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US07936244B2	Highly coupled inductor A highly coupled inductor includes a first ferromagnetic plate, a second ferromagnetic plate, a film adhesive between the first ferromagnetic plate and the second ferromagnetic plate, a first conductor between the first plate and the second plate, and a second conductor between the first plate and the second plate. A conducting electromagnetic shield may be positioned proximate the first conductor for enhancing coupling and reducing leakage flux. A method of manufacturing a highly coupled inductor component includes providing a first ferromagnetic plate and a second ferromagnetic plate, placing conductors between the first ferromagnetic plate and the second ferromagnetic plate, and connecting the first ferromagnetic plate and the second ferromagnetic plate using a film adhesive.
US07936238B1	Protection device with a sandwiched cantilever breaker mechanism The present invention is directed to an electrical wiring device that includes a housing assembly including a plurality of line terminals, a plurality of load terminals, and a plurality of receptacle load terminals. A circuit assembly includes at least one signal detection circuit and an interrupting contact assembly. The interrupting contact assembly includes four sets of interrupting contacts being at least partially disposed on four cantilevered members. The four cantilevered members include a first set of two cantilevered members and a second set of two cantilevered members. The first set of cantilevered members is configured to rotate around a first axis in a first direction and the second set of cantilevered members being configured to rotate around a second axis in a second direction opposite to the first direction. The four sets of interrupting contacts are configured to provide electrical continuity between the plurality of line terminals, the plurality of load terminals, and the plurality of receptacle load terminals in a reset state and decouple the four sets of interrupting contacts in a tripped state.
US07936237B2	Multi-band transmit-receive switch for wireless transceiver A transmit-receive switch has a transmit port, an antenna port, and a receive port. A first switch couples the transmit port to the antenna port when a signal TxON is asserted. A LOW_BAND signal indicates the selection of a lower band of frequencies. A tuning structure is formed by a second and third switch in series which couple the antenna port to ground through a first capacitor when TxON and LOW_BAND are both asserted, and LOW_BAND may be provided to one or more such tuning structures for multi-band frequency operation. A second capacitor couples the antenna port to ground when a fourth switch is enabled. An inductor couples the antenna port to the receive port. A third capacitor is placed across the receive port and ground. A fifth switch is closed when TxON is asserted. The first through fifth switches can be a CMOS FET with an isolated substrate coupled to ground through an associated resistor.
US07936236B2	Switchable combiner/divider with multiple inputs/outputs A switchable combiner/divider with multiple inputs/outputs is provided. The switchable combiner/divider with multiple inputs/outputs includes multiple input ports for receiving multiple incoming signals, multiple output ports, a switching part for alternately connecting the multiple input ports to output ports as a circulating configuration, and a controller for providing switching control signals to the switching part.
US07936234B2	Marchand balun with air bridge A microwave or millimeter-wave balun is provided. The balun uses three edge-coupled lines along with a plurality of air bridges instead of two edge-coupled lines used in a conventional planar Marchand balun. The first edge-coupled line and the second edge-coupled line are substantially parallel, and the third edge-coupled line is disposed also substantially in parallel between the first edge-coupled line and the second edge-coupled line. The plurality of air bridges are transmission lines between the first edge-coupled line and the second edge-coupled line. The air bridges have total width longer than one half of the total length of the first edge-coupled line or the second edge-coupled line. By combining three edge-coupled-lines and a plurality of air bridges, the Marchand balun has a higher coupling coefficient and increases the operation bandwidth. The microwave monolithic integrated circuit (MMIC) mixer based on the balun can provide compact size compared to conventional ones.
US07936232B2	Substrate for semiconductor package A substrate for a semiconductor package includes a dielectric substrate, a circuit pattern formed on a first surface of the dielectric substrate, and an electromagnetic band gap (EGB) pattern. The EGB pattern includes multiple unit structures formed on a second surface of the dielectric substrate, where each unit structure includes a flat conductor electrically connected to the circuit pattern through a ground connection, and multiple spiral-patterned conductors electrically connected to the flat conductor. The second surface is formed on an opposite side of the dielectric substrate from the first surface. Each flat conductor is electrically connected to a flat conductor of another one of the unit structures. At least one of the spiral-patterned conductors in each one of the unit structures is electrically connected to another one of the spiral-patterned conductors.
US07936228B2	Frequency modulator and FM transmission circuit using the same An input signal is input via a first resistor to an inverting input terminal of an operational amplifier. A second resistor is provided on a feedback path between an output terminal and the inverting input terminal of the operational amplifier. A control voltage Vcnt output from the operational amplifier is input to a VCO. A frequency divider frequency-divides an output signal Sout of the VCO. A phase comparator compares an output signal from the frequency divider with a reference clock signal and outputs a voltage according to a phase difference. A loop filter removes a high-frequency component of an output voltage Vcp of the phase comparator and outputs the voltage to a non-inverting input terminal of the operational amplifier.
US07936226B2	Circuit and method for a wireless accessory of a moblie device The invention relates to a circuit and method for a wireless accessory of a portable computer. The circuit comprises an oscillator circuit, a control circuit connected to the oscillator circuit, and a quenching circuit connected to the oscillator circuit. According to the invention, the oscillator circuit is formed of an LC resonator, the quality factor of which is at least 10, and the quenching circuit is formed in such a way that the energy of the oscillator circuit is discharged by a predefined current.
US07936225B2	Voltage controlled oscillator circuit, phase-locked loop circuit using the voltage controlled oscillator circuit, and semiconductor device provided with the same A VCO circuit includes: a control portion to which a first voltage is inputted and from which a second voltage corresponding to the first voltage is outputted; a current source portion to which the second voltage is inputted and from which a current corresponding to the second voltage is outputted; and an oscillator circuit to which the current is inputted and from which a signal with a frequency in accordance with the current is outputted. The control portion includes an adjusting circuit which changes the second voltage in conjunction with fluctuation of a power supply voltage. Accordingly, fluctuation of the frequency Fo of an output signal of the VCO circuit can be suppressed even when the power supply voltage of the VCO circuit fluctuates.
US07936221B2	Computation spreading for spur reduction in a digital phase lock loop A novel and useful apparatus for and method of spur reduction using computation spreading in a digital phase locked loop (DPLL) architecture. A software based PLL incorporates a reconfigurable calculation unit (RCU) that is optimized and programmed to sequentially perform all the atomic operations of a PLL or any other desired task in a time sharing manner. An application specific instruction-set processor (ASIP) incorporating the RCU is adapted to spread the computation of the atomic operations out over and completed within an entire PLL reference clock period. Each computation being performed at a much higher processor clock frequency than the PLL reference clock rate. This functions to significantly reduce the per cycle current transient generated by the computations. Further, the frequency content of the current transients is at the higher processor clock frequency. This results in a significant reduction in spurs within sensitive portions of the output spectrum.
US07936220B2	Techniques for improving amplifier linearity Techniques for improving the linearity of a cascode amplifier. In an exemplary embodiment, an auxiliary common-gate amplifier is provided in parallel with the principal cascode branch. The auxiliary common-gate amplifier samples a cascoded node in the principal cascode branch. The auxiliary common-gate amplifier generates a current which, when combined with the current generated by the principal cascode branch, cancels a distortion component to generate an output current with improved linearity characteristics. In an exemplary embodiment, a phase shifting network couples the cascoded node to the auxiliary common-gate amplifier, and may include, e.g., a capacitor coupled to an inductor.
US07936219B2	Power amplifier bias circuit A power amplifier and bias circuit includes a combination circuit in which a voltage drive bias circuit and a current drive bias circuit are connected in a parallel relationship with each other. The power amplifier bias circuit also includes an idle current control circuit which uses the collector voltage of amplifier transistors. When the collector voltage of the amplifier transistors is lower than the threshold voltage of a first transistor (approximately 1.3 V), the first transistor is turned off. At that time, since the reference voltage (2.4-2.5 V) is higher than the voltage for turning on both a second transistor and a diode (namely, approximately 1.3 V plus 0.7 V), a current flows and the first transistor turns on. As a result, a current is drawn from the bases of the amplifier transistors to GND through two resistances, so that the idle currents of the amplifier transistors decrease.
US07936217B2	High-linearity complementary amplifier A complementary amplifier includes an NMOS transistor coupled to a PMOS transistor in a stacked configuration. The NMOS transistor and the PMOS transistor receive and amplify an input signal. The NMOS and PMOS transistors operate as a linear complementary amplifier and provide an output signal. The NMOS and PMOS transistors may have separate bias voltages, which may be selected to overlap the low-to-high and high-to-low transitions of the transconductances of these transistors. The width and length dimensions of the NMOS and PMOS transistors may be selected to match the change in input capacitance and the change in transconductance of the NMOS transistor in moderate inversion region with the change in input capacitance and the change in transconductance of the PMOS transistor in moderate inversion region. The complementary amplifier may have an approximately constant total input capacitance and an approximately constant total transconductance over a range of voltages.
US07936213B2	Doherty amplifier and signal amplification system having the same, method for amplifying signal A Doherty amplifier is provided. The Doherty amplifier includes a first path circuit including a carrier amplifier and a first impedance adjusting circuit connected with the carrier amplifier; and a second path circuit including a peaking amplifier, a second impedance adjusting circuit connected with the peaking amplifier, and a peaking amplifier bias circuit connected with the peaking amplifier. At least one among an impedance of the first impedance adjusting circuit, an impedance of the second impedance adjusting circuit, and a bias of the peaking amplifier bias circuit is adjusted in response to a control signal.
US07936212B2	Progressive power generating amplifiers A power amplifier circuit includes an unequal power splitter that splits an input signal using an unequal power split and provides a first power level signal and a second power level signal. A first amplifier path includes a first transistor amplifier that amplifies the first power level signal, and a second amplifier path includes a second transistor amplifier that amplifies the second power level signal. The second transistor amplifier is configured to turn on at a different power level of the input signal than the first transistor amplifier. An unequal combiner combines the amplified first power level signal and the amplified second power level signal.
US07936211B2	Controlling the performance of a thermionic tube Controlling the performance of the thermionic tube (102) having a cathode (103), a plate (104) and a grid (105) is disclosed. The tube is configured to provide amplification of an audio derived signal (106) and is arranged to apply a grid bias voltage to the grid. The absence of an input audio signal is detected whereafter output current between cathode and plate is measured to identify actual output current. The actual output current is compared against a preferred output current and the grid bias voltage is adjusted so as to bring the actual output current value towards the preferred output current value.
US07936209B2	I/O buffer with low voltage semiconductor devices Described embodiments provide for protecting from DC and transient over-voltage conditions an input/output (“I/O”) buffer having first and second I/O transistors. The first I/O transistor is coupled to a first over-voltage protection circuit adapted to prevent an over-voltage condition on at least the first I/O transistor. The second I/O transistor is coupled to a second over-voltage protection circuit adapted to prevent an over-voltage condition on at least the second I/O transistor. First and second bias voltages are generated from an operating voltage of the buffer. A third bias voltage is generated from either i) the first bias voltage, or ii) an output signal voltage of the buffer and a fourth bias voltage is generated from either i) the second bias voltage, or ii) the output signal voltage of the buffer. The third and fourth bias voltages are provided to the first and second over-voltage protection circuits, respectively.
US07936205B2	Leakage reduction in electronic circuits In one embodiment, an apparatus for reducing leakage in an electronic circuit (e.g., a CMOS circuit) includes a power switch transistor configured to selectively couple or decouple a voltage to a logic portion of the electronic circuit. The power switch transistor receives a first voltage during an active mode of the electronic circuit and receives a second voltage during a sleep mode of the electronic circuit. The power switch transistor has a bulk region that is biased using the first voltage during sleep mode. The power switch transistor has a gate region that is biased using the first voltage during sleep mode.
US07936203B2	Temperature compensation via power supply modification to produce a temperature-independent delay in an integrated circuit A method and circuitry for adjusting the delay of a variable delay line (VDL) in a delay locked loop (DLL) or other delay element or subcircuit on an integrated circuit is disclosed. Such delay circuitry will inherently have a delay which is a function of temperature. In accordance with embodiments of the invention, such temperature-dependent delays are compensated for by adjusting the power supply voltage of the VDL, delay element, or subcircuit. Specifically, a temperature sensing stage is used to sense the temperature of the integrated circuit, and hence the VDL, delay element, or subcircuit. Information concerning the sensed temperature is sent to a regulator which derives the local power supply voltage from the master power supply voltage, Vcc, of the integrated circuit. If the temperature sensed is relatively high, which otherwise would increase the delay though the VDL, delay element, or subcircuit, the regulator increases the local power supply voltage, thus decreasing the delay and offsetting the increase in delay due to temperature. Through this scheme, and assuming the temperature sensing stage is properly tuned, temperature-dependent delays can be reduced to approximately zero.
US07936202B2	Method and apparatus for robust mode selection with low power consumption A low power method and apparatus for selecting operational modes of a circuit. One circuit according to the teachings of the disclosed method and apparatus includes a first current limiting circuit coupled between a selector terminal and a first voltage bus. The first current limiting circuit is adapted to vary a current limit out of the selector terminal in response to a voltage on the selector terminal. The circuit also includes a second current limiting circuit coupled between the selector terminal and a second voltage bus. The second current limiting circuit adapted to vary a current limit into the selector terminal in response to the voltage on the selector terminal.
US07936201B2	Apparatus and method for providing a signal for transmission via a signal line An apparatus for providing a signal for transmission via a signal line includes a controller circuit having an output for a signal indicating whether the signal line is or will be in an inactive state and a switching circuit coupled to the controller circuit and having an output coupled to the signal line. The output is switched between different signal levels, if the signal indicates that the signal line is in an inactive state.
US07936200B2	Apparatus and method for providing a clock signal A clock circuit which may include a first clock input for receiving a first clock signal and a second clock input for receiving a second clock signal. A clock calibration unit is connected to the first clock input and the second clock input. The calibration unit may calibrate the second clock signal relative to the first clock signal. The clock calibration unit may have a calibration output for outputting a calibrated clock signal. The clock circuit may include a switch unit connected to the first clock input and the calibration output. The switch unit can select a selected clock signal selected from the first clock signal and the calibrated signal. The switch unit has a switch output for outputting the selected clock signal. A switch control unit is connected to the switch unit for controlling which signal is selected based on a selection criterion and a clock circuit output is connected to the switch unit for outputting the selected clock signal.
US07936198B2	Progamable control clock circuit for arrays A programmable clock control circuit includes a base block, a chop block, and a pulse width variation block coupled between the chop block and the base block that receives the chop block output and provides a pulse width variation output to the base block. The pulse width variation block is programmable to vary the chop block output to provide at least three different output pulse widths. The circuit also includes a clock delay block coupled an output of the base block to delay the output pulse and having a clock signal output.
US07936197B2	Programmable high-speed cable with boost device An HDMI cable carries high speed encoded data which are transmitted differentially over data channels, along with a clock. High-frequency loss and differential skew within a differential signal may be compensated by analog circuits embedded in the cable. These embedded circuits are tuned at production for best performance by observing the quality of the recovered analog signal. The embedded circuits are powered by a combination of power sources, both carried within the cable, and harvested from the high-speed signals themselves.
US07936194B2	Dual-reference delay-locked loop (DLL) Embodiments of the present invention are directed to a dual-reference delay-locked loop that includes a first delay element that delays a clock signal. The rising phase and the falling phase of the delayed clock signal are used as a first and a second reference phases, respectively, for a phase detector. A second delay element delays the first reference signal with a tracking phase that centers between the two reference phases. The phase detector detects a difference between the average of the reference phases and the tracking or resultant phase and outputs a difference signal that biases the delay elements to slew to the left or the right so that the resultant phase is centered between the reference phases corresponding to the rising and falling edges of the incoming clock.
US07936193B2	Multi-phase clock system The invention relates to multi-phase clock system for receiving a plurality of clock signals (CLKo-n) comprising actual time events (aTE) defining different clock phases, the clock signals all having a same clock frequency but different clock phases, the system further arranged for receiving a reference clock signal (REFCLK) for providing reference time events (rTE) for the plurality of clock signals (CLKo-n), the reference clock signal (REFCLK) having a reference frequency different from the clock frequency, the reference frequency being selected such that each one of the subsequent reference time events (rTE) coincides with a desired time event (dTE) for a single one of the plurality of clock signals (CLKo-n).
US07936189B2	Driver circuit and method for reducing electromagnetic interference An apparatus and a method switch a load through a power transistor. The apparatus includes: a first current generator for generating a current to charge a capacitance of a control terminal of the power transistor during power on of the power transistor; a second current generator for generating a current to discharge the capacitance during power off of the power transistor. The apparatus is equipped with control circuitry having a storage element for storing a voltage value representative of the potential difference between the control terminal and a conduction terminal of the power transistor when the power transistor operates in the saturation region and a discharge circuit for generating an additional current to discharge the capacitance during the power-off process. The additional current is a function of the potential difference of the control terminal and the stored voltage value from the conduction terminal.
US07936183B2	IC output signal path with switch, bus holder, and buffer An electronic integrated circuit includes a signal path connected between the functional logic (15) thereof and an external output terminal. The signal path includes a switch (S), a bus holder circuit (121B), and an output buffer (19).
US07936176B2	Method for providing alignment of a probe A method for aligning a probe relative to a supporting substrate defining a first planar surface, an edge, and a first crystal plane includes the steps of masking the surface of the substrate to define an exposed area on the first surface at the edge; and etching, using an etch reagent, a recess in the exposed area, the recess defining first and second opposed sidewalls, an end wall remote from the edge, and a bottom wall. The method further includes the step of providing a probe substrate defining a second planar surface and a second crystal plane identical to the first crystal plane, and positioning the probe substrate so that the first and the second crystal planes are positioned identically when forming a probe from the probe substrate using the etch reagent, wherein the probe defines congruent surfaces to the first and second sidewalls.
US07936174B2	Coupling loop A coupling loop or antenna is provided that can be used with a system that determines the resonant frequency of a sensor by adjusting the phase and frequency of an energizing signal until the frequency of the energizing signal matches the resonant frequency of the sensor. In one embodiment multiple energizing loops energize an implanted sensor and a sensor coupling loop connected to an input impedance that is at least two times greater than the inductance of the sensor coupling loop receives the sensor signal.
US07936169B2	Polarization analyzer orientation with nuclear magnetic resonance gyroscope An apparatus in one example comprises a polarization filter and a polarization analyzer. The polarization filter comprises a first polarization axis. The polarization analyzer comprises a second polarization axis. The polarization filter is configured to polarize detection light for a nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) cell along the first polarization axis. The polarization analyzer is configured to receive the detection light from the NMR cell and pass a portion of the detection light to a processor for determination of angular rate information. The portion of the detection light passed to the processor is based on an orientation of the second polarization axis relative to the first polarization axis. The orientation is selected to maximize a signal-to-noise ratio of the detection light.
US07936167B2	Rotary velocity sensor and rotary position and velocity sensor A rotary velocity sensor includes a stator having a coil and a rotor having a permanent magnet. The rotor is substantially coaxially aligned with the central longitudinal axis of the stator, surrounds the coil, and is rotatable with respect to the stator about the axis. A rotary position and velocity sensor includes a non-magnetic stator having a magnetosensitive device and having at least one coil and includes a non-magnetic rotor having at least one permanent magnet. The magnetosensitive device has a sensing surface with a normal axis aligned substantially perpendicular to the stator axis. The at-least-one coil has a central coil axis aligned substantially perpendicular to the stator axis. The rotor is substantially coaxially aligned with the central longitudinal axis of the stator, surrounds the at-least-one coil, and is rotatable with respect to the stator about the stator axis.
US07936164B2	Folding current sensor The invention provides a current sensor that may be folded over a conductor without the need to sever the conductor or thread the conductor through the current sensor. In one embodiment, the current sensor includes an outer body having a first folding portion and a second folding portion coupled to the first folding portion. The current sensor also includes a soft ferromagnetic body disposed within the outer body comprising a first core element and a second core element. The first and second core elements form a lumen when the first and second folding portions are folded. The lumen is configured to receive a conductor. The current sensor also includes a magnetic field detector to sense a current in the conductor. The magnetic field detector is disposed at least partially between the first and second core elements when the first and second folding portions are folded.
US07936160B1	Apparatus and method for valley emulated current mode control A valley current mode switching regulator is provided. When the main switch of the switching regulator is closed, the current through the main switch is sensed and sampled. The sensed main switch current is held while the main switch is off. While the main switch is off, the inductor current is emulated. Emulated valley current mode control is provided based on the sensed main switch current and the emulated flywheel current.
US07936159B2	Method and apparatus for a high voltage power supply circuit A control circuit for use in a power supply is disclosed. An example control circuit according to aspects of the present invention includes a signal generator coupled to generate an output signal to control switching of a power switch to be coupled to the control circuit. A feedback circuit is coupled to receive a feedback signal, which is representative of an output of the power supply during a feedback portion of an off time of the power switch. The signal generator generates the output signal in response to the feedback circuit to control a fraction of the feedback portion of the off time of the power switch that the feedback signal is above a threshold and another fraction of the feedback portion of the off time of the power switch that the feedback signal is below the threshold.
US07936158B2	Switching regulator configured to detect and shutdown reverse current A switching regulator includes a first switch, an inductor, a second switch, a controller to control a switching operation by switching the first switch and switching the second switch complementally to the first switch, and a reverse current detector to detect a reverse current that flows from an output terminal toward the second switch. The reverse current detector generates a proportional voltage that is proportional to a voltage at a junction node between the second switch and the inductor, and detects a generation or an indication of the reverse current based on the proportional voltage. The controller turns the second switch off to create a shutdown state when the reverse current detector detects the generation or the indication of the reverse current.
US07936157B2	Switching power supply system A switching power supply system, in which a DC voltage obtained by full-wave rectification of an AC voltage is turned on and off by a switching device, converted to a desired DC voltage and outputted, includes a slope compensating circuit and an overcurrent protecting circuit, and a full-wave rectified voltage inputted to a terminal Tm is subtracted from a reference voltage Vref inputted to a terminal Tr to produce a reference voltage waveform signal (OCP correction value) Vocp to eliminate the influence of slope compensation. The reference signal of the overcurrent protection circuit is varied by a signal having a reverse phased waveform relative to the phase of the full-wave rectified waveform. This enables highly accurate overcurrent protection with a net overcurrent protection level unaffected by the slope compensation varied by the input voltage when the system is operated in a current mode.
US07936153B2	On-chip adaptive voltage compensation Measurement circuit components are included in an integrated circuit fabricated on a semiconductor substrate. These measurement circuits are connected to a voltage regulation circuit that provides the integrated circuit voltage source. These measurement circuits provide signals to control the voltage regulation circuit to adjust the voltage output to the integrated circuit based upon a measurement values obtained on the semiconductor device. These measurements include temperature and IR drop at locations on the semiconductor substrate, along with the frequency response of integrated circuit.
US07936151B2	Battery state monitoring circuitry with low power consumption during a stand-by-state of a battery pack A battery pack including at least one battery cell, a switch, and battery state monitoring circuitry. The battery state monitoring circuitry may be configured to control an ON resistance of the switch to a first ON resistance when the switch is ON and the battery pack is in a stand-by-state and to control the ON resistance to a second ON resistance when the switch is ON and said battery pack is not in said stand-by-state, the first ON resistance greater than the second ON resistance. A cordless electrical device and method consistent with embodiments are also provided.
US07936148B2	Battery-operated screwdriver and charger shell therefor A battery-operated screwdriver has a housing with a handle, a rechargeable battery, charge contacts for charging the battery on a charger shell having at least one detachably mounted bit holder for storing tool inserts of the battery-operated screwdriver in captive fashion, so that the battery-operated screwdriver is placeable on the charger shell and a charging mode is produced automatically, and a charger shell for a battery-operated screwdriver has at least one detachable mountable bit holder configured to receive a plurality of bits which in operation are insertable in communication with the battery-operated screwdriver.
US07936146B2	Motor control device A motor control device has: a motor current detecting portion for detecting, based on a current flowing between an inverter and a direct-current power supply, a motor current flowing through a three phase motor; a specified voltage value producing portion for producing a specified voltage value based on the motor current; a specified voltage value holding portion for holding an earlier specified voltage value outputted from the specified voltage value producing portion; and a specific period setting portion for setting a specific period based on a voltage difference between two of U-phase, V-phase, and W-phase voltages. Outside the specific period, the motor is controlled based on the specified voltage value outputted from the specified voltage value producing portion, and, within the specific period, the motor is controlled based on the specified voltage value held by the specified voltage value holding portion.
US07936145B2	Electronically commutated asynchronous motor An electronically commutated asynchronous motor (12) features a stator (202), a short-circuit rotor (204), a controller (FOR 20) for field-oriented regulation of the motor (12), a sensor magnet (274) in thermally conductive connection with the short-circuit rotor (204), a rotor position sensor (14A; 18; 18′) arranged at a predetermined distance (d) from the sensor magnet (274) to generate an output signal (HALL, U, U1, U2) that is dependent upon the spatial orientation of the sensor magnet (274), and a temperature evaluation apparatus (CALC_T 44) configured to ascertain, during operation, from the sensor output signal (HALL, U, U1, U2), a temperature value (T) that characterizes a temperature (T_SM, T_S) in the motor (12).
US07936144B2	Self-calibration algorithms in a small motor driver IC with an integrated position sensor A motion control device for controlling a motor is presented. The motion control device is operable to scale or adjust an input relative to an input range that is based on calibration values and to use that scaled input to produce a drive signal to drive the motor. The motion control device performs a self-calibration to produce the calibration values. The self-calibration involves measuring home position and full travel position values for the motor.
US07936138B2	Motor controller for radio control Provided is a motor controller for controlling a motor installed at an object such as an electric car operated using a transmitter. A manipulation of a manipulation tool of the transmitter is allocated for brake and reverse modes. A specific value of brake power contained in a signal demodulated by a receiver is stored in a memory unit as a changeover reference value, and a changeover determining unit compares the changeover reference value with the brake power. If the brake power is greater than the changeover reference value, the changeover determining unit transmits a changeover signal to a control unit, and if the manipulation tool is manipulated to a neutral point after the control unit receives the changeover signal, the control unit changes the state of the manipulation tool from brake mode to reverse mode. The changeover reference value can be changed by an operator using an external device.
US07936132B2	LED lamp An LED lamp is provided in which the output light intensity of the LEDs in the LED lamp is adjusted based on the input voltage to the LED lamp. The LED lamp comprises one or more LEDs, and an LED driver configured to receive an input voltage and provide regulated current to said one or more LEDs, where the LED driver is configured to adjust the regulated current to said one or more LEDs according to the input voltage to adjust the output light intensity of said one or more LEDs. The LED lamp can be a direct replacement of conventional incandescent lamps in typical wiring configurations found in residential and commercial building lighting applications that use conventional dimmer switches that carry out dimming by changing the input voltage to the LED lamp.
US07936129B2	Lighting conversion system An adapter for a T12 fluorescent light fixture that is used to convert the fixture into a T5 or T8 fixture. The adapter includes a male input for receiving power supplied by the T12 ballast. The adapter has circuitry that adjusts the power supplied by the T12 ballast to parameters usable by a T5 or T8 fluorescent lamp. Also, the adapter includes a female output for outputting the usable power from the circuitry. The usable power drives the T5 or T8 fluorescent lamp.
US07936126B2	Light emitting diode lamp tube A light emitting diode (LED) lamp tube includes a circuit board and a tubular enclosure. The circuit board is disposed in the enclosure such that the enclosure is divided into a non-illuminated portion and a light-receiving portion. The light-receiving portion has two light-condensing side sections corresponding respectively to two sides of the circuit board, and a light-diffusing middle section connected between the light-condensing side sections. An outer surface of the light-receiving portion has a smoothly varying curvature. The light-condensing side sections cooperate with the light-diffusing middle section to diffuse uniformly LED light transmitted from an outer surface of the enclosure.
US07936119B2	Wide-angle LED lighting lamp with high heat-dissipation efficiency and uniform illumination LED lighting lamps provide optimum heat dissipation efficiency, wide illumination beam angles, and substantially uniform illumination intensity. Generally, the disclosed LED lamps comprise at least one LED lighting element and a substrate with a plurality of inclined planes.
US07936114B2	Piezoelectric vibrator manufacturing method, piezoelectric vibrator, oscillator, electronic device, and radio-controlled watch The piezoelectric vibrator of the invention comprises a base substrate, a lid substrate in which cavity recesses are formed and which is bonded to the base substrate in such a state that the recesses face the base substrate, a piezoelectric vibration member bonded to the upper face of the base substrate in such a state that it is housed in the cavity formed of the recess between the base substrate and the lid substrate, an external electrode formed on the lower face of the base substrate, a through-electrode formed in and through the base substrate and electrically connected with the external electrode with keeping the airtightness inside the cavity, and a routing electrode formed on the upper face of the base substrate to electrically connect the through-electrode to the bonded piezoelectric vibration member; wherein the through-electrode is formed through hardening of a paste containing a plurality of metal fine particles and a plurality of glass beads.
US07936112B2	Apparatus and method for converting energy Exemplary embodiments relate to an energy converting apparatus and a method for converting energy, which may convert energy of an applied signal into electrical energy. The energy converting apparatus may include at least one nanowire which resonates in response to the applied signal. The resonating nanowire may contact an electrode allowing a current to flow through the electrode and the nanowire by a Schottky contact between the electrode and the nanowire. The method for converting energy may include applying a signal to at least one nanowire to resonate the nanowire, and generating electrical energy through the contact between the resonating nanowire and an electrode.
US07936107B2	Drive wave generation circuit To generate a drive wave for driving a piezo-actuator. Drive data concerning the number of drive waves supplied through a serial bus is stored in a drive data storage unit. A comparing circuit detects whether or not the number of drive waves have been generated, the number being specified by the drive data, and the drive wave keeps being generated until such detection is made.
US07936102B2	Magnet holder for permanent magnet rotors of rotating machines A rotating machine with a permanent magnet rotor that is easier, lower cost, and lighter includes a plurality of permanent magnet assemblies (20) mounted on a rotor body (1). The magnet assemblies (20) are mounted via magnet holders that each include a pair of claws (2, 3) connected by a bridge (5) and forming a seat for a respective magnet assembly (20). The claws have terminal expansions (11) that extend beyond the bridge (5) and form a second seat in which a tightening section (9) is received. The claws (2, 3) can elastically pivot about the bridge (5) when the terminal expansions (11) are squeezed together or forced apart, allowing insertion of and securing the magnet assembly, respectively.
US07936096B2	Canned linear motor armature and canned linear motor A canned linear motor armature includes an armature winding, a picture-frame-shaped casing, a flat can, and a plurality of refrigerant flow channels. The armature winding includes a coil. The picture-frame-shaped casing has an opening and encloses the armature winding. The flat can has a plate surface to close and seal the opening of the picture-frame-shaped casing. The plurality of refrigerant flow channels are provided within the can to face the coil of the armature winding.
US07936089B1	Adaptive power architecture for hot-swappable electronic modules A system may include a module that includes a component, a logic device to provide an instruction on behalf of the component, and control logic to generate a desired output voltage signal in response to a constant current, where the desired output voltage signal indicates a determined voltage that the component is configured to operate with when performing an operation. The system may include a board that includes a power supply to produce the determined voltage based on the instruction, and an interface to couple the determined voltage to the component to allow the component to perform the operation on behalf of the board, send the constant current to the control logic, and receive the desired output voltage signal from the control logic.
US07936087B2	Switching controller for parallel power converters A switching controller for parallel power converters is disclosed. The switching controller includes an input circuit coupled to an input terminal of the switching controller to receive an input signal. An integration circuit is coupled to the input circuit to generate an integration signal in response to the pulse width of the input signal. A control circuit generates a switching signal for switching the power converters. The switching signal is enabled in response to the enabling of the input signal. A programmable delay time is generated between the input signal and the switching signal. The pulse width of the switching signal is determined in response to the integration signal.
US07936084B2	System and method for electric power distribution inside an aircraft A system and a method for distribution of electric power inside an aircraft. The system includes at least two systems distributing electric power from at least one power source to electric loads of the aircraft via electric and/or electronic protection/switching components, the components being configurable and commandable by dedicated electronics. Each electric distribution system includes command electronics in which a configuration file is downloaded allocating an installation status to each of the protection/switching components.
US07936083B2	Systems and methods for multiple source power conversion An embodiment of a system for multiple source power conversion is implemented in a vehicle that includes an alternating current (AC) power source and first and second direct current (DC) power sources. The system includes an inverter, a DC-to-DC converter, and a controller. The controller receives external commands, inverter feedback signals, and DC-to-DC converter feedback signals, and executes and inverter control algorithm and DC-to-DC converter control algorithm. An embodiment of a method for multiple source power conversion between an AC power source, and first and second DC power sources includes receiving external commands from a remote source, inverter feedback signals from an inverter, and DC-to-DC converter feedback signals from a DC-to-DC converter. The method also includes executing an inverter control algorithm and a DC-to-DC converter control algorithm to generate drive signals for the inverter and DC-to-DC converter, respectively, based on the received commands and feedback signals.
US07936081B2	Power converter control system for electric powertrains A power converter control system for electric powertrains is disclosed. The power converter control system may include at least one power producing device and at least one power consuming device. The power converter control system may further include at least one power electronics module configured to convert and condition a flow of electrical current between the at least one power producing device and the at least one power consuming device. The at least one power electronics module may further be configured to serialize a flow of a first set of signals between the at least one power electronics module and at least one controller. The first set of signals may correspond to at least one characteristic of the at least one power electronics module.
US07936079B2	Distributed system of electrical generators utilizing wind driven natural motion of trees A distributed system of electrical generators utilizing wind driven natural motion of trees includes pull-retract generators deriving torque from the back and forth swaying of neighboring trees and cables, wherein one set of cables acting as support and the other acting as a spring-tensioned flexible rack that drives the pinion gear of the pull-retract generator and also supports the pull-retract generator between the trees. The cables are attached to the pull-retract generators and provide the tension required to support and retract the pull-retract generator mechanism. Tree saddles attach the pull-retract generator cabling to the trees. As the trees sway independently the separations between the trees fluctuate periodically and the pull-retract generators convert these fluctuations into rotational forces that drive the generators. The pull-retract generators make use of a flexible rack and pinion design to convert the relative tree motion into torque and achieves the requisite RPM by cascading a sequence of large-small gear pairs, one such pair in each pull-retract generator utilizing a one-way clutch torque converter, ultimately meshing with a small gear on the generator shaft. Springs are used to return the pull-retract generators to their neutral positions when the trees are stationary and maintain cable tautness when the tree separation periodically lessens by tensioning the rack and pinion cable. The electrical energy derived from the asynchronous motions of the trees, is independent of the direction of the wind and is integrated with other pull-retract generators through rectifiers and to external electrical systems through the use of existing technologies that regulates, conditions and controls the electrical output.
US07936078B2	Variable speed wind turbine having a constant speed generator A variable speed wind turbine including a variable speed rotor, a large constant speed generator, and a small variable speed generator is characterized by a three-shaft variable ratio gearbox connecting the shaft of the rotor with the two generator shafts. The variable ratio gearbox is an epicyclic gearbox which enables the combination of the high performance of a variable speed rotor with the low cost of a large constant speed generator. The torque of the small variable speed generator controls the rotor speed. Variable frequency power conditioning cost is less than that of a prior art variable speed wind turbine, reduced by the ratio of the rated capacity of the small generator to total rated capacity. Also, the small generator enables efficient low wind velocity energy capture. The low rotational inertia of the small variable speed generator further reduces drive train dynamic stress.
US07936077B2	Internal fluid handling for hydro-generator submerged in water Hydro-generator unit submerged in water comprised of watertight bulb housing containing a combination of converter transforming the hydraulic energy into mechanical power, drive train transmitting the mechanical power to generator that converts the mechanical power into electricity or into energy bearing media and auxiliary equipment serving control and measurement purpose and wherein all cavities in the watertight bulb housing, converter, drive train, generator and auxiliary equipment are filled with fluid.
US07936072B2	Semiconductor device having dual damascene structure The semiconductor device includes multilayer wirings of a dual damascene structure. The multilayer wirings include a first wiring layer formed on a semiconductor substrate and a second wiring layer formed on the first wiring layer. The first wiring layer includes a first insulation film, plural first vias provided in the first insulation film, a second insulation film provided on the first insulation film, and a first wiring provided on the first vias and connected to those first vias in the second insulation film. The second wiring layer includes a third insulation film, plural second vias provided in the third insulation film, an adhesive layer provided on the third insulation film, a fourth insulation film provided on the adhesive layer, and a second wiring provided on the second vias and connected to those second vias in the fourth insulation film. In the first wiring layer, the aspect ratio L of a wiring having the minimum wiring width and the via aspect ratio V are in a relationship of L≧V and in the second wiring layer, the aspect ratio L of a wiring having the minimum wiring width and the via aspect ratio V is in a relationship of L
US07936070B2	Semiconductor device and method for fabricating semiconductor device A semiconductor device includes: a copper (Cu) wire having a first region and a second region in which densities of silicon (Si) and oxygen (O) atoms are higher than in the first region; a compound film that is selectively formed on the Cu wire and contains Cu and Si; and a dielectric film formed on a side surface side of the Cu wire.
US07936067B2	Backend interconnect scheme with middle dielectric layer having improved strength An integrated circuit structure includes a first, a second and a third metallization layer. The first metallization layer includes a first dielectric layer having a first k value; and first metal lines in the first dielectric layer. The second metallization layer is over the first metallization layer, and includes a second dielectric layer having a second k value greater than the first k value; and second metal lines in the second dielectric layer. The third metallization layer is over the second metallization layer, and includes a third dielectric layer having a third k value; and third metal lines in the third dielectric layer. The integrated circuit structure further includes a bottom passivation layer over the third metallization layer.
US07936063B2	Carrier assembly for an integrated circuit A carrier assembly for an integrated circuit is disclosed. The carrier assembly has a retainer with electrical contacts for receiving the integrated circuit, and island defining portions arranged about the retainer. Each island defining portion is connected to neighboring island defining portions through a serpentine member. This connection allows resilient deflection between the island defining portions.
US07936060B2	Reworkable electronic device assembly and method An electronic device assembly is provided which includes a substrate, an interposer and an integrated circuit chip. The substrate is fabricated of a first material having a first thermal expansivity, and the interposer and integrated circuit chip are fabricated of a second material having a second thermal expansivity. The second thermal expansivity is different from the first thermal expansivity so that there is a coefficient of thermal expansion mismatch between the substrate and the interposer or chip. The interposer is coupled to the substrate via a first plurality of electrical contacts and an underfill adhesive at least partially surrounding the electrical contacts to bond the interposer to the substrate and thereby reduce strain on the first plurality of electrical contacts. The integrated circuit chip is coupled to the interposer via a second plurality of electrical contacts only, without use of an adhesive surrounding the second plurality of electrical contacts.
US07936059B1	Lead frame packaging technique with reduced noise and cross-talk Broadly speaking, the present invention fills these needs by providing a lead frame package including a substrate stack having opposed sides, one of which includes a plurality of signal traces, with the remaining side including a ground plane. An integrated circuit is mounted to the substrate stack. The integrated circuit includes a plurality of bond pads. A plurality of leads is in electrical communication with a subset of the plurality of signal traces. A plurality of electrically conductive elements placing a sub-group of the plurality of bond pads in electrical communication with a sub-part of the plurality of electrically leads by being bonded signal traces of the subset, spaced-apart from the plurality of leads.
US07936051B2	Silicon wafer and its manufacturing method A silicon wafer which achieves a gettering effect without occurrence of slip dislocations is provided, and the silicon wafer is subject to heat treatment after slicing from a silicon monocrystal ingot so that a layer which has zero light scattering defects according to the 90° light scattering method is formed in a region at a depth from the wafer surface of 25 μm or more but less than 100 μm, and a layer which has a light scattering defect density of 1×108/cm3 or more according to the 90° light scattering method is formed in a region at a depth of 100 μm from the wafer surface.
US07936048B2	Power transistor and power semiconductor device In a power semiconductor device, the vertically conducting power transistor has at its front side (11) a source zone (14) and a control input (16). A feedthrough for the control input has an electrode on the front side (11) and an electrode on the rear side (12), with the result that contact can be made with the control input both from the front side (11) and from the rear side (12).
US07936045B2	Integrated circuit with multi-stage matching circuit An integrated circuit with a multi-stage matching circuit with an inductive conductive structure with a first end and a second end in the integrated circuit and a capacitor structure in the integrated circuit connected to a tap between the ends of the inductive conductive structure between the inductive conductive structure and a reference potential.
US07936042B2	Field effect transistor containing a wide band gap semiconductor material in a drain A field effect transistor comprising a silicon containing body is provided. After formation of a gate dielectric, gate electrode, and a first gate spacer, a drain side trench is formed and filled with a wide band gap semiconductor material. Optionally, a source side trench may be formed and filled with a silicon germanium alloy to enhance an on-current of the field effect transistor. Halo implantation and source and drain ion implantation are performed to form various doped regions. Since the wide band gap semiconductor material as a wider band gap than that of silicon, impact ionization is reduced due to the use of the wide band gap semiconductor material in the drain, and consequently, a breakdown voltage of the field effect transistor is increased compared to transistors employing silicon in the drain region.
US07936036B2	Solid-state image sensor with two different trench isolation implants A solid-state image sensor includes: a trench isolation region; a photodiode region for converting incident light to signal charges and accumulating the signal charges therein; a floating diffusion region for accumulating the signal charges of the photodiode region; a gate electrode formed over the element formation region located between the photodiode region and the floating diffusion region, and formed so that both ends of the gate electrode respectively overlap a part of the photodiode region and a part of the floating diffusion region; and an inactive layer formed in a region located in a bottom portion and sidewall portions of the trench isolation region. An impurity concentration in a region located under the gate electrode in the inactive layer is lower than that in a region other than the region located under the gate electrode in the inactive layer.
US07936035B2	Photoelectric conversion element, solid-state image pickup device, and manufacturing method of the photoelectric conversion element A photoelectric conversion element comprises: a pair of electrodes; and an organic photoelectric conversion layer between the pair of electrodes, wherein one of the electrodes is a first electrode that collects electrons generated in the organic photoelectric conversion layer; the other one of the electrodes is a second electrode that collects holes generated in the organic photoelectric conversion layer; and the photoelectric conversion element further comprises a hole blocking layer that comprises silicon oxide and inhibits injection of holes into the organic photoelectric conversion layer from the first electrode while applying a bias voltage between the electrodes, the hole blocking layer being disposed between the first electrode and the organic photoelectric conversion layer, and an oxygen/silicon composition ratio of the silicon oxide is 0.5 or greater and 1.2 or less.
US07936031B2	MEMS devices having support structures Embodiments of MEMS devices comprise a conductive movable layer spaced apart from a conductive fixed layer by a gap, and supported by rigid support structures, or rivets, overlying depressions in the conductive movable layer, or by posts underlying depressions in the conductive movable layer. In certain embodiments, both rivets and posts may be used. In certain embodiments, these support structures are formed from rigid inorganic materials, such as metals or oxides. In certain embodiments, etch barriers may also be deposited to facilitate the use of materials in the formation of support structures which are not selectively etchable with respect to other components within the MEMS device.
US07936030B2	Methods of operating semiconductor memory devices including magnetic films having electrochemical potential difference therebetween Provided are a multi-purpose magnetic film structure using a spin charge, a method of manufacturing the same, a semiconductor device having the same, and a method of operating the semiconductor memory device. The multi-purpose magnetic film structure includes a lower magnetic film, a tunneling film formed on the lower magnetic film, and an upper magnetic film formed on the tunneling film, wherein the lower and upper magnetic films are ferromagnetic films forming an electrochemical potential difference therebetween when the lower and upper magnetic films have opposite magnetization directions.
US07936027B2	Method of MRAM fabrication with zero electrical shorting An MTJ cell without footings and free from electrical short-circuits across a tunneling barrier layer is formed by using a Ta hard mask layer and a combination of etches. A first etch patterns the Ta hard mask, while a second etch uses O2 applied in a single high power process at two successive different power levels. A first power level of between approximately 200 W and 500 W removes BARC, photoresist and Ta residue from the first etch, the second power level, between approximately 400 W and 600 W continues an etch of the stack layers and forms a protective oxide around the etched sides of the stack. Finally, an etch using a carbon, hydrogen and oxygen gas completes the etch while the oxide layer protects the cell from short-circuits across the lateral edges of the barrier layer.
US07936023B1	High voltage diode A diode, includes a semiconductor substrate, a first region doped with a first dopant type in the substrate, a second region doped with a second dopant type in the substrate, a first well of the first dopant type in the substrate and surrounding the first region and the second region, and a second well of the second dopant type in the substrate connecting the first region and the second region. The first dopant type is opposite the second dopant type.
US07936022B2	Method and circuit for down-converting a signal Methods, systems, and apparatuses for down-converting an electromagnetic (EM) signal by aliasing the EM signal are described herein. Briefly stated, such methods, systems, and apparatuses operate by receiving an EM signal and an aliasing signal having an aliasing rate. The EM signal is aliased according to the aliasing signal to down-convert the EM signal. The term aliasing, as used herein, refers to both down-converting an EM signal by under-sampling the EM signal at an aliasing rate, and down-converting an EM signal by transferring energy from the EM signal at the aliasing rate. In an embodiment, the EM signal is down-converted to an intermediate frequency signal. In another embodiment, the EM signal is down-converted to a demodulated baseband information signal. In another embodiment, the EM signal is a frequency modulated (FM) signal, which is down-converted to a non-FM signal, such as a phase modulated signal or an amplitude modulated signal.
US07936021B2	Semiconductor device including a fin field effect transistor and method of manufacturing the same In a fin field effect transistor (Fin FET) and a method of manufacturing the Fin FET, the Fin FET includes an active pattern inside which insulating layer patterns are formed, an isolation layer pattern enclosing a sidewall of the active pattern such that an opening exposing a sidewall of the active pattern located between the insulating layer patterns is formed, a gate electrode formed on the active pattern to fill the opening, impurity regions formed at portions of the active pattern adjacent to sidewalls of the gate electrode, an insulating interlayer covering the active pattern and the gate electrode and contact plugs formed through portions of the insulating interlayer and the active pattern adjacent to the sidewalls of the gate electrode such that the contact plug makes contact with the impurity region.
US07936017B2	Reduced floating body effect without impact on performance-enhancing stress A method, gated device and design structure are presented for providing reduced floating body effect (FBE) while not impacting performance enhancing stress. One method includes forming damage in a portion of a substrate adjacent to a gate; removing a portion of the damaged portion to form a trench, leaving another portion of the damaged portion at least adjacent to a channel region; and substantially filling the trench with a material to form a source/drain region.
US07936014B2	Power semiconductor devices integrated with clamp diodes having separated gate metal pads to avoid breakdown voltage degradation A structure of power semiconductor device integrated with clamp diodes having separated gate metal pad is disclosed. The separated gate metal pads are wire bonded together on the gate lead frame. This improved structure can prevent the degradation of breakdown voltage due to electric field in termination region blocked by polysilicon.
US07936013B2	Charge balance techniques for power devices A vertically-conducting charge balance semiconductor power device includes an active area comprising a plurality of cells capable of conducting current along a vertical dimension when biased in a conducting state, and a non-active perimeter region surrounding the active area. No current flows along the vertical dimension through the non-active perimeter region when the plurality of cells is biased in the conducting state. Strips of p pillars and strips of n pillars are arranged in an alternating manner. The strips of p pillars have a depth extending along the vertical dimension, a width, and a length. The strips of p and n pillars extend through both the active area and the non-active perimeter region along a length of a die that contains the semiconductor power device. The length of the die extends parallel to the length of the strips of p pillars. Each of the strips of p pillars includes a plurality of discontinuities forming portions of a plurality of strips of n regions. The plurality of strips of n regions extends in the non-active perimeter region perpendicular to the length of the die.
US07936010B2	Power semiconductor having a lightly doped drift and buffer layer A power semiconductor element having a lightly doped drift and buffer layer is disclosed. One embodiment has, underneath and between deep well regions of a first conductivity type, a lightly doped drift and buffer layer of a second conductivity type. The drift and buffer layer has a minimum vertical extension between a drain contact layer on the adjacent surface of a semiconductor substrate and the bottom of the deepest well region which is at least equal to a minimum lateral distance between the deep well regions. The vertical extension can also be determined such that a total amount of dopant per unit area in the drift and buffer layer is larger than a breakdown charge amount at breakdown voltage.
US07936009B2	Shielded gate trench FET with an inter-electrode dielectric having a low-k dielectric therein A shielded gate trench field effect transistor (FET) comprises trenches extending into a semiconductor region. A shield electrode is disposed in a bottom portion of each trench. The shield electrode is insulated from the semiconductor region by a shield dielectric. A gate electrode is disposed in each trench over the shield electrode, and an inter-electrode dielectric (IED) comprising a low-k dielectric extends between the shield electrode and the gate electrode.
US07936006B1	Semiconductor device with backfilled isolation An MOS device has an embedded dielectric structure underlying an active portion of the device, such as a source extension or a drain extension. In an alternative embodiment, an embedded dielectric structure underlies the channel region of a MOS device, as well as the source and drain extensions.
US07936004B2	Nonvolatile semiconductor memory device and manufacturing method thereof A nonvolatile semiconductor memory device includes a plurality of the memory strings, in which a plurality of electrically programmable memory cells is connected in series. The memory strings comprise a pillar shaped semiconductor; a first insulation film formed around the pillar shaped semiconductor; a charge storage layer formed around the first insulation film; a second insulation film formed around the charge storage layer; and first or nth electrodes formed around the second insulation film (n is natural number more than 1). The first or nth electrodes of the memory string and the first to nth electrodes of at least two other memory strings which are adjacent to the memory string in two directions are shared as first to nth conductor layers spread in two dimensions.
US07936003B2	Semiconductor device having transistor with vertical gate electrode and method of fabricating the same A semiconductor device includes transistors with a vertical gate electrode. In a transistor structure, a semiconductor pattern has first and second sides facing in a transverse direction, and third and fourth sides facing in a longitudinal direction. Gate patterns are disposed adjacent to the first and second sides of the semiconductor pattern. Impurity patterns directly contact the third and fourth sides of the semiconductor pattern. A gate insulating pattern is interposed between the gate patterns and the semiconductor pattern.
US07935995B2	Photoelectric conversion apparatus and image pickup system using photoelectric conversion apparatus A photoelectric conversion apparatus includes a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements configured to convert incident light to electric carriers, an amplifier MOS transistor shared by the plurality of photoelectric conversion elements, a plurality of floating diffusions connected to the gate electrode of the amplifier MOS transistor, and a plurality of transfer MOS transistors arranged corresponding to the respective photoelectric conversion elements, each of the transfer MOS transistors transferring electric carriers from corresponding one of the photoelectric conversion elements to corresponding one of the floating diffusions. In such a photoelectric conversion apparatus, at least two of the floating diffusions are electrically connected to each other with a wiring line included in the same wiring layer as the gate electrode of the amplifier MOS transistor.
US07935991B2	Semiconductor components with conductive interconnects A semiconductor component includes a semiconductor substrate having at least one conductive interconnect on the backside thereof bonded to an inner surface of a substrate contact. A stacked semiconductor component includes multiple semiconductor components in a stacked array having bonded connections between conductive interconnects on adjacent components. An image sensor semiconductor component includes a semiconductor substrate having light detecting elements on the circuit side, and conductive interconnects on the backside.
US07935987B2	Epitaxial group III nitride layer on (001)-oriented group IV semiconductor Group III nitride layers have a wide range of uses in electronics and optoelectronics. Such layers are generally grown on substrates such as sapphire, SiC and recently Si(111). For the purpose inter alia of integration with Si-CMOS electronics, growth on Si(001) is indicated, which is possible only with difficulty because of the different symmetries and is currently limited solely to misoriented Si(001) substrates, which restricts the range of use. In addition, the layer quality is not at present equal to that produced on Si(111) material. Growth on exactly oriented Si(001) and an improvement in material quality can now be simply achieved by a modification of the surface structure possible with a plurality of methods.
US07935983B2	Nitride semiconductor device A nitride semiconductor device includes: a substrate containing Si; a channel layer provided on the substrate and made of nitride semiconductor material; a barrier layer provided on the channel layer and made of nitride semiconductor material; a first and second main electrode connected to the barrier layer; and a control electrode provided between the first main electrode and the second main electrode on the barrier layer. The substrate includes at least one layer having a resistivity of 1 kΩ/cm or more.
US07935982B2	Side view type LED package In a side view type light emitting diode (LED) package, a lead frame portion and lead frame electrical contact portions are exposed outside a package body to serve as an additional heat dissipation path. The side view type LED package includes an LED chip, a package body having a side surface with an opening for receiving the LED chip, and lead frames for applying a current to the LED chip. The lead frames include inner leads electrically connected to the LED chip within the package body; electrical contact lower legs extending from the inner leads to a lower portion of the package body and exposed outside the package body in the vicinity of a lower surface of the package body perpendicular to the side surface; and a heat dissipation means extending, separately from the electrical contact lower legs, from at least one of the inner leads outside the package body.
US07935975B2	White LED lamp and backlight using the same, and liquid crystal display device using the backlight Disclosed is a white LED lamp using an ultraviolet light emitting LED, which can simultaneously realize a high level of color rendering and a high level of brightness. Included is an LED chip 2 having a luminescence wavelength between 360 nm and 440nm, and a light emitting part excitable upon exposure to light from the LED chip 2 to emit white light and comprising a phosphor, the phosphor including blue, green, and red light emitting phosphors bonded to each other. A phosphor selected from europium-activated halophosphate phosphors and europium-activated aluminate phosphors is used as the blue light emitting phosphor. A gold- and aluminum-activated zinc sulfide phosphor is used as the green light emitting phosphor. A phosphor selected from europium- and samarium-activated lanthanum oxysulfide phosphors and copper- and manganese-activated zinc sulfide phosphors is used as the red light emitting phosphor.
US07935972B2	Light emission device The invention relates to a light emission device, comprising at least two light-emitting semiconductor chips and a substrate. At least one first semiconductor chip (12) is fitted on the substrate and a second semiconductor chip (14) is fitted on the first semiconductor chip (12).
US07935970B2	Nitride semiconductor light emitting diode A nitride semiconductor light emitting diode (LED) comprises an n-type nitride semiconductor layer; an electron emitting layer formed on the n-type nitride semiconductor layer, the electron emitting layer being composed of a nitride semiconductor layer including a transition element of group III; an active layer formed on the electron emitting layer; and a p-type nitride semiconductor layer formed on the active layer.
US07935969B2	Method of manufacturing display device To provide a method of manufacturing a display device having an excellent impact resistance property with high yield, in particular, a method of manufacturing a display device having an optical film that is formed using a plastic substrate. The method of manufacturing a display device includes the steps of: laminating a metal film, an oxide film, and an optical filter on a first substrate; separating the optical filter from the first substrate; attaching the optical filter to a second substrate; forming a layer including a pixel on a third substrate; and attaching the layer including the pixel to the optical filter.
US07935960B2	Polyacene and semiconductor formulation The invention relates to novel polyacene compounds, organic semiconducting formulations and layers comprising them, a process for preparing the formulation and layer and electronic devices, including organic field effect transistors (OFETs), comprising the same.
US07935957B2	Memory device and a semiconductor device The present invention provides a memory device and a semiconductor device which have high reliability for writing at low cost. Furthermore, the present invention provides a memory device and a semiconductor device having a non-volatile memory element in which data can be additionally written and which can prevent forgery due to rewriting and the like. The memory element includes a first conductive layer, a second conductive layer, and an organic compound layer, which is formed between the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer, and which has a photosensitized oxidation reduction agent which can be an excited state by recombination energy of electrons and holes and a substance which can react with the photosensitized oxidation reduction agent.
US07935955B2	Group III nitride semiconductor multilayer structure An object of the present invention is to provide a Group III nitride semiconductor multilayer structure having a smooth surface and exhibiting excellent crystallinity, which multilayer structure employs a low-cost substrate that can be easily processed. Another object is to provide a Group III nitride semiconductor light-emitting device comprising the multilayer structure.The inventive Group III nitride semiconductor multilayer structure comprises a substrate; an AlxGa1-xN (0≦x≦1) buffer layer which is provided on the substrate and has a columnar or island-like crystal structure; and an AlxInyGa1-x-yN (0≦x≦1, 0≦y≦1, 0≦x+y≦1) single-crystal layer provided on the buffer layer, wherein the substrate has, on its surface, non-periodically distributed grooves having an average depth of 0.01 to 5 μm.
US07935951B2	Composite chalcogenide materials and devices An electrical device includes a composite switching material. The composite switching material includes an electrically switchable component and a non-switchable component. In one embodiment, the composite switching material includes a heterogeneous mixture of at least one chalcogenide material and at least one dielectric material. The composite switching material is disposed between two electrodes and the switchable component is transformable from a resistive state to a conductive state upon application of a voltage between the two electrodes, without changing phase.
US07935950B2	Controllable ovonic phase-change semiconductor memory device and methods of programming the same An ovonic phase-change semiconductor memory device having a reduced area of contact between electrodes of chalcogenide memories, and methods of programming the same are disclosed. Such memory devices include a lower electrode including non-parallel sidewalls. An insulative material overlies the lower electrode such that an upper surface of the lower electrode is exposed. In one embodiment, the insulative material and lower electrode may have a co-planar upper surface. In another embodiment, an upper surface of the lower electrode is within a recess in the insulative material. A chalcogenide material and an upper electrode are formed over the upper surface of the lower electrode. This allows the memory cells to be made smaller and allows the overall power requirements for the memory cell to be minimized.
US07935946B2	Ion implantation method and apparatus Using a beam current of an ion beam, a dose amount to a substrate, and a reference scan speed, a scan number of the substrate is calculated as an integer value in which digits after a decimal point are truncated. If the scan number is smaller than 2, the process is aborted. If the scan number is equal to or larger than 2, it is determined whether the scan number is even or odd. If the scan number is even, the current scan number is set as a practical scan number. If the scan number is odd, an even scan number which is smaller by 1 than the odd scan number is obtained, and the obtained even scan number is set as a practical scan number. A practical scan speed of the substrate is calculated by using the practical scan number, the beam current, and the dose amount.
US07935945B2	Ion implantation method and apparatus Using a beam current of an ion beam, and a dose amount to a substrate, and an initial value of a scan number of the substrate set to 1, a scan speed of the substrate is calculated. If the scan speed is within the range, the current scan number and the current scan speed are set as a practical scan number and a practical scan speed, respectively. If the scan speed is higher than the upper limit of the range, the calculation process is aborted. If the scan speed is lower than the lower limit of the range, the scan number is incremented by one to calculate a corrected scan number. A corrected scan speed is calculated by using the corrected scan number, etc. The above steps are repeated until the corrected scan speed is within the allowable scan speed range.
US07935939B2	Radiotherapy apparatus controller and radiation irradiation method A radiotherapy apparatus controller includes: a movement collection section; a sensor control section configured to change a first time interval in which a second sensor measures a position of an irradiation area in the subject, based on the movement information; and an irradiation control section. The movement collection section collects movement information indicating a movement of a subject from a first sensor. The sensor control section changes a first time interval in which a second sensor measures a position of an irradiation area in the subject, based on the movement information. The irradiation control section controls a radiotherapy apparatus such that therapeutic radiation irradiated to the irradiation area is changed based on the position.
US07935937B2	Method of forming TEM sample holder A TEM sample holder is formed from at least one nano-manipulator probe tip and a TEM sample holder pre-form. The probe tip is permanently attached to the TEM sample-holder pre-form to create a TEM sample holder before attachment of a sample to the point of the probe tip inside a FIB. In the preferred embodiment the probe tip is attached to the TEM sample holder pre-form by applying pressure to the pre-form and the probe tip, so as to cause plastic flow of the pre-form material about the probe tip. The TEM sample holder may have smaller dimensions than the TEM sample holder pre-form; in this case the TEM sample holder is cut from the larger TEM sample holder pre-form, preferably in the same operation as attaching the probe tip.
US07935934B2	Photosensor and photo IC equipped with same The photosensor comprises an insulating layer formed over the silicon substrate; an ultraviolet photosensitive element formed over the insulating layer and having a first diffusion layer, a second diffusion layer provided spaced away from the first diffusion layer, and a third diffusion layer connected with the first diffusion layer and the second diffusion layer respectively; and a visible light photosensitive element formed over the insulating layer with being spaced away from the ultraviolet photosensitive element, and having a fourth diffusion layer, a fifth diffusion layer provided spaced away from the fourth diffusion layer, and a sixth diffusion layer connected with the fourth diffusion layer and the fifth diffusion layer respectively.
US07935929B2	Accessory for attenuated total internal reflectance (ATR) spectroscopy An accessory for use with a microscope arranged to carry out ATR measurements has a support (40) which can be mounted on the moveable stage of the microscope. A mounting (100) for an ATR crystal (106) is carried on the support. The accessory includes a registration indicium which is located at a fixed position relative to the sample contacting area of the crystal. The registration indicium is preferably provided at the apex region of the crystal. The registration indicium can be used to ensure correct focussing of a sample when obtaining an image of the sample.
US07935928B2	Device and method for producing images A method and a device for generating images in a motor vehicle are provided. An infrared-sensitive camera generates images of the surroundings of the motor vehicle. An emission source emitting in the near infrared spectral region is used for the pulsed illumination of sub-ranges of the image recording region of the camera. The camera generates the images by recording partial image regions. To record the partial image regions, a synchronization in time is carried out with the pulsed illumination of the sub-range including at least the partial image region. In the preferred exemplary embodiment, the recording of partial image regions of an infrared-sensitive CMOS camera is synchronized in time with a laser diode array emitting in the near infrared spectral region.
US07935924B2	Batch fabricated rectangular rod, planar MEMS quadrupole with ion optics A quadrupole mass filter (QMF) is provided. The QMF includes a plurality of rectangular shaped electrodes aligned in a symmetric manner to generate a quadrupole field. An aperture region is positioned in a center region parallel to and adjacent to each of the rectangular shaped electrodes. An incoming ion stream enters the aperture region so as to be controlled by the quadrupole field.
US07935922B2	Ion guide chamber An ion guide chamber comprising a gas-tight elongate chamber, at least one first electrode for generating a field for transporting ions along the elongate chamber and at least one second electrode for generating a field for focusing ions within the elongate chamber. The elongate chamber, e. g. constituted by a glass tube, comprises a resistive structure extending substantially along a main axis of the chamber, whereas the first electrode is constituted by the resistive structure. Furthermore, the second electrode is arranged outside the elongate chamber. Having the RF electrodes arranged outside the vacuum chamber, provides a mechanically simple solution as well as insuring that contamination of the RF electrodes to the analyte gas cannot occur. This allows for a cost-saving design of the RF electrodes and with the corresponding voltages outside the chamber, preferably at atmospheric pressure or high vacuum, avoids discharges within the tube.
US07935913B2	Apparatus and method for thermal processing of substrate A thermal processing apparatus (1) comprises a chamber body (6), a holding part (7) for holding a substrate (9) inside the chamber body (6), a light emitting part (5) for heating the substrate (9) through light irradiation and a light measuring part (2) for measuring light energy. The light measuring part (2) comprises a calorimeter (24) disposed outside the chamber body (6), a light guide structure (20) for guiding the light inside the chamber body (6) to the calorimeter (24) and a calculation part (25) for performing computations on the basis of an output of the calorimeter (24). In the thermal processing apparatus (1), by measuring the light from the light emitting part (5) by the calorimeter (24), it is possible to measure the energy of light emitted from the light emitting part (5) during thermal processing inside chamber body (6) and obtain a surface temperature of the substrate (9) by the calculation part (25).
US07935912B2	Ceramic heater, and glow plug using the same The protrusion 16 is formed on one end face of the ceramic member 11, and the positive electrode lead-out section 13a which is electrically connected to the heat generating member 12 is drawn out and exposed on the side face of the protrusion 16 at several positions, while the terminal 14 of the positive electrode lead-out fixture can be connected to each of the exposed portions.
US07935907B2	Contact system for a short-circuiting device in a medium-voltage or high-voltage switchboard plant A contact system for a short-circuiting device for a switchboard, the contact system including at least one fixed contact piece connected to a main voltage source. The contact system also includes at least one moving contact piece and an insulating screen penetrable using the at least one moving contact piece so as to make contact between the at least one moving contact piece and the at least one fixed contact piece. The screen is disposed between the at least one fixed contact piece and the at least one moving contact piece.
US07935903B2	Visibly enhanced caregiver call device A call button device includes an electrical connector in electrical communication with an elongated electrical conductor. Also included is a cable housing at least a portion of the elongated conductor. Finally, the device includes a pendant member having an actuable switch that is in electrical communication with the electrical connector through the elongated conductor. The pendant member also includes a luminous portion configured to provide non-electrical illumination in a low light environment.
US07935901B2	Actuator assembly and bed Actuator system comprising at least one actuator, a control unit, a power supply and an operations panel, where the actuator in a transmission between an activation element (4) and a reversible electric motor is inserted a quick release unit (13) for release of the activation element (4) from the electric motor and the part of the transmission between the motor and the quick release. The actuator comprises at least one electrical switch (30), activated with the quick release. The signal from the electrical switch(es) (30) may be used for various purposes, such as triggering a power supply from sleep mode, activating one or more actuators, or activating an external function such as an alarm etc.
US07935896B2	Matched-impedance connector footprints Disclosed are methodologies for defining matched-impedance footprints on a substrate such as a printed circuit board, for example, that is adapted to receive an electrical component having an arrangement of terminal leads. Such a footprint may include an arrangement of electrically-conductive pads and an arrangement of electrically-conductive vias. The via arrangement may differ from the pad arrangement. The vias may be arranged to increase routing density, while limiting cross-talk and providing for matched impedance between the component and the substrate. The via arrangement may be altered to achieve a desired routing density on a layer of the board. Increasing the routing density may decrease the number of board layers, which tends to decrease capacitance and thereby increase impedance. Ground vias and signal vias may be arranged with respect to one another in such a manner as to affect impedance. Thus, the via arrangement may be altered to achieve an impedance that matches the impedance of the component. The via arrangement may be also be altered to limit cross-talk among neighboring signal conductors. Thus, the via arrangement may be defined to balance the impedance, cross-talk, and routing density requirements of the system.
US07935895B2	Structuring and circuitizing printed circuit board through-holes Methods and apparatus for creating independent circuit connections within a through-hole of a substrate are described. According to one aspect of the present invention, a method includes defining a through-hole in a substrate, applying a conductive plating to a holewall of the through-hole, and selectively removing at least a first area of the plating. The through-hole has a height relative to a first axis, and the perimeter of the through-hole at each point along the first axis is approximately the same. Selectively removing the first area of the plating includes defining second areas of the plating. At least one of the plurality of second areas does not span a height of the hole.
US07935894B2	Flexible wiring cable A flexible wiring cable includes a flexible flat base, and a plurality of first and second leads wired on first and second surfaces of the base respectively. First and second circuit elements are mounted on the first and second leads respectively. A plurality of terminal electrodes is provided on the first surface of the base. The terminal electrodes include a plurality of first terminal electrodes formed on the first leads and a plurality of second terminal electrodes formed on the second leads, being exposed to the outside of the first surface side via through holes formed in the base.
US07935891B2	Wiring board manufacturing method The present invention relates to a method of manufacturing a wiring board comprising: a build-up layer, in which wiring patterns are piled with insulating layers; and a core substrate, which is separately formed from the build-up layer, the method comprising the steps of: separably forming the build-up layer on a plate-shaped support; electrically connecting the core substrate to the wiring patterns of the build-up layer on the support; and removing the support from the build-up layer so as to form the wiring board, in which the build-up layer is connected to the core substrate. By separably forming the build-up layer and the core substrate, the wiring board effectively exhibiting characteristics thereof can be produced.
US07935889B1	Cover with tightening hinge An electrical device cover with a lid coupled to a base unit by a pin and clip hinge. Implementations of a pin and clip hinge may comprise a clip with a rotation stop that tightens against the pin when the lid is opened too far on the base in a way that would ordinarily overextend the hinge.
US07935888B2	Protective cover arrangement for an electrical unit A protective cover arrangement (1) for a first electrical unit, e.g. a starter unit (3), mountable on a second electrical unit, e.g. a compressor (2). The protective cover arrangement (1) comprises an outer cover (5) and an inner cover (6). The outer cover (5) comprises mounting parts (8) adapted to cooperate with mounting parts (10) on the second electrical unit in order to mount the outer cover (5) on the second electrical unit. The inner cover (6) is sized and shaped to fit inside the outer cover (5), and it is adapted to accommodate a first electrical unit in an interior part (7). The inner cover (6) comprises an opening (12) allowing electrical connectors (4) to pass from the second electrical unit to the interior part (7), thereby providing electrical connection between the first electrical unit and the second electrical unit. The inner cover (6) further comprises a cable entry structure (9) allowing one or more electrical cables to pass from the exterior of the protective cover arrangement (1) to the interior part (7) of the inner cover (6), thereby providing power supply for the electrical units. The cable entry structure (9) defines one or more cable guides, each defining a curved cable path. The inner cover (6) provides additional protection against moisture and/or dust, and it can be added to the arrangement (1) without significantly changing the design of the other components. It is possible to retrofit the inner cover (6) onto operating devices.
US07935886B2	Adjustable variable ring for electrical junction boxes An adjustable variable ring for electrical junction boxes including a base frame having a guide tab; a sliding insert having a box shaped frame, the sliding insert being configured to slide in and out of the base frame. A ratchet mechanism having a ratchet plate on the base frame including a plurality of steps, and a ratchet spring installed on an inner wall of the box shaped frame including an angled end tab and an angled mid tab protruding from the box shaped frame for engaging one or more of the plurality of steps. The sliding insert is configured to slide in and out of the base frame by disengaging the mid tab from the one or more of the steps by pressing on the end tab, and locks in the base frame by engaging the mid tab with the one or more of the steps.
US07935884B2	Encapsulant layer for photovoltaic module, photovoltaic module and method for manufacturing regenerated photovoltaic cell and regenerated transparent front face substrate An encapsulant layer for a photovoltaic module enabling recovering and recycling or reusing of reutilizeable resources such as a transparent front face substrate and photovoltaic cell and the like among constituents of a photovoltaic module, and a method for manufacturing a regenerated photovoltaic cell and a regenerated transparent front face substrate. The photovoltaic module is formed by laminating: a transparent front face substrate; a photovoltaic cell carrying a wiring electrode and a takeoff electrode, and an encapsulant layer is placed on at least one surface; and a rear face protecting sheet. The encapsulant layer is a separable layer formed mainly of a thermoplastic resin, and an output maintenance factor of photoelectronic power of the photovoltaic module using the encapsulant layer is in a range of 80% to 100%.
US07935883B2	Thermoelectric material and thermoelectric conversion module using the same A thermoelectric material has a composition expressed by (Fe1-pVp)100-x(Al1-qSiq)x (0.35≦p≦0.7, 0.01≦q≦0.7, 20≦x≦30 atomic %). The thermoelectric material includes a crystal phase having an L21 structure or a crystal phase having a B2 structure as a main phase.
US07935882B2	Self powered electric generating food heater A self-powered food heater. The food heater includes a burner with an electric fuel pump and an electric blower, a fire box, a water tank and electronic controls. The food heater also includes a set of thermoelectric modules compressed against a heat transfer surface of the tank. Hot exhaust leaving the burner enters the fire box. Some of the heat from the fire box passes through the thermoelectric modules generating sufficient electric power to power the fuel pump and the blower. Water in the tank is heated to its boiling temperature. Heat from the boiling water heats food also contained in the tank. In a preferred embodiment special compression frames provide substantially uniform compression, within desired ranges, of the modules between a portion of the heat transfer surface of the tank and a module cover plate. Fins may be provided on the cover plate or insulating spacers may be added to assure the hot side temperatures of the modules are within desired ranges to provide desired power output without damaging the modules. In a preferred embodiment the modules are compressed against a heat transfer surface on the outside of the tank within the fire box.
US07935880B2	Dynamically displaying a pitch range Described are methods, systems, and apparatuses, including computer program products, for dynamically displaying a pitch range in a rhythm-action game. In one aspect this is accomplished by a game platform dividing a musical composition into a plurality of portions each comprising one or more notes. Then the game platform determines a pitch range between a highest note and a lowest note for each portion. Then the game platform determines a display density for each portion based on the pitch range of each portion, or alternatively, a display density for the entire song based on the greatest pitch range of all portions. Then, the game platform displays each portion within a viewable area. The viewable area has a density alterable based on the portion to be displayed or a position that is alterable based on the portion to be displayed, or has both an alterable position and alterable pitch density.
US07935878B2	System, method and computer program for ensuring secure use of music playing data files A system, apparatus, or method extracts a music playing data file from a given musical work resource such as an electronic music score data file, a printed sheet of music and an audio signals of a musical performance, to be utilized for playing music automatically by means of a tone generator device. The extracted music playing data file is encrypted using an encryption key to be stored in a storage device or to be transmitted to an automatic music playing apparatus. The stored or the transmitted music playing data file is decrypted beforehand to be used for automatic music playing. After the decrypted music playing data file has been utilized, the decrypted music playing data file is deleted from the system so that no unencrypted data file remains in the system.
US07935877B2	System and method for music composition The present disclosure relates to music composition devices and methods. A system is provided which allows composers of all skill levels to easily create music that is pleasurable to the ear. The system may also assist more advanced composers in creating complex musical arrangements based off of partially completed compositions. The system also streamlines composition and arrangement in multi-instrument environments. The user is able to select from a variety of available music visualizations and instrument views, allowing comparison therebetween. The system may comprise composition error checking functions, free-play performance abilities, and recording and playback features. Certain embodiments incorporate remote access for collaboration between users.
US07935876B1	Method and apparatus for string load reduction and real-time pitch alteration on stringed instruments A method and apparatus for string load reduction and real-time pitch alteration on stringed instruments. A string load is substantially reduced with a camming surface actuator so that the pitch can be rapidly manipulated by an input force which is generated by human power or an electronically controlled motor. Various types of camming surfaces are provided as well as a load optimization calculation which determines the shape of a variable ratio camming surface. Multiple embodiments are described including a constant force pitch alteration device, a motorized control system with pitch compensation and real-time tracking of string pitch to multiple relative input signals, a control signal generator based on real-time position measurement of a control object relative to an electromagnetic radiation sensor, and methods for generating mechanical looping, vibrato, and polyphonic chorus effects which can be automated or dynamically controlled by a user. Other embodiments are described and shown.
US07935871B2	Cotton variety MCS0711B2RF The invention relates to the novel cotton variety designated MCS0711B2RF. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants, plant parts and derivatives of the cotton variety MCS0711B2RF. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the cotton variety MCS0711B2RF and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing cotton plants by crossing the cotton variety MCS0711B2RF with itself or another cotton variety and plants produced by such methods.
US07935870B2	Plants and seeds of spring canola variety SCV354718 A canola line designated SCV354718 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of canola line SCV354718, to the plants of canola SCV354718, to plant parts of canola line SCV354718 and to methods for producing a canola plant produced by crossing canola line SCV354718 with itself or with another canola line. The invention also relates to methods for producing a canola plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic canola plants and plant parts produced by those methods. This invention also relates to canola lines or breeding lines and plant parts derived from canola line SCV354718, to methods for producing other canola lines, lines or plant parts derived from canola line SCV354718 and to the canola plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid canola seeds, plants and plant parts produced by crossing the line SCV354718 with another canola line.
US07935864B2	Spinach line SMB66-1100M The invention provides seed and plants of the spinach line designated SMB66-1100M. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of spinach line SMB66-1100M, and to methods for producing a spinach plant produced by crossing a plant of spinach line SMB66-1100M with itself or with another spinach plant, such as a plant of another line. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to parts of a plant of spinach line SMB66-1100M, including the fruit and gametes of such plants.
US07935861B2	Liquid distribution unit and absorbent product having the same A liquid distribution unit disposed in a position between an absorbent member and a wearer's body. The liquid distribution unit includes a sheet, the sheet including a plurality of openings defined through material which is otherwise liquid impermeable, and a plurality of introductory tubes extending toward the absorbent member, and each one of the introductory tubes includes one first end and one second end. Each first end of the tubes is connected to the sheet so that a center of each of a plurality of openings of the sheet is coincident with a center of an opening of each first end. The introductory tubes are adjacent to one another through an empty space. An absorbent product having the distribution unit is provided.
US07935860B2	Absorbent articles comprising high permeability superabsorbent polymer compositions An absorbent article can have a topsheet, a backsheet, and an absorbent core disposed between the topsheet and the backsheet. In some aspects, at least one of the topsheet, backsheet, and absorbent core is stretchable. In other aspects, the absorbent core can comprise layers, at least one of which includes substantially the superabsorbent material only and at least one of which includes substantially fluff only. In some aspects, the article includes superabsorbent material having a surface additive that includes a surface crosslinking agent, a water-insoluble inorganic metal compound and a polymeric coating.
US07935857B2	Product recovery in gas-solids reactors A gas-solids reaction system is provided for improving product recovery in a multiple reactor reaction system. The solids of the product gas-solids flows from the multiple reactors are separated out in a separation vessel having a baffled transition zone. Additional product vapor is stripped from the solids as the solids pass through the baffled transition zone. The solids are then returned to the multiple reactors.
US07935853B2	Micronized composition of a 2,4-disubstituted phenol derivative A composition comprising a 2,4,-disubstituted phenol derivative in its micronized form and its use in the treatment of leukotriene-mediated diseases, gastrointestinal-inflammatory diseases or pulmonary fibrosis. More particularly, 2,4,6-triiodophenol can be used for the treatment of pulmonary fibrosis and arthritis.
US07935852B2	Fluoridation method A method for the fluoridation of an iodonium salt with a fluoride ion source which can be carried out in an aqueous reaction solvent.
US07935850B2	Process for hydroformylation of propylene Increasing the propylene content of the propylene feed delivered to a continuous hydroformylation process from the 95 mole % maximum level that is usual in typical chemical grade propylene to at least 97 mole %, for example to the 97.5% level obtainable from the conversion of oxygenates to olefins or the 99.5% level of polymer grade propylene, enables adjustments to be made in the syngas feed to the process. This leads to surprising improvements in hydroformylation product yield, in reactor capacity utilization and in the reduction of amounts of waste gases.
US07935848B2	Butone derivatives useful as cooling agents Cooling compounds of formula (I) wherein R1 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, methyl, C1-C3 alkoxy, phenyl, C1-C3 alkylphenyl, C1-C3 alkoxyphenyl, thienyl, pyridyl, furyl, and indoyl; R2 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen and hydroxyl, or R2 forms together with the carbon atom to which it is attached a carbonyl group; and R3 is selected from the group consisting of 2,4-dimethylpent-3-yl, 2,3,4-trimethylpent-3-yl, adamantyl and 2-isopropyl-5-methyl-cyclohexyl-1-yl; and, product compositions comprising them.
US07935844B2	Recovery of energy during the production of aromatic carboxylic acids Energy is recovered during the production of aromatic carboxylic acids by liquid phase oxidation of aromatic hydrocarbons by performing a high efficiency separation on the reactor overhead vapor to form a high pressure gaseous overhead stream comprising water and organic impurities; recovering heat energy from the high pressure gaseous overhead stream by exchanging heat with a suitable heat sink material such that a condensate comprising from about 20 wt % to about 60 wt % of the water present in the high pressure gaseous overhead stream is formed and a high pressure off-gas is formed; and recovering energy in the form of work from the high pressure off-gas. Preferably such work is recovered using isentropic means for energy recovery, for example an expander. Apparatus for such process is also provided.
US07935836B2	Compounds comprising a linear series of five fused carbon rings, and preparation thereof The present application discloses methods for the production of organic compounds comprising a linear series of five fused carbon rings. Such compounds are useful in the production of electronic components, devices and materials. For example the methods disclosed permit the production of 2,9- and 2,10-disubstituted pentacene compounds and 2,6,9,13- and 2,6,10,13-tetrasubstituted compounds that present particularly advantageous properties for the manufacture of semiconductor materials, and may be used in devices such as for example thin film transistors and solar cells. These features are enhanced by π-π parallel stacking in the solid state. Also disclosed are compounds that are excellent candidates for use in the manufacture of semiconductor materials, and other components of electronic systems, by virtue of their solubility, crystal packing geometries, and electronic properties.
US07935833B2	Compound containing carboxylate ester and N2S2 ligand bi-functional groups and manufacturing method thereof A compound containing carboxylate ester and N2S2 ligand bi-functional groups and a manufacturing method thereof are disclosed. The S in the N2S2 ligand of the compound containing carboxylate ester and N2S2 ligand bi-functional groups includes a protective group so as to avoid to be oxidized and easy storage. In a complex reaction, the protective group is automatically released As to the active carboxylate ester, it is for reacting with compounds having amino groups such as amines, amino acids, peptides, or protein etc while the N2S2 ligand is for bonding with technetium or rhenium so as to form neutral complex. The compound containing carboxylate ester and N2S2 ligand bi-functional groups is applied to radiopharmaceuticals such as contrast agents for tissues and target agents.
US07935831B2	Process for the preparation of 2-azabicyclo[3.3.0]octane-3-carboxylic Acid Derivatives The present invention is aimed at a process for the preparation of compounds of the general formula (I). The objective process is in this case based on the Michael reaction of compounds of the general formula (III) with compounds of the general formula (IV), with subsequent hydrogenation and cyclization of the intermediates of the formula (II) obtained.
US07935830B2	Tricyclic indeno-pyrrole derivatives as serotonin receptor modulators The present invention generally relates to a series of compounds, to pharmaceutical compositions containing the compounds, and to use of the compounds and compositions as therapeutic agents. More specifically, compounds of the present invention are tricyclic indeno-pyrrole compounds. These compounds are serotonin receptor (5-HT) ligands and are useful for treating diseases, disorders, and conditions wherein modulation of the activity of serotonin receptors (5-HT) is desired (e.g. anxiety, depression and obesity).
US07935825B2	Arylsulfanyl and heteroarylsulfanyl derivatives for treating pain According to the invention there is provided a compound the formula I; wherein A, X, B, R1, R2, R3 and R4 are as defined in the specification.
US07935818B2	Process for the preparation and purification of valgancyclovir hydrochloride A process for the preparation of valgancyclovir which comprises: a) reacting a compound of formula 7, in an aprotic solvent, in the presence of a condensing agent, with a compound of formula 8, wherein R1, and R2 may be, each independently, hydrogen, an halogen atom or an hydroxyl group; the double bond may either be in the E or Z configuration or a mixture thereof to yield a compound of formula 9 b) mild hydrolysis of compound obtained in a) to give valgancyclovir.
US07935817B2	Salt form and cocrystals of adefovir dipivoxil and processes for preparation thereof Provided are a cocrystal of Adefovir dipivoxil and nicotinamide as well as a cocrystal of Adefovir dipivoxil and salicylamide cocrystal and processes for the preparation thereof.
US07935810B2	Probe, probe set, probe carrier, and testing method A probe, a set of probes, and a probe carrier on which the probe or the set of probes is immobilized, are provided for classification of fungus species. The probe or the set of probes is capable of collectively detecting fungus of the same species and distinguishingly detecting those fungus from fungus of other species. The probe is an oligonucleotide probe for detecting a pathogenic fungus DNA and includes at least one of base sequences of SEQ ID NOS. 1 to 2 and mutated sequences thereof.
US07935800B2	RNA detection assays The present invention provides novel cleavage agents and polymerases for the cleavage and modification of nucleic acid. The cleavage agents and polymerases find use, for example, for the detection and characterization of nucleic acid sequences and variations in nucleic acid sequences. In some embodiments, the 5′ nuclease activity of a variety of enzymes is used to cleave a target-dependent cleavage structure, thereby indicating the presence of specific nucleic acid sequences or specific variations thereof.
US07935797B2	CCR5 chemokine receptor-specific monoclonal antibodies capable of inhibiting HIV-1 cell fusion This invention provides methods for inhibiting fusion of HIV-1 to CD4+ cells which comprise contacting CD4+ cells with a non-chemokine agent capable of binding to a chemokine receptor in an amount and under conditions such that fusion of HIV-1 to the CD4+ cells is inhibited. This invention also provides methods for inhibiting HIV-1 infection of CD4+ cells which comprise contacting CD4+ cells with a non-chemokine agent capable of binding to a chemokine receptor in an amount and under conditions such that fusion of HIV-1 to the CD4+ cells is inhibited, thereby inhibiting the HIV-1 infection. This invention provides non-chemokine agents capable of binding to the chemokine receptor and inhibiting fusion of HIV-1 to CD4+ cells. This invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising an amount of the non-chemokine agent capable of binding to the chemokine receptor and inhibiting fusion of HIV-1 to CD4+ cells effective to prevent fusion of HIV-1 to CD4+ cells and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.
US07935792B2	Antibody reacting with N-acetylglucosamine-6-O-sulfotransferase product A polypeptide of N-acetylglucosamine-6-O-sulfotransferase and a DNA encoding the peptide are provided. The polypeptide is (a) or (b) below: (a) a polypeptide having the amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 2; or (b) a polypeptide which includes an amino acid sequence including substitution, deletion, insertion or transposition of one or a few amino acids in the amino acid sequence of (a) and which has an enzymatic activity to transfer a sulfate group from a sulfate group donor to a hydroxyl group at 6 position of an N-acetylglucosamine residue located at a non-reducing end of an oligosaccharide represented the formula I: GlcNAcβ1-3Galβ1-4GlcNAc (I) where GlcNAc represents an N-acetyl-glucosamine residue, Gal represents a galactose residue, β 1-3 represents a β 1-3 glycosidic linkage, and β 1-4 represents a β 1-4 glycosidic linkage.
US07935789B2	Centromeric protein shugoshin The present invention is to provide meiosis-specific novel kinetochore protein Sgo1 (shugoshin) derived from fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe, and a homologue or paralogue thereof having a regulatory activity of chromosome segregation; and DNAs encoding them; as a factor ensuring the retention of unidirection and cohesion in sister centromere at meiosis I in cooperation with cohesin. To elucidate the proteins protecting Rec8 during anaphase, the present inventor screened in fission yeast genes for a gene that inhibits mitotic growth and prevents sister chromatid from the separation at anaphase, when co-expressed with Rec8. In this approach, meiosis-specific protein Sgo1 that protects (Shugo) centromeric Rec8 from the degradation at anaphase I was identified. Further, a budding yeast Sgo1 homologue and a fission yeast mitotic paralogue Sgo2 were identified.
US07935788B2	Reverse cumate repressor mutant Recently, the development of inducible expression systems has involved exploitation of the p-cym operon from Pseudomonas putida. Disclosed herein are novel expression systems and components thereof, which involve the development of a CymR variant with reverse DNA binding activity, such that they exhibit increased affinity for DNA in a presence rather than an absence of an effector molecule such as cumene or an equivalent thereof. Also disclosed are the CymR variant, fusion proteins incorporating such a variant, and its use in the control and expression of polynucleotides. The CymR variant comprises a 142Glu to 142Gly single point mutation of wild type CymR.
US07935778B2	Phenol resin, use of a phenol resin as well as moulded product formed therefrom The present invention relates to a phenol resin obtained by reacting phenolic compounds with formaldehyde and/or formaldehyde-forming compounds. The present invention furthermore relates to the use of such a phenol resin, as well as to a molded product having a core of solid, inert parts impregnated with such a phenol resin.
US07935777B2	Polycarbonate compositions Polycarbonate compositions are disclosed. The compositions comprise a polycarbonate polymer (A) having repeating units derived from 2-phenyl-3,3-bis(4-hydroxyphenyl)phthalimidine (PPPBP); a polycarbonate polymer (B) which is different from polymer (A); an impact modifier (C) which is different from polymer (A) and polymer (B); and talc filler (D). The resulting composition has an improved combination of properties, particularly heat resistance, low temperature impact performance, and viscosity.
US07935775B2	Mannich bases and processes for the preparation of mannich bases Disclosed are novel Mannich bases which are produced by using at least one phenolic compound of formula (I): formaldehyde, and at least one polyamine. Also disclosed is a two-step method for producing Mannich bases, by means of which low viscous Mannich bases are obtained.
US07935771B2	Polymer having sulfonic acid group or sulfonic acid ester group and amide group, and toner for developing electrostatic latent image having the polymer There is provided a polymer including a unit represented by Chemical Formula (1): wherein R represents -A1-SO2R1; R1w and R1x are each independently a halogen atom or a hydrogen atom; R1y is a CH3 group, a halogen atom or a hydrogen atom; A01 is a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic ring structure or a substituted or unsubstituted heterocyclic structure; A1 is a substituted or unsubstituted aliphatic hydrocarbon structure, a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic ring structure or a substituted or unsubstituted heterocyclic structure; R1 is OH, a halogen atom, ONa, OK or OR1a; R1a is a substituted or unsubstituted aliphatic hydrocarbon structure, a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic ring structure or a substituted or unsubstituted heterocyclic structure.
US07935770B2	Surface active prepolymers with both fluorine-containing groups and hydrophilic groups Provided are surface modified contact lenses formed from one or more fumaric- or itaconic-containing prepolymers having polymerizable functionality that is complimentary to polymerizable hydrophilic polymers.
US07935769B2	Method for preparing a living polymer comprising methacrylic and/or methacrylate units The invention relates to a method for preparing a living polymer comprising methacrylic and/or methacrylate units using a monofunctional or polyfunctional alkoxyamine consisting in polymerising one or several types of methacrylic an/or methacrylate units.
US07935764B2	Composition of carboxyl acryl resin and epoxy acryl resin The present invention provides a curable resin composition comprising: (A) an acryl resin having (a) a carboxyl group originating in a carboxyl group-containing polymerizable unsaturated monomer selected from acrylic acid, methacrylic acid, maleic acid and itaconic acid and (b) a carboxyl group originating in a carboxyl group-containing polymerizable unsaturated monomer having a polymerizable carbon-carbon double bond and a carboxyl group separated from the double bond by at least 6 carbon atoms, (B) an epoxy group-containing acryl resin and (C) a curing catalyst.
US07935763B2	Thermoplastic vulcanizate compositions having improved extrusion performance and methods of formation thereof In one embodiment is a thermoplastic vulcanizates having improved extrusion properties formed from a composition that includes from 20% to about 80% by weight of an elastomer, from about 80% to about 20% by weight of a thermoplastic, from about 0.05 to about 12 phr of a multifunctional methacrylate monomer peroxide curing coagent; and from about 0.02 to about 6 phr of a phosphorous containing stabilizer. The resultant thermoplastic vulcanizate may be cured with a peroxide curing agent and shows improved die lip build up compared to conventionally prepared thermoplastic vulcanizates. Methods of forming thermoplastic vulcanizates having improved die lip build up are also taught.
US07935759B2	Golf ball with heat resistant shield layer The present invention is directed to a golf ball comprising a shield layer having heat resistant properties to facilitate compression molding of a thermosetting polybutadiene-comprising layer over at least one thermoplastic layer. The invention utilizes a thermoplastic inner core comprising of a low vicat highly neutralized ionomer material having a low melting point of less than 100° C., and a Shore C surface hardness of less than 80 and a compression of less than 70, wherein a shield layer is placed around the low vicat softening point temperature thermoplastic to shield it from the high heat necessary to mold a thermoset material about it.
US07935757B2	Process for making a cationic vinyl oligomer composition A process is described for making an aqueous coating composition comprising a cationic vinyl oligomer comprising the following steps: I. preparation of a cationic vinyl oligomer by solution or bulk polymerization of components: i) 2 to 50 wt % of vinyl monomers bearing amine functional groups selected from the group consisting of non-ionic amine functional groups (a), permanent quaternary ammonium functional groups (b), neutralized amine functional groups (c) and mixtures thereof; and ii) 20 to 98 wt % of Ci to Ci8 alkyl (meth)acrylates; and II. dispersion of the cationic vinyl oligomer in an aqueous medium and neutralization of non-ionic amine functional groups.
US07935755B2	Aqueous polymer dispersions and products from those dispersions A method for forming a heat sealable coating on a substrate, wherein the substrate is formed from at least one oriented polymer is shown. The method includes depositing an aqueous polymer dispersion on the substrate, wherein the aqueous polymer dispersion includes (A) at least one thermoplastic resin; (B) at least one dispersing agent; and (C) water; wherein the dispersion has a pH of less than 12, and drying the dispersion to form a first layer.
US07935753B2	Surface treated pigment Surface treated inorganic oxide pigments are provided wherein one or more of the ethylene glycol esters and diesters are applied to the surface of a base inorganic oxide pigment, for example, an anatase titanium dioxide pigment from the calciner of a conventional sulfate route process for making titanium dioxide pigments or especially a rutile titanium dioxide pigment from the oxidizer in a conventional chloride route process for making titanium dioxide pigments.
US07935750B2	Polycarbonate light diffusing resin composition The present invention provides: a polycarbonate light diffusing resin composition in which a first discoloration is a little, and particularly a photo-deterioration caused by a cold-cathode tube as a light source of liquid crystal displays is suppressed; and a light diffuser panel obtained by molding the same.The polycarbonate light diffusing resin composition comprises: (A) 100 parts by mass of an aromatic polycarbonate resin; (B) 0.01 to 10 parts by mass of a light diffusing agent; and (C) 0.05 to 5 parts by mass of a light-resisting agent having a maximum absorption wavelength at 290 to 330 nm in an ultraviolet light absorption spectrum and the light diffuser panel is a light diffuser panel having a thickness of 0.5 to 2 mm and obtained by molding the polycarbonate light diffusing resin composition.
US07935745B2	Self-assembled nanofiber templates; versatile approaches for polymer nanocomposites Polymer nanocomposites, nanoparticle-containing organogels utilized in forming the polymer nanocomposites, and methods for forming the polymer nanocomposites and nanoparticle-containing organogels are disclosed. Relatively simple and versatile methods are utilized to form the polymer nanocomposites. The process is based on the format of a three-dimensional network of well-individualized nanoparticles, such nanofibers through gelation thereof with an appropriate non-polymeric solvent. The nanoparticle-containing organogel is subsequently filled with a solution of a desired matrix polymer, the composite is dried and compacted to create the polymer nanocomposite. Polymer nanocomposites can be prepared which exhibit dramatic changes in mechanical properties, such as increased shear modulus, when compared to the neat polymer.
US07935741B2	Ink composition, inkjet recording method, printed material, process for producing lithographic printing plate, and lithographic printing plate An ink composition is provided that includes a condensed polycyclic aromatic compound, a polymerization initiator, and a polymerizable compound, and the condensed polycyclic aromatic compound is a compound selected from the group consisting of a compound represented by the formula below, a compound having at least three hydroxy groups, alkoxy groups, and/or aryloxy groups on a condensed polycyclic aromatic ring, and a compound having at least one atom having an atomic weight of 32 or greater bonded to a condensed polycyclic aromatic ring and/or one group bonded to the condensed polycyclic aromatic ring via an atom having an atomic weight of 32 or greater. There are also provided a printed material obtained by employing the ink composition, a process for producing a lithographic printing plate employing the ink composition, and a lithographic printing plate obtained by the production process. R4m—Ar-A-SiR1R2R3)n
US07935740B2	Process for producing high melt strength polypropylene The present subject matter relates to processes for irradiating visbroken propylene polymer compositions or extrudates of propylene polymer compositions containing a propylene polymer having a low polydispersity index and a non-phenolic stabilizer.
US07935739B2	Cationic curable composition and cured product thereof An object of the present invention is to provide a cationic curable composition which has low viscosity, can be rapidly photo-cured even in the air, has good adhesion to a substrate such as glass or resin, and is excellent in glass cleaner resistance and water resistance; an ink jet ink, a gravure ink and a hard coating material which comprise the composition; and cured products thereof. A cationic curable composition comprising: (A) 1 to 100 parts by weight of a phenol derivative having 3 or more aromatic rings per molecule, wherein the aromatic ring has a structure in which some or all of hydrogen atoms of phenolic hydroxyl groups of the aromatic ring are substituted by polymerizable functional groups; (B) 1 to 500 parts by weight of a cationic polymerizable compound; and (C) 0.05 to 20 parts by weight of a photo- and/or thermo-cationic initiator is provided.
US07935736B2	Method for recycling polyesters or polyester mixtures from polyester-containing waste The invention relates to a method for recycling polyesters or polyester mixtures from polyester-containing waste, in which the polyester or the polyester mixture is dissolved in a solvent and subsequently free-flowing particles are precipitated herefrom with a precipitant. The precipitant is thereby chosen such that subsequent separation of precipitant and solvent is made possible in a simple manner.
US07935735B2	Hybrid inorganic-organic polymer electrolyte membranes (PEMs) based on alkyloxysilane grafted thermoplastic polymers A composition of matter is formed from a graftable polymer, having graftable sites onto which sidechains have been grafted. The sidechains include at least one silane group, and may be formed by polymerization of a polymerizable group of a silane precursor. These compositions may further include acid groups, and may be used, for example, in improved proton conducting materials in fuel cells.
US07935734B2	Catalytic reaction process using microchannel technology The disclosed technology relates to a process for conducting a chemical reaction between at least one liquid reactant and at least one gaseous reactant in a process microchannel containing at least one catalyst, the catalyst comprising a solid phase catalyst or a homogeneous catalyst immobilized on a solid. In one embodiment, the process microchannel comprises a processing zone containing one or more structures for disrupting fluid flow and a reaction zone containing one or more structures for contacting and/or supporting the catalyst, the one or more structures for contacting and/or supporting the catalyst containing openings to permit the reactants to flow through the one or more structures and contact the catalyst.
US07935733B2	Carbon nanotube solution dispersant and composition including the same A dispersant for a more concentrated carbon nanotube solution, and a composition including the same are provided. The dispersant may have a hydrophobic chain structure with head groups capable of surrounding carbon nanotube particles. The dispersant may adsorbed onto the carbon nanotube particles. The composition may include the dispersant, an aqueous liquid medium and a carbon nanotube. The composition may further include an additive. It may be possible to produce a more concentrated carbon nanotube solution exhibiting an increase in dispersion of the carbon nanotube particles and/or more stability.
US07935731B2	Methods for concomitant administration of colchicine and macrolide antibiotics Methods for concomitant administration of colchicine together with one or more macrolide antibiotics, e.g., clarithromycin, are disclosed. Such methods reduce the dangers commonly associated with such concomitant administration and provide additional benefits.
US07935726B1	Tricyclic pyrones Provided are compounds of formula IA or IB: wherein R1 and R8 are independently optionally substituted hydrocarbyl groups; wherein (a) R1 contains a carbonyl group and a phenyl group, (b) R8 contains an optionally substituted adenine group, or (c) R8 contains an alkenyl group with from two to six carbon atoms; R10 is H, —OH, —OR or ═O; R6 is selected from the group consisting of: H, OH, alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, an aromatic ring system, amino, sulfhydryl, sulfonyl, NH2 and OCOR; R2 is selected from the group consisting of: H, —OH and lower alkyl; R is H or an optionally substituted hydrocarbyl group, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts or esters of the foregoing, as well as isomers thereof.
US07935722B2	Tetrahydrocarbazole derivatives useful as androgen receptor modulators The present invention provides a compound of the formula: Formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof; pharmaceutical compositions comprising an effective amount of a compound of Formula (I) in combination with a suitable carrier, diluent, or excipient; and methods for treating physiological disorders, particularly frailty, osteoporosis, osteopenia, and male and female sexual dysfunction comprising administering to a patient in need thereof an effective amount of a compound of formula (I).
US07935720B2	Crystal of substituted phenylalkanoic acid ester and process for producing the same In the case of using 3-[3-amino-4-(indan-2-yloxy)-5-(1-methyl-1H-indazol-5-yl)phenyl]propionic acid, methyl 3-[4-(indan-2-yloxy)-3-(1-methyl-1H-indazol-5-yl)-5-nitrophenyl]propionate, or methyl 3-[3-amino-4-(indan-2-yloxy)-5-(1-methyl-1H-indazol-5-yl)phenyl]propionate as a medicine, more preferable aspects or improved methods are provided.Crystals of any compound among 3-[3-amino-4-(indan-2-yloxy)-5-(1-methyl-1H-indazol-5-yl)phenyl]propionic acid, methyl 3-[4-(indan-2-yloxy)-3-(1-methyl-1H-indazol-5-yl)-5-nitrophenyl]propionate, and methyl 3-[3-amino-4-(indan-2-yloxy)-5-(1-methyl-1H-indazol-5-yl)phenyl]propionate, and methods of producing the same are provided.
US07935719B2	N-substituted-azacyclylamines as histamine-3 antagonists The present invention provides a compound of formula I and the use thereof for the treatment of a central nervous system disorder related to or affected by the histamine-3 receptor: wherein the variables are described in the specification.
US07935718B2	Treatment of dyskinesia The present invention relates to the use of compounds that enhance H3-histamine receptor activity, or activation (e.g. H3-histamine receptor agonists) for the treatment of dyskinesia. The compounds are particularly useful for treating dyskinesia associated with parkinsonian therapy.
US07935715B2	Compounds which modulate the CB2 receptor Compound of formula (I) are disclosed. Compounds according to the invention bind to and are agonists, antagonists or inverse agonists of the CB2 receptor, and are useful for treating inflammation. Those compounds which are agonists are additionally useful for treating pain.
US07935713B2	Glucagon receptor antagonist compounds, compositions containing such compounds and methods of use Glucagon receptor antagonist compounds are disclosed. The compounds are useful for treating type 2 diabetes and related conditions. Pharmaceutical compositions and methods of treatment are also included.
US07935711B2	HIV inhibiting 2-(4-cyanophenylamino) pyrimidine oxide derivatives HIV replication inhibitors of formula (I) a pharmaceutically acceptable addition salt; or a stereochemically isomeric form thereof, wherein R1 is halo; R2 and R3 each independently are C1-6alkyl. Pharmaceutical compositions containing these compounds as active ingredient and processes for preparing these compounds and compositions.
US07935710B2	Microbicidal pyrimidine or triazine for preventing sexual HIV transmission The present invention concerns the microbicidal activity of certain pyrimidine or triazine containing non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors. The compounds of the present invention inhibit the systemic infection of a human being with HIV, in particular, the present compounds prevent sexual HIV transmission in humans.
US07935700B2	Morpholine compound A compound represented by the formula (1) wherein ring A is aryl optionally having substituent(s) and the like; ring B is arylene optionally having substituent(s) and the like; m=0-2; n=1-5; X is a bond and the like; Y is a bond and the like; and Z is hydrogen atom and the like or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and a hydrate or solvate thereof have affinity for CCR3, and can be pharmaceutical products for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of immune or inflammatory diseases.
US07935697B2	Compositions for modulating a kinase cascade and methods of use thereof The invention relates to compositions comprising 2-(5-(4-(2-morpholinoethoxy)phenyl)pyridin-2-yl)-N-benzylacetamide and its mesylate and dihydrochloride salts. The invention provides an efficient process for the synthesis of 2-(5-(4-(2-morpholinoethoxy)phenyl)pyridin-2-yl)-N-benzylacetamide and its mesylate and dihydrochloride salts and methods for modulating one or more components of a kinase cascade using the compositions of the invention. The present invention also provides a novel polymorph of the mesylate salt of 2-(5-(4-(2-morpholinoethoxy)phenyl)pyridin-2-yl)-N-benzylacetamide (Form A), characterized by a unique X-ray diffraction pattern and Differential Scanning Calorimetry profile, as well as a unique crystalline structure.
US07935696B2	Heterocyclic amide compounds useful as kinase inhibitors A compound of Formula I and enantiomers, diastereomers and pharmaceutically-acceptable salts thereof. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions containing compounds of Formula I, and methods of treating conditions associated with the activity of p38 kinase.
US07935694B2	Lactam compounds useful as protein kinase inhibitors The present invention provides novel compounds useful as inhibitors of protein kinases. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds of the invention and methods of using the compositions in the treatment of various diseases.
US07935688B2	Vitamin D-like compound The present invention provides a compound represented by the following general formula (I): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, a pharmaceutical composition containing such a compound, and the like. The compound or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, the pharmaceutical composition containing such a compound, or the like is useful as a medicine or the like for therapy of benign prostatic hyperplasia, cancer, osteoporosis, psoriasis, secondary hyperparathyroidism, chronic glomerulonephritis, lupus nephritis and/or diabetic nephropathy and the like.
US07935685B2	Process for preparation of inclusion compounds between a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug and betacyclodextrin by microwave treatment A process for the preparation of inclusion complexes of a drug (piroxicam or ibuprofen) and a cyclodextrin, characterised in that: a) the drug and cyclodextrin, in the form of finely divided powders, are mixed in the presence of aqueous or hydroalcoholic solutions, ammonia solutions or acid solutions; b) the resulting mixture is treated in a microwave oven; c) the resulting product is dried under vacuum at room temperature or with heating.
US07935683B2	Polysaccharide-carbon nanotube complex Disclosed is a complex which comprises a carbon nanotube and a modified polysaccharide having a backbone chain with the side thereof being introduced with monosaccharide or oligosaccharide residues. The polysaccharide is preferably β-1,3-glucan. The complex is prepared by admixing a solution of the modified polysaccharide dissolved in an aprotic polar solvent or a strong alkali solution with an aqueous dispersion of the carbon nanotube, and incubating the mixture.
US07935677B2	Polymalic acid-based multi-functional drug delivery system A structured drug system that is useful for delivering a drug payload to a specific tissue or cell type is disclosed. The system is based on purified polymalic acid. This polymer isolated from natural sources is biocompatible, biodegradable and of very low toxicity. The polymer is extremely water soluble and contains a large number of free carboxyl groups which can used to attach a number of different active molecules. In the examples disclosed N-hydroxysuccinimide esters of the carboxyl groups are used to attach such molecules. The active molecules include monoclonal antibodies to promote specific cellular uptake and specific pro-drugs such as antisense nucleic acids designed to modify the cellular metabolism of a target cell. The pro-drugs are advantageously linked by a somewhat labile bond so that they will be released under specific conditions. In addition, the system contains amide-linked valine to encourage membrane disruption under lysosomal conditions. Polyethylene glycol groups are attached to extend the drug system's circulation half-life. In addition, fluorescent reported groups can be readily included to aid in visualizing and confirming drug system targeting. The drug system can deliver treatments for a wide range of diseases and is specially advantageous for treatment of neoplasms.
US07935670B2	Hepatitis C virus inhibitors Hepatitis C virus inhibitors having the general formula are disclosed. Compositions comprising the compounds and methods for using the compounds to inhibit HCV are also disclosed.
US07935668B2	Particulate A detergent composition comprises an MGDA containing particulate material. The MGDA particulate is at least partially coated with a coating of a water soluble/dispersible material having a melting point of less than 100° C. The coating material exhibits a pH of greater than or equal to 7 in an aqueous medium.
US07935665B2	Non-corrosive cleaning compositions for removing etch residues A non-corrosive cleaning composition that is aqueous-based, non-hazardous and will not harm the environment and is useful primarily for removing both fresh and aged plasma etch residues from a substrate. The composition comprises (a) water; and (b) a synergistic combination of at least one tricarboxylic acid and at least one carboxylic acid. Preferably, the at least one carboxylic acid has a pKa value ranging from 3 to 6. Also, a method for removing etch residues from a substrate. The method includes the steps of (a) providing a substrate with etch residue; and (b) contacting the substrate with a cleaning composition comprising water; and a synergistic combination of at least one tricarboxylic acid and at least one carboxylic acid.
US07935664B2	Lubricating oil composition A lubricating oil composition comprising oil of lubricating viscosity and an overbased metal hydrocarbyl-substituted hydroxybenzoate detergent manufactured in the presence of an amine- or ester-based friction modifier.
US07935663B2	Molybdenum compounds Novel molybdenum compounds are prepared by reacting a hindered amine with a molybdenum source, in the presence of one of (a) water, (b) a diol and water, and (c) the reaction product of a fatty oil and a multifunctional amine, and water. Lubricant compositions containing these new compounds are more stabilized against oxidation and have improved friction reducing properties. Synergy is observed when the novel compounds are combined with a diaryl amine in a lubricant composition.
US07935660B2	Process for disruption of filter cakes A process for producing a self-disrupting filter cake in an underground formation, which process comprises: (a) incorporating into a drilling fluid a solid polymer capable of being converted by hydrolysis into one or more organic acids; (b) using the drilling fluid to drill a wellbore into the underground formation such that the solid polymer in the drilling fluid contributes to the formation of a filter cake; and (c) allowing the solid polymer to hydrolyse in the presence of water and to disrupt the integrity of the filter cake. A drilling fluid which contains as a bridging agent one or more solid polymers capable of being converted by hydrolysis into one or more organic acids is also provided.
US07935656B2	Thermosensitive recording media and methods of making and using the same The present teachings provide thermosensitive recording compositions which are useful for preparing thermosensitive recording media for displaying images. The thermosensitive recording media can include a substrate, a thermosensitive recording composition, and a topcoat. Methods of preparing and using the thermosensitive recording media also are disclosed.
US07935645B2	Lightweight high-tensile, high-tear strength biocomponent nonwoven fabrics A method of producing a nonwoven fabric comprising spinning a set of bicomponent fibers which include an external fiber component and an internal fiber component. The external fiber enwraps said internal fiber and has a higher elongation to break value than the internal fiber and a lower melting temperature than the internal fiber component. The set of bicomponent fibers are positioned onto a web and thermally bonded to produce a nonwoven fabric.
US07935638B2	Methods and structures for enhancing perimeter-to-surface area homogeneity Methods and structures for enhancing the homogeneity in a ratio of perimeter to surface area among heterogeneous features in different substrate regions. At least one shape on the substrate includes an added edge effective to reduce a difference in the perimeter-to-surface area ratio between the features in a first substrate region and features in a second substrate region. The improved homogeneity in the perimeter-to-surface area ratio reduces variations in a thickness of a conformal layer deposited across the features in the first and second substrate regions.
US07935636B2	Method of fabricating semiconductor device An insulating film is formed on a main surface of a substrate. A conductive film is formed on the insulating film. A lower layer resist film, an intermediate layer, an anti-reflection film and an upper layer resist film are formed on the conductive film. A focal point at a time of exposure is detected by detecting a height of the upper layer resist film. In detecting the focal point at the time of exposure, a focal point detection light is radiated on the upper layer resist film. After detecting the focal point, the upper layer resist film is exposed and developed thereby to form a resist pattern. With the resist pattern as a mask, the intermediate layer and the anti-reflection film are patterned, and the lower layer resist film is developed. With these patterns as a mask, the conductive film is etched thereby to form a gate electrode.
US07935631B2	Method of forming a continuous layer of a first metal selectively on a second metal and an integrated circuit formed from the method A cap layer for a metal feature such as a copper interconnect on a semiconductor wafer is formed by immersion plating a more noble metal (e.g. Pd) onto the copper interconnect and breaking up, preferably by mechanical abrasion, loose nodules of the noble metal that form on the copper interconnect surface. The mechanical abrasion removes plated noble metal which is only loosely attached to the copper surface, and then continued exposure of the copper surface to immersion plating chemicals leads to plating at new sites on the surface until a continuous, well-bonded noble metal layer has formed. The method can be implemented conveniently by supplying immersion plating chemicals to the surface of a wafer undergoing CMP or undergoing scrubbing in a wafer-scrubber apparatus.
US07935629B2	Semiconductor scheme for reduced circuit area in a simplified process An apparatus and method are disclosed for an improved semiconductor interconnect scheme using a simplified process. In an embodiment of the apparatus, a polysilicon shape is formed on a silicon area. The polysilicon shape is created having a bridging vertex. When a spacer is created on the polysilicon shape, the spacer width is formed to be small enough near the bridging vertex to allow a silicide bridge to form that creates an electrical coupling between the silicon area and the bridging vertex. Semiconductor devices and circuits are created using the improved semiconductor interconnect scheme using the simplified process.
US07935628B2	Silicon carbide semiconductor device and method for producing the same A low on-resistance silicon carbide semiconductor device is provided to include an ohmic electrode of low contact resistance and high adhesion strength formed on a lower surface of silicon carbide. Specifically, the silicon carbide semiconductor device includes at least an insulating film, formed on an upper surface of a silicon carbide substrate, and includes at least an ohmic electrode, formed of an alloy comprising nickel and titanium, or formed of a silicide comprising nickel and titanium, and which is formed on the lower surface of the silicon carbide substrate.
US07935627B1	Forming low dielectric constant dielectric materials In some embodiments, a damascene structure may be formed with metal lines separated by a dielectric layer. Portions of the dielectric layer may be ion implanted with carbon and/or inert species to lower selectively the dielectric constant, while leaving the bulk of the dielectric layer unaffected by the implant. As a result, suitably low dielectric constants can be achieved in damascene dielectric layers with sufficient mechanical strength.
US07935625B2	Method of forming a metal line of a semiconductor memory device A method of forming a metal line of a semiconductor memory device is disclosed. An interlayer insulating layer, an etch-stop layer, a trench oxide layer, a hard mask layer and a photoresist layer are laminated over a semiconductor substrate in which a contact is formed. An exposure process is performed to form a photoresist pattern. The hard mask layer is partially etched by an etch process that employs the photoresist pattern. An etch process using the hard mask layer as an etch mask is performed to partially etch the trench oxide layer, the etch-stop layer and the interlayer insulating layer, thereby forming damascene trenches. Metal material is formed on the entire surface including the trenches. A chemical mechanical polishing process is then performed to expose the etch-stop layer, thereby forming a metal line.
US07935621B2	Anti-fuse device structure and electroplating circuit structure and method Disclosed are embodiments of a circuit and method for electroplating a feature (e.g., a BEOL anti-fuse device) onto a wafer. The embodiments eliminate the use of a seed layer and, thereby, minimize subsequent processing steps (e.g., etching or chemical mechanical polishing (CMP)). Specifically, the embodiments allow for selective electroplating metal or alloy materials onto an exposed portion of a metal layer in a trench on the front side of a substrate. This is accomplished by providing a unique wafer structure that allows a current path to be established from a power supply through a back side contact and in-substrate electrical connector to the metal layer. During electrodeposition, current flow through the current path can be selectively controlled. Additionally, if the electroplated feature is an anti-fuse device, current flow through this current path can also be selectively controlled in order to program the anti-fuse device.
US07935618B2	Sputtering-less ultra-low energy ion implantation Methods of implanting dopants into a silicon substrate using a predeposited sacrificial material layer with a defined thickness that is removed by sputtering effect is provided.
US07935614B2	Epitaxially coated silicon wafer and method for producing epitaxially coated silicon wafers A multiplicity of silicon wafers polished at least on their front sides are provided and successively coated individually in an epitaxy reactor by a procedure whereby one of the wafers is placed on a susceptor in the epitaxy reactor, is pretreated under a hydrogen atmosphere at a first hydrogen flow rate, and with addition of an etching medium to the hydrogen atmosphere at a reduced hydrogen flow rate in a second step, is subsequently coated epitaxially on its polished front side, and removed from the reactor. An etching treatment of the susceptor follows a specific number of epitaxial coatings. Silicon wafers produced thereby have a global flatness value GBIR of 0.07-0.3 μm relative to an edge exclusion of 2 mm.
US07935612B1	Layer transfer using boron-doped SiGe layer A method for layer transfer using a boron-doped silicon germanium (SiGe) layer includes forming a boron-doped SiGe layer on a bulk silicon substrate; forming an upper silicon (Si) layer over the boron-doped SiGe layer; hydrogenating the boron-doped SiGe layer; bonding the upper Si layer to an alternate substrate; and propagating a fracture at an interface between the boron-doped SiGe layer and the bulk silicon substrate. A system for layer transfer using a boron-doped silicon germanium (SiGe) layer includes a bulk silicon substrate; a boron-doped SiGe layer formed on the bulk silicon substrate, such that the boron-doped SiGe layer is located underneath an upper silicon (Si) layer, wherein the boron-doped SiGe layer is configured to propagate a fracture at an interface between the boron-doped SiGe layer and the bulk silicon substrate after hydrogenation of the boron-doped SiGe layer; and an alternate substrate bonded to the upper Si layer.
US07935601B1	Method for providing semiconductors having self-aligned ion implant A method is disclosed that provides a self-aligned nitrogen-implant particularly suited for a Junction Field Effect Transistor (JFET) semiconductor device preferably comprised of a silicon carbide (SiC). This self-aligned nitrogen-implant allows for the realization of durable and stable electrical functionality of high temperature transistors such as JFETs. The method implements the self-aligned nitrogen-implant having predetermined dimensions, at a particular step in the fabrication process, so that the SiC junction field effect transistors are capable of being electrically operating continuously at 500° C. for over 10,000 hours in an air ambient with less than a 10% change in operational transistor parameters.
US07935599B2	Nanowire transistor and method for forming same A method is provided for removing reentrant stringers in the fabrication of a nanowire transistor (NWT). The method provides a cylindrical nanostructure with an outside surface axis overlying a substrate surface. The nanostructure includes an insulated semiconductor core. A conductive film is conformally deposited overlying the nanostructure, to function as a gate strap or a combination gate and gate strap. A hard mask insulator is deposited overlying the conductive film and selected regions of the hard mask are anisotropically plasma etched. As a result, a conductive film gate electrode is formed substantially surrounding a cylindrical section of nanostructure. Inadvertently, conductive film reentrant stringers may be formed adjacent the nanostructure outside surface axis, made from the conductive film. The method etches, and so removes the conductive film reentrant stringers.
US07935598B2	Vertical channel transistor and method of fabricating the same A vertical channel transistor includes a plurality of active pillar patterns extending perpendicularly from the top surface of the substrate toward an upper part. A gate insulating layer is deposited on the side wall of the active pillar pattern and serves as an ion diffusion barrier between the pillar patterns and surrounding lower gate electrodes. The resultant pillar pattern structure is encapsulated with a metal. The resultant pillar pattern is surrounded on all sides by a specified height by a sacrificial layer of Spin-On Dielectric (SOD). The metal layer is etched-back to the height of the sacrificial layer, thus forming the lower gate electrodes. A spacer layer of an insulating mater is deposited surrounding the upper part of the pillar patterns and the sacrificial layer is removed exposing a part of the lower gate electrodes. The exposed gate electrode is etched to facilitate semiconductor integration.
US07935592B2	Method of manufacturing semiconductor device having of spacer gate structure In a case of using a silicon nitride film as an offset spacer for forming an extension region of a transistor, an oxide protective surface is formed by oxygen plasma processing on the surface of the silicon nitride film.
US07935591B2	Method for fabricating PMOS transistor and method for forming dual gate using the same Provided are a method for fabricating a PMOS transistor and a method for forming a dual gate of a semiconductor device using the same. The method for fabricating a PMOS transistor includes forming a gate insulation layer over a semiconductor substrate; forming a polysilicon layer over the gate insulation layer; and doping the polysilicon layer using a boron (B) containing gas in one of an Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD) chamber and a Chemical Vapor Deposition (CVD) chamber.
US07935587B2	Advanced forming method and structure of local mechanical strained transistor Embodiments of the invention provide a semiconductor fabrication method and a structure for strained transistors. A method comprises forming a stressor layer over a MOS transistor. The stressor layer is selectively etched over the gate electrode, thereby affecting strain conditions within the MOSFET channel region. An NMOS transistor may have a tensile stressor layer, and a PMOS transistor may have compressive stressor layer.
US07935585B2	Method of fabricating semiconductor device and method for fabricating electronic device A method for fabricating a semiconductor device, comprising: forming a semiconductor film on a substrate; and recrystallizing the semiconductor film using as a heat source flame of a gas burner that uses hydrogen and oxygen gas mixture as a fuel.
US07935577B2	Method for forming shielded gate field effect transistor using spacers A trench is formed in a semiconductor region. A dielectric layer lining sidewalls and bottom surface of the trench is formed. The dielectric layer is thicker along lower sidewalls and the bottom surface than along upper sidewalls of the trench. After forming the dielectric layer, a lower portion of the trench is filled with a shield electrode. Dielectric spacers are formed along the upper trench sidewalls. After forming the dielectric spacers, an inter-electrode dielectric (IED) is formed in the trench over the shield electrode. After forming the IED, the dielectric spacers are removed.
US07935576B2	Semiconductor device and manufacturing method of the same Semiconductor device 10 includes wiring substrate 11 including wiring 14 and wiring 15 in predetermined patterns, semiconductor chips 19 and 23 which are mounted on wiring substrate 11 with electrodes electrically connected to wiring 14 of wiring substrate 11 via wires 21 and 24, first sealing body 25 made of an insulative resin which is formed on a part of wiring substrate 11 and which covers semiconductor chips 19 and 23 and wires 21 and 24, a plurality of connecting connection pads 27 provided on the top surface of first sealing body 25, a plurality of connecting wires 26 which extend from the surface of wiring substrate 11, on which semiconductor chips 19 and 23 are mounted, to the top surface of first sealing body 25 via the side surfaces of first sealing body 25, and which electrically connect wiring 14 of wiring substrate 11 and the plurality of connecting connection pads 27 and second sealing body 28 made of an insulative resin which covers the plurality of connecting wires 26.
US07935572B2	Semiconductor multi-package module having package stacked over die-up flip chip ball grid array package and having wire bond interconnect between stacked packages A semiconductor multi-package module having stacked second and first packages, each package including a die attached to a substrate, in which the first and second package substrates are interconnected by wire bonding, and in which the first package is a flip chip ball grid array package in a die-up configuration. Also, a method for making a semiconductor multi-package module, by providing a first package including a first package substrate and having a die-up flip chip configuration, affixing a second package including a second package substrate an upper surface of the first package, and forming z-interconnects between the first and second package substrates.
US07935561B2	Method of forming shielded gate FET with self-aligned features A method for forming a shielded gate field effect transistor includes the following steps. Trenches are formed in a semiconductor region of a first conductivity type. A shield electrode is formed in a bottom portion of each trench, the shield electrode being insulated from the semiconductor region by a shield dielectric. A gate electrode recessed in each trench is formed over the shield electrode, the gate electrode being insulated from the shield electrode. Using a first mask, a body region of a second conductivity type is formed in the semiconductor region by implanting dopants. Using the first mask, source regions of the first conductivity type are formed in the body region by implanting dopants.
US07935556B2	Microelectromechanical system and process of making the same A micro electromechanical system and a fabrication method thereof, which has trenches formed on a substrate to prevent circuits from interfering each other, and to prevent over-etching of the substrate when releasing a microstructure.
US07935555B2	Method and system for sealing a substrate A method of sealing a microelectromechanical system (MEMS) device from ambient conditions is described. The MEMS device is formed on a substrate and a substantially hermetic seal is formed as part of the MEMS device manufacturing process. The method may include forming a metal seal on the substrate proximate to a perimeter of the MEMS device using a method such as photolithography. The metal seal is formed on the substrate while the MEMS device retains a sacrificial layer between conductive members of MEMS elements, and the sacrificial layer is removed after formation of the seal and prior to attachment of a backplane.
US07935550B2	Method of forming light-emitting device using nitride bulk single crystal layer The object of this invention is to provide a high-output type nitride light emitting device.The nitride light emitting device comprises an n-type nitride semiconductor layer or layers, a p-type nitride semiconductor layer or layers and an active layer therebetween, wherein a gallium-containing nitride substrate is obtained from a gallium-containing nitride bulk single crystal, provided with an epitaxial growth face with dislocation density of 105/cm2 or less, and A-plane or M-plane which is parallel to C-axis of hexagonal structure for an epitaxial face, wherein the n-type semiconductor layer or layers are formed directly on the A-plane or M-plane.In case that the active layer comprises a nitride semiconductor containing In, an end face film of single crystal AlxGa1-xN (0≦x≦1) can be formed at a low temperature not causing damage to the active layer.
US07935548B2	Deposition apparatus and deposition method A deposition apparatus includes: a first electrode for placing a processing object; a second electrode for generating plasma with the first electrode, the second electrode being opposed to the first electrode; and a heat flow control heat transfer part for drawing heat from the processing object to generate a heat flow from a central area to a peripheral area of the processing object.
US07935547B2	Method of patterning a layer using a pellicle A method for patterning a layer on a semiconductor substrate includes forming a layer of a semiconductor substrate and exposing the layer to light. The light travels through a second pellicle that is manufactured by a method that includes determining a first transmission of a first light through a first pellicle, wherein the first light is normal to the first pellicle, determining a second transmission of a second light through the first pellicle, wherein the second light is not normal to the first pellicle, and modifying the first pellicle to form a second pellicle using the first and second transmission.
US07935544B2	Method of manufacturing organic light-emitting device The present invention provides a method of manufacturing an organic light-emitting device which is applicable to a large-screen display device. The method includes the steps of: forming, over a drive substrate, an element region including a drive transistor, and an organic electroluminescence element in which, an anode, an organic layer and a cathode are stacked in this order; and after the formation of the element region, repairing a short circuit area while setting at least the element region in an atmosphere in which an oxygen concentration is 0.1% or higher and less than 1% and a dew point is −50 degrees or less, and applying a voltage across the anode and the cathode.
US07935542B2	Manufacturing method of semiconductor device having memory element with protective film To provide a manufacturing method of a semiconductor device capable of forming, as a protective film of an MTJ element, a silicon nitride film having good insulation properties without deteriorating the properties of the MTJ element. The method of the invention includes steps of forming a silicon nitride film over the entire surface including an MTJ element portion (MTJ element and an upper electrode) while using a parallel plate plasma CVD apparatus as a film forming apparatus and a film forming gas not containing NH3 but composed of SiH4/N2/helium (He). The film forming temperature is set at from 200 to 350° C. More ideally, a flow rate ratio of He to SiH4 is set at from 100 to 125.
US07935540B2	Water-soluble polymeric substrate having metallic nanoparticle coating A metallic nanoparticle coated water-soluble polymeric substrate and the process for preparing and using the same is described.
US07935536B2	System for water removal and solvent evaporation An apparatus and method for separating residual water from a solvent and removing a solvent. The apparatus may be sealed and automated. The method comprises providing a solution comprising solvent and residual water and an analyte. The solution may be passed through a membrane to reduce water content wherein an analyte is present at a first concentration. This then may be followed by removing solvent from the solution.
US07935530B2	Polyamides with tail structures capable of binding DNA The present invention relates to polyamides with a tail comprising a linker and an end-group. A preferred end-group is isophthalic acid and derivatives thereof. Polyamides of the invention are capable of entering the nucleus of cells. Polyamides of the invention are capable of selectively binding DNA. The invention also relates to methods of using the polyamides in therapy and research.
US07935529B2	Method for excision of plant embryos for transformation This invention describes a simple method useful for the excision and isolation of maize immature embryos. The embryos are useful for plant tissue culture and transformation methods.
US07935527B2	Methods for culturing human embryonic stem cells The present invention discloses a method for improving growth and survival of single human embryonic stem cells. The method includes the step of obtaining a single undifferentiated HES cell; mixing the single undifferentiated cell with an extracellular matrix (ECM) to encompass the cell; and inoculating the mixture onto feeder cells with a nutrient medium in a growth environment. Therefore the single cells can survive, proliferate and grow in vitro.
US07935526B2	hERG channel-expressing cell It is an object of the present invention to establish a method of establishing a cell with a remarkably high hERG channel expression level for use in predicting adverse effects based on hERG channel inhibition in research and development of drugs, and to thereby establish a highly sensitive and high throughput evaluation method.By inserting a hERG gene into a retrovirus vector plasmid or lentivirus vector plasmid to thereby prepare a virus vector, concentrating the vector by ultracentrifugation if necessary, transferring the hERG gene into cells and expressing hERG channels therein, it has become possible to secure an expression level effective in measurements using a fully automated high throughput patch clamp system or dyes.
US07935523B2	Apparatus for temporal immersion culture of cells The present invention provides an apparatus for temporal immersion cell culture comprising: A first container for holding culture media; A second container for holding the culturing cells; At least, one tube that connects a port in the first container to a port in the second container; and, A mechanism to move cyclically the containers up and down wherein the culture media on the first container migrates by gravity to the second container when the first container is in a position higher than the second container, and wherein the culture media migrates back by gravity from the second container to the first container when the first container is in a position lower than the second container; and wherein the first container moves independently from the second container.
US07935520B2	Optical detection of label-free biomolecular interactions using microreplicated plastic sensor elements Methods and compositions are provided for detecting biomolecular interactions. The use of labels is not required and the methods can be performed in a high-throughput manner. The invention also provides optical devices useful as narrow band filters.
US07935519B2	DNA chip, DNA chip kit, and method of manufacturing the DNA chip A DNA chip includes a substrate, at least one first electrode and at least one second electrode on the substrate, the first electrode and the second electrode being opposite to and separated from each other, multiple oligonucleotide probes, one end of the oligonucleotide probes being immobilized on the first electrode, and a charge-carrier transport layer on the second electrode, the charge-carrier layer contacting an other end of the oligonucleotide probes.
US07935517B2	Nanospearing for molecular transportation into cells A nanostructured molecular delivery vehicle comprising magnetic materials and configured to receive passenger biomolecules. The application of a an appropriate magnetic field having a gradient orients and drives the vehicle into a biological target, which may comprise cells, cell masses, tissue slices, tissues, etc. Under the control of the magnetic field, these vehicles can penetrate cell membranes. Then, the biomolecules carried by the vehicle can be released into the cells to perform their functions. Using this “nanospearing” technique, unprecendented high transfection efficiency has been achieved in several difficult-to-transfect cells. These include, but are not limited to, Bal 17 cells, ex vivo B cells, primary cultured cortical neurons, etc. This method advances the state of the art, providing an improved technique for the introduction of exogenous molecules to cells, with the clinical applications including, but not being limited to, drug delivery, gene therapy, vaccination, etc.
US07935513B2	Combinatorial DNA library for producing modified N-glycans in lower eukaryotes The present invention relates to eukaryotic host cells having modified oligosaccharides which may be modified further by heterologous expression of a set of glycosyltransferases, sugar transporters and mannosidases to become host-strains for the production of mammalian, e.g., human therapeutic glycoproteins. The invention provides nucleic acid molecules and combinatorial libraries which can be used to successfully target and express mammalian enzymatic activities such as those involved in glycosylation to intracellular compartments in a eukaryotic host cell. The process provides an engineered host cell which can be used to express and target any desirable gene(s) involved in glycosylation. Host cells with modified oligosaccharides are created or selected. N-glycans made in the engineered host cells have a Man5GlcNAc2 core structure which may then be modified further by heterologous expression of one or more enzymes, e.g., glycosyltransferases, sugar transporters and mannosidases, to yield human-like glycoproteins. For the production of therapeutic proteins, this method may be adapted to engineer cell lines in which any desired glycosylation structure may be obtained.
US07935506B2	Method for producing a lower alkyl ester of α-L-aspartyl-L-phenylalanine A method for producing lower alkyl ester of α-L-aspartyl-L-phenylalanine by cultivating a recombinant Escherichia coli bacterium that has the ability to produce and accumulate an aromatic L-amino acid according in a culture medium to produce and accumulate L-phenylalanine in the medium and synthesizing lower alkyl ester of α-L-aspartyl-L-phenylalanine from the aspartic acid or its derivative and the obtained L-phenylalanine.
US07935494B2	Trp/his exchange and kynurenine induced Trp transport The present invention provides methods for detecting changes in tryptophan concentrations in a cell and methods for identifying agents that modulate cellular tryptophan concentrations. In particular, the present invention provides methods for detecting cellular exchange between tryptophan and kynurenine, and methods for identifying agents that modulate this exchange. The present invention also provides methods for treating a disease associated with immunosuppression in a subject in need thereof. In particular, the present invention is directed toward a method of treating a disease associated with immunosuppression comprising contacting the disease with an agent that modulates cellular Trp/kynurenine exchange. Furthermore, the present invention provides methods for identifying an agent that modulates an immunosuppression.
US07935492B2	Goodpasture antigen binding protein and its detection The present invention provides native Goodpasture antigen binding protein isoforms, monoclonal antibodies directed against such proteins, and methods for their use.
US07935490B2	Immunodiagnostic assays using reducing agents The present invention relates to a solid phase immunoassay comprising on said solid phase an antigen in the presence of a reducing agent. The present invention also relates to a method for purifying a cysteine containing recombinantly expressed protein comprising at least 2, preferably 3 or 4 and even more preferably all of the following steps: (a) sulphonation of a lysate from recombinant host cells or lysis of recombinant host cells in the presence of guanidinium chloride followed by a subsequent sulphonation of the cell lysate, (b) treatment with a zwitterionic detergent, preferably after removal of the cell debris, (c) purification of the sulphonated version of the recombinant protein or purification of the sulphonated version of the recombinant protein with subsequent removal of the zwitterionic detergent, with said purification being preferably chromatography, more preferably a Ni-IMAC chromatography with said recombinant protein being a His-tagged recombinant protein, (d) desulphonation of the sulphonated version of the recombinant protein, preferably with a molar excess of DTT, (e) storage in the presence of a molar excess of DTT. The present invention also relates to novel HCV NS3 sequences as depicted in FIGS. 1-8.
US07935480B2	Detection of nucleic acid mutations by detecting the presence of heteroduplexes A method for detecting a mutation in a target nucleic acid sequence in a sample, the target nucleic acid sequence comprising a first DNA strand and optionally the complementary strand thereof, said method comprising: (a) adding a detection primer to the nucleic acid, wherein the detection primer binds to the first DNA strand at a DNA sequence that comprises the mutation site; (b) extending the detection primer to form second DNA strands that are complementary to the first DNA strand; (c) adding an amplification primer to the nucleic acid, wherein the amplification primer binds to the second DNA strand and/or to the complementary strand, at a position away from the mutation site; (d) extending the amplification primer to form third DNA strands that are complementary to the second DNA strands, and/or additional copies of the first DNA strand; (e) annealing the DNA strands by complementary base pairing, to form nucleic acid duplexes, wherein if the two strands of the duplex have a mismatched residue at the mutation site, the duplex is a heteroduplex, and wherein if the two strands of the duplex do not have a mismatched residue at the mutation site, the duplex is a homoduplex; and (f) detecting the presence of heteroduplexes and/or homoduplexes.
US07935474B2	Acid-amplifier having acetal group and photoresist composition including the same An acid-amplifier having an acetal group and a photoresist composition including the same, are disclosed. The acid-amplifier produces an acid (second acid) during a post-exposure-bake (PEB), which is induced by an acid (first acid) generated from a photo-acid generator (PAG) at the exposure process so that a line edge roughness (LER) of the photoresist pattern and photoresist energy sensitivity are improved. The acid-amplifier has a structure of following Formula 1. in Formula 1, R is C4˜C20 mono-cyclic or multi-cyclic saturated hydrocarbon, R1 is C1˜C10 linear hydrocarbon, C1˜C10 perfluoro compound or C5˜C20 aromatic compound, Ra and Rb are independently hydrogen atom or C1˜C4 saturated hydrocarbon and A is independently oxygen atom (O) or sulfur atom (S).
US07935471B2	NIR/IR curable coatings for light directed imaging An imaging medium comprises a substrate and an imaging composition disposed on the substrate. The imaging composition comprises a matrix, a thermochromic compound dispersed or dissolved in the matrix; and at least two photoinitiators dispersed or dissolved in the matrix.
US07935468B2	Toner and method of manufacturing the same There is provided a toner which is excellent in temporal stability and environmental stability of charges and which is capable of forming images that contains almost no background fog and has high density even in a long-term use and in use at a high-temperature and high-humid circumstance, and furthermore the toner which is not scattered inside an image forming apparatus and thus causes no contamination inside the apparatus, and there is further provided a method of manufacturing the above toner. An organic boron compound is contained as a charge control agent, a surface CCA concentration per specific surface area of toner falls in a range from 2.1×10−6 g/cm2 to 5.5×10−6 g/cm2, and a surface CCA concentration is 1.8×10−3 g/g or more.
US07935466B2	Benzothiazole containing photogenerating layer A photoconductor that includes a supporting substrate, a photogenerating layer, and at least one charge transport layer that contains at least one charge transport component, and where the photogenerating layer contains a benzothiazolesulfenimide additive.
US07935464B2	System and method for self-aligned dual patterning A system and a method for self-aligned dual patterning are described. The system includes a platform for supporting a plurality of process chambers. An etch process chamber coupled to the platform. An ultra-violet radiation photo-resist curing process chamber is also coupled to the platform.
US07935463B2	Reusable paper media with compatibility markings and printer with incompatible media sensor A reusable image forming medium, including a substrate; an imaging layer coated on or impregnated into the substrate, wherein an irradiation of the imaging layer produces an image; and a signature material coated on or impregnated into the substrate or the imaging layer, the signature material being detectable by a sensor.
US07935460B2	Mask blank for EUV exposure and mask for EUV exposure Provided are a mask for EUV exposure and a mask blank for EUV exposure for manufacturing the same, so as to improve the contrast of ultraviolet inspection light and improve the inspection performance for the mask. This mask blank for EUV exposure includes a substrate, a reflecting layer which is provided on the substrate and reflects EUV light, and an absorbent layer which is provided on the reflecting layer and absorbs EUV light. Reflectance of light at a wavelength between 150 nm and 300 nm is greater at the absorbent layer than that of the reflecting layer. The mask for EUV exposure can be manufactured by processing this mask blank for EUV exposure.
US07935457B2	Enhanced fuel delivery for direct methanol fuel cells An arrangement for a direct methanol fuel cell includes a fuel cartridge that supplies a source of fuel to the direct methanol fuel cell. The fuel cartridge has a surface area enhanced planar vaporization membrane residing in the fuel cartridge. The arrangement also includes a fuel reservoir that receives fuel from the fuel cartridge, the fuel reservoir arranged to deliver fuel to the fuel cell. The fuel reservoir also including a surface area enhanced planar vaporization membrane residing in the fuel reservoir. The combination of the surface area enhanced planar vaporization membranes residing in the fuel cartridge and reservoir provides a dual stage vaporization of fuel to the fuel cell. Other features included are passive or active arrangements to increase the temperature of the fuel or reduce pressure in the fuel container to enhance rate of vaporization.
US07935452B2	Micro fuel cell architecture The present invention relates to fuel cells and components used within a fuel cell. Heat transfer appendages are described that improve fuel cell thermal management. Each heat transfer appendage is arranged on an external portion of a bi-polar plate and permits conductive heat transfer between inner portions of the bi-polar plate and outer portions of the bi-polar plate proximate to the appendage. The heat transfer appendage may be used for heating or cooling inner portions of a fuel cell stack. Improved thermal management provided by cooling the heat transfer appendages also permits new channel field designs that distribute the reactant gases to a membrane electrode assembly. Flow buffers are described that improve delivery of reactant gases and removal of reaction products. Single plate bi-polar plates may also include staggered channel designs that reduce the thickness of the single plate.
US07935449B2	PTC element as a self regulating start resistor for a fuel cell stack At least one positive temperature coefficient element is used to efficiently control fuel cell voltage at startup and shutdown making the fuel cell more efficient and protecting the electro catalyst layer.
US07935442B2	Polymer binder for electrochemical device comprising multiply stacked electrochemical cells Disclosed is an electrochemical device, which comprises: (A) a binder comprising polymer particles obtained from the polymerization of: (a) 20-70 parts by weight of a (meth)acrylic acid ester monomer; (b) 20-60 parts by weight of a vinyl monomer; and (c) 0.01-30 parts by weight of an unsaturated carboxylic acid monomer, based on 100 parts by weight of a binder polymer; and (B) electrochemical cells stacked multiply by using the binder, wherein the binder allows electrode active material particles in an electrode to be fixed and interconnected among themselves and between the electrode active material and a collector, and the electrode and a separator that is in contact with the electrode are bonded to each other by way of hot fusion. The binder is also disclosed. The binder has excellent adhesion and thermal bonding characteristics, and thus is useful for an electrochemical device comprising multiply stacked electrochemical cells, and can improve the overall quality of a battery.
US07935438B2	Secondary battery module A large-capacity battery module which is formed by integrating a plurality of unit cells. The present invention provides a secondary battery module having a plurality of unit cells and connectors for electrically connecting the unit cells, which includes: a spacer set up between the unit cells and the connectors. The secondary battery module can insulate a cap from a connector and maintain a uniform space between the unit cells.
US07935436B2	Rechargeable battery with gas release safety vent A rechargeable battery including an electrode assembly containing a positive electrode, a negative electrode and a separator interposed therebetween, a case having a space for housing the electrode assembly therein, lead elements connected to the electrode assembly and disposed at a sealing region of the case, and a sealant arranged between and adjacent to the case and the lead element the sealant including an area having relatively less resistance to fracture.
US07935435B2	Magnetic memory cell construction A magnetic tunnel junction cell having a free layer, a ferromagnetic pinned layer, and a barrier layer therebetween. The free layer has a central ferromagnetic portion and a stabilizing portion radially proximate the central ferromagnetic portion. The construction can be used for both in-plane magnetic memory cells where the magnetization orientation of the magnetic layer is in the stack film plane and out-of-plane magnetic memory cells where the magnetization orientation of the magnetic layer is out of the stack film plane, e.g., perpendicular to the stack plane.
US07935432B2	Organic electroluminescent device The organic electroluminescent device of the present invention has at least one organic compound layer containing a light-emitting layer between an anode and a cathode. The organic compound layer contains a fluorescent light-emitting compound emitting fluorescence at a time that voltage is applied and an amplifying agent. A phosphorescent light-emitting maximum wavelength of the amplifying agent is 500 nm or less, and the light emission at a time that voltage is applied is derived mainly from light emission of a fluorescent compound. In order to amplify intensity of emission at a time that voltage is applied It is preferable that the amplifying agent be capable of amplifying the number of singlet excitons generated at a time that voltage is applied.
US07935431B2	Cast parts with enhanced wear resistance The invention concerns a cast wear part with its structure reinforced by at least a type metal carbide, and/or metal nitride, and/or boride, and/or metal oxides, and/or intermetallic compounds, referred to below as constituents. The invention is characterized in that the raw materials used as reagents for said constituents have been introduced in a mould (1) before casting in the form of compacted powder inserts or preforms (3) or the form of slurries (4), and the reaction of said powders has been activated in situ by casting a metal, forming a porous conglomerate in situ, and said metal has infiltrated the porous conglomerate, thus forming a reinforced structure leading to inclusion of said constituents in the structure of the metal used for casting, thereby creating a reinforcing structure on the wear part (2).
US07935428B2	Component with a coating for reducing the wettability of the surface and method for production thereof The invention relates to a component made from a substrate with a coating, whereby that coating forms a surface of the component with reduced wettability. The invention further relates to production of said component. The coating which forms a surface with projections and recesses, brings about a reduction in wettability, in particular, by means of an effect based on the properties of lotus blossom. According to the invention, a metal with antimicrobial properties, in particular silver is provided under the coating, which is not fully covered, in other words, regions remain free of the coating in which the surface of the component is formed by the antimicrobial properties.
US07935427B2	Magnesium alloy part and production method thereof A magnesium alloy part includes a part body composed of a magnesium alloy containing aluminum; a paint film at least partially covering the part body; and a magnesium fluoride layer provided immediately under the paint film. The magnesium alloy has an aluminum content of about 6.5 weight % or less.
US07935425B2	Insulating film material containing organic silane or organic siloxane compound, method for producing same, and semiconductor device A material for insulating film suitable as an interlayer insulating material for a semiconductor device, from which an insulating film is formed by chemical vapor deposition, and an insulating film formed from such a material and a semiconductor device employing an insulating film, are provided.A material for insulating film comprising an organosilicon compound which is one of an organosilane compound in which a secondary hydrocarbon group and an alkenyl group, or an alkenyl group, is directly bonded to a silicon atom, or an organosiloxane compound in which a secondary hydrocarbon group and/or an alkenyl group is directly bonded to a silicon atom, represented by the formulae (1) to (4), from which an insulating film is formed by chemical vapor deposition of the organosilicon compound:
US07935423B2	Glazing provided with a stack of thin films acting on the sunlight The subject of the invention is a transparent substrate, especially a glass substrate, provided with a thin-film multilayer acting on solar radiation, the multilayer being deposited by magnetron sputtering, characterized in that it includes at least a lubricating film of high optical index n, this lubricating film being associated with at least one sublayer, which is based on silicon nitride or oxynitride or carbonitride, or based on aluminum and/or zirconium nitride or oxynitride or carbonitride, or a mixture of at least two of these compounds (mixed Si—Al or Si—Zr nitrides or oxynitrides or carbonitrides).
US07935417B2	Melt-kneaded products, molded resin products, and production method thereof A melt-kneading method for filling material and elastomer or resin, characterized in that a filling material constituted by a filler, and an elastomer or resin (thermoplastic resin or thermosetting resin), are introduced from a material introduction part at the end of a melt-kneading part having a cylinder with a screw and a heater, and the molten elastomer or resin and filling material constituted by a filler are kneaded under the conditions of 1000 to 3000 rpm in the rotation speed of the screw and 1500 to 4500 sec−1 in shear speed to feed the mixture from the rear edge to tip of the screw to be trapped in a space provided at the tip of the screw, after which the mixture is moved from the space to the rear edge of the screw through a hole provided at the center of the screw, with the cycle process performed for a specified period based on recirculation using the screw.
US07935416B2	Nanoporous membrane, process of fabricating the same and device for controlled release of biopharmaceuticals comprising the same Provided are a nanoporous membrane including a support; a first separation layer with a plurality of first nano-sized pores and a first matrix; and a second separation layer having a plurality of second pores respectively corresponding to the plurality of first pores of the first separation layer and a second matrix, and formed on the first separation layer, wherein a density of the plurality of the first pores and the second pores is equal to or greater than 1010/cm2, and a diameter of each of the second pores is less than that of the corresponding first pore, a process of fabricating the same, and a device for a controlled release of biopharmaceuticals including the nanoporous membrane. The device for a controlled release of biopharmaceuticals including the nanoporous membrane can release biopharmaceuticals at a constant rate for a long period of time regardless of the concentration of the biopharmaceuticals including in pharmaceuticals, and high flex and selectivity.
US07935414B2	Multilayer electroactive polymer composite material An electroactive material comprises multiple layers of electroactive composite with each layer having unique dielectric, electrical and mechanical properties that define an electromechanical operation thereof when affected by an external stimulus. For example, each layer can be (i) a 2-phase composite made from a polymer with polarizable moieties and an effective amount of carbon nanotubes incorporated in the polymer for a predetermined electomechanical operation, or (ii) a 3-phase composite having the elements of the 2-phase composite and further including a third component of micro-sized to nano-sized particles of an electroactive ceramic incorporated in the polymer matrix.
US07935407B2	Decorations A decoration includes a main body. The main body forms an outer edge portion and an inner edge portion. The outer edge portion is formed around a periphery of the inner edge portion. The inner edge portion has at least two disconnected coil cutting lines. The cutting lines equidistantly wrap around to a center of the main body and connect with each other, for the main body separately forming adjacent corresponded first convolution and second convolution by the cutting lines. By means of the convolutions being respectively pulled out toward opposite sides of the outer edge portion along an axial direction for positioning, making the convolutions respectively form conical revolutions at opposite sides of the outer edge portion, achieving tri-dimensional decoration.
US07935405B2	Flame-retardant metal-coated fabric and gasket comprising the same for electromagnetic wave shielding A flame-retardant metal-coated fabric which not only has excellent electromagnetic wave shielding properties but has a high degree of flame retardancy without the necessity of containing a halogen compound or antimony compound. It is soft and suffers no deterioration of the metal coating even in long-term use. The flame-retardant metal-coated fabric comprises a metal-coated fabric and a flame-retardant coating layer formed on at least one side of the metal-coated fabric, the flame-retardant coating layer comprising a mixture (F) of the following components (A), (B), (C), (D) and (E): (A) a flame retardant selected from the group consisting of ammonium polyphosphate and melamine polyphosphate; (B) a flame-retardant aid selected from the group consisting of melamine, melamine cyanurate, and tris(2-hydroxyethyl)isocyanate; (C) a blowing agent selected from the group consisting of heat-expandable graphite, azodicarbonamide, and N,N′-dinitrosopentamethylenetetramine: (D) a phosphoric ester; and (E) a thermoplastic resin having a melting point of 70-130° C., the ratio of (A):(B):(C):(D):(E) being 15-100:50-100:30-60:15-50:100 in weight ratio.
US07935404B2	System and method for marking an optical disk A method for selectively marking a surface of an optical disk includes providing an optical disk, wherein the optical disk includes a metal, an electrolyte disposed on the metal, and a photoconductor disposed on the electrolyte, applying a voltage to the optical disk, the voltage being associated with a desired anodization color, and selectively applying a laser to the photoconductor to initiate anodization of the metal.
US07935396B2	Liquid crystal display device An object of the present invention is to provide a liquid crystal display device that has an excellent mass-productivity and gives an image improved by the reduction of the chromaticity difference between white display and black display, the reduction of coloring and luminance in black display, and the improvement of the contrast ratio. In the present invention, of a pair of alignment films 131 and 132 formed on a pair of substrates 101 and 102, respectively, the alignment film 132 formed on the glass substrate 102 on the observer side is made of a material obtained by adding a photoisomerized compound to a photosensitive polymer and has anisotropic absorption all over the visible light wavelength region (approximately 400 nm to 750 nm).
US07935395B2	Liquid crystal molecule, liquid crystal display device and liquid crystal optical spatial modulation device A liquid crystal molecule is disclosed, having a structure represented by the following general formula (1): wherein X1 is a group selected among groups represented by the following formula (2): X2 is represented by the following formula (3): R1 represents a linear or branched hydrocarbon group or an alkoxy group each having from 4 to 16 carbon atoms; R2 represents an optionally branched organosiloxane or organosilane having from 1 to 6 silicon atoms; other variables in formulae are defined therein.
US07935391B2	Method and apparatus for radiation curing The invention relates to a method for the radiation curing of surfaces of workpieces, wherein the workpieces are held in a multiplicity of hermetically sealable and at least partly radiation-transparent holding fixtures and are fed consecutively in a cycle to an irradiation device (26), wherein the holding fixtures with the workpieces contained therein are purged with inert gas, and before irradiation or in an irradiation station inert gas is fed into a holding fixture and the holding fixture is purged with the inert gas and the gas displaced by purging is fed to a holding fixture at a previous stage of the operating cycle, for purging of the same, and an apparatus for implementation of the method.
US07935389B2	Liquid spraying apparatus and method A printer is provided which sprays ink from nozzles to print recording paper P. It includes a paper feed/delivery mechanism (72) to carrying the paper P to which the ink is to adhere, nozzles (52a) to spray the ink as droplets, an ink-spraying head (45) to spray the ink from the nozzles toward the paper P having been carried to a position opposite to the nozzles, an ink-spraying controller (123) to control the ink-spraying head (45) to spray the ink from the nozzles in predetermined timing, a temperature sensor (74) to detect the ambient temperature and/or humidity when spraying the ink from the nozzles, a speed discrimination unit (73) to judge whether the carrying speed of the paper P has been changed, a memory (128) having stored therein ink-spraying control data intended for controlling the spraying timing correspondingly to the type of the paper P, and a controller (129) to delay, when the carrying speed of the paper P has been increased in the process of printing, the timing of spraying ink in other color than black based on the temperature detected by the temperature sensor and ink-spraying control data for the type of the paper P, pre-stored in the memory, in relation to that which is before the carrying speed of the paper P is increased, thereby projecting the other ink than the black ink to a position to which the black ink is to be projected.
US07935384B2	Film forming method The present invention relates to a method of forming a metal-nitride film onto a surface of an object to be processed in a processing container in which a vacuum can be created. The method of the invention includes: a step of continuously supplying an inert gas into a processing container set at a low film-forming temperature; and a step of intermittently supplying a metal-source gas into the processing container, during the step of continuously supplying the inert gas. During the step of intermittently supplying the metal-source gas, a nitrogen-including reduction gas is supplied into the processing container at the same time that the metal-source gas is supplied, during a supply term of the metal-source gas. The nitrogen-including reduction gas is also supplied into the processing container for a term shorter than a non-supply term of the metal-source gas, during the non-supply term of the metal-source gas. According to the invention, a metal-nitride film can be deposited whose chlorine density is low, whose resistivity is low, in which less cracks may be generated, and whose abnormal growth may not be generated.
US07935383B2	Method for producing adhesive strips for assembly, especially formed with three layers and based on thermally cross-linked, viscoelastic acrylate hot-melt adhesives A method of producing an adhesive tape having at least one carrier layer and two outer adhesive layers, wherein the carrier layer is from 300 μm to 5000 μm thick and is composed of a photoinitiator-free homogeneously thermally crosslinked polymer based on acrylate and/or methacrylate, in which at least one trimerized isocyanate crosslinker is added in the melt to a polyacrylate copolymer having primary hydroxyl groups and based on acrylic esters and/or methacrylic ester, a layer of the polyacrylate together with the crosslinker is conveyed to a coating unit, where pressure-sensitive adhesive layers are laminated onto both sides of the not-yet fully-crosslinked polyacrylate layer, and the crosslinking of the polyacrylate leads to a homogeneously crosslinked carrier layer.
US07935379B2	Coated and imprinted medical devices and methods of making the same The present invention relates generally to coated medical devices, preferably a stent, that has a drug-eluting surface completely or partially coated with a coating that is imprinted with an impression. In particular, the invention is directed to a coated medical device having a coating that comprises biologically active materials, polymers, or a combination thereof. The coating is imprinted with an impression by printing, molding, lithography, or embossing techniques. Preferably, the patterning imprinted on the coating is capable of releasing biologically active materials in different amounts, at different rates, and/or at different time periods. The invention also relates to methods of making and methods of using the coated medical device.
US07935371B2	Method for producing nucleation of solid phase from a supercooled liquid A method of manufacturing a frozen or partially-frozen product which method includes: a) providing a liquid material in a substantially sealed vessel; b) subjecting liquid material to a negative pressure; and c) subjecting the liquid material, whilst under the negative pressure, to a temperature substantially less than 0° C.
US07935368B2	Safe and stable edible material having reinforced concrete-like structure It is intended to provide a stable and safe edible material. By mixing a dehydrated edible fiber mass and an edible non-fiber material, an edible material, which is superior in shape retention properties to the dehydrated edible fiber mass and the edible non-fiber material, can be obtained. This edible material has a high stability and a high safety because of having a reinforced concrete-like structure wherein the edible fiber serves as the reinforcing steel while the edible non-fiber material serves as the concrete. A liquid oil such as EV olive oil, rapeseed oil, sesame oil or soybean oil can be easily and safely converted into a solid fat merely by adding from 2 to 3% of a popular food material that has been naturally and safely taken since early times. In producing the above edible material, no trans processing that has been warned as the dangerousness thereof by the governments and public corporations in Europe, USA and Canada is needed. Moreover, this edible material sustains a favorable hardness within a temperature range of from −20° C. to 200° C. without becoming too hard at low temperatures as margarine or melting at high temperatures. When put into the mouth, however, it quickly liquefies and tastes wonderful. Water may be added thereto, though it is not always necessary. It prevents butter or chocolate from melting even at +200° C. Furthermore, a convenient and tough edible plastic material can be obtained therefrom without needing water.
US07935364B2	Patterned gradient wound dressing and methods of using same to promote wound healing The present invention provides a wound dressing that includes a patterned gradient of immobilized growth factor molecules that promote directed migration of cells during dermal wound healing. Growth factor is immobilized on a support substrate to present a gradient pattern of increasing growth factor concentration to migrating cells. Methods of promoting wound healing using the patterned gradient wound dressing and fabrication methods of same are also provided.
US07935355B2	Composition and method for controlling intestinal pathogenic organisms An antigen composition for stimulating an immune response in an inoculated avian species to at least one intestinal pathogenic organism includes naturally-occurring wild Salmonella enterica subspecies in O-serogroups B, C3 and D. Subspecies in O-serogroup B can include Salmonella typhimurium and/or Salmonella agona. Subspecies in O-serogroup C3 can include Salmonella Kentucky. Subspecies in O-serogroup D can include Salmonella enteritidis. The antigen composition can be used alone or in combination with a Marek's Disease vaccine to reduce shedding of E. coli and/or Salmonella bacteria.
US07935354B2	Generation of new BCG vaccine strains protecting against the establishment of latent Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection and reactivation from the latent or persistent state A vaccine for treating or preventing the establishment of latent tuberculosis infections is provided. The vaccine comprises a recombinant mycobacterium that overexpresses the transcription factor DosR, at a level sufficient to induce production of the dosR regulon genes or proteins. A host to whom the vaccine is administered mounts an immune response to the dosR regulon proteins and is thus protected from the establishment, persistence or reactivation of latent tuberculosis.
US07935349B2	CRMP4b inhibitory peptide The present invention relates to the identification of the cytosolic phosphoprotein CRMP4b as a protein that physically and functionally interacts with RhoA to mediate neurite outgrowth inhibition. siRNA-mediated knockdown of CRMP4 promotes neurite outgrowth on myelin substrates indicating a critical role for CRMP4 in neurite outgrowth inhibition. Disruption of CRMP4b-RhoA binding with a competitive inhibitor attenuates neurite outgrowth inhibition on myelin and aggrecan substrates. Stimulation of neuronal growth cones with Nogo leads to co-localization of CRMP4b and RhoA at discrete regions within the actin-rich central and peripheral domains of the growth cone indicative of a potential function in cytoskeletal rearrangements during neurite outgrowth inhibition. Together these data indicate that a RhoA-CRMP4b complex forms in response to inhibitory challenges in the growth cone environment and regulate cytoskeletal dynamics at distinct sites necessary for axon outgrowth inhibition. Competitive inhibition of CRMP4b-RhoA binding suggests a novel, highly specific therapeutic avenue for promoting regeneration following CNS injury.
US07935344B2	Human anti-IL-23 antibodies, compositions, methods and uses A human anti-IL-23p19 antibody, including isolated nucleic acids that encode at least one anti-IL-23p19 antibody, vectors, host cells, and methods of making and using thereof have applications in diagnostic and/or therapeutic compositions, methods and devices.
US07935343B2	Human antibody molecules for IL-13 Specific binding members, in particular human anti-IL-13 antibody molecules and especially those which neutralize IL-13 activity. Methods for using anti-IL-13 antibody molecules in diagnosis or treatment of IL-13 related disorders, including asthma, atopic dermatitis, allergic rhinitis, fibrosis, inflammatory bowel disease and Hodgkin's lymphoma.
US07935342B2	Methods for treating obesity by administering a trkB antagonist This invention relates to methods for treating obesity by peripheral administration of a trkB antagonist. The invention also relates to compositions and kits comprising a trkB antagonist.
US07935337B2	Method of therapy for degenerative intervertebral discs To treat diseases accompanied by degenerative intervertebral discs, in particular, disk herniation, lumbar pain, discopathy and osteoarthritits of the spine, it is intended to provide a drug for administering a human-origin protease directly to an affected part of such a disease accompanied by degenerative intervertebral discs. As the human-origin protease, use can be made of MMP-3, MMP-7, etc.
US07935336B2	Highly functional enzyme having α-galactosidase activity The present invention provides, as an enzyme which can be used for enzyme replacement therapy for Fabry disease, a protein having α-galactosidase activity, which shows no allergic adverse side effect, shows a high stability in blood, and can be easily incorporated into a cell of an affected organ. The protein of the present invention is a protein which has acquired α-galactosidase activity by changing the structure of the active site of wild-type human α-N-acetylgalactosaminidase.
US07935334B2	Probiotics as alternative medicines against infectious diseases An exemplary embodiment providing one or more improvements includes feeding animals with probiotic microbes encapsulated in a mixture of xanthan gum and chitosan, or in gelatin, specifically Pediococcus acidilactici and Saccharomyces boulardii. Such encapsulation protects the viability of the probiotic microbes against unfavorable temperatures. An exemplary embodiment providing one or more improvements includes methods of using viable probiotics in therapy of birds and mammals infected with infectious diseases. Probiotics acted as adjuvants in stimulating antibody reaction and stimulated a cellular immunity response. In particular, probiotics were shown to reduce the number of viable oocytes from fecal samples, stimulate antibody production, and stimulate of proliferation of splenocytes in chickens infected with Elimeria. In addition, probiotics were shown to relieve symptoms of parvovirus infection in dogs.
US07935332B2	Presbyopia treatment by lens alteration This invention effects a change in the accommodation of the human lens affected by presbyopia through the use of various reducing agents that change accommodative abilities of the human lens, and/or by applying energy to affect a change in the accommodative abilities of the human lens. This invention both prevents the onset of presbyopia as well as treats it. By breaking and/or preventing the formation of bonds that adhere lens fibers together causing hardening of the lens, the present invention increases the elasticity and distensibility of the lens and/or lens capsule.
US07935331B2	Vanillin polymers for use in darkening the skin The present invention features polymers containing vanillin monomers and/or o-vanillin monomers and the use thereof in darkening the skin.
US07935329B2	Titania sol, method of preparing the same, and coating composition comprising the same The present invention relates to a titania sol, a method of preparing the same, and a coating composition including the same. More specifically, it relates to a titania sol prepared by elevating the temperature of a reactant solution including a precursor of titania in a solvent for a reaction temperature, adding an acid catalyst to the reactant solution and conducting a sol-gel reaction while removing the solvent for reaction therefrom, and drying the prepared titania sol and re-dispersing the dried titania in a solvent for dispersion, a method of preparing the same, and a coating composition including the same.
US07935328B2	Method for manufacturing scorodite The present invention provides a method for manufacturing scorodite in which scorodite may be obtained at high production efficiency and a high As concentration ratio. The present invention provides a method for manufacturing crystalline scorodite from acidic aqueous solution containing pentavalent As and trivalent Fe, the method comprising a step for adding a basic sodium compound to the acidic aqueous solution such that the sodium concentration in the acidic aqueous solution becomes larger than 0 g/L and equal to or less than 4 g/L.
US07935327B2	Silicon production with a fluidized bed reactor integrated into a siemens-type process A fluidized bed reactor and a Siemens reactor are used to produce polycrystalline silicon. The process includes feeding the vent gas from the Siemens reactor as a feed gas to the fluidized bed reactor.
US07935321B2	Method of preparing bismuth oxide and apparatus therefor A method of preparing bismuth oxide and an apparatus therefor are disclosed. The method includes: melting bismuth metal; transporting the melted bismuth metal to an open first reactor and oxidizing the melted bismuth metal while stirring at a temperature of 300-650° C.; and transporting bismuth oxide and un-reacted material to a closed second reactor through a screw and oxidizing the bismuth oxide and un-reacted material while rotating the closed second reactor at a temperature of 300-600° C. with a supply of air or oxygen.
US07935319B2	Microfluidic device with serial valve A microfluidic device comprising a hydrophilic microchannel structure in which there is a functional unit that comprises a microconduit which a) is intended for the transportation of liquid aliquots, and b) has an inlet end and an outlet end between which there is a capillary valve I, which preferably is based on the presence of a local non-wettable surface area. Microconduit I further comprises one or more additional capillary valves, typically one. At least one of the additional valves is upstream of capillary valve I, such as at the inlet end of the microconduit.
US07935316B2	Chemical reaction cartridge and method for using Disclosed is a chemical reaction cartridge including an elastic body with which at least a portion of the chemical reaction cartridge is formed and a plurality of chambers and a flow path to connect the plurality of chambers, which contain solution inside, and the solution is moved or blocked in the chambers and the flow path by applying external force to the elastic body from outside, the elastic body is structured in at least two elastic body layers which are layered vertically and the plurality of chambers and the flow path are provided between an upper elastic body layer and a lower elastic body layer, and the elastic body is attached to a surface of a substrate made of hard material.
US07935309B2	Multi-transduction mechanism based microfluidic analyte sensors In various aspects are provided a microfluidic and/or nanofluidic sensor that can provide an indication of the reliability of its measurement of the presence of an analyte in a sample under investigation, an analyte concentration in the sample under investigation, or both. The provided sensors, microfluidic devices, and methods of analyte detection, utilize two transduction mechanisms from the same molecule to determine analyte presence, analyte concentration, or both. An analyte sensing molecule is used that can provide both an optical signal and electrochemical signal when an analyte is recognized by an analyte binding portion of the sensing molecule.
US07935308B2	Methods and devices for analyte detection Methods for detecting one or more analytes, such as a protein, in a fluid path are provided. The methods include resolving, immobilizing and detecting one or more analytes in a fluid path, such as a capillary. Also included are devices and kits for performing such assays.
US07935306B2	Measurement system A system and method (1) for acquiring, compiling and storing measured values in a temperature and/or pressure and/or moisture-dependent process comprises at least one sensor (4, 6) for acquiring measured values. The device (1) contains means (3) for storing the measured values. The sensor (4, 6) and the means (3) are designed to be positioned inside a closed process chamber (2). The device (1) further comprises means (11) for the wireless transmission of the stored measured values at preset or settable time intervals to a receiver unit (10) disposed outside the closed process chamber (2). In a process for monitoring a temperature and/or pressure and/or moisture-dependent process, an acquisition of measured values is accomplished by means of at least one sensor (4, 6) located inside a closed process chamber (2). The acquired measured values are compiled and stored in at least one data logger (3), and during the process are transmitted at preset or settable time intervals to a receiver unit (10) located outside the process chamber (2), by means of a wireless system.
US07935304B2	Castable magnesium alloys This invention relates to magnesium-based alloys particularly suitable for casting applications where good mechanical properties at room and at elevated temperatures are required. The alloys contain: 2 to 4.5% by weight of neodymium; 0.2 to 7.0% of at least one rare earth metal of atomic No. 62 to 71; up to 1.3% by weight of zinc; and 0.2 to 0.7% by weight of zirconium; optionally with one or more other minor component. They are resistant to corrosion, show good age-hardening behaviour, and are also suitable for extrusion and wrought alloy applications.
US07935295B2	Core leaching Removal of a soluble part of a core allows provision of relatively complex three-dimensional geometric shapes in a component. Unfortunately previous leaching arrangements have been relatively erratic such that it is difficult to provide consistency of component form over a batch of components formed. By providing a tank combination which comprises typically a number of dip tanks, it is possible to provide consistency in terms of leach solution efficiency upon cores. Generally leaching solution held within the tanks is adjusted through either a prior calibrating adjustment tank or through agitation or other means in the tank such that the effects of saturation ageing of the leaching solution can be homogenised across all cores subject to the leaching process.
US07935294B2	Reduced density foam and method for molding reduced density foam A system and method for operating an injection system to create a reduced density polymeric component uses a resin/blowing agent mixture, an injection molding machine having an injection molding screw positioned in a screw section, accumulators, a hydraulic pump, multiple molds, and a cooling system. Coolant is directed into each mold. The injection molding screw is rotated moving the mixture proximate to a receiving portion of the screw section. The injection molding screw is incrementally displaced to one of a plurality of successive injection positions each injecting a portion of the mixture into one of the molds by operating the hydraulic pump and discharging the accumulators. The accumulators are recharged after each injection molding screw displacement using the hydraulic pump. The injection molding screw is displaced and the accumulators recharged for each of the successive injection positions, each defining a stage for filling the molds in a single operating cycle of the injection system.
US07935293B2	Injection molding method and injection molding apparatus An injection molding apparatus includes a forming mold provided with a gas inlet through which a gas is introduced into an area between a rear molding surface in a cavity and a resin material inside the cavity. A plurality of the gas inlets is provided along a passage direction of the resin material in the cavity. In injection molding the resin molded article, a molten resin material is introduced into the cavity from a resin inlet and, when filling the inside of the cavity with the resin material, the introduction of the gas is sequentially started, beginning with a gas inlet provided in an area inside the cavity which is first filled with the resin material, thereby sequentially pressing the relevant resin material against a front molding surface of the cavity.
US07935287B2	Keyboard case manufacturing system and method Methods for forming a keyboard case are provided. A mold cavity configured to provide a keyboard case having a plurality of apertures disposed therethrough can be at least partially filled with a molten material. At least one runner can traverse at least a portion of the apertures forming the plurality of apertures. The molten material can be at least partially solidified within the mold cavity to provide the keyboard case. The keyboard case can be removed from the mold cavity and the at least one runner can be removed from at least a portion of the apertures forming the plurality of apertures.
US07935285B2	Method of manufacturing a golf ball The invention provides a method of manufacturing a golf ball composed at least in part of a spherical elastomeric body. The method includes the steps of extruding a bar of an unvulcanized rubber compound for obtaining the elastomeric body, cutting the extruded bar into slugs of a given length, and coating the slug with a saturated or unsaturated carboxylic acid metal salt in powder form having a melting point at or below a vulcanizing temperature. This method prevents the slugs from clumping together and improves mold releasability.
US07935277B2	Conductive compositions and processes for use in the manufacture of semiconductor devices The present invention is directed to a thick film conductive composition comprising: (a) electrically conductive silver powder; (b) zinc-containing additive; (c) glass frit wherein said glass frit is lead-free; dispersed in (d) organic medium. The present invention is further directed to an electrode formed from the composition above wherein said composition has been fired to remove the organic vehicle and sinter said glass particles. Still further, the invention is directed to a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device from a structural element composed of a semiconductor having a p-n junction and an insulating film formed on a main surface of the semiconductor comprising the steps of (a) applying onto said insulating film the thick film composition detailed above; and (b) firing said semiconductor, insulating film and thick film composition to form an electrode. Additionally, the present invention is directed to a semiconductor device formed by the method detailed above and a semiconductor device formed from the thick film conductive composition detailed above.
US07935276B2	Polymeric materials incorporating carbon nanostructures The present invention relates to novel composites that incorporate carbon nanospheres into a polymeric material. The polymeric material can be any polymer or polymerizable material compatible with graphitic materials. The carbon nanospheres are hollow, graphitic nanoparticles. The carbon nanospheres can be manufactured from a carbon precursor using templating catalytic nanoparticles. The unique size, shape, and electrical properties of the carbon nanospheres impart beneficial properties to the composites incorporating these nanomaterials.
US07935267B2	Electrolyte solution for hydrogen generating apparatus and hydrogen generating apparatus comprising the same The invention provides an electrolyte solution for hydrogen generating apparatus including water; at least one ionizing compound; and at least one cation exchange resin, as well as a hydrogen generating apparatus that includes the electrolyte solution. The electrolyte solution for hydrogen generating apparatus according to the invention can increase the time and amount of hydrogen generation by reducing an amount of metal hydroxide generation.
US07935266B2	Wet etching method using ultraviolet-light and method of manufacturing semiconductor device A substrate supporting film to be etched is held on a rotating stage. Ultraviolet light having a wavelength of 200 nm or shorter radiated from first lamps irradiates the film in air, thereby removing an organic coatings from the film and making the surface of the film hydrophilic. A chemical solution is applied to the hydrophilic film while rotating the substrate. Ultraviolet light having a wavelength longer than 200 nm is radiated from second lamps and onto the film through the chemical solution.
US07935264B2	Liquid discharge head and method of manufacturing the same A liquid discharge head includes a plurality of liquid chambers for pressurizing a liquid, the plurality of liquid chambers communicating with discharge ports respectively; and a plurality of piezoelectric elements provided in correspondence with the plurality of liquid chambers, respectively, the plurality of piezoelectric elements each including a lower electrode, a piezoelectric body film, and an upper electrode which are sequentially laminated in the stated order from the plurality of liquid chambers side. The lower electrode is provided up to a region corresponding to a portion between the plurality of liquid chambers. The piezoelectric body film is reduced in thickness at the region corresponding to the portion between the plurality of liquid chambers relative to the thickness of a region corresponding to the plurality of liquid chambers and completely covers at least the lower electrode provided to the region corresponding to the portion between the plurality of liquid chambers.
US07935263B2	Method of producing a porous semiconductor film on a substrate The invention relates to a method of producing a porous semiconductor film and the film resulting from such production. It furthermore relates to an electronic device incorporating such film and to potential uses of such film.
US07935261B2	Process for treating waste drilling mud A method is provided of recycling and cleaning up oil-based waste drilling mud and cuttings contaminated with oil-based waste drilling mud. A facility for performing the method is also provided. The method includes removing the coarse solids from the mud, breaking the emulsion, separating the hydrophobic phase from the water phase and the solid phase, vaporizing all residual oil and water from the solids, and burning off the vaporized oil. The method produces a solid “soil” product that is free from oil contamination, an oil product that is fit for reuse, and clean air emissions. A thermal desorber can be used to efficiently vaporize the oil at low temperature. Optionally the water fraction of the mud can be vaporized, solutes and salts can be captured as evaporite and then be mixed with the soil product. The method has the unique advantage of producing no persistent hazardous waste. The method has the further advantage of requiring no external input of energy if the reclaimed oil is used to provide energy for the process. The method has the further advantage of recycling portions of the drilling mud that would otherwise be subject to disposal.
US07935257B2	Use of Rhizomucor pusillus (lindt) schipper in methods for treating industrial wastewaters containing dyes Use of a fungal biomass for treating industrial wastewaters containing at least one dye and related method, wherein: i. the fungal biomass contains at least the fungal species Rhizomucor pusillus (Lindt) Schipper; ii. the fungal biomass absorbs the at least one dye, so as to obtain wastewater that is basically free of the at least one dye.
US07935253B2	Installation for treating a biological liquid Installation for treating a biological liquid, including a circulation pump (5), a filter element (9), a container for collecting treated liquid, a first circuit section connecting a source of said biological liquid to an inlet orifice of said filter element (9), including a circuit element adapted to cooperate with said circulation pump (5); a second circuit section, connecting an outlet orifice of said filter element (9) to said treated liquid collecting container; characterized in that said treated liquid collecting container, said first circuit section and said second circuit section are disposable and said installation further includes a first cart (1) carrying said pump (5) and a second cart (2) including a housing (14) for said collecting container, separable from the first cart (1) and adapted to be at least partly nested in said first cart (1).
US07935247B2	Method for improving liquid yield during thermal cracking of hydrocarbons Metal additives to hydrocarbon feed streams give improved hydrocarbon liquid yield during thermal cracking thereof. Suitable additives include metal over-bases and metal dispersions and the metals suitable include, but are not necessarily limited to, magnesium, calcium, aluminum, zinc, silicon, barium, cerium, and strontium overbases and dispersions. Particularly useful metals include magnesium alone or magnesium together with calcium, barium, strontium, boron, zinc, silicon, cerium, titanium, zirconium, chromium, molybdenum, tungsten, and/or platinum. In one non-limiting embodiment, no added hydrogen is employed. Coker feedstocks are a particular hydrocarbon feed stream to which the method can be advantageously applied, but the technique may be used on any hydrocarbon feed that is thermally cracked.
US07935246B2	Method for improving liquid yield during thermal cracking of hydrocarbons Metal additives to hydrocarbon feed streams give improved hydrocarbon liquid yield during thermal cracking thereof. Suitable additives include metal overbases and metal dispersions and the metals suitable include, but are not necessarily limited to, magnesium, calcium, barium, strontium, aluminum, boron, zinc, silicon, cerium, titanium, zirconium, chromium, molybdenum, tungsten, and/or platinum, overbases and dispersions. Particularly useful metals include magnesium alone or magnesium together with calcium, barium, strontium, boron, zinc, silicon, cerium, titanium, zirconium, chromium, molybdenum, tungsten, and/or platinum. In one non-limiting embodiment, no added hydrogen is employed. Coker feedstocks and visbreaker feeds are particular hydrocarbon feed streams to which the method can be advantageously applied, but the technique may be used on any hydrocarbon feed that is thermally cracked.
US07935239B2	Liquid moving apparatus A liquid moving apparatus is disclosed. The liquid moving apparatus may include a container having a holding chamber enclosed by first and second end walls facing against each other and side walls connecting the first and second end walls, a polarized or conductive first liquid filled in the holding chamber, a second liquid filled in the holding chamber and prevented from mixing with the first liquid, first and second electrodes for applying an electric field to the first liquid, and voltage application means for applying voltage between the first electrode and the second electrode.
US07935234B2	Electrochemical gas sensor and process for manufacturing same A planar electrochemical gas sensor is provided with at least one working electrode (4), at least one counterelectrode (4″), at least one electrolyte-filled planar electrolyte carrier (10), at least one planar housing upper part (3) and at least one planar housing lower part (2). The electrodes (4, 4″) are arranged such that they are in two-dimensional contact with the electrolyte carrier (10). The housing upper part (3) and the housing lower part (2) are connected with one another such that the electrodes (4, 4″) and the electrolyte carrier (10) are pressed against one another in such a way that they are secured against displacement. The housing upper part (3) and the housing lower part (2) are partially in direct two-dimensional contact with one another, and the connection of the housing upper part (3) and the housing lower part (2) in the area of the direct two-dimensional contact is present at least along a closed figure, which surrounds the electrodes (4, 4″) and the electrolyte carrier (10).
US07935230B2	Electro-chemical processor A processor for making porous silicon or processing other substrates has first and second chamber assemblies. The first and second chamber assemblies include first and second seals for sealing against a wafer, and first and second electrodes, respectively. The first and/or second seal is moveable towards and away from a wafer in the processor, to move between a wafer load/unload position, and a wafer process position. The first electrode may move along with the first seal, and the second electrode may move along with the second seal. A light source shines light onto the first side of the wafer. The processor may be pivotable from a substantially horizontal orientation, for loading and unloading a wafer, to a substantially vertical orientation, for processing a wafer.
US07935220B2	Absorbent sheet made by fabric crepe process A process for making absorbent cellulosic paper products such as sheet for towel, tissue and the like, includes compactively dewatering a nascent web followed by wet belt creping the web at an intermediate consistency of anywhere from about 30 to about 60 percent under conditions operative to redistribute the fiber on the belt, which is preferably a fabric. In preferred embodiments, the web is thereafter adhesively applied to a Yankee dryer using a creping adhesive operative to enable high speed transfer of the web of intermediate consistency such as a poly(vinyl alcohol)/polyamide adhesive. An absorbent sheet so prepared from a papermaking furnish exhibits an absorbency of at least about 5 g/g, a CD stretch of at least about 4 percent, and an MD/CD tensile ratio of less than about 1.1, and also exhibits a maximum CD modulus at a CD strain of less than 1 percent and sustains a CD modulus of at least 50 percent of its maximum CD modulus to a CD strain of at least about 4 percent. Products of the invention may also exhibit an MD modulus at break 1.5 to 2 times their initial MD modulus.
US07935217B2	Substrate processing apparatus for treating substrate with predetermined processing by supplying processing liquid to rim portion of rotating substrate A bevel unit comprises CCDs and processing liquid nozzles, and the CCDs take an image of a circumferential edge surface of a substrate. An image processing part detects the distances between the circumferential edge surface of the substrate and the processing liquid nozzles by image processing the signals from the CCDs. A control unit compares thus detected distances between the circumferential edge surface of the substrate and the processing liquid nozzles with set distances from the circumferential edge surface of the substrate to the processing liquid nozzles which are set in a recipe so as to be a desired rim etching width, and calculates an amount of displacement between the detected distances and the set distances. In accordance with the amount of displacement, the control unit activates motors and accordingly positions the bevel unit.
US07935216B2	Differential pressure application apparatus for use in polishing layers of semiconductor device structures and methods An apparatus for applying different amounts of pressure to different locations of a semiconductor device structure or other substrate during polishing thereof. The apparatus is configured to be associated with a wafer carrier of a polishing apparatus and includes pressurization structures configured to individually apply pressure to a major surface of the semiconductor device structure during polishing thereof. Systems including the pressure application apparatus, as well as differential pressure application methods and polishing methods are also disclosed.
US07935213B2	Non-leaching adhesive system and its use in a liquid immersion objective A non-leaching adhesive system and its use in a liquid immersion objective for immersion-writing of masters for optical discs are disclosed. The adhesive system comprises at least one monomer, selected from among the group of acrylate and methacrylate monomers, allylic monomers, norbornene monomers, hybrid monomers thereof, containing chemically different polymerizable groups, and multifunctional thiol monomers, provided that said thiol is used in combination with at least one of said non-thiol monomers; and a polymerization initiator. At least one of said monomers, not being a thiol, is provided with at least two functional polymerizable groups to obtain a crosslinked polymer network. The polymerization initiator is preferably an initiator that can be activated both thermally and with UV radiation. The adhesive system may further contain a reactive diluent. Further the use of the present adhesive system in mounting a liquid immersion objective is disclosed.
US07935212B2	Process for transferring onto a surface of an optical article a layer having a variable index of refraction The present invention relates to processes for transferring a coating borne by a carrier onto at least one surface of the substrate of an optical article. Specifically, the invention relates to processes for transferring any kind of patterned layer having a refractive index profile from a carrier to the surface of an optical article. The invention allows for manufacture of optical articles presenting high transmittance, low haze, and excellent adhesion performances, and in particular vision corrective optical articles that are customized and optimized to the patient's individual requirements. The invention also contemplates optical articles made by such methods.
US07935207B2	Absorbent core for disposable absorbent article A method of making an absorbent core for use in an absorbent article. The method comprising the steps of: a. providing a first absorbent fibrous web material; b. providing a second absorbent fibrous web material; c. providing a pair of rolls forming a nip through which the first and second absorbent fibrous web materials can be processed, the pair of rolls being selected from the processes consisting of, ring rolling, SELF, micro-SELF, and rotary knife aperturing; d. deforming portions of the first absorbent fibrous web material by processing through the pair of rolls; e. deforming portions of the second absorbent fibrous web material by processing through the pair of rolls; and f. combining the first and second absorbent fibrous web materials to form the absorbent core.
US07935199B2	Printer-labeler and labeler When a label on a conveyor belt is detected, there is performed a label sticking process of making a sticking mechanism take out the label and stick it to an article at a predetermined position, while when a defect of the label on the conveyor belt is detected before detecting the label, the label is sent out to a label recovery position without performing the label sticking process.
US07935196B2	Soft magnetic ribbon, magnetic core, magnetic part and process for producing soft magnetic ribbon A soft magnetic ribbon that especially in a relatively low magnetic field region of 500 A/m or less, is high in the squareness of magnetic flux density-magnetization curve. There is disclosed a soft magnetic ribbon of 100 μm or less thickness comprising a parent phase structure in which by volume ratio, 30% or more of crystal grains of 60 nm or less (not including 0) crystal grain diameter are dispersed in an amorphous phase and comprising an amorphous layer disposed on the surface side of the parent phase structure. Preferably, the soft magnetic ribbon is represented by the composition formula Fe100-x-yCuxXy (wherein X is at least one element selected from among B, Si, S, C, P, Al, Ge, Ga and Be), in which the atomic percents (%) satisfy the relationships 0
US07935195B2	Multi-tank dishwasher comprising a backwash device Multi-tank dishwashers are used, in particular, industrially, in order to clean items which are to be washed. The invention relates to a multi-tank dishwasher which is provided with a washing area. The washing area comprises at least one rinsing water storage tank, at least one filter housing, at least one fine filter and at least one backwash device. In the normal mode, a filter wall of the at least one fine filter is cross flown in the direction from a waste water chamber to a pure water chamber. In order to clean the fine filter, the multi-tank dishwasher can be operated in a backwashing mode, without interrupting the washing process. In said backwashing mode, a cross-flow of the at least one filter wall of the rinsing water is reversed by using a backwash pump and a waste water pump. Dirt particles, which are located on the inner side of the filter wall, are rinsed off and are removed by the waste water pump in the waste water outlet.
US07935192B2	Drain cleaning apparatus with restricted reverse function A rotatable, portable drum auger drain cleaning device includes a rotational control which is biased towards the off position. The rotational control device is utilized in conjunction with a motor and the drum to direct drum rotation. The rotational control is typically biased in the off position making it the default position. The rotational control must therefore be manually moved to either a forward or reverse position. When in the forward position, the rotational control can be locked, and when in the reverse position, the switch must be manually held in position or the switch will return to the off position.
US07935191B2	Controlling accumulation of select adsorbers on a piezoelectric cantilever sensor The techniques described herein are directed to removing material that has attached to or preventing material from attaching to the surface of a piezoelectric cantilever. The material can be a target material, other, non-target, material that may be weakly bound or attached to the cantilever sensor, or the material may be a combination thereof. Accordingly, the cantilever sensor can be reused, in situ, without degraded detection performance of the cantilever sensor. The techniques may also be utilized to remove all material that has attached to a surface of the cantilever sensor which provides means for reusing the cantilever sensor.
US07935189B2	Process and plant for producing sugar products from grapes A process for producing sugar products from grapes includes treating a solution of liquid rectified concentrated must by chromatography, to separate at least one sugar contained in it. A plant for producing sugar products from grapes comprises a plurality of columns connected together in series, each column implementing in succession all steps of the chromatographic process, but implementing steps of the process which are different from the other columns. A recirculation step is provided in passing from one step to the next.
US07935187B2	Film forming apparatus The invention provides a multi-film forming apparatus including a substrate holder stock chamber for storing a plurality of substrate holders separately from a path in the multi-film forming apparatus, so that production can be performed without being affected by the process of removing a film accumulated on the surface of the substrate holder and the process of replacing the substrate holder, or by the process of removing a film accumulated on the surface of the substrate holder or the process of replacing the substrate holder, and hence high-throughput production is possible. A branch path is provided on the path of the multi-film forming apparatus, and a substrate holder stock chamber for storing a plurality of substrate holders which enables retrieval of the substrate holder from the path and feeding of the substrate holder to the path is provided.
US07935184B2	Method of preparing imidazolium surfactants The present invention provides a method for preparing an imidazolium surfactant using a mixing apparatus. The present invention also provides a nano-composite comprising a clay and the imidazolium surfactant, and a composition comprising a polymer and the nano-composite. The nano-composite is practically useful in formulating compositions such as rubber and tire products with improved and well-balanced properties including gas permeability, cure properties, and/or mechanical properties etc.
US07935179B2	Method and arrangement for exhausting gas from a coating material A method and apparatus for exhausting gas from a coating material. The coating material is fed in the bottom part area of a drum (3) rotating around an essentially vertical axis inside a vacuum tank (1), whereby the rotating motion of the drum causes the coating material to rise up the inner wall of the drum and to discharge from the upper edge of the drum as a thin film against the inner wall of a vacuum tank, wherefrom the coating material flows downwards. The coating material is arranged to rise up the wall of the drum stepwise, so that the coating material will form a thin veil-like film on at least two different step levels (10-12), whereupon the gas bubbles in the coating material will break and be discharged from the coating material.
US07935178B2	Use of a biphasic turbine in a process for recovering energy in gasification and natural gas applications The invention provides a process and system for regenerating a solvent used to remove carbon dioxide from feed gases, such as natural gas and synthesis gas. The process and system employ a biphasic turbine to recover energy following pressure let down.
US07935177B2	Method of purifying a gas stream contaminated by CO2 and one or more hydrocarbons and/or nitrogen oxides by adsorption on an aggregated zeolitic adsorbent The present invention relates to a novel method of purifying a gas stream contaminated by CO2, hydrocarbons and/or nitrogen oxides, in particular a gas stream based on air or a syngas, by adsorption on a bed of aggregated zeolitic adsorbent based on an LSX zeolite or LSX and X zeolites, of which at least 90% of the exchangeable cationic sites of the LSX zeolite or of the LSX/X zeolite blend are occupied by sodium ions, and the inert binder of which represents at most 5% of the weight of the adsorbent.
US07935176B2	Oxygen extraction apparatus and process A facility and process capable of extracting oxygen in extraterrestrial environments from materials available in extraterrestrial environments, for example, on planets, planetoids, etc. The facility extracts oxygen from a mineral-containing solid material and is configured to form a free-falling molten stream of the solid material, evaporate at least a portion of the molten stream and produce a vapor containing gaseous oxygen, create a supersonic stream of the vapor, condense constituents of the supersonic stream to form particulates within the supersonic stream, separate the gaseous oxygen from the particulates, and then collect the gaseous oxygen.
US07935173B1	Process for recovery of precious metals A hydrometallurgical process for the recovery of metals selected from the group consisting of platinum, palladium, rhodium, ruthenium, iridium, and gold (PM) from solids includes dissolving the PM and base metals in an acidic halide aqueous solution and precipitating the PM using substituted quaternary ammonium salts (SQAS). PM having multiple oxidation states may be oxidized or reduced to separate through differential solubility. Au-SQAS is separated by washing the precipitate with a suitable organic solvent. Rh-SQAS and other PM with multiple oxidation states are dissolved in a strong halide acid solution and oxidized to separate soluble Rh. Pb and Pd are separated by boiling the initial acidic halide aqueous solution of metals in an excess of SQAS. The Pb and Pd filtrate is oxidized and then Pd-SQAS is dissolved in aqueous ammonia and separated from insoluble Pb. A slurry of Ir-SQAS and Pt-SQAS are separated through dissolution of Ir-SQAS with NaNO2.
US07935170B2	Method for manufacturing copper-based nanoparticles The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing copper-based nanoparticles, in particular, to a method for manufacturing copper-based nanoparticles, wherein the method includes producing CuO nanoparticles by mixing CuO micropowder and alkylamine in a nonpolar solvent and heating the mixture at 60-300° C.; and producing copper-based nanoparticles by mixing a capping molecule and a reducing agent with the CuO nanoparticles and heating the mixture at 60-120° C.According to the present invention, copper-based nanoparticles can be synthesized using CuO, but not requiring any inorganic reducing agent, in a high yield and a high concentration, so that it allows mass production and easy controlling to desired oxidation number of nanoparticles.
US07935169B2	Apparatus and method for manufacturing metal nanoparticles The present invention relates to an apparatus and a method of manufacturing metal nanoparticles, and more particularly to an apparatus including: a precursor supplying part which supplies a precursor solution of metal nanoparticles; a first heating part which is connected with the precursor supplying part, includes a reactor channel having a diameter of 1 to 50 mm, and is heated to the temperature range where any particle is not produced; a second heating part which is connected with the first heating part, includes a reactor channel having a diameter of 1 to 50 mm, and is heated to the temperature range where particles are produced; and a cooler which is connected with the second heating part and collects and cools metal nanoparticles produced at the second heating part which allows continuous mass production of metal nanoparticles.
US07935165B2	Multistage variable impactor An inertial gas-liquid separator and method is provided, including variable orifice jet nozzle structure having a variable orifice area dependent upon axial movement of a plunger relative to a housing sleeve, and in another embodiment having first and second flow branches, with the first flow branch being continuously open, and the second flow branch having a variable flow controller controlling flow therethrough.
US07935164B2	Vortex air-oil separator system The present invention provides a vortex generator that may be used in systems for separating oil from air oil mixtures. The vortex generator comprises a rotating disk having a rim having a plurality of passages extending through it and a cavity formed by the rotating disk and a cavity wall wherein a vortex is created when there is a flow through the plurality of passages into the cavity.
US07935163B2	Filtering device for diesel engine exhaust gas A filtering device for diesel engines is based on metal foams. In order to achieve high filtration efficiency with low pressure drop using deep bed filtration metal foams, a radial flow concept is used based on a “porosity gradient”. The foams can also be coated with catalytically active material to enhance soot oxidation (regeneration), as well as reduction of other exhaust gas pollutants (CO, hydrocarbons, nitrogen oxides). This may be accomplished by using non-uniform amounts of catalytic materials within the filter depending on the targeted application. An additional secondary filter segment may be placed within the metal support of the main filter segment. The metallic diaphragms at the entrance and exit of the external shell are designed in such a way as to allow the flow to be divided between the main and the secondary filter segments according to the respective flow resistances.
US07935161B1	Filter cartridge with mounting apparatus and method of filter replacement for a cyclonic separation system A cyclonic separation system filter cartridge with a cylindrical body formed into at least thirty pleats having a solid bottom surface, an open top surface, a rigid inner cylindrical core, a top cap member substantially covering the open top surface except for a central circular opening, and a handle attached to either the rigid inner cylindrical core or to the top cap member, extending across the central circular opening. The pleats form a plurality of filtering chambers. Also, a mounting apparatus is disclosed that includes a top mounting flange, a retainer plate, removably connectable to the top mounting flange, a bottom plate and tie bracing connected to the mounting flange and the bottom plate, wherein the mounting apparatus is configured to be mounted, via the top mounting flange, within a cyclonic separation chamber, wherein the tie bracing is configured to extend along an internal wall of the separation chamber.
US07935158B2	Bonded abrasive article and method of making A bonded abrasive article is provided which includes abrasive grains made of cubic boron nitride within a bond matrix including a silicate. The bonded abrasive further includes a reaction product at the interface between the abrasive grains and bond matrix comprising a transition metal nitride.
US07935157B2	Method for reducing free fatty acid content of biodiesel feedstock A method comprising applying controlled flow cavitation apparatuses and holding tanks to a pretreatment process in order to reduce the free fatty acid content of a biodiesel feedstock. A feedstock comprising a high content of free fatty acids can be passed through controlled flow cavitation apparatuses and holding tanks at a velocity capable of generating hydrodynamic cavitation zones and subsequent dwell times where the free fatty acid content can be reduced to below 2%.
US07935148B2	Adjustable insertion device for a vertebral implant Methods and devices for connecting an insertion device to an implant. The insertion device includes a body having first and second ends. The first end may be configured to connect with the implant. The first end may be selectively positionable between orientations to provide for the connection. Methods of positioning the implant within the patient generally include connecting the insertion device to the implant. The insertion device can then be manipulating to position the implant within the patient. The insertion device is removed from the implant once positioned, or may be reconnected at another location to further position the implant.
US07935146B2	Percutaneous mitral annuloplasty with hemodynamic monitoring A minimally invasive method of performing mitral annuloplasty is disclosed. An implantable device is positioned within the coronary sinus and tightened around the mitral annulus. Mitral valve regurgitation is monitored before, during, and/or after the tightening step. An on-going drug therapy may be determined, taking into account post-implantation hemodynamic function.
US07935136B2	Facet joint fusion devices and methods A method for promoting fusion of and/or stabilizing a facet joint between two adjacent vertebrae comprises clamping the two adjacent vertebrae across the facet joint to apply a compressive force across the joint. Apparatus for promoting fusion of and/or stabilizing a facet joint comprises at least one cinchable tether and at least one locking member coupled with the tether for locking the cinched tether to maintain compressive force across the facet joint. The tether is adapted to extend through at least one hole through each of two adjacent vertebrae, across the facet joint.
US07935135B2	Spinal fixation device A bone fixation device including a retainer and an anchor. The retainer includes first and second receiving regions. The first receiving region is configured for receipt of a connecting rod. The second receiving region is configured for receipt of an anchor. The first receiving region is constructed so that a connecting rod can be positioned within the receiving region at a number of non-coaxial orientations. The first receiving region is also constructed to accommodate a curved connecting rod. A flexible, integral locking structure is located between the first and second receiving regions. The locking structure is arranged to secure each of the retainer, an anchor, and a connecting rod in a position relative to one another.
US07935133B2	Interlaminar hook A medical apparatus for alleviating the symptoms associated with spinal stenosis have a body including first and second supports disposed along the length of the body. The first support is configured to accommodate at least a portion of a vertebral component of a first vertebra disposed above or below a second vertebra. The second support is configured to accommodate at least a portion of a vertebral component of the second vertebra. The distance between the supports is sufficient to increase the space between the first vertebra and the second vertebra. Methods for using the apparatus include implanting the apparatus into a subject.
US07935127B2	Temporary retention device A retention device for anchoring indwelling catheters, sheath introducers, feeding tubes, ostomy bags or other medical devices beneath the skin of a patient includes an deployable section coupled to a medical device; following introduction into a patient, the deployable section is subcutaneously deployed, securely anchoring the device and coupled medical device for the duration of treatment.
US07935126B2	Bone plate shaping system Removable guide tips are pre-assembled into threaded holes of a fracture fixation plate. The guide tips may be used with or without drill guides to guide a drill along the axes of threaded holes defined in the plate. In addition, the tips may be used with bending tools to contour the plate laterally, longitudinally and with twist. More particularly, such plate contouring can be performed while the plate is located on the bone.
US07935125B2	Compound offset handle A device for use on a patient during surgery including a distal portion, a transition portion, and a proximal portion is disclosed. The distal portion is adapted to attach to an implement having a proximal portion. The transition portion is angled toward an anterior direction and a medial direction with respect to the implement, the proximal portion of the handle being connected to the transition portion and extending in a proximal direction substantially parallel to the implement.
US07935124B2	Devices and techniques for a posterior lateral disc space approach This invention relates to methods and instruments for performing disc space preparation and implant insertion from a unilateral approach to the spine through a posterior lateral opening to the disc space. The instruments include spreaders, distractors, reamers, scrapers, cutters, chisels, rasps, pushers and implant inserters. A surgical procedure is provided that allows bilateral support of the adjacent vertebrae with at least one interbody fusion device inserted into the disc space via a unilateral approach. Implants for insertion into the disc space are also provided.
US07935119B2	Method for performing an open wedge, high tibial osteotomy Method for performing an open wedge, high tibial osteotomy, utilizing an apparatus comprising a wedge-shaped implant for disposition in a wedge-shaped opening created in the tibia, wherein the wedge-shaped implant comprises at least one key for disposition in at least one corresponding keyhole formed in the tibia adjacent to the wedge-shaped opening created in the tibia, wherein each of the at least one keys comprises an interior bore for receiving a fixation screw, at least one fixation screw for disposition in the interior bore of the at least one key, and further wherein the apparatus is configured so that when the at least one fixation screw is received in the interior bore, the at least one fixation screw terminates within the bore.
US07935118B2	Prosthesis removal cutting guide, cutting tool and method A kit for removal of bone adjacent to an implanted prosthesis. The kit includes a guide for cooperation with the prosthesis and a tool constrainable by the guide for removal of the bone. The guide may include a first portion of the guide that is co-operable with the tool and a second portion of the guide that is co-operable with the prosthesis.
US07935111B2	Electrosurgery pencil An electrosurgery pencil having a bent or angled portion which enables a physician to easily perform surgical procedures without his or her hand obstructing the view of the surgical site.
US07935110B1	Eyelid RF surgery A procedure employing non-ablative radio-frequency energy for improving the appearance of eyelids or the performance of eyelid blepharoplasty, and the monopolar electrode used in the procedure. The electrode is specially configured to provide a reasonably uniform electric field distribution at the skin surface when applied transconjunctivally on the inner surfaces of the upper or lower lids being treated. Preferably, the active end of the electrode forms a generally rectangular upward-facing platform. While RF electrosurgical currents are applied to the electrode, the platform surface is moved back and forth across and in contact with the tissue.
US07935109B2	Multifunctional telescopic monopolar/bipolar surgical device and method thereof A multifunctional telescopic monopolar/bipolar electrosurgery pencil is disclosed for use with an electrosurgery unit (ESU). The monopolar/bipolar electrosurgery pencil includes a bipolar electrode having an insulator sandwiched between an active electrode and a return electrode wherein the bipolar electrode is connected to a handpiece capable of alternately effectuating cutting and coagulation with the bipolar electrode. The monopolar/bipolar electrosurgery pencil is capable of functioning as both a monopolar and bipolar device and can be used for open and closed laparoscopic and endoscopic procedures. Telescopic means for adjusting the length of the bipolar electrode is also provided as are means for smoke evacuation and suction/irrigation. The multifunctional telescopic monopolar/bipolar device can also be adapted for use with an ESU argon beam coagulator.
US07935105B2	Data storage for an infusion pump system A pump system can include a pump device and a controller device removably attachable to the pump device. The controller device can be reusable, and one or more pump devices can be disconnected and reconnected to the controller device. As such, some pump usage data can be conveniently stored in the pump device itself. In such circumstances, the controller device can receive data related to the pump's history or other usage when the pump device is attached to the controller.
US07935104B2	Systems and methods for sustained medical infusion and devices related thereto Embodiments of the invention are directed to systems, methods and devices for sustained medical infusion with controlled rate injection of a fluid into a body. Such a system may include a first separate reusable unit, a second separate depletable unit a third separate disposable unit having a cannula, and may include a fourth separate remote control unit. Emission of appropriate instructions from the fourth unit, when the first unit, the second unit, and the third unit are coupled together in associative operation and disposed on the skin, power is supplied to an engine for generating motion to a fluid transfer system, and when the cannula is inserted in the body, fluid is transferred from the reservoir to the body, via the tube and the cannula.
US07935103B2	Syringe assembly A syringe assembly comprises a syringe barrel having an elongated body defining a chamber for retaining fluid, an open proximal end, a distal end and a frusto-conically shaped tip extending from the distal end and having a passageway therethrough in fluid communication with the chamber. The chamber has an inside diameter of at least 13.5 mm. A stopper is in fluid-tight engagement inside the barrel. An elongated plunger rod extends proximally from the stopper through the open proximal end of the barrel. A flange is positioned at the proximal end of the plunger rod. The flange is shaped and positioned to limit the distal motion of the plunger rod in the barrel by contacting the proximal end of the barrel. A tip cap is releasably connected to the tip for sealing the passageway and the chamber contains injectable liquid.
US07935100B2	Cell culture medium container assembly A light sensitive media packaging with unique shrink-wrap light protection label that works as a light barrier to protect media from light damage.
US07935099B2	Absorbent article with patterned SBS based adhesive An SBS based construction adhesive that includes an amount of SIS adhesive to make an SBS/SIS adhesive that shows excellent shear hang time values when used to manufacture disposable absorbent articles. The SBS/SIS adhesive is applied in a spiral pattern having a particular width and frequency to form an endflap seal that may reduce the likelihood of a gel on skin occurrence.
US07935097B1	Colostomy bag belt This patent discloses a colostomy bag belt to be worn by a person to help secure a colostomy bag to that person in an environment. The colostomy bag belt may include a liquid permeable layer fixed against a liquid impermeable layer to form a waste channel. An absorbent core may be located in the waste channel. The colostomy bag belt may include a colostomy bag hole and the absorbent core may be exposed to the environment through a belt top, belt bottom, and a perimeter of the colostomy bag hole. An adhesive layer may be located on the liquid permeable layer around the hole to adhere to the colostomy bag.
US07935096B2	Percutaneous implant A percutaneous implant serves for implantation into an animal or a human body. The implant is of the kind that has an anchoring section, extending radially from a distal end of an interior section. The anchoring section comprises an inner anchoring ring extending from or integral with the interior section, an outer anchoring ring, and at least one connection member for connecting the inner anchoring ring with the outer anchoring ring. Since a first connection point between a first end of the at least one connection member and the inner anchoring ring is angularly offset from a second connection point between a second end of the connection member and the outer anchoring ring, the anchoring section constitutes a resilient spring means, which adapts to the movements of the body. The implant is especially designed for use without externalization of the vessel to be brought into communication with the exterior.
US07935093B2	Disinfectant delivery system and method of providing alcohol-free disinfection A disinfectant delivery system and method of providing alcohol-free disinfection to a body to be disinfected, as well as a method of infection reduction by preparation of a patient before an invasive procedure. A blended cloth comprising first fibers and second fibers is provided with the first fibers generally being greater in quantity by weight than the second fibers. A disinfectant solution impregnates the blended cloth, with the disinfectant solution having chlorhexidine gluconate as an active ingredient and having no alcohol. In the method according to the invention, at least one impregnated blended cloth is used to disinfect at least a portion of a body. A plurality of blended cloths can be provided for disinfecting discrete portions of the body. When an invasive procedure is to be performed on a patient, a further method according to the invention of infection reduction comprises using a CHG-impregnated cloth to disinfect at least a portion of the patient at least one day prior to the invasive procedure proximate the location of the invasive procedure.
US07935090B2	Infusion device The disclosures made herein relate to an infusion device specifically adapted for syringe injections. In one embodiment of the disclosures made herein, an infusion device comprises a body including an accessible surface having a single inlet port therein, an engagement surface having a single outlet port therein, a medication delivery channel extending between the single inlet port and the single outlet port, and an identification feature on the accessible surface of the body adjacent to the single inlet port. The single inlet port of the medication delivery channel is tapered thereby forming a funnel-shaped entry into the medication delivery channel. A cannula is coupled to the body at the single outlet port and is adapted for receiving medication from the single outlet port and transmitting the medication therethrough.
US07935084B2	Catheter securement device A medical article securement device holds a medical article in position upon the body of a patient and can be used to inhibit lateral and longitudinal motion of the medical article. The securement device includes a retainer with a base and at least one post, and at least one cap. The cap is attached to the base of the retainer by a flexible connection, and can be placed into either a covered or uncovered configuration with respect to the post. The cap includes a recess which can receive a protrusion at the end of the post of the retainer. By placing the post through an appropriate opening in the medical article to be retained and then securing the medical article to the retainer by placing the cap into the covered position over the post, longitudinal and lateral motion of the medical article is inhibited.
US07935079B2	Troubleshooting accelerator system for implantable drug delivery pumps An implantable pump and methods for detecting leaks in an implantable pump are provided. In one embodiment, the implantable drug pump includes a housing having at least one inlet port and an outlet port formed therein. The outlet port is adapted to communicate with a catheter for delivering fluid to a patient's body, and the inlet port(s) are effective to deliver fluid into the housing. The housing further includes at least one reservoir disposed therein and effective to contain a fluid. In use, the pump preferably includes a fluid having one or more drugs disposed in at least one of the reservoirs, and a radiopaque fluid disposed in one of the reservoirs. A user programmable control mechanism is coupled to the drug pump and is effective to selectively control movement of the valves between the open and closed positions.
US07935076B2	Activity sensing techniques for an infusion pump system Some embodiments of a wearable infusion pump system can include a pump device having a drive system to dispense a medicine to a user, an activity sensor that detects a possible change in an activity level of the user, and a controller to activate the drive system to dispense the medicine to the user. The controller device can query the user to indicate whether a detected activity level of the user represents an actual change in the activity level of the user. The controller device can alter the medicine dispensing schedule based on the user indicated changes in activity level.
US07935074B2	Cassette system for peritoneal dialysis machine A portable peritoneal dialysis apparatus having a side-hinged, inclined door for enclosing a disposable cassette that seals tightly shut using air pressure which imposes a safety interlock, a cassette with its inlet/outlet tube exclusively along the lower edge so that the connected lines can hang straight, a circumferential channel defined in the cassette, and a pneumatic system for sealing the membranes of both the pump chamber diaphragms and the pressure sensor diaphragms in the cassette to the respective mating pistons and pressure sensors in the cycler. In addition a system for draining patient line fluid to an empty solution bag is disclosed.
US07935072B2	Method of monitoring the operationality of a flow cut-off member and flow arresting system, for an extracorporeal fluid circuit A description is given of a method of monitoring the operationality of a flow cut-off member for an extracorporeal fluid circuit. Also described is a system for arresting the flow of blood that implements this monitoring method. The system has a flow cut-off member active on a radially deformable length of tube forming part of the circuit, and a unit capable of causing a movement of a movable portion of the cut-off member towards a closed condition. The system detects when the movable portion passes through a first predetermined position and determines the value assumed by a dynamic parameter associated with the motion of the movable portion at the first predetermined position. The system further checks that this value is within a predetermined criterion of acceptability. Lastly, a blood treatment appliance is described that implements the described method and system.
US07935067B2	Anchored ankle support The present invention is directed to an anchored ankle brace including an anchor strap that connects an anchor member and ankle support member creating an increased resistance to lateral roll at the ankle. The ankle support member includes an ankle surround that surrounds and encloses at least a portion of the foot and an anchor member for positioning about the circumference above a midpoint of the lower leg characterized by a girth that is increasing as a distance from the ankle joint decreases. The anchored ankle brace also includes an anchor strap attached at a first end to the ankle support member and at a second end to the anchor member. The anchored ankle brace stabilizes the ankle joint increasing resistance to ankle sprain characterized by excessive inversion with planter flexion also known as “rolling the ankle”.
US07935063B2	System and method for breaking a sterility seal to engage a lancet An integrated lancing test strip includes a test strip and a lancet packet coupled to the test strip. The lancet packet includes a sterility sheet enclosing a lancet to maintain the sterility of the lancet and prevent cross-contamination between the test strip and the lancet. The sterility sheet allows the lancet to be sterilized separately from the test strip. In one form, a firing mechanism has a blade that punctures and slits the sterility sheet during the firing cycle to reduce the chance of cross contamination between the lancet and the test strip prior to use. This allows an operator to load and subsequently remove an unused integrated lancing test strip without compromising the sterility of the lancet. The lancet includes an engagement opening in which the blade of the firing mechanism engages the lancet. The engagement opening is configured to reduce the chance of the blade becoming dull.
US07935060B2	Opto-acoustic imaging devices and methods In one aspect, the invention relates to a probe. The probe includes a sheath, a flexible, bi-directionally rotatable, optical subsystem positioned within the sheath, the optical subsystem comprising a transmission fiber, the optical subsystem capable of transmitting and collecting light of a predetermined range of wavelengths along a first beam having a predetermined beam size. The probe also includes an ultrasound subsystem, the ultrasound subsystem positioned within the sheath and adapted to propagate energy of a predetermined range of frequencies along a second beam having a second predetermined beam size, wherein a portion of the first and second beams overlap a region during a scan.
US07935056B2	Intravascularly implantable integrated circuits Techniques for controlling one or more modular circuits (“satellites”) that are intended for placement in a subject's body. The one or more satellites are controlled by sending signals over a bus that includes first and second conduction paths. Also coupled to the bus in system embodiments is a device such as a pacemaker that provides power and includes control circuitry. Each satellite includes satellite circuitry and one or more effectors that interact with the tissue. The satellite circuitry is coupled to the bus, and thus interfaces the controller to the one or more effectors, which may function as actuators, sensors, or both. The effectors may be electrodes that are used to introduce analog electrical signals (e.g., one or more pacing pulses) into the tissue in the local areas where the electrodes are positioned (e.g., heart muscles) or to sense analog signals (e.g., a propagating depolarization signal) within the tissue.
US07935054B2	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.
US07935052B2	Forceps with spring loaded end effector assembly An endoscopic forceps for treating tissue includes a handle assembly having a elongated shaft extending therefrom that is movable relative to the handle assembly by an actuator. The forceps also includes an end effector assembly with first and second jaw members that are movable about a pivot for clamping tissue. Each of the jaw members include: an insulative housing having an electrically conductive, inwardly facing tissue contacting surface and a flange with a camming surface. The flange includes a spring-like tail that mounts at least partially within the distal end of the elongated shaft to bias the jaw members in an open configuration. A proximal portion of the spring-like tail is biased radially outward within the distal end of the elongated shaft. The actuator is movable to actuate the elongated shaft to cam the flanges to pivot the jaw members to clamp tissue.
US07935051B2	Surgical access system and related methods A system for accessing a surgical target site and related methods, involving an initial distraction system for creating an initial distraction corridor, and an assembly capable of distracting from the initial distraction corridor to a secondary distraction corridor and thereafter sequentially receiving a plurality of retractor blades for retracting from the secondary distraction corridor to thereby create an operative corridor to the surgical target site, both of which may be equipped with one or more electrodes for use in detecting the existence of (and optionally the distance and/or direction to) neural structures before, during, and after the establishment of an operative corridor to a surgical target site.
US07935041B2	Container with inner reinforcement and method and system of manufacturing A two-piece reinforced container is provided. The container includes an outer structure and an inner structure. The outer structure includes front and rear panels that are coupled to each of a first side panel and a second side panel via at least one corner panel. The corner panels extend from the front panel, the rear panel, the first side panel, and the second side panel at a substantially oblique angle. The inner structure includes front and rear panels that are coupled to each of a first side panel and a second side panel via at least one corner panel. The corner panels extend from the front panel, the rear panel, the first side panel, and the second side panel at a substantially oblique angle. The inner structure is positioned within the outer structure such that each of the first side panel, second side panel, front panel, and rear panel of the outer structure is positioned in an overlapping relationship with the corresponding first side panel, second side panel, front panel, and rear panel of the inner structure.
US07935040B2	Method and apparatus for push up exercises An apparatus having a handle device having a handle, and a base having a top surface and an opposing bottom surface. The apparatus may be used with an identical second apparatus by an individual for performing a push up exercise. The handle device may be connected to the base so that the handle device can rotate from a first state in which the handle is temporarily fixed at a position which is closer to the top surface of the base than the bottom surface of the base, to a second state in which the handle is temporarily fixed at a position which is closer to the bottom surface of the base than the top surface of the base. The handle device may include a C-shaped member having a first end and a second end, wherein the C-shaped member can rotate with respect to the base about an axis passing through the first end and the second end of the C-shaped member.
US07935039B2	Muscle toner exercise apparatus A muscle toning exercise device adaptable from a stationary configuration wherein the device is capable of 360° rotation about a vertical axis, to a movable configuration wherein the device is capable of movement in all directions on a planar surface in addition to 360° rotation. The exercise device includes a handle that extends out from a base that supports the weight of a user. The base of the exercise device contains a series of rolling members that protrude out from the bottom to allow the device to move along the surface upon which the exercise is being performed so that the entire exercise device can be rotated a full 360° about an axis that extends through the center of the device, while further allowing for the displacement of the base, and subsequently the entire exercise device in any direction along a planar surface. A separate cup-shaped base member that rests on the planar surface and in which the exercise device may be selectively installed in covering relation with the rolling members. The cup-shaped member includes a vertically projecting generally cylindrical side wall extending around the base of the exercise device thereby limiting the linear displacement of the device along the planar surface and allowing only for the rotation of the device about a central axis.
US07935038B2	Exercise machine with manually operated pivoting rocker and with counterbalance arm configurable to assist or oppose movement of rocker An exercise machine includes a rocker and a weight bearing frame pivotally interconnected with the rocker. The rocker and weight bearing frame are each pivotally mounted on a support frame or base. The weight bearing frame opposes movement of the rocker when the rocker moves in one direction and assists movement of the rocker when the rocker moves in another direction. The rocker can move from an upright orientation to a second orientation in which the rocker is canted below horizontal.
US07935037B2	Gripping power training bender A gripping power training bender capable of counting the times of gripping, it has an elastic member, two ends of the elastic member each is connected to a handle, wherein one handle is connected with a counting member, at least a positioning member is positioned between the two handles and is provided with a through hole; and one end of a pulling rope is fixed on an end of one of the handles, the other end is connected to the counting member after being extended through the elastic member and the through hole. Thereby when a user exerts forces continuously on the two handles to bend the elastic member, one end of the pulling rope continuously pulls the counting member to count the times of gripping.
US07935036B2	Exercise and training apparatus A portable exercise system includes a customizable pouch for positioning proximate the upper torso of a user, as well as customizable resistance bands. The resistance bands may detach from the pouch and be selected based upon a user's height, age, girth, preference, etc. The system may also include interchangeable handles for additional muscle training and memory, and therapeutic benefits. For instance, handle attachments may be squeezable and/or simulate a baseball. A back support and belt mechanism may be included where desired. The system may include attachments to facilitate exercise while sitting, e.g., traveling.
US07935035B2	Gyroscopic exerciser A gyroscopic exercise device has a pair of handles attached to a housing. A user holds and rotates the handles along cone-like paths causing precession of a rotor, which is rotating about its spin axis, to provide resistance to the user. The device has an axle disc that holds ends of an axle of the rotor. The periphery of the axle disc and the ends of the rotor axle are within a circular race in the housing. A retracting spool allows pull starting. An optional motor attached to the axle disc has a wheel for rotating the rotor about a spin axis by a temporary supply of power from included batteries in one of the handles. An optional abdominal rolling ring provides abdominal exercise.
US07935033B2	Simulated ski motion machine Ski simulation device has at least two arching rails parallel each other on a sloped plane elevated at an angle of a variable degree, joined to frame structure which includes handgrip and cross rail, arching rails providing track; a carriage rides in side-to-side movement on track; whereas carriage on which platform is mounted around axis, whereas platform on which two cradles each is mounted around its axis, whereas cradles wherein two rocking footrests are nested; resistance members providing a constraint on carriage as it rides on track; dampening member extending from front section of frame structure joined to midpoint on transverse bar of which ends joined to cradles; an assembly of rollers mounted on frontal sides of both cradles, whereby rollers as guide roll on cross rail; and rod extending from front section of frame structure to a point where mounted ball can be reached by user's both knees.
US07935032B1	Exercise system An exercise system for simulating the motions involved in boarding sports such as surfing or snowboarding in a repetitive manner which allows for a cardiovascular, aerobic exercise that builds and tones the same muscles and reflexes used in boarding sports. The exercise system generally includes a frame including a first track and a second track. The first track is positioned parallel with the second track. A carriage assembly is slidably mounted on the first track and the second track such that the carriage assembly may freely slide back and forth along the tracks. The carriage assembly is adapted to tilt about a horizontal axis of rotation and swivel about a vertical axis of rotation. By sliding the carriage assembly along the tracks and utilizing the swiveling and tilting motions, the operator may simulate the motions and exercises encountered while enjoying boarding sports such as wakeboarding, snowboarding, surfing and skateboarding.
US07935031B1	Baby walker A baby walker is disclosed, comprising a base, having an adjustable link at each of its two laterals and a plurality of rollers at its bottom; and a surround, having two regulators sustained by the top ends of the adjustable links, where the two regulators are adjusted until a width is reached to accommodate each riding infant child, and some fixing members are used to encircle the child for holding his/her body, which is just like holding by somebody's hands, where the child's weight is fully sustained and his/her body is kept in a balanced gesture, which brings about good sense of security and comfort to the child whenever he/she is learning to walk.
US07935030B1	Walker apparatus An improved walker apparatus for a user with a pedestal having a plurality of attachment holes for attaching a variety of devices.
US07935027B2	Spontaneous symmetrical weight shifting trainer device A method of improving mobility skills of a user on a stationary elliptical exercise device comprising two footpads, each footpad associated with a stationary exercise device, comprising a frame member having a transverse pivot axis. A first and a second foot tread member are operatively associated with a coupling member for pivotally coupling the front end of each foot tread member to the pivot axis at a predetermined distance from the pivot axis, so that each foot tread member front end travels in an arcuate path about the pivot axis. Each foot tread member moves independently of the other foot tread member. Each foot tread member rear end is operatively associated with a glide member for moveable coupling of the rear end of each foot tread member to a support surface. The glide members direct each foot tread member rear end along a reciprocating path of travel, as each foot tread member front end travels in an arcuate path.
US07935026B2	Extremity therapy apparatus Extremity therapy apparatus configured to maintain an extremity in a suitable geometry for performing extremity therapy. The extremity therapy apparatus includes two or more arcuate members which are radially repositionable about a common vertical axis with a support member and/or base member. Each arcuate member is configured to maintain a radial element in a suitable geometry with the extremity for performing the extremity therapy by providing a bias force or movement inhibition in opposition to movement of at least a joint associated with the extremity undergoing the extremity therapy.
US07935025B1	Methods and systems for assisted direct start control Methods and systems are provided for pressurizing a hydraulic circuit comprising a hydraulically actuated transmission component and an accumulator. One example method comprises, during an engine idle-stop, adjusting actuation of the hydraulically actuated transmission component over a duration. The method further comprises, during the duration, isolating the accumulator from the hydraulically actuated transmission component when a pressure in the hydraulic circuit is above a threshold, and coupling the accumulator into the hydraulic circuit when the pressure is below the threshold.
US07935022B2	Control apparatus for hybrid vehicle power transmitting system A control apparatus for a hybrid vehicle power transmitting system including a switching portion operable to switch a power transmitting path between a power transmitting state and a power cut-off state in response to an operation of a shift lever, the control apparatus including (a) an operating-state estimating portion configured to estimate an operating speed of an electric motor which constitutes a part of the power transmitting path or a rotating speed of a coupling element of the coupling portion, which speed is established after switching of the power transmitting path from one of the power transmitting and cut-off states to the other, and (b) a switching restricting portion configured to restrict a switching operation to switch the power transmitting path between the two states, when the estimated operating or rotating speed of the electric motor or coupling device is higher than a predetermined upper limit.
US07935021B2	Controller apparatus for vehicular device system A vehicle-starting-engine-torque restricting device is provided to restrict engine torque upon starting of a vehicle with an engine used as a vehicle drive power source, so that a required output of a first electric motor which generates a reaction force corresponding to the engine torque can be made smaller than when the engine torque is not restricted. Namely, the vehicle-starting-engine-torque restricting device eliminates a need of increasing the maximum output of the first electric motor to generate the reaction force corresponding to the engine torque, making it possible to reduce the required size of the first electric motor.
US07935020B2	Integrated medium-speed geared drive train A drive train for a wind turbine is provided. The wind turbine comprises a low speed shaft connected to blades of the wind turbine and a higher speed shaft connected to a generator. The drive train also includes a bearing that substantially supports the weight of at least the low speed shaft. A compound planetary gear stage is connected to the low speed shaft and the higher speed shaft, and includes a rotating carrier, a non-rotating ring gear, a plurality of planetary gears, and a rotating sun gear. The sun gear is connected to the higher speed shaft.
US07935018B2	Automatic transmission An automatic transmission is provided with three planetary gear units and five friction elements that establish at least six forward speeds and one reverse speed by engaging different combinations of three out of five friction elements simultaneously. In the automatic transmission, an output shaft is always connected to a first ring gear of the first planetary gear unit. A second ring gear of the second planetary gear unit is always fixed. A first carrier of the first planetary gear unit and a third ring gear of the third planetary gear unit are connected together to form a first rotating member. A second sun gear of the second planetary gear unit and a third carrier of the third planetary gear unit are connected together to form a second rotating member.
US07935017B2	Eccentrically oscillating speed reducer An eccentrically oscillating speed reducer 100 includes a case 110 having inner teeth 110a, a plurality of crankshafts having outer teeth, outer teeth gears 131 and 132 having outer teeth 131a and 132a brought in mesh with the inner teeth 110a of the case 110 and eccentrically moved by the crankshafts, a carrier 140 rotatably supporting the crankshafts and rotated to move relative to the case 110 by the crankshafts, and a cylindrical gear 180 brought in mesh with the outer teeth of the crankshafts for transmitting a power inputted to one crankshaft 121 of the plurality of crankshafts to remaining crankshafts, and the cylindrical gear 180 is rotatably supported by sliding friction.
US07935016B2	Automatic transmission An automatic transmission includes a planetary gear mechanism, an engagement element group including a particular engagement element having first and second pressure chambers, a pressure control valve to regulate the fluid pressure for the particular engagement element, and a selector valve arranged to connect the second pressure chamber with the pressure control valve at a first valve position, and to disconnect the second pressure chamber from the pressure control valve at a second valve position. A shift control section is configured to command a shift operation from a first gear position, to a second gear position, by controlling the selector valve to the second valve position and to supply the fluid pressure to the first pressure chamber, and to judge the selector valve to be in an abnormal state, in accordance with a parameter in the shift operation.
US07935012B2	Arrow for hunting The present invention relates to an arrow for hunting that includes: an arrow shaft member of a predetermined length having a recess part formed on one end thereof so as to insert a bowstring of a bow thereinto and a spiral insertion protruding part formed at the inside on the other end thereof; a plurality of wing members mounted near the recess part of the arrow shaft member in such a manner as to be spaced apart by a predetermined distance from each other along the outer periphery of the arrow shaft member; and an arrowhead having a pointed shape at the end thereof in such a manner as to be adapted to be inserted into the body of the hunting target and a spiral protruding part formed along the outer periphery of the end portion protruded from the other end thereof.
US07935009B2	System for picking up, tossing, and striking a ball A multi-purpose implement is provided, including a racquet, having a handle portion and a flexible planar area held under tension by a frame, and a ball basket attached to the racquet and adapted to lift a ball directly from a generally horizontal surface. A method of using the implement, without contacting the ball with one's hands, includes holding the handle portion in one or both hands, maneuvering the ball basket into contact with a ball lying on a generally horizontal surface, lifting the ball directly from the generally horizontal surface with the ball basket, tossing the ball from the ball basket into the air, and while the ball is in the air, striking the ball with the racquet.
US07935008B2	Practice bat system A striking section includes a planar central portion. The planar central portion has holes. A major striking surface is provided. The striking section also includes a peripheral portion. The peripheral section extends from both sides of the central portion. In this manner spaced parallel thin minor striking surfaces are provided. The peripheral portion has a distal end. The distal end is in a semi circular configuration. The distal end couples the minor striking surfaces. A handle section has a central extent. The central extent is in a generally cylindrical configuration. The central extent has a proximal end and a distal end. The distal end is coupled to the central extent of the handle section and to the proximal end of the peripheral section.
US07935006B2	Soccer ball and removable spin training tether An apparatus for soccer kicking practice comprises a soccer ball having a hidden attachment point and means of removably attaching a tether to the ball wherein the tether comprises a handle connecting a cord and elastic strip to a soccer ball in a manner allowing the ball to freely rotate with respect to the cord and the handle providing kicking and spinning of the ball and return of the ball to the user in a controlled manner. The device is designed to be readily attached or detached from the soccer ball for training or play.
US07935005B1	Golf assistance device A golf assistance device for aiding golfers while playing golf is provided. The golf assistance device comprises a housing having a top surface, a bottom surface, a first side, a second side, a first end, and a second end with the top surface and the bottom surface creating a space and the second end being open. An elongated slot is formed in the top surface of the housing. A divot repair tool is receivable within the space. A protrusion is formed on the top surface of the divot repair tool with the protrusion receivable within and slidable along the elongated slot formed in the housing. A tensioning mechanism tensions the divot repair tool in either a retracted position or an extended position. A money clip is secured to the first end of the housing. A golf ball placement marker system is secured to the money clip. A marking coin is releasably securable to the golf ball placement marker system.
US07934999B2	Wood-type golf club head with adjustable sole contour A wood-type golf club head with an adjustable keel zone member is disclosed herein. The golf club head includes a body and an adjustable keel zone member. The body has a front portion, a crown portion and a sole portion. The body also having a heel end, a toe end and an aft end. The sole portion has only a single keel point. The adjustable keel zone member is disposed within a keel zone of the sole and located preferentially with respect to the center of gravity. The keel zone member is capable of adjusting the face angle of the wood-type golf club head.
US07934993B2	Secure progressive controller A method and system for configuring a progressive system that insures enhanced operative control and security of the progressive system. The progressive controller provides one or more electronic security keys to access and verify modifications to the progressive configuration. The allocated number of gaming devices connected to the progressive system is authenticated by a dedicated electronic security key. Gaming devices in excess of the allocation are disabled from the progressive system. The electronic security keys are configured with an expiration parameter that requires gaming establishments to remain current with respect to progressive system agreements. The data on the progressive controller is established so it may be read by browser interface software. Progressive system configuration parameters are automatically acquired and authenticated by the progressive controller.
US07934992B2	Gaming machine, game system, its program, and recording medium A game machine which uses play items such as cards and which enables the player to play a game seriously and to concentrate in the game so as to win over the opponent is provided according to the present invention.The game machine controls the progress of a game based on data read out from the play items, and issues a new play item for each game played. The game machine includes means for setting a game fee at a discount rate in accordance with the number of previous consecutive wins for the player to try a next post-victory bonus game after winning one game, and means for determining the number of games played based on the outcome (win or loss) of the player's previous games and for issuing new play items collectively to the player by the number corresponding to the determined number of games played.
US07934987B2	Method, apparatus, and program product for producing and using game play records in a bingo-type game A gaming system utilizes a game designation generating component, a gaming establishment component, and a set of predefined bingo card representations. Each bingo card representation is stored in electronic format as a data structure or data record defining a predefined pattern of game designations chosen from a pool of available designations. The game designation generating component generates sets of game designations from a pool of available designations. The method employed in the gaming system includes pre-matching the bingo card representations to a given set of game designations to produce a matched card set. This pre-matching occurs prior to the sale, distribution, or assignment of card representations to players in the game. The matched card set includes a number of game play records, each corresponding to a different one of the bingo card representations and each being associated with a result indicator which indicates whether the respective bingo card representation is a winning card or losing card for that set of game designations. Data representing these matched card sets are stored and then the individual game play records are assigned to players in response to game play requests initiated by the players.
US07934982B2	Tailings rethresher mechanical delivery to return pan A rethreshing system and method for a combine having a cleaning system that includes at least one sieve or like material separating mechanism. The rethreshing system includes a tailings collection pan for collecting tailings that do not pass through the sieve and a tailings rethreshing mechanism receiving the tailings from the collection pan and rethreshing the tailings. A distribution auger is arranged across a return pan of the cleaning system and is operable to substantially evenly distribute rethreshed tailings on the return pan of the cleaning system. The distribution auger includes a tubular auger housing having an entrance for receiving material to be conveyed, a closed end opposite the entrance, and a longitudinally elongated and tapered slot formation through a sidewall of the tubular auger housing, the slot formation having a small width near the entrance to the tubular housing and a wide width near the closed end of the tubular housing.
US07934978B2	Ice skate blade sharpening machine A ice skate blade sharpening machine comprises a skate holder which holds the blade in a releasably fixed position, a rotatable grinding wheel having a periphery and rotatable about a grinding wheel axis, and a contouring tool having a contour surface, moveable between an engaged position and a disengaged position, wherein in the engaged position the contouring tool is held in place with respect to the grinding wheel axis, the contour surface engages the rotating grinding wheel and grinds the periphery of the grinding wheel to define a grinding wheel contour, and wherein the grinding wheel contour grinds the blade to define a profile when the grinding wheel is rotating and the blade is held in the releasably fixed position.
US07934975B2	Water jet stripping and recontouring of gas turbine buckets and blades A method for water jet stripping and recontouring of a coated article of manufacture is provided. The method includes dimensionally scanning the coated article and establishing a three-dimensional model for the coated article. The method further includes establishing a set of reduced dimensional profiles for recontouring and then analyzing whether the reduced profiles are satisfactory for subsequent operation. A jet spraying program is established for removal of the coating and the surface base material to each predetermined reduced dimensional profile.
US07934961B2	Low profile contact The invention provides a modular housing assembly system having a first housing assembly and second housing assembly. The first housing assembly has first contacts mounted thereon. The first contacts have elongated contact sections. The second housing assembly has second contacts mounted thereon. Each of the second contacts has more than one resilient contact sections spaced apart from each other along the longitudinal axis of the second contact. As the first housing assembly and the second housing assembly are moved into engagement, at least one resilient contact section of each of the second contacts are positioned in electrical engagement with the elongated contact sections of the first contacts. This configuration of the first contacts and second contacts allows the first contacts to make electrical engagement with second contacts of housing assembly or second contacts of housing assembly even though the housing assemblies have different configurations which causes the second contacts to be positioned at a different height than second contacts.
US07934959B2	Adapter for pluggable module An adapter includes a mechanical frame, which is configured to be inserted into a four-channel Small Form-Factor Pluggable (SFP) receptacle and to receive inside the frame a single-channel SFP cable connector. First electrical terminals, held by the mechanical frame, are configured to mate with respective first pins of the receptacle. Second electrical terminals, held within the mechanical frame, are configured to mate with respective second pins of the connector. Circuitry couples the first and second electrical terminals so as to enable communication between the connector and one channel of the receptacle while terminating the remaining channels of the receptacle.
US07934955B1	Connector for a cable A connector for a cable contains at least one connecting sleeve, an internal tube, a front fitting member, a rear fitting member, a sheath member, and a circular paw piece, wherein the front fitting member, the rear fitting member, and the sheath member are made of plastic material, so that the connector is assembled easily and conveniently without using an auxiliary tool, and can lower production cost and time.
US07934947B2	Electronic apparatus with movable casings connected by an U-shaped wire harness An electronic apparatus includes: a plurality of casings that are mounted so as to be movable relative to each other and have circuits provided therein; and an electric wire that electrically connects the circuits provided in the casings. The electronic wire has a harness structure that includes a plurality of wires and connection portions provided at both ends of each of the plurality of wires, and connection portions of the casings to the harness are arranged such that a line linking the connection portions is not parallel to a direction in which the plurality of casings are moved.
US07934946B2	Media power protection system and method A media power protection system comprises a media controller configured to detect a type of media card coupled to a multi-card connector, and a protection circuit configured to selectively enable at least one of a plurality of power supply interfaces of the multi-card connector based on the type of media card.
US07934944B2	Electrical connecting apparatus An embodiment of an electrical connecting apparatus comprises a support board having an upper surface and a lower surface, a block having an attachment surface directing downward and attached to the support board in a state where at least the attachment surface is located below the support board, a flexible circuit board having a contactor area in which a plurality of contactors are arranged and an outside area around the contactor area and attached at part of the outside area to the lower surface of the support board in a state where at least the contactor area is opposed to the attachment surface of the block, and a reference mark member having a lower end surface and a reference mark for positioning provided on the lower end surface and attached to the block in a state where the lower end surface is exposed to the lower side of the circuit board. Accordingly, the measurement accuracy of the probe tip position is heightened.
US07934943B2	Strain relief boot for a connector and cable assembly A connector assembly is provided for terminating an end portion of a cable that includes a conductor. The connector assembly includes a housing and a contact held by the housing. The contact is configured to be connected to the conductor of the cable. A cover is configured to surround at least a portion of the end portion of the cable. A strain relief boot is configured to surround at least a portion of the cover and at least a portion of the end portion of the cable. The strain relief boot includes a cover latch component that is configured to directly connect the strain relief boot to the cover. The strain relief boot includes a housing latch component that is configured to directly connect the strain relief boot to the housing.
US07934941B2	Insulation displacement connector with wire holder The present invention relates to an insulation displacement connector. One embodiment includes an insulation displacement terminal in which wire insulation displacement portions, to be electrically connected to wire, are formed by cutting and folding, a connector housing for holding the insulation displacement terminal therein and having a holder opening in an area in which the wire insulation displacement portion of the insulation displacement terminal are located, and a wire holder having a pair of upper and lower covers capable of being assembled together by being mounted to the holder opening, wherein the lower cover includes a rotary piece rotatable inward about a proximal end thereof when the lower cover is assembled with the upper cover to clamp or to provide strain relief for the wire in association with the upper cover.
US07934940B2	Ground connection comprising a vibrational damper for electronic devices A ground connection system for electronic components that are exposed to vibrations, wherein the system is mounted on a ground carrier, has a metal bushing and an elastic damping element. One or more electrically conductive spiral springs are fitted inside the metal bushing together with the elastic damping element. The springs form an electrically conductive connection between the electronic component and the ground carrier.
US07934934B2	Electric junction box for motor vehicle An electrical junction box for a motor vehicle including a casing body that contains inner circuit members, an upper cover and a lower cover that are mounted and locked on the casing body, and a wire harness connected to the inner circuit members. The casing body includes a depression section that is provided on an outer peripheral wall of the casing body to define an electrical wire arranging space, and wire harness holding portions that project from the depression section and the electrical wire arranging space. The wire harness holding portion having arcuate inner surfaces that contact an exterior of the wire harness the wire harness being disposed in the electrical wire arranging space such that the wire harness is held in the holding portions.
US07934933B2	Printed circuit board plug-type connector and connection module with printed circuit board plug-type connector The invention relates to a printed circuit board plug-type connector (1), comprising a housing, in which contact elements (6) are arranged, wherein the contact elements (6) have a first contact part at one end and a second contact part at the opposite end, wherein the first contact part is in the form of a fork contact (7, 8), wherein the second contact part is in the form of a contact which makes contact with the printed circuit board, and an associated connection module (30) with a printed circuit board plug-type connector (1).
US07934932B1	Electrical power receptacle device Disclosed is an electrical power receptacle device, comprising: a main body, a dual-sided power socket, and a flip unit, wherein, the main body has a retaining wall. The dual-sided power socket is disposed in the accommodating space. The flip unit couples to the main body and the dual-sided power socket for providing the dual-sided power socket to be flipped to an open position or to a close position on the main body, wherein, as the dual-sided power socket is flipped to the open position, the dual-sided power socket is facilitated to be fixed and maintained in the open position on the main body by the retaining wall.
US07934930B2	Paint color selection system and method A self-contained paint color system and method is described comprising a handled carrying box, at least one container of a base color paint, a plurality of containers containing colored tints, and a “matchbook” styled booklet that incorporates coordinated and matching sheets and self-adhesive stickers. When utilizing this paint color selection system and method, a designer can create and select numerous colors utilizing a single kit.
US07934929B2	Sinus lift implant A dental implant is provided that has a proximal-most part, a lateral external surface, and a distal implant portion that extends from a distal implant end along up to 50% of a longitudinal length of the implant. The implant is shaped so as to define a lumen therethrough (a) having at least one distal opening through a distal external surface of the distal implant portion, (b) having a lateral opening through the lateral external surface, and (c) not open to a proximal external surface of the implant within 2 mm of the proximal-most part of the implant. Other embodiments are also described.
US07934928B2	Implanter An implanter is provided, which enables rebuilding of an interdental papilla with a simple method. An implanter 1 is made up of a T-shaped steel member as a main body. The lateral side portions centering a web portion 2 in a flange portion 3 are inclined so as to be closer to the web portion 2 with respect to a plane perpendicular to the web portion 2, to provide an angular shape, with its peak residing in a portion joining with the web portion. A plurality of holes 4 large enough for gingival fibers to thrust in are opened in the flange portion 3. One or more embedding portions 5 are projected from a tip end portion (lower end portion) of the web portion 2. Each of the embedding portions 5 has a tip end portion with at least an acute shape, or a shape that enables embedding by being driven into alveolar bone 10.
US07934927B2	Impacted tooth appliance An impacted tooth appliance including a micropin bone anchor with a quadrilateral aperture formed therein, a rigid apertured ribbon secured to the impacted tooth by means of a rotatable bracket secured to the tooth, the ribbon pivoted on the bracket, and the ribbon and the micropin interconnected by means of spring-biased quadrilateral wire.
US07934924B2	System and method for flame stabilization and control A system and method for providing continuous measurement and control of a combustion device by altering the fuel composition delivered thereto. The system includes devices for sensing combustion characteristics or other device characteristics, and controlling the performance of the combustion device based on the sensed information. Performance control occurs via addition of one or more additives to the fuel to adjust combustion characteristics. Via such sensing and performance control, consistent combustion device performance may be maintained, despite varying fuel characteristics. In one variation,—characteristics of the combustion device in operation, such as flame characteristics, are sensed and used to adjust fuel characteristics via iterative addition of one or more additives.
US07934920B2	Molding machine A mold core includes a forming pin having a hollow interior and an end wall. A passage, preferably in the form of a hollow tube, extends into the hollow interior of the forming pin and has an end sealingly secured at a position spaced from the end wall of the forming pin. A poppet valve is disposed on the end wall of the forming pin. The poppet valve is responsive to air pressure within the passage to open and permit flow of air through the end wall of the forming pin to assist stripping of molded articles from the mold core. The poppet valve includes a valve element having an outer end at the end face of the forming pin and an inner end adjacent to the end of the passage. A spring preferably biases the valve element to a closed position. The spring preferably comprises a coil spring captured in compression between the valve element and the forming pin.
US07934919B2	Method and device for molding an optical lens, especially an ophthalmic lens A method includes the following steps: a first shell (12) is immobilized in a first shell carrier (6); a second shell (29) is immobilized in a second shell carrier (27); the first shell carrier (6) is oriented in such a way that a useful moulding surface of the first shell (12) faces upwards and forms the base of a vessel; a pre-determined quantity of polymerizable material is placed in the vessel; the first shell carrier (6) and the second shell carrier (27) are moved into a pre-determined relative position wherein the first shell (12) and the second shell (29) are in a pre-determined moulding position, by at least partially arranging the second shell (29) in the vessel, at a distance from the edges thereof. The inventive device includes a structure for positioning the shell carriers.
US07934918B2	Injection molding tool with closable hot channel nozzle In an injection molding tool with at least one hot channel nozzle (1), which is provided with a discharge nozzle opening (1a) and a closure needle (2) for closing the nozzle opening, an element (3) is provided by which at least the closing position of the closure needle can be monitored.
US07934916B2	Custom earpiece A system for making custom earpieces is disclosed. The system can include a two-component dispensing container such as a two-component syringe or a two-component squeeze bulb. The two components stored in the two-component dispensing container are kept separate until they are dispensed. The two components can be dispensed into a balloon disposed within the ear canal of a user. The two components can define an earpiece after they are dispensed into the balloon. A mixer mixes the two components as they are dispensed. The balloon can be attached to the two-component dispensing container such that two components enter the balloon after the two components are mixed. In this manner, a more comfortable and effective custom earpiece can be made more safely and more conveniently.
US07934910B2	Piston displacement device for reciprocating compressor A piston displacement device for a reciprocating compressor comprises a piston linearly reciprocated in a cylinder and having a stroke length varied by a reciprocating motor, a plurality of resonance springs for guiding a resonant motion of the piston, and a piston transfer unit for moving the piston forward or backward in a motion direction of the piston according to a capacitance variation of a compressor and thereby maintaining the same top dead center. The piston is moved according to a capacitance variation of the compressor thereby to minimize a dead volume thereof and to increase the efficiency of the compressor.
US07934909B2	Device for axially conveying fluids A device for axially conveying fluids, wherein the conveyor part thereof is entirely magnetically borne and the radial bearing thereof is provided with sufficient rigidity and efficiently dampened, whereby problems encountered when passing through critical speeds and the disadvantageous effects of hydrodynamic and mechanical imbalance of the rotor are avoided. The magnetic bearing is combined with a hydrodynamic bearing.
US07934907B2	Cuffed fan blade modifications A winglet includes a vertical member and a mounting member. The mounting member is configured to facilitate the mounting of the winglet to the tip of a fan blade. The vertical member is configured to extend perpendicularly relative the tip of a fan blade. A cuff extends from the vertical member to substantially cover at least a portion of the interface between the end of a fan blade and the vertical member. Adding winglets to fan blades may improve the aerodynamics of the fan blades, and thereby increase efficiencies of a fan.
US07934902B2	Compressor variable stage remote actuation for turbine engine A turbine engine locates an actuator (55) for the compressor variable guide vanes (54a, b, c) at a location remote from the variable guide vanes. The actuator is connected to the variable guide vanes through a torque rod (56) inside an inlet guide vane. The torque rod rotatably drives an activation ring (57) about the engine centerline. The activation ring is coupled to each of the variable compressor vanes via linkage, such that rotation of the activation ring about the engine centerline causes all of the variable compressor vanes to pivot. With this configuration, a tip turbine engine can be more easily provided with variable compressor vanes for the axial compressor.
US07934898B2	High throughput semiconductor wafer processing A wafer processing system has a wafer loading system accommodating sufficient wafer carriers to substantially maximize the processing speed capability of the processing system. Wafer carriers are placed into and removed from the loading system by one or two overhead carrier loading tracks. Carriers may be loaded or removed while other carriers are in work. One or more transfer robots may move wafers from the carriers to buffers. One or more process robots in a process module move wafers from buffers, or other locations, to processors in the process module.
US07934897B1	Truck apparatus coupleable to different body types and methods of interchanging the bodies An apparatus and method for coupling different body types to a truck, specifically interchanging between dump and trailer bodies, so that a single truck may be used to perform dump truck and tractor truck operations. The truck includes a pair of rearward extending frame rails and a mounting bracket to which a 5th wheel may be releaseably attached. The truck is adapted for carrying at least one of a 5th wheel and a hydraulic lift system and, thus, is capable of being coupled to a trailer body or dump body, respectively. The truck is changed over from having a dump body to a trailer body by lifting the dump body with its hydraulic cylinder; attaching a hoist to a dump body; lifting the dump body with a hoist; removing at least part of the weight of the hydraulic cylinder from the truck; detaching the hydraulic cylinder from the truck; removing at least part of the weight of the dump body from a coupling pin holding the dump body to the truck; removing the coupling pin; positioning a 5th wheel onto mounting brackets; securing the 5th wheel to the mounting brackets; and coupling a trailer body to the 5th wheel. The method may be reversed in order to change over the truck from carrying a trailer body to a dump body.
US07934889B2	Hydraulic elevation apparatus and method In various embodiments, a method for transporting objects within a multiple chamber framework may include loading objects into a transport container, elevating the container in a delivery chamber and lowering the container in a return chamber. Preferably, fluid elevation is employed to elevate object transport containers and their contents within the delivery chamber. Such methods may be utilized in vertical or incline lifting environments, and an auxiliary chamber may be incorporated into the multiple chamber framework for use as an alternative to, or in conjunction with, elevating objects by employing fluid elevation. The auxiliary chamber may be laterally disposed to the delivery chamber or the return chamber.
US07934888B2	Marine anti-foulant system and methods for using same Systems and methods for reducing vortex-induced vibration and drag about a marine element are provided. The system can include, but is not limited to, a shell rotatably mounted about the marine element, the shell having opposing edges defining a longitudinal gap configured to allow the shell to snap (be placed) around at least a portion of the marine element. A fin can be positioned along each opposing edge of the longitudinal gap, wherein each fin can extend outwardly from the shell. The fins can be positioned on the shell so as to reduce vortex-induced vibration and minimize drag on the marine element. One or more antifouling agents can be disposed on, in, or about at least a portion of the shell, the fins, or a combination thereof.
US07934881B2	Replaceable ribbon supply and substrate cleaning apparatus A ribbon cartridge for a printer. The ribbon cartridge includes a frame that supports supply and take-up spools and that has one or more locating features to facilitate its insertion and positioning in a frame of a printer. For example, the ribbon cartridge frame may include a pair of detents defined approximately midway between the two spools to facilitate balanced insertion. The detents are slots with rounded ends that are configured to receive similarly shaped reference protrusions of the printer frame. The cartridge frame may also define a pocket for receiving an identification tag associated with the ribbon cartridge that ensures compatibility with the printer and passage of other information to the printer. In other embodiments, the ribbon cartridge may include a cleaning roller.
US07934875B2	Method for arranging flexible printed wiring board in lens barrel of an imaging device, and imaging device using flexible printed wiring board arranged by the same method An object of the present invention is to provide a method for arranging an FPC in a lens barrel of an imaging device which allows installation of new function to an imaging device without eliminating function installed and size up. To solve the problem, the FPC electrically connect plurality of a optical elements movable which constitute an optical unit arranged movably along the optical axis, to the control unit that controls the operation of the optical elements movable, is made to comprise an extension section extending from a connector of the control unit in a state able to be fixed to a lens barrel, a fixed section fixed to the lens barrel, and a bent turn back section extending from the fixed section and then turn back in a loop shape with a terminal provided on the edge, and the terminal is connected to the optical element movable constituting the optical unit.
US07934873B2	Tapered roller bearing A tapered roller bearing includes bearing rings including an inner ring and an outer ring, a roller rolling between the inner ring and the outer ring, and a cage having a pocket holding the roller and located adjacent to the outer ring. A radial clearance δ between the cage and the outer ring when the cage is in a neutral position, a radial clearance δpr between the roller held in the pocket and the cage, and a circumferential clearance δpc between the roller held in the pocket and the cage satisfy relations δpr>δpc and −2≦(δ−δpr)/(δpr−δpc)≦0.
US07934871B2	Double row ball bearing The large diameter cage has an asymmetric shape, a diameter (discharge diameter) of which close to an opening is larger than a diameter (inflow diameter) close to the small diameter cage, and the small diameter cage has a symmetric shape, in which a diameter (inflow diameter) of which close to an opening is equal to a diameter (discharge diameter) close to the large diameter cage.
US07934870B2	Circulating structure for a linear guideway A circulating structure for a linear guideway is arranged in a circulating assembly the linear guideway. The linear guideway includes two circulating assemblies, and each circulating assembly is provided with a circulating channel. Each circulating channel is provided with a third guiding groove. A rolling element system is arranged in the circulating channel and consists of plural rolling elements and a rolling element chain. The rolling element chain includes plural spacers and a linking portion located at both sides of the plural spacers to link them with one another. The linking portion circulates along the center line of the third guiding groove, and the third guiding grooves have a constant width.
US07934868B2	Thermal sensor and measurement device using the same A thermal sensor in which, when an object to be measured is a water-based liquid, attachment of air bubbles to the external surface of the sensor is reduced to improve measurement accuracy. The thermal sensor has a sensing element (21a) including a heat producing body and a temperature sensing body, a resin mold (23) for sealing the sensing element (21a), and a heat transmission member (21c) for transmitting heat between the sensing element (21a) and a water-based object to be measured. A part of the heat transmission member (21c) is exposed from the resin mold (23) to form an exposed surface section. A hydrophilic film (50) formed of a silicon oxide film is applied to the exposed surface section and to that part of the surface of the resin mold which is positioned around the exposed surface section.
US07934867B2	Stirring apparatus A mixer capable of developing suitable stirring characteristics by forming a sufficient vertical circulation flow over the entire part of the inside of a tank, wherein an opening is formed in a stirring blade under the following conditions: (i) the ratio of the opening area of the opening in the upper half of the stirring blade to the overall area of the upper part of the stirring blade (the opening rate in the upper half of the stirring blade) is 45 to 80%, (ii) the ratio of the opening area of the opening in the lower half of the stirring blade to the overall area of the lower half of the stirring blade (the opening rate in the lower half of the stirring blade) is 18 to 50%, and (iii) the ratio of the opening rate in the lower half of the stirring blade to the opening rate in the upper half of the stirring blade is 31 to 71%.
US07934865B2	Micromixer Micromixer for mixing at least two fluids that react to form precipitations or suspensions, comprising a first channel for supplying a first partial flow and a second channel for supplying a second partial flow, which flows enter into a mixing and reaction area via narrow entrance gaps and leave via an outlet channel with reverse flow prevention being placed between the mixing and reaction zone and at least one channel that supplies a partial flow.
US07934862B2	UV based color pixel backlight for liquid crystal display A ultra-violet based color pixel backlight system for Liquid Crystal Display, that does not contain the traditional color filters, comprising multiplicity of LEDs, emitting UV light in the wavelength range of 250 nm to 390 nm, assembled at one edge of a UV transmitting light guide, which has other three edges and bottom surface coated with UV reflecting layer and its top surface etched with UV extracting pixel patterns that contain phosphors that emit different colors of light in red, blue and green region when excited by UV light. A sheet of micro-lens is assembled between the light guide and the LCD to have the etched pixels in substantial alignment with the pixels of LCD and the lenses of the sheet of micro-lens. Thus red, blue and green pixels of light from the light guide passes through the intended red, blue and green pixels of LCD that has no traditional color filters, resulting in color pixel backlighting that enhances the optical efficiency of LCD.
US07934855B2	Flat light-emitting apparatus A flat light-emitting apparatus includes a light-emitting element for radiating visible light consisting of a first-wavelength light with a wavelength substantially not less than 600 nm and a second-wavelength light with a wavelength substantially not greater than 480 nm, a wavelength conversion material for generating a third-wavelength light when irradiated by the second-wavelength light, a first color filter for the passing of the first-wavelength light, a second color filter for the passing of the second-wavelength light, and a third color filter for the passing of the third-wavelength light.
US07934849B2	Rechargeable lamp system with lamp unit and docking station A lamp unit includes a base having a Reed switch, a telescopic stem extending upwardly from the base, a light source fitted at the top of the step, and a rechargeable battery fitted around the stem and below the light source. A docking station includes one or more magnets, an upstanding ring, and positive and negative contacts disposed in the center of the upstanding ring. The base of the lamp unit defines an aperture configured to be positioned over the circular ring so that the lamp unit may rotate on the docking station. Rotation of the lamp on the docking station is arranged such that the magnets actuate the Reed switch for turning the light source ON or OFF.
US07934843B2	Exterior sideview mirror system An exterior sideview mirror system includes an exterior sideview mirror assembly including a plano-auxiliary reflective element having a rearward field of view when attached to a side of an automobile. The plano reflective element and the auxiliary reflective element are mounted adjacently at the reflective element assembly in a side-by-side relationship and not superimposed. The plano reflective element and the auxiliary reflective element are supported at a backing plate element. The rearward field of view of the auxiliary reflective element may be different from and angled to the rearward field of view of the plano reflective element. The plano reflective element and/or the auxiliary reflective element may have one of (a) a glass substrate having a surface coated with a metallic reflector coating and (b) a polymeric substrate having a thin glass element applied to a surface thereof and with an opposing surface thereof having a reflecting layer applied thereto.
US07934841B2	Optical display systems and methods Optical display systems and methods are disclosed.
US07934838B2	Projector and heat insulating device thereof A projector includes a case, a separating plate, an electronic component system, a light source device and a blocking device. The case has a space defined therein. The separating plate is arranged in the case to divide the space into a first space and a second space. The electronic component system is arranged in the first space. The light source device for emitting light is arranged in the second space. The blocking device has a blocking plate which is arranged adjacent to the separating plate and controlled to be located from a first position and a second position. When the blocking plate is located at the first position, air flows from the first space into the second space. When the blocking plate is located at the second position, air in the second space is prevented from entering into the first space.
US07934834B2	Method and apparatus for wireless image transmission to a projector A method and apparatus is provided in which a digital image is transmitted to a presentation projector resource over a wireless transmission medium using a reduced amount of transmission bandwidth by transmitting a subset of the digital image data. The subset image data may be a delta subset that represents those areas of the image that have changed since the previous transmission. Header data is provided to further describe the subset image data. A projector discovery logic selects a suitable projector resource based on the order or signal strength of the discovery replies. A wireless image transmission session is established with the selected projector resource during which the projector is unavailable to other devices. The subset image data may be compressed and transmission coordinated with the projector resource so that the data is sent only when it is ready to be received.
US07934833B2	Image alignment system for use in laser ablation treatment of the cornea A system and method for aligning a first and a second image of an eye includes making a determination of a limbus location on a first eye image and a second eye image. The limbus location of the first and the second eye images are then aligned in two dimensions. A second eye feature location is determined on the first and the second eye image. One of the first and the second eye image is relatively rotated, and a correlation is performed on the first and the second eye image at a plurality of relative rotational positions using the second eye feature location. From the correlation an optimal first and second image alignment is identified.
US07934831B2	Low inventory method of making eyeglasses A very low inventory method of making eyeglasses. Two lens elements having special complementary surfaces are provided. These lens elements can be positioned relative to each other to provide wide ranges of focus correction and astigmatism correction. Various preferred embodiments of the invention are described. In one embodiment the required inventory is only identical sets of two complementary lenses for providing correction for almost all needed eye correction for a typical population. In this embodiment, the lens units are first adjusted relative to each other to provide a desired focusing power. Astigmatism may be corrected by a small adjustment in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction followed by a rotation of the two lenses about the axis of the two lenses. When the adjustments have been made the two lenses are fixed with respect to each other and installed in eyeglass frames. Cutting to the shape of the eyeglass frames can occur either before or after the fixing.
US07934819B2	Inkjet recording head cartridge An inkjet recording head cartridge includes a container body configured to accommodate a plural colors of ink. The container body has a first side surface and also has a projecting part. The inkjet recording head cartridge includes a recording head unit configured to have ink supply port arrays. The recording head unit also has discharge port arrays which discharge the plural colors of ink. The container body has a first partitioning wall and second partitioning walls. The first partitioning wall is configured to partition the inside of the container body to intersect with the ink supply port arrays, to form a first ink accommodating unit which has the first side surface, and to form a space which does not have the first side surface. The second partitioning walls are in contact with the first partitioning wall and divide the space into a plurality of ink accommodating units.
US07934818B2	Ink cartridges having an air intake valve which is opened in response to the removal of a protection member from a case of the ink cartridge A manipulating rod is provided on an air intake valve so as to project through an air intake port. A protective member is provided with a projection, which causes the manipulating rod to move so as to open the air intake valve, in response to a motion for detaching the protective member from an ink cartridge.
US07934815B2	External fluid manifold with polymer compliant wall A fluid dispensing assembly having a fluid dispensing subassembly to deliver fluid to a substrate, an external manifold to supply fluid having a first wall arranged adjacent to the fluid dispensing subassembly, and a compliant wall attached to a second wall arranged opposite the first wall, the compliant wall to confine the fluid to chambers in the manifold and to provide compliance for acoustic attenuation. A fluid dispensing assembly having an external manifold having at least one opening in a back side opposite a fluid dispensing subassembly side, the fluid dispensing subassembly side being in contact with fluid, and a compliant wall adhered to the external manifold on the back side. A method of manufacturing a fluid dispensing assembly having forming an external manifold having openings to receive fluid, attaching a compliant wall to the external manifold such that the compliant wall seals the openings, and attaching the external manifold to a fluid dispensing subassembly wherein the fluid dispensing subassembly and manifold are on opposite sides of a transducer arranged to operate on the fluid in the manifolds.
US07934811B2	Inkjet printhead having conductive epoxy resin An inkjet printhead includes an ink flow path including a nozzle through which ink is ejected and is formed of a conductive epoxy resin, the conductive epoxy resin is a hardening result of a conductive cross-linked polymer resist composition formed by actinic radiation, and the conductive cross-linked polymer resist composition includes (a) at least one epoxy precursor polymer selected from a phenol novolak precursor polymer and an alicyclic precursor polymer including glycidyl ether group, (b) a metal alkoxide compound represented by the following formula R′M(OR)n, where R′ refers to a functional group including an oxirane group or an oxetanyl group, R refers to a C1-10alkyl group, and M is a metal selected from the group consisting of Al, Ti, and Zr, (c) a cationic photoinitiator, and (d) a solvent. The inkjet printhead includes an ink flow path formed of a conductive epoxy resin and a trench formed around a heater of the inkjet printhead to dissipate residual heat generated by the heater.
US07934802B2	Light irradiation device and inkjet printer A light irradiation device that is capable of good irradiance uniformity in the lengthwise direction and that is applicable to an inkjet printer. A light-emitting portion of a short-arc type discharge lamp is positioned at the first focal point of a reflector that has a reflecting surface in the shape of an ellipsoid of revolution, and the light from the discharge lamp is reflected by the reflector and is focused at the second focal point; after which the light is incident on multiple, columnar rod lenses 14. Of the light that is incident on the rod lenses, the light along the axial direction is focused at the second focal point of an elliptical reflector without being affected by the rod lenses, and the light along the direction perpendicular to the axial direction is focused by the rod lenses and then spreads and irradiates the light irradiation surface.
US07934801B2	Method of manufacturing recording head and recording head A method of manufacturing a recording head according to the present invention includes a plurality of steps to describe as follows. In a solder paste application step, solder paste bodies are partially applied onto a plurality of terminals. In a heating step, each of the plurality of solder paste bodies is heated, to thereby form a plurality of solder layers on the plurality of terminals. In a covering step, the plurality of terminals and the plurality of solder layers are covered by an uncured synthetic resin layer. In a contact step, a plurality of bumps formed in a bump forming step and the plurality of solder layers are contacted with each other, by pressing regions of the synthetic resin layer covering the solder layers and the bumps to each other. In a curing step, the uncured synthetic resin layer is cured.
US07934797B2	Printhead with reciprocating coils The present invention relates to a printhead for an inkjet printer. The printhead includes a plurality of nozzle arrangements. Each nozzle arrangement includes a nozzle defining a nozzle chamber in fluid communication with an ink ejection port. A static coil is fixed within the chamber. A movable coil is movably attached within the chamber. An actuator is configured to provide current to the coils so that the movable coil reciprocates relative to the static coil and ink in the chamber is ejected from the ink ejection port.
US07934796B2	Wide format printer having high speed printhead A printer is provided having, supported by a support structure, a print assembly and feed mechanism for feeding print media though a printing zone. The print assembly has an elongate carrier mounted to the support structure which mounts printhead integrated circuits and control circuitry connected to the printhead ICs. The elongate printing zone defined by the printhead ICs is at least 914 mm. Each printhead IC incorporates nozzle arrangements having a nozzle, ink chamber, ink inlet, actuator, and drive circuit to achieve ink ejection at more than one billion ink drops per second. The printhead ICs are each positioned at a common angle of greater than zero degrees and less than ninety degrees with respect to a straight line extending at right angles to a feed direction of print media, with consecutive ends of the printhead integrated circuits overlapping to ensure continuous printing in the printing zone.
US07934792B2	Liquid container A liquid container of the invention has a container body including a storage space and a liquid feed port and a liquid injection port which are installed on the container body. The liquid feed port is structured so as to interconnect the storage space and the liquid ejecting head with each other, when the liquid container is mounted on a liquid ejecting unit. The liquid injection port is structured so as to interconnect the storage space of the container body and a liquid tank of a stationary unit with each other, when the liquid ejecting unit is united with the stationary unit. The invention provides a liquid container effective in realization of a liquid ejecting apparatus which can meet two needs for executing a large amount of printing and transporting when necessary.
US07934786B2	Liquid ejecting apparatus and method of driving liquid ejecting head A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a liquid ejecting head including pressure generation chambers communicating with nozzle openings for ejecting a liquid and pressure generation units which cause pressure variations in the pressure generation chambers. A driving unit supplies, to the pressure generation units, a driving signal including an expansion element for expanding the pressure generation chambers. A contraction element contracts the pressure generation chambers and a re-expansion element expands the pressure generation chambers before the liquid is ejected from the nozzle openings by the contraction element. The re-expansion element includes a primary expansion element at the contraction element side that expands the pressure generation chambers. A secondary expansion element has at least a variation portion having a voltage variation ratio different from a voltage variation ratio of the primary expansion element in continuation to the primary expansion element and expands the pressure generation chambers.
US07934782B2	Hinge system The present invention relates to electrical enclosures having a cabinet and a door connected by hinges and in particular to a hinge which allows a door, while closed, to be flush with a surface that surrounds the perimeter of the cabinet door opening. The hinge system utilizes a spring that pushes the door in a direction that is generally normal to and away from the cabinet, creating a space between the peripheral flange on the door and the surface that surrounds the cabinet door opening thus allowing the door to swing freely as it is opened and closed. The door can be held closed by use of various latching systems. While the door is in the closed position, latches near the hinges will compress the hinge springs, eliminating the space between the door and the cabinet opening.
US07934778B2	Composite wheel rim In a wheel rim including fiber reinforced composite material and preferably having lateral rim sidewalls that may include rings.
US07934765B2	Top for a convertible A top for a convertible, which has a rear window frame with a rear window and, in the closed state, at least one roof section situated in front of the rear window frame in the direction of travel. When there are two roof sections which are adjacent to each other when the top is closed, a respective extension, which is extended to the rear or front, is formed on the lateral border regions of one of the roof sections. The extension being configured as a seal carrier.
US07934762B2	Vehicle with sleeping arrangement A vehicle with a sleeping arrangement includes a vehicle compartment, a driver's seat mounted in the compartment, the driver's seat having a bottom cushion portion and a back portion, and a passenger's seat mounted in the compartment, the passenger's seat having a bottom cushion portion and a back portion. At least one of the driver's seat and the passenger's seat may be pivotable from a normal use position facing a front of the compartment to a sleeping position oriented approximately 90° relative to the normal use position, and the pivotable seat is adapted to recline such that the bottom cushion portion and the back portion of the pivotable seat defines at least part of a generally horizontal surface together with the bottom cushion portion of the other one of the driver's seat and the passenger's seat.
US07934761B2	Storage compartment with a supporting frame, and receiving device for a supporting frame A storage compartment for a motor vehicle is provided. The storage compartment includes a wall and a supporting frame for supporting the wall. The wall can be varied in height, at least in some sections, by at least one winding shaft. The supporting frame has at least one receiving device with at least one connecting piece. The winding shaft is mounted on the connecting piece such that the winding shaft forms part of the supporting frame.
US07934756B2	Adjustable gripping device A gripping assembly having a first or holding end with a pair of rotatable operating elements held therein and connected to a wind assembly having a flexible, non-resilient link held by one end therein for operating a pair of gripping elements. The gripping assembly is movably mounted on a distal end of an adjustable, two part hollow body. The wind assembly is captured between a pair of lever housings and includes a constant force spring to allow the flexible, non-resilient link to be wound onto or from the wind assembly.
US07934753B2	Aircraft with connection element for connecting a conduit system to cooling aggregates in aircraft cabins An aircraft having a connection element for connecting at least one first conduit element or the like positioned in a supply chamber of an aircraft with at least one second conduit element positioned in a cabin chamber of the aircraft, where the supply chamber and cabin chamber are separated from each other by a separation element, substantially comprising a connection part comprising fastening elements for fastening the first and second conduit element. Known connection elements have the disadvantage that there occur sealing problems due to the fastening of the fastening element at the outside of the connection part at the end facing the cabin chamber. A further disadvantage is that the connection elements protrude into the cabin chamber and form edges over which one may stumble there. In that at least the fastening element for the fastening the conduit element of the cabin chamber is provided within the connection part, there may be realized a compact structural shape which does not protrude from the separating element into the cabin chamber, and which may in addition be reliably sealed.
US07934752B2	Image forming method and recorded matter An image forming method is provided to attain a higher security for preventing forgery and falsification of information by using an optical diffraction structure. In a body (10) whereupon a layer is to be transferred, printing information (2) is recorded. On the body (10), a layer (20d) including a hologram and a diffraction lattice provided on an optical diffraction structure transfer sheet (20) is transferred, and an image including recorded printing information (2) and optical diffraction structures (3, 4, 5) is formed. The layer (20d) including the optical diffraction structure is transferred so that the diffraction lattice (5) to be transferred forms diffraction lattice information (5) showing a prescribed regularity in a corresponding relationship between the printing information (2).
US07934751B2	Label sheet assembly, application kit and method of using the same An improved label sheet assembly and application kit including an optional liner sheet, a carrier strip, and a removably attached label facestock sheet. The application kit further includes a stacked group of tabbed sheets and an alignment guide. The label facestock sheet assembly includes a plurality of cut lines defining a perimeter of a plurality of facestock labels spaced from one another in an offset manner that substantially corresponds to a set of staggered tabs extending outwardly from a stacked group of divider sheets. The carrier strip is defined by a plurality of cuts having substantially the same shape as a portion of the perimeters of the facestock labels, but with slightly smaller dimensions as its respective label. The user may separate the carrier strip from the liner sheet, exposing an adhesive back of the precut labels and place and align the carrier strip across the divider sheets such that the precut labels are placed on the tabs of the divider sheets. The user then pulls the carrier strip upwardly and away from the divider sheets such that a portion of each of the perimeters of the precut labels flexes to separate from the carrier strip and remain on the staggered tabs.
US07934747B2	Airbag, airbag device, and vehicle An airbag comprises a right half airbag to be inflated on a front right side of an occupant, a left half airbag to be inflated on a front left side of the occupant, and a base-end chamber that communicates with base-end sides of the right half airbag and the left half airbag. A vertically extended concave portion exists on a surface of the inflated airbag that faces the occupant. The concave portion is deepest in the intermediate part and shallow in the upper and lower parts.
US07934746B2	Motor vehicle with an A-column and airbag incorporated therein A motor vehicle with a passenger compartment is provided with an A-column, which is arranged to the side of a windshield of the motor vehicle, as well as a cross strut joined with the A-column. The A-column and cross strut are spaced apart from each other and joined with a lateral wall section of the passenger compartment. A cladding section is further arranged on the side facing the vehicle interior, which is joined with the A-column. The A-column accommodates an airbag that is arranged between the A-column and the first cladding section, and extends toward the front until over the area where the cross strut engages the A-column.
US07934744B2	Saddle-ride type vehicle A technique of enhancing the flexibility of arranging members provided in the vicinity of a steering handlebar in a saddle-ride type vehicle equipped with an airbag module. A straddle-ride type vehicle includes a head pipe and a seat which is provided to the rear of the head pipe with a straddle space defined between the steering handlebar and the seat and an airbag module provided forward of the seat. The airbag module is disposed to the rear of the head pipe to vertically overlap the head pipe in the height-direction thereof and to partially face the straddle space.
US07934743B1	Convertor dolly with self steering An apparatus for facilitating trailer towing is provided comprising a steer axle fixed to a rigid frame by means of a suspension, a selectably adjustable hitch, for receiving a trailer tongue, mounted on the frame and positioned above and forward of the steer axle, a vertically displacing articulated and spring centered tongue support fixed to the front of the frame, the vertically displacing articulated tongue support capable of absorbing vertical displacement between the apparatus and a towing vehicle while maintaining the a forward disposed tongue mount in a horizontal position. The apparatus forms a towing apparatus providing improved stability, traction, control, and maneuverability facilitating wheel traction at speed, through turns and over irregular or undulating terrain. The apparatus is particularly suitable for use in combination with light weight prime mover vehicles.
US07934736B2	Boarding and/or access aid for vehicles with passenger transportation A boarding and/or access aid for vehicles with passenger carrying service has a frame with two parallel side parts and an end profile connecting the latter, a step plate supported in the side parts so that it can be extended and retracted, and a drive for the step plate, supported on the frame, arranged between the two side parts and comprising a drive motor. The drive has a drive element, a chain or a belt, guided over at least one deflection roller, and a drive roller arranged in the area of the end profile, coupled to the drive motor, having a larger diameter than the deflection roller, and arranged in a inner space surrounded by the frame. A pressure roller acting from the outside on an upper belt side of the drive element is associated with the drive roller so that the upper belt strand is arranged between it and the deflection roller parallel to the movement path but underneath the latter.
US07934735B2	Suspension arm assembly for a vehicle, and vehicle incorporating same A suspension arm assembly for a vehicle includes a pivot pipe pivotally attached to a vehicle body frame, a pair of pipes extending in a lateral direction of a vehicle body, a joint member attached to distal end portions of the pipes, and a substantially U-shaped band. Proximal end portions of the pipes are connected to the pivot pipe and spaced apart from each other in a front-rear direction, and distal end portions thereof are arranged close to each other, thereby forming a substantially triangular profile. The joint member includes a plate portion and a boss portion having a knuckle attached thereto. The distal end portions of the pipes are operatively connected to a convex surface of the U-shaped band, and the plate portion of the joint member is attached to the pipes for covering the U-shaped band.
US07934732B1	Knuckle dust cap for vehicle suspension system A knuckle for a vehicle suspension system interconnects portions of a vehicle steering system, a vehicle brake, and a vehicle suspension system, and includes a knuckle body having a hub and bearing opening formed through the body. The hub and bearing opening define a substantially cylindrical inner wall. A cap is disposed within the hub and bearing opening. A recess is formed in the inner wall of the hub and bearing opening, and the cap includes a radially outwardly extending anti-rotation member disposed within the recess.
US07934727B1	Wheelbarrow thruster and stabilizer A waist high horizontal crossbar that uses a user's abdominal muscles to provide a strong forward thrust that alleviates unnecessary strain on the user's arms and shoulders. Incorporated in the horizontal bar are two vertical bars, right and left, that provide effective stabilization of the wheelbarrow. When a user uses their forearms against the vertical bars, this assists in preventing sideways tipping which is a common problem with a wheelbarrow.
US07934725B2	Vehicle system and method for accessing denied terrain A surface vehicle capable of overcoming obstacles is disclosed in which the vehicle accelerates vertically while having a horizontal velocity. The vehicle has a frame and at least three wheels attached to the frame to which a horizontal propulsion system is coupled. Further, a vertical propulsion system is coupled to the frame and the wheels. The vertical propulsion system is capable of providing a force to such wheels normal to the surface so that the vehicle separates from the surface. The vehicle has an electronic control unit coupled to the vertical propulsion system to automatically control its operation.
US07934724B1	Role-playing board game A role-playing board game in which players strategically build structures and destroy opponents' structures according to various game modes having a different objectives, by utilizing cards, a three-dimensional game board, three-dimensional models representing futuristic races and battlefield units, and various attachable accessories, along with a rule book, tokens, and a divided box for storing the tokens.
US07934723B2	Pusher game machine A pusher game machine 1 includes: a medal feeder 9 which feeds a medal on an upper game board 20; and an upper pushing member 22 which is arranged on the upper game board 20, and performs reciprocating movement, wherein a medal feedable region 61 by the medal feeder 9 is set on the deep side of the upper pushing member, viewing from the medal feeding side by the medal feeding means.
US07934721B2	Equipment for transferring sheets with change of direction An equipment for transferring sheets with change of direction for sheets entering along a first direction comprises output rollers to move the sheets along a second direction, right-angled with respect to the first direction, and members of engagement and movement, actuatable for engaging and moving the sheets entering along the first direction along the second direction up to the engagement with the output rollers. The members of engagement and movement provide a condition of reception in which define a space of reception for the entering sheets and a condition of engagement and movement in which engage the entered sheets and move the sheets for the engagement with the output rollers. The members of engagement and movement return to the condition of reception upon the engagement of the entered sheet with the output rollers for enabling a following sheet—to enter and to be moved along the first direction jointly with the movement of the previous entered sheet along the second direction.
US07934716B2	Paper sheet separating and accumulating apparatus The invention provides a paper sheet separating and accumulating apparatus which prevents a discharged paper money from entering into an accumulating carrier path in the case of discharging the paper money, and inhibits a jam from being generated. The paper sheet separating and accumulating apparatus is provided with a movable portion (for example, a stack guide, a detection lever, and a pressurized member) which is changed its position in correspondence to a movement of a paper sheet to a position at which an elevating plate discharges the paper sheet from an accumulating portion, and the movable portion is provided with a shielding portion (for example, a concavity and convexity of the movable portion and a shielding member) shielding a route from a two-way carrier path to an accumulating carrier path, in the case of discharging the paper sheet from the accumulating portion.
US07934714B2	Sheet post-processing apparatus, image forming apparatus, and image forming system A sheet post-processing apparatus includes a sheet stacking unit, a moving member, and a discharging member. The moving member moves up the pile stacked on the sheet stacking unit to one of a plurality of scooping positions, and the discharging member receives the pile from the moving member at the one of the scooping positions and scoops up the pile by supporting a bottom edge of the pile for discharging the pile out of the sheet stacking unit.
US07934712B2	Device for collecting printed products on a collecting cylinder A device for collecting printed products includes a rotating collecting cylinder to and a controllable holding device that holds and releases the printed products collected in a peripheral area of the collecting cylinder. A diverter includes an exposed end and a support roller. The diverter has an operational position to lift the products off the collecting cylinder and transfer them onto a conveying device, and a non-operational position for collecting the products on the collecting cylinder. A control unit moves the diverter from the non-operational position during an interval between two successive printed products and with the timing of the supplied printed products, to the operational position in which the diverter's exposed end is inserted in the surface area of the collecting cylinder. A circulating control member is drive-connected to the collecting cylinder and includes at least one control cam associated with the support roller in the non-operational and operational positions of the diverter.
US07934710B2	Clamp and method for operating same In an embodiment, there is disclosed a clamp having a frame and a latch member mounted within the housing so that the latch member is translatable along a displacement axis and rotatable about the displacement axis. A cam follower mounted to the frame engages a channel operatively associated with the latch member. An actuator mounted to the frame and operatively associated with the latch member translates the latch member along the displacement axis. The engagement of the cam follower and channel causes the latch member to be rotated about the displacement axis as the latch member is translated along the displacement axis.
US07934708B2	Air spring for a vehicle seat, and vehicle seat comprising such an air spring An air spring for a vehicle seat. The air spring includes a plurality of air spring components which delimit at least one air spring chamber. The air spring forms an intake air connection and a discharged air connection for controlling the height and/or level of the vehicle seat, wherein the air spring furthermore has, for controlling the height and/or level of the vehicle seat, a valve device which is integrated in the air spring or in at least one air spring component.
US07934707B2	Pneumatic spring A pneumatic spring has a pneumatic spring bellows (1) made as a hollow cylinder and a damper (19) can be arranged in the pneumatic spring in such manner that a gap (24) is created through which ambient air can reach the damper (19) and cool it.
US07934705B2	Multi-directional submersible floating aerator A multi-direction submersible floating aerator has a gas-ring compressor (4), a base (6), a gas inlet tube (9), a seat (11), multiple submersible hollow shaft motors (13), and multiple propellers (14). The base (6) is disposed between the gas-ring compressor (4) and the gas inlet tube (9). The propeller (14) is coaxially connected to the submersible hollow shaft motor (13). The seat (11) is disposed between the gas inlet tube (9) and the submersible hollow shaft motor (13). The seat (11) is hollow. A first opening is disposed at the top of the seat (11), and multiple second openings are disposed on one side of the seat (11). The seat (11) is used for evenly distributing compressed air. Thus, the aeration is more even and stable, and aeration efficiency is greatly improved.
US07934702B1	High pressure humidifier A high pressure water injection humidifier includes a filtration system to filter suspended particles from an incoming water supply and provide filtered water to a high pressure pump driven by a constant speed motor, which in turn provides pressurized water to a plurality of exit nozzles, each exit nozzle having a precision orifice that atomizes the pressurized water into a mist, where the volume rate of the mist is dependent only on the motor speed and the diameter of the precision orifice. Proper nozzle flow can be determined by monitoring the drive current to the constant speed motor.

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