juncture with the blade, at angles acute to the plane of the blade, and the openings through the blade created thereby, are radially outward of the juncture. The segments are configured to provide an inclined leading edge for each segment, that cuts a laterally extended path with the movement of the blade, and enhances both radial and axial shredding. A contrasting vivid color band on distal cutting sections optically merges into a distinctively visible cutting edge for obstacle avoidance and safety enhancement.
US07882769B2	Insulating screwdriver having wear identification function An insulating screwdriver includes a handle, a drive shank having a first end mounted in the handle and a second end protruding outwardly from the handle, an insulating jacket mounted on the second end of the drive shank, and an identification insulating sleeve mounted between the second end of the drive shank and the insulating jacket. Thus, when the insulating jacket is worn out or broken due to friction or hit, the identification insulating sleeve is still located outside of the drive shank to provide a secondary insulating effect to the drive shank so as to protect the user when operating the drive shank.
US07882767B2	Dumbell roller assembly for tong unit A power tong having a ring gear and dumbell rollers, with mating load surfaces on the ring gear and dumbell rollers which transfer horizontal and vertical loads from the ring gear to the dumbell rollers, without contact between the ring gear teeth and the dumbell rollers. The power tong further has a dumbell roller shaft configuration which permits vertical and rotational locking of the shaft, while permitting easy replacement and without binding of the rotation of the top and bottom plates on the dumbell rollers.
US07882765B2	Balancing assembly A balancing assembly for a rotor comprises a mass, a displacement arrangement for displacing the mass along a guide arrangement. The guide arrangement extends circumferentially and the displacement arrangement can move the mass circumferentially around the principal axis of the rotor during rotation of the rotor.
US07882764B2	Steering wheel A steering wheel includes (a) a core member having a boss portion, a spoke portion, and a rim portion, the spoke portion stretching between the boss portion and the rim portion; and (b) a polyurethane member covering at least the rim portion of the core member, the polyurethane member having a specific gravity of 0.7 to 0.9 and a Shore A hardness of 45 to 60. A steering wheel proper defined as being a combination of the core member and the polyurethane member has a weight of 1.0 to 2.5 kg. This steering wheel is satisfied in both of weight reduction and maintenance of moment of inertia necessary for steering wheel.
US07882761B2	Adjustable steering column assembly with compressive locking mechanism An adjustable steering column assembly with a steering shaft extending through a jacket member. An elongate locking member extends through two opposed sidewalls and a compression member positioned between the sidewalls. One of either the sidewalls or the compression member is fixed relative to the jacket member while the other is fixed relative to the vehicle structure. Spacers are located on opposite sides of the compression member between the compression member and the two sidewalls. First and second abutment surfaces are engaged with outward facing surfaces of the sidewalls and are coupled to the elongate locking member. An actuator assembly moves the locking assembly between unlocked and locked positions. In the locked position, the abutment surfaces bias the sidewalls inwardly to firmly engage the compression member between the spacers.
US07882755B2	Sensor attachment device, a sensor and a light emitting device for a photo-electrical sensor This invention provides a sensor attachment device that can be easily attached and detached, a sensor and a light emitting device for a photo-electrical sensor. By downward displacement of an operation member after tip ends of a pair of locking hooks are locked to a sensor main body by inserting the sensor main body into an insertion opening with second regions of a pair of facing surfaces respectively facing toward external surfaces of central portions of the pair of locking hooks, the central portions of the pair of locking hooks can be pressed inwardly by first regions of the pair of facing surfaces, thereby fixing the sensor main body to a holding member. Accordingly, the attachment of the sensor main body is easy in comparison with the conventional configuration in which a nut is screwed onto the sensor main body, then rotated and fastened.
US07882754B2	Gas component collector, gas component collecting device, filter producing method, and gas component analyzing apparatus A gas component collector comprises a filter assembly 3 comprising an adsorbent and an adsorbent holding plate having a first face, a second face and a plurality of holes that are bored through from the first face to the second face and are filled with the adsorbent adsorbing at least one gas component to be analyzed, the filter assembly satisfying (AL−V)2/L3≧0.003 mm3 and V/AL≧0.3, where V is a total volume of the adsorbent, A is a sum of an opening areas of the holes, and L is an average length of the holes, and a holding container 2 housing the filter assembly 3. On at least one of the holding container 2 a first opening portion for introducing gas and a second opening portion for allowing the introduced gas to be discharged are formed.
US07882753B2	Magnetostrictive torque sensor and electric power steering apparatus A magnetostrictive torque sensor includes first and second magnetostrictive films mounted on a pinion shaft and having different magnetic anisotropic properties, a first detecting coil disposed in facing relation to the first magnetostrictive film, a second detecting coil disposed in facing relation to the second magnetostrictive film, a transistor, and a detector for detecting a torque applied to the pinion shaft based on a first detected signal representative of a potential at the junction between the first detecting coil and the second detecting coil.
US07882752B2	Sensor-equipped bearing for wheel The wheel support bearing assembly is for rotatably supporting a vehicle wheel relative to an automotive vehicle body, which includes an outer member having an inner periphery formed with a plurality of rows of raceway surfaces, an inner member having raceway surfaces formed therein in face-to-face relation with the raceway surfaces in the outer member, and a plurality of rows of rolling elements interposed between those raceway surfaces, respectively; a sensor unit including a sensor mounting member and a strain sensor fitted to the sensor mounting member, the sensor unit being fitted to a stationary member, which is one of the outer member and the inner member; and wherein the sensor mounting member includes at least two contact fixing portion relative to the stationary member and the strain sensor is arranged at at least one location between the contact fixing portions.

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