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| US07948602B2 |
Liquid crystal display and method for driving the same to prevent a repaired pixel from being a bright spot
A liquid crystal display and method for driving the same to prevent a repaired pixel from being a bright spot. The LCD panel includes a plurality of pixels, each pixel including: a pixel capacitor, a storage capacitor, and a thin film transistor (TFT) having a first electrode coupled to first terminals of the pixel capacitor and storage capacitor. Two different common voltages are applied to a second terminal of the pixel capacitor and a second terminal of the storage capacitor, respectively. The two different common voltages are DC voltages and an absolute difference between them is based on a value in a voltage range corresponding to a transmittance range which indicates a pixel in a dark state substantially and is determined according to a minimum transmittance and a maximum transmittance of the LCD panel. |
| US07948600B2 |
Manufacturing method of display device
A liquid crystal display device having high quality and high reliability is manufactured by preventing the occurrence of damages on a terminal portion due to the radiation of laser beams in cutting a substrate of the display device which is formed using a plastic substrate by the radiation of laser beams. A first substrate has a cutting line at a position which faces a terminal portion of a second substrate. In cutting the first substrate along the cutting line, laser beams are radiated to the first substrate along the cutting line so as to form a groove having a predetermined depth in the first substrate. Then, a load is applied to the first substrate along the groove so as to cut the first substrate. |
| US07948598B2 |
Liquid crystal display device and manufacturing method thereof
Disclosed herein is a method of manufacturing a liquid crystal display device of dropping liquid crystals to be interposed between a first substrate and a second substrate to one of the substrates. The method includes a step of applying the sealant to one of the substrates where a region closed by the sealant is formed by a sealant on the main surface of the substrate, and, in this closed region, a liquid crystal filling region as a display region and a capturing region to the outer periphery of the liquid crystal filling region for intaking surplus liquid crystals or voids are formed. |
| US07948584B2 |
Color filter for transflective type liquid crystal display
The main object of the present invention is to provide a color filter for a transflective type color liquid crystal display which is easily produced and capable of displaying the same color tone with both of a reflecting light and a transmitting light, and shows light scattering in a reflective light region. In order to attain the above mentioned object, the present invention provides a color filter for transflective type color liquid crystal display comprising a transparent substrate and a reflective light coloring layer and a transmissive light coloring layer formed on the transparent substrate, wherein, a convex-concave is formed on a surface of a liquid crystal layer side of the reflective light coloring layer, and an average thickness of the reflective light coloring layer is formed to be thinner than the thickness of the transmissive light coloring layer, and a refractive index difference between the reflective light coloring layer and a layer in contact with the surface of the convex-concave formed side of the reflective light coloring layer, is 0.1 or more. Further, a main object of the present invention is to provide a color filter for transflective type liquid crystal display comprising a transparent membrane pattern region obtained by laminating: a transparent substrate; a transparent membrane pattern layer comprising a transparent membrane formed in a pattern on the transparent substrate; and a coloring layer formed so as to cover the transparent membrane pattern layer. |
| US07948583B2 |
Color filter, coloring composition for color filter and liquid crystal display device
A coloring composition for a color filter, which includes a transparent resin, an organic pigment dispersed in the transparent resin, and a retardation-regulating agent containing a compound which is capable of increasing a retardation. A color filter which is provided with colored pixels formed on a transparent substrate by using this coloring composition. A liquid crystal display device which is provided with this color filter. |
| US07948577B2 |
Stereoscopic display device
Disclosed is a stereoscopic display device including: a first display panel displaying a main image; a second display panel disposed on the first display panel and displaying a sub-image; a first mold frame supporting the first display panel and maintaining a gap between the first display panel and the second display panel; and a second mold frame supporting the second display panel. The first mold frame may include sidewalls forming an enclosed space with the first and second display panels and having a portion that inclines into the enclosed space. |
| US07948576B2 |
P-chassis arrangement for positioning a display stack
Methods and apparatus for aligning a display stack with respect to a housing associated with a portable electronic device are disclosed. According to one aspect of the present invention, a chassis arrangement suitable for use in aligning a display stack with respect to a housing includes a first portion, a second portion, and a coupling arrangement. The first portion is configured to engage the display stack, and the second portion is configured to enable the display stack to be manipulated when the display stack is engaged by the first portion. The coupling arrangement couples the first portion with the second portion, and is configured to enable the second portion to be detached from the first portion. |
| US07948575B2 |
Liquid crystal display device having particular polarizing filter in housing
A liquid crystal display device includes a housing, a liquid crystal panel provided in the housing and comprises first and second transparent substrates spaced from each other at predetermined intervals, a sealing member to seal an internal space formed between the first and second transparent substrates, a liquid crystal to fill the internal space, first and second transparent electrodes formed in the first and second transparent substrates, respectively, and a polarizing plate to transmit light in a predetermined polarizing direction, a backlight unit disposed in the housing to emit surface light to the liquid crystal panel, and a polarizing filter disposed in the housing, and spaced from the liquid crystal panel at predetermined intervals to transmit predetermined polarized light and to block other polarized light of incident light. |
| US07948568B2 |
Display substrate and method for repairing a defective pixel of the display substrate
A display substrate includes a pixel electrode including a main electrode and a sub-electrode disposed apart from the main electrode and including an opening part. The display substrate includes a first switching device and a second switching device. The first switching device is connected to the main electrode. An extension electrode extends from the second switching device and overlaps the opening part. The extension electrode is connected to the sub-electrode via a contact part. According to the present invention, after a defective pixel is repaired, the repaired pixel operates normally. |
| US07948567B2 |
Optically writable display medium and optical writing method
An optically writable display medium includes an optical switching element and a display element. The optical switching element includes a charge transport layer sandwiched between an upper charge generating layer and a lower charge generating layer. The display element includes a display layer having memory properties and is provided on the optical switching element. The absorption wavelength region of the upper charge generating layer and the absorption wavelength region of the lower charge generating layer are substantially different from each other. |
| US07948566B2 |
Liquid crystal display apparatus having an input gradation set to have a relationship along a gamma curve
In a liquid crystal display apparatus realizing a dual view display by bonding a liquid crystal panel and a parallax barrier, the parallax barrier separates display images by treating three pixels including R, G, and B pixels as one unit (one picture element). At this time, luminance variation due to crosstalk concentrates on a right-end pixel among the three pixels constituting the one picture element (in a case where each pixel receives data from a source line immediately on the left of the pixel). Accordingly, the right-end pixel is arranged to be a B pixel that has a low correlation with luminance information and in which influence of crosstalk is hard to be viewed. Further, an applied voltage to be supplied to the display pixel of the B (blue) color and an input gradation are set to have a relationship along a γ curve that makes luminance variation difficult to occur in a low luminance area. |
| US07948562B2 |
System and method for controlling TV display lamp brightness
The remote control signal receiver of a TV sends not only user-generated commands to the TV processor but also, when no commands are sensed, an ambient light signal that can be used to adjust the brightness of the TV. |
| US07948558B2 |
Audio video timing measurement and synchronization
A method and apparatus for synchronizing audio and video portions of a media program signal is disclosed. In a transmitting embodiment, the method comprises the steps of identifying a video event according to an video event discriminant in the video signal, and inserting a timing signal into the audio signal, and the apparatus comprises a video analysis module for identifying a video event according to an video event discriminant in the video signal, a timing signal generator for generating a timing signal, and a mixer for inserting the timing signal into the audio signal. |
| US07948556B2 |
Electronic apparatus and display control method
According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided an electronic apparatus including: a detection unit configured to detect a start of a reproducing of a motion picture to be displayed on a display unit; a change unit configured to change a refresh rate of the display unit when the start of the reproducing of the motion picture is detected, the refresh rate being changed not by changing an operating frequency of the display unit, the refresh rate being changed by changing a blanking period, the blanking period being a period during which a drawing operation of a screen on the display unit is not performed; and a control unit configured to control the display unit to display the motion picture based on the changed refresh rate. |
| US07948554B2 |
Mobile phone equipped with a camera including a first rotation axis unit and a second rotation axis unit
The present invention relates to a portable terminal in which the orientation of the displayed subject is the same as the actual orientation of the subject. The reference attitude when taking a picture is shown in FIG. 5, with the lid 12 being rotated substantially about 90 degrees about the X-axis with respect to the main body, and a perpendicular of the display 32 is in the same orientation as the optical axis of the CCD 41. In this attitude, the image captured by the CCD 41 is displayed as it is in the display 32. On the other hand, when the angle detector 51 detects that the lid 12 is rotated by a further 90 degrees with respect to the main body 11 from the attitude of FIG. 5 and the lid 12 and the main body 11 are opened by about 180 degrees, the image captured by the CCD 41 is rotated by 90 degrees, and the rotated image is displayed in the display 32. The present invention can be applied to portable type terminals such as mobile phones having a two axially rotatable structure, PDA, personal computers. |
| US07948552B2 |
Image pickup apparatus
An image pickup apparatus which can remove a dust stuck to a surface of an optical member such as a cover glass or an optical filter without damaging the surface of the optical member, and which can take a good image without imaging shadows of the dust stuck to the surface of the optical member. An image pickup apparatus comprises an optical element, an image pickup device, and a drive unit. The drive unit applies voltage to a non-uniform electric field generating device and moving the non-uniform electric field generating device to scan an optical incidence plane of the optical element. |
| US07948546B2 |
Solid-state imaging apparatus having a global shutter function, adapted to be capable of suppressing a reduction in resolution
A solid-state imaging apparatus including a solid-state imaging device having a pixel section having unit pixels for generating imaging signal associated with an object each formed of a first pixel and a second pixel adjacent to the first pixel, a read drive section where one or more pixels of the first and second pixels are respectively treated as a read unit group so as to effect read operation by the read unit group based on a setting signal inputted from an external source, and an output section for generating a difference signal between signals outputted from the first and second pixels to output it as an imaging signal associated with the unit pixel; and a section for interpolating an imaging signal at a predetermined location between the unit pixels based on imaging signals outputted from the difference signal output section. |
| US07948541B2 |
Signal reading apparatus and image pickup system using the signal reading apparatus
A signal reading apparatus includes first and second common signal lines from which a signal from a signal generation unit is output and first and second amplifier circuits and a switch configured to control a conductive state of the first and the second common signal lines. The signal reading apparatus includes a first signal reading method of reading a signal from the first common signal line after being amplified in the first amplifier circuit and reading a signal from the second common signal line after being amplified in the second amplifier circuit and a second signal reading method of turning ON the switch to read the signal from the first common signal line and the signal from the second common signal line individually after being amplified in the first amplifier circuit. The signal reading apparatus includes a control unit for controlling between the first and second signal reading methods. |
| US07948538B2 |
Image capturing apparatus, image capturing method, exposure control method, and program
An image capturing apparatus includes: an image capturing unit configured to generate a long-exposure image signal and a short-exposure image signal on the basis of light transmitted from a subject and output the long-exposure image signal and the short-exposure image signal as image capturing signals; a signal processing unit configured to generate a combined image signal by combining the long-exposure image signal and the short-exposure image signal, the combined image signal having a dynamic range that is relatively wider than that of at least any one of the long-exposure image signal and the short-exposure image signal; a detection unit configured to generate luminance information of the combined image signal; and a control unit configured to perform automatic exposure control for the short-exposure image signal using the luminance information in an exposure setting mode in which exposure control is performed in accordance with a user's setting. |
| US07948536B2 |
Gain matching for electron multiplication imager
A method and apparatus for equalizing gain in an array of electron multiplication (EM) pixels is disclosed, each pixel having one or more impact ionization gain stages with implants to achieve charge transfer directionality and comprising a phase 1 clocked gate, an EM clocked gate, and two DC gates formed between the phase 1 clocked gate and the EM clocked gate, comprising the steps of (a) applying initial voltages to each of the DC gates and the EM clocked gates of at least two pixels of a plurality of pixels; (b) clocking phase 1 clock gates and an EM clock gates associated with the at least two pixels of the plurality of pixels a predetermined number of times to achieve an average pixel intensity value after impact ionization gain; and (c) selectively adjusting the difference in voltage between the DC gate and corresponding EM clocked gate of the at least two pixels of the plurality of pixels until the difference between the resulting pixel intensity values and the average pixel intensity value needed to produce a desired uniform gain image is below a predetermined threshold. |
| US07948535B2 |
High dynamic range imaging cell with electronic shutter extensions
A pixel sensor cell of improved dynamic range and a design structure including the pixel sensor cell embodied in a machine readable medium are provided. The pixel cell comprises a coupling transistor that couples a capacitor device to a photosensing region (e.g., photodiode) of the pixel cell, the photodiode being coupled to a transfer gate and one terminal of the coupling transistor. In operation, the additional capacitance is coupled to the pixel cell photodiode when the voltage on the photodiode is drawn down to the substrate potential. Thus, the added capacitance is only connected to the imager cell when the cell is nearing its charge capacity. Otherwise, the cell has a low capacitance and low leakage. In an additional embodiment, a terminal of the capacitor is coupled to a “pulsed” supply voltage signal that enables substantially full depletion of stored charge from the capacitor to the photosensing region during a read out operation of the pixel sensor cell. In various embodiments, the locations of the added capacitance and photodiode may be interchanged with respect to the coupling transistor. In addition, the added capacitor of the pixel sensor cell allows for a global shutter operation. |
| US07948531B2 |
Imaging apparatus and correction method of image data
An imaging apparatus is provided for reducing noise which is derived from random noise contained in a correction signal used for correcting an image data and is newly generated on correction of the image data. The imaging apparatus drives vertical transfer registers with no signal charge from photoelectric transducers read out to the vertical transfer registers to obtain and store a correction signal into a field memory. The apparatus subtracts the correction signal from the image data by a subtractor. |
| US07948530B2 |
Semiconductor sensor device having a correction circuit
An imaging device includes a read circuit having a bias circuit for biasing the signal currents output from a sensor array to correct variations of the sensor array. The bias current is determined so that the number of pixel data output from the read circuit which are below or above the threshold is equal to a specified number setting for the number of pixel data. A fixed pattern noise (FPN) correction circuit determines the full scale of the FPN correction current based on the bias current. |
| US07948527B2 |
Image signal processor and method for outputting deferred vertical synchronous signal
A method of transferring a deferred vertical synchronous signal and an image signal processor executing the method thereof are disclosed. Once the vertical synchronous signal for an mth frame is inputted from an encoding unit, the method monitors whether image data columns in the quantity of n corresponding to a predetermined process block have been stored, using a count value inputted from the encoding unit, and outputs a corresponding vertical synchronous signal to a receiving part in case the image data columns in the quantity of n have been stored. Therefore, it becomes possible to increase the process efficiency of the back-end chip and to reduce the power consumption. |
| US07948525B2 |
Imaging device having a linear/logarithmic imaging sensor
An imaging device including: an imaging element which comprises a plurality of pixels capable of switching between a linear conversion operation for linearly converting incident light into an electric signal and a logarithmic conversion operation for logarithmically converting the incident light into an electric signal, according to an incident light quantity; a monitor to display an image obtained by the imaging element; an operation section which is operated for specifying an arbitrary area of the image displayed on the monitor; and an inflection point changing section which evaluates an output signal of the imaging element in the specified area, and changes the inflection point which is a boundary between a linear region and a logarithmic region in the output signal of the imaging element, based on an evaluation result of the output signal. |
| US07948521B2 |
Bi-directional image recording and reproduction system
According to the invention, rotating cylinders (1) are provided in at least two locations. Stripes (3) comprising light emitting elements and stripes (2) comprising a recording system resembling a scanner strip are mounted on the rotating cylinders (1) such that the surroundings of one cylinder can be represented on the other cylinder, visual contact being possible. The inventive system can also be configured in a planar manner, e.g. on a revolving band or a plate that is moved back and forth. Said system can also be configured for three-dimensional representation. |
| US07948520B1 |
Image sensor interface
A device for capturing image data includes a first image sensor. A first interface receives the image data from the first image sensor based on a first synchronization signal. The first interface has a first mode that is associated with receiving the first synchronization signal from the first image sensor and a second mode that is associated with sending the first synchronization signal to the first image sensor. |
| US07948517B2 |
Vehicular image display apparatus and vehicular image display method
A camera is disposed on a door mirror whose operating position is changeable between a deployed position and a retracted position, so that the positional relationship of the camera with a vehicle body changes as the operating position of the door mirror changes. A region corresponding to the operating position of the door mirror is partially extracted from the entire shot area of an image taken by the camera. That is, the angular direction of the region partially extracted from the entire shot area taken by the camera when the door mirror is in the deployed position and the angular direction of the region partially extracted from the entire shot area taken by the camera when the door mirror is in the retracted position are made different from each other by an angle equal to the angle difference between the two positions of the door mirror. The camera-taken images of the extracted regions are conformed to the screen of a display. Thus, the vehicle traveling direction appearing on the display remains unchanged regardless of changes in the operating position of the door mirror. |
| US07948513B2 |
Teleconferencing between various 4G wireless entities such as mobile terminals and fixed terminals including laptops and television receivers fitted with a special wireless 4G interface
A method for providing a videoconferencing service between two fourth generation wireless terminal types including cellular or wireless mobile and fixed terminals, said fixed terminals to include television receivers with a 4G wireless interface, each terminal employing a video camera, a microphone and loudspeaker. All terminal types will be rendered parametrically compatible by use of subscriber tables which identify called terminal parameters and which contain a class of service sequence which identifies the originating terminal's parameters wherein said class of service sequence is sent to the receiving terminal in an alternate caller ID along with selection characters which cause direct routing to the receiving terminal. The called subscriber may opt out of a video send mode by sending a “canned” video frame advising the caller that video is not available. |
| US07948506B2 |
Method and apparatus for defect correction in a display
A full-color display device, comprising: a) a display having a plurality of sub-pixels formed in rows or columns in a first dimension including at least three different color sub-pixels forming a color gamut, and grouped into pixels within each row or column, each pixel including at least two of the gamut-specifying color sub-pixels and at least one additional sub-pixel having a color within the gamut and an efficiency higher than at least one of the color sub-pixels, wherein at least one pixel is defective and comprises one defective additional in-gamut sub-pixel; and b) a controller for driving the display pixels and for transforming an input signal into a compensated signal for selectively modifying the output of at least one color sub-pixel in the defective pixel, at least one other, but not all, of the color sub-pixels in a neighboring pixel in the first dimension, and additional in-gamut sub-pixels in neighboring pixels in a second dimension, the at least one other color sub-pixel including the sub-pixel in the neighboring pixel that is closest to the defective sub-pixel, to compensate for the output of the defective sub-pixel(s). |
| US07948499B2 |
Color control algorithm for use in display systems
A color control algorithm compensates variations in the display system so as to maintain color consistency in the projected images on the screen by constructing a color mapping table of the display system to include effects due to the variations and during image display applications, generating inputs of the color mapping table to include the effects due to the variations in the display system. |
| US07948496B2 |
Processor architecture with wide operand cache
A programmable processor and method for improving the performance of processors by expanding at least two source operands, or a source and a result operand, to a width greater than the width of either the general purpose register or the data path width. The present invention provides operands which are substantially larger than the data path width of the processor by using the contents of a general purpose register to specify a memory address at which a plurality of data path widths of data can be read or written, as well as the size and shape of the operand. In addition, several instructions and apparatus for implementing these instructions are described which obtain performance advantages if the operands are not limited to the width and accessible number of general purpose registers. |
| US07948493B2 |
Apparatus, method and computer program for determining information about shape and/or location of an ellipse in a graphical image
An apparatus for determining information about shape and location of an ellipse involves determining two coordinates of a first ellipse point representing a point of the ellipse located furthest in the first direction, and determining two coordinates of a second ellipse point representing a point of the ellipse located furthest in a direction opposite to the first direction. The apparatus determines parameters of bent line segments approximating the ellipse at ellipse points or in a surrounding of ellipse points, and determines the coordinates of ellipse points based on the parameters of the bent line segments. The apparatus involves calculating ellipse parameters of the ellipse based on the two coordinates of the first ellipse point and the two coordinates of the second ellipse point. The apparatus enables real-time-capable determination of parameters of an ellipse included in an image to be analyzed. |
| US07948492B2 |
Apparatus and method for visualization of operating status in a process control system
Deviations associated with a process system are identified, such as by identifying deviations of process variables or production measurements from target values. A graphical display is generated that identifies at least some of the deviations and one or more characteristics associated with the deviations. For example, the graphical display includes a time axis, and each deviation is associated with a bar positioned in the graphical display to identify a start time and an end time of the deviation along the time axis. Also, each bar may include one or more indicators (such as patterns, colors, or shadings) that identify the one or more characteristics (such as an economic impact and/or a cause) of each deviation identified in the graphical display. In this way, a user can, among other things, identify when deviations from target values occur, durations of the deviations, and economic impacts and/or causes associated with the deviations. |
| US07948491B2 |
System and method for reorienting clusters within a display to provide a perspective-corrected representation
A system and method for reorienting clusters within a display is provided. Clusters are maintained within a display. Each cluster includes a center located at a distance relative to a common origin for the display and a radius measured from the center. A pair of the clusters is selected and a bounding region is determined for each cluster in the pair by forming a pair of tangent vectors about the cluster and originating at the common origin. The bounding regions of the clusters in the pair are compared. The distance from the common origin of one of the clusters in the pair is increased upon overlap of the bounding regions as a perspective-corrected distance, which is determined as a function of the distances, the radii, and an angle between tangent vectors. The one cluster is moved to reorient the cluster's center at the perspective-corrected distance in the display. |
| US07948486B2 |
Apparatus and method for performing hidden surface removal and computer program product
An image processing apparatus includes a first and second Z value calculators that calculate a polygon Z value and a block Z value, respectively. The polygon Z value is a coordinate value of a pixel located at a closest point to a viewpoint. The block Z value is a coordinate value of a pixel located at a closest point to the viewpoint in a block. The apparatus also includes a Z value selector that selects a Z value of a pixel closer to the viewpoint from the polygon Z value and the block Z value as an estimate Z value; and a hidden-surface removal unit that eliminates drawing of the polygon in the block when a pixel corresponding to the estimate Z value is located at a farther point from the viewpoint than a pixel located at a farthest point from the viewpoint. |
| US07948484B2 |
Inverter for liquid crystal display
An inverter for liquid crystal display is disclosed. The inverter for liquid crystal display includes a switching circuit, a transformer, and first and second protective circuits. The switching circuit includes first and second switches and converts a direct current power input into an alternating current power. Each of the first and second switches alternatively performs a turn-on operation and a turn-off operation. The transformer transforms an alternating current power supplied from the switching circuit into a high-voltage alternating current power. The first protective circuit is connected to both terminals of the first switch and protects the first switch during turn-on and turn-off operations of the first switch. The second protective circuit is connected to both terminals of the second switch and protects the second switch during turn-on and turn-off operations of the second switch. |
| US07948483B2 |
Photo detection circuit, method of controlling the same, electro-optical panel, electro-optical device, and electronic apparatus
A photo detection circuit includes a photodiode whose cathode is connected to a high-potential-side power supply and whose anode is connected to a connection point; a capacitor element provided between the connection point and a low-potential-side power supply; and a switching element, provided between the connection point and the low-potential-side power supply, that switches on and off with a predetermined period. A voltage signal of the connection point is extracted as an output signal. |
| US07948482B2 |
Apparatus for testing driving circuit for display
An apparatus for testing a driving circuit for a display is disclosed. The apparatus includes a selecting circuit, a reference voltage generator and an analog-to-digital converter (ADC). The selecting circuit includes many input terminals and an output terminal. The input terminals are respectively coupled to many output pins of the driving circuit, while the selecting circuit is used for selecting one of the output pins to electrically connect the output terminal of the selecting circuit. The reference voltage generator is coupled to at least one of the output pins for generating a reference voltage. The ADC is coupled to the output terminal of the selecting circuit for outputting a digital value based on a difference between an output voltage outputted from the output terminal of the selecting circuit and the reference voltage produced by the reference voltage generator. |
| US07948480B2 |
Current driving circuit
A current driving circuit includes: a reference input terminal to which a first reference current is given; a current mirror circuit for receiving the first reference current and outputting a first internal current corresponding to the first reference current; a bias voltage generation section for receiving the first internal current and generating a bias voltage corresponding to the first internal current; an output reference current generation section for receiving the bias voltage and generating a second reference current corresponding to the bias voltage; a reference current output terminal for outputting the second reference current; an internal current generation transistor for receiving at a gate thereof the bias voltage and generating a second internal current corresponding to the bias voltage; and an output current generation section for receiving the second internal current and generating n output currents corresponding to the second internal current. |
| US07948476B2 |
Touch screen input method and device
A touch panel 47 is constructed by a display/sensor unit 51a which is slightly larger than a display screen of an LCD 46 and a sensor unit 51b which is projected to the outside from one side, for example, from one side on the right. A finger 52 of the user is touched to a selection item such as desired button, icon, or the like on the display/sensor unit 51a and vertically moved on the sensor unit 51b. A selection display 53 constructed by a plurality of buttons is displayed along the side of the right side of the display screen by the LCD 46. A button beside the finger 52 is highlighted and when the finger 52 is released, the highlighted button is selected. If there are no buttons adjacent to the finger 52, the button is not highlighted. Even if the finger 52 is released, the state is not changed. When finger 52 is moved to the display/sensor unit 51a, the selection display 53 disappears. |
| US07948474B2 |
Ergonomic computer mouse
A computer mouse for use with a computing device is provided. The computer mouse may include a mouse body with an ulnar side digit support structure having a front concave region and a rear convex region formed proximate and behind the front concave region. The front concave region may include an overhang portion on a top side and an outwardly flared region on a bottom side. The front concave region may be sized to receive a distal end of a digit of a user, and the rear convex region may be sized to support a proximate end of a digit of a user. The mouse body may additionally include a radial side digit support structure that has a concave region with an outwardly flared region on a bottom side of the concavity. |
| US07948473B2 |
Mouse device
A mouse device includes a main body and at least one mouse foot pad. The mouse foot pad is fixed on the lower surface of the main body. The mouse foot pad includes a first layer with first friction coefficient μ1 and a second layer with a second friction coefficient μ2, where the second friction coefficient μ2 is greater than the first friction coefficient μ1. The first layer and the second layer are formed as a laminate. The second layer is bonded to the lower surface of the main body. The first layer is in contact with the working plane when the mouse device is operated. When the second layer is in contact with the working plane, the user is reminded that the mouse foot pad needs to be changed. |
| US07948466B2 |
Circuit structure for dual resolution design
A dual resolution circuit for supporting normal resolution display mode and half resolution display mode is disclosed. In the dual resolution circuit, cascaded shift registers are controlled by a group of clock signals to generate intermediate scan signals in response to a start pulse. A normal/reverse scan switch, controlling a normal scan mode and a reverse scan mode, feeds back the intermediate scan signal from one shift register to another shift register. A dual resolution switch switches signal paths of the intermediate scan signals to logic gates. The logic gates perform logic operation on an enablement signal and the intermediate scan signals to generate final scan signals used in dual resolution display modes. |
| US07948465B2 |
Liquid crystal display and method of driving the same
A liquid crystal display and a method of driving the same are disclosed. The liquid crystal display includes a timing controller, N source drive integrated circuits (ICs), where N is an integer equal to or greater than 2, N pairs of data bus lines, each of which connects the timing controller to each of the N source drive ICs in a point-to-point manner, a lock check line that connects a first source drive IC of the N source drive ICs to the timing controller and cascade-connects the N source drive ICs to one another, and a feedback lock check line connecting a last source drive IC of the N source drive ICs to the timing controller. A swing width of an output voltage of the timing controller increases in proportion to a distance between the timing controller and the N source drive ICs. |
| US07948462B2 |
Method for driving LCD monitor for displaying a plurality of frame data during a plurality of frame durations
A method for driving an LCD monitor includes providing a common-voltage signal having a level conversion during each frame duration, dividing each frame duration into a first sub-frame duration and a second sub-frame duration according to a position having the level conversion of the common-voltage signal, driving a first set of pixel units during the first sub-frame duration according to a level of the common-voltage signal within the first sub-frame duration, and driving a second set of pixel units during the second sub-frame duration according to a level of the common-voltage signal within the second sub-frame duration. |
| US07948459B2 |
Display device and inspection method for display device
A display device includes scanning lines disposed along rows of display pixels, signal lines disposed along columns of the display pixels, pixel switches disposed near intersections between the scanning lines and the signal lines, pixel electrodes connected to the pixel switches, a counter-electrode disposed to be opposed to the pixel electrodes, storage capacitance lines disposed substantially parallel to the scanning lines, first inspection switches connected to the scanning lines in a peripheral section, second inspection switches connected to the signal lines in the peripheral section, a first wiring line which supplies a signal for turning on/off the first inspection switches, a second wiring line which supplies a signal for turning on/off the second inspection switches, and a third wiring line which applies a signal to the counter-electrode and the storage capacitance lines. |
| US07948458B2 |
Amplifier circuit and display device
An amplifier circuit and display device utilizing the amplifier circuit are provided. The amplifier circuit comprises a buffer amplifier which stabilizes an input signal and outputs a stabilized output signal. By supplying to the input terminal of the buffer amplifier, a voltage derived by adding a difference between the input signal and the output signal to the input signal, it is possible to change the input signal level in accordance with the deviation of the buffer amplifier, which allows correction of the output level to a suitable level. |
| US07948457B2 |
Systems and methods of actuating MEMS display elements
Methods of writing display data to MEMS display elements are configured to minimize charge buildup and differential aging. Prior to writing rows of image data, a pre-write operation is performed. The pre-write operation with either actuate or release substantially all pixels in a row prior to writing the image data. In some embodiments, the selection between actuating or releasing is performed in a random or pseudo-random manner. |
| US07948454B2 |
Method for driving light-emitting diode, light-emitting diode, method for driving display, display, method for driving electronic device, electronic device, method for driving optical communication apparatus, and optical communication apparatus
A method for driving a light-emitting diode includes the step of modulating the luminance of the light-emitting diode with current density within the range of 20 A/cm2 or less. The light-emitting diode includes a p-type layer, an n-type layer, and a light-emitting layer disposed therebetween and having an indium-containing quantum well structure. Each of the p-type layer, the n-type layer, and the light-emitting layer includes a nitride-based group III-V compound semiconductor crystal having a wurtzite structure. The light-emitting layer has a main surface inclined at an angle of 0.25° to 2° with respect to a c-plane. |
| US07948452B2 |
Self-emission type display device
The invention provides an organic EL display device usable for both negative and positive polarity video signals. The organic EL display device of the invention has a polarity switching circuit switching a polarity of a digital video signal. In a case where a display panel is made for a negative polarity video signal, when a negative digital video signal is inputted, this polarity switching circuit lets the negative polarity digital video signal pass therethrough without inverting its polarity. When a positive polarity digital video signal is inputted, this polarity switching circuit inverts a polarity of the positive polarity digital video signal and inverts and switches reference data for a white level and reference data for a black level in order to obtain an accurate inverted image. An output of the polarity switching circuit is converted into an analog video signal through a first D/A converter and outputted to the display panel. |
| US07948450B2 |
Apparatus and method for allowing display modules to communicate information about themselves to other display modules in the same display panel
An apparatus for allowing display modules to communicate information about themselves to other display modules in the same display panel, comprising a module-based display panel wherein each face of the panel comprises a plurality of display modules, wherein the transmitters, receivers and/or transceivers are configured so that each transmitter or transceiver on a given display module is adjacent to a receiver or transceiver on an adjacent display module, wherein the transmitters or transceivers on a given display module transmit information about that display module to the adjacent receivers or transceivers, wherein the receivers or transceivers on a given display module receive information about the adjacent display module from the adjacent transmitters or transceivers, and wherein the information is used by the display modules and/or a main controller to determine the location of the display module within a display panel. |
| US07948448B2 |
Portable presentation system and methods for use therewith
A presentation system and method for presenting information to an audience within a space hat includes a plurality of mobile projectors and a master presentation unit that can be moved into a presentation space and associated where the projectors and master unit are quickly linkable via a network and where the master unit expedites the system configuration process to allow the system user to manipulate images presented by all of the projectors. |
| US07948446B2 |
XYZ isotropic radiator antenna
An XYZ isotropic radiator antenna is characterized by three whip antennas connected with a housing and arranged 90 degrees perpendicular to each other. The antenna generates a heliocentric spherical radiation pattern which allows the antenna to transmit and receive radio frequency signals in any direction or plane. |
| US07948438B1 |
Determining the angle of arrival of a target signal received by an array of antenna elements
In a system for determining the angle of arrival of a target signal received by an array of antenna elements, a receiver obtains observations of a received target signal from an array of antenna elements; and a computer processes the obtained observations of the target signal with estimates of a target signal for different angles of arrival of a target signal received by the array of antenna elements to determine that the angle of arrival of the target signal is an angle of arrival at which dissimilarity between the observations of target signal and the estimates of the target signal for the different angles of arrival is minimized. |
| US07948437B2 |
Positional information providing system, positional information providing apparatus and transmitter
Positional information is provided at a place out of reach of radio wave. The process executed by a positional information providing apparatus includes the steps of: obtaining a received positioning signal; specifying an emission source of the positioning signal; obtaining, when the emission source of the positioning signal is outdoors, a navigation message included in the positioning signal; executing a process for calculating the position based on the signal; obtaining, when the emission source of the positioning signal is indoors, message data from the positioning signal; obtaining coordinate values from the data; and displaying positional information based on the coordinate values. |
| US07948436B2 |
Array antenna arrangement
The present invention relates to an array antenna arrangement comprising at least two antenna sub-arrays and at least one antenna element in each antenna sub-array. The array antenna arrangement is adapted for calculation of a total covariance matrix (R) of a received signal vector (x). The array antenna arrangement further comprises at least one switch, where the number of switches corresponds to the number of antenna elements in each antenna sub-array. Each switch is connected to a respective radio chain, and is arranged to connect the antenna elements of a respective corresponding antenna sub-array to the respective radio chain cyclically. At least one full switch cycle, comprising a set of received signals for each switch configuration, is carried out for a calculation of the total covariance matrix (R). The present invention also relates to a corresponding method. |
| US07948433B2 |
Calculation method for network-specific factors in a network of reference stations for a satellite-based positioning system
A correction calculation method for a satellite based positioning system with a network of receiving units as reference stations comprises a partitioning of the network into groups of reference stations, calculation of group-specific correction factors, amalgamation of the group-specific correction factors and subsequently, derivation of network-specific correction parameters. In this partitioning, the reference stations are represented by nodes in a connected, edge-weighted graph, in the generation of which an edge respectively connecting two nodes is only generated if it satisfies a distance-dependent connectivity condition, whereby the distance between the nodes connected by this edge is input into the weighting function of this edge. From the graph a minimum spanning tree is derived and subsequently partitioned for establishing the groups. |
| US07948432B2 |
Electronic device and method for searching satellites
A method for searching satellites includes obtaining a position information, obtaining a time information, calculating a regional range according to the position information, finding out numbers of target satellites corresponding to the time information and within the regional range from ephemeris data in an ephemeris database, searching the target satellites corresponding to the numbers, and receiving the satellite signals from each searched target satellite. In an electronic device capable of searching satellites, an operation interface is used to output the position information, and a calculation unit is used to calculate the regional range according to the received position information. A look-up unit is electrically connected to the ephemeris database, and used to find out the numbers of the target satellites corresponding to time information and within the regional range from the ephemeris data. |
| US07948428B2 |
Millimeter wave imaging system with frequency scanning antenna
A millimeter wave imaging system. The system includes one or more millimeter wave frequency scanning antenna for collecting frequency dependent beams of millimeter wave radiation from a narrow one-dimensional field of view and millimeter wave amplifier components for amplifying the millimeter wave radiation collected by each antenna. The system includes a beam-former that separates the amplified radiation to produce frequency dependent signals corresponding to the frequency dependent beams. The beam-former includes delay lines, a millimeter wave lens, and an array of millimeter wave power detectors for detecting the power in each frequency dependent beam. A sampling circuit reads out the frequency dependent signals to produce a one-dimensional image of the antenna field of view. A two dimensional image of a target may be obtained by moving the target (or having the target move) across the field of view of the scanning antenna or by moving the antenna in order to scan its line of focus over the target. In preferred embodiments a 2×2 Dicke switch is provided to permit sampling a reference thermal source for gain control while continuing to collect image information. This 2×2 Dicke switch provides a square root of 2 improvement in temperature sensitivity over a single receiver version. Preferred embodiments also include features for focusing the antenna within a range of about 5 feet to infinity. |
| US07948417B2 |
Digital harness with analog inputs
A digital data harness, uses a signal specific conditioning circuit to interface with analog sensors. The signal specific conditioning circuits convert data signals from analog to digital and thereby allow the signals to be transmitted over a digital data harness. |
| US07948415B2 |
DA converter, AD converter, and semiconductor device
A DA converter includes a first DA conversion section for obtaining an analog output signal in accordance with a digital input signal value, and a second DA conversion section for obtaining an analog gain control output signal in accordance with a digital gain control input signal value. In the DA converter, the gain control of the analog output signal generated by the first DA conversion section is performed on the basis of the gain control output signal generated by the second DA conversion section. |
| US07948414B2 |
Delta-sigma analog-to-digital conversion apparatus and method thereof
A delta-sigma analog-to-digital conversion apparatus for receiving an analog input signal to generate a digital output signal includes a subtracting unit, a quantizer, and a feedback unit. The subtracting unit is utilized for performing a subtraction function to generate a subtracted signal according to the analog input signal and a feedback signal. The quantizer is coupled to the subtracting unit and utilized for performing quantization to generate a quantized signal according to the subtracted signal. The feedback unit is coupled between the subtracting unit and the quantizer, and utilized for providing the feedback signal to the subtracting unit according to the quantized signal. The subtracting unit is arranged to reduce signal input swing of the quantizer. |
| US07948410B2 |
Multibit recyclic pipelined ADC architecture
An apparatus is provided. The apparatus comprises a sample switch, a sampling capacitor, an amplifier, feedback branches, a second hold switch, an N-bit converter pair, a third hold switch, and an M-bit converter pair. The sample receives an input signal and is actuated by a sample signal. The sampling capacitor is coupled to the sample switch. The amplifier has a first input terminal that is coupled to the sampling capacitor. The feedback branches are coupled between the output terminal of the amplifier and the first input terminal of the amplifier, with each feedback branch including a feedback capacitor, and a first hold switch that is coupled to the feedback capacitor. The second hold switch is coupled to the sampling switch. The N-bit converter pair is coupled to the sampling switch and to the second hold switch. The third hold switch is coupled to at least one of the feedback branches, and the M-bit converter pair is coupled to the output terminal of the amplifier and to the third hold switch. |
| US07948398B2 |
LED traffic signal without power supply or control unit in signal head
A traffic signal is provided for controlling vehicular traffic. The traffic signal includes a light source (10) having a light emitting diode (LED) array (D1, D2, D3, D4). A power regulator (14) is associated with the light source and is constructed and arranged to control input current to the light source. A traffic signal controller (16) is remote from the light source and the power regulator. The traffic signal controller is constructed and arranged to provide an input voltage signal to the power regulator, with the input current being based on the input voltage signal. |
| US07948397B2 |
Image recognition apparatuses, methods and programs
Image information apparatuses, methods, and programs acquire image information of a plurality of frames of images sensed at predetermined regular time intervals. The apparatuses, methods, and programs detect a leading and trailing end of a lane mark included in a detection area defined in each frame of the image information. The apparatuses, methods, and programs detect a detected distance from one of the leading and trailing end of the lane mark to the other one as a detected distance based on the speed of the vehicle and the number of frames between a frame in which one of the leading end and the trailing end of the lane mark is detected and a frame in which the other one of the leading end and the trailing end of the lane mark is detected and determine a lane mark type of the lane mark on the basis of the detected distance. |
| US07948391B2 |
Signaling device for a safety circuit
A signaling device for a safety circuit has an input part for receiving an external state variable, at least one switching element and a control part. The control part controls the at least one switching element as a function of the external state variable, such that a signal applied to the input is communicated to the output. According to one aspect of the invention, the input of the switching element is internally connected to a fixed potential, preferably a fixed High potential. In a safety circuit for turning off a hazardous installation, such signaling devices are connected in series with one another to a safety controller. In such an arrangement, the control part of the downstream second signaling device also controls its switching elements as a function of the output of the first signaling device. |
| US07948390B2 |
System and method for continual cable thermal monitoring using cable characteristic considerations in Power over Ethernet
A system and method for continual cable thermal monitoring using cable characteristic considerations in Power over Ethernet (PoE) applications. Cable heating in PoE applications is detected through changes in electrical characteristics of the cable itself. By periodically monitoring the electrical characteristics such as insertion loss or cross talk of the cable, it can be determined whether the cable has exceeded certain thermal operating thresholds. |
| US07948389B2 |
Pivoting battery carrier and a life safety device incorporating the same
An electronic device, for example a smoke alarm, that includes a battery carrier that includes a push to open and push to close apparatus for opening and closing the carrier. In one embodiment, the carrier is mounted so as to be pivotable between a closed position and an open position. Pivoting movement of the carrier is controlled by a double acting latch mechanism that includes at least one heart-shaped cam groove and at least one cam follower engaging with the cam groove. The carrier is a simple to access and operate to facilitate replacement of the battery. A lockout mechanism can also be provided to prevent closure of the carrier without a battery installed. In addition, a tamper resist mechanism can be provided to prevent the carrier from being opened when the carrier is at the closed position. |
| US07948388B2 |
Water detection unit and system
A leak detector apparatus and system for use with a drop ceiling having a grid-work of ceiling tiles. The leak detector apparatus includes an electrically non-conducting tile body that is shaped and dimensioned to rest on top of a ceiling tile. The tile body comprises multiple layers of non-conducting closed cell-foam and has a plurality of water collector cups formed or positioned therein. Spaced-apart sensor wires are provided and form an electrical grid that extends between the multiple layers of the tile body and the sensor wires generally extend through the water collector cups. The sensor wires are operative to sense the presence of water in the cups. An electronics module is provided at each tile body and is associated with the sensor wires and electrically coupled to the sensor wires for triggering an alert in response to the presence of water in one or more of the cups. A master controller is in communication with the local processors for monitoring the function and operation of each local processor. Thus, each leak detector tile has its own electronics module associated with it, thereby providing excellent location precision when installed in the room. |
| US07948387B2 |
Drowsiness determination apparatus, program, and method
An apparatus for accurately determining a drowsiness level is provided. A doze prevention system includes a photographic apparatus, a drowsiness determination apparatus, and other apparatuses for doze prevention such as an alarm apparatus, a neck air conditioning apparatus, a seat belt vibrating apparatus, and a brake control apparatus. The photographic apparatus captures a facial image of a driver of a vehicle. The drowsiness determination apparatus determines a drowsiness level based on the facial image. The drowsiness determination apparatus uses a facial image captured by the photographic apparatus, detects a sign of drowsiness or a sign of struggle, and determines the drowsiness level based on the detection results. |
| US07948384B1 |
Placard having embedded RFID device for tracking objects
A method of embedding an RFID device in a reusable object includes the steps of providing a placard including a plurality of layers, and providing an RFID device including an integrated circuit coupled to an antenna. In one example, the placard includes a top layer, upper intermediate layer, lower intermediate layer, bottom layer, and a plurality of adhesive layers. The method further includes the steps of embedding said RFID device in the placard between an adjacent two of said layers, and encoding the RFID device with information. The method further includes the steps of providing a pallet having a cavity extending into an interior of the pallet, inserting the RFID device into the cavity so that the RFID device is located entirely within the interior of said pallet, and non-removably securing the RFID device within the cavity. In one example, the pallet includes a support base and a top surface. |
| US07948382B2 |
Electronic communication devices, methods of forming electrical communication devices, and communications methods
The present invention provides electronic communication devices, methods of forming electrical communication devices, and communications methods. An electronic communication device adapted to receive electronic signals includes: a housing comprising a substrate and an encapsulant; an integrated circuit provided within the housing and comprising transponder circuitry operable to communicate an identification signal responsive to receiving a polling signal; an antenna provided within the housing and being coupled with the transponder circuitry; and a ground plane provided within the housing and being spaced from the antenna and configured to shield some of the electronic signals from the antenna and reflect others of the electronic signals towards the antenna. A method of forming an electronic signal communication device includes providing a substrate having a support surface; providing a conductive layer adjacent at least a portion of the support surface; providing a dielectric layer over the conductive layer; providing an antenna over the dielectric layer; coupling an integrated circuit with the antenna; and encapsulating the antenna, the dielectric layer, and the integrated circuit using a flowable encapsulant. |
| US07948381B2 |
Reversibly deactivating a radio frequency identification data tag
Reversibly activating or deactivating a radio frequency identification (RFID) data tag comprising a circuit responsive to an environmental factor. An RFID tag includes an RFID chip for storing an RFID code, an antenna for communicating a radio frequency (RF) signal, and an environmentally sensitive switch. |
| US07948379B2 |
Optical disk recording and reproducing apparatus, remote controller, and content management method
Disclosed are an optical disk recording and reproducing apparatus, a remote controller, and a content management method capable of allowing a user to easily confirm contents recorded on an optical disk, wherein an optical disk is integrally provided with a read-only RFID tag that records only a disk ID to identify the optical disk as an individual. When a content is recorded on the optical disk, a video recorder records disk management information including the disk ID of the optical disk and index information about the content. After the content is recorded, a remote controller noncontactly reads the disk ID from the RFID tag of the optical disk and transmits the disk ID to the video recorder. The video recorder extracts index information corresponding to the received disk ID from the disk management information and displays the index information in a list. |
| US07948377B2 |
Smart mediation and reaction system for protecting interdependent critical infrastructures
To monitor the functioning of the services of a first infrastructure (CI1) upon which the functioning of the critical services of a second infrastructure (CI2) depend, a server (SS) capable of communicating with both infrastructures receives, upon the detection of a failure of a service of the first infrastructure by a first terminal (CT1) included within the first infrastructure, an identifier (SI) for the faulty service sent from the first terminal. The server transmits a request to the first terminal in order to retrieve the characteristics settings values of the faulty service, and apply correlation rules to the retrieved values in order to produce information relevant to the functioning of the faulty service. The server transmits a message (SPM) containing the produced information to a second terminal (CT2) included within the second infrastructure, so that the second infrastructure can react to the failure of a service of the first infrastructure. |
| US07948376B2 |
Fuel dispenser
A fuel dispenser comprising a housing, a fuel dispensing apparatus mounted within the housing, control electronics operatively connected to the fuel dispensing apparatus, at least one display mounted in the housing and operatively coupled to the control electronics, and a nozzle operatively coupled to the fuel dispensing apparatus and the fuel dispensing apparatus control electronics, the nozzle configured to produce electromagnetic signals. The dispenser is configured to trigger an alarm when the nozzle is brought into close proximity to the at least one display to prevent the user from using the nozzle to make data entries. |
| US07948375B2 |
Method and apparatus for detecting portable electronic device functionality
The present invention is a method and apparatus for the detection of portable electronic device functionality. In a preferred embodiment, the present invention includes a chemically coated antenna to serve as a trigger for device functionality detection. The chemically coated antenna may be passively or actively detected. In active detection, a detection apparatus releases a chemical which reacts or otherwise respods with the chemical trigger in a detectable manner. The detection apparatus detects the reaction, which is specific to the functionality of the portable electronic device. In passive detection, a detection device simply detects the chemical trigger, which is specific to the portable electronic device functionality. Other trigger embodiments utilizing optics, radio frequency (RF) signals, sound waves, and magnetic identification are also disclosed. |
| US07948374B2 |
Two-way remote control unit
A two-way remote control unit includes at least one two-way remote controller provided with remotely calling and locating functions, so that a user can save the money that is otherwise needed for purchasing an additional calling device or a finder for calling or locating the remote controller, and needs not to troublesomely carry the calling device and finder around. Users can use two-way remote controllers of the same type to call or locate one another, and the two-way remote controller can be conveniently used as a finder, too. |
| US07948370B2 |
Method and apparatus for providing data communication in data monitoring and management systems
Method and apparatus for communicating with a sealed electronic device via the electronic device's existing data ports for programming, testing configuration or diagnosis of the electronic device such as a transmitter unit for use in a data monitoring and management system such as analyte monitoring and management system is provided. |
| US07948368B2 |
Method for evacuating buildings divided into sections
A method, evacuation system and hazard warning center for the evacuation of a building divided into sections by the hazard warning center, which is connected to at least one hazard warning unit detecting a hazard. The hazard warning center produces an evacuation plan for the sections of the building on the basis of the location of the hazard detected by the hazard warning unit, the data received in connection with the hazard and at least one stored condition, and at least one alarm signaling unit in a section is sent at least one request to emit either a warning signal or an evacuation signal on the basis of the evacuation plan. |
| US07948367B1 |
Wireless illuminated indicators for motorcycle helmets
A wireless braking and turning indicator attached to a motorcycle helmet and a motorcycle mounted transmitter is herein disclosed. An illumination assembly is attached on the rear surface of the helmet by means of either double-sided adhesive or an elastic band. An integral wireless receiver powered by a rechargeable battery receives a signal from a transmitter mounted on the motorcycle and electrically connected to the brake and turn signal indication circuits. In such a manner, the helmet-mounted light assembly will illuminate whenever the motorcycle brakes are applied in much the same manner as a center-mounted high brake light on motor vehicles. Turning direction is also indicated in like manner. When used, the rider's head is at a sufficient elevation to be easily seen by following traffic. |
| US07948365B2 |
Tire air pressure monitoring system
A tire air pressure monitoring system has a plurality of sensor units and a receiver. The pressure sensor units are mounted near corresponding tires to measure tire air pressures and transmit transmission signals indicating the respective measured tire air pressures. The receiver has an antenna element, a variable capacitor and a power supply source. The variable capacitor is coupled to the antenna element. The power supply source supplies electric power to the antenna element. The voltage supplied to the variable capacitor is controlled so that a current flowing in the antenna element is changed and its directivity is changed. Thus, the transmission signals will be received more surely. |
| US07948358B2 |
Vehicle anti-theft system incorporated with internal antennas
In a vehicle anti-theft system including an immobilizer system and a keyless entry system provided adjacent to a key cylinder, an immobilizer system antenna (5) is insert molded in an annular member (3) surrounding a key opening (2) of the key cylinder and a keyless entry system antenna (9) is incorporated in a housing (6, 7) which is integrally formed with the annular member. Thereby, the immobilizer system antenna and keyless entry system antenna can be accommodated in a common unit while suitably spacing them away from each other. Therefore, without requiring any special shielding arrangement, the two antennal can perform favorably while the overall size of the system can be minimized. |
| US07948357B2 |
Free-space gesture recognition for transaction security and command processing
A sensor panel for detecting a free-space gesture signature conducted with a gesturing instrument by providing a panel mounted on a controlled system with multiple gesturing sensors in a two-dimensional arrangement to detect movement of a gesturing instrument, and an array of infrared (“IR”) type sensors adapted to detect movement of gesturing instruments which are distinguishable by heat; determining a sensor sequence from a series of sensor detection events responsive to movement of a gesturing instrument within the sensor proximity; correlating the sensor sequence to a predetermined seguence in order to authenticate a user of the gesturing instrument: and responsive to authentication of the user, authorizing a physical security action, wherein the a gesturing sensors comprise a combination of two or more sensors selected from Radio Frequency Identification type sensors acoustic sensors, acoustic type sensors adapted to detect movement of acoustic-reflective gesturing instruments, and infrared type sensors. |
| US07948356B2 |
Portable terminal
A mobile terminal is capable of reducing unnecessary consumption of electric power. The mobile terminal includes a terminal status detecting unit which detects a first terminal status and a second terminal status, the first terminal status being a status of the mobile terminal before a change in the mobile terminal takes place, and the second terminal status being a status of the mobile terminal after the change in the mobile terminal takes place. The mobile terminal also includes a condition managing table which manages a condition for starting an electric power supply to an SD memory card, a judging unit which judges, when the first terminal status and the second terminal status are detected by the terminal status detecting unit, whether or not the change in the status of the mobile terminal meets the condition, and an electric power supplying unit which starts the electric power supply to the SD memory card when the change in the status of the mobile terminal is judged by the judging unit as meeting the condition. |
| US07948354B2 |
Surface-mount negative-characteristic thermistor
A surface-mount negative-characteristic thermistor includes a ceramic body composed of a semiconductor ceramic material including at least one of Mn, Ni, and Ti; external electrodes disposed on surfaces of the ceramic body; and plating films disposed on surfaces of the external electrodes. When the molar quantity of Mn in the semiconductor ceramic material is represented by a and when the molar quantity of Ni in the semiconductor ceramic material is represented by b, the molar ratio of Mn to Ni is in the range of 55/45≦a/b≦90/10, and when the total molar quantity of Mn and Ni in the semiconductor ceramic material is defined as 100 parts by mole, the content of Ti is in the range of about 0.5 parts by mole to about 25 parts by mole. |
| US07948353B2 |
Power-circuit breaking device
A power-circuit breaking device, which can easily mount a fuse and has a small number of component and a simple structure. The power-circuit breaking device includes a first connector housing having a pair of circuit terminals connected with a power circuit, and a second connector housing closing the power circuit by fitting with the first connector housing. The second connector housing includes a fuse having a pair of terminals to be connected with the pair of circuit terminals, a housing having a lock arm engaged with a cutout provided at the terminal and a cover an entry opening of a receiving section of the housing. The cover includes a limiter limiting the lock arm to move to disengaging the terminal. |
| US07948347B2 |
Multi-stage coil for transformer, and coil winding method and apparatus for manufacturing the same
At least two or more flat rectangular wires having been fed separately or simultaneously (two or more are superimposed) are integrated by being pinched in a width direction and a thickness direction by at least two or more pairs of rollers and are rolled and formed simultaneously in a forming part to be formed into two or more flat rectangular electric wires. The two formed electric wires are stacked in layers in a wind-up part while being wound into a disk shape to provide a multi-stage coil. Two or more systems up to the forming part of the winding apparatus may be disposed in a planar layout. Each system may supply one flat rectangular electric wire separately, and the supplied electric wires may be stacked in layers in the wind-up part while being superimposed. The coil may be molded entirely. |
| US07948346B2 |
Planar grooved power inductor structure and method
An inductor may include a planar ferrite core. A first group of one or more grooves is formed in a first side of the ferrite core. A second group of two or more grooves is formed in a second side of the ferrite core. The grooves in the first and second groups are oriented such that each groove in the first group overlaps with two corresponding grooves in the second group. A first plurality of vias communicates through the ferrite core between the first and second sides of the ferrite core. Each via is located where a groove in the first group overlaps with a groove in the second group. A conductive material is disposed in the first and second groups of grooves and in the vias to form an inductor coil. |
| US07948337B2 |
Simultaneous rotational control using offset linear actuators
An apparatus includes a movable member, and first and second actuators coupled to the movable member at positions offset from a first axis that passes through a centroid of the movable member. A controller independently controls the first and second actuators to exert a first force on the movable member in a direction generally parallel to the first axis, thereby controlling both linear and rotational orientation of the movable member. The apparatus can further include third and fourth actuators coupled to the movable member at positions offset from a second axis that passes through the centroid of the movable member, and the controller can independently controlling third and fourth actuators. |
| US07948334B2 |
Attachment of deep drawn resonator shell
An apparatus includes a shell member having an interior width, where the shell includes a closed end and an open end, and a nut that includes a plurality of laterally extending resilient leg. The legs define an outer width of the nut, and when the legs are in a relaxed state the outer width of the nut is greater than the interior width of the shell. The nut is adapted for at least partially entering the open end of the shell member, such that the legs are placed in a tensioned state in which the legs define the outer width to be smaller than or equal to the interior width of the shell. The apparatus also includes a base plate adapted for receiving the shell member and securing the shell member to the base plate with the closed end of the shell facing away from the base plate through cooperation with the nut when the nut is at least partially within the shell member. |
| US07948333B2 |
Component operated by guided acoustic waves
A component working with guided acoustic waves includes a layer system configured to guide waves in a lateral plane. The layer system includes a piezoelectric layer, electrodes on the piezoelectric layer for exciting the wave, a dielectric layer with an acoustic impedance, and an adjustment layer with an acoustic impedance. A ratio of the acoustic impedance of the adjustment layer to the acoustic impedance of the dielectric layer is greater than 1.5. |
| US07948330B2 |
Current controlled oscillator with regulated symmetric loads
An integrated circuit incorporating a bias circuit for a current-controlled oscillator (ICO) with improved power supply rejection ratio (PSRR) is described. The bias circuit for the ICO includes two error amplifiers. The first error amplifier regulates the bias voltage, VBN, referenced to a ground supply (GND). The second error amplifier regulates the bias voltage, VBP, referenced to a positive power supply (VDD). The VBP and VBN bias voltages have improved PSRR relative to conventional ICO bias circuits for noise injected into VDD and GND. |
| US07948322B2 |
Balun amplifier
A balun amplifier is provided, which includes two input terminals, two output terminals and two modules. The first and the second input terminals receive a single-ended input signal, respectively. The first and the second output terminals provide a differential output signal. The first module is coupled to the first input terminal, the first output terminal, and the second output terminal. The second module is coupled to the second input terminal, the first output terminal, and the second output terminal. The first and the second modules receive the single-ended input signal through the first and the second input terminals respectively, amplify the single-ended input signal respectively, and convert the single-ended input signal into the differential output signal. The circuit topologies of the first and the second modules are symmetric except that types of transistors in the first and the second modules are different. |
| US07948321B2 |
FET bias circuit
A FET bias circuit applies a bias voltage that is not adjusted separately to an amplifying element FET of a FET amplifying circuit. In the FET bias circuit is provided a monitor element FET m having a gate connected to the gate of the amplifying element FET a and a source connected to the source of the amplifying element FET a, respectively, and having a drain current with respect to the bias voltage substantially proportional to the drain current of the amplifying element FET a. In the FET bias circuit is further provided a fixed bias circuit for applying the bias voltage so that the amplifying element FET a enters a predetermined operating class by applying a bias voltage to the monitor element FET m so that a drain current flowing to the monitor element FET m enters a predetermined operating class. |
| US07948319B2 |
Current-mirroring systems and methods
One embodiment of the invention includes a current-mirror system. The system includes a current-mirror circuit configured to conduct an input current through a first current path that includes a first degeneration resistance device and to generate an output current that flows through a second current path that includes a second degeneration resistance device. The output current can be substantially proportional to the input current. The system also includes a degeneration control circuit configured to maintain a substantially constant degeneration voltage across each of the first and second degeneration resistance devices. |
| US07948318B2 |
Amplifying circuit, AC signal amplifying circuit and input bias adjusting method
An amplifying circuit includes: an amplifying unit which amplifies an input signal and applies the amplified signal to a designated load; a current detection unit which detects a load current that flows into the designated load upon application of the amplified signal; an estimating unit which calculates, based on the voltage level of the input signal, an estimated value of the load current to be supplied to the load; and an adjusting unit which adjusts an input bias, to be applied to the amplifying unit, in such a manner so as to reduce a difference value representing a difference between the estimated value and the load current detected by the current detection unit. |
| US07948317B2 |
Power amplifier integrated circuit with compensation mechanism for temperature and output power
A power amplifier integrated circuit, which generates an RF output signal by amplifying an RF input signal, includes a thermal-sensing circuit, a feedback circuit, a logic judging circuit, an adjusting circuit, and an amplifying circuit. The thermal-sensing circuit generates a thermal sensing signal according to the operational temperature, and the feedback circuit generates a power compensation circuit according to power variations in the RF output signal. The logic judging circuit outputs a compensation signal according to the thermal sensing signal and the power compensation signal. The adjusting circuit adjusts the level of the RF input signal according to the compensation signal, thereby generating a corresponding 1st stage RF signal. The amplifying circuit can amplify the 1st stage RF signal, thereby generating the corresponding RF output signal. |
| US07948316B2 |
Low bias current amplifier
An amplifier is provided that includes an output portion that sources and sinks current associated with an output load and an amplification portion that is biased by a relatively small bias current with respect to an output current of the amplifier. The amplification portion provides an amplified output signal to the output portion. The amplifier further comprises at least one impedance component coupled between the output portion and the amplification portion to alter at least one pole associated with the amplifier to mitigate instability of the amplifier related to the relatively small bias current. |
| US07948308B2 |
Filter compensation for switching amplifiers
Embodiments of the present invention provide methods and systems for limiting bipolar current flow in a switching amplifier. Embodiments of the present invention are directed to a multi-referenced switching amplifier. In some embodiment, the switching amplifier is a dual referenced switching amplifier comprising a regulator between the two references, where the first reference provides coarse modulation to a load and the second reference provides fine modulation to the load. The dual referenced switching amplifiers comprise the output filters made up of an inductor and a capacitor. In some embodiments, fine modulation is not applied to the load, thus limiting bipolar current flow induced by the filter inductors. |
| US07948307B2 |
Dual dielectric tri-gate field effect transistor
A dual dielectric tri-gate field effect transistor, a method of fabricating a dual dielectric tri-gate field effect transistor, and a method of operating a dual dielectric tri-gate effect transistor are disclosed. In one embodiment, the dual dielectric tri-gate transistor comprises a substrate, an insulating layer on the substrate, and at least one semiconductor fin. A first dielectric having a first dielectric constant extends over sidewalls of the fin, and a metal layer extends over the first dielectric, and a second dielectric having a second dielectric constant is on a top surface of the fin. A gate electrode extends over the fin and the first and second dielectrics. The gate electrode and the first dielectric layer form first and second gates having a threshold voltage Vt1, and the gate electrode and the second dielectric layer form a third gate having a threshold voltage Vt2 different than Vt1. |
| US07948305B2 |
Voltage regulator circuit
A circuit having a substrate, a generator with a field effect transistor (FET) portion and a heterojunction bipolar transistor (HBT) portion integrated in the substrate, a voltage-to-voltage conveyor integrated in the substrate, a bias circuit, and a power amplifier is disclosed. |
| US07948304B2 |
Constant-voltage generating circuit and regulator circuit
A constant-voltage generating circuit includes: a reference potential generating unit; first and second amplifier units whose outputs are respectively connected to the output line; and a low-pass filter, and wherein first and second operation periods are repeated, one alternating with the other, the first amplifier unit stores offset voltage of the first amplifier unit during the second operation period, and produces an output, during the first operation period, that brings the first potential and the second potential equal to each other by canceling out the offset voltage using the stored offset voltage, and the second amplifier unit stores offset voltage of the second amplifier unit during the first operation period, and produces an output, during the second operation period, that brings the first potential and the second potential equal to each other by canceling out the offset voltage using the stored offset voltage. |
| US07948303B2 |
Internal voltage generating circuit
An internal voltage generating circuit is capable of controlling an amount of charge pumping according to an external power supply voltage. The internal voltage generating circuit includes a periodic signal generating unit configured to control generation of periodic signals according to a level of an external power supply voltage, and a pumping unit driven according to the periodic signals generated by the periodic signal generating unit. |
| US07948302B2 |
Regulator having interleaved latches
A charge pump system (100) includes a charge pump (102), and a regulator (101) that includes a clock generator (120) for providing a clock signal, a control logic (130) coupled to the clock generator, and a comparator (140) coupled to an output of the charge pump. The comparator includes a plurality of interleaved latches (211, 212, 213 and 214) driven by a single differential (203) stage that compares the output voltage and a reference voltage. The control logic provides timing signals to cause each latch to perform a latch action at different points in time within each period of the clock signal, each point in time equally spaced apart. An output from each latch is coupled to an output stage (205). An output signal from the output stage regulates an output voltage from the charge pump. In one embodiment, the charge pump is coupled to a flash memory (190). |
| US07948299B2 |
Power supply apparatus
In a power supply apparatus for performing constant current driving of a light emitting diode which is a load circuit, a constant current circuit is disposed on a path for driving the load circuit. A charge pump circuit which is a voltage generating circuit outputs a driving voltage to the light emitting diode. A monitoring circuit monitors the voltage across the two ends of the constant current circuit. This monitoring circuit includes a voltage source which generates a threshold voltage that follows the fluctuation of the voltage at which the constant current circuit can operate stably, compares the voltage across the two ends of the constant current circuit and the threshold voltage generated by the voltage source, and outputs a comparison result Vs to a control unit. The control unit controls the charge pump circuit on the basis of the output of the monitoring circuit. |
| US07948296B2 |
Method and apparatus for driving a power MOS device as a synchronous rectifier
A synchronous rectifier comprising a MOSFET device, and a gate driver for driving the gate of the MOSFET device, the MOSFET device comprising first and second MOSFET transistors coupled with their drain-source paths in parallel to receive an alternating current waveform for rectification by the drain-source paths of the MOSFET transistors, the first transistor having a low Rdson and the second transistor having a high Rdson whereby the apparent Rdson of the MOSFET device is increased when the current through the MOSFET device is below a threshold thereby enabling zero crossing detection. |
| US07948295B2 |
Miniaturized demultiplexer and electronic device using same
A demultiplexer includes an input terminal for providing an input signal, a plurality of output terminals for outputting the input signal, and a switching circuit coupled among the input terminal and the plurality of output terminals, and outputting the input signal selectively from the plurality of output terminals according to a plurality of control signals provided to a plurality of control terminals. For miniaturizing the demultiplexer, the switching circuit includes one or more switch elements connected between the input terminal and each of the output terminals in series, wherein at least two of the switch elements coupled to different output terminals are simultaneously switched in response to one control signal from the plurality of control terminals. |
| US07948294B2 |
Mixer with high linearity
A mixer is provided. The transconductance stage receives an input signal through an input node and outputs an output signal through an output node. The transconductance stage includes a first transistor coupled between the output node and a first power node, having a first gate coupled to the input node, and operating in a saturation region, a second transistor coupled to the first power node, having a second gate coupled to the input node, and operating in a sub-threshold region, a first biasing circuit providing a first bias voltage, and a third transistor coupled between the output node and the second transistor, and having a third gate coupled to the first bias voltage. The switching quad is coupled to the output node and generates a translation current according to the output signal. The transimpedance amplifier transforms the translation current to a corresponding voltage. |
| US07948290B2 |
Digital PLL device
An input clock dividing unit frequency-divides an input clock, and an input clock multiplying unit frequency-multiplies the input clock. An operation clock selecting unit selects the frequency-divided clock when the input clock is fast and selects the frequency-multiplied clock when the input clock is slow, based on the frequency detection result of frequency detecting unit. The operation clock selecting unit then outputs the selected clock to a phase comparing unit as an operation clock. The phase comparing unit operates according to the frequency-divided or frequency-multiplied clock, and controls an oscillating unit so that the phase difference between a reference signal and a comparison signal becomes zero. The phase of an output clock is thus caused to track the phase of the reference signal. |
| US07948289B2 |
Delay locked loop circuit and semiconductor memory device using the same
The present invention relates to a delay locked loop (DLL) circuit. The DLL circuit includes a phase comparator configured to compare a phase of a source clock with a phase of a feedback clock and generate a delay locking signal based on the comparison result, a clock delay configured to delay the source clock in response to the delay locking signal for locking delay, output the delayed source clock as a delay locked clock, and generate a delay end signal when a delay amount has reached a delay limit, a delay replica model configured to reflect a delay time of an output path of the source clock at the delay locked clock and output the reflected clock as the feedback clock, and a delay locking operation controller configured to terminate a delay locking operation in response to the delay locking signal and the delay end signal. |
| US07948278B2 |
Load capacity driving circuit
The present invention provides a load capacity driving circuit that is inexpensive and has a high driving capability. When an input signal changes to low potential, gate voltage of an output stage of an amplifying circuit increases, an NMOS transistor MNO turns on, and an NMOS transistor MN8 increases potential of a node NGAT. Due thereto, an NMOS transistor MNO2 also turns on, and a load capacity is discharged via the NMOS transistor MNO and the NMOS transistor MNO2. Further, when the input signal changes to high potential, gate voltage of the output stage of the amplifying circuit decreases, a PMOS transistor MPO turns on, and a PMOS transistor MP8 decreases potential of a node PGAT. Due thereto, a PMOS transistor MPO2 also turns on, and the load capacity is charged from a constant voltage source via the PMOS transistor MPO and the PMOS transistor MPO2. |
| US07948277B2 |
Drive circuit for semiconductor element
A drive circuit wherein any abnormality of a semiconductor element is prevented from being erroneously sensed in a case where a gate “ON” command has entered in a state in which a gate voltage of the semiconductor element has not lowered fully. A detection process for a controlled variable of the semiconductor element is permitted only within a period which corresponds to a controlled variable of the semiconductor element at the time when an “ON” signal has been inputted to a control circuit, and a detected controlled variable which is detected within the period and a comparison controlled variable which is set in correspondence with the controlled variable are compared so as to output an abnormality signal, whereby the semiconductor element is turn-off at a speed lower than in normal turn-off. |
| US07948275B2 |
Transceiver with fault tolerant driver
A fault tolerant driver circuit includes a data output driver that receives an enable input and that includes a transistor formed on an isolation well. A well bias circuit provides a first well bias to the isolation well. The well bias circuit includes voltage-controlled impedances that are controlled by a voltage of the data output line, the enable input and a supply voltage. The voltage-controlled impedances connect the first well bias alternatively to: a common conductor through a first impedance when the supply voltage is ON and the enable input is ON; and a second impedance when the supply voltage is on and enable is OFF. |
| US07948267B1 |
Efficient rounding circuits and methods in configurable integrated circuit devices
A specialized processing block for a configurable integrated circuit device includes circuitry for performing multiplications and sums thereof, as well as circuitry for rounding the result. The rounding circuitry reuses an adder that is also available, in other configurations, for accumulation of the result. Rounding is performed by adding a constant to the result and then truncating at the bit position at which rounding is desired. The constant may be entered by a user, or may be derived based on a desired rounding method from mask data entered by the user to identify the rounding bit position. |
| US07948264B2 |
Systems, methods, and integrated circuits with inrush-limited power islands
A new approach for managing turn-on of power islands uses a precharge phase to begin the process of bringing up the island's internal supply voltage, while minimizing transients and associated power-control-logic instability. |
| US07948262B2 |
Configurable on-die termination
Described are systems that employ configurable on-die termination elements that allow users to select from two or more termination topologies. One topology is programmable to support rail-to-rail or half-supply termination. Another topology selectively includes fixed or variable filter elements, thereby allowing the termination characteristics to be tuned for different levels of speed performance and power consumption. Termination voltages and impedances might also be adjusted. |
| US07948259B2 |
Dielectric film and layer testing
A system for testing and a method for making a semiconductor device is disclosed. A preferred embodiment includes a conductor overlying a dielectric layer. The conductor is coupled to a first test pad via a first conducting line and to a second test pad via a second conducting line. |
| US07948254B2 |
Digital communications test system for multiple input, multiple output (MIMO) systems
A digital communications test system and method for testing a plurality of devices under test (DUTs) in which multiple sets of a single vector signal analyzer (VSA) and single vector signal generator (VSG) can be used together to perform error vector magnitude (EVM) measurements for one or more DUTs in parallel, including one or more of composite, switched and multiple input multiple output (MIMO) EVM measurements. This allows N pairs of a VSA and VSG to test N DUTs with N×N MIMO in substantially the sane time as a single VSA and VSG pair can test a single DUT, thereby allowing a substantial increase in testing throughput as compared to that possible with only a single VSA and VSG set. |
| US07948253B2 |
Probe assembly
An inexpensive probe assembly is provided which is applicable to narrow pad arrangements of LSI circuit designs, while closely-arranged wiring patterns near probe terminals is distributed effectively on an inspection substrate. A probe assembly is provided which is fabricated by etching metallic foil adhering to a resin film to form a conductive pattern including probing function on the resin film, and stacking or parallel-arranging a plurality of the resin films with probing function, the probe assembly used for inspecting circuits on a semiconductor chip by making probe tips collectively contact electrode pads on the chip, characterized in that the probe assembly includes an electrical terminal which is connected to the probe via the conductive pattern and is made to contact with a connecting land of the circuit board at an opposite side in a first direction (vertical direction) on the same plane as the probe. |
| US07948250B2 |
Probe with a changing device
The invention concerns a probe with at least two test prods, which are provided on a changing device connected to the probe and which can be alternately connected to an electric waveguide running inside the probe. |
| US07948247B2 |
Metal identifying device and metal identifying method
A metal identifying device precisely identifies a metal material in a metal member having a plurality of through-hole portions penetrating through the metal member. The metal identifying device of the present invention includes a measurement unit that obtains a measurement value by measuring an electrical property and/or optical property of a test object, a threshold value determination unit that determines a threshold value with use of a reference value obtained by measuring the property of a metal member having a metal composition to be identified and information indicating a ratio of the through-hole portions to a measurement area in the test object and/or information indicating a configuration of the through-hole portion, and a comparison/identification unit that identifies a metal composition of the test object by comparing the measurement value and the threshold value. |
| US07948245B2 |
Methods and systems for detecting a capacitance using sigma-delta measurement techniques
Methods, systems and devices are described for detecting a measurable capacitance using sigma-delta measurement techniques. According to various embodiments, a voltage is applied to the measurable capacitance using a first switch. The measurable capacitance is allowed to share charge with a passive network. If the charge on the passive network is past a threshold value, then the charge on the passive network is changed by a known amount for a sufficient number of repetitions until the measurable capacitance can be detected. Such a detection scheme may be readily implemented using conventional components, and can be particularly useful in sensing the position of a finger, stylus or other object with respect to a button, slider, touchpad or other input sensor. |
| US07948237B2 |
Large airborne time-domain electromagnetic transmitter coil system and apparatus
An airborne time domain electromagnetic survey system is provided. The system and apparatus of the present invention are able to address the interest in exploring base metals and uranium deposits at depths approaching 1 kilometer. It encompasses a transmitter coil having a large magnetic dipole moment, flight stability, which is light weight, compatible with small helicopters, and can be transported, setup and repaired in the field. It is of a semi-rigid modular structure that can decrease the incidence of damage or breakage during take-off or landing in rough terrain. |
| US07948236B1 |
Adaptive multichannel locator system for multiple proximity detection
A man-portable locator system for locating buried or otherwise inaccessible pipes, conduits, cables, wires and inserted transmitters using detector arrays and stochastic signal processing and similar techniques to analyze and display multiple target objects at differing frequencies in a layered user interface (UI). For example, the locator UI may be adapted to present a target plurality sorted by proximity of target conductor to the locator operator together with other useful information specifying the multiple objects, frequencies and changes in the subterranean landscape by means of a useful combination of graphical, numeric and acoustic representations. |
| US07948233B2 |
Omnidirectional eddy current array probes and methods of use
Omnidirectional eddy current array probes for detecting flaws in a conductive test object generally includes semi-circular wave shaped continuous drive lines in two rows disposed in two layers that are multiplexed for omnidirectional inspection without blind spots. The semicircular wave shaped continuous drive lines are superimposed to form pseudo-circular drive lines, wherein each row of drive lines is offset laterally by a distance preferably equal to a quarter wavelength of the wave pattern. For only parallel and perpendicular flaws, the drive multiplexing is not needed and each row will have only one set of drive lines. In alternate embodiments, there can be square-shaped, oval shaped, rectangular-shaped or other shaped wave patterns as well. Also disclosed are methods for sensing surface flaws and compensating their response. |
| US07948232B2 |
Position measuring apparatus
A position measuring apparatus includes at least one bearing, a rod of magnetizable material guided in the at least one bearing, a linear magnetic field sensor, and a magnet disposed next to the linear magnetic field sensor. The rod includes a cutout, and the magnet is arranged in the cutout within an enveloping cylinder lateral surface around the rod. |
| US07948230B2 |
Magnetic type digital-analogic position-sensing device
A magnetic type digital-analogic position-sensing device utilizes plural magnetic strips and plural digital sensing readers to perform position-sensing operation. One of the magnetic strips is provided with an analogic sensing reader. After being finely divided, the signal outputted from the analogic sensing reader can cooperate with the signals outputted from the digital sensing readers to obtain the displacement of the sensor. By such arrangements, the position-sensing device can both have high environment adaptability and high resolution. |
| US07948229B2 |
High temperature electronics for passive eddy current sensors
A system and method for sensing the periodic proximity of one or more objects, such as the rotating blades of a gas turbine. The system includes a passive eddy current sensing unit having first and second magnets and first and second coil-wound cores coupled to generate and detect first and second magnetic fields. The sensing unit is positioned relative to the object such that the first and second coil-wound cores produce outputs in response to the object periodically passing through the first and second magnetic fields, respectively. Circuitry electronically combines the outputs of the first and second coil-wound cores to produce output signals corresponding to the proximity and timing of the object as it periodically passes through the first and second magnetic fields. Electromagnetic interference noise present in the outputs of the first and second coil-wound cores is eliminated from the output signals of the circuitry. |
| US07948228B2 |
Technique for measuring power source noise generated inside integrated circuit
To accurately measure power source noise generated inside an integrated circuit, the power source noise measuring device comprises: a mutual inductor pair placed inside an integrated circuit, the mutual inductor pair including (i) a first inductor connected to between power source voltages of the integrated circuit and (ii) a second inductor arranged opposite the first inductor, the both ends of which second inductor are connected to external output terminals; and a power source noise measuring unit which measures power source noise of the integrated circuit on the basis of a voltage waveform output from the second inductor of said mutual inductor pair via the external output terminals. |
| US07948221B2 |
Electric power converter
The invention provides an optimal electric power converter for a DC/DC converter which variably steps up a voltage successively with an optional magnification of one to two times or more and/or step down a voltage successively with a step-down ratio of one time or less. The converter includes a first input-output part, an inductor connected with a positive or a negative electrode side of the first input-output part, plural switches, plural capacitors, a second input-output part connected with plural capacitors, and a control circuit, wherein the control circuit controls the plural switches with operation mode and makes the inductor and plural capacitors selectively functional, wherein the electric power converter is of a switched capacitance type that performs any operation out of step-up, step-down, regeneration, and continuity, and wherein the control circuit controls to have a period for which two switches out of the plural switches are simultaneously turned ON. |
| US07948214B2 |
Method and apparatus for charging batteries
A method for charging batteries, in particular lithium batteries, includes the steps of connecting a battery electrically to a battery-charging apparatus, dispensing electric power to the battery by means of the battery-charging apparatus, and regulating the electric current and voltage dispensed by the battery-charging apparatus to the battery. The regulating step includes the steps of detecting the voltage at the terminals of the battery and regulating the voltage dispensed by the battery-charging apparatus, during a phase of constant-voltage battery charging, depending on the voltage detected at the terminals of the battery, to compensate for parasitic voltage drops existing between the battery (1) and the battery-charging apparatus. |
| US07948211B2 |
System and methods to extend the service life of portable devices
A method for extending the service life of a portable device includes monitoring a battery of a portable device; identifying a problem bank; reconfiguring a connection schema for the battery to replace the problem battery bank with at least one spare bank; conditioning or exercising the problem bank; connecting the portable device to a power supply to recharge the problem bank; and reconnecting the recharged or repaired bank according to the connection schema without the at least one spare bank. A method for extending the service life of a portable device includes monitoring power consumption of at least one of the hardware or software of a portable device; and reconfiguring the connection schema of the battery banks to redistribute power consumption of at least one of the hardware or software. |
| US07948210B2 |
Battery pack and electric tool
A battery pack includes a plurality of lithium battery cells, an analog thermo sensing member, and an analog switch. The analog thermo sensing member detects, in an analog form, a battery temperature of at least one of the plurality of lithium battery cells, and outputs an output preventing signal if the battery temperature is over a first predetermined temperature. The analog switch element is the plurality of lithium battery cells in series, and is switched, based on the output preventing signal, to a state in which a current is prevented from flowing in the plurality of lithium battery cells. |
| US07948202B2 |
Starting circuit for single-phase AC motor
A starting circuit for a single-phase AC motor, comprising a main winding, a detecting circuit, a rectifying and filtering circuit, a triggering circuit, a switching circuit and a starting winding. The detecting circuit is connected in series to the main winding for transforming current parameters thereof into detecting signals. The switching circuit is connected in series to the starting winding. The rectifying and filtering circuit processes the detecting signals and the processed detecting signals to the triggering circuit. The triggering circuit enables or disables the switching circuit according to the detecting signals, so as to energize or deenergize the starting winding. The starting circuit features high reliability, long lifetime, simple circuit structure, low cost, and small size. |
| US07948197B2 |
Controlling torsional shaft oscillation
Torsional oscillation of a shaft in a swing drive system of an excavator is minimized by monitoring torsional strain of the shaft. An electric motor provides torque to the shaft in response to a drive signal provided by a converter. A compensation circuit produces a compensation signal as a function of torsional strain of the shaft. A field excitation circuit or regulator powers a converter as a function of the compensation signal such that a counter torque is provided to the shaft and torsional oscillation of the shaft is reduced. |
| US07948195B2 |
Method of controlling a roller blind actuator
A method of controlling an electromechanical actuator (ACT) comprising a motor (MOT) for maneuvering a mobile appliance (LD) of a building in a first direction (DIR1) and in a second direction (DIR2) by way of a remote-control unit (RCU) and a unit (MCU) for driving the motor that are placed respectively one upstream of the other on an electrical power line energizing the motor with an alternating voltage, a command to maneuver in the first direction comprising a half-wave rectified signal of positive polarity and a command to maneuver in the second direction comprising a half-wave rectified signal of negative polarity, wherein the maneuver commands furthermore comprise an alternating voltage signal following the half-wave rectified signal. |
| US07948191B2 |
Parallel transformer with output side electrical decoupling
A higher power package is provided in a smaller package by providing at least first and second magnetics in parallel in first and second transformers. To limit degrading performance associated with circulating current between the two transformers, the transformers are electrically decoupled. In a preferred embodiment, the circuit includes parallel primary and secondary windings of the transformer that are decoupled electrically on an output side. Particularly, diodes are provided in a preheat portion of the circuit so that once the preheat phase is terminated, the diodes prevent current flow in one direction through the preheat portion of the circuit. |
| US07948187B2 |
Electronically controlling acoustic energy from piezoelectric transformers
A power-supply circuit is described. In particular, the power-supply circuit includes an input node configured to receive a power-supply signal, an output node configured to output a modulated power-supply signal, and a modulation mechanism coupled between the input node and the output node. This modulation mechanism is configured to modulate the power-supply signal to produce the modulated power-supply signal. Furthermore, the modulation mechanism may be configured to modulate the power-supply signal using both a first modulation and a second modulation. This first modulation is a duty-cycle modulation which controls the power output of the piezoelectric transformer signal, and the second modulation spreads harmonic energy associated with the first modulation over a range of frequencies. By spreading the harmonic energy, the perceived acoustical noise generated by the piezoelectric transformer is reduced. |
| US07948182B2 |
Low-pressure gas discharge lamp with a reduced argon proportion in the gas filling
The invention relates to novel gas fillings of low-pressure gas discharge lamps for reducing the starting and arc drop voltages at low Hg vapor pressures. In favor of a mixture consisting of Ne and Kr, the Ar portion of the gas filling is considerably reduced. |
| US07948180B2 |
Plasma display panel and plasma display panel device with reduced driving voltage
In a panel unit 10, a discharge gas is filled into a discharge space 13. A protective layer 114 is provided in a partial region (a front panel 11 side) facing the inner space 13, and a phosphor layer 124 is provided in a counter region (a back panel 12 side) which holds the discharge space 13. The discharge gas is set at a total pressure of not less than 1.50×104 [Pa] and not more than 6.66×104 [Pa], and comprises an Xe gas as a first gas component and an Ar gas as a second gas component and is free from an Ne gas, provided that the Ne gas may be contained in the discharge gas at a partial pressure ratio of not more than 0.5[%] based on the total pressure. |
| US07948175B2 |
Light emitting device and method for manufacturing the same
When attaching a substrate with an EL element formed thereon and a transparent sealing substrate, the periphery of a pixel portion is surrounded with a first sealing agent that maintains a gap between the two pieces of substrates, an entire surface of the pixel portion is covered with a second transparent sealing agent so that the two pieces of substrate is fixed with the first sealing agent and the second sealing agent. Consequently, the EL element can be encapsulated by curing the first sealing agent and the second sealing agent without enclosing a drying agent and doing damage to the EL element due to UV irradiation even when a sealing device only having a function of UV irradiation is used. |
| US07948171B2 |
Light emitting device
A manufacturing method of an active matrix light emitting device in which the active matrix light emitting device can be manufactured in a shorter time with high yield at low cost compared with conventional ones will be provided. It is a feature of the present invention that a layered structure is employed for a metal electrode which is formed in contact with or is electrically connected to a semiconductor layer of each TFT arranged in a pixel area of an active matrix light emitting device. Further, the metal electrode is partially etched and used as a first electrode of a light emitting element. A buffer layer, a layer containing an organic compound, and a second electrode layer are stacked over the first electrode. |
| US07948169B2 |
Light emitting element with composite layers of varying concentration, light emitting device, and electronic apparatus
It is an object of the present invention to provide a light emitting element with a low driving voltage. In a light emitting element, a first electrode; and a first composite layer, a second composite layer, a light emitting layer, an electron transporting layer, an electron injecting layer, and a second electrode, which are stacked over the first electrode, are included. The first composite layer and the second composite layer each include metal oxide and an organic compound. A concentration of metal oxide in the first composite layer is higher than a concentration of metal oxide in the second composite layer, whereby a light emitting element with a low driving voltage can be obtained. Further, the composite layer is not limited to a two-layer structure. A multi-layer structure can be employed. However, a concentration of metal oxide in the composite layer is gradually higher from the light emitting layer to first electrode side. |
| US07948167B2 |
Organic light emitting device and manufacturing method thereof
The present invention relates to an organic light emitting device including a substrate, a first pixel electrode disposed on the substrate, a second pixel electrode disposed on the first pixel electrode and having a groove, a partition disposed on the second pixel electrode and having an opening exposing the groove, an organic light emitting member, and a common electrode disposed on the partition and the organic light emitting member. At least a portion of the organic light emitting member is disposed in the groove. The partition overlaps the groove to form a gap, and at least a portion of the organic light emitting member is disposed in the gap. |
| US07948164B2 |
Organic electro luminescence device and fabrication method thereof
An organic electro luminescence device includes: a display region and a non-display region defined in first and second substrates, sub-pixels defined in the display region; an array element including at least one TFT in the display region of the first substrate in each sub-pixel; a first electrode in an inner surface of the second substrate; a buffer in a predetermined region to partition an emission region of each sub-pixel on the first electrode, and an electrode separator on the buffer; an insulating layer in the emission region of each sub-pixel, and a spacer formed on the insulating layer; an organic electro luminescent layer in the emission region of each sub-pixel, the emission region including the insulating layer and the spacer; and a second electrode on the second substrate where the organic electro luminescent layer is formed. |
| US07948161B2 |
Display device
A display device includes an insulating substrate having an upper surface and a lower surface opposing the upper surface, a display element including a first electrode, an organic light emitting layer on the first electrode, and a second electrode on the organic light emitting layer, a first film connected to a first side of the upper surface, and a first circuit substrate connected to the first film and including a first surface facing the display element, a second surface opposing the first surface, and an electric element protruding from the second surface. |
| US07948157B2 |
Piezoelectric oscillator having a tuning fork piezoelectric vibrating piece
A piezoelectric oscillator which can conduct fine trimming adjustment and adjust frequencies highly precisely, particularly with no use of an expensive laser trimming apparatus with a small spot diameter, and a method of the same are provided. The method includes: a first step wherein a first spot train is formed on a mass adjustment film at a pitch smaller than the diameter of a film removal spot matched with the spot diameter of laser, and a second step wherein a train space to the first spot train is adjusted in accordance with the target frequency of a tuning fork crystal vibrating piece to form a second train and after, and these steps are in turn conducted, whereby fine trimming adjustment is performed. |
| US07948155B2 |
Piezoelectric device and liquid-ejecting head
The piezoelectric device includes a substrate, a first electrode deposited on the substrate, a piezoelectric film deposited on top of at least a part of the first electrode by vapor phase deposition, a second electrode deposited on the piezoelectric film and having a water vapor transmission rate of not more than 1 g/m2/day, and at least one protective film that covers at least peripheries of the second electrode and the piezoelectric film and which has an opening in a position corresponding to the piezoelectric film except the periphery thereof. The piezoelectric device has satisfactory moisture resistance and is capable of effectively preventing the ingress of moisture into the piezoelectric film. |
| US07948151B1 |
Electroactive polymer-based artificial neuromuscular unit
An artificial neuromuscular unit (ANMU) comprising: an electroactive polymer (EAP) actuator layer; an EAP logic layer coupled to the actuator layer; an EAP energy layer coupled to the logic layer such that the logic layer is interposed between the energy layer and the actuator layer, wherein the logic layer is configured to control energy transfer between the energy layer and the actuator layer; and a sensor element operatively coupled to the actuator layer and the logic layer, wherein the sensor element is configured to communicate deflections of the actuator layer to the logic layer. |
| US07948150B2 |
Piezoceramic multilayer actuator and method of manufacturing a piezoceramic multilayer actuator
A piezoceramic multilayer actuator (10) includes a plurality of green layers, wherein the green layers are to be converted to piezoceramic layers (12) with a piezoceramic material in a subsequent step of heating. A security layer material mixture with a second material (32) and particles (30) embedded in the second material (32) is provided, wherein the particles (30) have a third material different from the first material and different from the second material (32). The security layer material mixture is laminated between two piezoceramic layers (12), thereby forming a green stack. The green stack is heated to a sintering temperature, wherein the green layers are converted to the piezoceramic layers (12), and wherein a chemical reaction of the third material degrades the mechanical connection of the piezoceramic layers (12) by the security layer (20). |
| US07948149B2 |
Stator and piezo ultrasonic motor including the same
A stator and a piezo ultrasonic motor including the same are provided. The piezo ultrasonic motor includes a stator including an elastic body having a flat portion at its outer surface and a central hole penetrating the center of the stator with a predetermined size, and a piezoelectric body including a first internal piezoelectric body and a second internal piezoelectric body integrally disposed parallel to each other in a longitudinal direction of the flat portion and providing an external force deforming the elastic body when an AC voltage is applied, a rotor inserted in the central hole and including a contact frictionally contacting an inner surface of the central hole, an elastic part providing an elastic force maintaining close attachment of the contact to the stator. Accordingly, the manufacturing cost decreases by reducing the number of elements and simplifying a structure, and a stable driving characteristic can be achieved. |
| US07948148B2 |
Piezoelectric transducer
A miniature piezoelectric transducer element is provided, comprising; (a) a cell element having a cavity; (b) a flexible piezoelectric layer attached to the cell member, the piezoelectric layer having an external surface and an internal surface, the piezoelectric layer featuring such dimensions so as to enable fluctuations thereof at its resonance frequency upon impinging of an external acoustic wave; and (c) a first electrode attached to the external surface and a second electrode attached to the internal surface of the piezoelectric layer. At least one of the electrodes may be specifically shaped so as to provide a maximal electrical output, wherein the electrical output may be current, voltage or power. A preferred shape of the electrodes includes two cores interconnected by a connecting member. The transducer element may function as a transmitter. |
| US07948147B2 |
Sensor network incorporating stretchable silicon
A sensor network is described which includes a stretchable silicon substrate, and a plurality of nodes fabricated on the stretchable silicon substrate. The nodes include at least one of an energy harvesting and storage element, a communication device, a sensing device, and a processor. The nodes are interconnected via interconnecting conductors formed in the substrate. |
| US07948146B2 |
Clip
A clip for securing a sleeve to the body of a piezoelectric actuator in an actuator assembly, the clip taking the form of a band comprising first and second axially spaced ring-like members joined by a plurality of inwardly facing substantially arch shaped sections, the arch shaped sections defining the minimum inner diameter of the band, whereby axial displacement of the ring-like members way from one another causes flexing of the arch shaped sections to increase the minimum inner diameter of the band while axial displacement of the ring-like members towards one another causes flexing of the arch shaped sections to reduce the minimum inner diameter of the band thereby, when in use, to increase a clamping force applied to the sleeve. |
| US07948145B2 |
Switched reluctance motor
A plurality of concavities and convexities is provided on tips of all rotor teeth 24 of the SR motor 5. Depths of the concave portions α are deep on an edge side where a stator tooth 23 and rotor tooth 24 first approach and are shallow as a facing area between the stator tooth 23 and rotor tooth 24 increases. Therefore, magnetic resistance between the stator tooth 23 and rotor tooth 24 becomes high at an early stage of the stator tooth 23 and rotor tooth 24 facing each other and becomes low as the facing area between the stator tooth 23 and rotor tooth 24 increases. As a result, torque fluctuation can be suppressed at a time of a large current and a minimum generation torque can be increased at a time of a small current. |
| US07948144B2 |
Electrical rotary machine
An electric motor 1 comprises a rotator 20 rotating relative to a stator 10 and a plurality of teeth 11 winding an exciting coil 12 in the stator 10. The teeth 11 generate a magnetic field directed to the rotator 20 from tip faces 11a and comprise a radially extending part 11A extending in a radial direction of the rotator 20 and a coil winding part 11B formed to be bent from the radially extending part 11A. |
| US07948142B2 |
Stator for rotary electric machine and method of manufacturing the stator
A rotor provided in rotary electric machines comprises a stator core having a radial direction and slots provided with bottomed openings directed in the radial direction. The rotor also comprises a stator coil comprising slot accommodation portions being accommodated in the slots of the stator core and coil end portions each connecting mutually adjacent slot accommodation portions among the slot accommodation portions and respectively protruding from both end faces of the stator core. The stator coil is pre-formed into a cylindrical shape before the slot accommodation portions are accommodated into the slots of the stator core. The slot accommodation portions are formed to respectively have convex parts each protruding toward an opposite way to the slot openings, before the slot accommodation portions are accommodated into the slots. The convex parts are pressed by the stator core toward the openings during accommodation of the slot accommodation portions into the slots. |
| US07948140B2 |
Joint structure of electric wire, stator of rotary electric machine, method for manufacturing the same
When electric wires (joint conductors) are disposed adjacent each other in a peeled state of coatings, a gap corresponding to the total thickness of both conductors' insulating films as skin layers is formed between end joined face portions of the conductors. The gap becomes larger because the conductors are tapered. Therefore, the adhesion between both conductors is impaired, with a consequent fear of occurrence of joining imperfection. In opposed joined face portions of electric wires (joint conductors), the conductors are deformed from the tips of their axes to the joined face side in such a manner that exposed portions at the tips of the conductors and insulating film faces located in the vicinity thereof are flush with each other or the exposed portions are projected. The gap formed between the electric wires (joint conductors) can be diminished, whereby the reliability of connection is improved and it becomes easier to perform the work of joint conductors, with the result that the productivity of a stator of a rotary electric machine such as an AC generator for a vehicle could be improved. |
| US07948138B2 |
Rotor
A rotor is provided with a rotor core, a magnet inserted into the rotor core and a filling portion arranged in a space between the rotor core and the magnet. The space between the rotor core and a radially outer side surface of the magnet has a uniform width in a central portion (portion (A)) with respect to a width direction (of arrow (DR4)) of the magnet. A width of the space in an end portion (portion (B)) with respect to the width direction (of arrow (DR4)) of the magnet is larger than that of the space in the portion (A). |
| US07948136B2 |
Permanent magnet motor with magnets in an adjusted position to reduce cogging torque
To reduce the cogging torque of servomotors, electric power steering motors, and others, there is provided a permanent magnet motor comprising: a rotor 10 comprising a rotor yoke 11 and a plurality of permanent magnets (M1-M10); and a stator 20 comprising a stator yoke 22, salient magnetic poles 21, and armature windings 23, wherein at least one of the permanent magnets is disposed in an adjustment position that is displaced from a corresponding reference position in at least one of the circumferential, radial, and axial directions of the rotor yoke, and the plurality of permanent magnets excluding the permanent magnet disposed in the adjustment position is disposed in the reference positions, and wherein the adjustment position is set so that the permanent magnet motor in which at least one of the plurality of permanent magnets is disposed in the adjustment position has a smaller cogging torque than a permanent magnet motor in which all of the plurality of permanent magnets are disposed in the reference positions; and a method for adjusting a cogging torque of a permanent magnet motor. |
| US07948135B2 |
Radial anisotropic sintered magnet and its production method, magnet rotor using sintered magnet, and motor using magnet rotor
A radial anisotropic sintered magnet formed into a cylindrical shape includes a portion oriented in directions tilted at an angle of 30° or more from radial directions, the portion being contained in the magnet at a volume ratio in a range of 2% or more and 50% or less, and a portion oriented in radial directions or in directions tilted at an angle less than 30° from radial directions, the portion being the rest of the total volume of the magnet. The radial anisotropic sintered magnet has excellent magnet characteristics without occurrence of cracks in the steps of sintering and cooling for aging, even if the magnet has a shape of a small ratio between an inner diameter and an outer diameter. |
| US07948133B2 |
Rotor and rotating electric machine with the rotor
A motor includes: a rotating shaft having a key groove formed in the peripheral surface of the rotating shaft; a rotor core having a through hole in which the rotating shaft can be received and a key portion formed on the inner surface of the rotor core defining the through hole, the key portion being fittable in the key groove; and a stress relaxation groove formed at a position adjacent to the key portion in the inner surface of the rotor core defining the through hole, and depressed away from the peripheral surface of the rotating shaft. The inner surface of the through hole is arc-shaped. A bottom surface of the stress relaxation groove, located radially outward in the inner surface of the stress relaxation groove, includes an arc portion centered at the center defining the through hole. |
| US07948132B2 |
Axial gap-type electric motor
An electric motor includes a stator, at least one rotor, an output shaft engaged with the at least one rotor, and a contact area changing device configured to change an area of contact between the at least one rotor and the output shaft, wherein the area of contact between the at least one rotor and the output shaft affects a characteristic resonant frequency of the at least one rotor. A method to reduce vibrations in an electric motor includes engaging an output shaft into at least one rotor, rotating the output shaft and the at least one rotor with respect to a stator, changing an area of contact between the at least one rotor and a radial protrusion of the output shaft, and shifting the resonant frequency of the at least one rotor with the changed area of contact. |
| US07948131B2 |
Superconducting magnetic thrust bearing with integrated dynamotor
In a superconducting magnetic thrust bearing with integrated dynamotor, a first fixed core is formed to have a U-shaped cross-section in a direction of the central axis of the cylindrical shape with an opening of the U-shape being directed perpendicularly to the central axis, and a superconducting coil is arranged on the inside of the U-shaped portion of the first fixed core formed into the U-shape. A rotary core has projecting ends at positions opposite to two projecting ends of the U-shape of the first fixed core, and a magnetic flux guide path, at a position opposite to an armature core, with a shape varying at predetermined intervals in the winding direction of the superconducting coil. The rotary core is constituted such that it rotates relatively to the first fixed core and is able to move in the direction of the central axis of the first fixed core. The armature core is arranged fixedly in a magnetic flux path that introduces a magnetic flux, which is generated from the superconducting coil and led out from one of the two projecting ends of the U-shape of the first fixed core, to the projecting ends of the rotary core, and leads out the magnetic flux from the projecting ends of the rotary core. |
| US07948130B2 |
Rotating electrical machine
A rotating electrical machine includes a stator of which winding terminals are connected to conductive members using a connection substrate on which the conductive members are disposed and which includes an insulating plate. The connection substrate includes a plurality of circumferential grooves and a plurality of radial grooves. The conductive members are fitted to the circumferential grooves in a concentric manner. The conductive members coated with insulating films are formed in a bent shape such that the conductive members project from the radial grooves to an outside of the connection substrate and are connected to the winding terminals of the stator. |
| US07948127B2 |
Connection method for rotating rectifiers on a generator
An annular bus ring assembly for connecting main rotor windings of a generator to the exciter diodes includes a plurality of annular bus rings with tabs bent over forming plurality of pads mounted on either side of a dielectric hub. The pads of annular bus rings clocked at an angle to each other to generate a pattern of plurality of pads on a equal angle spacing on a diameter to connect to the diodes by wire rope leads and a pattern of two connection at 90° spacing to connect to main generator leads. |
| US07948126B2 |
Liquid cooling system of an electric machine
Disclosed is a liquid cooling system for an electric machine including a frame heat conductively attachable to a stator of an electric machine. The liquid cooling system further includes a cover mechanically attached to the frame and fluidly sealed to the frame, the cover and frame defining a cavity therebetween. The cover includes at least one protrusion extending substantially a distance between the cover and the frame. A method for constructing a liquid is also provided. The method includes forming at least one protrusion in the cover and structurally affixing the cover to the frame. The cover is fluidly sealed to the frame. |
| US07948125B2 |
System and method for cooling an electric motor
A cooling system is provided for an electric motor and comprises a rotor assembly, an intake assembly, and a first reservoir. The rotor assembly is coupled to and rotatable within a housing, and comprises a rotor having a first and second ends having a first plurality of veins extending therebetween, each vein having an inlet and an outlet. The rotor assembly also comprises a first manifold coupled to and rotatable with the first end of the rotor in fluid communication with the inlets of the first plurality of veins. The intake assembly is coupled to the housing and is in fluid communication with the first manifold. The first reservoir is configured to contain a motor coolant and is coupled to the housing for collecting the motor coolant from the outlets of the first plurality of veins, and for providing a source of motor coolant to the intake assembly. |
| US07948124B1 |
Electro-magnetic kinetic energy harvesting device using increased magnetic edge area
An energy harvesting apparatus comprising: a substrate; two magnets coupled to the substrate in close proximity to each other with like magnetic poles facing each other creating a flux gap; a coil coupled to the substrate and disposed within the flux gap, wherein the coil and the magnets are coupled to the substrate such that substrate acceleration causes relative motion between the magnets and the coil thereby exposing the coil to a changing magnetic flux. |
| US07948121B2 |
Safety switching apparatus
A safety switching apparatus for the failsafe disconnection of an electrical load has a first and a second terminal for supplying a first and a second signal from a signaling device, such as an emergency-off button. The safety switching apparatus also has a first and a second switching element which together produce a redundant output switching signal for disconnecting the load. The first switching element has a first control circuit to which the first signal is supplied. The second switching element has a second control circuit to which the second signal is supplied. The safety switching apparatus further has circuitry providing a first current path, an alternative second current path and at least one further switching element. The at least one further switching element is designed to select either the first or the second current path, depending on a polarity of the second signal, in order to route the second signal to the second control circuit. |
| US07948118B2 |
Uninterruptible power supply and method for implementing said power supply
An uninterruptible power supply including at least one first input, a power supply output, a first converter which is shut down when operating in economic mode, a reversible second converter, a branching and/or selection circuit for connecting an input directly to the power supply output when operating in economic mode, and control units for use when operating with the input disconnected from the power supply output, and switching between some of the units to regulate the current at the input when operating in economic mode. |
| US07948116B2 |
Method and apparatus for controlling a supply current for a circuit or a plurality of circuit blocks
A method for controlling a supply current for a circuit comprises setting a target value of a quantity related to a supply current, said target value being different from a presently established value of the quantity, and adjusting the quantity until a value of the quantity corresponds to the target value. A method for controlling a supply current to a plurality of circuit blocks comprises providing a plurality of partial supply currents to the plurality of circuit blocks, setting at least one target value of a quantity related to at least one of the partial supply currents, checking whether a predetermined condition which depends on the at least one set target value is achieved, and if the predetermined condition is not achieved, changing at least one among the at least one target values and the at least one partial supply currents to achieve the predetermined condition. |
| US07948114B2 |
Apparatus and method for providing a power switch array with adjustable current rating power switches
An apparatus and method are disclosed for providing a power switch array with adjustable current rating power switches. A plurality of current rating power switches is provided that connects a power supply unit to a plurality of device ports. A power switch array controller is provided that adjusts an adjustable current rating in each of the plurality of adjustable current rating power switches. Each of the plurality of adjustable current rating power switches is adjustable to a selected number of current values. The power switch array controller dynamically adjusts the current ratings in the adjustable current power switches as required by the current requirements of the device ports. |
| US07948113B2 |
Power supply management system
A power supply management system includes means for detecting required electric power supply from electric loads installed in the motor vehicle, means for determining a distribution of amounts of the electric power to be distributed to the electric loads from an electric power resource in the motor vehicle based on the requirements of the supply of the electric power from the electric loads, and means for supplying one of amounts of the electric power to a corresponding one of the electric loads in accordance with the distribution of the amounts of the electric power. |
| US07948112B2 |
Electric equipment mounting structure and electric vehicle
An electric equipment mounting structure includes: a PCU mounted inside an engine room of a hybrid vehicle; an air cleaner mounted inside the engine room of the hybrid vehicle with a distance between the PCU; and cables connected to a surface, facing the air cleaner, of the PCU. |
| US07948108B2 |
Systems and methods for converting marine currents into electrical energy
Systems and methods for converting marine current into electrical energy are provided. Certain systems include a housing with an opening that is adjustable between an open position and a closed position and a plunger that is configurable between a porous state and a non-porous state. The plunger can be configured to translate about the housing in a first direction when the opening is in the open position and the plunger is in the non-porous state, and in the opposite direction when the opening is in the closed position and the plunger is in the porous state. Certain systems include an axis configured to rotate, decks extending radially from the axis, and a vane disposed between the decks. The vane can be configured to translate between a first end of the decks and a second end of the decks when the axis rotates one hundred and eighty degrees. |
| US07948107B2 |
Conversion of energy in waves and in tidal flow
An energy conversion system comprising a support structure upstanding within a volume of water subject to the occurrence of both wave motion and tidal flow, a first apparatus mounted from the support for deriving usable power from the tidal flow, and a second apparatus operationally supported relative to the support structure for deriving usable power from the occurrence of wave motion independently from that derived from tidal flows and power transfer apparatus for facilitating the transfer of such usable powers to a land based location, or for making some alternative use of such power elsewhere. |
| US07948106B2 |
Power generator and power generation method
A power generating apparatus and a power generating method capable of reducing a power generating price by generating a power by high head turbines and a generator used in a dam type or conduit type power plant even if the head of water is small. The power generating apparatus comprises first water wheels (2) driven by the flow of water (W1), pumps (3) connected to the first water wheels (2) and pumping up a part of the water (W1), a pressure control valve (7) raising the pressure of the water (W1) discharged from the pumps (3) to a predetermined pressure, a second water wheel (4) installed on the ground and driven by the water (W1) from the pressure control valve (7), and a generator (5) installed on the ground and driven by the second water wheel (4). |
| US07948103B2 |
Method and system for verifying wind turbine operation
A wind turbine verification system is described that includes a wind turbine controller having a plurality of wind turbine operating parameters stored therein and a verification device that includes a processor, memory device, and user input mechanism. The verification device is configured to communicatively couple to the wind turbine controller via a data link. The verification device is also configured to receive at least one parameter from the wind turbine controller and execute a verification program on the wind turbine controller, wherein the verification program is configured to iterate through a plurality of predefined tasks. The verification device is configured to verify at least one operating condition of a wind turbine based on the executed verification program. |
| US07948102B2 |
Method for operating a wind energy plant with a doubly-fed asynchronous machine and wind energy plant with a doubly-fed asynchronous machine
Method for operating a wind energy plant having a doubly-fed asynchronous machine, a grid-sided converter and a generator-sided converter both being controlled by a control means, the method comprising the following steps: in a regular operating mode the converters are controlled by the control means by means of command variables, in case of fault the converters are controlled by at least one control module which controls the torque and/or the active power and the reactive current and/or the reactive power by means of command variables such that a disconnection of the asynchronous machine from the grid will be performed only if the grid voltage falls below a predetermined voltage-time-characteristic curve, wherein the shape of the voltage-time-characteristic curve is configured by a plurality of pre-selectable parameters in the at least one control module. |
| US07948093B2 |
Memory IC package assembly having stair step metal layer and apertures
Disclosed is a low cost memory IC package assembly having a first metal layer bonded to the die and a dielectric insulating layer with circuits and with apertures to expose the first metal layer bonded thereto. |
| US07948087B2 |
Electronic circuit with repetitive patterns formed by shadow mask vapor deposition and a method of manufacturing an electronic circuit element
An electronic circuit with repetitive patterns formed by shadow mask vapor deposition includes a repetitive pattern of electronic circuit elements formed on a substrate. Each electronic circuit element includes the following elements in the desired order of deposition: a first semiconductor segment, a second semiconductor segment, a first metal segment, a second metal segment, a third metal segment, a fourth metal segment, a fifth metal segment, a sixth metal segment, a first insulator segment, a second insulator segment, a third insulator segment, a seventh metal segment, an eighth metal segment, a ninth metal segment and a tenth metal segment. All of the above segments may be deposited via a shadow mask deposition process. The electronic circuit element may be an element of an array of like electronic circuit elements. |
| US07948083B2 |
Reliable BEOL integration process with direct CMP of porous SiCOH dielectric
The present invention relates to methods of improving the fabrication of interconnect structures of the single or dual damascene type, in which there is no problem of hard mask retention or of conductivity between the metal lines after fabrication. The methods of the present invention include at least steps of chemical mechanical polishing and UV exposure or chemical repair treatment which steps improve the reliability of the interconnect structure formed. The present invention also relates to an interconnect structure which include a porous ultra low k dielectric of the SiCOH type in which the surface layer thereof has been modified so as to form a gradient layer that has both a density gradient and a C content gradient. |
| US07948076B2 |
Semiconductor chip assembly with post/base heat spreader and vertical signal routing
A semiconductor chip assembly includes a semiconductor device, a heat spreader, a substrate and an adhesive. The semiconductor device is electrically connected to the substrate and thermally connected to the heat spreader. The heat spreader includes a post and a base. The post extends upwardly through an opening in the adhesive into an aperture in the substrate, and the base extends laterally and supports the substrate. The adhesive extends between the post and the substrate and between the base and the substrate. The substrate includes first and second conductive layers and a dielectric layer therebetween, and the assembly provides vertical signal routing between a pad at the first conductive layer and a terminal below the adhesive. |
| US07948075B2 |
Silicon nitride substrate, method of manufacturing the same, and silicon nitride circuit board and semiconductor module using the same
A silicon nitride substrate having appropriately adjusted warpage and surface roughness can be obtained by mixing magnesium oxide of 3 to 4 wt % and at least one kind of rare-earth element oxide of 2 to 5 wt % with silicon nitride source material powder to form a sheet-molded body, sintering the sheet-molded body, and performing a heat treatment at a temperature of 1,550 to 1,700 degree C. with a pressure of 0.5 to 6.0 kPa with a plurality of substrates being stacked. Also, a silicon nitride circuit board and a semiconductor module using the same are provided. |
| US07948067B2 |
Coil transducer isolator packages
In an embodiment, the invention provides a coil transducer isolator package comprising at least one lead frame, at least two integrated circuits (ICs) and a flex circuit comprising at least a first coil transducer. The first coil transducer comprises at least one metal coil. The coil transducer isolator package is fabricated such that no portion of the lead frame is physically located within a spatial volume extending substantially perpendicular to the at least one metal coil. The boundaries of the spatial volume are defined by a periphery of the at least one metal coil. At least one of the two ICs is at least partially located within the spatial volume extending substantially perpendicular to the at least one metal coil. |
| US07948061B2 |
Group III nitride-based compound semiconductor device
A characteristic feature of the invention is to form, in a Group III nitride-based compound semiconductor device, a negative electrode on a surface other than a Ga-polar C-plane. In a Group III nitride-based compound semiconductor light-emitting device, there are formed, on an R-plane sapphire substrate, an n-contact layer, a layer for improving static breakdown voltage, an n-cladding layer made of a multi-layer structure having ten stacked sets of an undoped In0.1Ga0.9N layer, an undoped GaN layer, and a silicon (Si)-doped GaN layer, a multi-quantum well (MQW) light-emitting layer made of a combination of In0.25Ga0.75N well layers and GaN barrier layers stacked alternatingly, a p-cladding layer made of a multi-layer structure including a p-type Al0.3Ga0.7N layer and a p-In0.08Ga0.92N layer, and a p-contact layer (thickness: about 80 nm) made of a stacked structure including two p-GaN layers having different magnesium concentrations. Through etching, the n-contact layer having a thickness direction along the c-axis is provided with stripe-patterned microditches each having side walls, which assume a C-plane, whereby ohmic contact is established between a negative electrode and each C-plane side wall. |
| US07948060B2 |
Integrated circuit structure
An integrated circuit and corresponding method of manufacture. The integrated circuit has a die comprising: an outer strengthening ring around a periphery of the die, the outer ring having one or more gaps; and an inner strengthening ring within the outer ring and around interior circuitry of the die, the inner ring having one or more gaps offset from the gaps of the outer ring. One or more conducting members are electrically isolated from said rings and electrically connected to the interior circuitry, each member passing through a gap of the inner ring and through a gap of the outer ring. |
| US07948058B2 |
Semiconductor device and semiconductor integrated circuit device for driving plasma display using the semiconductor device
A lateral IGBT structure having an emitter terminal including two or more base layers of a second conductivity-type for one collector terminal, in which the base layers of a second conductivity-type in emitter regions are covered with a first conductivity-type layer having a concentration higher than that of a drift layer so that a silicon layer between the first conductivity-type layer covering the emitter regions and a buried oxide film has a reduced resistance to increase current flowing to an emitter farther from the collector to thereby enhance the current density. |
| US07948057B2 |
Electronic component module
A ferrite substrate, a winding-embedded ferrite resin layer, and an IC-embedded ferrite resin layer are laminated, the ferrite substrate has a ferrite first protruding part that protrudes into the ferrite resin layer from the surface thereof, the winding inside the ferrite resin layer is arranged winding around the first protruding part, and the IC overlaps the first protruding part in the resin layer. According to this configuration, high integration can be achieved, and the IC is arranged at a site where the ferrite first protruding part, the height of which fluctuates little as a result of thermal expansion, overlaps the ferrite resin layer, the thickness of which is thinned by the first protruding part and varies little as a result of thermal expansion, minimizing variations in the gap between the winding and the IC as a result of thermal expansion, and achieving greater stability of electrical characteristics. |
| US07948056B2 |
Integrated electronic device and method of making the same
An integrated electronic device includes a substrate, passive components, pads for external connection, and three-dimensional wiring. The passive components includes a multi-stage coil inductor provided on the substrate. The multi-stage coil inductor has a plurality of coils disposed in several layers. Mutually adjacent coil wires are spaced-apart from each other. The three-dimensional wiring includes a first wiring portion which extends on the substrate, a second wiring portion which extends off the substrate but along the substrate, and a third wiring portion connecting with the first wiring portion and the second wiring portion. |
| US07948047B2 |
Input display
An input display is provided in the present invention. The input display includes a thin film transistor (TFT) and a light blocking layer. The TFT includes a low-field electrode, a high-field electrode connected to the low-field electrode with a connecting section, and a field-effect area positioned on the connecting section and connected to the high-field electrode, wherein a PN junction field is formed in the field-effect area when the TFT is switched off. The light blocking layer corresponds to the high-field electrode and hides the field-effect area from all incident light from the TFT. |
| US07948043B2 |
MEMS package that includes MEMS device wafer bonded to cap wafer and exposed array pads
A package of a micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) device includes a cap wafer, a plurality of bonding bumps formed over the cap wafer, a plurality of array pads arrayed on an outer side of the bonding bumps, and an MEMS device wafer bonded to an upper portion of the cap wafer in a manner to expose the array pads. |
| US07948040B2 |
Semiconductor device
A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor layer overlapping with a gate electrode and having an impurity region outside a region which overlaps with the gate electrode; a first conductive layer which is provided on a side provided with the gate electrode of the semiconductor layer and partially in contact with the impurity region; an insulating layer provided over the gate electrode and the first conductive layer; and a second conductive layer which is formed in the insulating layer and in contact with the first conductive layer through an opening at least part of which overlaps with the first conductive layer. |
| US07948039B2 |
Semiconductor device and method for fabricating the same
A seal ring structure is formed through a multilayer structure of a plurality of dielectric films in a peripheral part of a chip region to surround the chip region. A dual damascene interconnect in which an interconnect and a plug connected to the interconnect are integrated is formed in at least one of the dielectric films in the chip region. Part of the seal ring structure formed in the dielectric film in which the dual damascene interconnect is formed is continuous. A protection film formed on the multilayer structure has an opening on the seal ring. A cap layer connected to the seal ring is formed in the opening. |
| US07948036B2 |
I/O and power ESD protection circuits by enhancing substrate-bias in deep-submicron CMOS process
A technique to enhancing substrate bias of grounded-gate NMOS fingers (ggNMOSFET's) has been developed. By using this technique, lower triggering voltage of NMOS fingers can be achieved without degrading ESD protection in negative zapping. By introducing a simple gate-coupled effect and a PMOSFET triggering source with this technique, low-voltage triggered NMOS fingers have also been developed in power and I/O ESD protection, respectively. A semiconductor device which includes a P-well which is underneath NMOS fingers. The device includes an N-well ring which is configured so that the inner P-well underneath the NMOS fingers is separated from an outer P-well. The inner P-well and outer P-well are connected by a P-substrate resistance which is much higher than the resistance of the P-wells. A P+-diffusion ring surrounding the N-well ring is configured to connect to VSS, i.e., P-taps. |
| US07948035B2 |
Decoding system capable of charging protection for flash memory devices
The present invention relates to a flash memory array. The flash memory array includes at least two word lines of gate electrode material. At least one of the word lines is connected through a first metal level to a discharge circuit, while other word line(s) may connect to a discharge circuit through a first and second metal level. The memory array further includes a shorting path between the word lines of the memory array. The shorting path is a high resistance layer of undoped gate electrode material. The resistance value of the gate electrode material is such that the word lines can be used to read, write, or erase without effecting each other, but that during the formation of a first metal level, as charges will build up on a first word line which requires a second metal level to connect to its discharge junction circuit, it will short the first word line to an adjacent second word line that has a connection to its junction circuit on the first metal level. |
| US07948032B2 |
Power MOS transistor device and layout
A power metal-oxide semiconductor (MOS) transistor device is provided. The power MOS transistor device includes a drain region disposed in a substrate, a gate structure layer disposed over the substrate, and enclosing a periphery of the drain region, and a source region formed in the substrate and distributed at an outer periphery of the gate structure layer. In addition, the MOS transistor device can, for example, form a transistor array. |
| US07948030B2 |
Semiconductor constructions of memory devices with different sizes of GateLine trenches
Some embodiments include methods of recessing multiple materials to a common depth utilizing etchant comprising C4F6 and C4F3. The recessed materials may be within isolation regions, and the recessing may be utilized to form trenches for receiving gatelines. Some embodiments include structures having an island of semiconductor material laterally surrounded by electrically insulative material. Two gatelines extend across the insulative material and across the island of semiconductor material. One of the gatelines is recessed deeper into the electrically insulative material than the other. |
| US07948029B2 |
MOS device with varying trench depth
A semiconductor device includes a drain, an epitaxial layer overlaying the drain, a body disposed in the epitaxial layer, a source embedded in the body, a gate trench extending into the epitaxial layer, a gate disposed in the gate trench, an active region contact trench extending through the source, the active region contact trench having a varying contact trench depth, and an active region contact electrode disposed within the active region contact trench. |
| US07948028B2 |
DRAM device having a gate dielectric layer with multiple thicknesses
A transistor device employed in a support circuit of a DRAM includes a semiconductor substrate having thereon a gate trench, a recessed gate embedded in the gate trench, a source doping region disposed at one side of the recessed gate, a drain doping region disposed at the other side of the recessed gate, and a gate dielectric layer between the recessed gate and the semiconductor substrate. The gate dielectric layer has at least two thicknesses that render the high-voltage transistor device asymmetric. The thicker gate dielectric layer is between the recessed gate and the drain doping region, while the thinner gate dielectric layer is between the recessed gate and the source doping region. |
| US07948027B1 |
Embedded bit line structure, field effect transistor structure with the same and method of fabricating the same
An embedded bit line structure, in which, a substrate includes an insulator layer having an original top surface and a semiconductor layer on the original top surface of the insulator layer, and a bit line is disposed within the lower portion of the trench along one side of an active area. The bit line includes a first portion and a second portion. The first portion is located within the insulator layer and below the original top surface of the insulator layer. The second portion is disposed on the first portion to electrically connect the semiconductor layer of the active area. An insulator liner is disposed on the first portion of the bit line and between the second portion of the bit line and the semiconductor layer of the substrate opposite the active area for isolation. An STI is disposed within the trench to surround the active area for isolation. |
| US07948025B2 |
Non-volatile memory device having charge trapping layer and method for fabricating the same
A non-volatile memory device includes a substrate, a tunneling layer over the substrate, a charge trapping layer including a nitride layer and a silicon boron nitride layer over the tunneling layer, and a blocking layer over the charge trapping layer, and a control gate electrode arranged on the blocking layer. |
| US07948021B2 |
Semiconductor memory device and method of fabricating the same
A semiconductor memory includes a memory cell array area provided with first and second memory cells and having a first active area and a first element isolation area constituting a line & space structure, and having a floating gate electrode and a control gate electrode in the first active area, a word line contact area adjacent to the memory cell array area and having a second active area, first and second word lines with a metal silicide structure, functioning respectively as the control gate electrodes of the first and second memory cells and arranged to straddle the memory cell array area and the word line contact area. A dummy gate electrode is arranged just below the first and second word lines in the second active area. |
| US07948018B2 |
Multilayer image sensor structure for reducing crosstalk
An image sensor pixel includes a substrate, an epitaxial layer, and a light collection region. The substrate is doped to have a first conductivity type. The epitaxial layer is disposed over the substrate and doped to have a second conductivity type opposite of the first conductivity type. The light collection region is disposed within the epitaxial layer for collecting photo-generated charge carriers. The light collection region is doped to have the first conductivity type as well. |
| US07948013B2 |
Semiconductor device and associated layouts having linear shaped gate electrodes defined along at least five adjacent gate electrode tracks of equal pitch
A layout of a cell of a semiconductor device is disclosed to include a diffusion level layout including a plurality of diffusion region layout shapes to be formed within a portion of a substrate, including a p-type diffusion region layout shape and an n-type diffusion region layout shape separated by a central inactive region. The layout of the cell also includes a gate electrode level layout defined to include a number of linear-shaped layout features placed to extend in only a first parallel direction. Each of the number of the linear-shaped layout features within the gate electrode level layout of the restricted layout region is rectangular-shaped. The gate electrode level layout includes linear-shaped layout features defined along at least four different lines of extent in the first parallel direction. The gate electrode level layout corresponds to an entire gate electrode level of the cell. |
| US07948012B2 |
Semiconductor device having 1965 nm gate electrode level region including at least four active linear conductive segments and at least one non-gate linear conductive segment
A restricted layout region includes a diffusion level layout that includes a number of diffusion region layout shapes to be formed within a portion of a substrate of a semiconductor device. The diffusion region layout shapes define at least one p-type diffusion region and at least one n-type diffusion region. The restricted layout region includes a gate electrode level layout defined to include rectangular-shaped layout features placed to extend in only a first parallel direction. Some of the rectangular-shaped layout features form gate electrodes of respective PMOS transistor devices, and some of the rectangular-shaped layout features form gate electrodes of respective NMOS transistor devices. A number of the PMOS transistor devices is equal to a number of the NMOS transistor devices in the restricted layout region of the semiconductor device. Additionally, the restricted layout region corresponds to an entire gate electrode level of a cell layout. |
| US07948011B2 |
N-polar aluminum gallium nitride/gallium nitride enhancement-mode field effect transistor
A novel enhancement mode field effect transistor (FET), such as a High Electron Mobility Transistors (HEMT), has an N-polar surface uses polarization fields to reduce the electron population under the gate in the N-polar orientation, has improved dispersion suppression, and low gate leakage. |
| US07948009B2 |
Nitride semiconductor epitaxial wafer and nitride semiconductor device
A nitride semiconductor epitaxial wafer includes a growth substrate including a surface for growing a nitride semiconductor thereon, a first structure layer formed on the growth substrate, a dislocation propagation direction changing layer formed on the first structure layer for changing a propagation direction of a dislocation propagated in the first structure layer into a lateral direction, a second structure layer formed on the dislocation propagation direction changing layer, and a buffer layer formed on the second structure layer for changing a propagation direction of a dislocation propagated in the second structure layer. |
| US07948007B2 |
Power semiconductor module with flush terminal elements
A power semiconductor module includes a housing, terminal elements leading to the outside of the housing, an electrically insulated substrate arranged inside the housing, with the substrate being comprised of an insulating body and having on the first main face facing away from the base plate a plurality of connecting tracks electrically insulated from each other. The terminal and connecting elements are arranged on a connecting track in with contact faces contacting connecting tracks or power semiconductor components, with the individual contact faces having a plurality of partial contact faces. In one optional embodiment, each partial contact face has a maximum area of 20 mm2. In another embodiment, partial contact faces each are arranged at a distance of approximately 5 mm with regard to each other and the connection of the partial faces to the connecting tracks or the power semiconductor components is flush. |
| US07948004B2 |
Light source head and image forming apparatus
A self-scanning light source head comprising: a substrate, surface emitting semiconductor lasers arranged in an array on the substrate, and at least one thyristor disposed on the substrate and serving as a switching element selectively turning ON and OFF light emission of the surface emitting semiconductor lasers, and an image forming apparatus using the same are provided. |
| US07948003B2 |
Transparent electrode
In order to emit a light from an electrode side, in semiconductor light emitting devices such as LED and the like, and liquid crystal, the electrode is formed of a transparent material so as to transmit a light through the transparent electrode and exit the light. A ZnO, which constitutes a material for the transparent electrode, is subject to erosion by acid and alkali, thus, as the case may cause loss of a reliability of the electrode under the influence of ion-containing moisture. In order to solve such a problem, this invention has as its aim a transparent electrode film provided with stability capable of preventing any degradation under the influence of any ion-containing moisture, while being kept acid-proof and alkali-proof. In order to accomplish the above-mentioned aim, this invention provides a transparent electrode made up of a ZnO as its main material, wherein its surface is covered with a Mg-doped ZnO film. |
| US07948001B2 |
LED lighting fixture
A light-emitting device held on a fixture body includes an LED chip, a heat transfer plate made of a thermally conductive material on which the LED chip is mounted, a wiring board having, on one side, patterned conductors, for supplying an electric power to the LED chip and formed with an aperture (exposure part) through which a LED chip mount surface of the heat transfer plate is exposed, an encapsulation part in which the LED chip is encapsulated on the one side of the wiring board, and a dome-shaped color-changing member made of a fluorescent material and an optically transparent material and placed on the one side of the wiring board. The light-emitting device is bonded to the fixture body with an insulating layer interposed therebetween, and the insulating layer has electrical insulating properties and is interposed between the heat transfer plate and the fixture body to thermally couple the same. |
| US07947998B2 |
LED lamps
A high power LED lamp has a GaN chip placed over an AlGaInP chip. A reflector is placed between the two chips. Each of the chips has trenches diverting light for output. The chip pair can be arranged to produce white light having a spectral distribution in the red to blue region that is close to that of daylight. Also, the chip pair can be used to provide an RGB lamp or a red-amber-green traffic lamp. The active regions of both chips can be less than 50 microns away from a heat sink. |
| US07947993B2 |
Light emitting device having isolating insulative layer for isolating light emitting cells from each other and method of fabricating the same
Disclosed is a light emitting device having an isolating insulative layer for isolating light emitting cells from one another and a method of fabricating the same. The light emitting device comprises a substrate and a plurality of light emitting cells formed on the substrate. Each of the light emitting cells includes a lower semiconductor layer, an upper semiconductor layer positioned on one region of the lower semiconductor layer, and an active layer interposed between the lower and upper semiconductor layers. Furthermore, an isolating insulative layer is filled in regions between the plurality of light emitting cells to isolate the light emitting cells from one another. Further, wirings electrically connect the light emitting cells with one another. Each of the wirings connects the lower semiconductor layer of one light emitting cell and the upper semiconductor layer of another light emitting cell adjacent to the one light emitting cell. Accordingly, there can be provided a light emitting device wherein particles are prevented from remaining between the plurality of light emitting cells to prevent current leakage between the light emitting cells. Further, there can be provided a light emitting device wherein the regions between light emitting cells are filled with an isolating insulative layer to facilitate formation of the wirings. |
| US07947991B2 |
High efficiency lighting device
A high efficiency lighting device comprising a light emitting diode structure, an eutectic layer and a distributed-Bragg reflecting layer (DBR) therebetween is disclosed. The distributed-Bragg reflecting layer is attached to said light emitting diode structure by vapor deposition and comprises a plurality of high refraction layers, a plurality of low refraction layers and a micro-contact layer array. The high refraction layers and said low refraction layers are arranged in an alternating manner, so as to form a stacked thin film having an alternate high/low refraction pattern. The micro-contact layers are in said stacked thin film and extend vertically through the stacked thin film, therefore connecting said light emitting diode structure and said eutectic layer. |
| US07947984B2 |
Liquid crystal display device and method for fabricating the same
An LCD device is disclosed, to minimize the signal distortion by decreasing the instability of voltage in a—Si:H TFT of a gate driving signal output unit, which includes a signal controller for outputting first and second control signals Q and /Q; a pull-up transistor between a clock signal terminal CLK and a gate driving signal output terminal for receiving the first control signal Q, the pull-up transistor having a first gate electrode, a first source electrode and a first drain electrode, wherein the pull-up transistor has an asymmetric structure in a first area of the first source electrode overlapped with the first gate electrode and a second area of the first drain electrode overlapped with the first gate electrode; and a pull-down transistor connected between the gate driving signal output terminal and a ground voltage terminal, wherein the pull-down transistor receives the second control signal. |
| US07947983B2 |
Thin film transistor matrix device including first and second conducting connections formed outside an image display region
A thin film transistor matrix device including an insulating substrate, a plurality of thin film transistors (TFTs) on the insulating substrate, and a plurality of picture element electrodes on the insulating substrate in a matrix to define an image display region. A first conducting film is on the insulating substrate. A first insulating film is on the first conducting film. A second conducting film is on the first insulating film, and a second insulating film is over the first insulating film and the second conducting film. A first conducting connection is formed, outside the image display region, to pass through the first and second insulating films, and to electrically connect the first conducting film to a third conducting film. A second conducting connection is formed, outside the image display region, to pass through the second insulating film and to electrically connect the second conducting film to the third conducting film. |
| US07947982B2 |
Thin film transistor matrix device including a plurality of thin film transistors arranged on the substrate
A thin film transistor matrix device including an insulating substrate, a plurality of thin film transistors (TFTs) on the insulating substrate, and a plurality of picture element electrodes (connected to the TFTs) on the insulating substrate in a matrix to define an image display region. A first conductor is on the insulating substrate. A first insulating film is on the first conductor, a second conductor is on the first insulating film, and a second insulating film is over the first insulating film and the second conductor. A first contact hole is formed in the first and second insulating films, a second contact hole is formed in the second insulating film, and a conducting connection is formed between the first and second contact holes. The first and second conductors are connected to the conducting connection via the first and second contact holes, respectively, which are both outside the image display region. |
| US07947981B2 |
Display device
It is an object to provide a display device including a thin film transistor which can operate at high speed and is driven at a low voltage in a drive circuit region, and a thin film transistor having high voltage-resistance and high reliability in a pixel region. Accordingly, it is an object to provide a high reliable display device which consumes less power. A display device including a pixel region and a drive circuit region over a substrate having an insulating surface is provided. A thin film transistor is provided in each of the pixel region and the drive circuit region. A channel formation region in a semiconductor layer of the thin film transistor provided in the drive circuit region is formed to be locally thin, and the thickness of the channel formation region is smaller than that in the pixel region. |
| US07947979B2 |
Semiconductor device
An object of the invention is to manage variation of electrical characteristics of an element in a semiconductor device due to a vapor deposition process by measuring electrical characteristics of a TEG. A substrate 100 of an active matrix EL panel includes a vapor deposition region 101 having a film formed by a vapor deposition method. In the vapor deposition region 101, a pixel region 102 is provided. A TEG 109 is provided in the vapor deposition region 101 having a film formed in a vapor deposition step and outside of the pixel region 102. A measurement terminal portion 110 for measuring the TEG 109 is provided outside of a sealing region 103. |
| US07947976B2 |
Controlled alignment of catalytically grown nanostructures in a large-scale synthesis process
Systems and methods are described for controlled alignment of catalytically grown nanostructures in a large-scale synthesis process. A method includes: generating an electric field proximate an edge of a protruding section of an electrode, the electric field defining a vector; and forming an elongated nanostructure located at a position on a surface of a substrate, the position on the surface of the substrate proximate the edge of the protruding section of the electrode, at least one tangent to the elongated nanostructure i) substantially parallel to the vector defined by the electric field and ii) substantially non-parallel to a normal defined by the surface of the substrate. |
| US07947975B2 |
Materials for improving the hole injection in organic electronic devices and use of the material
A dopant composition for organic semiconductors is an electron acceptor characterized by an evaporation point above 150° C. or a glass phase. The dopant composition includes a compound represented by structural formula (1): wherein R1 to R5 are independently hydrogen, chlorine, fluorine, nitro, or cyano; or a phenyl or annulated aromatic group optionally substituted with chlorine or fluorine. Also included are doped organic semiconductors and organic electronic components comprising the dopant composition, and methods of preparing the doped organic semiconductor. |
| US07947973B2 |
Organic light-emitting device
An organic light-emitting device, including a substrate, an organic light-emitting element on the substrate, a sealing member on the organic light-emitting element, a ¼ wavelength layer on one surface of the substrate, the organic light-emitting element, or the sealing member, and a linear polarization layer on one surface of the substrate, the organic light-emitting element, the sealing member, or the ¼ wavelength layer, the linear polarization layer being closer to an image display surface than the ¼ wavelength layer. |
| US07947969B2 |
Stacked conformation radiotherapy system and particle beam therapy apparatus employing the same
A stacked conformation radiotherapy system capable of homogenizing a radiation dose distribution, including an irradiation head and irradiation control means. The irradiation head projects a particle beam accelerated by an accelerator, toward an object to-be-irradiated, and it includes wobbler electromagnets for deflecting and scanning the particle beam. In carrying out stacked conformation radiotherapy by deflecting and scanning the particle beam, the irradiation control means subjects the wobbler electromagnets to magnetization controls so that the particle beam may depict a one-stroke revolving orbit which begins with a start point and returns to the start point, and it performs a control so that the irradiation period of the particle beam to be outputted from the irradiation head may become integral times a wobbler cycle which is required for the particle beam to make one revolution of the revolving orbit. |
| US07947968B1 |
Processing substrates using direct and recycled radiation
Provided are apparatuses for processing a surface of a substrate using direct and recycled radiation reflected from the substrate. The apparatus includes a radiation source positioned to direct a radiation beam toward a beam image forming system that forms a beam image on the substrate surface and a recycling system. The recycling system collects radiation reflected from the substrate surface and redirects it back toward the beam image on the substrate in a +1× manner. As a result, radiation incident on and reflected from the substrate is recycled through multiple cycles. This improves the uniformity of the radiation absorbed by the substrate in instances where the thin film patterns on the substrate would otherwise result in non-uniform absorption and uneven heating. Exemplary recycling systems suitable for use with the invention include Offner and Dyson relay systems as well as variants thereof. |
| US07947962B2 |
Radiometer with spectral response equivalent to the erythema action curve CIE, for measuring the total effective irradiance
A radiometer for measuring the total effective UV radiance of the type comprising, in an optical pathway sequence, a diffuser, an interference filter and a detector. Said interference filter comprises a plurality of alternating layers of magnesium fluoride and zirconium oxide, where the diffuser/interference filter/detector system has a spectral response equivalent to the erythema action curve CIE. |
| US07947959B2 |
Enhanced sensitivity solid state radiation detector
A solid state radiation detector comprises a substrate having a sensing element thereon and at least one heavy metal plug formed in at least one insulation layer above the substrate. The at least one heavy metal plug is located directly above the sensing element and is electrically isolated from the sensing element. The at least one heavy metal plug reacts with a plurality of initial radiation particles to produce a plurality of secondary particles, the plurality of secondary particles having a lower level of energy than the plurality of initial radiation particles; wherein the number of secondary particles produced is greater than the number of initial radiation particles with which the at least one heavy metal plug reacts; and wherein the sensing element is operable to produce an electrical signal in reaction to the secondary particles. |
| US07947956B2 |
Fluorescent material, a method of manufacturing the fluorescent material, a radiation detector using the fluorescent material, and an X-ray CT scanner
Scintillator with both high fluorescence intensity and weak afterglow, can be offered.An aspect in accordance with the present invention provides, a fluorescent material with garnet structure containing Gd, Al, Ga, and O at least, containing Lu and/or Y, and also containing Ce as an activator, wherein said fluorescent material is expressed as (Gd1-x-zLxCez)3+a(Al1-uGau) 5-aO12, wherein L is Lu and/or Y, wherein 0 |
| US07947945B2 |
Fiber optic sensing system, method of using such and sensor fiber
An embodiment of a sensor fiber includes: at least two fiber sections with a plurality of holes; and at least one other fiber section situated between said at least two fiber sections, wherein the at least one other fiber sections being without the plurality of holes. |
| US07947943B2 |
Pawl and ratchet assembly adapted for indirect sensing of proper operation
An apparatus for monitoring operation of a ratchet-based locking mechanism. The apparatus includes a ratchet and a pawl with a protrusion for engaging the ratchet during contact between the pawl and the ratchet teeth. The apparatus includes an elongated member or amplification arm extending from the pawl. The elongated member includes a base linked to the pawl and a tip spaced apart from the base. The elongated member is linked to the pawl to move when the pawl is displaced relative to the ratchet. The apparatus includes a sensor sensing displacement of the tip of the elongated member, which is greater than the pawl displacement, and the apparatus includes a processor monitoring displacement of the elongated member to indirectly monitor movement of the pawl protrusion during forward motion of the ratchet to verify the locking mechanism is working properly and the pawl will engage the ratchet to block reverse motion. |
| US07947940B2 |
Photoelectric current integrating circuit including a current passing circuit
A photoelectric current integrating circuit including: a first operational amplifier with a switch and an integrating capacitor connected in parallel between an input terminal and an output terminal thereof; a photodiode; and a current passing circuit provided between one terminal of the photodiode and the input terminal of the first operational amplifier, for passing a photoelectric current detected at the photodiode while blocking a connection between a parasitic capacitance of the photodiode and the integrating capacitor. |
| US07947938B2 |
Methods and apparatus for projectile guidance
Methods and apparatus for projectile systems according to various aspects of the present invention comprise a projectile attached to an auxiliary control system. The auxiliary control system may include a control system and a transverse propulsion system. The control system controls the trajectory of the projectile system, for example by activating the transverse propulsion system to adjust the trajectory. |
| US07947937B1 |
Laser guided projectile device and method therefor
A laser guided projectile device and method for shooting the device through a percussion actuated non-electric disrupter or dearmer to disable or destroy improvised explosive devices, bombs, or other ordnance. The device can include a cartridge case, a laser housing, a laser module, and a projectile head. An aperture in the projectile head permits a laser beam to be emitted through the head and projected onto a target to facilitate increased shooting accuracy of the disrupter or dearmer. The device can include O-rings positioned around the laser housing and projectile head that assist in aligning the device within the disrupter or dearmer and that also provide a seal for gases that are emitted during detonation, thereby assisting in the propulsion of the device during firing. The projectile head can be interchangeable and can be rounded or cone-shaped or can comprise a shot cup. |
| US07947933B2 |
Ceramic heater and method for manufacture thereof
A ceramic heater comprising a ceramic body, a heat generating resistor buried in the ceramic body, an electrode pad that is electrically connected to the heat generating resistor and is formed on the surface of the ceramic body and a lead member bonded onto the electrode pad. |
| US07947931B2 |
System and method for shaft heat treament for correction slow roll
Certain exemplary embodiments comprise an computer readable storage device having instructions stored therein that are indicative of reducing slow roll electrical runout value of a shaft of an electric motor, the shaft having a runout sensing area; the instructions including determining an electrical runout value for the runout sensing area; rotating the shaft; determining the temperature range and time interval for heating the runout sensing area of the shaft sufficient to reduce the electrical runout value; and heating the shaft sensing area during shaft rotation at the calculated temperature range for the calculated time interval. |
| US07947929B2 |
Control apparatus for dryer
A control apparatus for a dryer is provided. The control apparatus provides a connection for a detecting circuit adapted to determine a clogging degree of the dryer. The control apparatus includes a power supply circuit including a heating coil arranged in a heater case, a temperature control member mounted to the heater case, the temperature control member being configured to receive power and supply the received power to the heating coil, a microcomputer that controls an operation of the dryer, and a connecting line that connects the power supply circuit to the microcomputer. The microcomputer can detect a state of the power supply circuit through the connecting line. |
| US07947928B2 |
Slow cooker
A slow cooker for heating food stuffs includes a housing defining a heating cavity and a housing rim. A heating element is disposed within the housing to heat the heating cavity. A container has a generally hollow interior and a container rim and is shaped and sized to fit within the heating cavity for heating thereof by the heating element. A lid is sized and shaped to at least partially cover an opening of the container and includes a gasket around an outer edge thereof for sealing engagement with the container rim. The slow cooker further includes at least one clip for selectively retaining the lid in sealing engagement with the container rim to inhibit leakage of the food stuffs. The at least one clip is an over-the-center clip and includes a hook and a catch to selectively retain the lid in sealing engagement with the container rim. |
| US07947926B2 |
Heat treatment apparatus, heat treatment method, and recording medium recording program for practicing the method
In a heat treatment method in which a semiconductor wafer is carried into a heat treatment chamber constituted of a heat plate and a cover body covering the heat plate and processed, until the wafer is carried into the heat treatment chamber, an opening and closing operation of the cover body is performed to maintain the accumulated heat temperature of the heat treatment chamber at a prescribed processing temperature. |
| US07947925B2 |
Heater unit and battery structure with heater
There are provided a heater unit and a battery structure with heater, which are capable of heating the battery structure appropriately and preventing a heater (part or whole of the heater) itself from excessively increasing in temperature. A first heater unit is provided with a first sheet heater, a first holding member holding it, and a first sheet placed between a lower surface of a first heater and the first holding member in such a manner as to be deformable in at least a direction of thickness of the first heater. The first heater is deformed when the first heater unit is fixed to the battery pack 50, thereby pressing the lower surface of the first heater to bring an upper surface of the first heater into close contact with an outer surface (a surface to be heated) of a spaced part of the battery pack. |
| US07947921B2 |
Electric wire insulation center stripping method and device
An insulated electric wire having a conductive core and an insulation jacket is center stripped by cutting a pattern in one side of the insulation jacket with a laser beam, and then cutting a coordinated pattern in an opposite side of the insulation jacket with a laser beam to produce two axially spaced circumferential cuts connected by a plurality of generally axial cuts that define at least two removeable insulation slugs for exposing the conductive core while the insulation jacket on either side of the exposed conductive core is left intact. An in-line center stripping device or a multiple wire rotation device may be used for center stripping the insulated electric wire. The insulated slugs may by removed by an insulation removal device on an offal removal assembly. |
| US07947919B2 |
Laser-based material processing exhaust systems and methods for using such systems
Laser-based material processing systems, exhaust systems, and methods for using such systems are disclosed herein. One embodiment of a laser-based material processing system can include an exhaust assembly configured to remove contaminants from a material processing area. The exhaust assembly can include a vacuum source and an exhaust plenum carried by a moveable arm of a gantry-style laser beam positioning assembly. The moveable arm can extend along a first axis and can be moveable along a second axis generally normal to the first axis. The exhaust plenum can extend lengthwise in a direction generally parallel with the first axis. The exhaust assembly can also include an intake slot extending lengthwise along the exhaust plenum across at least a portion of the material processing area. The exhaust assembly can further include one or more flexible exhaust ducts in fluid communication with the vacuum source and the exhaust plenum. |
| US07947918B2 |
Method and generator for electrical discharge machining
The invention relates to a method and a generator for generating a time sequence of discharge pulses separated from each other by pulse pauses for electrical discharge machining. At least two pulse capacitors are discharged each in the form of a partial pulse into the spark gap for forming together a discharge pulse. A discharge pulse having a predetermined waveform is selected from a plurality of discharge pulses having differing predetermined waveforms. The discharge of the at least two pulse capacitors is controlled such that the selected discharge pulse is generated with the predetermined waveform. |
| US07947908B2 |
Electronic device
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes: a circuit board having a surface on which a hollow is formed; an electronic component placed into the hollow; a pattern wiring which is formed on a bottom surface of the hollow and whose tip is provided at a position corresponding to a signal electrode of the electronic component; a signal wire connecting a tip of the pattern wiring and the signal electrode of the electronic component; two in-hollow ground patterns formed so as to sandwich the tip of the pattern wiring therebetween on the bottom surface of the hollow; and two or more ground wires that connect two ground electrodes provided on the electronic component so as to sandwich the signal electrode therebetween to the corresponding in-hollow ground patterns, respectively. |
| US07947904B2 |
Conductor and wire harness
One aspect of the present invention can include a conductor to be installed on a vehicle for high current use including a stranded copper wire connected to an end portion of a single-core aluminum cable, an intermediary conductor made of copper is connected to the stranded copper wire, and an end face of a core of the single-core aluminum cable is cold welded connected to an end face of a welding shaft formed on the intermediary conductor having approximately a same diameter as the core of the single-core aluminum cable. |
| US07947901B2 |
Environmentally sealed wiring device with integral weather-resistant cover
A sealed device with integral weatherproof cover includes a device integral with a weatherproof cover to prevent the introduction of moisture into the device. A portion of the device is positioned within the weatherproof cover housing. The device includes wires extending out through one or more openings along or near the back of the device. The openings are environmentally sealed around the wires to prevent moisture from passing therethrough. The weatherproof cover housing includes a pair of openings. A portion of the device is positioned next to, and sometimes through, one of the openings. A door is coupled to the weatherproof cover housing and positioned adjacent the other opening. The door can be moved about an axis along an edge of the weatherproof cover housing such that the door can be adjusted between an open position and a closed position about the second opening. |
| US07947898B2 |
Photoelectric conversion element and solar cell
A photoelectric conversion element is disclosed, comprising a compound represented by the following formula between a pair of opposed electrodes: wherein Ar1, AR2 and Ar3 are each a substituted or unsubstituted aryl or a substituted or unsubstituted heterocyclic group, x is an organic residue having an acidic group and n is an integer of 2 to 8. A solar cell comprising the photoelectric conversion element is also disclosed. |
| US07947897B2 |
Organic photovoltaic cells utilizing ultrathin sensitizing layer
A photosensitive device includes a series of organic photoactive layers disposed between two electrodes. Each layer in the series is in direct contact with a next layer in the series. The series is arranged to form at least one donor-acceptor heterojunction, and includes a first organic photoactive layer comprising a first host material serving as a donor, a thin second organic photoactive layer comprising a second host material disposed between the first and a third organic photoactive layer, and the third organic photoactive layer comprising a third host material serving as an acceptor. The first, second, and third host materials are different. The thin second layer serves as an acceptor relative to the first layer or as a donor relative to the third layer. |
| US07947893B2 |
Solar cell and solar cell module
A solar cell includes: a photoelectric conversion part having a concave and convex profile in a light receiving surface thereof; and a protective layer 10 which is provided to cover the concave and convex profile, and which includes particles therein. In a cross section, in parallel with an incident direction of light, of the protective layer 10, the number of the particles 11 contained in a second region is smaller than the number of particles 11 contained in a first region. The first region is centered at a concave portion of the concave and convex profile, and has a unit length, while the second region is centered at a convex portion of the concave and convex profile, and has the unit length. |
| US07947889B2 |
Ensemble system
An ensemble system enabling easy, flexible assignment of performance parts to the facilitator and the performers. In “setting” field, performance terminals (facilitator and piano (1 to 5)) are displayed. A pull-down menu for selecting presence/absence of each performance terminal and radio buttons for assigning performance parts are displayed. According to the presence/absence of each student, the selection of a presence/absence menu is inputted. When song title data is selected, a controller (1) reads a part assignment table of the song data and assigns a performance part to each performance terminal for which presence is selected. A performance part can be manually assigned to each performance terminal. |
| US07947888B2 |
Method and apparatus for computer-generated music
The present disclosure relates computer music generation methods and devices. A method and associated apparatus is provided that operates with a computer to automatically create or “compose” music that is original as well as sufficiently complex to provide ongoing interest for listeners. |
| US07947882B2 |
Plants and seeds of hybrid corn variety CH226886
According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH226886. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH226886, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH226886 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH226886. |
| US07947876B2 |
Plant and plant storage organ having GLP-1 derivative accumulated therein and method of producing the same
The present invention is regarding plants and plant storage organs thereof in which GLP-1 derivatives are accumulated, and methods of producing them. The transgenic plants and plant storage organs thereof accumulate tandem repeated GLP-1 derivatives cleavable with intestinal digestive enzyme to monomeric molecules and are produced by methods comprising: integrating into vectors linked DNAs which comprise tandem repeated DNAs encoding the GLP-1 derivative with trypsin resistance in which the amino acid in the 26th position is Gln, the amino acid in the 34th position is Asn or Asp, and C-terminal consists of Arg or Lys to produce monomeric molecules; introducing the vectors into plant cells; and redifferentiating the obtained transformants. The edible transgenic plants and plant storage organs are useful for treating diabetes and can be ingested by diabetic patients. |
| US07947874B2 |
Modifying DNA recombination and repair
The present invention provides methods of modifying in vivo mutagenesis or homeologous recombination in a eukaryote. The method of modifying in vivo mutagenesis involves transforming a eukaryote with a nucleotide sequence capable of expressing a wild-type prokaryotic MutS, MutL, MutH, MutU, NLS-MutS, NLS-MutL, NLS-MutH, NLS-MutU protein, or a combination thereof, and expressing the protein. A method of modifying recombination between homeologous chromosomes in an allopolyploid eukaryotic organism comprising, expressing a nucleotide sequence encoding prokaryotic NLS-MutS in combination with one or more than one of NLS-MutL, NLS-MutH, NLS-MutU, within a germ cell of the allopolyploid eukaryotic organism is also disclosed. |
| US07947871B2 |
Method for producing a transgenic plant with the aid of Agrobacterium thumefaciens
The invention relates to an improved method for agrobacterium transformation and regeneration of plants. The inventive method is characterized in that it consists in sequentially preparing, inoculating and co-cultivating explants. The preparation of each subsequent lot of plants is carried out after a time interval for transforming plant cells and forming an induced resistance with respect to abiotic and biotic stresses in a leaf discs, thereby making it possible to reduce a necrosis degree and the number of somaclonal variations of the transgenic plants. |
| US07947869B2 |
Methods for inducing cotton embryogenic callus
Methods for the regeneration of cotton plants are disclosed. The use of novel compositions of media, media additives and new growth conditions during stages of development results in increased frequencies of embryogenesis, embryo maturation and embryo germination. The improved process results in higher production frequencies of transformed cotton plants. |
| US07947862B2 |
Limb stabilizing system for arthroplasty
An intraoperative leg stabilizing system has a platform with a slidable brace received in a longitudinal groove. The slidable brace supports the patient's foot. The platform also has an outrigger that pivots about a base in the platform. The outrigger can pivot up to a desired orientation. The longitudinal position of the slidable brace and the orientation of the outrigger can be fixed through locking mechanisms. The system includes a support belt that can be wrapped around the patient's thigh and then connected to the outrigger. The combination of components allows the patient's leg to be stabilized in a desired position and degree of flexion during knee arthroplasty, and to be easily released when desired for evaluation of the patient's leg in extension. |
| US07947859B2 |
Process for production of cycloolefin
According to the present invention, when cycloolefins are produced by partially hydrogenating a monocyclic aromatic hydrocarbon with hydrogen in the presence of a ruthenium catalyst, water, and a metal sulfate, the decrease in catalytic activity and cycloolefin selectivity is suppressed by reducing the concentration of chloride ions dissolved in the water in which the catalyst is present to 300 wt ppm or less and regenerating a part or all of the catalyst for reuse. Zinc sulfate is preferably used as the metal sulfate. Further, the raw materials and catalyst to be supplied to the reaction preferably have a reduced chloride ion content. This method can suppress the decrease in long-term catalytic activity and cycloolefin selectivity. Furthermore, the catalytic activity and cycloolefin selectivity after catalyst regeneration can be maintained at a high level. As a result, cycloolefins can be efficiently produced for a long period of time. |
| US07947850B2 |
Process for the preparation of 3,4-disubstituted-thiazolidin-2-ones
The present invention is directed to practical high-yielding synthetic processes for preparing 3,4-disubstituted-thiazolidin-2-ones, which do not compromise the absolute stereochemical integrity of the compounds. The present invention is also directed to novel compounds of 3,4-disubstituted-thiazolidin-2-ones. The compounds prepared by the present invention are useful in the synthesis and manufacture of compounds (such as latrunculins and/or their analogs) for treating diseases or conditions associated with inhibiting actin polymerization. |
| US07947849B2 |
UV-absorbers for ophthalmic lens materials
UV absorbing monomers that are particularly useful in ophthalmic devices are disclosed. |
| US07947846B2 |
15-OXA-steroid compounds
The invention relates to the use of compounds to treat a number of conditions, such as thrombocytopenia, neutropenia or the delayed effects of radiation therapy. Compounds that can be used in the invention include methyl-2,3,4-trihydroxy-1-O-(7,17-dioxoandrost-5 -ene-3β-yl)-β-D-glucopyranosiduronate, 16α,3α-dihydroxy-5α-androstan-17-one or 3,7,16,17 -tetrahydroxyandrost-5-ene, 3,7,16,17-tetrahydroxyandrost-4-ene, 3,7,16,17 -tetrahydroxyandrost-1-ene or 3,7,16,17-tetrahydroxyandrostane that can be used in the treatment method. |
| US07947845B2 |
Process for purifying removal of acrylic acid, methacrylic acid N-vinylpyrrolidone or P-xylene crystals from their suspension in mother liquor
A process for purifying removal of acrylic acid, methacrylic acid, N-vinylpyrrolidone or p-xylene crystals from their suspension in mother liquor by means of a wash column with forced transport, whose shell of the process chamber is a metal wall, the wash column additionally being enveloped by a thermal insulation material having a water vapor barrier and a specific heat flow of >0.1 W/m2 and <10 W/m2 flowing into the process chamber through the metal wall of the wash column. |
| US07947843B2 |
Crystalline chemotherapeutic
N-[4-(3-Amino-1H-indazol-4-yl)phenyl]-N′-(2-fluoro-5-methylphenyl)urea Hydrate Crystalline Form 1, ways to make it, formulations comprising it and made with it and methods of treating patients having disease using it are disclosed. |
| US07947839B2 |
Heterocyclic-substituted bis-1,8 naphthalimide compounds, antibody drug conjugates, and methods of use
Bis 1,8 naphthalimide compounds including antibody drug conjugate (ADC) are described. Pharmaceutical compositions comprising an effective amount of a 1,8 bis-naphthalimide compound for treatment of hyperproliferative disorders and other disorders are described. Methods are described for killing or inhibiting the proliferation of tumor cells or cancer cells including administering to a patient an effective amount of a 1,8 bis-naphthalimide compound. |
| US07947834B2 |
Substituted quinoxalines, their preparation and their therapeutical use as 11βHSD1 modulators
The present invention is related to a compound of formula (I): wherein i, j, n, o, p, q, r, R1a, R1b, R1c, R1d, R2a, R2b, R2c, R2d, R3a, R3b and R4 are as defined herein, or an addition salt with an acid thereof, or a hydrate or solvate thereof, its preparation, pharmaceutical composition, and uses for treating a disease in which the enzyme 11β-HSD1 is involved. |
| US07947833B2 |
Preparation of quinoxaline compounds
Certain methods that are useful in the preparation of amidophenyl-sulfonylamino-quinoxaline compounds are disclosed. The compounds are of the class of quinoxaline sulfonamides and constitute CCK2 receptor modulators, useful in the treatment of gastrointestinal diseases. |
| US07947832B2 |
Water compatible sterically hindered alkoxyamines and hydroxy substituted alkoxyamines
Sterically hindered hydroxy substituted alkoxyamine stabilizer compounds are made water compatible via certain backbones with affinity towards water. The sterically hindered amines are for example of the formula (8)-(10) These compounds are particularly effective in stabilizing aqueous polymer systems against the deleterious effects of oxidative, thermal and actinic radiation. The compounds are effective for example in stabilizing water borne coatings, aqueous inks, aqueous ink jet media and photocured aqueous systems. |
| US07947831B2 |
Sulfoxides or sulfones grafted onto polymers
Polymers grafted with a compound of formula I, wherein the general symbols are as defined within, have outstanding stability against oxidative, thermal, dynamic, light-induced and/or ozone-induced degradation. |
| US07947830B2 |
Substituted propenyl piperazine derivatives as novel inhibitors of histone deacetylase
This invention comprises the novel compounds of formula (I) wherein R1, R2, R3, R4 and X have defined meanings, having histone deacetylase inhibiting enzymatic activity; their preparation, compositions containing them and their use as a medicine. |
| US07947829B2 |
Method of making porphyrins
A method of making a compound of Formula I: is carried out by condensing a pair of compounds of Formula II (which pair may be the same or different), or by condensing a compound of Formula III with a compound Formula IV, to produce a compound of Formula I. The condensing step may be carried out with a metal salt under basic conditions. |
| US07947826B2 |
Phthalocyanine compound based-organic semiconductor
An organic semiconductor having at least one compound of formula (PC-1); and a compound represented by formula (PC-1a): wherein M is a metallic atom, or two hydrogen atoms which bond respectively to a nitrogen atom of an isoindole ring and to a nitrogen atom of an isoindoline ring; R1 to R16 each independently are a hydrogen atom or a substituent, in which at least two substituents of R1 to R16 in formula (PC-1) are two or more different substituents, and in which at least one of the substituents of R1 to R16 in formula (PC-1a) is a fluorine atom, and at least one of the substituents of R1 to R16 in formula (PC-1a) is an electron-attracting group other than a fluorine atom. |
| US07947822B2 |
HIV vaccines based on Env of multiple clades of HIV
The invention provides a composition comprising a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier and six plasmids, each of which encodes an HIV Env, Gag, Pol, or Nef protein. The invention also provides a method of inducing an immune response in an animal using the composition. |
| US07947821B2 |
Optimized DNA sequences encoding recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein-2 (rhBMP-2), preparation method and the uses thereof
The invention discloses an optimized DNA sequence of recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein-2 (rhBMP-2) based on the Escherichia coli expression system and a method for the preparation of the rhBMP-2. Specifically, the invention provides the optimal DNA sequences suitable for Escherichia coli expression system, the methods for efficient preparation of the rhBMP-2, and the related construction of the recombinant bacteria, the expression and purification technologies. Compared with the traditional hBMP-2 gene without optimizing, the rhBMP-2 expression level of the optimized gene in Escherichia coli is increased by 50%. Additionally, this invention also provides a method for preparation long chain rhBMP-2 with enhanced renaturation efficiency and yield of purification. |
| US07947820B2 |
Detection of herpes simplex virus types 1 and 2 by nucleic acid amplification
The present invention relates to a method of detecting the presence or absence of herpes simplex virus (HSV) in a sample based on amplifying a portion of the Glycoprotein G (US4) gene of HSV and detecting the presence of the amplified nucleic acid using primers and detector primers as described herewith. The method of the invention further identifies the type of HSV, either HSV-1 or HSV-2, in a sample. Also encompassed by the invention is a kit comprising the primers and detector primers which may be used with the amplification method described herewith. |
| US07947814B2 |
Metal complexes of polydentate beta-ketoiminates
A plurality of metal-containing complexes of a polydentate beta-ketoiminate, one embodiment of which is represented by the structure are shown: wherein M is a metal such as calcium, strontium, barium, scandium, yttrium, lanthanum, titanium, zirconium, vanadium, tungsten, manganese, cobalt, iron, nickel, ruthenium, zinc, copper, palladium, platinum, iridium, rhenium, osmium; wherein R1 is selected from the group consisting of alkyl, fluoroalkyl, cycloaliphatic, and aryl, having from 1 to 10 carbon atoms; R2 can be from the group consisting of hydrogen, alkyl, alkoxy, cycloaliphatic, and aryl; R3 is linear or branched selected from the group consisting of alkylene, fluoroalkyl, cycloaliphatic, and aryl; R4 is an alkylene bridge; R5-6 are individually linear or branched selected from the group consisting of alkyl, fluoroalkyl, cycloaliphatic, aryl, and they can be connected to form a ring containing carbon, oxygen, or nitrogen atoms; n is an integer equal to the valence of the metal M. |
| US07947813B2 |
Polyelectrolyte precipitation and purification of proteins
Methods are presented for isolating and purifying proteins by adding a polyelectrolyte to a cell culture fluid, such as a harvested cell culture fluid, and precipitating a protein-polyelectrolyte complex or a complex of impurities and the polyelectrolyte. |
| US07947810B2 |
Kits for diagnosing a hypophosphatemic disorder
The present invention relates to a kit for diagnosing a disorder comprising a reagent that detects FGF23 polypeptides and mutant FGF23 polypeptides. |
| US07947806B2 |
Mussel bioadhesive
The present invention relates to a bioadhesive derived from mussel. In particular, it relates to a novel MGFP-3A MUTANT(Mytilus galloprovincialis foot protein type-3A MUTANT) protein and a recombinant protein that is a hybrid of MGFP-3A MUTANT, FP(Foot Protein)-1 and MGFP-5(Mytilus galloprovincialis foot protein type-5). According to the present invention, the adhesive protein can be economically produced in large scale and can be used instead of chemical adhesives. |
| US07947803B2 |
Apparatus and method for recovering polymer
The present invention provides an apparatus for recovering a polymer from polymer solution, and a method of recovering a polymer using the apparatus. The apparatus includes a polymer solution-storage tank for storing a polymer solution; a polymer solution feeding pump for pumping the polymer solution from the polymer solution storage tank; an antisolvent storage tank for storing an antisolvent; an antisolvent feeding pump for pumping the antisolvent from the antisolvent storage tank; a reaction chamber to which the polymer solution pumped by the polymer solution feeding pump and the antisolvent pumped by the antisolvent feeding pump are supplied; a high-speed mixer that is rotated in the reaction chamber at a speed range of 1000 to 30000 rpm, mixes the polymer solution with the antisolvent under a shearing force corresponding to a tip speed of 5 to 30 m/sec, and precipitates a polymer; and a precipitate storage tank for storing the precipitation mixture of the polymer and the solvent/antisolvent. |
| US07947798B2 |
Asymmetrical siloxane
An asymmetric siloxane is made by reacting a silicone having the formula MHDxM′H where MH is R1R2HSiO1/2. M′H is R4R5HSiO1/2 and x is an integer 0≦x≦10 under selective hydrosilylation conditions in the presence of a precious metal hydrosilylation catalyst, with a first olefinic compound and in a second step, a monohydridosiloxane produced in the first step is reacted under hydrosilylating conditions with another olefinic compound different from the first olefinic compound. |
| US07947797B2 |
Method for operating a gas-phase reactor at or near maximum production rates while controlling polymer stickiness
Embodiments of the present invention relate to operating a gas-phase reactor at or near maximum production rates and to measuring and controlling polymer stickiness in a gas phase reactor polymerization. In particular, embodiments relate to monitoring acoustic emissions in a reactor during gas phase polymerization to determine the onset of reactor stickiness and possibly discontinuity events such as chunking and sheeting resulting from that stickiness. Embodiments also relate to monitoring acoustic emissions to determine the need for effective control of parameters that minimize reactor stickiness and thereby preventing discontinuity events. The emissions are processed by arithmetic averaging. |
| US07947796B2 |
Materials for making hydrophobic intraocular lens
The present invention provides copolymers made up of alkoxyalkyl methacrylate and/or alkoxyalkyl acrylate monomers in combination with one or more additional hydrophobic monomers. The copolymers may be used in the manufacture of intraocular lenses, including both the optic and haptic portions of the lenses. The present invention also provide methods for making intraocular lenses from the copolymers. |
| US07947793B2 |
Ethylene/α-olefin block copolymers
Embodiments of the invention provide a class of ethylene/α-olefin block interpolymers. The ethylene/α-olefin interpolymers are characterized by an average block index, ABI, which is greater than zero and up to about 1.0 and a molecular weight distribution, Mw/Mn, greater than about 1.3. Preferably, the block index is from about 0.2 to about 1. In addition or alternatively, the block ethylene/α-olefin interpolymer is characterized by having at least one fraction obtained by Temperature Rising Elution Fractionation (‘TREF’), wherein the fraction has a block index greater than about 0.3 and up to about 1.0 and the ethylene/α-olefin interpolymer has a molecular weight distribution, Mw/Mn, greater than about 1.4. |
| US07947792B2 |
Production method of optical transmission medium
A polymerization initiator, a first polymerizable compound, and a second polymerizable compound are poured into a hollow of a first member (12). The first and second polymerizable compounds are copolymerized to produce a second member (16). The second member (16) is produced by forming a first layer (21) on an inner wall of the first member (12) and sequentially forming a layer over a precedingly formed layer. To form each layer, the first and second polymerizable compounds are put in the hollow of the first member (12), satisfying 1/99≦W2/(W1+W2)≦⅔ when W1 is a weight of the first polymerizable compound, and W2 is a weight of the second polymerizable compound. The first and second polymerizable compounds are mixed such that the value of W2/(W1+W2) increases from the first layer (21) toward an nth layer. |
| US07947788B2 |
Process for the preparation of a catalyst component for the polymerization of an olefin
The invention is directed to a process for the preparation of a catalyst component wherein a compound with formula Mg(OAlk)xCly wherein x is larger than 0 and smaller than 2, y equals 2−x and each Alk, independently represents an alkyl group, is contacted with a titanium tetraalkoxide and/or an alcohol in the presence of an inert dispersant to give an intermediate reaction product and wherein the intermediate reaction product is contacted with titanium tetrachloride in the presence of an internal donor.The invention also relates to a polymerization catalyst comprising the catalyst component and furthermore the invention relates to the polymerization of an olefin in the presence of the polymerization catalyst comprising the catalyst component. |
| US07947786B2 |
Elastomeric reactor blend compositions
Disclosed herein are various processes, including but not limited to a continuous process for making an elastomer composition having a Mooney Viscosity (ML (1+4) @125° C.) of from 16 to 180, the composition including a first polymer and a second polymer, the process comprising: polymerizing a first monomer system that includes propylene and one or both of ethylene and propylene in a solvent using a first catalyst system in a first polymerization zone to provide a first polymer, having 60 wt % or more units derived from propylene, including isotactically-arranged propylene-derived sequences and further having a heat of fusion less than 45 J/g or a melting point less than 105° C. or both and a Mooney Viscosity (ML (1+4) @125° C.) of from 1 to 45; polymerizing a second monomer system that includes ethylene or an alpha-olefin, or both, in a solvent using a second catalyst system in a second polymerization zone to provide a second polymer which is an elastomeric polymer that is either non-crystalline or has ethylene-derived crystallinity; combining the first polymer and the second polymer in a mixture that includes solvent and unreacted monomer; and removing solvent from the mixture to provide an elastomer composition that having a Mooney Viscosity (ML (1+4) @125° C.) of from 16 to 180. |
| US07947780B2 |
Resin compact, casing and production method of resin compact
A resin compact includes two or more kinds of resins, wherein when a Charpy impact strength in a resin flow direction at shaping is SMD and a Charpy impact strength in a direction crossing the resin flow direction at shaping is STD, SMD/STD is from 3.5 to 5.0. |
| US07947778B2 |
Aqueous dispersions
The invention concerns hydrous compositions based on polychloroprene and hydroxylamine derivatives, processes for their production and their use as adhesives. The polychloroprene dispersions are stabilized by the addition of hydroxyalkylamine after removal of residual monomer. |
| US07947776B2 |
Aqueous dispersion, its production method, and its use
An aqueous dispersions including (A) at least one ethylene-based polyolefin forming a dispersed polymer phase; (B) at least one dispersing agent; and (C) water; wherein the dispersion has a pH of less than 12; and wherein the dispersed polymer phase has a volume average particle size of less than about 5 microns. In other aspects, an article or a substrate including a coating, wherein the coating was obtained from an aqueous dispersion comprising (A) at least one of an ethylene-based polyolefin and a propylene-based polyolefin; (B) at least one dispersing agent; and (C) water; wherein the dispersion had a pH of less than 12. |
| US07947771B2 |
Insoluble metal sulfates in water absorbing polymeric particles
The invention concerns water-absorbing polymeric particles possessing high saline flow conductivity in the swollen state which comprise insoluble metal sulfates as synergistic fillers, and also a process for their production and their use. |
| US07947769B2 |
Liquid amylaryl phosphite compositions and alkylate compositions for manufacturing same
Alkylate compositions comprising a monoamylphenol in an amount ranging from 25 weight percent to 99 weight percent and a diamylphenol in an amount ranging from 1 weight percent to 60 weight percent, the weight percentages being based on the total weight of all components in the alkylate composition. The invention is also to processes for making such alkylate compositions and to processes for forming stable liquid amylaryl phosphite compositions from such alkylate compositions. |
| US07947766B2 |
Crosslinking systems for hydroxyl polymers
Crosslinking systems suitable for use in a polymer melt composition wherein the polymer melt composition comprises a hydroxyl polymer; polymeric structures made from such polymer melt compositions; and processes/methods related thereto are provided. |
| US07947764B2 |
Cationic electrodeposition coating compositions
This invention provides a cationic electrodeposition coating composition which exhibits high paint stability, forms coating film excelling in conductivity, intimate adhesion, corrosion resistance, finished appearance and acid resistance, and is capable of forming uniform electrocoated film also on substrates having uneven surfaces, characterized by comprising a conductive filler dispersion paste, base resin and a curing agent, said paste being formed by dispersing a conductive filler (A) composed of high conductive carbon black (a1) and at least one conductive powder (a2) selected from furnace black, graphite and conductive whisker, using a pigment-dispersing resin (B), the composition (i) containing 30-100 wt parts of a conductive filler (A) which contains at least 2 wt parts of high conductive carbon black (a1), per 100 wt parts of combined solid content of the base resin and the curing agent, (ii) the weight ratio of the conductive powder (a2)/high conductive carbon black (a1) being within a range of 0.4-20, and (iii) the pigment-dispersing resin (B) being acrylic resin-derived pigment-dispersing resin formed by copolymerization of (meth)acrylic monomer (b1) which is modified with mono- or poly-alkylene glycol or a monoether derivative thereof; nitrogen-containing, radical-polymerizable unsaturated monomer (b2) and other radical-polymerizable unsaturated monomer (b3). |
| US07947762B2 |
Aqueous ink, ink jet recording method, ink cartridge, recording unit and ink jet recording apparatus
The invention provides an aqueous ink comprising a polymer having hydroxyl groups and a pigment, which can provide images excellent in scratch resistance and highlighter resistance and can inhibit the seeping out phenomenon of the polymer and the deterioration of storage stability and ejection characteristics even when it is stored for a long period of time. The aqueous ink comprises a polymer having hydroxyl groups and a pigment, wherein a proportion of a content of a polymer that is not adsorbed on the pigment out of the polymer having hydroxyl groups to the content of the pigment in the ink is 2.0 mass % or more, and a content (mass %) of the polymer that is not adsorbed on the pigment out of the polymer having hydroxyl groups is 0.20 mass % or less based on the total mass of the ink. |
| US07947760B2 |
Emulsion compositions for use in printing inks
Polymer emulsion compositions for use in printing inks and printing inks made from the compositions are provided. The emulsion compositions include an aqueous continuous phase containing water and a dissolved carboxylic acid-functional support polymer. The dispersed phase of the emulsion composition contains crosslinked, dispersed polymer particles. The emulsion compositions also include at least one multivalent metal crosslinker and at least one stabilizing agent. The polymer emulsion compositions display superior printability properties in inks and other coatings formulated with them, yet are stable at elevated temperatures for long periods of time. |
| US07947752B2 |
Method of producing microporous high density polyethylene film
Disclosed is a microporous high density polyethylene film for a battery separator and a method of producing the same. The microporous high density polyethylene film includes high density polyethylene with a weight average molecular weight of 2×105-5×105, containing 5 wt % or less molecule with a molecular weight of 1×104 or less. The microporous high density polyethylene film has tensile strengths of 1,100 kg/cm2 or more in transverse and machine directions respectively, a puncture strength of 0.22 N/μm or more, a gas permeability (Darcy's permeability constant) of 1.3×10−5 Darcy or more, and shrinkages of 5% or less in machine and transverse directions, respectively. Particularly, the microporous high density polyethylene film has an excellent extrusion-compoundabiliy and stretchability and a high productivity, and can improve the performances and stability of a battery produced using the same. |
| US07947742B2 |
Inhalable epinephrine
The present invention is directed toward particles for delivery of epinephrine to the respiratory system and methods for treating a patient in need of epinephrine. The particles and respirable compositions comprising the particles of the present invention described herein comprise the bioactive agent epinephrine, or a salt thereof, as a therapeutic agent. The particles are preferably formed by spray drying. Preferably, the particles and the respirable compositions are substantially dry and are substantially free of propellents. In a preferred embodiment, the particles have aerodynamic characteristics that permit targeted delivery of epinephrine to the site(s) of action. |
| US07947741B2 |
Use and administration of bacterial efflux pump inhibitors
This invention provides for efflux pump inhibitors to be co-administered with antimicrobial agents for the treatment of infections caused by drug resistant pathogens, novel efflux pump inhibitors, combined dosage forms of efflux pump inhibitors with an antimicrobial, and novel medical methods. |
| US07947727B2 |
Compounds
The present invention provides compounds of formula (I): a process for their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds and the preparation of said compositions, intermediates and use of the compounds for the manufacture of a medicament for therapeutic treatment, particularly for the treatment of inflammation, allergy and/or skin disease. |
| US07947726B2 |
Non-steroidal ligands for the glucocorticoid receptor, and compositions thereof
The invention provides non-steroidal ligands for the glucocorticoid receptor, methods for making non-steroidal ligands of the glucocorticoid receptor, compositions of non-steroidal ligands of the glucocorticoid receptor and methods of using non-steroidal ligands and compositions of non-steroidal ligands of the glucocorticoid receptor for treating or preventing diseases (e.g., obesity, diabetes, depression, neurodegeneration or an inflammatory disease) associated with glucocorticoid binding to the glucocorticoid receptor. |
| US07947719B2 |
Biologically active compounds obtainable from Sorangium cellulosum
The present invention relates to a novel group of compounds having antibiotic, antifungal and/or cytostatic properties, which are obtainable from myxobacteria, especially of the genus Sorangium, preferably Sorangium cellulosum. One representative of this group of compounds is currently named Disorazole Z and Disorazole Z-epoxide, respectively, with specific substituents and specific unsaturated bonds to its cyclic core structure: |
| US07947717B2 |
Inhibitors of lethal factor protease
The invention provides compounds that can efficiently and specifically inhibit bacterial toxins, such as inhibit the lethal factor (LF) protease activity of anthrax toxin and/or botulinum neurotoxin type A. The invention also provides methods for inhibiting proteases, such as lethal factor protease, as well as methods for treating bacterial infections, such as anthrax and botulinum. |
| US07947714B2 |
Piperidine glycine transporter inhibitors
The present invention is directed to piperidine compounds that inhibit the glycine transporter GlyT1 and which are useful in the treatment of neurological and psychiatric disorders associated with glycinergic or glutamatergic neurotransmission dysfunction and diseases in which the glycine transporter GlyT1 is involved. |
| US07947713B2 |
Tripeptidyl peptidase inhibitors
The present invention is concerned with novel compounds of formula (I) which are inhibitors of a membrane tripeptidyl peptidase responsible for the inactivation of endogenous neuropeptides such as cholecystokinis (CCKs). The invention further relates to methods for preparing such compounds, pharmaceutical compositions comprising said compounds as well as the use as a medicine of said compounds. wherein n is an integer 0 or 1; X represents O; S; or —(CR4R5)m— wherein m is an integer 1 or 2; R4 and R5 are each independently from each other hydrogen or C1-4alkyl; R1 is C1-6alkylcarbonyl optionally substituted with hydroxy; C1-6alkyloxycarbonyl; aminoC1-6alkylcarbonyl wherein the C1-6alkyl group is optionally substituted with C3-6cycloalkyl; mono- and di(C1-4alkyl)aminoC1-6alkylcarbonyl; aminocarbonyl substituted with aryl; C1-6alkylcarbonyloxyC1-6alkylcarbonyl; C1-6alkyloxycarbonylaminoC1-6alkylcarbonyl wherein the amino group is optionally substituted with C1-4alkyl; an amino acid; C1-6alkyl substituted with amino; or arylcarbonyl; R2 is an optionally substituted 5-membered heterocycle, or R2 is optionally substituted benzimidazole; R3 is a bivalent radical —CH2CH2— optionally substituted with halo or phenylmethyl; or R3 is a bivalent radical of formula. |
| US07947712B2 |
8-hydroxyquinoline compounds and methods thereof
The present invention relates to 8-Hydroxyquinoline Compounds; compositions comprising an 8-Hydroxyquinoline Compound; and methods for treating or preventing a metalloproteinase-related disorder, such as, an arthritic disorder, osteoarthritis, malignant neoplasm, rheumatoid arthritis, asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, atherosclerosis, age-related macular degeneration, myocardial infarction, a corneal ulceration, an ocular surface disease, hepatitis, an aortic aneurysm, tendonitis, a central nervous system disorder, abnormal wound healing, angiogenesis, restenosis, cirrhosis, multiple sclerosis, glomerulonephritis, graft versus host disease, diabetes, an inflammatory bowel disease, shock, invertebral disc degeneration, stroke, osteopenia or a periodontal disease or comprising administering an effective dose of an 8-Hydroxyquinoline Compound to a mammal in need thereof. |
| US07947711B2 |
Bicyclic-substituted amines as histamine-3 receptor ligands
Compounds of formula (I) are useful in treating conditions or disorders prevented by or ameliorated by histamine-3 receptor ligands. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions comprising the histamine-3 receptor ligands, methods for using such compounds and compositions, and a process for preparing compounds within the scope of formula (I). |
| US07947709B2 |
Non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors
Compounds of formula I, wherein R1, R2, R3, X and Ar, are as defined herein or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, inhibit HIV-1 reverse transcriptase and afford a method for prevention and treatment of HIV-1 infections and the treatment of AIDS and/or ARC. The present invention also relates to compositions containing compounds of formula I useful for the prevention and treatment of HIV-1 infections and the treatment of AIDS and/or ARC. |
| US07947708B2 |
Compounds modulating C-kit activity
Compounds with 7-azaindole core structure with activity toward the receptor protein tyrosine kinase c-kit, compositions useful for treatment c-kit-mediate diseases or conditions, and methods of use thereof, are provided. Further provided are methods of c-kit ligand identification and design. |
| US07947707B2 |
Nitrogenated heterocyclic compound and pharmaceutical composition comprising the same
The present invention relates to novel compounds having a xanthine oxidase inhibitory effect and an uricosuric effect and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the same as an active ingredient. That is, the present invention relates nitrogen-containing heterocyclic compounds represented by the following general formula (I): wherein Y1 represents N or C(R4); Y2 represents N or C(R5); R4 and R5 independently represent an alkyl group, a hydrogen atom etc.; one of R1 and R2 represents an optionally substituted aryl group, an alkoxy group or an optionally substituted heterocyclic group; the other of R1 and R2 represents a haloalkyl group, a cyano group, a halogen atom etc.; and R3 represents a 5-tetrazolyl group or a carboxy group, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the same as an active ingredient. |
| US07947706B2 |
Substituted pyrrolopyridines, compositions containing them, manufacturing process therefor and use thereof
The invention relates to compounds of formula (I): wherein Ra, R1, Ar, L, A, W, Y, and Z are as defined in the disclosure; to compositions containing them; and to the preparation and use thereof, in particular as anticancer agents. |
| US07947700B2 |
Carboxylic acid amides, the preparation thereof and their use as medicaments
The present invention relates to new substituted carboxylic acid amides of general formula wherein A, B and R1 to R5 are defined as in claim 1, the tautomers, the enantiomers, the diastereomers, the mixtures thereof and the salts thereof, particularly the physiologically acceptable salts thereof with inorganic or organic acids or bases, which have valuable properties. |
| US07947699B2 |
Anhydrous amorphous imatinib mesylate
Described is a highly stable amorphous form of imatinib mesylate having a water content of less than 0.5 percent by weight, based on the total weight of the amorphous imatinib mesylate, (anhydrous amorphous imatinib mesylate), a process for preparation thereof, and pharmaceutical compositions. |
| US07947696B2 |
2-amino-4-phenylquinazoline derivatives and the use thereof as HSP90 modulators
Novel phenylquinazoline derivatives of the formula (I), in which R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5 have the meanings indicated in Claim 1, are HSP90 inhibitors and can be used for the preparation of a medicament for the treatment of diseases in which the inhibition, regulation and/or modulation of HSP90 plays a role. |
| US07947694B2 |
Substituted pyrazolo[3,4-D]pyrimidines as cell cycle kinase inhibitors
This invention comprises the novel compounds of formula (I) wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, X1 and X2 have defined meanings, having cell cycle kinase inhibiting enzymatic activity, their preparation, compositions containing them and their use as a medicine. |
| US07947692B2 |
Substituted thiazolo[5,4-d]pyrimidine urea derivatives
There are presented compounds of the formula or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, which are active adenosine A2B receptor antagonists and useful in the treatment of diabetes, diabetic retinopathy, asthma and diarrhea. |
| US07947691B2 |
Cyclic n-hydroxy imides as inhibitors of flap endonuclease and uses thereof
Acrylic n-hydroxy imides and their use in pharmaceutical compositions and in the inhibition of flap endonuclease are disclosed. |
| US07947690B2 |
Pyrimidine derivative condensed with a non-aromatic ring
The present invention provides a condensed pyrimidine compound represented by formula (I) or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof: where A represents a ring where at least one carbon atom within said ring is optionally substituted with one or more groups selected from the group consisting of lower alkyl, —O-(lower alkyl), halogen atom, carboxyl, —CO2-(lower alkyl), and carbamoyl, R1 represents: (1) phenyl substituted with at least three halogen atoms, which may have at least one additional substituent, or (2) cyclopropyl, cyclobutyl, cyclopentyl, cyclohexyl, or cycloheptyl, each of which is optionally substituted; and R2 represents a group represented by formula (II) or an optionally substituted cyclic amino: wherein R21 and R22 may be identical or different and each represents —H, lower alkyl, lower alkenyl, lower alkynyl, cycloalkyl, phenyl, heteroaryl, non-aromatic heterocyclyl, or —O-(lower alkyl), each of which is optionally substituted. |
| US07947682B2 |
Substituted N′-pyrrolo[1,2-a]quinoxalin-4-yl-hydrazides as anti-cancer agents
Novel compounds for treatment of cancer and disorders associated with angiogenesis function. Such compounds include a compound of Formula II, wherein R is H, alkyl, or halogen; R′ is H, alkyl, or halogen; X is CH or N; and Y comprises a homocyclic or heterocyclic ring. Also disclosed are a method of preparing the compounds, pharmaceutical compositions and packaged products containing the compounds, a method of using these molecules to treat cancer (e.g., leukemia, non-small cell lung cancer, colon cancer, CNS cancer, melanoma, ovarian cancer, breast cancer, renal cancer, and prostate cancer) and disorders associated with angiogenesis function (e.g., age-related macular degeneration, macular dystrophy, and diabetes), a method of monitoring the treatment, a method of profiling gene expression, and a method of modulating gene expression. |
| US07947681B2 |
Methods of administering tetrahydrobiopterin, associated compositions, and methods of measuring
The present invention is directed to treatment methods of administering tetrahydrobiopterin, including in oral dosage forms, in intravenous formulations, and with food. Also disclosed herein are biopterin assays for measuring the amount of biopterin and metabolites of biopterin in a sample. |
| US07947679B2 |
Fungicides
The naphthyridine derivatives of formula (I) a and method of combating or controlling phytopathogenic fungi which comprises applying the compounds of formula (I) to a plant, to a seed of a plant and to the locus of the plant. |
| US07947677B2 |
Spirolactam tricyclic CGRP receptor antagonists
Compounds of formula I: (wherein variables A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, A6, A7, B1, B2, B3, B4, D1, D2, E1, E2, E3, E4, E5, G1, G2, J, K, T, U, V, W, X, Y and Z are as described herein) which are antagonists of CGRP receptors and which are useful in the treatment or prevention of diseases in which the CGRP is involved, such as migraine. The invention is also directed to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds and the use of these compounds and compositions in the prevention or treatment of such diseases in which CGRP is involved. |
| US07947671B2 |
Synthesis of naturally occuring ecteinascidins and related compounds
Ecteinascidin compounds with a quinone ring for ring E are active as anti-cancer agents. Related processes and compounds are provided. |
| US07947670B2 |
Ansamycin formulations and methods of use thereof
Provided herein, inter alia, are solid forms of geldanamycin analogs, pharmaceutical compositions comprising a geldanamycin analog and a crystallization inhibitor, methods of making and using such compositions. Additionally, provided are methods for the treatment of cancer, a neoplastic disease state and/or a hyperproliferative disorder, and methods of inhibiting Heat Shock Protein 90 (“Hsp90”). |
| US07947669B2 |
Agent for improving insulin resistance
To inhibit production of adipocytokines, in particular, adipocytokines that elicit insulin resistance and to prevent onset of pathosis caused by the insulin resistance, or improve the pathosis, the present invention provides an agent or a food or drink which contains a compound having a cyclolanostane skeleton, or an organic solvent extract, a hot water extract of a plant of the family Liliaceae or Gramineae, or a fraction thereof which contains the compound as an active ingredient. |
| US07947663B2 |
Inhibitors of fatty acid amide hydrolase
The present invention provide compounds, and pharmaceutical compositions thereof, encompassed by the formulae (I), (II) or (III). The present invention also provides methods for treating an FAAH mediated disease, disorder or condition by administering a therapeutically effective amount of a provided compound of the formulae (I), (II) or (III), or a pharmaceutical composition thereof, to a patient in need thereof. Additionally, the present invention provides methods for inhibiting FAAH in a patient by administering a therapeutically effective amount of a compound of the formulae (I), (II) or (III), or a pharmaceutical composition thereof, to a patient in need thereof. |
| US07947661B2 |
Compounds for the treatment of marihuana dependence, withdrawal, and usage
The invention provides methods for treating or suppressing marihuana usage, withdrawal, or dependence involving administration of a therapeutically-effective amount of a cytosine-containing or cytidine-containing compound, uridine-containing compound, creatine-containing compound, adenosine-containing, or adenosine-elevating compound to a mammal. |
| US07947660B2 |
RNAi-mediated inhibition of frizzled related protein-1 for treatment of glaucoma
RNA interference is provided for inhibition of Frizzled Related Protein-1 mRNA expression, in particular, for treating patients having glaucoma or at risk of developing glaucoma. |
| US07947657B2 |
Method for selective inhibition of human N-myc gene in N-myc expressing tumors through antisense and antigen peptido-nucleic acids (PNA)
The present invention refers to sense and antisense peptide nucleic acids (PNAs). The present invention further refers to the use of said PNAs for preparing drugs for treating genetic diseases. |
| US07947656B2 |
Processes for producing cellooligosaccharide
A process of producing cellooligosaccharide, comprising enzymatically decomposing, in the presence of cellulase, a water-insoluble natural cellulosic material having an average degree of polymerization not greater than 700, an average particle size not greater than 100. A process of producing cellooligosaccharide, comprising enzymatically decomposing, in the presence of cellulase, a water-insoluble natural cellulosic material having an average degree of polymerization not greater than 700, containing 10% or more by mass of a colloidal cellulose component and a diethyl ether-soluble substance content less than 1% by mass. |
| US07947655B2 |
Methods for making proteins containing free cysteine residues
The present invention relates to novel methods of making soluble proteins having free cysteines in which a host cell is exposed to a cysteine blocking agent. The soluble proteins produced by the methods can then be modified to increase their effectiveness. Such modifications include attaching a PEG moiety to form pegylated proteins. |
| US07947653B1 |
Methods for treating epidermal growth factor receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitor-resistant cancers
Cancer treatment with a combination of an Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitor and an Interleukin-6 inhibitor. |
| US07947652B2 |
Compositions and methods for modulating PGC-1α to treat huntington's disease
The present invention provides methods for modulating mitochondrial function, modulating lesion formation in the brain, modulating neurite growth, modulating neuronal degeneration, and treating and preventing neurological diseases or disorders comprising modulating the expression or activity of PGC-1α. The present invention also provides an animal, e.g., transgenic mouse, in which the PGC-1α gene is misexpressed. Methods for identifying compounds which are capable of treating or preventing a neurological disease or disorder are also described. |
| US07947649B2 |
Liquid buffered GDF-5 formulations
Improved formulations and methods are provided for stabilizing a solution of bone morphogenetic protein. The compositions comprise an acetate buffered solution of GDF-5 and other excipients wherein the solution has a pH of from about 4.2 to about 5.3, thereby providing for a biologically isotonic solution having improved stability of the GDF-5 protein during storage, handling, and use. |
| US07947647B2 |
Synthetic mimics of mammalian cell surface receptors: method and compositions
The present invention relates to new synthetic receptors. More particularly, the present invention relates to the use of the synthetic receptors for delivering a protein, peptide, drug, prodrug, lipid, nucleic acid, carbohydrate or small molecule into a target cell via receptor-mediated endocytosis. According to the invention, novel synthetic mimics of cell surface receptors have been designed and methods for use of the same are disclosed. |
| US07947639B2 |
Non-aqueous, non-corrosive microelectronic cleaning compositions containing polymeric corrosion inhibitors
Photoresist strippers and cleaning compositions of this invention are provided by non-aqueous cleaning compositions that are essentially non-corrosive toward copper as well as aluminum and that comprise at least one polar organic solvent, at least one hydroxylated organic amine, and at least one corrosion inhibitor polymer having multiple hydroxyl- or amino-functional groups pendant from the polymer backbone. |
| US07947638B2 |
Composition for cleaning semiconductor device
A sulfur-containing detergent composition for cleaning a semiconductor device having an aluminum wire, wherein the sulfur-containing detergent composition is capable of forming a protective film containing a sulfur atom on a surface of an aluminum film in a protective film-forming test; a semiconductor device comprising a protective film containing a sulfur atom on a surface of an aluminum wire, wherein sulfur atom is contained within a region of at least 5 nm in its thickness direction from the surface of the protective film; and method for manufacturing a semiconductor device, comprising the step of contacting an aluminum wire of the semiconductor device with the sulfur-containing detergent composition as defined above, thereby forming a sulfur-containing protective film on the surface of the aluminum wire. The semiconductor device can be suitably used in the manufacture of electronic parts such as LCD, memory and CPU. Especially, the semiconductor device is suitably used in the manufacture of a highly integrated semiconductor with advanced scale-down. |
| US07947637B2 |
Cleaning formulation for removing residues on surfaces
The present disclosure provides a non-corrosive cleaning composition that is useful for removing residues from a semiconductor substrate. The composition can comprise water, at least one hydrazinocarboxylic acid ester, at least one water soluble carboxylic acid, optionally, at least one fluoride-containing compound, and, optionally, at least one corrosion inhibitor not containing a carboxyl group. The present disclosure also provides a method of cleaning residues from a semiconductor substrate using the non-corrosive cleaning composition. |
| US07947636B2 |
Power transmission fluids
A power transmission fluid composition having improved characteristics. The fluid may include a base oil and an additive composition, wherein the additive composition includes an ashless dispersant and an oil-soluble aliphatic tertiary amine. The resulting fluid may have improved durability characteristics. |
| US07947634B2 |
Process for making a lubricant having good rust inhibition
A process to make a lubricant, comprising: blending together: a) about 0.001 to about 2 wt % of a mixture of amine phosphates; b) about 0.001 to about 0.5 wt % of an alkenyl succinic compound selected from the group consisting of an acid half ester, an anhydride, an acid, and mixtures thereof; c) about 0.10 to about 20 wt % of a solubility improver having an aniline point less than 20° C.; and d) about 60 to about 98.5 wt % of a lubricating base oil selected from the group consisting of an API Group II or Group III base oil having greater than 65% paraffinic chain carbons by ASTM D 3238, an API Group IV base oil, a polyinternal olefin base oil, a hydroisomerized Fischer-Tropsch wax, a Fischer-Tropsch oligomerized olefin base oil, and mixtures thereof; wherein the lubricant passes the 4 hour TORT B rust test. |
| US07947630B2 |
Compositions comprising at least two different polymeric microparticles and methods for recovering hydrocarbon fluids from a subterranean reservoir
The present disclosure is directed to compositions and methods for enhanced oil recovery, for modifying the permeability of subterranean formations and for increasing the mobilization and/or recovery rate of hydrocarbon fluids present in the formations. The compositions may include, for example, expandable cross-linked polymeric microparticles having unexpanded volume average particle size diameters of from about 0.05 to about 5,000 microns and cross linking agent contents of from about 100 to about 200,000 ppm of labile cross linkers and from 0 to about 300 ppm of non-labile cross linkers that may be used in combination with other components such as, for example, a second and different polymeric microparticle, a viscosified aqueous solution, a subterranean reservoir treatment, or combinations thereof. |
| US07947627B2 |
Fluid loss control agent with triggerable removal mechanism
A fluid loss control pill or solution includes a polymer having a functional group that can be hydrolyzed by a base or a nucleophile. A method for fluid loss control in a subterranean formation includes placing a fluid loss control pill or solution in a wellbore penetrating the subterranean formation, wherein the fluid loss control pill or solution comprises a polymer having a functional group that can be hydrolyzed by a base or a nucleophile; and converting the polymer into a soluble form by hydrolyzing the functional group with a base or a nucleophile, when fluid loss control is no longer needed. |
| US07947624B2 |
Metal honeycomb-shaped catalyzer carrier
In a metal honeycomb-shaped catalyzer carrier 11, a corrugated portion 24 is formed on one side 33 in the longitudinal direction of a metallic thin belt plate 23. A plurality of belt plates 23, . . . are alternately stacked such that a flat plate portion 35 on the other side 34 of another belt plate 23 is superimposed on the corrugated portion 24, and are wound from their central flat portion 25 in the longitudinal direction thereby to form a wound honeycomb-shaped carrier body 12. The wound honeycomb carrier body 12 is fit in a hollow cylindrical member 13. The central flat portion 25 of the belt plate is wound so as to form a central cylindrical portion 17 having diameter of D, and length of the central flat portion in the longitudinal is at least 4.14 D. |
| US07947623B2 |
Hydroprocessing bulk catalyst and uses thereof
A hydroprocessing bulk catalyst is provided. A process to prepare hydroprocessing bulk catalysts is also provided. The hydroprocessing catalyst has the formula (Mt)a(Lu)b(Sv)d(Cw)e(Hx)f(Oy)g(Nz)h,, wherein M is at least one group VIB metal; promoter metal L is optional and if present, L is at least one Group VIII non-noble metal; t, u, v, w, x, y, z representing the total charge for each of the components (M, L, S, C, H, O and N, respectively); ta+ub+vd+we+xf+yg+zh=0; 0= |
| US07947619B2 |
Porous grog composition, water purification device containing the grog and method for making same
A porous grog with a body composition of clay and a source of Fe3+. Further, an earthenware water purification filter utilizing the porous grog in the body composition of the filter. Further, an earthenware filter utilizing Fe3+ treatment for water disinfection is disclosed. A water purification system incorporating said filter said water purification system capable of removing about 99% of all particles not less than 1.0 micron is size, and removing virtually 100% of fecal coliform indicators. |
| US07947615B2 |
Acoustical canopy system
An interior building system which includes a curved, acoustical, self-supporting composite panel which differentiates and accents the interior building space, and, at the same time, provides substantial sound absorbing capabilities. The composite panel is composed of two or more layers of non self-supporting soft fiber material and a discontinuous layer of adhesive interposed between each of the soft fiber layers. The system further includes mounting hardware for attaching the panel to the building structure. The mounting hardware has a perforated plate which is embedded in the panel which minimizes the visibility of the hardware, and, at the same time, provides enhanced load bearing capabilities. |
| US07947614B2 |
Multi-layered fire retardant
Disclosed is a multi-layered metal panel with a fire retardant inner core disposed between two wire mesh layers. The fire retardant inner core is a substrate coated with a fire retardant material. The wire mesh layers on top and bottom of the inner core affix the fire retardant inner core in between. A wire frame surrounds the peripheral edge of the wire mesh layers to provide structural rigidity to the panel. A protective sheet surrounds the entire panel to protect it from rain and wind. |
| US07947611B2 |
Method of improving initiation layer for low-k dielectric film by digital liquid flow meter
A method for depositing a low dielectric constant film by flowing a oxidizing gas into a processing chamber, flowing an organosilicon compound from a bulk storage container through a digital liquid flow meter at an organosilicon flow rate to a vaporization injection valve, vaporizing the organosilicon compound and flowing the organosilicon compound and a carrier gas into the processing chamber, maintaining the organosilicon flow rate to deposit an initiation layer, flowing a porogen compound from a bulk storage container through a digital liquid flow meter at a porogen flow rate to a vaporization injection valve, vaporizing the porogen compound and flowing the porogen compound and a carrier gas into the processing chamber, increasing the organosilicon flow rate and the porogen flow rate while depositing a transition layer, and maintaining a second organosilicon flow rate and a second porogen flow rate to deposit a porogen containing organosilicate dielectric layer. |
| US07947609B2 |
Method for etching low-k material using an oxide hard mask
A method of patterning a film stack is described. The method comprises preparing a film stack on a substrate, wherein the film stack comprises a SiCOH-containing layer formed on the substrate, a silicon oxide (SiOx) layer formed on the SiCOH-containing layer, and a mask layer formed on the silicon oxide layer. A pattern is created in the mask layer. Thereafter, the pattern in the mask layer is transferred to the silicon oxide layer using an etching process, and then the mask layer is removed. The pattern in the silicon oxide layer is transferred to the SiCOH-containing layer using a dry plasma etching process formed from a process composition comprising NF3. |
| US07947608B2 |
Positive tone bi-layer method
Methods of imprint lithography are described. Generally, the methods include imprinting, via a patterned mold, a pattern into a polymerizable fluid composition on a substrate to form a patterned imprinting layer. A conformal layer is overlayed on the patterned imprinting layer. A portion of the conformal layer is used as a hard mask for subsequent processing. The imprinted pattern may be transferred to the substrate by a plurality of etches. |
| US07947606B2 |
Methods of forming conductive features and structures thereof
Methods of forming features and structures thereof are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method of forming a feature includes forming a first material over a workpiece, forming a first pattern for a lower portion of the feature in the first material, and filling the first pattern with a sacrificial material. A second material is formed over the first material and the sacrificial material, and a second pattern for an upper portion of the feature is formed in the second material. The sacrificial material is removed. The first pattern and the second pattern are filled with a third material. |
| US07947605B2 |
Post ion implant photoresist strip using a pattern fill and method
A method is described for use in a system that removes an implant crust that is formed as an outermost layer of photoresist in a photoresist pattern that is supported by a workpiece. The photoresist pattern defines apertures which lead to an active device region. The active device region is formed by an ion implantation which produces the implant crust. A filler material is applied such that the filler material reaches a fill depth in each aperture. The workpiece and the filler material are exposed to a treatment environment to remove the implant crust on the laterally extending surface of the photoresist as the filler material protects the active device region. Thereafter, a remaining portion of the photoresist layer is removed. An associated intermediate assembly, including the workpiece, is described. |
| US07947603B2 |
Chemical-mechanical polishing method
A chemical-mechanical polishing process for forming a conductive interconnect includes the steps of providing a semiconductor substrate having a first conductive line thereon, and then forming at least one dielectric layer over the substrate and the first conductive line. Next, a chemical-mechanical polishing method is used to polish the surface of the dielectric layer. Thereafter, a cap layer is formed over the polished dielectric layer. The method of forming the cap layer includes depositing silicon oxide using a chemical vapor deposition method with silicane (SiH.sub.4) or tetra-ethyl-ortho-silicate (TEOS) as the main reactive agent. Alternatively, the cap layer can be formed by depositing silicon nitride using a chemical vapor deposition method with silicane or silicon dichlorohydride (SiH.sub.2Cl.sub.2) as the main reactive agent. Finally, a via opening is formed through the dielectric layer and the cap layer, and a second conductive line that couples electrically with the first conductive line through the via opening. |
| US07947596B2 |
Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same
A semiconductor device according to this invention comprises a substrate 100 in which semiconductor elements are formed, a first conductor 301 at least a portion of the peripheral surface of which is made of a material comprising copper as a main ingredient, and a first insulative diffusion barrier layer 203 covering at least a portion of the first conductor 301. The first insulative diffusion barrier layer 203 is formed by using a gas mixture at least containing an alkoxy silane represented by the general formula (RO)nSiH4−n (n is an integer in a range from 1 to 3, R represents an alkyl group, an aryl group or a derivative thereof), and an oxidative gas by a plasma CVD. Thus, a semiconductor device comprising copper wiring of high reliability and with less wiring delay time can be provided. |
| US07947591B2 |
Semiconductor devices with dual-metal gate structures and fabrication methods thereof
Semiconductor devices with dual-metal gate structures and fabrication methods thereof. A semiconductor substrate with a first doped region and a second doped region separated by an insulation layer is provided. A first metal gate stack is formed on the first doped region, and a second metal gate stack is formed on the second doped region. A sealing layer is disposed on sidewalls of the first gate stack and the second gate stack. The first metal gate stack comprises an interfacial layer, a high-k dielectric layer on the interfacial layer, a first metal layer on the high-k dielectric layer, a metal insertion layer on the first metal layer, a second metal layer on the metal insertion layer, and a polysilicon layer on the second metal layer. The second metal gate stack comprises an interfacial layer, a high-k dielectric layer on the interfacial layer, a second metal layer on the high-k dielectric layer, and a polysilicon layer on the second metal layer. |
| US07947589B2 |
FinFET formation with a thermal oxide spacer hard mask formed from crystalline silicon layer
A semiconductor process and apparatus provide a FinFET device by forming a second single crystal semiconductor layer (19) that is isolated from an underlying first single crystal semiconductor layer (17) by a buried insulator layer (18); patterning and etching the second single crystal semiconductor layer (19) to form a single crystal mandrel (42) having vertical sidewalls; thermally oxidizing the vertical sidewalls of the single crystal mandrel to grow oxide spacers (52) having a substantially uniform thickness; selectively removing any remaining portion of the single crystal mandrel (42) while substantially retaining the oxide spacers (52); and selectively etching the first single crystal semiconductor layer (17) using the oxide spacers (52) to form one or more FinFET channel regions (92). |
| US07947588B2 |
Structure and method for a CMOS device with doped conducting metal oxide as the gate electrode
A semiconductor device and method for fabricating a semiconductor device for providing improved work function values and thermal stability is disclosed. The semiconductor device comprises a semiconductor substrate; an interfacial dielectric layer over the semiconductor substrate; a high-k gate dielectric layer over the interfacial dielectric layer; and a doped-conducting metal oxide layer over the high-k gate dielectric layer. |
| US07947586B2 |
Method of manufacturing a semiconductor device
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device is disclosed, wherein a plating layer is formed on a first surface side of a semiconductor substrate stably and at a low cost, while preventing the plating liquid from being contaminated and avoiding deposition of uneven plating layer on a second surface side. An electrode is formed on the first surface of the semiconductor substrate, and another electrode is formed on the second surface. A curing resin is applied on the electrode on the second surface and a film is stuck on the curing resin, and the curing resin is then cured. After that, a plating process is conducted on the first surface. The film and the curing resin are then peeled off. |
| US07947584B2 |
Suitably short wavelength light for laser annealing of silicon in DSA type systems
The present invention generally relates to a thermal processing apparatus and method that permits a user to index one or more preselected light sources capable of emitting one or more wavelengths to a collimator. Multiple light sources may permit a single apparatus to have the capability of emitting multiple, preselected wavelengths. The multiple light sources permit the user to utilize multiple wavelengths simultaneously to approximate “white light”. One or more of a frequency, intensity, and time of exposure may be selected for the wavelength to be emitted. Thus, the capabilities of the apparatus and method are flexible to meet the needs of the user. |
| US07947580B2 |
Hybrid semiconductor structure
A method for the fabrication of a semiconductor structure that includes areas that have different crystalline orientation and semiconductor structure formed thereby. The disclosed method allows fabrication of a semiconductor structure that has areas of different semiconducting materials. The method employs templated crystal growth using a Vapor-Liquid-Solid (VLS) growth process. A silicon semiconductor substrate having a first crystal orientation direction is etched to have an array of holes into its surface. A separation layer is formed on the inner surface of the hole for appropriate applications. A growth catalyst is placed at the bottom of the hole and a VLS crystal growth process is initiated to form a nanowire. The resultant nanowire crystal has a second different crystal orientation which is templated by the geometry of the hole. |
| US07947576B2 |
Method of manufacturing by etching a semiconductor substrate horizontally without creating a vertical face
An aspect of the invention provides a method of manufacturing a method of manufacturing a semiconductor element comprises the steps of: growing epitaxially a semiconductor layer on top of a semiconductor substrate; forming a patterned portion of the grown semiconductor layer by forming a pattern by a patterning process on top of the grown semiconductor layer; removing a portion of the semiconductor layer other than the patterned portion by a first etching method with a first etchant; and immersing a resultant from the first etching method in a second etchant that etches only the semiconductor substrate by a second etching method thereby removing the substrate from the semiconductor layer. |
| US07947575B2 |
Laser machining
A method of laser machining a feature in a substrate includes machining the substrate with a pulsed laser along a scan line so that the successive pulses 81 at the substrate do not overlap but are either contiguous or spaced apart. Pulses 82, 83, 84 in respective succeeding scans of the laser along the scan line, are offset with respect to the starting point of pulses 81, 82, 83 in a previous scan so that multiple successive laser scans provide machining to a required depth while successively smoothing edges, 91, 92, 93, 94 of the feature with each pass. |
| US07947574B2 |
Laser processing method and semiconductor chip
A laser processing method is provided, which, even when a substrate formed with a laminate part including a plurality of functional devices is thick, can cut the substrate and laminate part with a high precision.This laser processing method irradiates a substrate 4 with laser light L while using a rear face 21 as a laser light entrance surface and locating a light-converging point P within the substrate 4, so as to form modified regions 71, 72, 73 within the substrate 4. Here, the quality modified region 71 is formed at a position where the distance between the front face 3 of the substrate 4 and the end part of the quality modified region 71 on the front face side is 5 μm to 15 μm. When the quality modified region 71 is formed at such a position, a laminate part 16 (constituted by interlayer insulating films 17a, 17b here) formed on the front face 3 of the substrate 4 is also cut along a line to cut with a high precision together with the substrate 4. |
| US07947573B2 |
Structure combining an IC integrated substrate and a carrier, and method of manufacturing such structure
The present invention provides a structure combining an IC integrated substrate and a carrier, which comprises a carrier and an IC integrated substrate formed on the carrier. The IC integrated substrate has a first dielectric layer attached to the carrier. The materials of the carrier and the first dielectric layer are selected to prevent the IC integrated substrate from peeling off the carrier during processing and to allow the IC integrated substrate to naturally separate from the carrier after being cut, through the adhesion between the carrier and the first dielectric layer. The present invention also provides a method of manufacturing the above structure and a method of manufacturing electrical devices using the above structure. |
| US07947568B2 |
Method of manufacturing semiconductor device
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes a process of forming a STI trench in a substrate, a process of forming a thermal oxide film on a sidewall and a bottom surface of the STI trench, a process of performing a plasma treatment on a surface of the thermal oxide film that is located at a bottom portion of the STI trench, and a process of forming an insulating film in the STI trench using a CVD method. |
| US07947567B2 |
Method of fabricating a semiconductor device with reduced oxide film variation
A semiconductor device fabrication method is disclosed. The method comprises an insulating film forming step of forming an insulating film on a semiconductor substrate; a trench forming step of forming a trench for device isolation in a predetermined part of the semiconductor substrate; a trench filling step of forming a buried oxide film filling the trench; a polishing step of polishing the buried oxide film on the semiconductor substrate until the insulating film is exposed; a thickness measuring step of measuring the thickness of the insulating film remaining after the polishing; an etching amount determining step of determining an etching amount of etching the polished buried oxide film based on the measured thickness of the remaining insulating film; and a buried oxide film etching step of etching the polished buried oxide film based on the determined etching amount. |
| US07947566B2 |
Method and apparatus for making coplanar isolated regions of different semiconductor materials on a substrate
A semiconductor processing method includes providing a substrate, forming a plurality of semiconductor layers in the substrate, each of the semiconductor layers being distinct and selected from different groups of semiconductor element types. The semiconductor layers include a first, second, and third semiconductor layers. The method further includes forming a plurality of lateral void gap isolation regions for isolating portions of each of the semiconductor layers from portions of the other semiconductor layers. |
| US07947565B2 |
Forming method of porous low-k layer and interconnect process
A method of forming a porous low-k layer is described. A CVD process is conducted to a substrate, wherein a framework precursor and a porogen precursor are supplied. In an end period of the supply of the framework precursor, the value of at least one deposition parameter negatively correlated with the density of the product of the CVD process is decreased. |
| US07947564B2 |
Method of fabricating a mixed microtechnology structure and a structure obtained thereby
A method of fabricating a mixed microtechnology structure includes providing a provisional substrate including a sacrificial layer on which is formed a mixed layer including at least first patterns of a first material and second patterns of a second material different from the first material, where the first and second patterns reside adjacent the sacrificial layer. The sacrificial layer is removed exposing a mixed surface of the mixed layer, the mixed surface including portions of the first patterns and portions of the second patterns. A continuous is formed covering layer of a third material on the mixed surface by direct bonding. |
| US07947559B2 |
Method of fabricating semiconductor device
Provided is a method of fabricating a semiconductor device having an impurity region with an impurity concentration of a first dose in a substrate. In the method, first impurity ions of a first conductivity type are implanted into the substrate, and a rapid thermal processing (RTP) is performed on the substrate to activate the first impurity ions. Second impurity ions of the first conductivity type are implanted into the substrate having the activated first impurity ions. |
| US07947558B2 |
Electromechanical memory devices and methods of manufacturing the same
In a memory device and a method of forming the same, in one embodiment, the memory device comprises a first word line structure on a substrate, the first word line structure extending in a first direction. A bit line is provided over the first word line structure and spaced apart from the first word line by a first gap, the bit line extending in a second direction transverse to the first direction. A second word line structure is provided over the bit line and spaced apart from the bit line by a second gap, the second word line structure extending in the first direction. The bit line is suspended between the first word line structure and the second word line structure such that the bit line deflects to be electrically coupled with a top portion of the first word line structure through the first gap in a first bent position and deflects to be electrically coupled with a bottom portion of the second word line structure through the second gap in a second bent position, and is isolated from the first word line structure and the second word line structure in a rest position. |
| US07947555B2 |
Method of making silicon carbide semiconductor device
In a method of making a silicon carbide semiconductor device having a MOSFET, after a mask is placed on a surface of a first conductivity type drift layer of silicon carbide, ion implantation is performed by using the mask to form a lower layer of a deep layer extending in one direction. A first conductivity type current scattering layer having a higher concentration than the drift layer is formed on the surface of the drift layer. After another mask is placed on a surface of the current scattering layer, ion implantation is performed by using the other mask to form an upper layer of the deep layer at a position corresponding to the lower layer in such a manner that the lower layer and the upper layer are connected together. |
| US07947553B2 |
Method for fabricating semiconductor device with recess gate
A method for fabricating a semiconductor device includes forming a first recess in a substrate, forming a plasma oxide layer over the substrate including first recess, etching the plasma oxide layer to have a portion of the plasma oxide layer remain on sidewalls of the first recess, and forming a second recess by isotropically etching a bottom portion of the first recess, wherein the second recess has a width greater than a width of the first recess. |
| US07947548B2 |
Multifunctional tape
A method includes forming elongate structures (5) on a first substrate (3), such that the material composition of each elongate structure (7) varies along its length so as to define first and second physically different sections in the elongate structures. First and second physically different devices (1, 2) are then defined in the elongate structures. Alternatively, the first and second physically different sections may be defined in the elongate structures after they have been fabricated. The elongate structures may be encapsulated and transferred to a second substrate (7). The invention provides an improved method for the formation of a circuit structure that requires first and second physically different devices (1,2) to be provided on a common substrate. In particular, only one transfer step is necessary. |
| US07947542B2 |
Method for making thin film transistor
A method for making a thin film transistor, the method comprising the steps of: (a) providing a carbon nanotube array and an insulating substrate; (b) pulling out a carbon nanotube film from the carbon nanotube array by using a tool; (c) placing at least one carbon nanotube film on a surface of the insulating substrate, to form a carbon nanotube layer thereon; (d) forming a source electrode and a drain electrode; wherein the source electrode and the drain electrode being spaced therebetween, and electrically connected to the carbon nanotube layer; and (e) covering the carbon nanotube layer with an insulating layer, and a gate electrode being located on the insulating layer. |
| US07947541B2 |
Method of fabricating a semiconductor device
A method for fabricating a semiconductor device comprises: forming a gate pattern over a silicon active region and an insulating layer, which form a semiconductor substrate; removing the silicon active region exposed between the gate patterns; and filling a space between the gate patterns to form a plug. |
| US07947540B2 |
Multi-level semiconductor device and method of fabricating the same
A multi-level semiconductor device includes a first transistor on a semiconductor substrate, the first transistor including a first source/drain region, a semiconductor layer on the semiconductor substrate, a second transistor on the semiconductor layer, the second transistor including a second source/drain region in a first portion of the semiconductor layer, and a contact pattern extending from the first source/drain region and contacting a second portion of the semiconductor layer, wherein the second portion of the semiconductor layer has an impurity concentration that is greater than that of the second source/drain region. |
| US07947539B2 |
Thin film transistor array panel for a display device and a method of manufacturing the same
A method of manufacturing a thin film transistor array panel includes forming gate lines including gate electrodes on an insulation substrate; forming a gate insulating layer, semiconductor layer, and etch stop layer on the gate lines; etching and patterning the etch stop and semiconductor layers at the same time using photolithography; ashing and partially removing a photoresist film pattern used in the patterning of the etch stop and semiconductor layers; etching the etch stop layer exposed by removed portions of the photoresist film pattern to form etch stop members; depositing ohmic contact and data metal layers onto the etch stop members, etching the ohmic contact and data metal layers at the same time using photolithography to form data lines having source and drain electrodes, and ohmic contact members below the source and drain electrodes; forming a passivation layer on the data lines and drain electrodes; and forming pixel electrodes on the passivation layer. |
| US07947537B2 |
Metal oxide semiconductor, semiconductor element, thin film transistor and method of manufacturing thereof
A method of manufacturing a metal oxide semiconductor comprising the step of: conducting a transformation treatment on a semiconductor precursor layer containing a metal salt to form the metal oxide semiconductor, wherein the metal salt comprises one or more metal salts selected from the group consisting of a nitrate, a sulfate, a phosphate, a carbonate, an acetate and an oxalate of a metal; and the semiconductor precursor layer is formed by coating a solution of the metal salt. |
| US07947532B2 |
Power semiconductor device and method for its production
A power semiconductor device and a method for its production. The power semiconductor device has at least one power semiconductor chip, which has on its top side and on its back side large-area electrodes. The electrodes are electrically in connection with external contacts by means of connecting elements, the power semiconductor chip and the connecting elements being embedded in a plastic package. This plastic package has a number of layers of plastic, which are pressed one on top of the other and have plane-parallel upper sides. The connecting elements are arranged on at least one of the plane-parallel upper sides, between the layers of plastic pressed one on top of the other, as a patterned metal layer and are electrically in connection with the external contacts by means of contact vias through at least one of the layers of plastic. |
| US07947530B2 |
Method of manufacturing wafer level package including coating and removing resin over the dicing lines
The present invention relates to a method of manufacturing a wafer level package including the steps of: preparing a substrate wafer including a plurality of pads formed on a bottom surface, a plurality of chips positioned on a top surface, and dicing lines for dividing the chips; forming external connection units on the pads; coating resin on the dicing lines by positioning masks on the substrate wafer to expose only the dicing lines; removing the masks; encapsulating the chips positioned between the resin by coating the chips with encapsulant; removing the resin coated on the dicing lines; and cutting a wafer level package along the dicing lines exposed by removing the resin into units. |
| US07947528B2 |
Solid-state image pickup device, electronic apparatus using such solid-state image pickup device and method of manufacturing solid-state image pickup device
A back-illuminated type solid-state image pickup device (1041) includes read circuits (Tr1, Tr2) formed on one surface of a semiconductor substrate (1042) to read a signal from a photo-electric conversion element (PD) formed on the semiconductor substrate (1042), in which electric charges (e) generated in a photo-electric conversion region (1052c1) formed under at least one portion of the read circuits (Tr1, Tr2) are collected to an electric charge accumulation region (1052a) formed on one surface side of the semiconductor substrate (1042) of the photo-electric conversion element (PD) by electric field formed within the photo-electric conversion element (PD). Thus, the solid-state image pickup device and the camera are able to make the size of pixel become very small without lowering a saturation electric charge amount (Qs) and sensitivity. |
| US07947527B2 |
Method for metallization of a semiconductor device
A method for metallization of a semiconductor device. This method includes a) metallizing a set of collection fingers with a low-temperature serigraphy paste on at least a front surface of the semiconductor device, b) sintering, at a temperature below a temperature that would damage the semiconductor device, the serigraphy paste forming the set of metallized collection fingers, by performing a pressing operation on the collection fingers with a press, and c) metallizing at least one collection bus on the set of metallized collection fingers, electrically connecting the collection fingers to one another, with a low-temperature serigraphy paste. |
| US07947525B2 |
Manufacturing method for a liquid crystal display
A method for manufacturing a liquid crystal display includes the following steps. First, source/drain and a bottom electrode are formed over a color filter substrate with a color filter layer. The next step forms source/drain junction regions over the source/drain. A channel region is also formed between the source/drain in this step. A gate dielectric layer and a gate are formed over the channel region and the source/drain junction regions in this step as well. Moreover, a plurality of stack layers and an upper electrode are formed over the bottom electrode in this step, too. Then, a pixel electrode is formed to electrically connect one of the source/drain and the bottom electrode. Then, a passivation layer pattern is formed to cover the source/drain, the gate, the upper electrode and the bottom electrode by backside exposure. Finally, a plurality of steps are performed to finish the liquid crystal display. |
| US07947524B2 |
Humidity control and method for thin film photovoltaic materials
A method for processing a thin film photovoltaic module. The method includes providing a plurality of substrates, each of the substrates having a first electrode layer and an overlying absorber layer composed of copper indium gallium selenide (CIGS) or copper indium selenide (CIS) material. The absorber material comprises a plurality of sodium bearing species. The method maintains the plurality of substrates in a controlled environment after formation of at least the absorber layer through one or more processes up to a lamination process. The controlled environment has a relative humidity of less than 10% and a temperature ranging from about 10 Degrees Celsius to about 40 Degrees Celsius. The method subjects the plurality of substrates to a liquid comprising water at a temperature from about 10 Degrees Celsius to about 80 Degrees Celsius to process the plurality of substrates after formation of the absorber layer. The plurality of substrates having the absorber layer is subjected to an environment having a relative humidity of greater than about 10% to a time period of less then four hours. |
| US07947520B2 |
Semiconductor laser and method of making the same
In the method of making a semiconductor laser, a semiconductor region is grown on an active layer, and a part of the semiconductor region is etched to form a ridge structure. An insulating film is formed over the ridge structure, and a resin layer of photosensitive material is formed to bury the ridge structure. A cured resin portion and an uncured resin portion are formed in the resin layer by performing lithographic exposure of the resin layer, and the uncured resin portion is on the top of the ridge structure. The uncured resin portion is removed to form a dent which is provided on the top of the ridge structure. An overall surface of the cured resin portion and dent is etched to form an etched resin layer. An opening is formed in the etched resin layer by thinning the cured resin portion, and a part of the insulating film is exposed in the opening of the etched resin layer. The part of the insulating film is etched using the etched resin layer as a mask to form an opening in the insulating film. An electrode is formed over the ridge structure and the etched resin layer. |
| US07947516B2 |
LED packaging methods and LED-based lighting products
A method of packaging a light-emitting diode (LED) chip includes coupling the LED chip to a printed circuit board (PCB) and forming a conductor on a cover plate. Conductive epoxy is applied to at least one of the LED chip and the conductor. The cover plate is coupled to the PCB such that the conductive epoxy forms a circuit connection between the LED chip and the conductor. An LED-based lighting product includes a PCB with one or more LED chips mounted directly thereon. A cover plate has conductors that couple at least to the one or more LED chips and to the PCB, such that the conductors form electrical connections between the one or more LED chips and the PCB. |
| US07947511B2 |
Intensified neutral loss tags and use thereof in mass spectrometry
Ultrasensitive detection of a chemical substance (analyte) by mass spectrometry is achieved by employing a molecular tag that yields an intense parent ion and then an intense daughter ion in a multi-stage mass spectrometer. |
| US07947508B2 |
Systems and methods for intra-oral diagnosis
Devices, systems, and methods are disclosed for intra-orally diagnosing a body condition. |
| US07947502B2 |
Method and kit for calibrating a photoluminescence measurement system
The invention is directed to a method and a kit for calibrating a photoluminescence measurement system, in particular a fluorescence measurement system. The kit includes a number of fluorescence standards i and their corrected and certified fluorescence spectra Ii(λ), whereby the fluorescence standards i are selected, so that their spectrally corrected fluorescence spectra Ii(λ) cover a broad spectral range with high intensity. The standards are characterized by large half-widths FWHMi of their bands of at least 1400 cm−1. According to the method of the invention, partial correction functions Fi(λ) are generated by forming the quotient of the measured fluorescence spectra Ji(λ) and the corresponding corrected fluorescence spectra Ii(λ), which are then combined to form a total correction function F(λ) for a broad spectral range. The combination factors αi are hereby computed by statistical averaging of consecutive partial correction functions Fi(λ) over only a predefined, limited overlap region λi/i+1±ΔλOL about the mutual crossover wavelength λi/i+1. |
| US07947501B2 |
Gene recombination exchange system for stable gene modification in human ES cells
A method of creating a human pluripotent transgenic stem cell, wherein heterologous DNA is inserted into specific “hot-spots” in the genome where stable and high gene expression may occur, is disclosed. In one embodiment, the method comprises the steps of: (a) selecting a pluripotent stem cell line, and (b) inserting heterologous DNA at an insertion site selected from the group consisting of insertion site one and insertion site two to form a transgenic cell line. In another embodiment, the heterologous DNA is an exchange cassette and the transgenic cell line formed is a master cell line. |
| US07947499B2 |
Method of dynamically culturing embryonic stem cells
The present invention is of a method of dynamically generating human embryoid bodies which can be used for generating lineage specific cells and cell lines. Specifically, the present invention can be used to generate ESC-differentiated cells for cell-replacement therapy. |
| US07947498B2 |
Embryonic stem cells and neural progenitor cells derived therefrom
The present invention provides undifferentiated human embryonic stem cells, methods of cultivation and propagation and production of differentiated cells. In particular it relates to the production of human ES cells capable of yielding somatic differentiated cells in vitro, and committed progenitor cells such as neural progenitor cells capable of giving rise to mature somatic cells including neural cells and/or glial cells and uses thereof. The invention also provides methods that generate in vitro and in vivo models of controlled differentiation of ES cells towards the neural lineage. The model, and the cells that are generated along the pathway of neural differentiation may be used for the study of the cellular and molecular biology of human neural development, for the discovery of genes, growth factors, and differentiation factors that play a role in neural differentiation and regeneration, for drug discovery and for the development of screening assays for teratogenic, toxic and neuroprotective effects. |
| US07947496B2 |
Cytotoxicity mediation of cells evidencing surface expression of CD44
This invention relates to the diagnosis and treatment of cancerous diseases, particularly to the mediation of cytotoxicity of tumor cells; and most particularly to the use of cancerous disease modifying antibodies (CDMAB), optionally in combination with one or more chemotherapeutic agents, as a means for initiating the cytotoxic response. The invention further relates to binding assays which utilize the CDMAB of the instant invention. |
| US07947495B2 |
Immunoglobulin display vectors
Disclosed are mammalian expression vectors for expressing simultaneous expression of immunoglobulins as both a secreted and cell surface bound form. |
| US07947493B2 |
Compositions and methods for regulating mRNA transcription and translation
The invention relates to compositions, specifically novel nucleic acid constructs encoding a cardiovirus 2A polypeptide operably linked to suitable promoters. Also, disclosed are methods whereby the nucleic acid constructs are introduced into cells or cell free systems to regulate cellular mRNA transcription and cap-dependent or internal ribosomal entry site (IRES)-dependent mRNA translation. |
| US07947492B2 |
Device improving the detection of a ligand
A device and method is disclosed for improving the detection of a ligand by a receptor by concentrating microbes by removing particulates from fluid-borne samples and/or causing selective aggregation of concentrated microbes. The device may be configured as a multipath valve capable purifying/concentrating a sample in one orientation and delivering the concentrated sample in another orientation. In one embodiment, the device includes a body that defines a plurality of chambers and pathways and supports a pathogen capture unit that houses a receptor that exhibits specificity for a ligand. In another embodiment, the capture unit houses a plurality of antibody coated generally spherical particles capable of binding to a ligand. |
| US07947491B2 |
Microfluidic gradient devices
The present invention relates to devices and systems that may generate and maintain a chemical gradient. In one embodiment, the invention provides a source and a sink channel so that a gradient bridge is created. In another embodiment, the gradient bridge creates a stable environment for facilitating molecular events to occur, such as a cell migration, or formation of crystallized molecules. |
| US07947487B2 |
Multifunctional encoded particles for high-throughput analysis
Method for making multifunctional particles. The method includes flowing a first monomer stream loaded with a fluorescent entity along a microfluidic channel and flowing a second monomer stream loaded with a probe adjacent to the first monomer stream along the microfluidic channel. The monomer streams are polymerized to synthesize particles having a fluorescent, graphically encoded region and a probe-loaded region. |
| US07947485B2 |
Method and apparatus for molecular analysis using nanoelectronic circuits
Devices and methods for detecting the constituent parts of biological polymers are disclosed. A molecular analysis device comprises a molecule sensor and a molecule guide. The molecule sensor comprises a single electron transistor including a first terminal, a second terminal, and a nanogap or at least one quantum dot positioned between the first terminal and the second terminal. A nitrogenous material disposed on the at least one quantum dot is configured for an interaction with an identifiable configuration of a molecule. The molecule sensor develops an electronic effect responsive to the interaction. The molecule guide is configured for guiding at least a portion of the molecule substantially near the molecule sensor to enable the interaction. |
| US07947480B2 |
Everninomicin biosynthetic genes
This invention is directed to nucleic acids which encode the proteins that direct the synthesis of the orthosomycin everninomicin and to use of the nucleic acids and proteins to produce compounds exhibiting antibiotic activity based on the everninomycin structure. The DNA sequence for the gene clusters responsible for encoding everninomicin biosynthetic genes, which provide the machinery for producing everninomicin, are provided. Thus, this invention provides the nucleic acid sequences needed to synthesize novel everninomicin-related compounds based on everninomicin, arising from modifications of the DNA sequence designed to change glycosyl and modified orsellinic acid groups contained in everninomicin. A Micromonospora site-specific integrase gene is also provided, which can be incorporated in a vector for integration into any actinomycete, and, particularly into Monospora. Thus, the invention further provides methods for introducing heterologous genes into an actinomycete chromosome using this particular vector. |
| US07947479B2 |
Bardet-Biedl susceptibility gene and uses thereof
The present invention relates to the identification of a gene, now designated negevin (ngvn), that is involved in the genetic disease Bardet Biedl Syndrome (BBS), which is characterized by such diverse symptoms as obesity, diabetes, hypertension, mental retardation, renal cancer and other abnormalities, retinopathy and hypogonadism. The human NGVN protein disclosed herein is 731 amino acids in length and is coded for by a gene spanning 17 exons. Homologs have been identified in mouse, rat, zebrafish. Methods of use for the gene, for example in diagnosis and therapy of BBS and in drug screening, also are described. |
| US07947478B2 |
Short chain volatile hydrocarbon production using genetically engineered microalgae, cyanobacteria or bacteria
The present invention provides methods and compositions for producing isoprene hydrocarbons from microalgae, cyanobacteria, and photosynthetic and non-photosynthetic bacteria. |
| US07947476B2 |
Analytical method and kit
An analytical kit using RNA probes for the detection or analysis of nucleic acid sequences is described. These probes are contacted with a sample suspected of containing the nucleic acid sequence and if they form duplexes, they are hydrolysed. This may be done, for example, during an amplification reaction. AMP generated as a result of the hydrolysis is converted to ATP. The ATP may then be detected using bioluminescent reagents. |
| US07947475B2 |
Modified variant Bowman Birk protease inhibitors
The present invention relates to modified variant Bowman Birk Protease Inhibitor proteins (BBPIs) that comprise peptides that bind target proteins, and that are further modified to have greater protease inhibitory activity and/or be produced at greater yields than the unmodified BBPIs. The invention encompasses polynucleotide constructs and expression vectors containing polynucleotide sequences that encode the modified variant BBPIs, the transformed host cells that express and produce the modified variant BBPIs, the modified variant BBPI proteins, the compositions comprising the modified variant BBPIs, and the methods for making and using the modified variant BBPIs in personal care. |
| US07947466B2 |
Methods for identifying agents that modulate LGIC receptor activity
Fluorescence based screening assays are provided that allow for the for identification of agents that selectively bind to a ligand-gated ion channel (LGIC) such as a nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAChR). Also provided are methods for identifying agents that selectively bind to a neuronal-type nAChR by detecting binding of the agent to an Aplysia AChBP, which is representative of a neuronal-type nAChR. In addition, compositions and kits for performing such methods are provided. |
| US07947465B2 |
Simultaneous assay for determining drugs
Bodily fluid is analyzed for the presence of drugs of a selected panel of drugs in a simultaneous assay in which sample of the fluid is incubated with additional amounts of all drugs of the panel, antibodies specific to each of the drugs of the panel, and microparticles, the microparticles being divided into subsets, one subset for each drug in the panel and each subset distinguishable from the others. The incubation is performed in a liquid medium in which competitive binding occurs, the drugs in the sample competing with those added to the assay medium for binding to the antibodies. In one procedure, the added drugs are pre-coupled to the microparticles while the antibodies are not, and the incubation is followed by further incubating the microparticles with labeled ligands that have affinity for the antibodies. In an alternative procedure, the added drugs are not coupled to the microparticles but are pre-labeled, while the antibodies are pre-coupled to the microparticles, and the assay proceeds without further incubation. In both alternatives, the microparticles are ultimately recovered from the assay medium and from any unbound species, and the recovered microparticles are analyzed by flow cytometry to obtain indications of the presence of the various drugs in the sample in an inverse manner by detection of the label, each drug differentiable from the others by the distinguishing features of the microparticles. |
| US07947464B2 |
Method for identifying regulatory T cells
The present invention relates to methods and kits for identifying, quantifying and isolating regulatory T cells, to methods and kits for diagnosing or monitoring autoimmune diseases, immunoinflammatory diseases, allergic diseases, predispositions thereto, infectious diseases, cancer, cancer treatment and/or organ transplantation based on regulatory T cell quantity, to methods and kits for predicting responses to therapy for autoimmune diseases, immunoinflammatory diseases, allergic diseases, predispositions thereto, infectious diseases, cancer and/or organ transplantation based on regulatory T cell quantity, and to methods and kits for therapy using isolated regulatory T cells. |
| US07947462B2 |
Methods for identifying Kremen polypeptide binding partners
The present invention relates to a composition useful for the diagnosis and therapy of diseases associated with aberrant expression of the gene encoding the receptor Kremen 1 and/or Kremen 2 e.g. tumors or diseases of the kidneys, bones and eyes, lipid and glucose metabolism and obesity. The present invention also relates to a pharmaceutical composition containing a compound which is capable of modifying (a) the expression of the gene encoding Kremen 1 and/or Kremen 2 or (b) the activity of the Kremen 1 and/or Kremen 2 receptor. |
| US07947460B2 |
Method for diagnosis and therapy of hazelnut-induced systemic reaction
The present invention is directed to methods for predicting or diagnosing a hazelnut-induced systemic reaction, and for methods for treating such a reaction. |
| US07947456B2 |
Assessing brain aneurysms
This document provides methods and materials related to assessing brain conditions within mammals. For example, methods and materials that can be used to determine whether or not a mammal (e.g., a human) with a brain aneurysm is likely to experience brain aneurysm rupture are provided. |
| US07947455B2 |
System for genome selection
Systems, methods, compositions and apparatus relating to genome selection are disclosed. |
| US07947454B2 |
Methods and apparatus for characterizing polynucleotides
Systems and methods for analysis of polymers, e.g., polynucleotides, are provided. The systems are capable of analyzing a polymer at a specified rate. One such analysis system includes a structure having a nanopore aperture and a molecular motor, e.g., a polymerase, adjacent the nanopore aperture. |
| US07947450B2 |
Device, kit and method for pulsing biological samples with an agent and stabilising the sample so pulsed
A device and kit for pulsing a biological sample with a pulsing agent is disclosed. The biological sample so pulsed is subsequently stabilized and the device or kit provides a control reaction. Applications for the described device and kit are found in the field of medical diagnostics, particularly immunology. |
| US07947446B2 |
High throughput mutation screening methods and kits using a universalized approach—differential sequence fill-in (DSF)-enabled sequential adapter ligation and amplification
This disclosure teaches high throughput mutation screening methods allowing simultaneous analysis of multiple genetic regions of interest and sensitive detection of very low frequency mutation(s) by the use of a universalized approach. Methods comprise treating RNA:DNA heteroduplexes of interest with a ribonuclease, sequence extension by an RNA-primed DNA polymerase, ligation with a blocking adapter, and differential sequence fill-in followed by single-strand-specific nuclease digestion to permit full-length sequence extension and subsequent ligation with a tagged reporter adapter solely in mutants filled in with a complementary deoxyribonucleotide triphosphate. By forming tagged mutant-dual adapter hybrids or mutant-triple adapter hybrids, the detection and/or quantification of mutants may be directed to the commonly shared tag(s) or flanking adapter sequences for signal detection/enhancement or sequence amplification in all different mutants regardless of the source or the number of mutations involved, thereby avoiding the tremendous effort of multiple target-specific sequence amplifications. Methods may be performed wholly or partially in solution, on solid phase media, in large scale, adapted for automated or semi-automated analysis, and any combinations thereof. |
| US07947443B2 |
DNA and RNA conformational switches as sensitive electronic sensors of analytes
The electrical conductivity of DNA and other oligonucleotide constructs is dependent on its conformational state. Such a dependence may be harnessed for the electronic sensing of external analytes, for instance, adenosine or thrombin. Such a DNA sensor incorporates an analyte receptor, whose altered conformation in the presence of bound analyte switches the conformation, and hence, the conductive path between two oligonucleotide stems, such as double-helical DNA. Two distinct designs for such sensors are described that permit significant electrical conduction through a first or “detector” double-helical stem only in the presence of the bound analyte. In the first design, current flows through the analyte receptor itself whereas, in the second, current flows in a path adjacent to the receptor. The former design may be especially suitable for certain categories of analytes, including heterocycle-containing compounds such as adenosine, whereas the latter design should be generally applicable to the detection of any molecular analyte, large or small, such as the protein thrombin. Since analyte detection in these DNA sensors is electronic, the sensors may be used in rapid and automated chip-based detection of small molecules as well as of proteins and other macromolecules. |
| US07947441B2 |
Molecular detection and quantification of Enterococci
A primer pair and probe for the large subunit ribosomal RNA gene of enterococci for use in a real-time nucleic acid sequence based amplification (NASBA) assay. |
| US07947430B2 |
Method of forming 3D micro structures with high aspect ratios
A method of forming 3D micro structures with high aspect ratios includes the steps of: disposing a mask, which has a plurality of through holes having at least two different sizes, on a substrate to expose the substrate through the through holes; forming a negative photoresist layer on the mask and the substrate; providing a light source to illuminate the negative photoresist layer through the substrate and the through holes of the mask so as to form a plurality of exposed portions and an unexposed portion; and removing the unexposed portion and leaving the exposed portions to form a plurality of pillars each having a bottom portion contacting the substrate and a top portion opposite to the bottom portion. A top area of the top portion is slightly smaller than a bottom area of the bottom portion, and the pillars are allowed to have at least two different heights. |
| US07947429B2 |
Long length flexible circuits and method of making same
Disclosed is a method for making long flexible circuits. Some of the long circuits may be made using a single photoimaging mask. Also disclosed are flexible circuits made by this method. |
| US07947424B2 |
Composition for forming anti-reflective coat
There is provided a composition for forming anti-reflective coating containing a urea compound substituted by hydroxyalkyl group or alkoxyalkyl group, and preferably a light absorbing compound and/or a light absorbing resin; a method of forming a anti-reflective coating for a semiconductor device by use of the composition; and a process for manufacturing a semiconductor device by use of the composition. The composition according to the present invention exhibits a good light-absorption to a light having a wavelength used for manufacturing a semiconductor device. Therefore, the composition exerts a high protection effect against light reflection, and has a high dry etching rate compared with photoresist layers. |
| US07947423B2 |
Photosensitive compound and photoresist composition including the same
A photosensitive compound whose size is smaller than conventional polymer for photoresist, and which has well-defined (uniform) structure, and a photoresist composition including the same are disclosed. The photosensitive compound represented by the following formula 1. Also, the photoresist composition comprises 1 to 85 wt % (weight %) of the photosensitive compound; 0.05 to 15 weight parts of a photo-acid generator with respect to 100 weight parts of the photosensitive compound; and 200 to 5000 weight parts of an organic solvent. In the formula 1, x is 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5, y is 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6, and R and R′ are independently a chain type or a ring type of aliphatic or aromatic hydrocarbon group of 1 to 30 carbon atoms. |
| US07947420B2 |
Image forming method
An image forming method comprising the steps of: (i) charging a surface of a photoreceptor; (ii) exposing the charged photoreceptor to form an electrostatic latent image; (iii) developing the electrostatic latent image using a toner comprising at least a release agent to form a toner image; (iv) transferring the toner image on the photoreceptor to a transfer material; and (v) fixing the toner image transferred on the transfer material employing a contact-heating fixing devise comprising a pair of belts, wherein the releasing agent comprises a first release agent component containing a monoester compound represented by Formula (1) and a second release agent component containing a hydrocarbon having a branched chain structure, wherein a content of the first release agent is 40 to 98% by mass, based on a total mass of the first release agent component and the second release agent component: R1—COO—R2. Formula (1) |
| US07947409B2 |
Metallic separator for fuel cell and fuel cell including the same
A separator for a fuel cell includes a first layer that includes stainless steel and tungsten and a second layer that includes stainless steel and tungsten. The first layer contains more tungsten than the second layer so that the separator has anticorrosion properties specifically tailored to the environment of the anode and the cathode. |
| US07947406B2 |
Polymer electrolyte, membrane/electrode assembly, and fuel cell
A polymer electrolyte having a repetitive structure represented by the following formula (1): wherein B represents a single bond or a bivalent group, A represents a bivalent aromatic group, Y represents —SO2—, —SO— or —CO—, R1 represents a substituent, n1 represents an integer of from 0 to 3, L represents a perfluoroalkylene group, and M represents an ionic group. |
| US07947402B2 |
Fuel cell system capable of supplying and receiving power and method of operating the same
Provided is a fuel cell system including: a cartridge in which fuel is stored; a power unit producing power by using the fuel supplied from the cartridge; and a port to which an electronic device is connected, wherein the port comprises: a first channel which is a channel for receiving start-up power from the electronic device and supplying produced power to the electronic device; a second channel via which a signal indicating attachment of the fuel cell system to the electronic device is transmitted to the electronic device when the fuel cell system is attached to the electronic device; and a third channel for grounding. |
| US07947399B2 |
Non-aqueous electrolyte for battery and non-aqueous electrolyte battery comprising the same
This invention relates to a non-aqueous electrolyte for a battery having an excellent safety and a non-aqueous electrolyte battery comprising such a non-aqueous electrolyte and having a high safety, and more particularly to a non-aqueous electrolyte for a battery comprising a phosphine oxide compound having P—F bond and/or P—NH2 bond in its molecule and a support salt, as well as a non-aqueous electrolyte battery comprising such a non-aqueous electrolyte for the battery, a positive electrode and a negative electrode. |
| US07947397B1 |
Battery components employing a silicate binder
A battery component structure employing inorganic-silicate binders. In some embodiments, casting or coating of components may be performed using aqueous slurries of silicates and electrode materials or separator materials. |
| US07947395B2 |
Graphite particles and lithium secondary battery using the same as negative electrode
A graphite particle obtained by assembling or binding together a plurality of flat-shaped particles so that the planes of orientation are not parallel to one another, or a graphite particle in which aspect ratio is 5 or less or specific surface area is 8 m2/g or less or the size of crystallite in the direction of c-axis of the crystal is 500 Å or more and the size of crystallite in the direction of plane is 1,000 Å or less as measured by X ray broad angle diffraction, or a graphite particle in which pore volume of the pores having a size falling in a range of 102 to 106 Å is 0.4 to 2.0 cc/g per weight of graphite particle or pore volume of the pores having a size falling in a range of 1×102 to 2×104 Å is 0.08 to 0.4 cc/g per weight of graphite particle is suitable for production of negative electrode of lithium secondary battery, and a lithium secondary battery obtained therefrom is excellent in rapid charge-discharge characteristics, cycle characteristics, etc. |
| US07947394B2 |
Non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery-use cathode material, production method therefor, non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery-use cathode and non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery using the cathode material
In order to provide a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery negative electrode material that has an excellent discharging capacity, the charge/discharge efficiency and the charge load characteristics, a manufacturing method thereof, a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery negative electrode with the negative electrode material and a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery, the invention provides a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery negative electrode material including graphite particles that have a block-like structure where a plurality of flat graphite fine particles assembles or bonds non-parallel with each other, the aspect ratio of 5 or less and a volume of fine pores in the range of 10 to 105 nm in a volume of 400 to 2000 cm3/kg; and a layer of carbon formed on a surface of the graphite particle, wherein a ratio (by weight ratio) of the layer of carbon to the graphite particle is in the range of 0.001 to 0.01, a manufacturing method thereof, a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery negative electrode with the negative electrode material and a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery. |
| US07947393B2 |
Alkaline electrochemical cell
An alkaline electrochemical cell capable of providing optimum run times at both high drain rates and low drain rates is disclosed. In one embodiment, the cell's gelled anode incorporates a limited quantity of zinc powder having specific physical characteristics that enable it to discharge efficiently over a wide range of electrical discharge conditions. The anode may also include an electrolyte that is selected to improve the zinc's discharge efficiency. |
| US07947385B2 |
Magnetic storage medium and information storage device
A magnetic storage medium includes a seed layer made of non-magnetic and amorphous Co—Cr—W, an intermediate layer having a crystalline structure, which is made of a non-magnetic material on the seed layer and has a c-axis oriented in a thickness direction of the seed layer in a hexagonal close-packed structure, and a recording layer made of mainly a magnetic material on the intermediate layer and having information magnetically recorded therein. |
| US07947384B2 |
Fire resistant glazings
Solutions comprising a sodium silicate waterglass having a modulus of less than 3 and at least 8% by weight of an organic polyhydroxy compound such as glycerol are useful in the production of interlayers used in fire resistant glass laminates. The solutions are dried on a flat surface such as glass to produce a clear intumescent interlayer having improved impact resistance. The dried interlayer may be removed from the surface in the form of an elastomeric material which may also be used as an interlayer in a fire resistant glazing. |
| US07947382B2 |
Electroluminescent polymers and the use thereof
The present invention relates to polymers which contain novel structural units of the formula (I). The materials according to the invention exhibit improved efficiency and a longer lifetime on use in a polymeric organic light-emitting diode. |
| US07947373B2 |
High luminance coated glass
A coating composition and related coated substrates are disclosed. The coating composition of the present invention includes a first dielectric layer having a thickness ranging from 380 Å to 430 Å; a first metal layer over the first dielectric layer having a thickness ranging from 60 Å to 130 Å; a first primer layer over the first dielectric layer having a thickness ranging from 10 Å to 30 Å; a second dielectric layer over the first primer layer having a thickness ranging from 880 Å to 1020 Å; a second metal layer over the second dielectric layer having a thickness ranging from 100 Å to 180 Å; a second primer layer over the second metal layer having a thickness ranging from 10 Å to 30 Å; and a third dielectric layer over the second primer layer having a thickness ranging from 240 Å to 520 Å. |
| US07947367B2 |
Fibers made from copolymers of ethylene/α-olefins
A fiber is obtainable from or comprises an ethylene/α-olefin interpolymer characterized by an elastic recovery, Re, in percent at 300 percent strain and (1) cycle and a density, d, in grams/cubic centimeter, wherein the elastic recovery and the density satisfy the following relationship: Re>1481−1629(d). Such interpolymer can also be characterized by other properties. The fibers made therefrom have a relatively high elastic recovery and a relatively low coefficient of friction. The fibers can be cross-linked, if desired. Woven or non-woven fabrics can be made from such fibers. |
| US07947358B2 |
Method and an arrangement for producing basic fastener tab material, such basic starting material, and fastener tabs
A method of producing basic starting material for the manufacture of fastener tabs intended for joining the side portions of the front and rear parts of an absorbent article. The method includes stretching a first sheet of elastic material in a first direction; applying a second and third sheet of material onto respective opposite sides of the first sheet; fastening the three material sheets together in at least two mutually separated zones that extend parallel with each other in one direction perpendicular to the first direction; dividing the first sheet in each region between two zones along a line lying therebetween, whereby the first sheet contracts to a non-stretched state, and thereafter fastening the sheets together in each region between two zones. The invention also relates to an arrangement for carrying out the method, to starting material for producing fastener tabs, and to such a tab. |
| US07947357B2 |
Method for placing indicia on nonwoven material and articles therefrom
A method of placing a logo on an article or substrate by placing a contrast sheet behind the logo and a blocking sheet therebetween to prevent a shadow effect. The contrast sheet and blocking sheet may be hidden within the hem of an article. |
| US07947353B2 |
Information recording medium and its production process
In each of at least two information layers (1, 2) which constitute a information recording medium having a plurality of information layers on its one side, the compositions of the recording layer (7) and the dielectric layers (6, 8) adjacent to the recording layer (7) in one information layer (1) are common to the compositions of the corresponding layers (12, 11, 13) in the other information layer, so that the recording layers (7, 12) and the dielectric layers (6, 11) and (8, 13) in the two information layers (1, 2) can be formed in common sputtering film-forming chambers without the replacement of targets, which makes it possible to produce a multi-layer single-sided recording medium with a decreased time loss in the production process. |
| US07947352B2 |
Flexible VCD having domed center and method of making thereof
A Flexible VCD Having Domed Center and Method of Making Thereof is disclosed. The disc will has a flat data storage section of its substrate that is less than 0.7 millimeters thick, while the central region of the disc is defined by a dome structure adjacent to the spindle aperture that is of standard digital disc thickness. The disc is thin enough such that its substrate is flexible. The dome structure is shaped to provide the widest compatibility with player/recorders, as well as with disc printing systems. Disc versions are available that provide conical dome structures, as well as slivered dome structures of both conical and rectangular cross-section. The method for manufacturing the discs simply requires the replacement of the conventional stamper holder with a stamper holding having a non-flat face. |
| US07947351B1 |
Label structure incorporating a leaflet for use on small containers
A label structure is disclosed for mounting on a container and includes a base panel for affixing to a surface of the container. An adhesive is applied to at least a portion of a rear face of the base panel for adhering the base panel to the container. The label structure further includes a leaflet associated with the base panel for application to the container with the base panel, and the leaflet comprising at least one panel with opposite faces. The label structure also includes a laminating strip securing the leaflet to the base panel, and the laminating strip overlies the leaflet and overlying the base panel. In some embodiments, the leaflet is positioned adjacent to the base panel and does not overlie the base panel. In other embodiments, the leaflet has a width dimension that is greater than a width of the base panel. |
| US07947348B2 |
Polypropylene compositions for stretched articles
Polypropylene compositions, particularly suited for preparation of stretched/oriented articles, especially for injection stretch blow moulded bottles, comprising: A) one or more propylene homopolymers or propylene copolymers or their mixtures; B) from 500 to about 1500 ppm by weight of talc in form of particles having average particle diameter of equal to or less than 1.5 μm. Said compositions display higher crystallization temperature with respect to the same polyolefin (A) without addition of (B), while keeping good levels of transparency, particularly when (A) is or comprises a random polymer. |
| US07947344B2 |
Artificial fruit apparatus
An artificial banana apparatus includes a plurality of artificial banana bodies, each artificial banana body being elongate and curved, each artificial banana body having a stem end and an opposed tip, and each stem end having a channel. The banana apparatus including a plurality of elongate stems, each stem having a first end telescopically received in a respective channel to allow a length of the stem outside said artificial banana body to be adjusted, each stem having a second end with a magnetic element. The apparatus includes a stem hub having at least one magnetic element complementary to the stem magnetic elements to removably couple the stems to the stem hub, the stem hub having at least two rows of sockets complementary to the stem second ends to receive the stem second ends in at least two rows. |
| US07947342B2 |
Polarizer protective film, manufacturing method thereof, polarizing plate and liquid crystal display
A polarizer protective film comprising: a cellulose ester; a saccharide ester having an ester of compound (A), the compound (A) having one furanose structure or one pyranose structure in the molecule, wherein all or a part of OH groups in the compound (A) are esterified, or an ester of compound (B), the compound (B) having two to twelve of at least one of a furanose structure and a pyranose structure bonded in the molecule, wherein all or a part of OH groups in the compound (B) are esterified; and a compound represented by Formula (R) or (Ra): |
| US07947333B2 |
Method for coating of metallic coil or sheets for producing hollow articles
A method for coating of a metallic coil or of metallic sheets with an aqueous coating composition comprising at least one compound selected from the group consisting of zirconium compounds, titanium compounds and hafnium compounds whereby the such treated metallic coil or metallic sheets is/are shaped by cold extruding, by deep-drawing, by drawing, by necking, by punching, by wall ironing or by any combination of such process steps to a hollow article like a container or a casing and is then cleaned and optionally further coated either by chemical pre-treatment and then by coating with ink or paint or both or by chemical treatment. |
| US07947332B2 |
Prepreg for printed wiring board, metal foil clad laminate and printed wiring board, and, method for manufacturing multi-layer printed wiring board
A printed wiring board prepreg according to the present invention is a printed wiring board prepreg obtained by impregnation-drying of a base material with a thermosetting resin composition, and when it is bent by 90°, cracks do not occur in the base material. |
| US07947331B2 |
Method for making thermal interface material
A method for making a thermal interface material includes the steps of: (a) providing an array of carbon nanotubes formed on a substrate, the carbon nanotubes having interfaces defined therebetween; (b) providing a transferring device and disposing at least one low melting point metallic material above the array of carbon nanotubes, using the transferring device; and (c) heating the low melting point metallic material and the array of carbon nanotube to a certain temperature to make the at least one low melting point metallic material melt, then flow into the interspaces between the carbon nanotubes, and combine (e.g., mechanically) with the array of carbon nanotubes to acquire a carbon-nanotube-based thermal interface material. |
| US07947328B2 |
Metal pattern forming method
A metal pattern forming method includes the steps of: applying one of a metal salt solution and an acetylene compound solution onto the substrate, the acetylene compound solution containing an acetylene compound expressed by a general formula of: (R.(C≡C)l)k-(L)-(A)m, where R is one of a metal element, hydrogen, a carboxyl group or salt thereof, an alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, an alkenyl group, an alkynyl group, an aryl group, an aralkyl group and a heterocyclic group, L is one of a compound linking A with a carbon-carbon triple bond and a group having (k+m) valency, A is one of a polyoxyether group, a polyaminoether group and polythioether group, k and l are integers not less than 1, and m is an integer not less than 0; and then applying the other of the metal salt solution and the acetylene compound solution onto the substrate so that the metal salt solution reacts with the acetylene compound solution to form a metal precipitate on the substrate, wherein at least one of the applying steps is performed by using an inkjet apparatus to directly form the metal pattern composed of the metal precipitate on the substrate. |
| US07947326B1 |
Methods of forming a fluidized bed of circulating particles
There is disclosed an apparatus for forming a fluidized bed of circulating particles. In an embodiment, the apparatus includes a bottom portion having a sidewall, the sidewall defining a curvilinear profile, and the bottom portion configured to contain a bed of particles; and a gas inlet configured to produce a column of gas to carry entrained particles therein. There is disclosed a method of forming a fluidized bed of circulating particles. In an embodiment, the method includes positioning particles within a bottom portion having a sidewall, the sidewall defining a curvilinear profile; producing a column of gas directed upwardly through a gas inlet; carrying entrained particles in the column of gas to produce a fountain of particles over the fluidized bed of circulating particles and subside in the particle bed until being directed inwardly into the column of gas within the curvilinear profile. |
| US07947325B2 |
Methods for manufacturing flexible transfer body and flexible optical disc and flexible optical disc manufactured thereby
In a flexible transfer body employing curable resin as a transfer material, thickness unevenness in a substrate and a transfer layer is reduced and the thickness of the transfer layer is made to be uniform. Liquid curable resin is coated onto a rotation center or the vicinity of the rotation center of a mold, which is a rotator having a functional form on a surface thereof. A flexible film is brought into contact with a surface of the coated curable resin in a liquid state and the curable resin is spread to the circumferential edge of the mold by a centrifugal force. And the curable resin is cured by supplying chemical or thermal energy thereto and the curable resin is separated from the mold, thereby obtaining a flexible transfer body in which the curable resin is transferred to the film. |
| US07947322B2 |
Low carbohydrate fiber containing emulsion
An edible emulsion with insoluble fiber is described. The edible emulsion is suitable for use as a base for making reduced oil food products. The reduced oil food products made with the edible emulsion having insoluble fiber have consumer acceptable viscosities and texture and sensorial properties consistent with full fat food products. |
| US07947313B2 |
Compositions for diabetes treatment and prophylaxis
Gurmarin containing compositions are useful for modulation of glucose metabolism and the treatment of diabetes. Glucose metabolism in a human patient is regulated by isolated gurmarin-containing dosage forms that optionally contain a non-metabolizable polysaccharide such as the exudate of Sterculia urens. |
| US07947311B2 |
Insect repellent concentrate formulation
A non-toxic insect repellent concentrate formulation utilizing a plurality of all natural active components has been proven to be effective in repelling mosquitoes for periods of between six to eight weeks, with one application. The insect repellent concentrate formulation includes a plurality of natural essential oils comprising at least one emulsifying agent to maintain the oils in a stable solution. A pH conditioning agent may be added to assure the formulation is pH balanced for application to grass, plants, and trees, without detriment. The formulation may be provided as either a concentrate, or at dilutions ready for direct application, and may be applied by any of a variety of methods including broadcast spraying, boom applicators, misting systems, aerosol spray devices, etc. |
| US07947309B2 |
Use of hyaluronic acid polymers for mucosal delivery of vaccine antigens and adjuvants
Compositions are provided which include hyaluronic acid derivatives in combination with vaccine antigens, and optionally adjuvants, for mucosal delivery. Also provided are methods of making the compositions, as well as methods of immunization using the same. |
| US07947308B2 |
Effervescent powders for inhalation
Effervescent powders comprising inhalable particles are disclosed, as are methods for preparing these powders. The inhalable carrier particles comprise an inorganic or organic carbonate, and an acid, and exhibit effervescence when exposed to water or humid air. The particles have a mass median aerodynamic diameter suitable for nasal, bronchial, or pulmonary administration. The inhalable particles may be used as carriers for active agents. The inhalable particles may also be used to enhance permeability of mucosal and surface barriers on an inner surface of the nose, mouth, airway, and/or lungs of a patient, as well as to loosen, thin, cleanse, and remove mucus and extrinsic surface materials from an inner surface of the nose, mouth, airway, and/or lungs of a patient in need thereof. |
| US07947304B2 |
Human growth hormone patch formulations
The invention encompasses a transdermal patch formulation comprising hGH, at least one sugar, one amino acid or polyol, and a buffer, wherein the buffer maintains the pH of the formulation in the range of about 5 to about 9 and the formulation does not contain both glycine and mannitol. |
| US07947297B2 |
Mixtures of phenolic and inorganic materials with antimicrobial activity
Plastic films, fibers and articles are provided long-term antimicrobial activity with a combination of certain phenolic and inorganic antimicrobial agents. The plastic films, fibers and articles with antimicrobial activity exhibit superior resistance to discoloration, may be processed at high temperature, and maintain physical properties upon weathering, especially upon exposure to ultraviolet radiation. |
| US07947296B2 |
Mixtures of phenolic and inorganic materials with antimicrobial activity
Plastic films, fibers and articles are provided long-term antimicrobial activity with a combination of certain phenolic and inorganic antimicrobial agents. The plastic films, fibers and articles with antimicrobial activity exhibit superior resistance to discoloration, may be processed at high temperature, and maintain physical properties upon weathering, especially upon exposure to ultraviolet radiation. |
| US07947295B2 |
Ophthalmic compositions containing a synergistic combination of two polymers
Ophthalmic compositions suitable for use as artificial tears or as vehicles for ophthalmic drugs are disclosed. The compositions contain a combination of two polymers that have a synergistic effect on viscosity. |
| US07947293B2 |
Aqueous pharmaceutical formulation
The invention concerns a stable aqueous pharmaceutical composition comprising 5-[(2RS)-2-cyclopropyl-7,8-dimethoxy-2H-1-benzopyran-5-ylmethyl]-pyrimidine-2,4-diamine in form of the water soluble methanesulfonic acid salt, a physiological sodium chloride solution, ethanol and Povidone 12 PF, the liquid having a pH of over and above 4.8, but not higher than 5.2, and wherein the oxygen amount is controlled to be 0.8 ppm or less; which can be sterilized by filtration and/or by heated treatment, stored for longer time periods and which can be use for bolus injection or diluted for i.v. infusion. |
| US07947289B2 |
Multimeric protein toxins to target cells having multiple identifying characteristics
The present invention provides compositions comprising modified bacterial toxins and methods for using the modified bacterial toxins for targeting particular cell populations and for treating diseases. |
| US07947285B2 |
Methods for preventing post endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography pancreatitis
The invention relates generally to methods for preventing post endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography pancreatitis (ERCP). The method comprises administering a therapeutically effective amount of a pharmaceutical composition comprising secretin and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. |
| US07947279B2 |
Peptide having hydrolase activity
The invention is directed to methods for increasing learning and memory in a subject with a neuropathological condition, specifically a condition related to elevated beta-amyloid deposition, the method comprising administering to the subject an effective amount of a compound capable of increasing the activity of Uch-L1. The invention is also directed to screening methods for identifying compounds that enhance the activity of the proteasome system, Uch-L1, or both. |
| US07947278B2 |
Methods of modulating angiogenesis
The present invention provides methods of modulating angiogenesis in an individual, the methods generally involving administering to an individual an agent that modulates the expression or activity of Egfl7, where an agonist of Egfl7, including an Egfl7 polypeptide, decreases angiogenesis. In one embodiment, the methods of the invention relate to inhibiting pathological angiogenesis by enhancing activity of Egfl7, which method may be carried out in conjunction with administration of one or more other anti-angiogenic agents. |
| US07947277B2 |
Wnt antagonists and their use in the diagnosis and treatment of Wnt-mediated disorders
The present invention provides for chimeric Wnt antagonists comprising a Frz domain component derived from a Frizzled protein, a secreted Frizzled related protein or Ror protein and an Fc immunoglobulin component, and their use in the treatment and diagnostic detection of cellular Wnt signaling and Wnt-mediated disorders, including cancer. |
| US07947275B2 |
Compositions and methods for demonstrating secretory immune system regulation of steroid hormone responsive cancer cell growth
Serum-containing and serum-free immunoglobulin inhibitors of steroid hormone responsive cancer cell growth are disclosed, along with their methods of production. Also disclosed are defined cell culture media, assay protocols, and model systems using the inhibitors for demonstrating steroid hormone growth effects of natural and synthetic substances, and other cell culture applications. The disclosed compositions and methods employing the immunoglobulin inhibitors are also useful as reagents in research, and for the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of mucus epithelial cancers. |
| US07947271B2 |
Methods of decreasing tumor volume and reducing tumor burden using TNF-receptor-coupling agents
Receptor coupling agents, including multivalent constructs comprising anti-TNF receptor binding moieties, for treating cancer and inhibiting tumor volume in a subject are disclosed. |
| US07947270B2 |
Removing dental plaque with krill enzymes
The invention relates to a multifunctional enzyme that can be derived from crustaceans or fish. The enzyme has at least one of a chymotrypsin, trypsin, elastase, collagenase and exo peptidase activity, and a molecular weight between about 20 kd and about 40 kd as determined by SDS PAGE. Preferably, the multifunctional enzyme has substantial anti cell-cell adhesion activity. Preferably, the multifunctional enzyme has substantial homology with the krill multifunctional enzyme. These enzymes are useful for treating viral infections such as herpes outbreaks, fungal, bacterial or parasitic infections, including the primary and secondary infections of leprosy, colitis, ulcers, hemorrhoids, corneal scarring, dental plaque, acne, cystic fibrosis, blood clots, wounds, immune disorders including autoimmune disease and cancer. Additionally, the invention relates to a method of purifying the multifunctional enzyme, and to a preparation of essentially purified multifunctional enzyme. |
| US07947267B2 |
Viral complement control proteins for eye disorders
The present invention provides compositions and methods for treating and/or preventing age related macular degeneration and other conditions involving macular degeneration or choroidal neovascularization. Certain of the compositions comprise a poxvirus complement control protein or a complement binding fragment or variant thereof. Other compositions comprise a poxvirus complement control protein linked to a moiety that binds to a component present on or at the surface of cell or noncellular molecular entity, e.g., a component present in the eye of a subject at risk of or suffering from age related macular degeneration or a related condition or choroidal neovascularization. Certain of the methods comprise administering a poxvirus complement control protein or complement binding fragment or variant thereof to a subject. |
| US07947264B2 |
TGF-β3 mutants
The invention provides TGF-β3s, or fragments or derivatives thereof, wherein the alpha-helix-forming domain between amino acid residues (58) and (67) of full-length wild type TGF-β3 comprises at least one alpha-helix-stabilizing substitution. The invention also provides TGF-β3s, or fragments or derivatives thereof, wherein the Glycine residue at position (63) of full-length wild type TGF-β3 is replaced with Proline. Further still, the invention provides TGF-β3s, or fragments or derivatives thereof, comprising a substitution of the Glutamic acid residue at position (12) of full-length wild type TGF-β3 and/or the Arginine residue at position (52) of full-length wild type TGF-β3. The invention also provides medicaments and methods of treatment using such TGF-β3s. |
| US07947258B2 |
Aqueous hair cleansing agent
An aqueous hair cleansing agent containing the following components (A), (B) and (C): (A): an anionic surfactant; (B): a cationized tara gum; and (C): an amino-modified silicone represented by a specific formula. |
| US07947257B2 |
Method of intranasal administration of granisetron
Compositions are provided for the intranasal administration of granisetron or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. Preferred compositions are in the form of an aqueous solution. Optionally, the compositions comprise chitosan, a salt or derivative thereof or a salt of a derivative of chitosan. The compositions can be used for the treatment or prevention of nausea and/or vomiting. |
| US07947256B2 |
Biocompatible fluorescent imaging agents
This invention relates to new carbocyanine fluorophores comprising a biomolecule targeting moiety containing 1-6 aromatic moieties, wherein the targeting moiety is designed to attach to biocompatible molecules to form in vivo optical imaging agents. |
| US07947254B2 |
Method of detecting a neuromyelitis optica specific-autoantibody by an antigenic aquaporin-4 polypeptide
The present invention provides for methods and materials for diagnosing and treating neuromyelitis optica (NMO). |
| US07947253B2 |
Perturbed membrane-binding compounds and methods of using the same
The present invention relates to compounds that selectively bind to cells undergoing perturbations and alterations of their normal plasma membrane organization, such as cells undergoing apoptosis or activated platelets. The invention further provides methods for utilizing said compounds in medical practice, for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes. |
| US07947251B2 |
Catalyst for hydrogen production from water gas shift reaction
Fe—Al—Cu catalysts have numerous industrial applications, for example, as catalysts in a water gas shift reactor. A method of producing a Fe—Al—Cu catalyst comprises the steps of providing an organic iron precursor, dissolving the organic iron precursor in a solvent solution, adding an aqueous solution comprising aluminum nitrate and copper nitrate to the organic iron pre-cursor-solvent solution, precipitating a gel comprising Fe—Al—Cu by adding a base, and drying the gel to form the Fe—Al—Cu catalyst. |
| US07947250B2 |
Process for conversion of aluminum oxide hydroxide
The present invention is a process for the conversion of aluminum oxide hydroxide (AlOOH) to aluminum oxide. About 30 to 70 wt-% of AlOOH, about 30 to 70 wt-% ammonium hydrogencarbonate NH4HCO3 and 0 to 20 wt-% water are combined to produce a mixture. This mixture is then cured at a temperature from about 30° to about 90° C. to convert at least 5% of the AlOOH to a ammonium hydroxycarbonate (dawsonite-type) intermediate and then the dawsonite-type intermediate is decomposed at a temperature from about 130° to 320° C. to produce aluminum oxide. The aluminum oxide can be further calcined at 500° to 800° C. to produce a gamma-theta phase alumina. |
| US07947245B2 |
Method for producing nanocarbon and catalytic reaction device for producing nanocarbon
A cylindrical screw feeder main body, catalyst feeding portions for introducing a catalyst into the screw feeder main body, low hydrocarbon feeding portions for introducing a low hydrocarbon into the screw feeder main body as a raw material, a screw for conveying the catalyst and nanocarbon produced by pyrolysis of the low hydrocarbon in the feeder main body, a solid matter discharging portion for discharging the catalyst and the nanocarbon conveyed by the screw out of the screw feeder main body and a gas discharging portion for discharging the unreacted low hydrocarbon and hydrogen produced by the pyrolysis of the low hydrocarbon out of the screw feeder main body are provided. Nanocarbon grown with the catalyst as top with time is continuously discharged out of the screw feeder main body while unused catalyst is being fed thereto at the same amount as that of nanocarbon, allowing efficient continuous reaction. |
| US07947243B2 |
Boron nitride thin-film emitter and production method thereof, and electron emitting method using boron nitride thin-film emitter
Based on designs concerning boron nitride thin-films each including boron nitride crystals in acute-ended shapes excellent in field electron emission properties, and designs of emitters adopting such thin-films, it is aimed at appropriately controlling a distribution state of such crystals to thereby provide an emitter having an excellent efficiency and thus requiring only a lower threshold electric field for electron emission.In a design of a boron nitride thin-film emitter comprising crystals that are each represented by a general formula BN, that each include sp3 bonded boron nitride, sp2 bonded boron nitride, or a mixture thereof, and that each exhibit an acute-ended shape excellent in field electron emission property; there is controlled an angle of a substrate relative to a reaction gas flow upon deposition of the emitter from a vapor phase, thereby controlling a distribution state of the crystals over a surface of the thin-film. |
| US07947240B2 |
System and method of carbon capture and sequestration
Systems and methods of capturing and sequestering carbon dioxide, comprising mixing a substantially non-aqueous solvent and an alkali such that the solvent and alkali form a solvent suspension, mixing water and a flue gas containing carbon dioxide with the solvent suspension such that a reaction occurs, the reaction resulting in the formation of a carbonate, water and heat. |
| US07947233B2 |
Method of catalytic reaction
A method of combusting a catalyzed hydrocarbon fuel comprising providing a first fluid and a second fluid, at least one of said fluids comprising a mixture of a hydrocarbon fuel with an air stream, passing the first fluid into one or more catalytic tubes of a catalytic reactor, and passing the second fluid adjacent the catalytic tubes in a chamber of a catalytic reactor. A varying tube cross section to modify the flow of one of the fluids is provided for at least a portion of the tube. The flow of the first fluid leaving the catalytic tubes is mixed with the second fluid and combusted. |
| US07947232B2 |
HF alkylation reactor
An improved reactor for an HF alkylation unit of the shell-and-tube heat exchanger type has an axial tube bundle to provide cooling for the reactor and a centrally-located axial sparger system for injecting and dispersing the hydrocarbon reactants into the flow path in the reactor. The sparger comprises an axially-extensive tube with outlet nozzles for the hydrocarbon reactants arranged around the tube, preferably with differing radial angles, at different locations along the length of the sparger. |
| US07947230B2 |
Apparatus for regenerating catalyst
Disclosed is a catalyst distributor and process for spreading catalyst over a regenerator vessel. Nozzles disposed angular to a header of the distributor spread catalyst throughout a full cross section of the catalyst bed. |
| US07947225B2 |
Automated test tube cap removal apparatus
A automated test tube cap removal apparatus includes, a cap remover, a test tube rack which holds a plurality of capped test tubes upright in a row, a clamping mechanism which is disposed in the cap removing position and clamps the plurality of test tubes, and a cap removal unit disposed in the cap removing position and configured to move upward to remove caps from some of a plurality of test tubes and move upward to remove caps from the remaining test tubes. The cap removal unit includes engaging members which are capable of advance and retreat with respect to the caps and clamp each cap, a lift mechanism which raises the engaging members while alternately moving the engaging members upward, thereby removing the cap from each test tube, a cap guide member which separates the cap and guides the cap for dropping. |
| US07947224B2 |
Device for calibrating a microorganism quantifying apparatus
A microorganism-collecting chip, for efficiently collecting microorganisms from a test sample and accurately detecting and quantifying the collected microorganisms, comprises a filter for removing contaminants and a filter for trapping microorganisms. A microorganism-collecting kit comprises the foregoing microorganism-collecting chip and a suction filtration unit, which may be a negative pressure tube provided at an opening with a rubber stopper. The microorganism-collecting chip has a liquid specimen injection container for injecting a liquid specimen and a hollow needle capable of penetrating the rubber stopper mounted at the opening of the negative pressure tube. The liquid specimen injected into the liquid specimen injection container is suction-filtered with a pressure of the negative pressure tube. Contaminants are removed with the filter for removing contaminants, and microorganisms are trapped on a filter for collecting microorganisms. The microorganisms trapped on the filter for collecting microorganisms are then detected and quantified by using a unit including the filter for collecting microorganisms. |
| US07947223B2 |
Biosensor apparatus for detection of thermal flow
In general terms the biosensor apparatus according to the invention comprises a housing (5, 6), a pair of heat sinks (11, 12) and a pair of heat reflectors (13, 14) thermally floating relative to the heat sinks, and a pair of Peltier elements (16) attached to and in thermal contact with the heat sinks (11, 12), one element (16) on each heat sink (11, 12). The housing is made of an insulating material, and the heat sinks (11, 12) are made of a material with thermal properties large enough to absorb the heat flow with only a very slight, negligible disturbance in its temperature, to render their envelope surface having a high heat emissivity. The heat reflectors (13, 14) are made of a material having a very low emissivity and have a generally flat and thin disc shaped structure and acts primarily as radiation shields. |
| US07947220B2 |
Method of sterilizing an orthopaedic implant
A pre-assembled orthopaedic implant adapted for improved gas sterilization. The implant includes a first component adapted for assembly with a second component such that a mating surface of the first component is in close proximity with a mating surface of the second component. At least one gas conduit associated with the mating surface of the first component facilitates a sterilizing gas to penetrate into and dissipate from the interface defined by the mating surfaces. |
| US07947217B2 |
Metallurgical processing installation
Metallurgical processing installation comprising a metallurgical vessel lined internally with water cooled panels. A vessel access tower (61) fits around vessel (11) and supports a coolant flow system (62) to provide for flow of cooling water to and from the cooling panels within the vessel through water inlet and outlet connections (42,43) distributed around the exterior of the vessel. Coolant flow system (62) includes large diameter water supply and return pipes (66,67) mounted on an upper part of the tower (61) to extend around the upper end of vessel (11), a first series of vertical dropper pipes (68) of relatively small diameter connected to the main water supply pipe 66 and extending downwardly to connections with the water inlet connectors for respecting cooling panels of the vessel and a second series of smaller diameter vertical pipes (69) connected at their upper ends to the main return pipe (67) and at their lower ends to undivided outlet connectors for the cooling panels in the vessel. |
| US07947215B2 |
Heat treatment apparatus, heat treatment method, and recording medium storing computer program carrying out the same
An experiment is conducted in advance, for finding a temperature of a cooling plate attained as a result of balancing between a temperature of a substrate after heat treatment and a temperature of the cooling plate at the time of cooling of the substrate. Then, before heat treatment of a first substrate, the cooling plate is moved to a position above a hot plate, the cooling plate is heated to that temperature, and thereafter heat treatment of the substrate is started. |
| US07947213B2 |
Method of making a textured electrolyte sheet for a fuel cell device
According to one aspect of the present invention the fuel cell device includes an electrolyte sheet. The electrolyte sheet has a substantially non-porous body of a varied thickness, a relatively smooth surface and a more textured surface with multiple indentations therein, wherein the thickest part of the electrolyte sheet is at least 0.5 micrometers greater than the thinnest part of said electrolyte sheet. The side of the electrolyte sheet with a relatively smooth surface is subjected to the predominately tensile force and the other, more textured surface subjected to predominately compressive force. According to one embodiment, the fuel cell also includes one cathode disposed on the more textured side of said electrolyte sheet at least at least one anode disposed opposite the cathode on the relatively smooth side of aid electrolyte sheet. According to one embodiment, the relatively smooth side of the electrolyte sheet is the fuel facing side and the more textured side is the air-facing side. |
| US07947211B2 |
Catalytic nanotemplates
A catalytic nanotemplate including a freestanding template particle and a director associated with the surface of the freestanding template particle. The free standing template particle may have multiple segments and the director may be associated with one or more of the segments. In instances where multiple segments are present, the segments may be made of different materials or be of the same material in different forms. More than one type of director or no director may be associated with any particular segment. |
| US07947209B2 |
Device and method for the production of a water barrier in an unhardened roof tile
The invention relates to a device and a method for producing a water barrier in unsolidified roof tile preforms. The inventive device comprises a molded piece with a recess as well as a die. The molded piece is disposed above the end of a roof tile perform, whereupon all or part of the rear edge of the roof tile perform is pressed upward by means of the die. The roof tile perform is then dried. |
| US07947207B2 |
Method for retaining a vascular stent on a catheter
A method of securely mounting a stent on a balloon of a catheter. The method generally includes crimping a stent on a balloon of a catheter at least one time, and positioning the balloon with the stent thereon within a polished bore of a mold formed at least in part of a metallic material. The balloon is pressurized and heated within the mold, or within a sheath, in two stages as the stent is restrained from radially expanding. The method may include crimping the stent onto the balloon one or two times during processing. The method increases retention of the stent on the balloon catheter following sterilization. |
| US07947204B2 |
Poly(arylene ether) compression molding
A method for compression molding of poly(arylene ether) powder comprises introducing a powder comprising unheated poly(arylene ether) powder to compaction equipment comprising a compression mold and subjecting the powder in the compression mold to a pressure sufficient to produce an article having a density greater than the unheated poly(arylene ether) powder wherein the pressure is applied at a temperature less than the glass transition temperature of the poly(arylene ether) powder. |
| US07947199B2 |
Conductive polymers consisting of anisotropic morphology particles
The present invention relates to a conductive polymer or organic metal which is characterized in that nanoscopic particles formed from same with a particle size of less than 100 nm have an anisotropic morphology which is not spherical and has a length-to-diameter (“L/D”) ratio greater than 1.2. The invention also relates to a process for the preparation of such polymers and their use in the preparation of shaped parts, self-supporting foils or coatings with electrical conductivity, in particular on anisotropic substrates or in anisotropic media and fields. |
| US07947192B2 |
Gallate single crystal, process for producing the same, piezoelectric device for high-temperature use and piezoelectric sensor for high-temperature use
A material for high-temperature region piezoelectric device that can be used at a high temperature zone exceeding 400 DEG C, having a resistivity whose temperature dependence is slight. The material is characterized by having a composition selected from the group consisting of RE3Ga5−xAlxSiO14 (wherein RE represents a rare earth, and 0 |
| US07947190B2 |
Methods for polishing semiconductor device structures by differentially applying pressure to substrates that carry the semiconductor device structures
An apparatus for applying different amounts of pressure to different locations of a backside of a semiconductor device structure during polishing thereof. The apparatus is configured to be associated with a wafer carrier of a polishing apparatus and includes pressurization structures configured to be biased against the backside of the semiconductor device structure during polishing thereof. The pressurization structures are independently movable with respect to one another. The amount of force or pressure applied by each pressurization structure to the backside of the semiconductor device structure is controlled by at least one corresponding actuator. The actuator may magnetically facilitate movement of the corresponding pressurization structure toward or away from the backside of the semiconductor device structure. The actuator may alternatively comprise a positive or negative pressure source. Systems including the pressure application apparatus, as well as differential pressure application methods and polishing methods are also disclosed. |
| US07947189B2 |
Vacuum processing apparatus and vacuum processing method of sample
A vacuum processing method includes mounting a sample to be processed on a sample mounting surface on a sample holder placed in a vacuum container whose inside can be depressurized, feeding a processing gas and electric field to a space above the sample holder inside of the vacuum container to generate plasma, and etching films of a plurality of layers laid over the surface of the sample into a predetermined shape. A heat conducting gas is fed between the sample mounting surface and the backside of the sample, and at the same time, the pressure of the heat conducting gas is changed stepwise in accordance with the progress of the processing of the films of a plurality of layers of the sample. |
| US07947187B2 |
Method of manufacturing piezoelectric resonator
When forming an opening conforming to a groove of a quartz resonator in a metal film serving as a mask of the quartz resonator by conducting etching, the outer periphery of the metal film is wavingly etched. Therefore, when the groove is formed on the quartz resonator, the quartz resonator is formed according to the above-described metal film, which results in appearance defects or dimension defects. In order to solve the problems, the outer shape of the metal film is formed smaller than the outer shape of the quartz resonator before forming the opening conforming to the groove of the quartz resonator in the metal film, then etching of the metal film and etching of the quartz resonator are performed. |
| US07947186B2 |
Centrifugal device and method for fluid component separation
A rotor is provided for the centrifugal separation of a composite fluid, such as animal or human blood, into components. An inner surface of the rotor includes at least one hydrophobic area having a first surface energy sufficiently low to provide a flow path for a lower density fluid component to flow to the bottom of a central collection chamber after centrifugal separation. A method of separating a composite fluid into components using such a rotor is also provided. Additionally, a method of manufacturing such a rotor is provided. |