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| US08223280B2 |
Phase difference element and display device
A phase difference element, in which imbalance hardly occurs between right and left pictures during displaying a three-dimensional image, and a display device having the phase difference element are provided. A base film 31 of the phase difference element 30 includes, for example, a thin resin film having optical anisotropy. A slow axis AX3 of the base film 31 points in a vertical or horizontal direction, and points in a direction intersecting with a slow axis AX1 of a right-eye region 32A of the phase difference element 30 and with a slow axis AX2 of a left-eye region 32B thereof. Thus, influence due to optical anisotropy of the base film 31 is exerted on each light being transmitted by the base film 31, so that the influence is not extremely greatly exerted on only one of light corresponding to a right eye and light corresponding to a left eye, the respective light being transmitted by the base film 31. |
| US08223276B2 |
Cabinet of electronic equipment
A cabinet of electronic equipment includes a box-type first case with an open side made of a resin, and a box-type second case with an open side made of a resin to be fixed to the first case by engagement. An open part of the second case is engaged with an open part of the first case, and a plurality of hook formed on an inner wall of the open part of the first case are engaged with a plurality of engaging holes that are formed to pass through a wall of the open part of the second case and are elongated in the direction perpendicular to an engaging direction of the first and the second cases from an outer face side of the second case, so that the first and the second cases are coupled. A rib that crosses the engaging hole in its short side direction is formed integrally to the second case on its inner wall. |
| US08223270B2 |
Transmitter, receiver, transmission method, reception method, transmission program, reception program, and video content data structure
A transmitter which transmits video content via a predetermined network, wherein the video content is encoded while an image group containing a plurality of frame images is handled as a processing unit, the transmitter includes a formation unit and a transmission unit. The formation unit is configured to form invalid-image information for an image group containing at least an edit point of edited video content in order to indicate invalid frame images within the image group in accordance with edit point information about the edited video content. The transmission unit is configured to transmit video content via the predetermined network and, if there is invalid-image information formed by the formation unit, transmit the invalid-image information before transmitting the associated image group. |
| US08223269B2 |
Closed caption production device, method and program for synthesizing video, sound and text
In a closed caption production device, video recognition processing of an input video signal is performed by a video recognizer. This causes a working object in video to be recognized. In addition, a sound recognizer performs sound recognition processing of an input sound signal. This causes a position of a sound source to be estimated. A controller performs linking processing by comparing information of the working object recognized by the video recognition processing with positional information of the sound source estimated by the sound recognition processing. This causes a position of a closed caption produced based on the sound signal to be set in the vicinity of the working object in the video. |
| US08223267B2 |
Signal processing apparatus and signal processing method
There is provided a signal processing apparatus including a first image generating unit, a second image generating unit, a first selecting unit selects at least one of the first image generating unit and the second image generating unit and outputs an image, an image signal processing unit that performs signal processing on the image and outputs the processed image, a second selecting unit that selects one of the first selecting unit and the image signal processing unit and outputs an image, a storing unit that stores information on operations of the second image generating unit and the image signal processing unit, and a third selecting unit that selects at least one of the second image generating unit and the image signal processing unit and connects the selected one to the storing unit, whereby the storing unit is shared between the second image generating unit and the image signal processing unit. |
| US08223265B2 |
Horizontal and vertical synchronization signal generating circuit
Timing of internally generated horizontal synchronization signal and vertical synchronization signal is shifted. An internal clock is synchronized with a horizontal synchronization signal separated in a synchronization separation circuit 10, an H reset signal is generated based thereon in an H countdown circuit 14, and a horizontal synchronization signal is generated based thereon. A vertical synchronization signal separated in the synchronization separation circuit 10 is normalized by a 2×FH signal obtained in the H countdown circuit 14, and based on an obtained V reset signal, a vertical synchronization signal is obtained in a VS output circuit 18. Here, the VS output circuit 18 internally has a delay circuit, and the timing of a vertical synchronization signal VS to be output is shifted from that of a horizontal synchronization signal HS. |
| US08223242B2 |
Digital camera which switches the displays of images with respect to a plurality of display portions
A digital camera of the present invention enables a lens unit to be attachable/detachable with respect thereto. The digital camera of the present invention includes a plurality of display portions, a control portion that causes the plurality of display portions to selectively display the image data generated by the image pickup element or image data obtained by subjecting the image data generated by the image pickup element to predetermined processing as a moving image in real time, and a setting portion capable of switching displays of images with respect to the plurality of display portions. After the control portion causes the lens unit to perform an autofocus operation in accordance with setting of the displays of the images with respect to the plurality of display portions by the setting portion, the control portion switches the displays of the images with respect to the plurality of display portions. |
| US08223240B2 |
Image pickup device and image pickup apparatus
To provide an image pickup device and an image pickup apparatus which are equipped with a linear-log sensor which can cancel variations between pixels in an inflection point caused by variations in a threshold of the transistors constituting a logarithmic conversion circuit while using a circuit constitution similar to a pixel circuit of an image pickup device having only an ordinary linear characteristic. When the photoelectric charge accumulated in a photoelectric conversion element is removed, a charge removing transistor is controlled such that the potential of the channel of the charge removing transistor is set to be higher than the minimum potential of the photoelectric conversion element. |
| US08223238B2 |
Solid-state imaging apparatus, and imaging system using the same
A solid-state imaging apparatus which can photograph a high-definition image and, at high quality, a moving image having lower resolution than that of the high-definition image is provided. The solid-state imaging apparatus comprises: plural pixels which include a photoelectric conversion unit and a transfer unit; an impurity diffused region which accumulates charges transferred from the photoelectric conversion unit through the transfer unit; an amplifying unit which outputs signals based on the charges accumulated by the impurity diffused region; and a reset unit which resets potential of the impurity diffused region, wherein the four pixels including the obliquely adjacent two pixels and the two pixels, in a same row or column, adjacent to one of the obliquely adjacent two pixels constitute a unit pixel group, and the impurity diffused region, the amplifying unit and the reset unit are commonly connected to the four pixels constituting the unit pixel group. |
| US08223235B2 |
Digital imager with dual rolling shutters
A method of forming an image of a moving object is provided. The method includes capturing a first digital image of a moving object using a first rolling shutter scanning in a first direction. Likewise, a second digital image of the moving object is captured using a second rolling shutter scanning in a second direction different from the first direction. The first and second digital images are processed to form a composite digital image of the moving image. |
| US08223230B2 |
Systems, methods, and apparatus for camera tuning and systems, methods, and apparatus for reference pattern generation
Descriptions are provided of various implementations of an automated tuning process configured to optimize a procedure for post-processing images captured by a camera sensor. |
| US08223229B2 |
Lens shading correction for autofocus and zoom lenses
In one embodiment of the invention, there is provided a method of correcting a captured image for lens shading artifacts, the captured image being captured by an image capture system, the method comprising: determining a function L(x, y) being a lens shading correction function to be applied to images captured by a lens of the image capture system in order to correct for lens shading artifacts; if a focal length associated with the captured image is less than a focal length associated with, the function L(x, y) then cropping the function L(x, y) based on the focal length associated with the captured image; and scaling the cropped function L(x, y) to a size of the tin-cropped Junction L(x, y). |
| US08223228B2 |
Image signal processing apparatus, image signal processing method and camera using the image signal processing apparatus
When clamping a signal from a solid state image sensor, float of an optical black pixel output due to incoming of infrared light avoids a malfunction of a clamp from occurring. When clamping a signal from the solid state image sensor, the difference between the optical black pixel output and a clamp target level is output as a difference output, the difference output is compared with a comparison level to integrate the number of times larger than the comparison level every horizontal line. When the number of times is equal to or more than a certain rate (⅔) from the number of optical black pixels on the horizontal line, an optical black float state is determined and clamping operation is performed in accordance with a held value immediately before. |
| US08223227B2 |
Read out method for a CMOS imager with reduced dark current
The invention relates to an apparatus and method, for capturing an electronic image using a CMOS imager having an electronic shutter and a reduced dark current component in its image output signal. The dark current is reduced by—reading out each line of the CMOS imager in normal and reversed order and subsequent processing. |
| US08223221B2 |
Imaging apparatus, imaging method, storage medium, and integrated circuit for removing images influenced by flashing light
An imaging apparatus that removes horizontal bands of high-luminance noise caused by incoming flash light and outputs an image whose continuity as a moving picture is maintained. The imaging apparatus includes: an imaging unit that drives an image sensor at a frame rate n times a predetermined video format and outputs an n time-speed image signal; a flashing light detection unit; an average computation unit; and a speed conversion unit. When flashing light is detected, frames containing flashing light are removed from the image signal outputted by the imaging unit, and the average of the remaining frames is calculated, thereby obtaining an average image signal. When flashing light has not been detected, the average of n frames is calculated without removing frames, thereby obtaining an average image signal. The average image signal is converted to 1/n speed and outputted in the predetermined video format. |
| US08223218B2 |
Face detection apparatus
A face detection apparatus of the present invention includes a face detection apparatus for detecting a face contained in an input image, including: a face detection section for detecting a face contained in the input image, based on a predetermined frame rate and face detection throughput per frame; and an accuracy changing section for changing, when no face is detected by the face detection section, the accuracy in detecting a face by the face detection section by reducing the frame rate. |
| US08223214B2 |
Camera system with masking processor
A camera system includes a camera, a shooting field shifting mechanism, a shift amount acquiring unit, and a masking processor that masks a masking target within a captured image flame. The masking processor includes first and second position computing units, and mask area establishing unit. The first and second position computing units compute, based on the shift settings of the shooting field shifting mechanism, first and second relative positions of the masking target relative to the shooting field. The mask area establishing unit establishes a mask area to mask the masking target on the captured image flame, based on the first and second relative positions. |
| US08223208B2 |
Device and method for calibrating an imaging device for generating three dimensional surface models of moving objects
A device and technique are presented to calibrate an imaging device for generating three-dimensional surface models of moving objects and calculating three-dimensional coordinates of detected features relative to a coordinate system embedded in the device. The internal projector and camera parameters, i.e., zoom, focus, aperture, optical center, logical pixel size, aspect ratio, are determined for all projectors and cameras and all possible focal planes of the device in operation. |
| US08223207B2 |
System for tracking a moving object, by using particle filtering
In a tracking system for tracking a moving object by using a particle filter, the particle filter is configured to arrange particles initially, in a standby state, in a given background region provided in the screen of a camera and to rearrange the particles with respect to the moving object in accordance with a change in likelihood that the object has with respect to the particles. |
| US08223200B1 |
Package vision evaluation system
Apparatus and methods of evaluating packages are provided. In a vision evaluation system embodiment, the system includes a light source, a first and second camera and a control system. The light source provides polarized backlight. The first camera has a first lens positioned to image the polarized back light. A ninety degree polarized filter is positioned between the first lens of the first camera and the light source. The ninety degree polarized filter is polarized 90 degrees from the polarized back light of the light source. The second camera has a second lens that is positioned near the first lens of the first camera. The control system is coupled to control the first and second cameras to take simultaneous images at a given frequency. The control system is further configured to determine locations to analyze based on image data from the first camera. Moreover, the control system is still further configured to analyze the determined locations in associated image data from the second camera. Packages whose image fails the analysis are removed from a packing line. |
| US08223199B2 |
Finger vein authentication unit and information processing unit
In a finger vein authentication unit and an information processing unit using the same, in order to realize a reduction in size and maintain high accuracy such that the finger vein authentication unit is applied to a small-sized information processing unit such as a mobile telephone, the finger vein authentication unit includes a light source which irradiates infrared light to a finger, an imaging sensor which images a vein image by the light which is diffused in the finger and transmitted through the front side of the finger, and an image processing unit which processes the image. The light source is mounted on the front side of the finger and emits the light toward the side surfaces of the finger. Further, a wall is disposed on either side of the finger vein authentication unit for supporting the finger and guiding the irradiated infrared light. |
| US08223198B2 |
Endoscope processor and endoscope system
An endoscope processor including a receiver and a correction circuit block is provided. The receiver receives an image signal. The image signal corresponds to a captured subject. The image signal is generated by an imaging device. The image signal comprises a plurality of pixel signals corresponding to a plurality of pixels. A plurality of pixels forms an optical image of the subject. The correction circuit block carries out first signal processing on the pixel signals so that a representative value matches a standard value when the image signal received by the receiver is a fluorescence image signal. The representative value is calculated on the basis of a plurality of chrominance difference values corresponding to a plurality of pixel signals. The fluorescence image signal is generated when the subject is illuminated with excitation light. The excitation light makes an organ fluoresce. |
| US08223193B2 |
Targets, fixtures, and workflows for calibrating an endoscopic camera
The present disclosure relates to calibration assemblies and methods for use with an imaging system, such as an endoscopic imaging system. A calibration assembly includes: an interface for constraining engagement with an endoscopic imaging system; a target coupled with the interface so as to be within the field of view of the imaging system, the target including multiple of markers having calibration features that include identification features; and a processor configured to identify from first and second images obtained at first and second relative spatial arrangements between the imaging system and the target, respectively, at least some of the markers from the identification features, and using the identified markers and calibration feature positions within the images to generate calibration data. |
| US08223191B2 |
Delay reduction for transmission and processing of video data
The present invention is a method and system for reducing delay in video communication, including, for example, video transcoding and continuous presence in a multipoint multimedia conference. The video communication control unit reduces such delay by processing a video stream in a small number of macroblocks referred to as “chunks,” without waiting to get a full frame of video data. Instead, the incoming video stream is converted into decoded chunks. These decoded chunks are transferred to an output module without waiting to decode an entire frame. An encoder in the output module encodes the decoded chunks (also referred to as encoder chunks), and transfers them to an end user without waiting for the entire frame to be processed. Thus, reducing the delay in waiting for the entire frame of video data provides improved real-time video communication. |
| US08223188B2 |
Monitor having integral camera and method of operating the same
As discussed herein, there is presented a visual communication system, a method of conducting two-way visual communication and an apparatus. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes: (1) a lens substrate having a first array of micro lenses on one side thereof, (2) an optical output substrate having a second array of display pixels and (3) an optical input substrate having a third array of image sensors laterally inter-dispersed with respect to display pixels of the first array and positioned to receive light from the micro lenses of the first array. |
| US08223185B2 |
Methods and apparatus for providing chat data and video content between multiple viewers
Various embodiments of apparatus and/or methods are described for providing communication between multiple content viewers. First video data is captured of a first user located locally with respect to a presentation device and transmitted to a base station located remotely with respect to the presentation device. The base station transmits a composite signal that includes video content provided by a content source communicatively coupled the base station and further includes second video chat data captured of a second user located remotely with respect to the presentation device. The composite signal is responsively presented by the presentation device to the first user. |
| US08223184B2 |
Scanning optical device and image forming apparatus using the same
A scanning optical device includes a deflector for scanningly deflecting a plurality of light beams from a plurality of light sources, and an imaging optical system for imaging the light beams upon a plurality of scan surfaces to be scanned, wherein at least one piece of reflecting element is provided at each of a plurality of light paths extending from the deflector toward the scan surfaces. |
| US08223180B2 |
Gamut mapping which takes into account pixels in adjacent areas of a display unit
A gamut mapping operation (910) detects in-gamut areas surrounded on at least two sides by out-of-gamut areas, and (920, 940) provides additional reduction of the subpixel values in the in-gamut areas to regain some of the contrast between the in-gamut and out-of-gamut areas. Other embodiments are also provided. |
| US08223179B2 |
Display device and driving method based on the number of pixel rows in the display
A novel method for driving a display having an array of pixels arranged in a plurality of columns and a plurality of rows includes the steps of defining a modulation period for a row of pixels, dividing the modulation period into a number of coequal time intervals equal to n times the number of rows in the array, receiving a multi-bit data word that indicates an intensity value, and updating the signal asserted on the pixel during a plurality of the time intervals such that the intensity value is displayed by the pixel. Note that n is an integer greater than zero. The method can be applied to all rows, which can be driven asynchronously. A display driver for performing the novel methods is also disclosed. The present invention facilitates driving the display at 100% bandwidth efficiency during each time interval in the modulation period. |
| US08223178B2 |
Method for driving light-emitting panel
The method for driving a light-emitting panel provides a method for driving a light-emitting panel such that, even if there is a defect at a certain place of the light-emitting surface, the whole surface is not turned off and the function as a lighting apparatus or a backlight of or the electronic information device can be maintained by means that only one area including the defect is turned off and the other areas are turned on. The method for driving a light-emitting panel is characterized in that the light-emitting surface is divided into a plurality of areas and each of the areas emits light by time sharing. |
| US08223175B2 |
Video signal control apparatus and video signal control method
According to one embodiments a video signal control apparatus includes an average luminance detector and a display luminance controller. The average luminance detector detects the average luminance of a video signal with respect to each frame. The display luminance controller controls the display luminance of a first frame using the average luminance of a second frame prior to the first frame. When luminance change from the average luminance of the first frame to that of the second frame exceeds a predetermined threshold, the display luminance controller replaces the average luminance of the second frame with that of the first frame to control the display luminance of the first frame based on the average luminance of the first frame. |
| US08223173B2 |
Electronic device having improved user interface
Embodiments of the present invention provide an electronic device, comprising a first display and a second display arranged to display a region of the first display at an increased magnification. |
| US08223171B2 |
Image processing apparatus and image display apparatus
An image processing apparatus includes a storage unit storing the OSD image data corresponding to plural subframes; a load storage unit loading and storing the OSD image data corresponding to the plural subframes; a reading unit reading out plural subframes of the OSD image data in parallel; and a controlling unit controlling to load in parallel the plural sunframes of the OSD image data into the load storage unit and to read out in parallel from the load storage unit and transmits the OSD image data to a combining unit to combine the OSD image data with the corresponding image data. |
| US08223170B2 |
Digital document editing method, digital document editing program and digital document editing apparatus
The invention relates to an editing of a digital document containing an image, a text, a pattern and the like on pages constituting the digital document. In response to an operation for deleting an image positioned in a page, such image is not added to another page but is moved to and displayed in an evacuation area provided independently from the page area. In the evacuation area, such image is displayed together with a serial number of the page in which such image was present originally. Thus the page layout is not destructed in pages other than the page of image deletion, and the user can easily confirm later the image existed in such page. |
| US08223169B2 |
Stabilizing images
A method, apparatus, and computer readable storage medium provides the ability to stabilize a series of two or more still images (i.e., a clip). The clip of image data is obtained. The clip is then analyzed to produce a set of source curves that represent a global movement detected in the clip. Each of the source curves is filtered to compute result curves. The source and result curves are then exposed and displayed to the user who may modify/tweak the curves as desired. Automatically, without additional user input, and without reanalyzing the original clip, the result curves are recomputed based on the user's changes. The original clip is then transformed into a result clip/series based on the source and result curves. |
| US08223168B2 |
Conversion of a sub-pixel format data
A method of determining implied sample areas for each data point of each color in a source pixel data specified in a first sub-pixel format is used for sub-pixel rendering an image on a display specified in a second sub-pixel format. Each of the first and second sub-pixel formats comprises a plurality of colored sub-pixels. The method comprises determining a geometric center of each colored sub-pixel of the first format to define a sampling point; and defining each implied sample area by forming lines that are substantially equidistant between the sampling point of one colored sub-pixel and the sampling point of another neighboring same color colored sub-pixel. A similar technique may be used for determining resample areas for computing color values for rendering an image specified in a first sub-pixel format on a display substantially comprising a plurality of colored sub-pixels arranged in a second sub-pixel format. |
| US08223167B2 |
Image processing apparatus and image displaying device
An RGB signal from an input terminal is supplied to a triple over-sampling/sub-pixel control processing unit and a brightness signal generating circuit in which a brightness signal is generated. A brightness edge detection/judgment unit detects an edge from this brightness signal, judges the kind of the edge, fetches a coefficient select signal corresponding to the judgment result from a memory and supplies the signal to the control processing unit. A tap coefficient corresponding to this coefficient select signal is set in the control processing unit and a triple over-sampling processing is executed for each of RGB. For edge parts, R and B sub-pixels the timings of which are displaced by ±⅓ pixel from the input R and B sub-pixels and the pixel gravitys of which are displaced by ±⅓ or ±⅛ pixel in accordance with the kind of the edge are generated. |
| US08223165B1 |
Systems and methods for resizing an icon
Systems and methods for resizing an icon are disclosed according to various aspects of the subject technology. In one aspect, a computer-implemented method for resizing an icon is disclosed. The method comprises computing an area of the icon, comparing the computed area of the icon with a predetermined area, and resizing the icon based on the comparison such that an area of the resized icon is approximately equal to the predetermined area. |
| US08223160B2 |
Image processing device, control method of image processing device, and storage medium
A display control system includes a division unit configured to divide a display screen into plural areas, a display unit configured to display data in each of the plural areas, and a setting unit configured to set any one of plural data transfer modes to each of the plural areas according to an instruction by a user, without changing a type of display data to be displayed in each of the plural areas. In addition, a transfer unit is configured to transfer, for each of the plural areas, display data to be displayed in the area in the data transfer mode set to the area by the setting unit. The display unit displays the display data transferred by the transfer unit in the area among the plural areas and corresponding to the type of display data. |
| US08223159B1 |
System and method for transferring data between unrelated API contexts on one or more GPUs
One embodiment of the present invention sets forth a system configured for transferring data between independent application programming interface (API) contexts on one or more graphics processing units (GPUs). Each API context may derive from an arbitrary API. Data is pushed from one API context to another API context using a peer-to-peer buffer “blit” operation executed between buffers allocated in the source and target API context memory spaces. The source and target API context memory spaces may be located within the frame buffers of the source and target GPUs, respectively, or located within the frame buffer of a single GPU. The data transfers between the API contexts are synchronized using semaphore operator pairs inserted in push buffer commands that are executed by the one or more GPUs. |
| US08223158B1 |
Method and system for connecting multiple shaders
A method and system for connecting multiple shaders are disclosed. Specifically, one embodiment of the present invention sets forth a method, which includes the steps of configuring a set of shaders in a user-defined sequence within a modular pipeline (MPipe), allocating resources to execute the programming instructions of each of the set of shaders in the user-defined sequence to operate on the data unit, and directing the output of the MPipe to an external sink. |
| US08223155B2 |
Method for simulating large numbers of spherical bodies interacting
A method for use in computer graphics includes receiving data representative of a plurality of particles. For each particle, the method further includes calculating a time at which a collision will occur based on a current trajectory of the particle. For pairs of particles that will collide with each other, another operation includes changing a direction of the particles to avoid a collision, wherein the changed directions approximate directions that would result from the collision. For particles in static contact, another operation includes allowing particles to push each other without bouncing. For particles in static contact that were previously moved by being pushed, the method also does not allow the particles to move during future collisions occurring during a time step. |
| US08223154B2 |
Systems and methods for integrating graphic animation technologies in fantasy sports contest applications
Systems and methods for integrating graphic animation technologies with fantasy sports contest applications are provided. This invention enables a fantasy sports contest application to depict plays in various sporting events using graphic animation. The fantasy sports contest application may combine graphical representation of real-life elements such as, for example, player facial features, with default elements such as, for example, a generic player body, to create realistic graphic video. The fantasy sports contest application may provide links to animated videos for depicting plays on contest screens in which information associated with the plays may be displayed. The fantasy sports contest application may play the animated video for a user in response to the user selecting such a link. In some embodiment of the present invention, the fantasy sports contest application may also customize animated video based on user-supplied setup information. For example, the fantasy sports contest application may provide play information and other related data to allow a user to generate animated videos using the user's own graphics processing equipment and graphics animation program. |
| US08223149B2 |
Cone-culled soft shadows
Soft shadows in computer graphics images are created by rendering the scene from the camera viewpoint and at least one light viewpoint. The positions of scene fragments and light fragments in the scene are stored. For each scene fragment, a frustum is defined between the position of the scene fragment and the light source. Light fragments are evaluated with respect to the frustum to select light fragments blocking light between the light source and the scene fragment. A color or monochromatic shading value is determined for each scene fragment that indicates the amount of light blocked or transmitted by the light fragments. The shading values are then used to alter scene fragments accordingly. Computer graphics images with soft shadows can be created entirely by a graphics processing subsystem or by a graphics processing subsystem in conjunction with a central processing unit using a pipelined, deferred shading approach. |
| US08223146B2 |
Image processing apparatus and image processing method
A unit (110) acquires an image, sensed by an image sensing device (100), of a physical object having an outer appearance that can be expressed by line segments. A unit (120) stores defining data used to classify line segments configuring a 3D virtual object that simulates the outer appearance of the physical object into a plurality of groups and to define respective line segments belonging to the groups. A unit (130) selects one group from the groups one by one without any repetition. The unit (130) projects line segments which belong to the selected group onto a physical space using the defining data used to define that line segments, and the image of the physical space. The unit (130) then updates a position and orientation of the image sensing unit based on the line segments projected onto the physical space and a feature in the image of the physical object. |
| US08223145B2 |
Method and system for 3D object positioning in 3D virtual environments
A system for large scale spatial positioning of a 3D virtual object in a 3D virtual scene, includes a computing device. The computing device: displays a guide plane attached to the object, the guide plane passing through a center of the object and being translucent, the guide plane indicating lines and curves of intersection between the guide plane and other objects of the scene. When moving the object along an axis, the computing device determines a normal of the guide plane to be parallel to the axis and passing through the center of the object, and moves the guide plane with the movement of the object. When moving the object across the movement plane, the computing device determines a normal of the guide plane to be parallel to a normal of the movement plane, and holds the guide plane static. |
| US08223139B2 |
Writing apparatus, electronic paper system, and computer readable medium
A writing apparatus includes: a detecting unit; a reading unit; a writing unit; a display; a first controlling unit; a second controlling unit; and a third controlling unit. |
| US08223138B2 |
Partial frame memory FPR display device and writing and reading method thereof
An active matrix display device comprises a plurality of pixels, and driving circuitry arranged to drive each pixel with a pre-determined drive voltage level during a first phase (41) followed by an overdrive drive voltage level during a second phase (44). A partial frame store is for storing a fraction of the pixel data for the display. Input video data is written into the partial frame store (40) at a first rate and is read out of the partial frame store at a second rate which is greater than the first rate. The data read out of the partial frame store is processed for deriving the overdrive drive voltage level. |
| US08223135B2 |
Touch panel
In a touch panel, a rear electrode provided at a rear end of an upper conductive layer is extended so as to surround the circumference of an upper substrate. Derivation sections for applying a voltage are formed at both ends of the rear electrode. |
| US08223133B2 |
Two-dimensional position sensor
A capacitive position sensor for determining the position of an object along first and second directions is described. The sensor comprises a substrate having an arrangement of electrodes mounted on a single surface thereof. The electrodes are arranged so as to define an array of sensing cells arranged in columns and rows to form a sensing area. Each of the sensing cell including a column sensing electrode and a row sensing electrode with the column sensing electrodes of sensing cells in the same column being electrically coupled together and the row sensing electrodes of sensing cells in the same row also being electrically coupled together. Row sensing electrodes of sensing cells at opposing ends of at least one of the rows are connected together by an electrical connection made outside of the sensing area so that there is no requirement for electrical connections to cross within the sensing area, thus providing a capacitive position sensor having a sensing area with electrodes on only one side of a substrate. |
| US08223132B2 |
Capacitive touch pad apparatus
Electrodes E1 and E2 are formed on a substrate SB1. Electrodes E3 to E10 are formed on the substrate SB1 to surround the electrodes E1 and E2. Conductive lines L1 and L2 extend over the substrate SB1 to sandwich the electrodes E6 and E7, and are connected to the electrodes E1 and E2. An insulating sheet, having a surface exposed to outside, covers the electrodes E1 to E10 and conductive lines L1 to L10. When a finger contacts the insulating sheet, if there are the electrodes E1 and E2 on a bottom side of a contact portion, capacitances of the electrical conductors EC1 and EC2 are changed. When the finger contacts the insulating sheet, if there are the electrodes E7 and the conductive line L1 that extends in the vicinity thereof on the bottom side of the contact portion, capacitances of the electrical conductors EC7 and EC1 are changed. |
| US08223129B2 |
Operation device and image formation device
An operation device includes: a touch panel on which at least one operation button is displayed; a press position detection unit detecting a press position when a user presses the touch panel; a button operation detection unit determining whether an operation is applied to the operation button based on the press position; a button operation appropriateness determination unit determining whether a button operation by the user is appropriate; and a button operation facilitating unit facilitating subsequent button operations by the user when it is determined by the button operation appropriateness determination unit that the button operation by the user is inappropriate. |
| US08223128B1 |
Optical input system and method
An input system comprises an optical device configured to transmit and receive one or more optical signals along a segment of fiber optic cable; an optical input device connected to the segment of fiber optic cable, the optical input including an input key configured to reflect a portion of an optical signal as a consequence of being actuated; and a signal decoder connected to the optical device, the signal decoder configured to select a first input code from a plurality of input codes, the first input code corresponding to the portion of the optical signal reflected by the input key. |
| US08223124B2 |
Computer mouse
A computer mouse includes a left key assembly, a right key assembly, a signal processing unit, and a casing. The casing includes a top casing and a bottom casing. The bottom casing includes a bottom convex surface, the contour of the bottom convex surface is an ellipse, the bottom casing defines two first openings in the bottom convex surface, and the two key assemblies are positioned in the corresponding first openings. Each of the left key assembly and the right key assembly includes a hollow receiving column, a movable shaft, an elastic member and a pressure sensor. The movable shaft is received in the receiving columns. The movable shaft and the pressure sensor are spaced from each other via the elastic element. The pressure sensor will generate a corresponding pulse when pressed by the movable shaft. The signal processing unit receives the pulse, and sends a controlling signal. |
| US08223122B1 |
Communication device with advanced characteristics
A communicator device which allows improved functions. The communicator device may have real movable keys which are reconfigured when the device is used in different orientations. In a sideways orientation, the device has a rectangular aspect ratio which is wider than it is tall. And in that sideways orientation, the buttons are reconfigured to the orientation they would normally have. The communicator device may also be reoriented into the other position, in which case the assignment and the indication on the buttons is also correspondingly changed. The communicator device may have a projector to project videos, and the communicator device may be able to retrieve numbers and e-mails to be used for communications from a repository on the Internet or from a search engine on the Internet. |
| US08223121B2 |
Host system and method for determining an attitude of a device undergoing dynamic acceleration
A system and a method for determining an attitude of a device undergoing dynamic acceleration is presented. A first attitude measurement is calculated based on a magnetic field measurement received from a magnetometer of the device and a first acceleration measurement received from a first accelerometer of the device. A second attitude measurement is calculated based on the magnetic field measurement received from the magnetometer of the device and a second acceleration measurement received from a second accelerometer of the device. A correction factor is calculated based at least in part on a difference of the first attitude measurement and the second attitude measurement. The correction factor is then applied to the first attitude measurement to produce a corrected attitude measurement for the device. |
| US08223114B2 |
Method for displaying a moving image on a display
A method for displaying a moving image on a display, such that all pixel lines of the display are addressed in each case during image periods for displaying image information, and a backlight for displaying the image information backlights the pixel lines. The display of moving images is enhanced by the fact that the pixel addresses remain unchanged during a first image period and a second image period, following the first image period, for displaying the same image information, and after the first image period, the backlight backlights the pixel lines following a waiting period. |
| US08223113B2 |
Methods and systems for display source light management with variable delay
Elements of the present invention relate to systems and methods for synchronizing a source light illumination level signal with an image compensation process with a delay process on the source light illumination level signal. |
| US08223111B2 |
Display device providing bi-directional voltage stabilization
An LCD device includes a plurality of gate lines and a plurality of shift register units for driving corresponding gate lines. Each shift register unit includes a first circuit and a second circuit. The first circuit, disposed on a first side of a corresponding gate line, includes a pulse generator and a first transistor having a first W/L ratio. The pulse generator provides a driving signal according to the voltage obtained at a node, while the first transistor maintains the voltage level of the node. The second circuit, disposed on a second side of the corresponding gate line, includes a second transistor having a second W/L ratio. The second transistor maintains the voltage level of the driving signal from the second side of the corresponding gate line. The first W/L ratio is smaller than the second W/L ratio, and the first circuit occupies larger space than the second circuit. |
| US08223106B2 |
Display device and driving method thereof
A driving circuit for a display device includes an input signal generator generating an input signal having one of a plurality of input frequencies corresponding to a respective one of a plurality of operating modes of the display device; a main operating clock generator responsive to the one of the plurality of frequencies to generating a main operating clock, a main frequency of the main operating clock varying in accordance with the one of the plurality of frequencies; and a control signal generator generating a control signal using the main operating clock, wherein the control signal changes in accordance with the main frequency. |
| US08223103B2 |
Liquid crystal display device having improved visibility
A liquid crystal display device having improved visibility is disclosed. The liquid crystal display, in accordance with an embodiment, includes a liquid crystal panel including a plurality of display blocks, each display block including a plurality of gate lines, a plurality of data lines, and a plurality of pixels coupled to the corresponding gate lines and data lines; a timing controller providing an integration signal including data and a charge share control signal; and a plurality of data-driving chips corresponding to the plurality of display blocks, each of the data-driving chips being coupled to the timing controller in a point-to-point relation, receiving the integration signal, and short-circuiting the plurality of data lines in the corresponding display blocks with one another during charge-share periods, wherein at least two of the plurality of data-driving chips adjust the charge-share periods to be different from each other. |
| US08223101B1 |
Active matrix phosphor cold cathode display
A flat panel display is disclosed. The flat panel display includes a plurality of electrically addressable pixels, a plurality of thin-film transistor driver circuits each been electrically coupled to an associated at least one of the pixels, respectively, a passivating layer on the thin-film transistor driver circuits and at least partially around the pixels, a conductive frame on the passivating layer, and a plurality of nanostructures on the conductive frame, wherein, creating a voltage difference between the pixels and the conductive frame by addressing one of the pixels using the associated driver circuit causes the nanostructures to emit electrons that induce a corresponding one of the pixels to emit light. |
| US08223100B2 |
Pixel structure and forming method and driving method thereof
A pixel structure, disposed on a first substrate, and electrically coupled to at least one scan line and at least one data line is provided. The pixel structure includes a first switch device, a second switch device, at least one pixel electrode, at least one control electrode, and at least one coupling electrode. The first switch device is electrically coupled to the scan line and the data line. The second switch device is electrically coupled to the scan line and the data line. The pixel electrode is electrically coupled to the second switch device. The control electrode is electrically coupled to the first switch element. The coupling electrode is disposed under the control electrode. |
| US08223092B2 |
Plasma display panel and method of driving the same
A plasma display device driven during an address period and a sustain period includes a discharge cell defined by a scan electrode, a sustain electrode, and an address electrode, an addressing circuit for providing an address voltage to the address electrode, and an addressing compensation circuit for storing voltage corresponding to a displacement current generated during a sustain period to be utilized during the address period. The addressing compensation circuit includes a switch coupled with the address electrode through which the displacement current supplied from the scan electrode and the sustain electrode is received during the sustain period, and a capacitor coupled with the switch for storing the voltage corresponding to the displacement current received through the switch. |
| US08223088B1 |
Multimode input field for a head-mounted display
Exemplary methods and systems relate to a multimode input field for a head-mounted display (HMD). An exemplary multimode input field is operable to display content based on a number of modalities of input data, which may be received from a number of different input sources. Further, the input sources and/or content for the multimode input field may be selected based on implicit information in input data from the input sources, explicit instructions, and/or context information. |
| US08223087B2 |
Multi-display apparatus and method of manufacturing the same
Provided is a multi-display apparatus and a method of manufacturing the multi-display apparatus. The multi-display apparatus includes a plurality of display panels displaying images and a stepped portion formed in at least one of a pair of adjacent display panels so as to be indented in a thickness direction of the one of a pair of adjacent display panels. The pair of adjacent display panels is engaged with each other in the stepped portion. |
| US08223086B2 |
Disk monopole antenna structure
In a disk monopole antenna structure, a semicircular region is provided, as well as an oppositely disposed, second frame-type region, which faces away from the semicircular region and forms a cut-out in the antenna structure. |
| US08223085B2 |
Sensor element for opening of doors and gates
A sensor element for opening of doors and gates, with the aim being to allow production of a detection field for identification of people and/or static objects by means of an antenna element, the antenna element is intended to have a flat antenna unit, with a pin-like antenna projecting at least approximately vertically from the flat antenna unit. |
| US08223078B2 |
Antenna with near-field radiation control
An antenna and a wireless mobile communication device incorporating the antenna are provided. The antenna includes a first conductor section electrically coupled to a first feeding point, a second conductor section electrically coupled to a second feeding point, and a near-field radiation control structure adapted to control characteristics of near-field radiation generated by the antenna. Near-field radiation control structures include a parasitic element positioned adjacent the first conductor section and configured to control characteristics of near-field radiation generated by the first conductor section, and a diffuser in the second conductor section configured to diffuse near-field radiation generated by the second conductor section into a plurality of directions. |
| US08223077B2 |
Multisector parallel plate antenna for electronic devices
Electronic device antennas with multiple parallel plate sectors are provided for handling multiple-input-multiple-output wireless communications. Each antenna sector in a multisector parallel plate antenna may have upper and lower parallel plates with curved outer edges and a straight inner edge. A vertical rear wall may be used to connect the upper and lower parallel plates in each antenna sector along the straight inner edge. Each antenna sector may have an antenna probe. The antenna probe may be formed from a monopole antenna loaded with a planar patch. The planar loading patch may be provided in the form of a conductive disk that is connected to the end of a conductive antenna feed member. The conductive member may be coupled to the center conductor of a transmission line that is used to convey radio-frequency signals between the antenna probe and radio-frequency transceiver circuitry. The antenna sectors may have interplate dielectric structures. |
| US08223075B2 |
Multiband antenna
A multiband antenna includes a base board, a feed member, a first grounding connector, a second grounding connector, a first radio member, a second radio member, a third radio member and a fourth radio member. The feed member, the first grounding connector and the second grounding connector are all electronically connected to the base board. The first radio member is electronically connected to the feed member and the first grounding connector. The second radio member is electronically connected to the first radio member. The third radio member is electronically connected to the first radio member. The fourth radio member is electronically connected to the second grounding connector. In use, the multiband antenna sends/receives wireless signals in different working frequencies by the radio members. |
| US08223073B2 |
Apparatus and method for a directional finder
The invention provides a determination of direction to a remote object which omnidirectionally transmits a signal. The invention includes a handheld directional and omnidirectional antenna at a user's location and a handheld circuit coupled to the antennas to determine field strengths of the signal received from the remote object by the two antennas. A comparison of the received signals at the antennas during a sweep a field of observation is made and a probable direction of the remote object relative to the user's location is selected from the data sweep. The apparatus may further comprise a digital compass which generates a compass heading corresponding to each direction in which the directional antenna is pointed. The circuit stores field strength data by compass heading and averages the field strength data according to a predetermined protocol over compass headings. |
| US08223068B2 |
Method and system for logging position data
According to embodiments, a method of logging position data is provided. An indication of a desired accuracy value for determining a geographic position is received. A geographic position is then received. A predicted post-processed accuracy value for the received geographic position is then calculated. The desired accuracy value is then compared with the predicted post-processed accuracy value for the received geographic position. When the predicted post-processed accuracy value for the received geographic position is at least as precise as the desired accuracy value, the geographic position is logged. |
| US08223066B2 |
Pulsed radar level gauge system and method with reduced start-up time
A radar level gauge system for determination of a filling level of a product contained in a tank including first pulse generating circuitry for generating a transmission signal in the form of a first pulse train having a first pulse repetition frequency and second pulse generating circuitry for generating a reference signal in the form of a second pulse train having a second pulse repetition frequency. The second pulse repetition frequency differs from the first pulse repetition frequency by a predetermined frequency difference. A propagation device propagates the transmission signal towards a surface of the product inside the tank. Measurement circuitry forms a measurement signal based on a reflected signal and the reference signal. Processing circuitry determines a value indicative of a filling level based on the measurement signal. |
| US08223064B2 |
Spectral analysis and FMCW automotive radar utilizing the same
A method of processing an input signal to perform frequency analysis is disclosed. The input signal comprises a desired signal and an interference signal. A crosslation is performed to generate a representation of the frequency content of the input signal. The representation comprises initial crosslation values predominantly corresponding to interference and subsequent crosslation values corresponding to the desired signal. For the crosslation values corresponding to interference, a maximum value and slope are calculated. These are used as parameter indicators of the interference and also to identify which values should be discarded in the processing of the desired signal. With the crosslation values corresponding to interference discarded, the remaining crosslation values are processed to calculate properties of the desired signal. |
| US08223062B2 |
Systems and methods for aircraft to aircraft exchange of radar information over low bandwidth communication channels
Systems and methods communicate weather information between aircraft using low bandwidth communication transceivers. An exemplary embodiment receives weather information from a weather radar system on board a remote aircraft, processes the received weather information into weather radar image information that is displayable on at least a display, processes the weather radar image information into a reduced size dataset, and communicates the reduced size dataset to an installation aircraft over the low bandwidth communication channel, wherein the low bandwidth communication channel is generated by a low bandwidth communication transceiver on board the remote aircraft. |
| US08223060B2 |
Electric control system and electric control unit
A plurality of electric control units are connected to perform data-communication through a communication line. Each electric control unit comprises a recording means for recording data and a communication means, to control an operation of an object to be controlled. One of the plurality of electric control units determines whether it is possible to record data in the recording means, and records the data in the recording means when it determines that it is possible to record the data in the recording means. The “one of the plurality of electric control units” transmits the data to other electric control unit when it determines that it is not possible to record the data in the recording means. The “other electric control unit” receives the transmitted data and records it in own recording means. |
| US08223059B2 |
Switched-capacitor input circuit and analog-to-digital converter including the same
A switched-capacitor input circuit which receives an analog input signal, and samples and holds the analog input signal, comprising a differential amplifier, a first capacitor, one terminal of the first capacitor being connected to a non-inverting input terminal of the differential amplifier, a second capacitor, one terminal of the second capacitor being connected to an inverting input terminal of the differential amplifier, a first switch configured to connect the other terminal of the first capacitor to one of a first reference voltage and a second reference voltage, a second switch configured to connect the other terminal of the second capacitor to one of the first reference voltage and the second reference voltage, and a third switch configured to connect the other terminal of the first capacitor to the other terminal of the second capacitor. |
| US08223058B2 |
Switched-capacitor circuit having a capacitor array circuit, and analog-to-digital converter using said switched-capacitor circuit
A capacitor array circuit receives a plurality of input signals, generate a single output signal by combining the plurality of input signals, and output the single output signal. A comparator receives the output signal of the capacitor array circuit. A current source, which is disposed between a predetermined fixed voltage source and an output terminal of the switched-capacitor circuit, supplies the current to the output terminal until the output signal of the comparator changes. A plurality of input capacitors in the capacitor array circuit receives a plurality of input signals in parallel with each other. At least one additional regulating capacitor in the capacitor array circuit store the charge to compensate for an offset component caused by the delay in the comparator. The respective output terminals of the plurality of input capacitors and the at least one additional regulating capacitor are combined into one. |
| US08223056B2 |
Cyclic digital to analog converter
Some embodiments include apparatus and methods having an amplifier, a capacitor network coupled to the amplifier, and switching circuitry coupled to the amplifier and the capacitor network. The switching circuit is configured to successively apply a selected reference voltage selected from among a first reference voltage, a second reference voltage, and a third reference voltage to the capacitor network in response to a digital input code to generate an output voltage. Additional embodiments are disclosed. |
| US08223054B2 |
Digital-analog converter
In order to reduce a current mismatch by laying-out the bias circuit of current cells adjacent to each other in a common current centroid manner or connecting the output lines of the current cells in a tournament manner, there is provided a digital-analog converter in which a plurality of current cells are two dimensionally and symmetrically disposed according to a previously determined order, the digital-analog converter including: a first current cell group including a portion of the plurality of current cells; and a second current cell group including the rest of the plurality of current cells, not included in the first current cell group, the outputs of each current cell of the first current cell group being connected to the outputs of each current cell of the second current cell group in a tournament manner, wherein each of the plurality of current cells includes: a switch circuit switching the output and block of a unit current according to an input signal; and a bias circuit mirroring current supplied according to the switching of the switch circuit and converting the current into the unit current, the bias circuit of two current cells adjacent to each other among the plurality of current cells being laid-out in a common current centroid manner. |
| US08223052B1 |
Randomized time encoding machine for sub-nyquist signal sampling
A time encoding machine (TEM) for time encoding an input signal includes a hysteresis quantizer having a time encoded sequence output and a random sequence generator having a random signal output coupled to the hysteresis quantizer for randomizing switching times of the hysteresis quantizer. |
| US08223049B2 |
Charge injection mechanism for analog-to-digital converters
A low-cost charge injection mechanism may enable oversampling to be used on low frequency signals by injecting dither noise into the ADC input. The dither noise can reduce the quantization noise allowing even direct current (DC) signals to be oversampled correctly. A low-cost charge injection mechanism can also be used to improve the ENOB by characterizing the ADC and digitally correcting the converted signal for non-linearity errors such as INL. Reducing INL errors may also allow a higher degree of oversampling to be used to further improve the ENOB. |
| US08223048B2 |
Method and apparatus for self-testing a digital-to-analog converter (DAC) in an integrated circuit
An on-chip self testing digital-to-analog converter (DAC) is provided. The functionality of the DAC is measured using a combination of integral non-linearity (INL) and differential non-linearity (DNL). Parts may pass or be rejected based on the testing. When a DAC passes the testing, the process continues to the next DAC or quits if all the DACs have been tested. |
| US08223046B2 |
Method and system for accelerated analog to digital conversion
Techniques for accelerated processing associated with analog to digital signal conversion are disclosed. Accelerated processing is provided for sample-and-hold and track-and-hold circuits used with analog to digital converters in various embodiments. An abbreviated sampling state, an abbreviated reset state, or both are employed in various embodiments. By accelerating processing so as to avoid the need for waiting for a signal to settle within a predetermined tolerance, errors of different types may be incurred. Such errors are determined during calibration and stored for future retrieval and error compensation. Techniques for online and offline calibration are disclosed, whereby calibration may or may not impact normal signal conversion processing. Techniques disclosed herein find broad applicability in analog to digital conversion and yield faster processing in a variety of contexts. |
| US08223042B2 |
Encoding data with minimum hamming weight variation
M-bit data are encoded into n-bit data such that the encoded n-bit data has a sufficient number of encoded data patterns enough to encode the number (2m) of data patterns in the m-bit data but that the n-bit data has Hamming Weights (HWs) with minimum (smallest possible) variation. Specifically, encoder logic is configured to receive 2m of m-bit data patterns and encode the 2m of m-bit data patterns to n-bit encoded data patterns, n being greater than m and me being a positive integer greater than one. The encoder logic is configured to map the 2m m-bit data patterns to a subset of 2m of the n-bit encoded data patterns, and the n-bit data patterns in said subset has a minimum (smallest possible) range of Hamming Weight variation while the number of the n-bit data patterns in said subset is not less than 2m. |
| US08223036B2 |
Wireless telemetry electronic circuitry for measuring strain in high-temperature environments
In a telemetry system for use in an engine, a circuit structure (34) affixed to a moving part (20) of the engine is disposed for amplifying information sensed about a condition of the part and transmitting the sensed information to a receiver external to the engine. The circuit structure is adapted for the high temperature environment of the engine and includes a differential amplifier (102, 111) having an input for receiving a signal from a sensor (101, 110) disposed on the part. A voltage controlled oscillator (104, 115) with an input coupled to the output of the amplifier produces an oscillatory signal having a frequency representative of the sensed condition. A buffer (105, 116) with an input coupled to the output of the oscillator buffers the oscillatory signal, which is then coupled to an antenna (26) for transmitting the information to the receiver. |
| US08223032B2 |
Monitoring system supporting proximity based actions
A monitoring system includes a discoverable wireless device, a proximity monitor, and a monitoring server. The proximity monitor is configured to automatically discover the discoverable wireless device in response to the discoverable wireless device being within a wireless range of the proximity monitor. The monitoring server is communicatively connected to the proximity monitor via a communications network. The monitoring server is configured to i) receive proximity information associated with the discoverable wireless device from the proximity monitor, and ii) transmit an instruction signal based on the received proximity information to an electrical component located remotely from the proximity monitor. The instruction signal causes the electrical component to modify an operating parameter of the electrical component. |
| US08223030B2 |
Computer device output setting indicator
A computer device comprises an output monitor configured to determine an output configuration setting for the computer device and automatically actuate an output setting indicator corresponding to the output configuration setting. |
| US08223028B2 |
Occlusion detection system and method
A method, computer program product, and infusion pump assembly for determining a first rate-of-change force reading that corresponds to the delivery of a first dose of an infusible fluid via an infusion pump assembly. At least a second rate-of-change force reading is determined that corresponds to the delivery of at least a second dose of the infusible fluid via the infusion pump assembly. An average rate-of-change force reading is determined based, at least in part upon the first rate-of-change force reading and the at least a second rate-of-change force reading. |
| US08223024B1 |
Locking mechanism based on unnatural movement of head-mounted display
A wearable computer determines unnatural movements of a head-mounted display (HMD) and triggers a locking mechanism. In one embodiment, the wearable computer receives movement data from one or more sensors and determines that the movement of the HMD is unnatural. In one embodiment, the wearable computer receives movement data from one or more sensors and determines that the HMD is being worn by an unauthorized user. In response to determining an unnatural movement and/or an unauthorized user wearing the HMD, the wearable computer triggers a locking mechanism, which can beneficially provide security measures for the wearable computer. |
| US08223017B2 |
Control apparatus of showcase
An object is to provide a control apparatus of a showcase in which appropriate illumination having a high presentation effect can be realized by an LED illumination apparatus having a high durability against turning ON/OFF and capable of securing a predetermined illumination intensity even under an environment at a low temperature. The control apparatus controls a plurality of showcases so that display chambers where commodities are displayed are illuminated with LED illumination apparatuses, and includes a person detecting sensor provided in a showcase disposed in such a position that the approaching of any person can first be detected among the plurality of arranged showcases, so that the approaching of the person is detected. When the person detecting sensor detects the approaching of the person, the illumination intensities of all the LED illumination apparatuses of the plurality of showcases are increased. |
| US08223015B2 |
Electronic apparatus system having a plurality of rack-mounted electronic apparatuses, and method for identifying electronic apparatus in electronic apparatus system
An electronic apparatus system includes a plurality of racks mounting a plurality of electronic apparatus. The system identifies the physical location of the electronic apparatus having sent the abnormality notification by using light emitting devices displaying the statuses of the electronic apparatuses. The light emitting devices of the entire electronic apparatuses on a rack is displayed, and the rack location is identified from among a plurality of racks. |
| US08223013B2 |
Method and mechanism for assisted diagnosis and maintenance of health monitoring system
The invention relates to a system and method of a health monitoring network which automates detection of faulty or failed sensors using real-time fault checking on a dynamically registered sensor data stream. The monitoring system and sensor network can provide a one-touch system to notify users when a sensor requires attention, without prior knowledge of the operational characteristics, installation method or configuration of sensors in the network. The network uses a decision engine to assist in maintenance according to a profile based on individual preferences and capabilities. |
| US08223010B2 |
Systems and methods for monitoring vehicle parking
Embodiments of the present invention are generally directed to systems and methods of monitoring vehicle parking. An exemplary embodiment of the present invention provides a vehicle parking monitoring system that includes a parking space sensor enabled to detect the presence of at least one vehicle in a first parking space of a first parking area and a parking area transceiver in communication with the parking space sensor, the parking area transceiver configured to receive information from the parking space sensor and transmit the information to a gateway. The parking area transceiver is also configured to receive information from the gateway. The gateway is connected to a wide area network and configured to receive information from the parking area transceiver and transmit the information to the wide area network, the gateway is also configured to receive information from the wide area network and transmit the information to the parking area transceiver. Other aspects, features, and embodiments are also claimed and described. |
| US08223009B2 |
Mobile asset tracking system and method
A mobile asset tracking system receives telemetry information from any number of mobile assets (e.g., railcars, truck trailers, intermodal cargo containers, etc.) transporting hazardous or non-hazardous materials. Location data is obtained through GPS satellite locks and is transmitted via a cellular module to a central database for processing. Business rules in the software of the system trigger proactive alert communications to subscribers through common communication protocols such as email, SMS text, and pagers. Personal Computers, Personal Digital Assistants (PDA's), cell phones or other common communication devices widely available to consumers may be utilized for receipt of alerts. Subscribers may be defined as manufacturers of materials, consignees who receive materials, transporters of materials (e.g. railroads, trucking companies, etc.) and communities such as county, state and/or federal emergency management personnel. GIS mapping software is utilized for geographical display of assets to authorized subscribers. |
| US08223004B2 |
Control device and control method for vehicle
If a condition about the state of a vehicle is satisfied, if charging connectors are being connected, and if a parking position has been released, an ECU performs a program including the steps of performing brake pressure increase control and performing notification control. |
| US08223002B2 |
Electronic control apparatus with automatic information update when transferred between vehicles
Disclosed is an electronic control apparatus for a vehicle which includes: 1) first storage means for storing vehicle identification information unique to the vehicle; 2) second storage means for storing immobilizer identification information unique to the vehicle; 3) command receiving means for receiving, from an external control apparatus, an update command that commands the electronic control apparatus to update the vehicle identification information stored in the first storage means; and 4) information handling means for handling all the information stored in the first and second storage means. Moreover, in the electronic control apparatus, upon receipt of the update command by the command receiving means, the information handling means updates the immobilizer identification information stored in the second storage means as well as the vehicle identification information stored in the first storage means. |
| US08222999B2 |
Commodity display position alert system and commodity display position alert method
A commodity display position alert system includes commodity display shelves set in a selling floor space of a store, an RFID reader provided in each of the commodity display shelves, and a server as a system control unit. The RFID reader reads a commodity code from an RFID tag attached to a commodity. A server compares the commodity code of the commodity and display permission information stored in a database functioning as a shelf-rule storing unit and determines whether the read commodity code is a commodity code of a commodity that should be displayed on the commodity display shelf. When the server determines that a commodity other than the commodity that should be displayed on the commodity display shelf is displayed on the commodity display shelf, the server performs control for outputting a reporting signal for causing the PDA terminal to perform reporting operation. |
| US08222998B2 |
Arrangement and method for data acquisition
In an arrangement and the associated method for the acquisition of data between at least one detection unit E1, E2, En and at least one means RFID1, RFID2, . . . RFIDn arranged in the electromagnetic alternating field EMF1, EMF2, . . . EMFn of the detection unit E1, E2, . . . En, for example an electronic data carrier, the means RFID1, RFID2, . . . RFIDn only submits data of a field intensity threshold value Emax of the electromagnetic alternating field EMF1, EMF2, . . . EMFn is exceeded. The data is received by the detection unit E1, E2, . . . E3. The field intensity of the electromagnetic alternating field EMF1, EMF2, . . . EMFn is designed such that within a predetermined unit of volume VE the field intensity threshold value Emax is exceeded for a predetermined amount of time t. |
| US08222990B2 |
Hybrid access control system and method for controlling the same
A wireless access apparatus for controlling access into a secure area comprises a first power source and a second power source. A controller automatically switches between the first and second power source based at least on a calculated power level of the first and second power source. The controller is connected to either the first or the first and second power source based on the switching. The access apparatus includes a switch having a first position for connecting the first power source to the controller and a second position for connecting second power source to the controller and an electromechanical transducer coupled to the controller for unlocking or locking an entrance into the secure area. The controller determines access to the secure area using information received from an access card. |
| US08222989B2 |
Method for the protection of a movable object, especially a vehicle, against unauthorized use
The invention relates to a method for protection of a movable asset, particularly a motorvehicle (100), against unauthorized use with the following steps: cryptographic identity verification and/or cryptographic authentication of the vehicle with an external computer system (108), verification whether a blocking is stored for the motorvehicle, transmission of a signal from the computer system to the vehicle in order to allow use of the motorvehicle if no blocking is stored for the motorvehicle. |
| US08222987B2 |
Supporting component, interference suppression coil device and method for the manufacture thereof
A supporting component (10) for assembling an inductive element comprises a base on the top face of which a protrusion for accommodating the inductive element is embodied, wherein a recess is provided in said protrusion for receiving an electronic component and/or a ferrite element. Furthermore, an interference suppression coil device with a supporting component is provided, wherein the supporting component comprises a protrusion serving for accommodating an interference suppression coil. Moreover, a method for the manufacture of an inductive component to be assembled on a printed circuit board is provided. |
| US08222984B2 |
Electromagnetic transducer
Two layers of a plurality of rod-like permanent magnets each having a width Wm, a thickness Tm and a predetermined length are aligned on a plane in such a way that they have opposite magnetic pole orientations alternately and are aligned at a fixed pole pitch τp are arranged to be opposed to each other with the magnetic pole orientation of each magnet in one of the layers being identical to that of the opposing magnet in the other layer. The opposing surfaces of the magnets are spaced a distance 2×lg from each other, and a vibrating membrane on which coils each having a conductive pattern are arranged is placed in a gap between any two adjacent rod-like permanent magnets in each of the two layers, where lg is a distance from the vibrating membrane to the surface of a magnet. The arrangement of the rod-like permanent magnets is optimized by using Wm, Tm, τp, and lg. |
| US08222983B2 |
Single direct current arc chamber, and bi-directional direct current electrical switching apparatus employing the same
A single direct current arc chamber includes a ferromagnetic base having first and opposite second ends, a first ferromagnetic side member disposed from the first end, a second ferromagnetic side member disposed from the opposite second end, a third ferromagnetic member disposed from the ferromagnetic base intermediate the ferromagnetic side members, a first permanent magnet having a first magnetic polarity disposed on the first ferromagnetic side member and facing the third ferromagnetic member, and a second permanent magnet having the first magnetic polarity disposed on the second ferromagnetic side member and facing the third ferromagnetic member. |
| US08222979B2 |
Electromagnetic relay
An electromagnetic relay includes a base and an electromagnetic block mounted on a surface of the base, which is formed by winding a coil around a first end portion of an iron core. The first end portion serves as a magnetic pole portion, and a second end portion of the iron core is caulk-fixed to a vertical portion of a yoke having a generally L-shape in cross section. The electromagnetic relay also includes a movable iron piece rotated based on excitation and non-excitation of the electromagnetic block and a card for driving a contact mechanism portion by making a reciprocating movement through the movable iron piece. A shallow groove along an outer peripheral surface of the wound coil is formed in an upper surface of a horizontal portion of the yoke along a lengthwise direction. |
| US08222977B2 |
Metal plate for preventing radiowave leakage through an aperture in a waveguide body
A waveguide circuit is provided, in which fixing a metal cover to a waveguide body with screws can prevent radiowave leakage suitably without any application of the conductive adhesive, solder and braze as a material for the radiowave leakage prevention. A metal plate is provided at the end of an aperture of a waveguide body in a radiowave traveling direction and overlaps with the end of a metal cover. |
| US08222976B2 |
Multilayer dielectric substrate and semiconductor package
A multilayer dielectric substrate includes a first cavity-resonance suppressing circuit that suppresses cavity resonance of a first signal wave and a second cavity-resonance suppressing circuit that suppresses cavity resonance of a second signal wave, a frequency thereof being different from that of the first signal wave. These cavity-resonance suppressing circuits respectively include openings formed in a surface-layer ground conductor, an impedance transformer with a length of an odd multiple of about ¼ of in-substrate effective wavelength of a signal wave, a tip-short-circuited dielectric transmission line with a length of an odd multiple of about ¼, of in-substrate effective wavelength of a signal wave, a coupling aperture formed in an inner-layer ground conductor, and a resistor formed in the coupling aperture. The multilayer dielectric substrate that suppresses cavity resonance of signal waves of a plurality of frequencies. |
| US08222968B2 |
Microstrip transmission line device including an offset resistive region extending between conductive layers and method of manufacture
A method for manufacturing a microstrip transmission line device includes forming a resistor layer on an insulating or dielectric substrate having a back face where a metal layer to be grounded is provided. The method also includes removing the formed resistor layer except for a part of the formed resistor layer which requires a resistor. Further, the method includes forming a metal conductive layer on the remaining part of the resistor layer. The metal conductive layer contacts the substrate. The method additionally includes removing the formed metal conductive layer at a part required as a resistor except for a part required for connection to the resistor, the parts being included at the remaining part of the resistor layer. |
| US08222967B1 |
Receiver equalizer circuitry having wide data rate and input common mode voltage ranges
Equalizer circuitry on an integrated circuit (“IC”) includes a plurality of NMOS equalizer stages connected in series. Each NMOS stage may include folded active inductor circuitry. Each NMOS stage may also include various circuit elements having controllably variable circuit parameters so that the equalizer can be controllably adapted to perform for any of a wide range of high-speed serial data signal bit rates and other variations of communication protocols and/or communication conditions. For example, each NMOS stage may be programmable to control at least one of bandwidth and power consumption of the equalizer circuitry. The equalizer may also have a first PMOS stage that can be used instead of the first NMOS stage in cases in which the voltage of the incoming signal to be equalized is too low for an initial NMOS stage. |
| US08222964B2 |
System, method and apparatus employing crystal oscillator
In some embodiments, an apparatus and system includes a substrate including outer surfaces, one of the outer surfaces defining a first plurality of electrical contacts, one of the outer surfaces adapted to be mounted to a circuit board and defining a second plurality of electrical contacts adapted to be electrically connected to the circuit board; an integrated circuit die mounted to one of the outer surfaces, and a crystal oscillator mounted to one of the outer surfaces and electrically connected to the integrated circuit die. In some embodiments, a method includes providing a substrate including outer surfaces, one of the outer surfaces defining a first plurality of electrical contacts, one of the outer surfaces adapted to be mounted to a circuit board and defining a second plurality of electrical contacts adapted to be electrically connected to the circuit board; mounting an integrated circuit die to one of the outer surfaces, mounting a crystal oscillator to one of the outer surfaces; and electrically connecting the crystal oscillator to the integrated circuit die. |
| US08222963B2 |
Voltage-controlled oscillator
A voltage-controlled oscillator includes a resonator section in which a plurality of types of variable capacitance elements having different structures and capacitance variation characteristics are connected in parallel and capacitance values of the plurality of types of variable capacitance elements are controlled simultaneously by a control voltage; and an amplifier section for maintaining oscillation produced by the resonator section. Varactor diodes and MOS varactors can be used as the variable capacitance elements. |
| US08222962B2 |
High-resolution digitally controlled oscillator and method thereof
A digitally controlled oscillator provides high resolution in frequency tuning by using a digitally controlled capacitive network that includes a tunable capacitive circuit, a first capacitor and a second capacitor. The tunable capacitive circuit generates a variable capacitance according to a digital control word. The first capacitor is coupled in an electrically parallel configuration with the tunable capacitive circuit. The second capacitor is coupled in an electrically serial configuration with a combination of the first capacitor and the tunable capacitive circuit. The first capacitor and the second capacitor are sized such that an effective capacitance of the digitally controlled capacitor network has a step size that is a fraction of a step size of the variable capacitance in response to an incremental change in the digital control word. |
| US08222957B2 |
Differential amplifier circuit, display panel driver, and display device
A differential amplifying circuit includes first and second differential transistor pairs, first and second constant current sources, first and second current mirror circuits and first and second output transistors. The differential amplifying circuit also includes a feedback circuit configured to perform feed-back operations to the first and second current mirror circuits to restrain reduction of gate voltages of the output transistors. The constant current sources are configured to increase bias currents in response to reduction of the gate voltages of the output transistors. |
| US08222956B2 |
Amplifying device and signal processing method based on amplifying device
An amplifying device and a signal processing method based on an amplifying device are provided, capable of reducing performance requirements of modules and reducing design difficulty of the modules. The amplifying device includes at least one amplifying module, including two receiving paths, in which a first receiving path is configured to attenuate and amplify an input signal after the input signal is pre-amplified, and a second receiving path is configured to amplify the input signal when the input signal is not pre-amplified. The signal processing method based on the amplifying device is further provided. The amplifying device and the signal processing method may be applied in a communication network system. |
| US08222953B2 |
Boost circuit
A boost circuit includes: first transistors connected in series between a voltage input node and a voltage output node to constitute a charge transfer circuit; and first capacitors, one ends of which are coupled to the respective connection nodes between the first transistors, the other ends thereof being applied with clocks with plural phases, wherein a gate of a certain stage transistor corresponding to one of the first transistors in the charge transfer circuit is coupled to a drain of another stage transistor corresponding to another one of the first transistors, which is disposed nearer to the voltage output node than the certain stage transistor and driven by the same phase clock as that of the certain stage transistor, the certain stage transistor being disposed nearer to the voltage output node than an initial stage transistor. |
| US08222949B2 |
Balanced switch including series, shunt, and return transistors
Embodiments of circuits, devices, and methods related to a radio frequency switch are disclosed. In various embodiments, a circuit may comprise a series path including a series transistor to be switched on during a first mode of operation; a shunt path including a shunt transistor to be switched off during the first mode of operation; and a return path including a return transistor to be switched on during the first mode of operation. Other embodiments may also be described and claimed. |
| US08222934B2 |
DLL circuit and method of controlling the same
A DLL circuit includes a clock selection control unit configured to generate a clock selection signal on the basis of a phase difference between a reference clock and a feedback clock and, after the clock selection signal is generated, to generate an initialization signal. A delay control unit, when the initialization signal is enabled, transfers an initial voltage to be generated by dividing an external power supply voltage to a delay unit as a control voltage, and controls a delay operation of a delay reference clock to be selected on the basis of the clock selection signal. |
| US08222933B2 |
Low power digital phase lock loop circuit
A digital phase lock loop circuit, where under certain conditions the phase error is derived from phase comparison between a reference clock edge and the next oscillator clock edge rather than a feedback clock edge. This technique can be used to significantly reduce digital phase lock loop circuit power by disabling feedback divider and sync FF once initial frequency lock is established, provided phase jitter of digital phase lock loop circuit is low enough so that there is no cycle slip. This technique can also be used to multiply the effective reference clock frequency of digital phase lock loop circuits to increases the loop bandwidth, thus reducing the phase noise. Both the applications of this technique can be combined in some circuits. |
| US08222930B2 |
Power up circuit with low power sleep mode operation
A power up circuit that having reduced power consumption during power saving modes, while maintaining an active flag signal indicating that the power supply voltage is satisfactory. This is achieved by turning off the power up circuit during the power saving mode, and using a status holding circuit to maintain the active flag signal in response to the power down signal. The status holding circuit is responsive to an internal node of the power up circuit for generating the active flag signal when the internal node has reached a predetermined level. The power down signal can be one or both a sleep mode signal and a deep power down signal. The status holding comprises an override circuit for maintaining the active flag signal in the power saving mode, and a restore circuit for rapidly resetting at least the internal node of the power up circuit upon exit of the power saving mode. |
| US08222926B2 |
Track and hold circuit
A track and hold circuit (1) comprising a switch device (10) and a capacitive hold device (20). The track and hold circuit (1) comprises a track-voltage generating device (30) adapted to generate a control voltage based on a signal on an input terminal of the switch device (10) and supply the control voltage to the switch device (10) during track phases of the track and hold circuit (1). The control voltage provides a channel charge, which is the same for each track phase, in the switch device (10). |
| US08222922B2 |
ROM implementation for ROM based logic design
A logic device implementing configurations for ROM based logic uses arrays of memory cells to provide outputs based on inputs received at the logic device. The logic device stores values in the memory cells that are accessed when an input is received. The memory cells are transistors that provide values of ‘1’ or ‘0.’ Various configurations reduce the number of transistors while implementing the memory block by utilizing a single bitline or a dynamic precharge implementation. |
| US08222921B2 |
Configurable time borrowing flip-flops
Configurable time-borrowing flip-flops are provided for circuits such as programmable logic devices. The flip-flops may be based on a configurable delay circuit and two latches or may be based on a configurable pulse generation circuit and a single latch. In designs based on two latches, a first and a second latch are arranged in series. A clock signal is delayed using a configurable delay circuit. Programmable memory elements that have been loaded with configuration data may be used to adjust how much delay is produced by the configurable delay circuit. The delayed version of the clock signal is provided to a clock input associated with the first latch. The second latch has a clock input that receives the clock signal without delay. In designs based on a single latch, a configurable pulse generation circuit receives a clock signal for the flip-flop and generates a corresponding clock pulse for the latch. |
| US08222918B1 |
Output driver and method of operating the same
Integrated circuits for an output driver and an output interface, as well as a method for operating an output driver, are described. In an embodiment of an integrated circuit for an output driver, a differential driver is coupled to a first single-ended driver at a first output node of the first single-ended driver and the differential driver. A second single-ended driver is coupled to the differential driver at a second output node of the second single-ended driver and the differential driver. The first single-ended driver provides a first source termination resistance for an open-drain mode of the differential driver, and the second single-ended driver provides a second source termination resistance for the open-drain mode of the differential driver. |
| US08222916B2 |
Single event transient direct measurement methodology and circuit
A circuit and method of directly measuring the Single Event Transient (SET) performance of a combinatorial circuit includes a measurement chain. The measurement chain includes a plurality of cells, each in turn including a pair of SR latches, a dual-input inverter, and a target. During measurement and testing, the targets are irradiated, and a pulse signal caused by an SET event is allowed to propagate through the measurement chain only if the pair of SR latches are active at the same time. The pulse signal is latched by the measurement chain, thus allowing the presence of an SET event to be detected. |
| US08222913B2 |
Probe block
A probe block mounted on a probe card is provided for achieving fine pitch probes. A probe block for a probe card of a semiconductor test device according to the present invention includes a guide member and a probe. A guide member includes pairs of upper and lower holes and middle holes each interconnecting the upper and lower holes of each pair. A probe includes a first pin tip protruded through a corresponding upper hole for contacting a pad of a device to be tested and a second pin tip protruded through a corresponding lower hole for transferring an electrical signal to the device and a bridge part situated within the middle hole for interconnecting the first and second pin tips. The upper, lower, and middle holes allow the probe to elastically moves in vertical direction. The probe block of the present invention is advantageous in that the probes are supported by guide members so as not to be bent while maintaining a fine pitch. Also, the probe block of the present invention is advantageous in fabrication and repair since probes are elastically contacted rather than directly bonded to the circuit substrate of the probe card. |
| US08222909B2 |
Electroporation system with dial-in time constant
Methods, systems, and apparatus provide an accurate time constant for electroporation. A model voltage function is created (analog, digital, or combination) to provide a model voltage having the desired time constant. A voltage is applied to the sample. A comparing circuit compares the output voltage, which may be attenuated, to the model voltage and provides an output control signal. This output signal is used to modify a resistance in parallel with the sample, thereby altering the output voltage to approximate the model voltage, which has the desired time constant. In one aspect, the control signal may be used to turn on and off a transistor that is in series with a resistor in order to modify the parallel resistance. |
| US08222906B2 |
Adaptive pulse width time domain reflectometer
An adaptive pulse width (APW) Time Domain Reflectometer (TDR) comprises an enhancement to the standard Pulse TDR by adjusting the effective pulse width as a function of time. Improved resolution for a large range of cable lengths is obtained, as well as allowing an all-in-one view of the processed return signal trace. |
| US08222902B2 |
Modular geosteering tool assembly
A retrievable tool for steering through an earth formation includes a first tool assembly and a tilted antenna attached to the first tool assembly. The tool also includes a second tool assembly attached to the first tool assembly and a tilted antenna attached to the second tool assembly. The first tool assembly attaches to the second tool assembly so that the antennas are tilted in predetermined directions. The tilted antennas are transmitter antennas or receiver antennas. Each tool assembly is a tubular cylinder with a longitudinal axis running the length of the cylinder, wherein the tubular cylinder has two ends, each end including a rotational attachment mechanism. The tool assemblies attach to each other through their rotational attachment mechanisms. The rotational attachment mechanism may be a screw-on mechanism, press-fit mechanism, or welded mechanism. |
| US08222896B2 |
Method and apparatus for analyzing weld strength of friction stir spot welds
On a friction stir spot welded workpiece having a first side including a friction stir spot weld hole and an opposing smooth second side, an eddy current probe is passed over the spot weld hole from the second side, and an eddy current signal representative of a material thickness of the workpiece is produced. The eddy current is analyzed via an eddy current analyzer, and a graphic representation of the analyzed eddy current signal is monitored as the probe passes over the spot weld hole, and a local minima of the graphic representation defined by a displayed characteristic J-shaped curve is identified, the local minima defining a remaining material thickness of the workpiece at the bottom of the spot weld hole. From the graphic representation, a value of the remaining material thickness is determined, and a weld strength of the spot weld as a function of the remaining material thickness is determined. |
| US08222895B2 |
Displacement sensing device
A compact sensing device capable of sensing a rotational angle and a rotational velocity, or a rectilinear moving distance and a moving velocity. A displacement sensing device that senses a rotational angle of a moving member rotation and a distance of a linear movement of the moving member, or senses an angular velocity of the moving member rotation and a velocity of a linear movement of the moving member, includes: a first movable member, moved together with the moving member by a linear movement of the moving member; a second movable member holding the first movable member in a rotatable manner, and rotated together with the moving member by rotation of the moving member; a first sensor outputting a signal in accordance with a linear movement of the first movable member; and a second sensor outputting a signal in accordance with a rotation of the second movable member. |
| US08222889B2 |
Arrangement for detecting the movement of a body and a method for the operation of such an arrangement
An arrangement for detecting a movement of a body, in which the body (20′) is mounted in such a way that it can move in at least one direction and in which a magnet (200) is incorporated. Its poles are aligned substantially parallel to a primary plane. A detector system is furthermore provided that comprises at least four magnetic field sensors (10a to 10d) for the detection of a change in the magnetic field when the body (20′) moves. In addition, a further magnetic field sensor (11) is provided for generating a correction signal that depends on the magnetic field. An evaluation unit (20) is used to provide movement information relating to the body (20′) derived from signals from the four magnetic field sensors (10a to 10d) and the minimum of one further magnetic field sensor (11). |
| US08222887B2 |
Process for measuring peak values and power of an audio frequency signal
The process for measuring peak and power values of an audiofrequency signal S including digitization of the original signal, calibration of the digitized signal, determination of update instants of the measurements of the signal on the basis of a criterion associated with the value of the signal itself, setting of a fast sequence for measuring the peak of the digitized and calibrated signal, setting of a fast sequence for measuring the power of the digitized and calibrated signal, acquisition of representative peak and power measurements of the digitized and calibrated signal according to the update instants of the signal, optimization of the fastness of the measurement according to the nature of the digitized and calibrated signal, optimization of the pertinence of the measurement on a digitized and calibrated, broad-band signal of a large dynamic range. |
| US08222881B2 |
Low-power feedback and method for DC-DC converters and voltage regulators for energy harvesters
A converter (10) for converting a first DC voltage (VDD) to a second DC voltage (VOUT) includes an output stage (40) for producing the second DC voltage (VOUT) in response to both the first DC voltage (VDD) and an output of an error amplifier (20). A sampling circuit (15) periodically energizes a voltage divider (R0,R1) by periodically coupling a first terminal thereof to the second DC voltage and periodically coupling an output (14) of the energized voltage divider to a feedback conductor (7) to refresh a feed back capacitor (C0) coupled between the second DC voltage and the feedback conductor. The feedback conductor is coupled to an input of the error amplifier. |
| US08222879B2 |
Method and apparatus for synchronous buck with active negative current modulation
A circuit is disclosed that includes a buck voltage regulator electrically coupled to an active current modulator. The active current modulator is operable to detect a negative current in the low-side switch of the buck voltage regulator circuit during a light mode operation. Whenever the negative current is detected, the active negative current modulator causes the low-side switch to stay ON in a linear mode and limits the negative current to a predetermined current level. |
| US08222872B1 |
Switching power converter with selectable mode auxiliary power supply
A auxiliary power supply having a selectable operating mode raises efficiency of a switched-power converter. By selectably controlling the input/output behavior of the auxiliary power supply receiving a voltage from an auxiliary winding of one of the power converter magnetic elements, more efficient operation of the auxiliary power supply over the full variation range of the input line voltage is achieved. By selecting the operating mode according to the relationship between the required auxiliary power supply output and the voltage available across the auxiliary winding under current operating conditions, the turns ratio of the auxiliary winding and other circuit parameters can be optimized for efficiency. Selection of the operating mode may be made by detecting the output or input voltage of the multiplier, and the selection may be performed under hysteretic control so that the variation in auxiliary power supply output voltage is reduced dynamically. |
| US08222868B2 |
Battery tester for rechargeable power tool batteries
A battery tester engages a power tool battery and includes a housing having a cavity for receiving a stem of the power tool battery. The battery tester has a plurality of electrically conductive contacts disposed in the cavity and is configured to engage corresponding battery electrodes on the stem. A processor is mounted within the housing and communicates with the battery through the electrically conductive contacts. The processor measures a voltage level of the battery, and a loading circuit electrically loads the battery during measuring. One or more indicators are controlled by the processor. The processor activates the loading circuit for a predetermined period of time to measure a voltage level of the battery while under load, and then activates the indicators to provide a visual indication of remaining battery life. The battery tester is a stand-alone device where housing does not have a motor or a battery charger. |
| US08222862B2 |
Electrically powered vehicle
A first power storage unit is a battery assembly, and is divided into battery blocks of n (n is a natural number) in number each formed of several electric cells connected together in series. When a state allowing charging with an external power supply is attained, the ECU executes an operation of resetting an SOC of a first power storage unit. The ECU controls a corresponding converter to discharge the first power storage unit with a constant current, and sets reset values for battery blocks of n in number based on battery voltages and battery temperatures exhibited when any one of the battery voltages of the n battery blocks becomes lower than a reset voltage. The ECU resets the SOCs of the battery blocks of the first power storage unit to the respective reset values thus set. |
| US08222860B2 |
Power transmission control device, power transmission device, power receiving control device, power receiving device, and electronic apparatus
A power transmission control device included in a contactless power transmission system in which power is transmitted from a power transmission device to a power receiving device by electromagnetically coupling a primary coil and a secondary coil and the power is supplied to a load of the power receiving device, includes a controller controlling the power transmission control device, and a load condition detection circuit detecting a load condition on a power receiving side. The controller determines the load condition on the power receiving side based on threshold information received from the power receiving device and load condition detection information from the load condition detection circuit. |
| US08222853B2 |
Servo motor control apparatus and control method
A servo motor control apparatus having a feedback loop includes: an oscillation detecting section, which detects oscillation of the feedback loop, to output an oscillation detection signal; a parameter operating section, which gives an operational instruction to set a control parameter in the feedback loop based upon the oscillation detection signal; and an updating section, which is supplied with a set value for setting a control parameter, and sets the control parameter in the feedback loop while making an update thereon in accordance with the operational instruction given by the parameter operating section, wherein when the oscillation detection signal indicates no detection of oscillation, the parameter operating section gives the updating section an operational instruction to set a control parameter in accordance with the supplied set value, and when the oscillation detection signal indicates detection of oscillation, parameter operating section gives the updating section an operational instruction to set such a control parameter as to narrow a frequency band width of the feedback loop. |
| US08222849B2 |
Motor control method for MDPS system
A motor control method for an MDPS system makes it possible to provide smoother and easier steering operation at a low cost by improving the OHP performance while supplying appropriate controlling electric current to a motor, without changing the motor or a decelerator used in an MDPS system. |
| US08222847B2 |
Device and method for determining the rotational position of a rotor in an electric machine
The invention relates to a device and a method for determining the rotational position of the rotor of an electric machine that has star-connected pole winding phases. The device is equipped with a unit for applying voltage pulses (14-16) to at least one of the phases (1-3) and a unit that evaluates the neutral point potentials generated by the voltage pulses (14-16). The invention is characterized by the provision of the aforementioned unit for applying time-delayed voltage pulses (14-16) to different phases (1-3) and the unit for producing at least one differential between the neutral point potentials generated by said voltage pulses. |
| US08222846B2 |
Output circuit
A power transistor is arranged between an output terminal and a power supply terminal. A pre-driver includes a high-side transistor and a low-side transistor connected in series between the power supply terminal and a second terminal, and the ON/OFF operations of which are controlled in a complementary manner according to a control signal. The electric potential at a connection node between the two transistors is output to a control terminal of the power transistor. A constant voltage circuit stabilizes the second terminal to a predetermined voltage. An output transistor for the constant voltage circuit is provided between the second terminal and the ground terminal. A differential amplifier adjusts the voltage applied to the control terminal of the output transistor such that the electric potential at the second terminal approaches a predetermined target value. A feedback capacitor is provided between the second terminal and the control terminal of the output transistor. |
| US08222844B2 |
Method for determining the magnet temperature in synchronous machines
A method for determining the magnet temperature of a permanent magnet electrical machine. The magnet temperature is able to be determined particularly simply and accurately if a phase voltage and the rotational speed of the electrical machine are measured, and the magnet temperature is determined from this. |
| US08222842B2 |
Motor with rotor-mounted control circuitry
A rotating electromechanical machine has a rotor having at least one current-carrying winding and at least one rotor-mounted sensor configured to sense a machine property or parameter during machine operation. Rotor-mounted circuitry dynamically modifies at least one property of the current-carrying winding during machine operation in response to the sensed machine property or parameter. |
| US08222841B2 |
VCM control circuit
A method of controlling a moving part of a voice coil motor to move from an first position to a second position, wherein the position of the moving part is controlled by the level of an electrical signal applied to a coil of the voice coil motor, a first level of the electrical signal corresponding to the first position, and a second level of the electrical signal corresponding to the second position, the method including: at a first time, changing the electrical signal from the first level to an intermediate level, the intermediate level being chosen such that a peak overshoot of the moving part corresponds to the second position; and at a second time calculated to correspond to a delay of half an oscillation period of the moving part after the first time, changing the electrical signal to the second level. |
| US08222832B2 |
Adaptive dimmer detection and control for LED lamp
An LED lamp is provided in which the output light intensity of the LEDs in the LED lamp is adjusted based on the input voltage to the LED lamp. A dimmer control unit detects a type of dimmer switch during a configuration process. Using the detected dimmer type, the dimmer control unit generates control signals appropriate for the detected dimmer type to provide regulated current to the LEDs and to achieve the desired dimming effect. The LED lamp can be a direct replacement of conventional incandescent lamps in typical wiring configurations found in residential and commercial building lighting applications that use conventional dimmer switches. |
| US08222826B2 |
Control of delivery of current through one or more lamps
Systems and techniques to control of delivery of current through one or more lamps include, in at least one aspect, a method comprising: receiving an electric signal from a resistor in a circuit, where the resistor is selected based on a lamp; determining that a value associated with the electric signal falls in a preset range of values, the preset range having one or more parameters that correspond to the lamp; and outputting the one or more parameters to operate the lamp. |
| US08222825B2 |
Dimmer for a light emitting device
Exemplary embodiments of the present invention relate to a dimmer for a light emitting device using an alternating (AC) voltage source. The dimmer includes a switch to be switched in response to a switching control signal and to deliver an AC voltage of an AC voltage source to the light emitting device, a current detector to detect an electric current to be provided to the light emitting device and to output a current detection signal, and a controller to output the switching control signal in response to a dimming control signal and the current detection signal. |
| US08222812B2 |
Electric lamp with an outer bulb and a built-in lamp and associated production method
In various embodiments, an electric lamp is provided, which may include an outer bulb and a base fastened thereto and a longitudinal axis, the bulb surrounding a built-in lamp, which is equipped with a pinch seal with two narrow sides and two broad sides, from which at least one outer power supply line protrudes, the feed line being held in a plate-like stand, the built-in lamp being held in the outer bulb by a cementless connecting means in the form of a mounting clip, wherein a connection between an outer power supply line and a feed line is ensured by virtue of the fact that a first one of these two component parts is bent back in the form of a bow, while the second of these component parts is bent back in the manner of a loop and is suspended in the bow. |
| US08222811B2 |
Electroluminescent display, illumination or indicating device, and its fabrication process
The invention relates to an electroluminescent display, illumination or indicating device and to its fabrication process. This device (1) comprises a substrate (2) coated with an electroluminescent unit (3) having two electrodes, namely an internal electrode (5) and an external electrode (6), between which a light-emitting structure (4) is placed, at least one of said electrodes being transparent to the emitted light, a protective plate (7) being assembled on the unit by means of an adhesive (7a). According to the invention, this adhesive covers an adhesion-promoter layer (10) which surmounts the unit, being deposited by ALD (atomic layer deposition) from precursors, and which is based on at least one inorganic compound compatible with the adhesive, a metallic reactive sublayer (9) capable of reacting with at least one of these precursors being inserted beneath and in contact with this adhesion-promoter layer, at least one dielectric intermediate layer (8) transparent to the emitted light being placed between the external electrode and the reactive sublayer in order to form, with said external electrode and said reactive sublayer, a resonant cavity. |
| US08222808B2 |
Organic electroluminescence element and method for manufacturing the same
In accordance with an aspect of the present invention, an organic electroluminescence element includes a first electrode on a substrate, a second electrode which faces the first electrode, a luminescent medium layer which is between the first electrode and the second electrode and includes an organic luminescent layer and a carrier injection layer between the first electrode and the organic luminescent layer, a first carrier injection layer formed on the first electrode, a partition wall formed so as to section the first electrode and cover a part of the first carrier injection layer, and a second carrier injection layer formed on the partition wall and the first carrier injection layer which is not covered by the partition wall. |
| US08222804B2 |
Tiled OLED device with edge light extraction
An area-emissive light-emitting diode (LED) device comprises a substrate having an internal substrate surface, an external substrate surface opposite the internal substrate surface, and a substrate edge; an array of area-emissive LED pixels formed on the internal substrate surface with an edge gap between the substrate edge and the LED pixel on the internal substrate surface nearest the substrate edge; and a light-extraction structure formed in the edge gap and at least partially exterior to the LED pixels. |
| US08222802B2 |
Resin composition, reflective plate and light-emitting device
The present invention provides a resin composition comprising the component (A) liquid-crystalline polyester, and the component (B) a titanium oxide filler having a volume average particle diameter of 0.27 to 0.4 μm, wherein the component (B) is contained in an amount of from 5 to 110 parts by mass relative to 100 parts by mass of the component (A); a reflective plate of the resin composition, and a light-emitting device having the reflective plate. According to the resin composition of the present invention, it is possible to obtain a reflective plate exhibiting high reflectance of a visible light while keeping excellent mechanical strength of the liquid-crystalline polyester. Also, a light-emitting device excellent in characteristics such as brightness can be obtained using the reflective plate. |
| US08222801B2 |
Lamp and lamp holder module thereof
A lamp includes a lamp holder module and light-emitting module disposed in the lamp holder module. The lamp holder module includes a body, a pressing mechanism disposed on the body, and an upper cover engaging removably the body. The light-emitting module is placed on the body and is pressed into position through the pressing mechanism. The pressing mechanism is operable to release the light-emitting module, thereby facilitating removal and installation of the light-emitting module. The upper cover serves as a lens of the light-emitting module and covers the light-emitting module. |
| US08222800B2 |
Stacked-type piezoelectric device and method for manufacturing the same
A stacked-type piezoelectric device includes a stack of piezoelectric layers, plural conductive layers, a first contact hole, a second contact hole, and plural insulating portions. The piezoelectric layers are disposed between the conductive layers. The first and second contact holes penetrate the piezoelectric layers and the conductive layers, and each of first and second contact holes is filled with a conductive material. Every insulating portion is formed at one conductive layer. Two adjacent insulating portions are respectively formed at the outer rims of the first and second contact holes, to electrically isolate the conductive layer (in which the insulating portion is formed) from the conductive material in the contact hole. |
| US08222798B2 |
Piezoelectric resonator and electrode structure thereof
There are provided an electrode structure of a piezoelectric resonator and a piezoelectric resonator including the same. The piezoelectric resonator includes: a piezoelectric plate vibrated by an electrical signal; and first and second electrodes having first to fourth layers stacked on both surfaces thereof, wherein the first and third layers are made of at least one selected from the group consisting of Ti, Ni, Cr, an alloy including Ti and an alloy including Cr and the second and fourth layers are made of Ag or an alloy including Ag. |
| US08222795B2 |
Protected resonator
A bulk acoustic wave resonator structure that isolates the core resonator from both environmental effects and aging effects. The structure has a piezoelectric layer at least partially disposed between two electrodes. The structure is protected against contamination, package leaks, and changes to the piezoelectric material due to external effects while still providing inertial resistance. The structure has one or more protective elements that limit aging effects to at or below a specified threshold. The resonator behavior is stabilized across the entire bandwidth of the resonance, not just at the series resonance. Examples of protective elements include a collar of material around the core resonator so that perimeter and edge-related environmental and aging phenomena are kept away from the core resonator, a Bragg reflector formed above or below the piezoelectric layer and a cap formed over the piezoelectric layer. |
| US08222794B2 |
Ultrasonic atomization circuit and an atomization device using the same
An ultrasonic atomization circuit comprises a driving signal generating unit to generate an ultrasonic driving signal, a power unit to amplify and transmit the ultrasonic driving signal to a piezoelectric ceramic lamination, and a buffering unit connecting to the driving signal generating unit and the power unit to reduce the effect by the load of the power unit to the driving signal generating unit. The present invention is directed to provide an atomization device using the above ultrasonic atomization circuit. For the ultrasonic atomization circuit being disposed between the power unit and the driving signal generating unit, the ultrasonic atomization circuit can reduce the effect by the disperse circuits and reactance to the driving signal generating unit, meanwhile need less units and be easy to test. |
| US08222788B2 |
Electric machine
A three-phase, high voltage motor for use in a scroll compressor includes a stator core having an annular rim and a plurality of teeth extending radially inward from the rim. Aluminum windings are wrapped around teeth of the plurality of teeth of the stator core. The windings are spaced 120 electrical degrees from each other. The motor further includes a rotor body that is rotatably mounted inside the stator core and includes an external surface facing the stator core. |
| US08222779B2 |
Stepping motor
A stepping motor includes: a cylindrical rotor assembly disposed around the rotation axis; a stator assembly including two stator units disposed around the rotor assembly and axially coupled to each other; and a terminal structure disposed at the axial center of the outer circumference of the stator assembly. The terminal structure includes: a terminal block cluster composed of four terminal blocks; and four terminals fixed respectively to the four terminal blocks. The four terminals each include: an internal connection portion to which one of two wire ends of the winding is connected; and an external connection portion which is disposed substantially parallel to the internal connection portion and which is connected to a driving circuit disposed externally. The four terminals are arranged in a line along a direction substantially orthogonal to the rotation axis, and the internal connection portion and the external connection portion are aligned along the rotation axis. |
| US08222777B2 |
Rotary single-phase electromagnetic servo actuator comprising an actuator and a position sensor
The invention concerns a rotary single-phase electromagnetic servo actuator consisting of a rotary actuator designed to move a mobile member along a limited travel, including a 2N pole stator structure, N being equal to 1 or 2, and at least one field coil, said stator structure being made of a material with high magnetic permeability, and a rotor having a ferromagnetic yoke and a thin magnetized portion consisting of 2N pairs of axially magnetized poles, in alternate directions and a rotor angular position sensor. The invention is characterized in that the position sensor has a magnetic field emitter integral with the yoke and a receiver for the magnetic field stationary relative to the stator structure. |
| US08222773B2 |
Power adapters for powering and/or charging peripheral devices
A power adapter for a peripheral device such as portable electronics device is disclosed. The power adapter includes a housing that contains electrical components associated with the power adapter. The power adapter also includes a data port provided at a surface of the housing. The data port is configured to provide external power to the peripheral device. |
| US08222768B2 |
Methods and apparatus for powering electric devices coupled to a patient to reduce transients in patient monitoring devices
Apparatus, systems, and methods for powering an electric device coupled to a patient to reduce transients on patient monitoring devices are provided herein. In some embodiments, an apparatus for reducing transient electrical events on a patient monitoring device may include a device that can be powered on or off to cause current flow through a load of the device and which has a line out that is capacitively coupled to a patient during use; and a control circuit to control a periodic coupling of first and second voltage sources to the load out of phase at a predetermined carrier frequency to provide continuous current flow through the load in alternating directions, and to control the periodic coupling of first and second voltage sources to the load in phase at a predetermined carrier frequency to provide no current flow through the load. |
| US08222767B2 |
Apparatus for phase rotation for a three-phase AC circuit
An apparatus for power conversion. In one embodiment, the apparatus comprises a plurality of AC power sources, wherein each AC power source in the plurality of AC power sources has a phase rotation circuit coupled to a DC/AC inverter for converting DC input power to AC output power, wherein (i) a first phase rotation circuit has first three phase output terminals coupled to second three phase input terminals of a second phase rotation circuit; (ii) the second phase rotation circuit has second three phase output terminals coupled to third three phase input terminals of a third phase rotation circuit; and (iii) the third phase rotation circuit has third three phase output terminals coupled to either fourth three phase input terminals of a fourth phase rotation circuit or to a commercial power grid. |
| US08222766B2 |
Simultaneous multi-voltage rail voltage regulation messages
Methods and mechanisms to simultaneously regulate two or more supply voltages provided to an integrated circuit by a voltage regulator. In an embodiment of the invention, a voltage regulation message exchanged between the integrated circuit and the voltage regulator includes an identifier indicating two or more supply voltages selected from a plurality of supply voltages provided to the integrated circuit by the voltage regulator, where the voltage regulation message relates to the indicated two or more supply voltages. In another embodiment, the voltage regulation message indicates a desired supply voltage level to which the indicated two or more supply voltages are to transition. |
| US08222762B2 |
Direct-drive generator/motor for a windmill/hydropower Plant/Vessel where the generator/morot is configured as a hollow profile and a method to assemble such a windmill/hydropower plant
A turbine rotor for a wind power plant or a hydropower plant with a direct-drive generator for converting the energy in flowing wind or water into electrical energy wherein the wind or hydropower plant comprises a turbine rotor and a stator and wherein the turbine rotor further comprises a ring-shaped hub (6) having an axis of rotation that coincides with the center axis of the stator and wherein the turbine rotor comprises at least one rotor blade, which rotor blade is arranged on the ring-shaped hub. The turbine rotor is also intended to be used as a propeller for a craft. |
| US08222755B2 |
Energy recycling structure
An energy recycling structure includes a primary portion, a secondary portion and a positioning shaft. The primary portion connects to a motor and includes a radially magnetic assembly including a number of strips having different magnetic strength. The secondary portion connects to a driven element and includes a coil electrically connecting to a peripheral device. The positioning shaft connects the primary portion and the secondary portion. A current flows in the coil when the coil cuts the magnetic lines of force of the magnetic assembly during rotation of the magnetic assembly. |
| US08222751B2 |
Electroconductive bonding material and electronic apparatus
An electroconductive bonding material contains a thermosetting resin, a low-melting-point metal powder which is melted at a temperature equal to or lower than the thermosetting temperature of the thermosetting resin, a high-melting-point metal powder which is not melted at a temperature equal to or lower than the thermosetting temperature of the thermosetting resin and which reacts with the low-melting-point metal powder to form a reaction product having a high melting point of 300° C. or higher during heat-hardening of the thermosetting resin, and a reducing substance which removes an oxide formed on the surface of the high-melting-point metal powder. The total content of the low-melting-point metal powder and the high-melting-point metal powder is 75% to 88% by weight, and the particle size ratio D1/D2 of the average particle size D1 of the low-melting-point metal powder to the average particle size D2 of the high-melting-point metal powder is 0.5 to 6.0. Thereby, an electroconductive bonding material is provided which has good conduction properties and high connection strength even when reflow heat treatment is repeatedly carried out or thermal shock accompanied with a rapid temperature change is applied to the electroconductive bonding material, and an electronic apparatus using such an electroconductive bonding material. |
| US08222747B2 |
Multilayer wiring substrate mounted with electronic component and method for manufacturing the same
A multilayer wiring substrate mounted with an electronic component includes an electronic component, a core material layer having a first opening for accommodating the electronic component, a resin layer which is formed on one surface of the core material layer and which has a second opening greater than the first opening, a supporting layer which is formed on the other surface of the core material layer and which supports the electronic component, a plurality of connection conductor sections which are provided around the first opening and within the second opening on the one surface of the core material layer, bonding wires for electrically connecting the electronic component to the connection conductor sections, and a sealing resin filled into the first and second openings in order to seal the electronic component and the bonding wires. |
| US08222746B2 |
Noble metal barrier layers
Noble metal barrier layers are disclosed. In one aspect, an apparatus may include a substrate, a dielectric layer over the substrate, and an interconnect structure within the dielectric layer. The interconnect structure may have a bulk metal and a barrier layer. The barrier layer may be disposed between the bulk metal and the dielectric layer. The barrier layer may include one or more metals selected from iridium, platinum, palladium, rhodium, osmium, gold, silver, rhenium, ruthenium, tungsten, and nickel. |
| US08222743B2 |
Flash memory storage apparatus
A flash memory storage apparatus is provided. The flash memory storage apparatus includes a substrate, a control and storage circuit unit, a ground lead, at least a signal lead, and a power lead. The control and storage circuit unit, the power lead, the signal lead, and the ground lead are disposed on the substrate, in which the power lead, the signal lead, and the ground lead respectively electrically connect to the control and storage circuit unit. Moreover, the flash memory storage apparatus further includes an extra ground lead electrically connected to the ground lead or a protrusion on the substrate, such that the ground lead first electrically connects to a host when the flash memory storage apparatus is plugged into the host. |
| US08222741B2 |
Semiconductor module with current connection element
A semiconductor module having a current connection element designed for a high current carrying capability is disclosed. In one embodiment, the current connection element includes a plurality of metal layers which rest directly on one another. |
| US08222739B2 |
System to improve coreless package connections
A system to improve core package connections may include ball grid array pads, and a ball grid array. The system may also include connection members of the ball grid array conductively connected to respective ball grid array pads. The system may further include magnetic underfill positioned adjacent at least some of the connection members and respective ball grid array pads to increase respective connection members' inductance. |
| US08222733B2 |
Semiconductor device package
A first substrate has a first surface facing a second surface of the second substrate. The active chips are disposed on and electrically connected to the first surface, and spaced apart from each other by an interval, wherein the active chips respectively have a first active surface. The bridge chip is mechanically and electrically connected to the second surface, and has a second active surface partially overlapped with the first active surfaces of the active chips, such that the bridge chip is used for providing a proximity communication between the active chips. The connection structure is disposed between the first surface and the second surface for combining the first substrate and the second substrate. |
| US08222727B2 |
Conductive structures for microfeature devices and methods for fabricating microfeature devices
Methods for fabricating conductive structures on and/or in interposing devices and microfeature devices that are formed using such methods are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a method for fabricating interposer devices having substrates includes forming a plurality of conductive sections on a first substrate in a first pattern. The method continues by forming a plurality of conductive sections on a second substrate in a second pattern. The method further includes constructing a plurality of conductive lines in a common third pattern on both the first substrate and the second substrate. The conductive lines can be formed on the first and second substrates either before or after forming the first pattern of conductive sections on the first substrate and/or forming the second pattern of conductive sections on the second substrate. |
| US08222725B2 |
Metal can impedance control structure
A microelectronic assembly includes an interconnection element, element contacts, first and second metal layers, conductive elements, and first and second microelectronic devices. The first metal layer may extend beyond at least one of the edges of the first microelectronic device. The conductive elements may respectively extend beyond at least one of the edges of the first metal layer. The first metal layer may have a surface disposed at a substantially uniform spacing from at least substantial portions of the conductive elements, such that a desired impedance may be achieved for the conductive elements. The conductive elements may be spaced a smaller distance from the metal layer than the distance of the conductive elements from the front surface of the first microelectronic device. The second metal layer may be connectable to a source of reference potential. |
| US08222722B2 |
Integrated circuit package and device
An integrated circuit package including: a substrate having front connection pads on a front face, an integrated circuit die linked to the front face of the substrate and having front connection pads, connection wires for connecting selected front pads of the integrated circuit die to selected front pads of the substrate, first connection balls on selected front connection pads of the integrated circuit die, and second connection balls on selected front connection pads of the substrate. An integrated circuit device including a second substrate connected to the connection balls of the integrated circuit package. |
| US08222714B2 |
Semiconductor package with embedded spiral inductor
In some embodiments, the semiconductor package includes a substrate having multiple layers, from a first layer to a final layer, a die coupled to the first layer, an electrical connector such as a solder ball coupled to the final layer, and a spiral trace disposed and electrically coupled between the die and the electrical connector. Inductance of the spiral trace is selected such that the package has a predetermined impedance. Material, cross-sectional area, number and density of windings, and total overall length of the spiral trace are selected accordingly. In other embodiments, the semiconductor package includes a substrate with multiple layers; a die coupled to the first of the layers; an electrical connector coupled to the final layer; and a spiral trace, in or on the substrate. The spiral trace is near the die, and electrically coupled between the die and the electrical connector. |
| US08222704B2 |
Compact electrical switching devices with nanotube elements, and methods of making same
An electrical device includes a substrate; first and second active areas; first and second word lines disposed in a first plane; first and second bit lines in a second plane and in electrical communication with first and second active areas; and a reference line disposed in a third plane. A nanotube element disposed in a fourth plane is in electrical communication with first and second active areas and the reference line via electrical connections at a first surface of the nanotube element. The nanotube element includes first and second regions having resistance states that are independently adjustable in response to electrical stimuli, wherein the first and second regions nonvolatilely retain the resistance states. Arrays of such electrical devices can be formed as nonvolatile memory devices. Methods for fabricating such devices are also disclosed. |
| US08222703B2 |
Semiconductor device with bipolar transistor
A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor layer formed on an insulation layer and having an MOS (Metal Oxide Semiconductor) transistor area and a bi-polar transistor area; an MOS transistor formed in the MOS transistor area; and a bi-polar transistor formed in the bi-polar transistor area. The MOS transistor includes a source area of a second conductive type; a drain area of the second conductive type; and a channel area of a first conductive type. The MOS transistor further includes a gate electrode formed on the channel area with a first oxide layer inbetween. The bi-polar transistor includes a collector area of the second conductive type; an emitter area of the second conductive type; and a base area of the first conductive type. The bi-polar transistor further includes a dummy pattern formed on the base area with a second oxide layer inbetween. |
| US08222697B2 |
CMOS RF IC
Provided is a CMOS RF IC comprises an inductor that is formed in the uppermost two or more metal layers among a plurality of metal layers; and a DC bias circuit that is formed in a metal layer provided at the bottom of the metal layers in which the inductor is formed. |
| US08222696B2 |
Semiconductor device having buried oxide film
An active region, a source region, and a drain region are formed on a single crystal semiconductor substrate or a single crystal semiconductor thin film. Impurity regions called pinning regions are formed in striped form in the active region so as to reach both of the source region and the drain region. Regions interposed between the pinning regions serve as channel forming regions. A tunnel oxide film, a floating gate, a control gate, etc. are formed on the above structure. The impurity regions prevent a depletion layer from expanding from the source region toward the drain region. |
| US08222695B2 |
Process of forming an electronic device including an integrated circuit with transistors coupled to each other
An electronic device, including an integrated circuit, can include a buried conductive region and a semiconductor layer overlying the buried conductive region, wherein the semiconductor layer has a primary surface and an opposing surface lying closer to the buried conductive region. The electronic device can also include a first doped region and a second doped region spaced apart from each other, wherein each is within the semiconductor layer and lies closer to primary surface than to the opposing surface. The electronic device can include current-carrying electrodes of transistors. A current-carrying electrode of a particular transistor includes the first doped region and is a source or an emitter and is electrically connected to the buried conductive region. Another current-carrying electrode of a different transistor includes the second doped region and is a drain or a collector and is electrically connected to the buried conductive region. |
| US08222694B2 |
True CSP power MOSFET based on bottom-source LDMOS
A semiconductor package may comprise a semiconductor substrate, a MOSFET device having a plurality cells formed on the substrate, and a source region common to all cells disposed on a bottom of the substrate. Each cell comprises a drain region on a top of the semiconductor device, a gate to control a flow of electrical current between the source and drain regions, a source contact proximate the gate; and an electrical connection between the source contact and source region. At least one drain connection is electrically coupled to the drain region. Source, drain and gate pads are electrically connected to the source region, drain region and gates of the devices. The drain, source and gate pads are formed on one surface of the semiconductor package. The cells are distributed across the substrate, whereby the electrical connections between the source contact of each device and the source region are distributed across the substrate. |
| US08222690B2 |
Vertical power MOSFET semiconductor apparatus having separate base regions and manufacturing method thereof
A semiconductor apparatus includes a doped semiconductor layer formed on a semiconductor substrate of a first conductivity type and first and second gate trenches formed in the semiconductor layer, the second gate trench being separated from the first gate trench in a first direction. The doped semiconductor layer includes a low concentration base region of a second conductivity typed formed between the first and second gate trenches, a first source region of the first conductivity type, a second source region of the first conductivity type, a first high concentration base region of the second conductivity type, and a second high concentration base region of the second conductivity type formed so that the first and second high concentration base regions are separated by the low concentration base region, and the second high concentration base region is not below both of the first and second source regions. |
| US08222686B2 |
Semiconductor integrated circuit device and a method of manufacturing the same
A semiconductor device having a nonvolatile memory cell which includes a semiconductor substrate, a first insulating film formed over the semiconductor substrate, a control electrode formed over the first insulating film, the first insulating film acting as a gate insulator for the control gate electrode, a second insulating film formed over the semiconductor substrate, and a memory gate electrode formed over the second insulating film and being adjacent to the control gate electrode, the second insulating film acting as a gate insulator for the memory gate electrode and featuring a non-conductive charge trap film, the control gate electrode having a different type conductivity than that of the memory gate electrode. A manufacturing technique for a semiconductor device including a nonvolatile memory cell having control gate and memory gate electrodes is also featured. |
| US08222685B2 |
Flash memory device and method for manufacturing the same
Disclosed are a dual bit type NROM flash memory device and a method for manufacturing the same using a self-aligned scheme. The flash memory device includes a plurality of bit lines buried in a substrate in one direction while being spaced apart from each other at a regular interval; floating gates aligned at both sides of each of the bit lines on the substrate; and a plurality of word lines spaced apart from each other at a regular interval while crossing the bit lines. In the flash memory device of an embodiment, polysilicon is used for a trapping layer, so the programming and erasing operations can be performed at a higher speed, a threshold voltage (Vt) window is widened, and retention characteristics are improved. |
| US08222683B2 |
Semiconductor device and its manufacturing method
To realize miniaturization/high integration and increase in the amount of accumulated charges, and to give a memory structure having a high reliability. A 1 transistor 1 capacitor (1T1C) structure having 1 ferroelectric capacitor structure and 1 selection transistor every memory cell is adopted, and respective capacitor structures are disposed respectively in either one layer of interlayer insulating films of 2 layers having different heights from the surface of a semiconductor substrate. |
| US08222682B2 |
Photoelectric conversion apparatus and image pickup system using photoelectric conversion apparatus
A photoelectric conversion apparatus includes a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements configured to convert incident light to electric carriers, an amplifier MOS transistor shared by the plurality of photoelectric conversion elements, a plurality of floating diffusions connected to the gate electrode of the amplifier MOS transistor, and a plurality of transfer MOS transistors arranged corresponding to the respective photoelectric conversion elements, each of the transfer MOS transistors transferring electric carriers from corresponding one of the photoelectric conversion elements to corresponding one of the floating diffusions. In such a photoelectric conversion apparatus, at least two of the floating diffusions are electrically connected to each other with a wiring line included in the same wiring layer as the gate electrode of the amplifier MOS transistor. |
| US08222680B2 |
Double and triple gate MOSFET devices and methods for making same
A double gate metal-oxide semiconductor field-effect transistor (MOSFET) includes a fin, a first gate and a second gate. The first gate is formed on top of the fin. The second gate surrounds the fin and the first gate. In another implementation, a triple gate MOSFET includes a fin, a first gate, a second gate, and a third gate. The first gate is formed on top of the fin. The second gate is formed adjacent the fin. The third gate is formed adjacent the fin and opposite the second gate. |
| US08222675B2 |
Nitride semiconductor device including gate insulating portion containing AIN
A nitride semiconductor device 2 comprises a nitride semiconductor layer 10. A gate insulating film 16 is formed on the surface of the nitride semiconductor layer 10. The gate insulating film 16 includes a portion composed of an aluminum nitride film 15 and a portion composed of an insulating material 14 that contains at least one of oxygen or silicon. A region W2 of the nitride semiconductor layer 10 facing the aluminum nitride film 15 is included in a region W1 of the nitride semiconductor layer 10 facing a gate electrode 18. The nitride semiconductor device 2 may further comprise a nitride semiconductor lower layer 8. The nitride semiconductor layer 10 may be stacked on the surface of the nitride semiconductor lower layer 8. The nitride semiconductor layer 10 may have a larger band gap than that of the nitride semiconductor lower layer 8 and have a heterojunction formed there between. |
| US08222669B2 |
Mixed source growth apparatus and method of fabricating III-nitride ultraviolet emitters
A device for forming a Group III-V semiconductor on a substrate. The device has a primary chamber comprising a substrate and a heat source for heating the substrate to a first temperature. A secondary chamber comprises a metal source and a second heat source for heating the secondary chamber to a second temperature. A first source is provided which is capable of providing HCl to the secondary chamber wherein the HCl and the metal form metal chloride. A metal-organic source is provided. A metal chloride source is provided which comprises a metal chloride. At least one of the metal chloride, the metal-organic and the second metal chloride react with the nitrogen containing compound to form a Group III-V semiconductor on the substrate. |
| US08222666B2 |
Light-emitting device and electronic device
An object is to provide a light-emitting device having a structure in which an external connection portion can easily be connected and a method for manufacturing the light-emitting device. A light-emitting device includes a lower support 110, a base insulating film 112 over the lower support 110 which has a through-hole 130, a light-emitting element 127 over the base insulating film 112, and an upper support 122 over the light-emitting element 127. An electrode 131 is provided in the through-hole 130, and the external connection terminal 132 electrically connected to the electrode 131 is provided below the base insulating film 112. The external connection terminal 132 is electrically connected to the external connection portion 133 and functions as a terminal that inputs a signal or a power supply into the light-emitting device. This light-emitting device has a structure in which an external connection portion can easily be connected. |
| US08222665B2 |
LED package structure with fuse
An LED package structure includes a lead frame, an LED chip disposed on the lead frame, a fuse disposed on the lead frame and electrically connected to the lead frame, and an encapsulation. The fuse is electrically connected to the LED chip in series. |
| US08222663B2 |
Light emitting device and method of manufacturing the same
Provided is a light emitting diode (LED) manufactured by using a wafer bonding method and a method of manufacturing a LED by using a wafer bonding method. The wafer bonding method may include interposing a stress relaxation layer formed of a metal between a semiconductor layer and a bonding substrate. When the stress relaxation layer is used, stress between the bonding substrate and a growth substrate may be offset due to the flexibility of metal, and accordingly, bending or warpage of the bonding substrate may be reduced or prevented. |
| US08222662B2 |
LED package structure
An LED package structure includes a transparent substrate having a supporting face and a light-emergent face opposite to the supporting face, a housing disposed on the supporting face, two electrodes disposed on the housing, an LED chip disposed on the supporting face and electrically connected to the two electrodes, a reflecting layer covering the LED chip to reflect light emitted by the LED chip toward the transparent substrate, and a phosphor layer formed on the light-emergent face of the substrate. The phosphor layer includes a plurality of layers each having a specific light wavelength conversion range to generate a light with a predetermined color. |
| US08222661B2 |
Light emitting device, light emitting device package and lighting system including the same
A light emitting device including a second conductive type semiconductor layer; an active layer over the second conductive type semiconductor layer; a first conductive type semiconductor layer over the active layer; a second electrode in a first region under the second conductive type semiconductor layer; a current blocking layer including a metal; and a first electrode over the first conductive type semiconductor layer. Further, the first electrode has at least one portion that vertically overlaps the current blocking layer. |
| US08222656B2 |
Semiconductor light emitting device
Provided are a semiconductor light emitting device and a method for manufacturing the same. The semiconductor light emitting device comprises a plurality of compound semiconductor layers, a first electrode, a second electrode layer, and a conductive support member. The plurality of compound semiconductor layers comprises a first conductive type semiconductor layer, an active layer, and a second conductive type semiconductor layer. The first electrode is formed under the compound semiconductor layer. The second electrode layer is formed on the compound semiconductor layer. The second electrode layer has an unevenness. The conductive support member is formed on the second electrode layer. |
| US08222655B2 |
Semiconductor light-emitting device and process for producing the same
A semiconductor light emitting device of the present invention includes a substrate (1), an n-GaN layer (2) supported by the substrate (1), a p-GaN layer (7) which is located farther from the substrate (1) than the n-GaN layer (2) is, an active layer (4) formed between the n-GaN layer (2) and the p-GaN layer (7) and containing InGaN, a sublimation preventing layer (5) formed between the active layer (4) and the p-GaN layer (7) and containing InGaN, and an In composition gradient layer (6) sandwiched between the sublimation preventing layer (5) and the p-GaN layer (7) and having such In composition ratio gradient that the In composition ratio decreases in the thickness direction toward the p-GaN layer (7). |
| US08222653B2 |
Light-emitting diode and lighting apparatus using the same
A light-emitting diode includes a substrate, a light-emitting diode element mounted on an upper surface of the substrate, and a sealing member that covers the light-emitting diode element. At least one pair of lower electrodes electrically connected to the light-emitting diode element and at least one pair of connecting electrodes connected to each other are disposed on the substrate. A connecting wiring pattern for connecting the pair of connecting electrodes is provided between the connecting electrodes. |
| US08222644B2 |
Fan-out unit and thin-film transistor array substrate having the same
A fan-out unit which can control a resistance difference among channels with efficient space utilization and a thin-film transistor (TFT) array substrate having the fan-out unit are presented. The fan-out unit includes: an insulating substrate; a first wiring layer which is formed on the insulating substrate and connected to a pad; a second wiring layer which is formed on the insulating substrate and connected to a TFT; and a resistance controller which is connected between the first wiring layer and the second wiring layer and includes a plurality of first resistors extending parallel to the first wiring layer and a plurality of second resistors extending perpendicular to the first resistors and alternately connecting to the first resistors, wherein the first resistors are longer than the second resistors. |
| US08222643B2 |
Method of manufacturing thin film transistor, thin film transistor, and display unit
A thin film transistor having a crystalline silicon film that is formed over an insulating substrate with a gate electrode and a gate insulating film in between, and has a channel region in a region corresponding to the gate electrode; an insulating channel protective film that is selectively formed in a region corresponding to the channel region on the crystalline silicon film; an n+ silicon film having a source region and a drain region that sandwich a region corresponding to the channel region on the channel protective film and the crystalline silicon film; and a metal film having a source electrode and a drain electrode that respectively correspond to the source region and the drain region. |
| US08222635B2 |
Method for manufacturing an organic light emitting device as well as such a device
An electronic device includes at least a substrate, an area on the substrate which has to be protected against moisture and/or oxygen, at least one contact, and an encapsulation layer system including at least a first inorganic layer. The at least one contact extends from the sealed area to a part of the substrate not sealed by the encapsulation layer system. The contact includes a shunt, which is an interruption bridged by an electrically conductive bridge. The first inorganic layer of the encapsulation system is applied so that it is in direct physical contact with the electrically conductive bridge. The bridge has a structure and shape which can be sealingly covered by the encapsulation layer system and is made from a material through which no moisture and/or oxygen can penetrate. |
| US08222634B2 |
Anthracene derivatives and organic electronic device using the same
The present invention relates to a novel anthracene derivative and an organic electronic device using the same. The organic electronic device according to the present invention shows excellent characteristics in efficiency, driving voltage, and life time. |
| US08222633B2 |
Organic transistor using thiazolothiazole derivatives and method for fabricating the same
The present invention relates to an organic transistor that includes an organic semiconductor layer containing a thiazolothiazole derivative and an insulating organic material having a band gap of 3 eV or more or no portion having four pairs or more of double bonds and single bonds continuously connected. |
| US08222631B2 |
Organic thin film transistor and flat display device having the same
An organic thin film transistor in which source and drain electrodes have a double layer structure to aid patterning of an organic semiconductor layer using a laser beam, and a flat display device having the organic thin film transistor. The organic thin film transistor includes: a gate electrode; a source electrode and a drain electrode insulated from the gate electrode; an organic semiconductor layer insulated from the gate electrode and having a portion patterned to electrically connect to the source and drain electrodes; and a protection layer formed on the source and drain electrodes. |
| US08222630B2 |
Organic memory device having memory active region formed by embossing structure
An organic memory device having a memory active region formed by an embossing structure. This invention provides an organic memory device including a substrate, a first electrode formed on the substrate, an organic memory layer formed on the first electrode, a second electrode formed on the organic memory layer and an embossing structure provided at the organic memory layer to form a memory active region. |
| US08222628B2 |
Phase change memory device having a bottleneck constriction and method of manufacturing the same
A phase change memory device having a bottleneck constriction and method of making same are presented. The phase change memory device includes a semiconductor substrate, a lower electrode, an interlayer film, an insulator, a phase change layer and an upper electrode. The interlayer film is formed on the semiconductor substrate having the lower electrode. The interlayer film includes a laminate of a first insulating film, a silicon film and a second insulating film with a hole formed therethrough. The insulator is disposed along the exposed surface of the silicon film around the inner circumference of the hole. The phase change layer is embedded within the hole having the insulator which constricts the shape of the phase change layer to a bottleneck constriction. A method of manufacturing the phase change memory device is also provided. |
| US08222627B2 |
Process for manufacturing a copper compatible chalcogenide phase change memory element and corresponding phase change memory element
A copper-diffusion plug 21 is provided within a pore in dielectric layer over a copper signal line. By positioning the plug below a chalcogenide region, the plug is effective to block copper diffusion upwardly into the pore and into the chalcogenide region and thus to avoid adversely affecting the electrical characteristics of the chalcogenide region. |
| US08222625B2 |
Non-volatile memory device including phase-change material
A non-volatile memory device including a phase-change material, which has a low operating voltage and low power consumption, includes a lower electrode; a phase-change material layer formed on the lower electrode so as to be electrically connected to the lower electrode, wherein the phase-change material layer includes a phase-change material having a composition represented by SnXSbYTeZ or, alternatively with substitutions, in whole or in part, of silicon and/or indium for tin, arsenic and/or bismuth for antimony, and selenium for tellurium; and an upper electrode formed on the phase-change material layer so as to be electrically connected to the phase-change material layer. Here, 0.001≦X≦0.3, 0.001≦Y≦0.8, 0.1≦Z≦0.8, and X+Y+Z=1. |
| US08222623B2 |
Generation of quantum-correlated and/or polarization entangled photon pairs with unequal wavelengths
The invention provides an apparatus and method for generating quantum-correlated and/or polarization-entangled photon pairs with unequal wavelengths. The photon pairs generated collinearly with respect to the pump light via a nonlinear process in a nonlinear optical medium are collected into a single mode fiber and split using a dichroic device. The wavelengths of photons constituting a pair are selected such that, first, their efficient propagation in the same single mode optical fiber, and second, their efficient splitting with high switching ratio, is possible. A detected rate ˜105-106 pairs/s and >98% quantum interference visibility of polarization entanglement is observed. This source, given its performance, robustness and minimum alignment requirements is ideal for quantum communication schemes, in particular for entanglement-based quantum cryptography. |
| US08222617B2 |
Laser-driven particle beam irradiation apparatus and method
A laser-driven particle beam irradiation apparatus includes: a particle beam generator irradiating a target with pulsed laser light to emit a laser-driven particle ray; a beam converging unit forming a transportation path which guides the emitted laser-driven particle ray to an object and spatially converging the laser-driven particle ray; an energy selector selecting an energy and an energy width of the laser-driven particle ray; an irradiation port causing the laser-driven particle ray to scan the object to adjust an irradiation position in the object; and an irradiation controller controlling operation of the particle beam generator, the beam converging unit, the energy selector and the irradiation port. The beam converging unit generates a magnetic field on a trajectory of the laser-driven particle ray and converging the laser-driven particle ray by the magnetic field, the magnetic field forcing divergence components of the laser-driven particle ray that go away from a center of the trajectory back to the center of the trajectory. |
| US08222614B2 |
Electron beam irradiation apparatus for open-mouthed containers
The apparatus has a rotating body 11 in an irradiation processing chamber 10. Outside the rotating body 11, plural retaining mechanisms 2 are installed at regular interval to retain open-mouthed containers. Above the conveying path, an electron beam generating means 40 is arranged. The rotating body 11 has a rotary shaft 12 that penetrates into the electron beam generating means 40. On the rotary shaft 12, a grid plate 45 of an electron beam source 41 of the electron beam generating means 40 is rotatively installed. On the grid plate 45, plural emission holes 46 are provided at the same interval as that of the retaining mechanisms 2 on the rotating body 11. In an predetermined irradiation area, the emission holes 46 and a irradiation windows 43 on the irradiation processing chamber 10 and the retaining mechanism 2 for holding the container are aligned approximately on the same axes. |
| US08222613B2 |
Scanning irradiation device of charged particle beam
An inexpensive scanning irradiation device of a particle beam is obtained without using a rotating gantry. A first scanning electromagnet and a second scanning electromagnet, whose deflection surfaces of the particle beam are the same, and which bend the particle beam having an incident beam axis angle of approximately 45 degrees relative to a horizontal direction in reverse directions to each other; an electromagnet rotation driving mechanism which integrates the first and the second scanning electromagnets and rotates these scanning electromagnets around the incident beam axis; and a treatment bed are provided. The particle beam deflected by the first and the second scanning electromagnets can be obtained at a range of −45 degrees to +45 degrees in deflection angle from an incident beam axis direction. |
| US08222611B2 |
Radiation imaging apparatus, its control method, and recording medium storing program for executing the control method
To provide a radiation imaging apparatus capable of restraining the change of image qualities due to the change of sensitivities of an MIS-type photoelectric conversion element and its control method. Therefore, an MIS-type photoelectric conversion element 217 is set to a saturation state before performing radiation imaging. As means for realizing the above mentioned, a light source 601, power supply 603 for making the light source 601 emit light, and switch 605 are provided. The light source 601 can use a light source capable of discharging the light having a wavelength which can be detected by a photoelectric conversion layer 209 at optional timing. For example, it is possible to use a light source in which a plurality of LEDs or cold cathode ray tubes are arranged, a light guide plate is combined with an LED or cold cathode ray tube, or an EL device. |
| US08222610B2 |
Auxiliary component for medical device having additional functionality
An auxiliary component that is used with a medical device is modified to provide for additional or enhanced functionality. In one specific embodiment, a sheath surrounds an intraoral electronic image sensor, and is provided with signal conductors integrated therein. Electrical communication is provided between the sensor and the sheath, such as via a direct electrical connection, a capacitive or inductive coupling or an optical link. The sheath, and particularly the signal conductors integrated therein, connects to a cable which in turn connects to another device, such as a processing module or computer. |
| US08222605B2 |
Method for determination of the total acid number and naphthenic acid number of petroleum, petroleum cuts and petroleum emulsions of water-in-oil type by mid-infrared spectroscopy
The present invention relates to a method for the determination of the total acid number and naphthenic acid number of petroleum, petroleum cuts and petroleum emulsions of water-in-oil type by mid-infrared spectroscopy utilising correlation between data gathered by means of absorption spectrums obtained with a Fourier-transform infrared spectrophotometer operating in the mid-infrared band equipped with an attenuated total reflectance (ATR) accessory, and acidity results obtained through reference methods utilising a multivariate regression model. |
| US08222600B2 |
Charged particle detection system and method
A system for selectively detecting charged particles produced due to operation of a charged particle beam column irradiating a specimen, including a proximal grid being selectively electrically biasable and configured for controllably directing the charged particles by electrically focusing the charged particles to compel selected secondary charged particles, whereupon being selected from the charged particles, to be attracted thereto, and to repel unselected secondary charged particles therefrom, a distal grid spaced apart from the proximal grid and separated therefrom by a gap and being selectively electrically biasable and configured for attracting the selected secondary and/or tertiary charged particles, whereupon being selected from the charged particles, to the distal grid, and to repel unselected tertiary charged particles therefrom, and a charged particle detector configured for detecting selected secondary charged particles attracted to the proximal and/or distal grid and detecting selected tertiary charged particles attracted to the distal grid, that impinge thereupon. |
| US08222599B1 |
Precise metrology with adaptive milling
A method of measuring a three-dimensional device in a wafer is provided. The method comprises the step of forming a trench in the wafer. The trench has a facet passing through the three-dimensional device a predetermined offset from a desired image position. The method further comprises iteratively, until a remaining distance between the facet and the desired image position is less than a predetermined threshold, adjusting one or more parameters of a polishing beam based on the remaining distance, polishing the facet with the polishing beam to position the facet closer to the desired image position, and measuring the remaining distance. |
| US08222594B2 |
Encoder that optically detects positional information of a movable body by changing a path length through periodic oscillation of an optical element
A reflection mirror that causes an illumination light to be incident on a movable scale is oscillated in an X-axis direction based on a modulation signal. Accordingly, the optical path of the illumination light, of the illumination light and another illumination light generated at an index scale, periodically changes, and as a consequence, the illumination light is periodically modulated. Accordingly, an extra scanner that scans the illumination light or another illumination light with respect to the movable scale does not have to be arranged, which allows an apparatus to be reduced in size and cost. |
| US08222585B2 |
Three-dimensional position detecting device and method for using the same
A three-dimensional position detecting device includes an electromagnetic radiation source, a first sensing module having first sensing elements, and a second sensing module having second sensing elements. The first and the second sensing elements receive different radiation energies from different spatial direction angles generated by the electromagnetic radiation source relative to the first and the second sensing elements, so values of two spatial direction angles of the electromagnetic radiation source relative to the first and the second sensing modules are obtained according to magnitude relationship of the radiation energies received by the first and the second sensing modules. According to matrix operation of two spatial distances from the electromagnetic radiation source to the first and the second sensing modules and the two spatial direction angles, a spatial coordinate position of the electromagnetic radiation source relative to the first and the second sensing modules is obtained. |
| US08222581B2 |
Solver for a restrained deformable system with released degrees of freedom
A process of using finite element analysis for determining the behavior of a system, submitted to predetermined load and displacement boundary conditions with a degree of freedom relative to a local coordinate system released at one system node. For a geometrically non-linear solution scheme, a plurality of incremental steps are carried, for which computing for a finite element of the system a displacement vector at the nodes of the finite element is performed by minimizing the energy of the system. For a geometrically linear solution scheme, a single solving step is carried. The step of minimizing is carried out, for a node having a released degree of freedom, in a local frame of reference, and the released degree of freedom at the node is expressed along one axis of such frame. Hybrid reference frames allow expressing and considering in the formulation the constraints of the non-released degrees of freedom simply. |
| US08222578B2 |
Household appliance, especially cooking apparatus, comprising a device for measuring a physical parameter
A household appliance has a housing and a door that define an interior, and an electric controller. A measuring device is disposed in the interior for measuring a physical parameter and includes a measuring probe and a probe antenna. A lighting device for illuminating the interior of the household appliance includes a cover and a transmit or receive antenna. The transmit or receive antenna is disposed on the housing and sealed from the interior in a substantially airtight manner using the cover. The transmit or receive antenna is in signal communication with the electric controller allowing wireless signal transmission between the measuring probe and the electric controller. |
| US08222576B2 |
Induction heat treatment of complex-shaped workpieces
Apparatus and method are provided for induction heating of one or more components of a complex-shaped workpiece. The component is positioned within an opening formed by opposing pairs of arcuate coil structures formed in opposing inductor segments. One inductor segment is formed from electrically isolated inner and outer active inductor segments connected to one or more power supplies, while the other inductor segment is formed from electrically isolated inner and outer passive inductor segments that are magnetically coupled with respective inner and outer active inductor segments. Changing the output electrical parameters of the one or more power supplies controls the induction hardening along the transverse width of the workpiece with optional flux concentrators between opposing pairs of arcuate coil structures. |
| US08222575B2 |
Electric grill
An electric grill includes a base having a compartment in an upper side thereof. A control device is mounted to the base and includes a first electrical coupling mechanism adapted to be electrically connected to an external power source by a power cable. A grill plate is mounted above the compartment of the base and removable from the base. An electric heating device is mounted to the grill plate. The electric heating device includes an electric heating tube and a second electrical coupling mechanism electrically connected to the electric heating tube. The electric heating tube is non-conductive when the grill plate is removed from the base. When the grill plate is mounted on the base, the second electrical coupling mechanism is in electrical connection with the first electrical coupling mechanism, and the electric heating tube is controllable by the control device to be conductive. |
| US08222573B2 |
Dual-spectrum intelligent cooking and baking machine
A dual-spectrum intelligent cooking and baking machine without oil fume includes a housing, a top cover, an inner cylinder with heat preservation, an inner cooking and baking machine and a control circuit. An upper heater is disposed on the inner top surface of the top cover, and a lower heater is disposed on the inner undersurface of the inner cylinder with heat preservation. The upper heater and the lower heater are optical heaters. An insulating layer with light and heat penetration is disposed on the lower heater. The inner cooking and baking machine is a pan, a stockpot or a barbecue net rack. The pan or the stockpot is disposed moveably on the upper surface of the insulating layer with light and heat penetration. The barbecue net rack is disposed moveably over the insulating layer with light and heat penetration and is connected with the motor by the coupling device. |
| US08222571B2 |
Apparatus for curing electrolyte membrane of fuel cell
An apparatus for curing an electrolyte membrane of a fuel cell is disclosed, by which curing can be performed by preventing a surface of an electrolyte layer from swelling. The present invention includes an oven body, a vacuum sucking plate entering the oven body while the electrolyte membrane having an electro-catalyst liquid sprayed thereon is attached to an upper surface of the vacuum sucking plate, a magazine provided within the oven body to sequentially load a plurality of vacuum sucking plates to enter the oven body in a horizontal state, and an air-sucking terminal provided to a rear side of the magazine to sustain a vacuum state of the vacuum sucking plate by being connected to the vacuum sucking plate loaded in the magazine. |
| US08222570B2 |
System and process for heating semiconductor wafers by optimizing absorption of electromagnetic energy
An apparatus for heat treating semiconductor wafers is disclosed. The apparatus includes a heating device which contains an assembly linear lamps for emitting light energy onto a wafer. The linear lamps can be placed in various configurations. In accordance with the present invention, tuning devices which are used to adjust the overall irradiance distribution of the light energy sources are included in the heating device. The tuning devices can be, for instance, are lamps or lasers. |
| US08222562B2 |
Systems for forming a plurality of cells on the mastering tools
Mastering tools and systems and methods for forming a plurality of cells on the mastering tools are provided. In particular, the systems vary the geometry of the cells or the placement of the cells, or both, for forming a textured surface on a mastering tool. |
| US08222561B2 |
Drag tip for a plasma cutting torch
A drag tip for use in a plasma cutting torch is provided that includes an inner tip portion defining a distal end face, an inner cavity through which a plasma gas flows, and an orifice disposed between the distal end face and the inner cavity. An outer tip portion surrounds the inner tip portion and defines an inner chamber to accommodate a flow of secondary gas and also a distal end portion. The distal end face of the inner tip portion is adapted for contact with a workpiece and extends distally beyond the distal end portion of the outer tip portion, and the flow of secondary gas exits the outer tip portion proximate the distal end portion. Variations of the drag tip and methods of operation are also provided. |
| US08222552B2 |
Run/test position indicator device of vacuum circuit breaker
A run/test position indicator device of a vacuum circuit breaker includes: a position indication cam installed between a girder, a fixed body, and a main body of a carriage, a moving body, and rotating at a certain angle according to a change in the space between the girder and the main body of the carriage; and an indication member, to which the position indication cam is rotatably coupled, having a mark symbol to allow the position indication cam to indicate a run and test position of a main body of circuit breaker. |
| US08222551B2 |
Electrical switch with casing and holder mountable on the casing
An electrical switch has a casing, four fixed contacts, a moving contact located in the casing, and an operator supported by the casing for movement moving the moving contact into and out of contact with the fixed contacts. The casing has an aperture adjacent each fixed contact, through which an end of an electrical cable may be inserted for connection to the fixed contact. The aperture faces in a first direction, laterally outwards from the casing. The electrical switch includes a holder located on the casing immediately outside the aperture for holding an electrical cable connected through the aperture, bent, and extending in a second direction transverse to the first direction. |
| US08222547B2 |
Electrical switching device between pairs of busbars
An electrical switch assembly includes a first pair of busbars, each busbar having a first portion and a second portion, the first portion disposed at an angle with respect to the second portion, and a wedge-shaped assembly configured to be repositionable to form an electrical circuit between the first pair of busbars. Also described herein is a non-destructive testing system including the electrical switch assembly. |
| US08222546B2 |
Multi-position rotary switch
A multi-position rotary switch comprises a plurality of identical switch chamber modules that are arranged one next to the other. Each switch chamber module holds a separate line switch allocated to a respective circuit. A standalone actuator housing holds a catch assembly for a switch shaft, which is coupled with a cam slide by means of a gear drive. The cam slide is located between a block like arrangement of switch chamber modules and the housing for the activation mechanism, which is designed for a standard configuration with three switch chamber modules connected to each other. The electrical terminals of the multi-position rotary switch are located on a narrow sides of the individual switch chamber modules. |
| US08222543B2 |
Method and a system for batching of objects
Method and system for batching of supplied objects in batches in such a manner that a batch fulfils predefined criteria as regards the number of objects, weight, orientation and/or type(s) of objects, wherein the weight of each object is determined the objects are transported by means for object transport, a selective transferral of the objects from said means for object transport to batching means is performed by means of a plurality of handlings means of the robot type in as a group or batch of objects is produced in consideration of said predefined criteria, and wherein said group or batch of objects is transported further on by means of means for batch transportation. Preferably, said means for batch transportation may comprise a plurality of conveyor means. |
| US08222540B2 |
Printed wiring board and electronic-component package
A printed wiring board having an insulating core; a plurality of vias having axes parallel to and at equal distance from a reference axis and passing through the core; a first conductive film formed on a front surface of the core from the reference axis to each of the individual vias; a first insulating film stacked on the front surface of the core and covering the first conductive film; a first connecting via having an axis identical to the reference axis and passing through the first stacked film; a second conductive film formed on a back surface of the core from the reference axis to each of the individual vias; a second insulating film stacked on the back surface of the core and covering the second conductive film; and a second connecting via having an axis identical to the reference axis and passing through the second stacked film. |
| US08222539B2 |
Wiring board and method for manufacturing the same
A wiring board has a conductive pattern, an electronic component connected to the conductive pattern by means of a via hole, and a substrate where the electronic component is built into. The connection interface between the via hole and the electronic component inclines toward the connection interface between the via hole and the conductive pattern. |
| US08222531B2 |
Printed wiring board, method for forming the printed wiring board, and board interconnection structure
A board interconnection structure having a first printed wiring board in which a first conductive circuit is arranged on a first insulating layer, the first conductive circuit having, on an end portion thereof, a first connection terminal in which an upper surface width is narrower than a bottom surface width; a second printed wiring board in which a second conductive layer having a second connection terminal is arranged on a second insulating layer; and a connection layer that forms fillets along longitudinal side surfaces of the first connection terminal, and interconnects the first connection terminal and the second connection terminal. The first connection terminal may have a projection portion. |
| US08222530B2 |
Wired circuit board assembly sheet
A wired-circuit-board assembly sheet includes a plurality of wired circuit boards and a supporting sheet for supporting the wired circuit boards in an aligned state. Each of the wired circuit boards includes a distinguishing mark forming portion to be formed with a distinguishing mark for distinguishing between defectiveness and non-defectiveness of the wired circuit board. The distinguishing mark forming portion is divided by a weir portion for preventing the distinguishing mark from flowing out from the distinguishing mark forming portion. |
| US08222523B2 |
Buss bar strip
A buss bar strip for mounting to a solar panel to electrically connect to a series of electrical lines extending from solar cells. The buss bar strip can include a thin elongate flat flexible strip of insulative material having a longitudinal length. A predetermined pattern of elongate conductors can be longitudinally disposed on the insulative strip in at least two rows along the longitudinal length and electrically isolated from each other. Each conductor can have a predetermined position, length, and spacing from each other on the insulative strip for laterally electrically connecting to selected electrical lines from the solar cells at lateral electrical connection points located along the length of the conductor on exposed surfaces on the conductor. |
| US08222520B2 |
Electric three-phase power cable system
Electric three-phase power cable system, include a number of individual single-core cables (1-6) extending in parallel. There is provided supporting means (40) for keeping six single-core cables (1-6) along at least a part of their length, in a substantially regular hexagonal configuration as seen in cross-section, and means (30) for feeding current in parallel and with equal distribution to respective diametrically opposite cable conductive cores (1/4, 2/5, 3/6). |
| US08222519B2 |
Merocyanine dye and photoelectric conversion device
A merocyanine dye is provided. The merocyanine dye is represented by formula (1). In the formula (1), A1 represents a divalent atomic group, n represents an integer of 1 to 3, A2 and A3 each independently represent an aromatic hydrocarbon ring or a heterocyclic ring having 3 to 18 carbon atoms, and R11 and R12 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 18 carbon atoms, an aryl group having 6 to 18 carbon atoms, or a heterocyclic group having 3 to 18 carbon atoms. |
| US08222516B2 |
Front contact solar cell with formed emitter
A bipolar solar cell includes a backside junction formed by an N-type silicon substrate and a P-type polysilicon emitter formed on the backside of the solar cell. An antireflection layer may be formed on a textured front surface of the silicon substrate. A negative polarity metal contact on the front side of the solar cell makes an electrical connection to the substrate, while a positive polarity metal contact on the backside of the solar cell makes an electrical connection to the polysilicon emitter. An external electrical circuit may be connected to the negative and positive metal contacts to be powered by the solar cell. The positive polarity metal contact may form an infrared reflecting layer with an underlying dielectric layer for increased solar radiation collection. |
| US08222510B2 |
Complex oxides useful for thermoelectric energy conversion
The invention provides for a thermoelectric system comprising a substrate comprising a first complex oxide, wherein the substrate is optionally embedded with a second complex oxide. The thermoelectric system can be used for thermoelectric power generation or thermoelectric cooling. |
| US08222509B2 |
Pedal device of electronic keyboard musical instrument
A pedal device of an electronic keyboard musical instrument comprises a pedal lever swingable according to a depressing manipulation and a reaction force exerting unit for exerting on the pedal lever a reaction force of an amount which depends on an amount of the swing of the pedal lever. The reaction force exerting unit comprises, as an integral unit, a first movable member to be displaced via a thrust rod transferring the swing of the pedal lever, a first urging member which urges the first movable member in a direction to exert the reaction force on the pedal lever, a second movable member to be displaced by the first movable member after the swing of the pedal lever exceeds a predetermined amount, and a second urging member which urges the second movable member in the direction to exert the reaction force on the pedal lever. The first movable member, the second movable member, the first urging member and the second urging member are arranged coaxially around a common axis. The first movable member and the second movable member are capable of thrusting along the common axis. |
| US08222505B1 |
Bouncing bar for playing stringed musical instruments
A string bouncing bar for striking strings of a stringed musical instrument is comprised of an elongate bar body with a distal end and a proximal end. A striking head is provided at the distal end of the bar body and formed integrally therewith and of the same material as the material of the bar body. The striking head has a longitudinally extending string striking surface with the length from 0.25 to about 1.6 inches and extends along the length of the elongate bar body. A grip is provided at the proximal end of the bar body and includes a bulb portion and a generally flattened web located between and joining the bulb portion in the bar body. The web extends in a plane parallel to the plane of the striking head with the web having a thickness dimension sufficiently small to fit and to be held between adjoining fingers of a players' hand using the bar to strike the strings of the musical instrument. |
| US08222504B1 |
Musical instrument string having cobalt alloy wrap wire
The invention is a string for a musical instrument comprising (a) a core wire, and (b) a wrap wire coiled tightly around the core wire, the wrap wire comprising a magnetic cobalt-containing alloy. |
| US08222500B1 |
Maize variety PHW1W
A novel maize variety designated PHW1W and seed, plants and plant parts thereof. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprise crossing maize variety PHW1W with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PHW1W through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. Hybrid maize seed, plant or plant part produced by crossing the variety PHW1W or a trait conversion of PHW1W with another maize variety. Inbred maize varieties derived from maize variety PHW1W, methods for producing other inbred maize varieties derived from maize variety PHW1W and the inbred maize varieties and their parts derived by the use of those methods. |
| US08222495B2 |
Soybean variety XB28B10
A novel soybean variety, designated XB28B10 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety XB28B10, cells from soybean variety XB28B10, plants of soybean XB28B10, and plant parts of soybean variety XB28B10. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety XB28B10 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic, mutant trait, and/or native trait into soybean variety XB28B10, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety XB28B10. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety XB28B10 are further provided. |
| US08222493B1 |
Soybean variety XBP31005
A novel soybean variety, designated XBP31005 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety XBP31005, cells from soybean variety XBP31005, plants of soybean XBP31005, and plant parts of soybean variety XBP31005. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety XBP31005 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic, mutant trait, and/or native trait into soybean variety XBP31005, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety XBP31005. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety XBP31005 are further provided. |
| US08222487B2 |
Application of ERF genes from Bupleurum kaoi
The use of Bupleurum kaoi ERF gene in controlling diseases caused by pathogen is provided. The gene with pathogen-resistance is inserted into an appropriate vector, and transformed into plants to enhance the pathogen-resistance so as to attain the purpose of controlling the related diseases. This invention can be applied to the agricultural industry, the pharmaceutical industry, and the food industry. |
| US08222486B2 |
Method for increasing resistance to pathogens in transgenic plants
The present invention relates to a method of increasing the pathogen resistance in transgenic plants and/or plant cells, where a DNA sequence which codes for a protein with a leucine-rich-repeat (LRR) domain and/or a kinase activity is introduced into the plant or plant cell and expressed therein. The present invention also relates to the use of nucleic acids which code for such a protein, for the generation of transgenic plants or plant cells with an increased pathogen resistance. The present invention furthermore relates to nucleic acid sequences which code for a protein which confers an increased pathogen resistance in plants. |
| US08222480B2 |
Hypertonic conditions for cell and oocyte enucleation
Compositions and methods are provided for the efficient and reproducible generation of clone animals of all developmental stages. Also provided are methods of use of the same in reproductive and therapeutic cloning protocols. |
| US08222477B2 |
Superabsorbent polymer containing clay, particulate, and method of making same
A process for the preparation of superabsorbent polymer containing clay, the process including the steps of (I) polymerizing a polymerization mixture comprising: (a) one or more ethylenically unsaturated carboxyl-containing monomers, (b) one or more crosslinking agents, (c) optionally one or more comonomers copolymerizable with the carboxyl-containing monomer, (d) neutralizing agent to partially neutralize the polymer to from about 50% to about 99%, by weight, and (e) a polymerization medium, to form a crosslinked partially neutralized hydrogel, (II) admixing a clay with the crosslinked partially neutralized hydrogel to form partially neutralized superabsorbent polymer-clay hydrogel; (III) drying the crosslinked partially neutralized hydrogel at a temperature from about 190° C. to about 210° C. and for a time period of from about 15 minutes to about 120 minutes, and (IV) comminuting the dried partially neutralized superabsorbent polymer-clay hydrogel to particles. |
| US08222475B2 |
Method for treating radioactive waste water
A method and apparatus for treating radioactive waste water containing contaminating ions, colloids and suspended solids having like (usually negative) charges preventing their precipitation. An electric current is passed through the waste water in an EC assembly to cause electro-coagulation of the contaminants and anodes of this assembly are made of a metal that dissolves to provide cations for neutralizing the negative charges and forming precipitates containing neutralized contaminants. Precipitates are then separated from waste water by an electro-magnetic or other filtering unit. The water pH and conductivity may be adjusted before the EC assembly and additives may be introduced into its effluent for enlargement of precipitate particles, improvement of filtration, improvement of dewaterability, and/or enhancement of magnetism. |
| US08222474B2 |
Fractional extraction of butadiene
A method for the solvent extraction of 1,3-butadiene from a mixture of C4 hydrocarbons that employs a distillation tower to produce the desired 1,3-butadiene product as an overhead and a separate bottoms stream that is removed from and not recycled in the solvent extraction process. |
| US08222468B2 |
Organic compound conversion process
The present invention provides a process for conversion of feedstock comprising organic compounds to desirable conversion product at organic compound conversion conditions in the presence of catalyst comprising an acidic, porous crystalline material and having a Proton Density Index of greater than 1.0, for example, from greater than 1.0 to about 2.0, e.g. from about 1.01 to about 1.85. The acidic, porous crystalline material of the catalyst may comprise a porous, crystalline material or molecular sieve having the structure of zeolite Beta, an MWW structure type material, e.g. MCM-22, MCM-36, MCM-49, MCM-56, or a mixture thereof. |
| US08222464B2 |
Catalytic process for continuously generating polyols
A catalytic process for generating at least one polyol from a feedstock comprising cellulose is performed in a continuous manner. The process involves, contacting, continuously, hydrogen, water, and a feedstock comprising cellulose, with a catalyst to generate an effluent stream comprising at least one polyol, water, hydrogen, and at least one co-product. The water, hydrogen, and at least one co-product are separated from the effluent stream and recycled to the reaction zone. The polyol is recovered from the effluent stream. |
| US08222460B2 |
Process for the production of MIBC and /or IBHK plus TMN using copper-based catalysts
MIBC and/or a mixture of IBHK and TMN is produced from MIBK by a process comprising the step of contacting MIBK with hydrogen under condensation/hydrogenation/dehydration reactive conditions and in the presence of a catalytic amount of a Cu-based condensation/hydrogenation/dehydration catalyst. The relative amounts of MIBC and the mixture of IBHK and TMN are controlled by the reaction temperature, a lower temperature, e.g., 130 C., favoring MIBC alone, and a higher temperature, e.g., 200 C., favoring a mixture of MIBC and IBHK plus TMN. |
| US08222459B2 |
Process for producing cyclohexanone
In a process for producing cyclohexanone, cyclohexylbenzene is oxidized to produce cyclohexylbenzene hydroperoxide and then the resultant cyclohexylbenzene hydroperoxide is cleaved to produce an effluent stream comprising phenol and cyclohexanone. At least a portion of the effluent stream is then fed to at least one hydrogenation reaction zone, where the effluent stream portion is contacted with hydrogen in the presence of a hydrogenation catalyst under conditions effective to convert at least part of the phenol in the effluent portion into cyclohexanone. |
| US08222450B2 |
Preparation of sulfonic acid anhydrides
Sulfonic acid anhydrides, and more particularly triflic anhydride, are prepared by reacting a sulfonic acid or a mixture of two sulfonic acids with a reactant exhibiting acid pseudohalide tautomerism and containing at least one carbon atom which is involved in the tautomerism bearing two halogen atom substituents. |
| US08222449B2 |
Metal oxide-chelating ligands
Compounds having the formulas below. The values n and x are independently selected positive integers. |
| US08222444B2 |
Process for continuous production of organic carbonates or organic carbamates and solid catalysts therefore
Processes for the alcoholysis, inclusive of transesterification and/or disproportionation, of reactants are disclosed. The alcoholysis process may include feeding reactants and a trace amount of soluble organometallic compound to a reactor comprising a solid alcoholysis catalyst, wherein the soluble organometallic compound and the solid alcoholysis catalyst each independently comprise a Group II to Group VI element, which may be the same element in various embodiments. As an example, diphenyl carbonate may be continuously produced by performing transesterification over a solid catalyst followed by disproportionation, where a trace amount of soluble organometallic compound is fed to the transesterification reactor. Also disclosed is a process for reactivating a spent solid alcoholysis catalyst, such as a catalyst useful for transesterifications and/or disproportionations, the process including removing polymeric materials deposited on the catalyst and re-depositing catalytically active metals on the solid catalyst. |
| US08222438B2 |
Process for the catalytic cleavage of vegetable oils
Process for the production of saturated monocarboxylic acids and triglycerides of saturated carboxylic acids having more than one acid functionstarting from non-modified vegetable oils containing triglycerides of unsaturated fattyacids, comprising the oxidative cleavage of the unsaturated fatty acids. |
| US08222434B1 |
Bactobolin analog and synthesis method thereof
The present inventions are directed to a novel bactobolin analog bactobolin D. The present inventions also are directed to a method of producing a composition comprising at least one bactobolin analog using a bacteria strain comprising a bacterial cell comprising the biosynthetic locus of the bactobolin analog in Burkholderia thailandensis (bta cluster) or a homolog structure (at least 95% sequence identity) thereof, and further isolation and purification of the bactobolin analog. For example, the bacterial strain can be a wild type bacterial strain such as a Burkholderia strain comprising a bta cluster (e.g. Burkholderia thailandensis (e.g. E264, Bt4, and TXDOH) and Burkholderia pseudomallei (e.g. K96243, 1106a, and 1106b). |
| US08222432B2 |
Stable, water-insoluble R-(+)-α-lipoic acid salt useful for the treatment of diabetes mellitus and its co-morbidities
The present invention relates to oral nutritional and therapeutic products which are useful for preventing or treating compensated and decompensated insulin resistance and associated diseases and sequelae, or diabetes mellitus and its sequelae, complications, and co-morbidities, comprising magnesium R-(+)-alpha-lipoate. |
| US08222430B2 |
1-heterodiene derivative and harmful organism control agent
The present invention provides a 1-heterodiene derivative represented by formula (2) or salt thereof: (in formula (2), W represents hydrogen atom or the like, A represents oxygen atom or the like, R1 represents an optionally substituted C1-6 alkyl group or the like, m represents an integer of 0 to 10, n represents an integer of 1 to 4, X1 represents oxygen atom or the like, p represents an integer of 0 to 5, R3 represents an optionally substituted C1-6 alkyl group or the like, r presents an integer of 0 to 5, the 1-heterodiene derivative exists in E-form, Z-form or a mixture thereof according to the carbon-carbon undefined double stereo bond in formula (2)). |
| US08222428B2 |
Method for continuously producing oxidized cyclic phenol sulfides
The present invention discloses a method for continuously producing an oxidized cyclic phenol sulfide which comprises the continuous steps of reacting a para-alkyl phenol compound as a raw material with 1.7 to 2.5 molar equivalent of sulfur and 0.25 to 0.75 molar equivalent of an alkali metal reagent per 1 mol of the phenol compound (the first step); and oxidizing a cyclic phenol sulfide of the formula (2) produced by the above reaction with an oxidizing agent(s) in the same reactor as that of the first step and without taking the cyclic phenol sulfide out of the reactor: wherein R represents a straight or branched alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, and m is an integer from 4 to 8, to obtain an oxidized cyclic phenol sulfide of the formula (3) (the second step): wherein R represents a straight or branched alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, m is an integer from 4 to 8, and n is 1 or 2. |
| US08222427B2 |
Bisulfite purification of an alpha-keto amide
This disclosure relates to novel processes useful in the purification of keto-amide, ketone and aldehyde compounds, which are useful as inhibitors of the hepatitis C virus (HCV) NS3 protease and have application in the treatment of conditions caused by HCV. The processes of this disclosure relate to purification via a bisulfite adduct. In particular, this disclosure relates to processes useful in the purification of the keto-amide compound of Formula I, (1R,5S)-N-[3-amino-1-(cyclobutylmethyl)-2,3-dioxopropyl]-3-[2(S)-[[[(1,1-dimethylethyl)amino]carbonyl]-amino]-3,3-dimethyl-1-oxobutyl]-6,6-dimethyl-3-azabicyclo[3.1.0]hexan-2(S)-carboxamide: |
| US08222424B2 |
Arylsulfonamide-based matrix metalloprotease inhibitors
The present invention provides a compound of formula (I): said compound is inhibitor of MMP-2, and/or MMP-8, and/or MMP-9, and/or MMP-12 and/or MMP-13, and thus can be employed for the treatment of a disorder or disease characterized by abnormal activity of MMP-2, and/or MMP-8, and/or MMP-9, and/or MMP-12 and/or MMP-13. Accordingly, the compound of formula (I) can be used in treatment of disorders or diseases mediated by MMP-2, and/or MMP-8, and/or MMP-9, and/or MMP-12, and/or MMP-13. Finally, the present invention also provides a pharmaceutical composition. |
| US08222421B2 |
Certain substituted ureas, as modulators of kinase activity
Certain chemical entities chosen from compounds of Formula 1 and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates, chelates, non-covalent complexes, and prodrugs thereof, are provided herein. Pharmaceutical compositions comprising at least one chemical entity and one or more pharmaceutically acceptable vehicles chosen from carriers, adjuvants, and excipients, are also provided herein. Methods of treating patients suffering from certain diseases and disorders responsive to angiogenic kinase modulation, which comprise administering to such patients an amount of at least one chemical entity effective to reduce signs or symptoms of the disease or disorder are disclosed. These diseases include cancer, including breast neoplasia, endometrial cancer, colon cancer, and neck squamous cell carcinoma. Methods of treatment include administering at least one chemical entity as a single active agent or administering such at least one chemical entity in combination with one or more other therapeutic agents. A method for determining the presence or absence of an angiogenic kinase in a sample comprising contacting the sample with at least one chemical entity under conditions that permit detection of activity of the angiogenic kinase, detecting a level of the activity of the angiogenic kinase, and therefrom determining the presence or absence of the angiogenic kinase in the sample. |
| US08222418B2 |
Piperidines and related compounds for the treatment of dementia
Compounds of formula I: modulate the action of gamma secretase, and hence find use in treatment of Alzheimer's disease and related conditions. |
| US08222416B2 |
Azaindole glucokinase activators
Provided herein are compounds of the formula (I): as well as pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein the substituents are as those disclosed in the specification. These compounds, and the pharmaceutical compositions containing them, are useful for the treatment of metabolic diseases and disorders such as, for example, type II diabetes mellitus. |
| US08222415B2 |
Chiral phosphorus compound
The present invention relates to novel chiral phosphorus compounds which can be readily prepared from quinoline derivatives as inexpensive starting compounds and have the general formula (I) wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5 are chiral or achiral organic residues which are derived from substituted or unsubstituted straight or branched chain or cyclic aliphatic or aromatic groups and which, in the case of the pairs R1/R2 and R4/R5, may be interconnected. Further, the invention relates to methods for the synthesis of chiral phosphorus compounds of general formula (I) and their use as catalyst components in processes for the preparation of optically active products. |
| US08222404B2 |
[1,2,4]Thiadiazin-3-yl acetic acid compound and methods of making the acetic acid compound
The invention is directed to a [7-methanesulfonylamino-methyl)-1,1-dioxo-1,4-dihydro-1λ6-thieno[2,3-e][1,2,4]thiadiazin-3-yl]-acetic acid compound and to methods of making the same. |
| US08222401B2 |
Metallocenyl phthalocyanine compounds and use thereof
This invention relates to a novel metallocenyl phthalocyanine compound represented by the following general formula (I), in which at least one of the four benzene rings of phthalocyanine is connected with the organometallic complex group through a linker having one carbon atom. This invention also relates to the use of the phthalocyanine compounds in optical recording media. wherein, all symbols are defined in the specification. |
| US08222400B2 |
Cyclodextrin compound modified with folic acid, process for production thereof, drug delivery agent for targeting drug delivery system, pharmaceutical composition, and imaging agent
Disclosed is a cyclodextrin compound comprising glucopyranoses constituting cyclodextrin, the glucopyranoses having substituents each having folic acid substituted for two or more primary hydroxy groups at position-6 of the glucopyranoses. |
| US08222399B2 |
Photoreactive polysaccharide, photocrosslinked polysaccharide product and method of making same and medical materials made from the crosslinked polysaccharide
A photoreactive polysaccharide which comprises a polysaccharide bound to a glycidyl ester via a covalent bond, a photocrosslinked-polysaccharide prepared by using the photoreactive polysaccharide, and medical products comprising the photocrosslinked-polysaccharide. |
| US08222398B2 |
Chimeric immunomodulatory compounds and methods of using the same-II
The invention provides immunomodulatory compounds and methods for immunomodulation of individuals using the immunomodulatory compounds. |
| US08222396B2 |
SiRNA targeting proto-oncogene MET
Efficient sequence specific gene silencing is possible through the use of siRNA technology. By selecting particular siRNAs by rational design, one can maximize the generation of an effective gene silencing reagent, as well as methods for silencing genes. Methods, compositions, and kits generated through rational design of siRNAs are disclosed including those directed to nucleotide sequences for MET. |
| US08222395B2 |
siRNA targeting kinase insert domain receptor (KDR)
Efficient sequence specific gene silencing is possible through the use of siRNA technology. By selecting particular siRNAs by rational design, one can maximize the generation of an effective gene silencing reagent, as well as methods for silencing genes. Methods, compositions, and kits generated through rational design of siRNAs are disclosed including those directed to nucleotide sequences for KDR. |
| US08222391B2 |
Oligonucleotide primer set for amplifying target sequence(s) of norovirus, oligonucleotide probe or probe set specifically hybridizing with target sequence(s) of norovirus, microarray immobilized with the probe or probe set, and method of detecting norovirus using the probe or probe set
Provided are an oligonucleotide primer set for amplifying at least one target sequence of the genomic RNA of norovirus, an oligonucleotide probe or probe set specifically hybridizing with at least one target sequence of the genomic RNA of norovirus, a microarray immobilized with the probe or probe set, and a method of detecting norovirus using the probe or probe set. |
| US08222389B2 |
Method for lowering both sequence variations and increase of base line effects in a diagnostic hybridisation assay, assay for performing such a method and probe for use in the assay
The present invention relates to the use in a diagnostic hybridization assay of a molecular beacon probe for lowering: the effect of sequence variations in a nucleic acid analyte, and/or the IBL effect due to the possible opening of the stem-loop structure of a molecular beacon by way of (contaminants in the amplification) enzymes, which assay comprises the steps of contacting a set of primers and a sample containing the nucleic acid analyte to amplify the analyte and detecting the amplified analyte or its complement using a molecular beacon probe, wherein the molecular beacon probe comprises one or more nucleotides and/or nucleotide analogues that have an affinity increasing modification. The invention also relates to such molecular beacon probe and to a kit for performing a diagnostic assay using such molecular beacon probe. |
| US08222382B2 |
HIV type and subtype detection
The present invention relates to the detection of HIV by amplification and PCR-based methods. |
| US08222375B2 |
Human monoclonal antibodies to protein tyrosine kinase 7 (PTK7) and methods for using anti-PTK7 antibodies
The present invention provides isolated monoclonal antibodies, particularly human monoclonal antibodies, that specifically bind to PTK7 with high affinity. Nucleic acid molecules encoding the antibodies of the invention, expression vectors, host cells and methods for expressing the antibodies of the invention are also provided. Immunoconjugates, bispecific molecules and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the antibodies of the invention are also provided. The invention also provides methods for detecting PTK7, as well as methods for treating various diseases, including cancer and infectious diseases, using anti-PTK7 antibodies. |
| US08222370B2 |
Nucleophosmin protein (NPM) mutants, corresponding gene sequences and uses thereof
The invention relates to new nucleophosmin protein (NPM) mutants, corresponding gene sequences and relative uses thereof for diagnosis, monitoring of minimal residual disease; prognostic evaluation and therapy of the acute myeloid leukaemia (AML). |
| US08222367B2 |
Polymers for use in fuel cell components
A proton conducting hydrocarbon-based polymer has acid groups on side chains attached to the main chain, where the acid groups are between 7 and 12 atoms away from the main chain. Another polymer includes a semi-fluorinated aromatic hydrocarbon main chain and side chains that include at least one —CF2— group and an acid group. Another polymer includes an aromatic hydrocarbon main chain and side chains that include at least one —CH2-CF2— group and an acid group. Another aromatic polymer includes acid groups attached to both the main chain and the side chains where less than about 65 weight percent of the acid groups are attached to the side chains. Another aromatic polymer includes side chains attached to the main chain that include at least one aryl ring, and acid groups attached to both the main chain and to the aryl groups. Another polymer includes an aliphatic hydrocarbon main chain, side chains that include at least one deactivating aryl ring, and acid groups attached to the deactivating aryl rings. Another aliphatic polymer has side chains that include —CF2— groups and an acid group. A fuel cell component includes a proton conducting polymer, a water insoluble inorganic material, and a heteropolyacid immobilized on the inorganic material. |
| US08222363B2 |
Silicone organic elastomer gels from organopolysiloxane resins
Gel compositions are disclosed comprising a silicone elastomer from the reaction of an SiH containing organopolysiloxane resin and an organic compound having at least two aliphatic unsaturated groups in its molecule. |
| US08222362B2 |
Latex with reduced odor
The present invention refers to a polymer latex made by free-radical polymerization comprising polymer particles containing structural units derived from at least one conjugated diene monomer and at least one aromatic vinyl monomer, whereby no vinyl pyridine is used in the polymerization and the polymer latex is polymerized in the presence of at least one chain transfer agent having the general formula RSH, wherein R is a linear alkyl group having 3 to 20 carbon atoms and the dried latex polymer has a Mooney viscosity measured according to DIN 53 523 of 85 to 155, as well as to articles made there from. |
| US08222361B2 |
Ethylene-propylene-diene copolymer production method
The present invention relates to a method for the production of an ethylene/propylene/diene copolymer by means of solution polymerization, and more specifically one for a copolymer whose main components are ethylene, propylene and diene monomers using a catalyst of a transition metal coordination compound; the constituent components and characteristics of the copolymer being as follows. The catalyst composition provided by the present invention, which is used to produce a copolymer of which (a) the ethylene content is from 30 wt. % to 80 wt. %, (b) the propylene content is from 19.9% to 60 wt. % and (c) the diene content is from more than 0 wt. % to 15 wt. %, comprises a catalyst system using an activating agent of a compound of aluminum or boron, or aluminoxane together with a transition metal catalyst comprising at least one anionic ligand having an aryloxy group substituted with an aryl derivative in the ortho position and a cyclopentadiene derivative, and provides a highly active polymerization method with outstanding reactivity with respect to ethylene, propylene and diene compounds. |
| US08222360B2 |
Copolymers for intraocular lens systems
Some embodiments provide a copolymer comprising: an acrylate recurring unit and an optionally substituted vinylaryl recurring unit, wherein a portion of at least one of the recurring units comprises a vinyldialkylsiloxy pendant group. The copolymers may be useful as soft acrylic haptics for intraocular lenses. Some embodiments further relate to intraocular lenses having a hydrophobic soft acrylic optic and a silicone haptic, such as a dual optic accommodative lens a having hydrophobic soft acrylic anterior and posterior optic bodies and a silicone haptic. Related copolymeric composite materials as well as additional embodiments of intraocular lenses, are also described herein. |
| US08222355B2 |
Process and apparatus for treating viscous products
In a process for treating viscous products, especially for performing polymerization processes, especially for homo- or copolymerizing thermoplastics and elastomers, wherein monomer(s) and/or catalysts and/or initiators are added to a backmixed mixing kneader, especially with a length/diameter ratio of 0.5-3.5, heat is supplied to the product which is backmixed with already reacted product and the reacted product is removed from the mixing kneader, the product in the mixing kneader shall be heated up to its boiling temperature, portions of the product shall be evaporated and exothermicity of the product shall be absorbed by evaporative cooling. |
| US08222354B2 |
Integrated process for the production of ethylene-butylene copolymer, an ethylene-butylene copolymer and the use of ethylene and 1-butylene, as comonomer, sourced from renewable natural raw materials
The present invention relates to integrated processes for the production of ethylene-butylene copolymers from at least one renewable natural raw material. More specifically, the present invention relates to processes wherein in the ethylene monomer, used in the polymerization for the production of an ethylene copolymer, and the 1-butylene, as the comonomer, is obtained by the ethanol dehydration reaction, which ethanol is produced by the fermentation of sugars, and the 1-butylene comonomer is obtained according to at least one of the following reactions: (i) dehydration reaction of 1-butanol directly produced by the fermentation of sugars, (ii) dehydration reaction of 1-butanol obtained from ethanol via a chemical route, which ethanol is produced by the fermentation of sugars; and/or (iii) dimerization reaction of ethylene produced by the dehydration of ethanol obtained from the fermentation of sugars, followed by isomerization of the 2-butylene isomers then formed.The ethylene-butylene copolymer thus produced is completely based on carbon atoms originated from renewable natural raw materials and, upon incineration it produces CO2 from a non-fossil origin. |
| US08222351B2 |
Low gloss polycarbonate compositions
A thermoplastic composition comprising in combination a polycarbonate, an impact modifier composition comprising ABS or BABS, a second impact modifier different from BABS or ABS, an aromatic vinyl copolymer, and a gel-type low gloss additive, wherein the 60° gloss of the thermoplastic composition is measured to be less than or equal to 11.3 GU on 3 millimeter chips having a textured surface when measured according to ASTM D2457, and wherein a molded sample of the thermoplastic composition has a low temperature notched Izod impact at −40° C. of at least 30 KJ/m2 when measured according to ISO 180/1A is disclosed. The composition has low gloss and a significantly improved balance of properties. |
| US08222349B2 |
Bioabsorbable material and in-vivo indwelling device made thereof
A bioabsorbable material which is flexible and degradable at a controlled rate, and an in-vivo indwelling device made thereof. The bioabsorbable material is a copolymer composed of an aromatic compound having an α,β-unsaturated carboxylic group and at least one hydroxyl group as substituents on the aromatic ring, and a polycarbonate or a monomer constituting polycarbonate. Alternatively, it is a copolymer composed of, as the first component, an aromatic compound having an α,β-unsaturated carboxylic group and at least one hydroxyl group as substituents on the aromatic ring, as the second component, an aromatic compound having an α,β-unsaturated carboxylic group and at least two hydroxyl groups as substituents on the aromatic ring, and, as the third component, a polycarbonate or a monomer constituting polycarbonate. |
| US08222345B2 |
Functionalized olefin polymers
This invention relates to a composition comprising a functionalized C3 to C40 olefin polymer comprising at least 50 mol % of one or more C3 to C40 olefins, and where the olefin polymer, prior to functionalization, has: a) a Dot T-Peel of 1 Newton or more on Kraft paper; b) an Mw of 10,000 to 100,000; and c) a branching index (g′) of 0.98 or less measured at the Mz of the polymer when the polymer has an Mw of 10,000 to 60,000, or a branching index (g′) of 0.95 or less measured at the Mz of the polymer when the polymer has an Mw of 10,000 to 100,000; and where the C3 to C40 olefin polymer comprises at least 0.001 weight % of an functional group, preferably maleic anhydride. This invention further relates to blends of such functionalized polymers with other polymers including non-functionalized C3 to C40 olefin polymers as described above. |
| US08222343B2 |
Glyoxalation of vinylamide polymer
The present invention is directed to a method for preparing a cellulose reactive adduct of polyvinylamide and a composition resulting from the method. The preparation of the cellulose reactive adduct is carried out close to a Critical Concentration defined herein. When the reaction is run close to this Critical Concentration, the risk of gelation is minimized, consumed glyoxal is maximized, and shelf live is enhanced. Additionally, the glyoxalated vinylamides of the present invention impart improved wet and dry strengthening efficiency to paper and paperboard when compared to adducts disclosed in previously described art. |
| US08222342B2 |
Blends from branched polyaryl ethers and hydrophilic polymers
The present invention provides polymer blends comprising the components (a) from 40% to 95% by weight of at least one polyaryl ether copolymer constructed of (a1) from 50% to 99.9% by weight of building units of the general formula I and from 0% to 40% by weight of further building units II selected from segments of one or more thermoplastic polymers, and (a2) from 0.1% to 10% by weight of at least one crosslinker V having at least three hydroxyl functionalities, the at least one crosslinker V being present in component (a) in converted form and the sum total of % by weight for (a1) and (a2) being 100% by weight, and (b) from 5% to 60% by weight of at least one hydrophilic polymer selected from polyvinylpyrrolidone, polyvinylpyrrolidone copolymers, polyethylene glycol, polypropylene glycol, copolymers of ethylene glycol and propylene glycol, water-soluble cellulose derivatives, polyamide, polyvinyl acetate and polyvinyl alcohol, where the sum total of % by weight for components (a) and (b) is 100% by weight. The present invention also provides combinations of distinct components (a) and (b) for conjoint use. The invention further provides polymer membranes comprising the aforementioned polymer blends and also a process for their production and the use of the polymer membranes for producing dialysis filters. The present invention also provides dialysis filters comprising the aforementioned hollow fiber membranes. |
| US08222338B2 |
Aqueous dispersions including at least one alkyd resin and at least one addition polymer having at least one (meth)acrylat-segment
The present invention relates to an aqueous dispersion comprising at least one alkyd resin and at least one addition polymer having at least one (meth)acrylate segment which comprises 1% to 30% by weight of units derived from (meth)acrylates which in the alkyl radical have at least one double bond and 8 to 40 carbon atoms, 0.1% to 10% by weight of units derived from monomers containing acid groups, and 50% to 98.9% by weight of units derived from (meth)acrylates having 1 to 6 carbon atoms in the alkyl radical, based on the weight of the (meth)acrylate segment. |
| US08222337B2 |
Rubber composition and tire using the same
This invention relates to a rubber composition capable of improving fracture properties and wear resistance of a tire, and more particularly to a rubber composition formed by compounding a non-compatible polymer blend, which comprises at least two rubber components and forms a polymer phase A and a polymer phase B, with a block copolymer comprising a block-a composed of the same monomer unit as a monomer unit forming the polymer phase A and a block-b composed of the same monomer unit as a monomer unit forming the polymer phase B, wherein at least one of the rubber components has at least one functional group. |
| US08222329B2 |
Symmetric cyclic phosphonate compound, method of preparing the same and flame retardant styrenic resin composition including the same
Disclosed herein is a symmetric cyclic phosphonate compound represented by the following Formula 1, a method of preparing the same and a flame retardant styrenic resin composition including the same: wherein R1 and R2 are each independently hydrogen, C1-C6 alkyl or C6-C20 aryl. The styrene resin composition employing the symmetric cyclic phosphonate compound exhibits good flame retardancy and impact strength, does not release halide gas during preparation or combustion of the resin composition, and thus is environmentally friendly. |
| US08222324B2 |
Process for producing modified epoxy resin
This invention provides a process for producing an epoxy resin composition having core/shell rubber particles (rubber-like polymer particles) dispersed in an epoxy resin, wherein an epoxy resin composition excellent in the dispersed state of rubber-like polymer particles in an epoxy resin with a reduced amount of contaminants is produced easily and efficiently.The epoxy resin composition having rubber-like polymer particles dispersed well in an epoxy resin with less contaminant is obtained by bringing an aqueous latex of rubber-like polymer particles (B) into contact with an organic medium (C) showing partial solubility in water, then bringing an organic medium (D) having lower partial solubility in water than that of the organic medium (C) into contact therewith to separate water substantially, to remove the rubber-like polymer particles as a dispersion (F) having the polymer particles dispersed in the organic medium, and mixing it with an epoxy resin (A), followed by distilling volatile components away. |
| US08222318B2 |
Water-based inks for ink-jet printing
The present invention relates to (1) a process for producing a water dispersion for ink-jet printing containing colorant-containing polymer particles which includes a step I of obtaining a dispersion of colorant-containing polymer particles; a step II of obtaining a water dispersion of the colorant-containing polymer particles from the dispersion obtained in the step I; a step III of mixing the water dispersion obtained in the step II with an organic solvent (B) to suitably control a relative dielectric constant of a mixed solvent in the resultant dispersion, thereby precipitating the colorant-containing polymer particles; and a step IV of separating precipitates obtained in the step III from the dispersion and re-dispersing the precipitates in a water-based solvent; (2) a water-based ink for ink-jet printing which is excellent in ejection stability and optical density; (3) a process for purifying a water dispersion for ink-jet printing; and (4) a process for producing a dispersion containing groups of fine particles. |
| US08222317B2 |
Wet friction material
The purpose of the present invention is to provide a wet friction material which has a high coefficient of friction, has reduced overall thickness change, and excellent heat resistance (resistance to heat spots). In order to accomplish the purpose, the present invention provides a wet friction material prepared by impregnating a base material including a fibrous substance with a thermosetting resin, and then thermally curing it, wherein the aspect ratio of the fibrous substance is 10 or higher, and the fibrous substance is contained in the base material in an amount of 60 to 75 weight %. |
| US08222315B2 |
Method for producing composites that can be used in dentistry
The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of composites which can be used in the dental field, in which a) mono-or polyfunctional monomers dissolved in a solvent are polymerized to give a polymer gel thoroughly swollen with the solvent, b) the polymer gel produced is subjected to preliminary size reduction, c) a reactive gel is subsequently prepared by the polymer gel, subjected to preliminary size reduction, incorporating a polymerizable monomer or a mixture of polymerizable monomers in the polymer gel while simultaneously removing the solvent, and d) a dental composite is prepared from the reactive gel thus obtained. |
| US08222314B2 |
Phenyl isocyanate-based urethane acrylates, processes for producing and methods of using the same
Urethane acrylates of the general Formula (I), corresponding salts, solvates or solvates of a salt thereof: wherein R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5 each independently represent a substituent selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, halogens, C1-6-alkyls, trifluoromethyl, C1-6-alkylthios, C1-6-alkylselenos, C1-6-alkyltelluros, and nitro groups, with the proviso that at least one of R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5 is not hydrogen; R6 and R7 each independently represent a substituent selected from the group consisting of hydrogen and C1-6-alkyls; and A represents a saturated or unsaturated or linear or branched C1-6-alkyl radical or a polyalkylene oxide radical having 2-6 ethylene oxide or propylene oxide units; processes for producing and methods of using the same. |
| US08222312B2 |
Method for producing radiation curable formulations with increased corrosion protection on metal substrates, and formulations of this type
The invention relates to radiation-curable formulations which contain adhesion promoters containing phosphoric acid and which in the cured state afford a particular degree of corrosion control for metallic substrates, and to a process for preparing them. |
| US08222310B2 |
Extruded polypropylene resin foam and process for producing the same
An extruded polypropylene type resin foam having a high expansion ratio of at least 15 times and a closed cell ratio of at least 70% and excellent in the heat insulation property, and its production process, are provided.An extruded polypropylene type resin foam, which is produced by extrusion-foaming a polypropylene type resin composition containing a linear polypropylene type resin having a melt tension at 230° C. of from 5 to 30 g, by using a blowing agent containing at least a hydrocarbon type gas, and which has an expansion ratio of at least 15 times and a closed cell ratio of at least 70%. |
| US08222303B2 |
Defoamer formulations
(A) Siloxane-based antifoams and(B) silicone polyethers prepared by reacting organopolysiloxanes (1) containing 0.05% to 1.6% by weight of Si-bonded hydrogen atoms with unsaturated polyethers (3) of the formulae: CH2═CR1—(CH2)aO(C2H4O)bR1 (Ia) CH2═CR1—(CH2)aO(C2H4O)b(C3H6O)cR1 (Ib) CH2═CR1—(CH2)aO(C3H6O)cR1 (Ic), where R1 is a hydrogen or a C1-6 hydrocarbon radical, a is 0 to 16, b is 1 to 50, and c is 1 to 50, wherein the sum b+c is ≧10 and at least two different polyethers (Ia), (Ib) and (Ic) are used, and optionally further reacting the reaction product with organopolysiloxanes (2) containing from 0.01% to 0.5% by weight of Si-bonded hydrogen atoms, wherein the first and second step reactions take place with a hydrosilylation catalyst, and the weight ratio of Si-bonded hydrogen in organopolysiloxane (1) to Si-bonded hydrogen in organopolysiloxane (2) is at least 1.5. |
| US08222301B2 |
Method for producing resin microparticle aqueous dispersion, and resin microparticle aqueous dispersion and resin microparticles obtained by the same
The object of the present invention is to provide a method for producing a resin microparticle aqueous dispersion, which can produce monodisperse resin microparticles, does not cause clogging by a product, does not require a high pressure, and has a high productivity. Thus, provided is a method for producing a resin microparticle aqueous dispersion, wherein a fluid having at least one kind of resin dissolved in a solvent with which a resin is soluble and compatible and a fluid of an aqueous solvent join together in a thin film fluid formed between processing surfaces arranged opposite so as to be able to approach to and separate from each other, at least one of which rotates relative to the other, whereby resin microparticles are obtained in the thin film fluid by way of separation/emulsification. |
| US08222299B2 |
Organosulfur prodrugs for the prevention and treatment of infectious diseases
A method for enhancing the overall beneficial immune system response in a host that works in conjunction with the host's natural immune system response to simultaneously enhance the host's ability to eliminate infectious microbes while suppressing the toxicity of the immune system response to the host. Allium related organosulfur compounds have a variety of antimicrobial and immunomodulatory properties that work together with the host's immune system in the prevention and treatment of disease. Prophylactic and therapeutic treatment is provided by administering an allium related organosulfur compound such that a localized thiosulfinate is caused to be formed in response to localized generation of reactive oxygen species such as hydrogen peroxide by the activated immune system cells. Allium related organosulfur compounds may be administered to the host in an efficient manner through the use of protein-bound S-AllylMercaptoCysteine or similar prodrugs. |
| US08222297B2 |
Aniline or phenol mustards linked to DNA-affinic molecules or water-soluble aromatic rings and their use as cancer therapeutic agents
New aniline or phenol N-mustards linked to DNA-affinity carriers (such as 9-anilinoacridines, acridines and quinolines), aminobenzamides or aminophenol ethers by a urea, carbamic acid, carbanic acid ester, hydrazineurea, hydrazinecarbamic acid ester, phenoxyurea, phenoxycarbamic acid ester linkage with improved chemical stability and anti-tumor therapeutic efficacy are provided. |
| US08222292B2 |
Liquid cannabinoid formulations
Oral cannabinoid formulations, including an aqueous-based oral dronabinol solution, that are stable at room or refrigerated temperatures and may possess improved in vivo absorption profiles with faster onset and lower inter-subject variability. |
| US08222272B2 |
Pharmaceutical formulation and process comprising a solid dispersion of macrolide (tacrolimus)
The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical formulation and process for preparing the same comprising an oral dosage formulation, such as a capsule formulation, of a macrolide compound, such as tacrolimus, wherein the capsule formulation contains both a solid dispersion of the macrolide along with a non-dispersed form of the macrolide. The pharmaceutical formulation according to the invention is bioequivalent to the FDA approved product according to a bioavailability study conducted in humans. |
| US08222266B2 |
Azabicyclo [3.1.0] hexyl derivatives as modulators of dopamine D3 receptors
The present invention relates to certain azabicyclo compounds of formula (I)′: wherein the various groups are defined herein and that are modulators of dopamine D3 receptors, e.g. to treat drug dependency, as antipsychotic agents, to treat obsessive compulsive spectrum disorders, or premature ejaculation. |
| US08222261B2 |
Chemical compounds
The present invention relates to novel compounds that are useful in the treatment of metabolic disorders, particularly Type II diabetes mellitus and related disorders, and also to the methods for the making and use of such compounds. |
| US08222256B2 |
Methods of using IGFIR and ABL kinase modulators
The invention provides methods of treating cancer with a compound which inhibits kinases, more specifically IGF1R and Abl, in combination with treatments(s) selected from surgery, radiation, monoclonal antibody, bone marrow or peripheral blood stem cell transplantation, and one or more chemotherapeutic agent(s). |
| US08222255B2 |
Antifungal agents
Novel derivatives of enfumafungin are disclosed herein, along with their, pharmaceutically acceptable salts, hydrates and prodrugs. Also disclosed are compositions comprising such compounds, methods of preparing such compounds and methods of using such compounds as antifungal agents and/or inhibitors of (1,3)-β-D-glucan synthase. The disclosed compounds, their pharmaceutically acceptable salts, hydrates and prodrugs, as well as compositions comprising such compounds, salts, hydrates and prodrugs, are useful for treating and/or preventing fungal infections and associated diseases and conditions. |
| US08222253B2 |
Peptide and small molecule agonists of EphA and their uses
Methods and compositions for activating an EphA receptor can be used for identifying therapeutic agents for cancer. |
| US08222250B2 |
Biocidal compositions
Compositions of 1-(3-chloroallyl)-3,5,7-triaza-1-azonia-adamantane chloride, and an optional second biocide, in copolymers of ethylene oxide/propylene oxide are provided. The compositions exhibit good color and phase stability. |
| US08222245B2 |
Oxadiazole derivatives active on sphingosine-1-phosphate (S1P)
The present invention relates to novel oxadiazole derivatives having pharmacological activity, processes for their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use in the treatment of various disorders. |
| US08222243B2 |
Therapeutic isoxazole compounds
The invention provides a compound of formula I: wherein A1, A2, A3, R1, X, Y, and B have any of the values described herein, as well as salts of such compounds, compositions comprising such compounds, and therapeutic methods that comprise the administration of such compounds. The compounds are inhibitors of monoamine oxidase B (MAO-B) enzyme function and are useful for improving cognitive function and for treating psychiatric disorders in animals. |
| US08222240B2 |
Use of substituted cyclopropane acid derivatives for producing drugs for use in the treatment of metabolic syndrome
The present invention comprises methods for reducing plasma lipids, plasma free fatty acids (FFA), plasma glycerol and triglycerides in a mammal through the administration of certain substituted cyclopropane acid derivatives of Formula 1: wherein R1-R6 are defined herein and pharmaceutical compositions comprising them. |
| US08222238B2 |
Use of pteridine derivatives for the treatment of increased intracranial pressure, secondary ischemia, and disorders associated with an increased level of cytotoxic reactive oxygen species
The present invention relates to the use of pteridine derivatives for the treatment of increased intracranial pressure, secondary ischemia, and disorders associated with an increased level of cytotoxic reactive oxygen species. |
| US08222237B2 |
Progestational 3-(6,6-ethylene-17B-hydroxy-3-oxo-17A-pregna-4-ene-17A-yl)propionic acid G-lactones
Described herein are 3-(6,6-ethylene-17β-hydroxy-3-oxo-17α-pregna-4-ene-17α-yl)propionic acid γ-lactone derivatives having progestational and aldosterone antagonistic activity. Also described herein are methods of preparing and using these novel compounds. |
| US08222234B1 |
Phosphoroamidothioate granules and methods of manufacture thereof
A method of producing a granule containing at least 40 weight percent phosphoroamidothioate, preferably acephate, by processing the phosphoroamidothioate in powder form along with a liquid through a vertical continuous noncompressive agglomerator having a vertical rotating shaft on which are mounted a plurality of adjustable blades. |
| US08222231B2 |
Derivatives of partially desulphated glycosaminoglycans endowed with antiangiogenic activity and devoid of anticoagulating effect
Partially desulfated glycosaminoglycan derivatives are described, particularly heparin, and more particularly formula (I) compounds where the U, R and R1 groups have the meanings indicated in the description. These glycosaminoglycan derivatives exhibit antiangiogenic activity and are devoid of anticoagulant activity. |
| US08222226B2 |
Cell-type specific aptamer-siRNA delivery system for HIV-1 therapy
The present invention relates to compositions and methods for delivery of siRNA to specific cells or tissue. More particularly, the present invention relates to compositions and methods for cell type-specific delivery of anti-HIV siRNAs via fusion to an anti-gp120 aptamer. |
| US08222225B2 |
Method of treating pneumoconiosis with oligodeoxynucleotides
Methods are disclosed for treating, preventing or reducing the risk of developing occupational lung diseases, such as pneumoconiosis. In several embodiments, the methods include administering a therapeutically effective amount of the suppressive ODN to a subject having or at risk of developing a pneumoconiosis, thereby treating or inhibiting the pneumoconiosis. In several examples, thee subject can have or be at risk of developing silicosis, asbestosis or berryliosis. The method can include selecting a subject exposed to, or at risk of exposure to, inorganic particles, including, but not limited to silica, asbestos, berrylium, coal dust, or bauxite. |
| US08222224B2 |
Chimeric adenoviral vectors
The present invention provides chimeric adenoviral vectors and methods for using the vectors to elicit an immune response to an antigen of interest. |
| US08222223B2 |
Method of treating biocells
A method of treating biocells includes the steps of: a. providing biocells; b. applying at least one stressor to the biocells sufficient to cause nonlethal and reparable cell wall damage to the biocells, thereby putting the biocells in a catabolic state during which catabolic metabolic functions predominate over anabolic metabolic functions; and c. obtaining at least one product produced by the biocells during the catabolic state. In another embodiment, the method includes the steps of: a. providing biocells that are mammalian cells; b. applying at least one stressor to the biocells sufficient to cause nonlethal and reparable cell wall damage to the biocells, the reparable cell wall damage comprising openings that allow increased passage of materials through the cells walls; and c. inserting foreign DNA through the openings into the biocells. |
| US08222219B2 |
Glucopyranoside compound
A compound of the formula: wherein Ring A and Ring B are: (1) Ring A is an optionally substituted unsaturated monocyclic heterocyclic ring, and Ring B is an optionally substituted unsaturated monocyclic heterocyclic ring, an optionally substituted unsaturated fused heterobicyclic ring, or an optionally substituted benzene ring, (2) Ring A is an optionally substituted benzene ring, and Ring B is an optionally substituted unsaturated monocyclic heterocyclic ring or an optionally substituted unsaturated fused heterobicyclic ring, or (3) Ring A is an optionally substituted unsaturated fused heterobicyclic ring, and Ring B are independently an optionally substituted unsaturated monocyclic heterocyclic ring, an optionally substituted unsaturated fused heterobicyclic ring, or an optionally substituted benzene ring; X is a carbon atom or a nitrogen atom; Y is —(CH2)n— (n is 1 or 2); or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, or a prodrug thereof. |
| US08222218B2 |
Cyclopropanated carbohydrates
Disclosed are cyclopropanated carbohydrate compounds of formulas I and II: Also disclosed are methods of treating or preventing a central nervous system ailment by administering to an organism in need thereof an effective amount of a cyclopropanated carbohydrate compound of formula I or II and pharmaceutical compositions containing a cyclopropanated carbohydrate compound of formula I or II. |
| US08222215B2 |
Methods for the use of inhibitors of antigen presentation by MHC class II molecules
The present invention relates to compounds, pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds and methods for their use. In particular, the compounds of the invention are useful for the treatment or prevention of diseases associated with T cell proliferation such as autoimmune diseases and disorders. |
| US08222213B2 |
Activated amino- and carboxy-terminal forms of Notch
The present invention is directed to methods for detecting or measuring Notch activation by observing or measuring the appearance of Notch on the cell surface or by observing or measuring Notch cleavage products that are indicative of Notch activation. The present invention is also directed to methods for detecting a molecule that modulates Notch activation by observing or measuring a change in the amount of Notch expressed on the cell surface or a change in the amount or pattern of Notch cleavage products. The present invention is also directed to a substantially purified activated heterodimeric form of Notch and components thereof and pharmaceutical compositions and kits thereof. The present invention is based, at least in part, on the discovery that Notch in its active form, i.e., the form that mediates signal transduction and that binds Notch ligands such as Delta, is a heterodimer of an about 180 kDa subunit (NEC) and an about 110 kDa subunit (NTM), which are tethered together through a reducing agent-sensitive linkage, in particular, a non-covalent, metal ion-dependent linkage. |
| US08222212B2 |
Prolactin induced increase in neural stem cell numbers
The present invention provides a method of increasing neural stem cell numbers or neurogenesis by using prolactin. The method can be practiced in vivo to obtain more neural stem cells in situ, which can in turn produce more neurons or glial cells to compensate for lost or dysfunctional neural cells. The method can also be practiced in vitro to produce a large number of neural stem cells in culture. The cultured stem cells can be used, for example, for transplantation treatment of patients or animals suffering from neurodegenerative diseases or conditions. In addition, since neural stem cells are a source for olfactory neurons, the present invention also provides methods of increasing olfactory neurons and enhancing olfactory functions. |
| US08222211B2 |
Methods of administering PIF agonist peptides and uses thereof
A novel class of embryo derived peptides are described (Preimplantation factor) that were generated synthetically and were tested on peripheral blood immune cells and shown to block activated but not basal immunity, inhibiting cell proliferation and creating a TH2 type cytokine bias. In addition PIF peptides enhance endometrial receptivity by increasing adhesion molecules expression. PIF biological activity appears to be exerted by specific binding to inducible receptors present on the several white cell lineages. PIF peptides, which are immune modulators, therefore may have diagnostic and non toxic therapeutic applications in improving fertility, reducing pregnancy loss as well may be useful when administered for the treatment of autoimmune diseases and for prevention xenotransplants rejection. |
| US08222210B2 |
Methods of using substance P to promote healing of vascular wounds
Healing of wounds in mammalian tissue may be enhanced by the application of certain neuropeptides, optionally in combination with known growth promoting hormones. Exemplary neuropeptides include tachykinins, such as Substance P, Substance K, and the like, as well as calcitonin gene-related peptides. The compositions may further include a polymeric delivery carrier and are utilized by applying to the site of the wound. Wounds may be vascular or avascular wounds. The compositions promote elaboration of cellular matrices and development of cellular attachment mechanisms in addition to stimulating cellular proliferation. |
| US08222202B2 |
Use of peptidic vasopressin receptor agonists
The present invention relates to the use of novel compounds for the manufacture of a medicament for treatment of, inter alia, conditions associated with critical care sepsis, septic shock, hepatorenal syndrome type I, hypertension induced by endstage venal disease, severe burns, thermal injury as well as to a method for treatment of the conditions by administering the compounds. The compounds used are represented by the general formula (1), as further defined in the specification. |
| US08222199B2 |
Perfuming ingredients with saffron odor
The present invention concerns the use as perfuming ingredient of a lower alkyl ester of 4,6,6-trimethyl-1,3-cyclohexadiene-1-carboxylate or 4,6,6-trimethyl-3-cyclohexene-1-carboxylate. These compounds are able to impart odor notes of the spicy/saffron type. |
| US08222197B2 |
Liquid detergent compositions comprising pH tuneable amido-gellants, and processes for making
The invention is directed to a fluid detergent composition comprising a pH tuneable amido gellant and a surfactant, and a method for structuring said composition. |
| US08222194B2 |
Cleaning compositions incorporating green solvents and methods for use
An environmentally-friendly cleaning composition for industrial and consumer applications comprising (a) a blend of dibasic esters, (b) one or more surfactants (c) and, optionally, (d) water or a solvent. The dibasic esters are be derived from a blend of adipic, glutaric, and succinic diacids, and, in one particular embodiment, the blend comprises dialkyl adipate, dialkyl methylglutarate and dialkyl ethylsuccinate, wherein the alkyl groups individually comprise a C1-C12 hydrocarbon group. The one or more surfactants are typically chosen from alcohol alkoxylate, an alkyl phenol ethoxylate, a terpene, a terpene alkoxylate or any derivates thereof. Optionally, additional components or additives including delaminates such as pinene and d-limonene, fragrances, whiteners, stabilizers, thickeners and the like can be added to the composition. The industrial or consumer application selected from the group consisting of a graffiti cleaner, a painted-substrate cleaner, an ink cleaner, a metal substrate cleaner, a plastic substrate cleaner, an environmentally friendly cleaner, a stain-spot cleaner, an industrial hand cleaner, a resin cleaner, a tar resin cleaner, a textile cleaner, a paint stripper and any combination thereof. |
| US08222189B2 |
Process for deposition of amorphous carbon
There is a coated, dynamic contact surface. The contact has a substrate and a carbon-based coating on the substrate. The coating has a coefficient of friction of about 0.5 or less and an atomic hydrogen content of about 5% to about 25%. There is also a mechanical system. There is a method for increasing oil-out survivability in a mechanical system. |
| US08222188B2 |
Antibody libraries
The present invention relates to the production of antibody libraries. In particular, the present invention relates to the use of integrating retroviral vectors to generate libraries comprising a plurality of combinations of antibody light chains and heavy chains. The present invention thus provides improved methods of generating and screening antibody libraries comprising large numbers of unique antibodies. |
| US08222183B2 |
Thermochromic coloring color-memory composition and thermochromic coloring color-memory microcapsule pigment containing the same
The present invention provides a thermochromic coloring color-memory composition which effectively produce a characteristic that colors can be reversibly memorized and maintained and has applicability to various fields and a thermochromic coloring color-memory microcapsule pigment containing the composition.A thermochromic coloring color-memory composition comprising a homogeneous solubilized mixture of (A) an electron donative coloring organic compound, (B) an electron accepting compound and (C) a compound represented by the following formula (1) as a reaction medium which controls color reactions of the components (A) and (B): wherein X represents any of a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, a methoxy group, and a halogen atom, m represents an integer of from 1 to 3, and n represents an integer of from 1 to 20. |
| US08222182B2 |
Anion adsorbing carbon material, as well as manufacturing method and manufacturing facilities for same
A manufacturing method is provided for producing a carbon material adsorbing nitrate nitrogen, nitrate nitrogen or a fluoride ion through an ion exchange with a chloride ion. Plant material can be impregnated with a calcium chloride solution. Subsequently, the plant material can be carbonized to enable the plant material to support chloride ions that can provide ion exchanging capability with nitrite nitrogen, nitrate nitrogen, and a fluoride ion via calcium. The temperature of the carbonization permits the deposits of a calcium chloride compound within 2% to 25% by weight as a functional group in a carbonized material having ash components. |
| US08222178B2 |
Catalyst and production process thereof, and chlorine production using the catalyst
A catalyst has high activity and is suitable for use in producing chlorine by oxidizing hydrogen chloride with oxygen. The catalyst includes copper, an alkali metal and a rare earth and has pores of which pores having a diameter of 5 to 15 nm have a pore volume of 0.4 to 2.0 ml/g. |
| US08222177B2 |
Catalyst and reaction process
Disclosed is a technology for enabling an efficient asymmetric Michael addition reaction which does not require a large amount of a malonic ester, while having a short reaction time. Specifically disclosed is a catalyst which is composed of MX2 (wherein M is Be, Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba or Ra and X is an arbitrary group) and a compound represented by general formula [I]. [In the formula, R7, R8, R9 and R10 each represents a substituted cyclic group or an unsubstituted cyclic group.] |
| US08222176B2 |
Bimetallic catalyst, method of polymerization and bimodal polyolefins therefrom
Bimetallic catalysts, and methods of producing a bimetallic catalyst comprising a modified Ziegler-Natta catalyst and a metallocene are provided, in one embodiment the method including combining: (a) a Ziegler-Natta catalyst comprising a Group 4, 5 or 6 metal halide and/or oxide, optionally including a magnesium compound, with (b) a modifier compound (“modifier”), wherein the modifier compound is a Group 13 alkyl compound, to form a modified Ziegler-Natta catalyst. Also provided is a method of olefin polymerization using the bimetallic catalyst of the invention. The modified Ziegler-Natta catalyst is preferably non-activated, that is, it is unreactive towards olefin polymerization alone. In one embodiment, the molar ratio of the Group 13 metal (of the modifier) to the Group 4, 5 or 6 metal halide and/or oxide is less than 10:1 in one embodiment. The bimetallic catalysts of the present invention are useful in producing bimodal polymers, particularly bimodal polyethylene, having a Polydispersity (Mw/Mn) of from 12 to 50. These bimodal polyolefins are useful in such articles as pipes and films. |
| US08222175B2 |
Process for the preparation of an olefin polymerisation catalyst
This invention relates to a process for the preparation of an olefin polymerization catalyst, to the use of the catalyst in olefin polymerization and to the catalyst and polymers obtained. In particular, the invention relates to the preparation of a catalyst comprising an organometallic compound of a transition metal of Group 3 to 10 of the Periodic Table (IUPAC) by a semi-continuous or continuous process. |
| US08222174B2 |
Polymerization catalysts for producing polymers with high comonomer incorporation
The present techniques relate to catalyst compositions, methods, and polymers encompassing a Group 4 metallocene compound comprising bridged η5-cyclopentadienyl-type ligands, typically in combination with a cocatalyst, and an activator. The bridged η5-cyclopentadienyl-type ligands are connected by a cyclic substituent. |
| US08222172B2 |
Wetting resistant materials and articles made therewith
Ceramic materials with relatively high resistance to wetting by various liquids, such as water, are presented, along with articles made with these materials. The oxide materials described herein as a class typically contain europia (Eu2O3). The oxides may further contain other additives, such as oxides of gadolinium (Gd), samarium (Sm), dysprosium (Dy), or terbium (Tb). In certain embodiments the oxide, in addition to europia, further comprises ytterbia (Yb2O3), lanthanum (La), praseodymium (Pr), or neodymium (Nd). |
| US08222167B2 |
Urea-formaldehyde resin binders containing acrylic bi-modal molecular weight solution polymer
An aqueous binder composition for use in making fiber mats comprising as a major component a thermosetting urea-formaldehyde resin and as a minor component a water-soluble additive is at least one styrene/acrylate solution polymer having a bi-modal molecular weight and comprising a first molecular weight species and a second molecular weight species. |
| US08222165B2 |
Composite fire shield
A fire-critical aircraft or other component within a fire-risk zone includes a protective fire shield directly exposed to the fire-risk zone and separating the fire-critical component therefrom. The fire shield has an entirely composite construction composed of fiber cloth impregnated with a sacrificial resin which has a melting point that is below that of the fiber cloth. When exposed to fire, the fiber cloth remains substantially intact for at least the minimum period of time while the sacrificial resin is allowed to be at least partially consumed by the fire, such that the protective fire shield is partially sacrificed. |
| US08222164B2 |
Microporous composite sheet material
A moisture vapor permeable, water impermeable composite sheet material is provided which is suitable for use as a housewrap material, and is also useful for other applications such as tarpaulins, or as covers for automobile, boats, patio furniture or the like. The composite sheet material includes a nonwoven substrate and an extrusion-coated polyolefin film layer overlying one surface of the substrate. The nonwoven substrate is comprised of polymeric fibers randomly disposed and bonded to one another to form a high tenacity nonwoven web. The nonwoven substrate has a grab tensile strength of at least 178 Newtons (40 pounds) in at least one of the machine direction (MD) or the cross-machine direction (CD). The extrusion coated polyolefin film layer is intimately bonded to the nonwoven substrate. The film layer has micropores formed therein to impart to the composite sheet material a moisture vapor transmission rate (MVTR) of at least 35 g/m2/24 hr. at 50% relative humidity and 23° C. and a hydrostatic head of at least 55 cm. In one embodiment, the nonwoven substrate comprises a spunbonded nonwoven fabric formed of randomly disposed substantially continuous polypropylene filaments. The spunbonded nonwoven fabric is an area bonded fabric in which the filaments are bonded to one another throughout the fabric at locations where the randomly disposed filaments overlie or cross one another. |
| US08222162B2 |
Batch processing method for forming structure including amorphous carbon film
A batch processing method for forming a structure including an amorphous carbon film includes performing a preliminary treatment of removing water from a surface of the underlying layer by heating the inside of the reaction chamber at a preliminary treatment temperature of 800 to 950° C. and supplying a preliminary treatment gas selected from the group consisting of nitrogen gas and ammonia gas into the reaction chamber while exhausting gas from inside the reaction chamber; and, then performing main CVD of forming an amorphous carbon film on the underlying layer by heating the inside of the reaction chamber at a main process temperature and supplying a hydrocarbon gas into the reaction chamber while exhausting gas from inside the reaction chamber. |
| US08222160B2 |
Metal containing sacrifice material and method of damascene wiring formation
According to one embodiment, a via and trench are formed in a semiconductor structure. The via and the trench are suitable for having a metal-based wire placed therein by damascene, dual damascene, plating and other suitable techniques. The via is etched into a dielectric layer of a semiconductor structure comprising a base cap layer, the dielectric layer formed over the base cap layer, and a hardmask formed over the dielectric layer. The via is filled with a sacrifice material, where the sacrifice material contains a metal or a metal compound, where the sacrifice material additionally forms a sacrifice layer over the hardmask layer. The sacrifice material placed in the via does not contain a material or film containing a Si—O bond. The sacrifice material is used as a support for a photomask that is placed over the sacrifice layer, where the photomask is developed to have a trench pattern formed therein. Then, one or more of the hardmask layer and the dielectric layer is etched with the trench pattern, and the sacrifice material and the sacrifice layer are removed by contact with a remover solution containing one or more selected from an acidic compound, water, a base compound, and an oxidant. |
| US08222159B2 |
Manufacturing method of semiconductor device
A manufacturing method of semiconductor device comprises: sequentially laminating a third mask layer, a second mask layer, and a first mask layer on a processed layer; forming a fourth mask layer on the first mask layer; processing the first mask layer so as to have a line pattern form using the fourth mask layer as a mask; removing the first mask layer; processing the second mask layer so as to have a pair of line pattern forms using the pair of sidewall layers as a mask; forming a fifth mask layer on the third mask layer; forming a pair of opening portions in the third mask layer using the fifth mask layer as a mask; and forming a pair of groove portions on the processed layer using the third mask layer as a mask. |
| US08222156B2 |
Method and apparatus for processing a substrate using plasma
Methods and arrangements for controlling the electron loss to the upper electrode, including techniques and apparatus for biasing the upper electrode more negatively to allow charged species to be trapped within the plasma chamber for a longer period of time, thereby increasing the plasma density may be increased. The induced RF signal on the upper electrode is rectified, thus biasing the upper electrode more negatively. The rectified RF signal may also be amplified, thus driving the upper electrode even more negatively, if desired. |
| US08222153B2 |
Textured single crystal
A method for fabricating a textured single crystal including depositing pads made of metal on a surface of a single crystal. A protective layer is deposited on the pads and on the single crystal between the pads; and etching the surface with a first compound that etches the metal more rapidly than the protective layer is carried out. Processing continues with etching the surface with a second compound that etches the single crystal more rapidly than the protective layer; and etching the surface with a third compound that etches the protective layer more rapidly than the single crystal. The textured substrate may be used for the epitaxial growth of GaN, AlN or III-N compounds (i.e. a nitride of a metal the positive ion of which carries a +3 positive charge) in the context of the fabrication of LEDs, electronic components or solar cells. |
| US08222152B2 |
Method for fabricating hole pattern
A method for fabricating a hole pattern includes forming a first hard mask layer over an etch target layer, forming a second hard mask pattern over the first hard mask layer, which are patterned to be a line type in a first direction and have a selective etch ratio to the first hard mask layer, forming a third hard mask layer over the first hard mask layer to bury a space between adjacent ones of the second hard mask pattern, forming a photoresist pattern over the third hard mask layer, which is patterned to be a line type in a second direction; etching the third hard mask layer using the photoresist pattern to form a third hard mask pattern, removing the photoresist pattern, and etching the first hard mask layer using the second and third hard mask patterns. |
| US08222151B2 |
Double patterning strategy for contact hole and trench in photolithography
A method of lithography patterning includes forming a hard mask layer on a material layer and forming a capping layer on the hard mask layer. The capping layer does not react with oxygen gas during a photoresist ashing process. The capping layer is patterned by using a first resist pattern and a second resist pattern as etch masks. After the capping layer is patterned, the hard mask layer is patterned by using the patterned capping layer as an etch mask. |
| US08222150B2 |
Method of manufacturing semiconductor device, template, and method of creating pattern inspection data
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device according to an embodiment of the present invention includes mask layer on a processing target, pressing a template having a pattern having closed loop structure against the mask layer via an imprint material to solidify the imprint material, etching the mask layer by using the imprint material to form a mask, removing a part of the pattern having the closed loop of the mask, and etching the processing target by the mask including the pattern, the part of which is removed. |
| US08222148B2 |
Method of manufacturing a semiconductor device
A semiconductor device includes a first well formed in a predetermined region of a semiconductor substrate, a second well formed in a predetermined region in the first well, and a third well formed in the first well with the third well being spaced apart from the second well at a predetermined distance. A multiple well of the semiconductor substrate, the first well, the second well, the first well, and the third well, which are sequentially disposed, is formed. Accordingly, a breakdown voltage can be increased and a leakage current can be reduced. It is therefore possible to prevent the drop of an erase voltage and to reduce the error of an erase operation. |
| US08222142B2 |
Semiconductor device and method for manufacturing semiconductor device
A generation of a void in a recessed section is inhibited. A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device includes: an operation of forming recessed sections in an insulating film, which is formed on a semiconductor substrate; an operation of forming a seed film in the recessed section; an operation of forming a cover metal film in the recessed section; an operation of selectively removing the cover metal film to expose the seed film over the bottom section of the recessed section; and an operation to carrying out a growth of a plated film to fill the recessed section by utilizing the seed film exposed in the bottom section of the recessed section as a seed. |
| US08222139B2 |
Chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) processing of through-silicon via (TSV) and contact plug simultaneously
A method includes forming conductive material in a contact hole and a TSV opening, and then performing one step to remove portions of the conductive material outside the contact hole and the TSV opening to leave the conductive material in the contact hole and the TSV opening, thereby forming a contact plug and a TSV structure, respectively. In some embodiments, the removing step is performed by a CMP process. |
| US08222133B2 |
Manufacturing method of semiconductor device
An object of the invention is to avoid an inconvenience at a connection portion formed by filling a metal film in a connecting hole, which has been opened in an insulating film, via a barrier metal film having a titanium nitride film stacked over a titanium film. A manufacturing method of a semiconductor device has the steps of: forming a thermal reaction Ti film over the bottom of a connecting hole by a thermal reaction using a TiCl4 gas; forming a plasma reaction Ti film by a plasma reaction using a TiCl4 gas; forming a nitrogen-rich TiN film over the surface of the plasma reaction Ti film by plasma treatment with H2 and plasma treatment with NH3 gases; repeatedly carrying out film formation by CVD using a WF6 gas and reduction using an SiH4 or B2H6 gas to form a tungsten nucleation film of a multilayer structure over the nitrogen-rich TiN film; and forming a blanket•tungsten film at 400° C. or less by CVD using WF6 and H2 gases. This makes it possible to avoid an inconvenience at a connection portion formed by filling a metal film in a connecting hole, which has been opened in an insulating film, via a barrier metal film having a titanium nitride film stacked over a titanium film. |
| US08222125B2 |
Plasma deposition of amorphous semiconductors at microwave frequencies
Apparatus and method for plasma deposition of thin film photovoltaic materials at microwave frequencies. The apparatus avoids deposition on windows or other microwave transmission elements that couple microwave energy to deposition species. The apparatus includes a microwave applicator with conduits passing therethrough that carry deposition species. The applicator transfers microwave energy to the deposition species to transform them to a reactive state conducive to formation of a thin film material. The conduits physically isolate deposition species that would react to form a thin film material at the point of microwave power transfer. The deposition species are separately energized and swept away from the point of power transfer to prevent thin film deposition. The invention allows for the ultrafast formation of silicon-containing amorphous semiconductors that exhibit high mobility, low porosity, little or no Staebler-Wronski degradation, and low defect concentration. |
| US08222123B2 |
Method for reuse of wafers for growth of vertically-aligned wire arrays
Reusing a Si wafer for the formation of wire arrays by transferring the wire arrays to a polymer matrix, reusing a patterned oxide for several array growths, and finally polishing and reoxidizing the wafer surface and reapplying the patterned oxide. |
| US08222121B2 |
Fiducial scheme adapted for stacked integrated circuits
A method for stacking integrated circuit substrates and the substrates used therein are disclosed. In the method, an integrated circuit substrate having top and bottom surfaces is provided. The substrate is divided vertically into a plurality of layers including an integrated circuit layer having integrated circuit elements constructed therein and a buffer layer adjacent to the bottom surface. An alignment fiducial mark extending from the top surface of the wafer into the substrate to a depth below that of the circuit layer is constructed. The vias are arranged in a pattern that provides a fiducial mark when viewed from the bottom surface of the substrate. The pattern can be chosen such that it is recognized by a commercial stepper/scanner/contact mask aligner when viewed from said backside of said wafer. After the substrate is thinned, the alignment fiducial mark is then used to position a mask used in subsequent processing. |
| US08222117B2 |
SOI substrate and method for manufacturing SOI substrate
An SOI substrate and a manufacturing method of the SOI substrate, by which enlargement of the substrate is possible and its productivity can be increased, are provided. A step (A) of cutting a single crystal silicon substrate to form a single crystal silicon substrate which is n (n is an optional positive integer, n≧1) times as large as a size of one shot of an exposure apparatus; a step (B) of forming an insulating layer on one surface of the single crystal silicon substrate, and forming an embrittlement layer in the single crystal substrate; and a step (C) of bonding a substrate having an insulating surface and the single crystal silicon substrate with the insulating layer therebetween, and conducting heat treatment to separate the single crystal silicon substrate along the embrittlement layer, and forming a single crystal silicon thin film on the substrate having an insulating surface are conducted. |
| US08222114B2 |
Manufacturing approach for collector and a buried layer of bipolar transistor
This invention disclosed a novel manufacturing approach of collector and buried layer of a bipolar transistor. One aspect of the invention is that an oxide-nitride-oxide (ONO) sandwich structure is employed instead of oxide-nitride dual layer structure before trench etching. Another aspect is, through the formation of silicon oxide spacer in trench sidewall and silicon oxide remaining in trench bottom in the deposition and etch back process, the new structure hard mask can effectively protect active region from impurity implanted in ion implantation process. |
| US08222109B2 |
Method of fabricating semiconductor device
A method of fabricating a semiconductor device according to the present invention includes forming a first trench and a second trench by etching the first trench further, in an epitaxial layer formed over a substrate, extending a width of the second trench, forming an oxidize film by oxidizing the extended second trench, and filling an electrode material in the first trench and the second trench including the oxidized film formed therein. The method of fabricating a semiconductor device according to the present invention enables to fabricate a semiconductor device that improves the withstand voltage between a drain and a source and reduce the on-resistance. |
| US08222104B2 |
Three dimensional integrated deep trench decoupling capacitors
A method of forming an integrated circuit device includes forming a plurality of deep trench decoupling capacitors on a first substrate; forming a plurality of active circuit devices on a second substrate; bonding the second substrate to the first substrate; and forming electrical connections between the deep trench capacitors and the second substrate. |
| US08222103B1 |
Semiconductor device with embedded low-K metallization
Generally, the subject matter disclosed herein relates to a semiconductor device with embedded low-k metallization. A method is disclosed that includes forming a plurality of copper metallization layers that are coupled to a plurality of logic devices in a logic area of a semiconductor device and, after forming the plurality of copper metallization layers, forming a plurality of capacitors in a memory array of the semiconductor device. The capacitors are formed using a non-low-k dielectric material (k value greater than 3), while the copper metallization layers are formed in layers of low-k dielectric material (k value less than 3). A semiconductor device is also disclosed which includes a plurality of logic devices, a memory array comprising a plurality of capacitors, a conductive contact plate coupled to the plurality of capacitors, and a plurality of copper metallization layers coupled to the logic devices, wherein the plurality of copper metallization layers are positioned at a level that is below a level of a bottom surface of the contact plate. A material other than a low-k dielectric material is positioned between the plurality of capacitors in the memory array. |
| US08222098B2 |
Semiconductor device having first and second source and drain electrodes sandwiched between an island-shaped semiconductor film
An object is to obtain a semiconductor device with improved characteristics by reducing contact resistance of a semiconductor film with electrodes or wirings, and improving coverage of the semiconductor film and the electrodes or wirings. The present invention relates to a semiconductor device including a gate electrode over a substrate, a gate insulating film over the gate electrode, a first source or drain electrode over the gate insulating film, an island-shaped semiconductor film over the first source or drain electrode, and a second source or drain electrode over the island-shaped semiconductor film and the first source or drain electrode. Further, the second source or drain electrode is in contact with the first source or drain electrode, and the island-shaped semiconductor film is sandwiched between the first source or drain electrode and the second source or drain electrode. Moreover, the present invention relates to a manufacturing method of the semiconductor device. |
| US08222094B2 |
Method for manufacturing an EEPROM cell
A method for manufacturing a cell of a non-volatile electrically erasable and programmable memory including a dual-gate MOS transistor. The method includes the steps of providing a semiconductor substrate covered with an insulating layer including a thinned down portion and having a first surface common with the substrate and a second surface opposite to the first surface; and incorporating nitrogen at the level of the second surface, whereby the maximum nitrogen concentration is closer to the second surface than to the first surface. |
| US08222093B2 |
Methods for forming barrier regions within regions of insulating material resulting in outgassing paths from the insulating material and related devices
Methods and devices are provided for fabricating a semiconductor device having barrier regions within regions of insulating material resulting in outgassing paths from the regions of insulating material. A method comprises forming a barrier region within an insulating material proximate the isolated region of semiconductor material and forming a gate structure overlying the isolated region of semiconductor material. The barrier region is adjacent to the isolated region of semiconductor material, resulting in an outgassing path within the insulating material. |
| US08222090B2 |
Modular die and mask for semiconductor processing
Modular dies and modular masks that can be used during the manufacture of semiconductor devices are described. The modular mask can be used repeatedly to make multiple, substantially-similar modular dies. The modular die contains a substrate with an integrated circuit as well as a conductive layer containing a source metal and a gate metal connected respectively to the source and gate of the integrated circuit. The gate metal of the conductive layer is located only in an outer portion of the modular die. The modular die can be made by providing the integrated circuit in a first and second portion of the substrate, providing the conductive layer on both the first and second portions, making a first modular die by patterning the conductive layer on the first portion using the modular mask; moving the modular mask to the second portion and using it to make a second modular die by patterning the conductive layer on the second portion. Thus, fewer mask sets need to be made, improving efficiency and reducing costs. Other embodiments are described. |
| US08222088B2 |
Semiconductor package with adhesive material pre-printed on the lead frame and chip, and its manufacturing method
This invention discloses a semiconductor package with adhesive material pre-printed on the lead frame and chip, and the manufacturing method. The adhesive material is applied onto the chip carrier and the pin of the lead frame and also on the front electrode of the semiconductor chip via pre-printing. The back of the semiconductor chip is adhered on the chip carrier, and the front electrode of the semiconductor chip and the pin are connected respectively with a metal connector. The size, shape and thickness of the adhesive material are applied according to different application requirements according to size and shapes of the contact zone of the semiconductor chip and the metal connector. Particularly, the adhesive zones are formed by pre-printing the adhesive material thus significantly enhance the quality and performance of semiconductor products, and improves the productivity. |
| US08222086B2 |
Integrated semiconductor substrate structure using incompatible processes
A plurality of FPGA dice is disposed upon a semiconductor substrate. In order both to connect thousands of signal interconnect lines between the plurality of FPGA dice and to supply the immense power required, it is desired that the substrate construction include two different portions, each manufactured using incompatible processes. The first portion is a signal interconnect structure containing a thin conductor layers portion characterized as having a plurality of thin, fine-pitch conductors. The second portion is a power connection structure that includes thick conductors and vertical through-holes. The through-holes contain conductive material and supply power to the FPGA dice from power bus bars located at the other side of the semiconductor substrate. The portions are joined at the wafer level by polishing the wafer surfaces within a few atoms of flatness and subsequent cleaning. The portions are then fusion bonded together or combined using an adhesive material. |
| US08222085B2 |
Near chip scale semiconductor packages
Flip chip ball grid array semiconductor devices and methods for fabricating the same. In one example, a near chip scale method of semiconductor die packaging may comprise adhering the die to a substrate in a flip chip configuration, coating the die with a first polymer layer, selectively removing the first polymer layer to provide at least one opening to expose a portion of the die, and depositing a first metal layer over the first polymer layer, the first metal layer at least partially filling the at least one opening to provide an electrical contact to the die, and including a portion that substantially surrounds the die in a plane of an upper surface of the first metal layer to provide an electromagnetic shield around the die. |
| US08222083B2 |
Semiconductor package adapted for high-speed data processing and damage prevention of chips packaged therein and method for fabricating the same
A semiconductor package includes a semiconductor chip provided with a first surface having a bonding pad, a second surface opposing to the first surface and side surfaces; a first redistribution pattern connected with the bonding pad and extending along the first surface from the bonding pad to an end portion of the side surface which meets with the second surface; and a second redistribution pattern disposed over the first redistribution pattern and extending from the side surfaces to the first surface. In an embodiment of the present invention, in which the first redistribution pattern connected with the bonding pad is formed over the semiconductor chip and the second redistribution pattern is formed over the first redistribution pattern, it is capable of reducing a length for signal transfer since the second redistribution pattern is used as an external connection terminal. It is also capable of processing data with high speed, as well as protecting the semiconductor chip having weak brittleness, since the semiconductor package is connected to the substrate without a separate solder ball. |
| US08222082B2 |
Semiconductor device and a method of manufacturing the same
A technique is provided which allows a chip mounted by wire bonding and a chip mounted by bump electrodes to share a manufacturing process. Both in a case where a chip is electrically coupled to an external circuit by bump electrodes and a case where the chip is electrically coupled to the external circuit by bonding wires, a bump coupling part and a bonding pad are both provided in a single uppermost wiring layer. When the bump electrodes are used, an opening is provided in an insulating film on the bump coupling part and a surface of the bonding pad is covered with the insulating film. On the other hand, when the bonding wires are used, an opening is provided in an insulating film on the bonding pad and a surface of the bump coupling part is covered with the insulating film. |
| US08222081B2 |
Wafer level buck converter
A buck converter module includes a high side (HS) die having source, drain, and gate bonding pads on a front side of the HS die, a low side (LS) die having a first section thereof with a plurality of through silicon vias (TSVs) extending from a back side to a front side of the LS die, the LS die having source, drain, and gate bonding pads located on a front side of a second section separate from the first section, the drain bonding pad electrically connected to the back side of the LS die in the second section. The HS die and the LS die are bonded together such that the source bonding pad of the HS die is electrically connected to the back side of the LS die, and each of the drain and gate bonding pads are electrically connected to separate TSVs in the LS die. |
| US08222078B2 |
Chip scale surface mounted semiconductor device package and process of manufacture
A semiconductor device package die and method of manufacture are disclosed. The device package die may comprise a device substrate having one or more front electrodes located on a front surface of the device substrate and electrically connected to one or more corresponding device regions formed within the device substrate proximate the front surface. A back conductive layer is formed on a back surface of the device substrate. The back conductive layer is electrically connected to a device region formed within the device substrate proximate a back surface of the device substrate. One or more conductive extensions are formed on one or more corresponding sidewalls of the device substrate in electrical contact with the back conductive layer, and extend to a portion of the front surface of the device substrate. A support substrate is bonded to the back surface of the device substrate. |
| US08222077B2 |
Metal-insulator-metal (MIM) devices and their methods of fabrication
Two-terminal switching devices of MIM type having at least one electrode formed by a liquid phase processing method are provided for use in active matrix backplane applications; more specifically, MIM devices with symmetric current-voltage characteristics are applied for LCD active matrix backplane applications, and MIM devices with asymmetric current-voltage characteristics are applied for active matrix backplane implementation for electrophoretic displays (EPD) and rotating element displays. In particular, the combination of the bottom metal, metal-oxide insulator and solution-processible top conducting layer enables high throughput, roll-to-roll process for flexible displays. |
| US08222069B2 |
Image sensor and manufacturing method for same
An image sensor including a first region where a pad is to be formed, and a second region where a light-receiving element is to be formed. A pad is formed over a substrate of the first region. A passivation layer is formed over the substrate of the first and second regions to expose a portion of the pad. A color filter is formed over the passivation layer of the second region. A microlens is formed over the color filter. A bump is formed over the pad. A protective layer is formed between the bump and the pad to expose the portion of the pad. |
| US08222065B1 |
Method and system for forming a capacitive micromachined ultrasonic transducer
A method for forming a capacitive micromachined ultrasonic transducer (CMUT) is provided that includes forming oxide features outwardly of a CMUT control chip in a silicon wafer. The oxide features are planarized. A silicon-on-insulator (SOI) wafer is bonded to the planarized oxide features. For a particular embodiment, the SOI wafer comprises a single crystal epitaxial layer, a buried oxide layer and a silicon layer, and the single crystal epitaxial layer is bonded to the planarized oxide features, after which the silicon layer and the buried oxide layer of the SOI wafer are removed, leaving the single crystal epitaxial layer bonded to the oxide layer. |
| US08222064B2 |
Vertical light emitting diode device structure and method of fabricating the same
A method of fabricating a compound semiconductor vertical LED is provided. A first growth substrate capable of supporting compound semiconductor epitaxial growth thereon is provided. One or more epitaxial layers of compound semiconductor material such as GaN or InGaN is formed on the first growth substrate to create a portion of a vertical light emitting diode. Plural trenches are formed in the compound semiconductor material. Passivating material is deposited in one or more trenches. A hard material is at least partially deposited in the trenches and optionally on portions of the compound semiconductor material. The hard material has a hardness greater than the hardness of the compound semiconductor. A metal layer is deposited over the compound semiconductor material followed by metal planarization. A new host substrate is bonded to the metal layer and the first growth substrate is removed. Dicing is used to form individual LED devices. |
| US08222062B2 |
Method for fabricating a flexible display device
A method for fabricating a flexible display device includes providing a carrier substrate, forming a sacrificial layer on the carrier substrate, forming a metal layer and a buffer layer on the sacrificial layer in that order, forming at least one active device on the buffer layer, and separating the metal layer and the carrier substrate by laser treatment. |
| US08222055B2 |
Silicon nitride layer for light emitting device, light emitting device using the same, and method of forming silicon nitride layer for light emitting device
Provided are a silicon nitride layer for a light emitting device, light emitting device using the same, and method of forming the silicon nitride layer for the light emitting device. The silicon nitride layer of the light emitting device includes a silicon nitride matrix and silicon nanocrystals formed in the silicon nitride matrix. A light emitting device manufactured by the silicon nitride layer has a good luminous efficiency and emits light in the visible region including the short-wavelength blue/violet region and the near infrared region. |
| US08222054B2 |
LED light source and chromaticity adjustment method for LED light source
There is provided an LED light source whose chromaticity can be adjusted easily without changing its outer shape and suffering damage in the process of chromaticity adjustment. An LED light source includes an LED device, a fluorescent material that absorbs and wavelength-converts a portion of light emitted from the LED device to emit light from itself, a sealing material that includes the fluorescent material and that is disposed around the LED device, and light scattering sections that are formed at a portion of a surface of the sealing material and scatter a portion of the light emitted from the LED device for adjusting chromaticity of the LED light source, and a chromaticity adjustment method for such LED light source. |
| US08222051B2 |
Manufacturing method for exposure mask, generating method for mask substrate information, mask substrate, exposure mask, manufacturing method for semiconductor device and server
There is disclosed a manufacturing method for exposure mask, which comprises acquiring a first information showing surface shape of surface of each of a plurality of mask substrates, and a second information showing the flatness of the surface of each of mask substrates before and after chucked on a mask stage of an exposure apparatus, forming a corresponding relation of each mask substrate, the first information and the second information, selecting the second information showing a desired flatness among the second information of the corresponding relation, and preparing another mask substrate having the same surface shape as the surface shape indicated by the first information in the corresponding relation with the selected second information, and forming a desired pattern on the above-mentioned another mask substrate. |
| US08222049B2 |
Flow control in microfluidic systems
Microfluidic systems and methods including those that provide control of fluid flow are provided. Such systems and methods can be used, for example, to control pressure-driven flow based on the influence of channel geometry and the viscosity of one or more fluids inside the system. One method includes flowing a plug of a low viscosity fluid and a plug of a high viscosity fluid in a channel including a flow constriction region and a non-constriction region. In one embodiment, the low viscosity fluid flows at a first flow rate in the channel and the flow rate is not substantially affected by the flow constriction region. When the high viscosity fluid flows from the non-constriction region to the flow constriction region, the flow rates of the fluids decrease substantially, since the flow rates, in some systems, are influenced by the highest viscosity fluid flowing in the smallest cross-sectional area of the system (e.g., the flow constriction region). This causes the fluids to flow at the same flow rate at which the high viscosity fluid flows in the flow constriction region. Accordingly, by designing microfluidic systems with flow constriction regions positioned at particular locations and by choosing appropriate viscosities of fluids, a fluid can be made to speed up or slow down at different locations within the system without the use of valves and/or without external control. |
| US08222044B2 |
Test strip with flared sample receiving chamber
A test strip with a sample receiving chamber having a novel flared portion that terminates in a sample receiving opening. The flared portion provides a reservoir from which sample fluid can be drawn into the capillary or sample receiving chamber. The wider opening provided by the present invention is easier to “target” with a sample fluid. In preferred embodiments, the hydrophilic reagent layer extends to the dosing end or side of the test strip and further promotes wicking of the sample into the sample receiving chamber and thus reduces dose hesitation. In other preferred embodiments, a tapered dosing end is provided on the test strip in combination with the flared portion, and this combination create a test strip that will draw sample fluid into the sample receiving chamber regardless of where along the dosing edge of the test strip the fluid sample makes contact. |
| US08222038B2 |
Method for analyzing metal specimen
A method for analyzing a metal specimen includes an electrolysis step of electrolyzing a metal specimen containing a reference element and a target element in an electrolytic solution, a sampling step of sampling a portion of the electrolytic solution, an analysis step of analyzing the sampled electrolytic solution, a concentration ratio-calculating step of calculating the concentration ratio of the target element to the reference element in the electrolytic solution on the basis of the analysis results, and a content-calculating step of calculating the content of the target element present in the form of a solid solution by multiplying the content of the reference element in the metal specimen by the obtained concentration ratio. |
| US08222037B2 |
System and method for a local gamer network
Various embodiments of the invention provides for systems and methods for multi-participant controller systems. Specifically, some embodiments of the invention enable two or more participants to take part in a multi-participant interactive software running on a computing system. In addition, some of these embodiments allow for multi-participant interactive software, such as a dance-oriented or music-based video game, to time-shift the scoring of inputs from each participant during an activity session. |
| US08222036B2 |
Oncolytic viruses as phenotyping agents for neoplasms
The present invention provides a method of diagnosing neoplasms having a particular phenotype by using oncolytic viruses that selectively replicate in neoplasms having the particular phenotype. For example, reovirus does not replicate in normal cells. However, reovirus selectively replicate in cells with an activated ras pathway, which leads to death of these cells. Therefore, a cell which becomes neoplastic due to, at least in part, elevated ras pathway activities can be diagnosed by its susceptibility to reovirus replication. This invention can further be applied, using other oncolytic viruses, to the diagnosis and/or treatment of other tumors, such as interferon-sensitive tumors, p53-deficient tumors and Rb-deficient tumors. Kits useful in the diagnosis or treatment disclosed herein are also provided. |
| US08222035B2 |
Amylases, nucleic acids encoding them and methods for making and using them
In one aspect, the invention is directed to polypeptides having an amylase activity, polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides, and methods for making and using these polynucleotides and polypeptides. In one aspect, the polypeptides of the invention can be used as amylases, for example, alpha amylases, to catalyze the hydrolysis of starch into sugars. In one aspect, the invention provides delayed release compositions comprising an desired ingredient coated by a latex polymer coating. |
| US08222031B2 |
Three-dimensional skin model
The present invention relates to methods for cultivating dermal fibroblasts, methods for preparing in vitro dermis equivalents, methods for preparing three-dimensional in vitro skin equivalents, an in vitro dermis equivalent, a three-dimensional in vitro skin equivalent, and methods for determining the effect of a chemical substance or of an agent on human skin cells using the in vitro dermis equivalent and/or the in vitro skin equivalent. |
| US08222026B2 |
Stacked array bioreactor for conversion of syngas components to liquid products
A membrane supported bioreactor arrangement and method for anaerobic conversion of gas into liquid products including membrane modules having hollow fibers packed across a cross sectional area of the membrane module, each of the hollow fibers formed from an asymmetric membrane wall having a porous outer layer defining biopores for retaining a porous biolayer about the outer surface of the membrane wall and a less permeable hydration layer around the hollow fiber lumen; a membrane vessel for surrounding the outside of the hollow fibers with a process gas from a gas supply conduit; and a liquid supply conduit operably connected to the hollow fibers for supplying a process liquid to the hollow fiber lumens. The gas supply conduit enables the formation of a biolayer on the outer surface of the hollow fiber wall by interaction of microorganisms with the process gas and the production of a liquid product. |
| US08222023B2 |
Integrated nucleic acid assays
Integrated microfluidic cartridges for nucleic acid extraction, amplification, and detection from clinical samples are disclosed. The devices are single-entry, sanitary, and disposable. The devices enable simplex or multiplex nucleic acid target detection, as for example: assay panels for multiple infectious agents, or assay panels for cancerous cell types. Methods for use of microfluidic cartridges in a fully automated, pneumatically controlled apparatus are also disclosed. |
| US08222011B2 |
Process for producing a rubber anti-aging agent, a vulcanization accelerator or modified rubber by means of a microorganism
An object of the present invention is to provide processes for producing a rubber anti-aging agent, a vulcanization accelerator and a modified natural rubber converting glucose into benzoic acid or a benzoic acid derivative by a microorganism or extracting benzoic acid or a benzoic acid derivative from a plant, converting the obtained benzoic acid or benzoic acid derivative into aniline or an aniline derivative and then making the rubber anti-aging agent, vulcanization accelerator or modified natural rubber with the aniline or aniline derivative. |
| US08222009B2 |
Process for preparing dipeptidyl peptidase IV inhibitors and intermediates therefor
A process for production of cyclopropyl-fused pyrrolidine-based inhibitors of dipeptidyl peptidase IV is provided which employs a BOC-protected amine of the structure prepared by subjecting an acid of the structure to reduce amination by treating the acid with ammonium formate, nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide, dithiothreitol and partially purified phenylalanine dehydrogenase/formate dehydrogenase enzyme concentrate (PDH/FDH) and without isolating treating the resulting amine of the structure 2 with di-tert-butyl dicarbonate to form the BOC-protected amine. |
| US08222007B2 |
L-glutamic acid producing bacterium and a method for producing L-glutamic acid
The present invention describes an L-glutamic acid-producing bacterium which belongs to the genus Pantoea, Enterobacter, Klebsiella or Erwinia, wherein the bacterium has been modified by gene recombination to inactivate the rpoS gene. A method is also described for culturing the bacterium in a medium to cause accumulation of L-glutamic acid in the medium, and collecting L-glutamic acid from the medium. |
| US08222006B2 |
Glucoamylase variants
The invention relates to a variant of a parent fungal glucoamylase, which exhibits improved thermal stability and/or increased specific activity using saccharide substrates. |
| US08222003B2 |
Probes and methods for hepatitis C virus typing using single probe analysis
This invention provides compositions and methods for HCV typing, e.g., genotyping and/or subtyping. The compositions and methods of the invention can be used to assign an HCV isolate to one of at least five HCV genotypes (for example, selected from genotypes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6), or assign an HCV isolate to one of at least six subtypes (for example, selected from subtypes 1a/b/c, 2a/c, 2b, 3a, 4a, 5a or 6a), where the methods of the invention use only a single typing probe to make the HCV type assignment. |
| US08221997B2 |
Microorganism and method for producing carotenoid using the same
To provide a microorganism capable of producing a large amount of carotenoids, mainly astaxanthin, and to provide a method of producing carotenoids using the microorganism, a microorganism having improved carotenoid productivity is used, which is obtainable by breeding a carotenoid producing Paracoccus bacteria which is featured by producing 720 mg or more carotenoid per 1 L of culture medium. Also used is a method of producing carotenoids using the bacterium. |
| US08221994B2 |
Adhesive composition for use in an immunosensor
An adhesive composition for use in devices and methods for measuring a presence or a concentration of a particular component, such as an antigen, in a sample, such as blood, are provided. In one exemplary embodiment of an adhesive composition, the composition includes an adhesive, water, a poloxamer, and an anticoagulant. The adhesive can include particular properties, such as being hydrophilic, pressure-sensitive, heat-activated, and/or water soluble. The adhesive is particularly useful because it can help improve the flow of sample a device. For example, when the device is an immunosensor, the adhesive can help prevent the blood from clotting in chambers of the immunosensor. This results in a more efficient and accurate determination of the concentration of the sample. Methods of making the composition and device in which the composition can be used are provided, as are methods of using the same. |
| US08221991B2 |
Orphan nuclear receptor
The present invention relates to a novel human orphan nuclear receptor that binds to a cytochrome P-450 monooxygenase (CYP) promoter and that is activated by compounds that induce CYP gene expression. The invention further relates to nucleic acid sequences encoding such a receptor, to methods of making the receptor and to methods of using the receptor and nucleic acid sequences encoding same. The invention also relates to non-human animals transformed to express the human receptor and to methods of using such animals to screen compounds for drug interactions and toxicities. |
| US08221989B2 |
Identification of tissue for debridement
Provided are methods of determining whether a cell in a tissue site is viable or nonviable. Also provided are methods of debriding tissue from a tissue site. Further provided are kits comprising a compound that distinguishes between viable and nonviable cells and instructions for using the compound on a tissue site. Additionally, the use of a compound that distinguishes between viable and nonviable cells is provided, where the use is to determine whether a cell in a tissue site is viable or nonviable. Also provided is a use of a compound that distinguishes between viable and nonviable cells, where the use is for the manufacture of the above-described kit. |
| US08221985B2 |
Self-calibrating gradient dilution in a constituent assay and gradient dilution apparatus performed in a thin film sample
A method and apparatus for measuring antibody titers in a thin film sample in an automated system which does not require multiple dilutions. The system provides a simple method for creating an in-situ dilution within a sample analysis chamber without the use of any precision fluid-handling components, and further, to use the same principles to provide a wide range of sample dilutions within the chamber so as to obviate the need for additional dilution steps when dealing with samples possibly containing wide ranges of analyte concentrations. |
| US08221983B2 |
Gene products differentially expressed in cancerous cells
The present invention provides polynucleotides, as well as polypeptides encoded thereby, that are differentially expressed in cancer cells. These polynucleotides are useful in a variety of diagnostic and therapeutic methods. The present invention further provides methods of reducing growth of cancer cells. These methods are useful for treating cancer. |
| US08221979B2 |
Compositions and methods for detecting Noonan syndrome
Diagnostic and therapeutic applications for Noonan Syndrome are described. The diagnostic and therapeutic applications are based on certain mutations in a RAS-specific guanine nucleotide exchange factor gene SOS1 or its expression product. The diagnostic and therapeutic applications are also based on certain mutations in a serine/threonine protein kinase gene RAF1 or its expression product thereof. Also described are nucleotide sequences, amino acid sequences, probes, and primers related to RAF1 or SOS1, and variants thereof, as well as host cells expressing such variants. |
| US08221978B2 |
Normalization probes for comparative genome hybridization arrays
A method of selecting a set of normalization probes for use on a comparative genome hybridization array is provided. In certain embodiments, the method includes: a) selecting a first region of a genome to be evaluated by comparative genome hybridization to produce data; b) selecting a second region of the genome for normalization of the data, and c) selecting from a set of candidate probes a sub-set of normalization probes that detect the second region. |
| US08221977B2 |
Methods and compositions for detecting colon cancers
This application describes methods and compositions for detecting and treating vimentin-associated neoplasia. Differential methylation of the vimentin nucleotide sequences has been observed in vimentin-associated neoplasia such as colon neoplasia. |
| US08221972B2 |
Use of conjugates with linkers cleavable by photodissociation or fragmentation for mass spectrometry analysis of tissue sections
The invention concerns a method for determining at least one target molecule map in a tissue section, using at least one (A-X)n-B conjugate, wherein A is a tag molecule of known molecular weight, X is a linker that is cleaved during sample desorption/ionization, n is an integer of at least 1, and B is a binding molecule that binds specifically to said target molecule. When using MALDI mass spectrometry, said linker molecule X may be cleaved by photodissociation during sample laser irradiation if photocleavable at the wavelength of said MALDI laser. Alternatively, when using UV-MALDI, IR-MALDI, SIMS or DESI mass spectrometry, said linker molecule X may be cleaved by fragmentation during sample desorption/ionization. |
| US08221971B2 |
Serotype of adenovirus and uses thereof
Adenovirus serotypes differ in their natural tropism. The adenovirus serotypes 2, 4, 5 and 7 all have a natural affiliation towards lung epithelia and other respiratory tissues. In contrast, serotypes 40 and 41 have a natural affiliation towards the gastrointestinal tract. The serotypes described, differ in at least capsid proteins (penton-base, hexon), proteins responsible for cell binding (fiber protein), and proteins involved in adenovirus replication. This difference in tropism and capsid protein among serotypes has led to the many research efforts aimed at redirecting the adenovirus tropism by modification of the capsid proteins. |
| US08221963B2 |
Method for producing fine structure
A method for producing a fine structure includes: (a) forming a photosensitive film to cover a plurality of first convex portions formed in at least one surface of a substrate; (b) arranging liquid to cover the photosensitive film on the at least one surface of the substrate; (c) arranging a transparent parallel plate such that the parallel plate opposes the substrate via the liquid; (d) generating interference field by a laser beam to irradiate the interference field onto the photosensitive film via the parallel plate and the liquid; (e) removing the liquid and the parallel plate to develop the photosensitive film so as to form a photosensitive film pattern; and (f) etching the substrate using a mask of the photosensitive film pattern to form a plurality of fine convex portions smaller than the first convex portions on the at least one surface of the substrate. In the method, the liquid arranged at step (b) has a refractive index larger than 1 and equal to or smaller than a refractive index of the photosensitive film. |
| US08221960B2 |
On-press development of imaged elements
Images can be provided using a method comprising thermally imaging a negative-working imageable element to provide an imaged element with exposed regions and non-exposed regions, the exposed regions consisting essentially of coalesced core-shell particles, and developing the imaged element on-press to remove only the non-exposed regions using a lithographic printing ink, fountain solution, or both. The imageable element comprises a single thermally-sensitive imageable layer consisting essentially of an infrared radiation absorbing compound and core-shell particles that coalesce upon thermal imaging. The core of the core-shell particles is composed of a hydrophobic thermoplastic polymer, the shell of the core-shell particles is composed of a hydrophilic polymer that is covalently bonded to the core hydrophobic thermoplastic polymer, and the thermally-sensitive imageable layer comprises less than 10 weight % of free polymer. |
| US08221958B2 |
Photosensitive paste and sintered layer
Disclosed is a photosensitive paste including glass frit; organic binder; polymerizable monomer; photopolymerization initiator; and organic solvent, wherein at least a part of the polymerizable monomer contains phosphorus atom within the structure. |
| US08221956B2 |
Resist composition for immersion exposure, method of forming resist pattern, and flourine-containing polymeric compound
A resist composition for immersion exposure including: a fluorine-containing polymeric compound (F) containing a structural unit (f1) having a base dissociable group and a structural unit (f2) represented by general formula (f2-1) (wherein R represents a hydrogen atom, a lower alkyl group or a halogenated lower alkyl group; and W is a group represented by any one of general formulas (w-1) to (w-4)); a base component (A) that exhibits changed solubility in an alkali developing solution under the action of acid; and an acid generator component (B) that generates acid upon exposure. |
| US08221951B2 |
Toner compositions and methods
A toner and method for making a toner that includes an amorphous resin, a crystalline resin, and a cyanine dye. The cyanine dye improves heat cohesion without negatively effecting other desirable properties. |
| US08221946B2 |
Aminosilane urea containing hole blocking layer photoconductors
A photoconductor that includes, for example, a substrate, an optional ground plane layer, an undercoat layer thereover wherein the undercoat layer contains an aminosilane and a urea resin mixture; a photogenerating layer; and at least one charge transport layer. |
| US08221945B2 |
Pellicle frame and lithographic pellicle
A pellicle frame is provided that includes a pellicle frame bar having a cross-section with a shape that has a curved line-containing recess in at least one side edge of a quadrilateral having an upper edge and a lower edge parallel to each other and an area of no greater than 20 mm2. |
| US08221942B2 |
Pattern correction method, exposure mask, manufacturing method of exposure mask, and manufacturing method of semiconductor device
A pattern correction method includes: a correction step of performing pattern correction on a semiconductor circuit pattern having plural transistors as component elements; an order of priority recognition step of recognizing an order of priority set with respect to the plural transistors prior to the pattern correction at the correction step; and a condition adjustment step of adjusting correction conditions for the pattern correction with reference to the transistor having a high priority recognized at the order of priority recognition step in the pattern correction at the correction step. |
| US08221934B2 |
Method to enhance the durability of conductive carbon coating of PEM fuel cell bipolar plates
A fuel cell component includes an electrode support material made with nanofiber materials of Titania and ionomer. A bipolar plate stainless steel substrate and a carbon-containing layer doped with a metal selected from the group consisting of platinum, iridium, ruthenium, gold, palladium, and combinations thereof. |
| US08221933B2 |
Semi-passive type fuel cell system
A semi-passive fuel cell system is provided. A stack in which a plurality of unit cells are laterally stacked with one another is provided. Each unit cell includes a membrane-electrode assembly and bipolar plates located on both sides of the membrane-electrode assembly. The membrane-electrode assembly includes an electrolyte membrane, a cathode electrode, and an anode electrode. The cathode and anode electrodes, respectively, are formed on each side of the electrolyte membrane. Also provided are a means for supplying fuel and a means for supplying air. Each of the bipolar plates has air paths formed on a surface facing the cathode electrode and extending from an upper end to a lower end of the bipolar plate. The air supply means includes ducts which are respectively installed on an upper end and a lower end of the stack, and includes a means for blowing air through the ducts. |
| US08221927B2 |
Fuel cell system
A fuel cell system including a fuel cell body; a first portion continuously supplied with heat following start up of the fuel cell body; a second portion continuously supplied with heat following start up of the fuel cell body; and a hydrogen exhaust valve. The first portion and the second portion are directly fixed to each other with the hydrogen exhaust valve disposed therebetween. The first portion is, for example, a gas-liquid separation unit supplied with heat from exhaust gas from the fuel cell body, and the second portion is, for example, a hydrogen processing unit supplied with heat from exhaust gas from the fuel cell body. |
| US08221925B2 |
Fuel cell system for impedance measurement and scavenging processing
A fuel cell system capable of adequately controlling the water content of a fuel cell is provided. An impedance reference value is stored in a memory for an impedance comparator. The impedance reference value is a reference value that is set in order to prevent the water content in a fuel cell from decreasing too much. The impedance comparator compares a measured impedance value supplied from an impedance operation unit with the impedance reference value and performs scavenging control based on the comparison result. |
| US08221922B2 |
Non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery
A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery including: a positive electrode that contains a transition metal oxide capable of absorbing and desorbing lithium ions; a negative electrode that is capable of absorbing and desorbing lithium ions; a porous film that is interposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode; and a non-aqueous electrolyte, wherein at least one selected from inorganic oxide and polyamide is contained in the porous film, and 5 to 15 vol % of ethylene carbonate is contained in a non-aqueous solvent that is contained in the non-aqueous electrolyte. |
| US08221912B2 |
Molten salt and thermal battery
The present invention provides a molten salt containing at least two salts, and having a melting point of 350° C. or more and 430° C. or less and an electric conductivity at 500° C. of 2.2 S/cm or more. The present invention also provides a thermal battery including the molten salt as an electrolyte. |
| US08221911B2 |
Method for operating redox flow battery and redox flow battery cell stack
The invention provides an operating method of a redox flow battery capable of grasping a charging state of the battery more reliably to stabilize an output capacity of the battery. The method is for operating the redox flow battery comprising a cell stack 1 comprising a plurality of cells. A selected cell(s) in the cell stack 1, to and from which positive electrode electrolyte and negative electrode electrolyte are supplied and discharged and which is/are not normally connected to a DC/AC converter 225, is/are in the form of an auxiliary cell 2 used for measuring a charging rate of the electrolyte. Also, a stop of charge of a main cell 3 and a stop of discharge of the main cell 3 are controlled with reference to a circuit voltage obtained from the auxiliary cell 2. Since the auxiliary cell 2 is integrally incorporated in the cell stack 1, the charging state of the battery can be grasped reliably without stopping the charge/discharge operation of the main cell 3. Also, since the stop of charge of the main cell 3 and the stop of discharge of the same are controlled with reference to the measured circuit voltage, the output capacity can be stabilized. |
| US08221909B2 |
Phase-separated, epitaxial composite cap layers for electronic device applications and method of making the same
An electronic component that includes a substrate and a phase-separated layer supported on the substrate and a method of forming the same are disclosed. The phase-separated layer includes a first phase comprising lanthanum manganate (LMO) and a second phase selected from a metal oxide (MO), metal nitride (MN), a metal (Me), and combinations thereof. The phase-separated material can be an epitaxial layer and an upper surface of the phase-separated layer can include interfaces between the first phase and the second phase. The phase-separated layer can be supported on a buffer layer comprising a composition selected from the group consisting of IBAD MgO, LMO/IBAD-MgO, homoepi-IBAD MgO and LMO/homoepi-MgO. The electronic component can also include an electronically active layer supported on the phase-separated layer. The electronically active layer can be a superconducting material, a ferroelectric material, a multiferroic material, a magnetic material, a photovoltaic material, an electrical storage material, and a semiconductor material. |
| US08221904B2 |
Oxadiazole derivative and light-emitting element, light-emitting device, and electronic device in which the oxadiazole derivative is used
The object of the present invention is to provide a material that has a high excitation energy, in particular, a high triplet excitation energy. Furthermore, another object of the present invention is to provide a material than can be easily synthesized and that has low crystallinity. In addition, another object of the present invention is to provide a light-emitting element that has high luminous efficacy and high reliability by application of this material to the light-emitting element. An oxadiazole derivative represented by the General Formula (G1) given below is synthesized and applied to a light-emitting element. (R1 to R7 each represent either hydrogen or an alkyl group with from 1 to 4 carbon atoms). |
| US08221901B2 |
Material for heat resistant component
A heat resistant material, wherein one type or plural types of materials that do not generate interdiffusion with an Ni-based superalloy are coated on the Ni-based superalloy to prevent the interdiffusion of elements through the substrate/coating interface even at such high temperatures as 1100° C. or above 1100° C., is provided. |
| US08221896B2 |
Cellulose resin film and method for producing the same
There is provided a method for producing a cellulose resin film, with which the deterioration of the entire film and the occurrence of die lines can be prevented. The method for producing a cellulose resin film, including the steps of: discharging two cellulose resins A and B molten in the respective extruders in the form of an A/B/A three-layer sheet from a die upon a support by co-extrusion; and cooling and solidifying the sheet-shaped molten resin into a film, wherein the resin A, which forms a pair of outer layers of the A/B/A three-layer sheet, has a number average molecular weight smaller than that of the resin B, which forms the inner layer of the A/B/A three-layer sheet, and the resin A has a number average molecular weight of 20,000 or more and 50,000 or less, and the resin B has a number average molecular weight of 30,000 or more and 100,000 or less. |
| US08221893B2 |
Process of using sodium silicate to create fire retardant products
Wood products, specifically wood commonly used in construction including dimension lumber, pressure treated pine, composite wood materials such as plywood, particle board, and wafer board, and samples of paper and fabric were variously treated with concentrations of sodium silicate (Na2O.SiO2) also known as water glass. Cellulosic materials including dimension lumber, plywood, particle board, wafer board, paper, and fabric were treated with sodium silicate (Na2O.SiO2) in concentrations ranging from 400-0.04 g Na2O.SiO2/kg water. To overcome the disadvantages of sodium silicate, sodium silicate treated samples were further treated to convert the water soluble sodium silicate to a water insoluble form, thereby overcoming the disadvantages of water solubility and rendering the material effective for internal and external uses. Although treated sodium silicate samples are composed of the same elements in similar proportions, as the untreated sodium silicate samples, the water solubility of the treated and untreated substances is very different. |
| US08221890B2 |
Multilayer composite having a polyester layer and a protective layer
A multilayer composite which has improved adhesion between the layers, with the following layers: I. an inner layer I selected from among a fluoropolymer molding composition and a polyolefin molding composition; II. a bonding layer II which has the following composition: a) from 2 to 80 parts by weight of a polyamine-polyamide graft copolymer, b) from 0 to 85 parts by weight of a polyester, c) from 0 to 85 parts by weight of a polymer selected from among polyamides, fluoropolymers and polyolefins, where the sum of the parts by weight of a), b) and c) is 100; d) not more than 50 parts by weight of additives; III. a layer III of a polyester molding composition. |
| US08221889B2 |
Flexible substrate, method of fabricating the same, and thin film transistor using the same
A flexible substrate for a TFT includes a metal substrate having a predetermined coefficient of thermal expansion, and a buffer layer on the metal substrate, the buffer layer including a silicon oxide or a silicon nitride, wherein the predetermined coefficient of thermal expansion of the metal substrate satisfies an equation as follows, α f + 0.162 × ( 1 - v f ) E f ≤ α s ≤ α f + 0.889 × ( 1 - v f ) E f Ef representing Young's modulus of the buffer layer, vf representing Poisson's ratio of the buffer layer, αf representing a coefficient of thermal expansion of the buffer layer, and αs representing the predetermined coefficient of thermal expansion of the metal substrate. |
| US08221888B2 |
Color filter by copper and silver film and method for making same
The present invention discloses a color filter by copper and silver film, comprising: a lower copper layer; a lower silver layer formed on the lower copper layer; a medium formed on the lower silver layer; an upper copper layer formed on the medium; and an upper silver layer formed on the upper copper layer. |
| US08221887B2 |
Low loss visible-IR transmitting glass-aluminum oxynitride composites and process
This invention pertains to a composite of AlON and a germanate glass, and to a process for bonding AlON to the glass. The composite includes AlON and glass bonded together and having transmission in the visible and mid-infrared wavelength region. The process includes the step of heating them together above the softening temperature of the glass, the composite having excellent, i.e., typically in excess of about 60%, transmission in the 0.4-5 wavelength region. |
| US08221886B2 |
Aromatic polycarbonate resin composition, molded body thereof for optical use, and light diffusion film
Provided is an aromatic polycarbonate resin composition containing, with respect to 100 parts by mass of a resin mixture including 60 to 99 mass % of (A) an aromatic polycarbonate resin and 1 to 40 mass % of (B) a styrene-based resin, 1 to 30 parts by mass of a compatibilizer, the compatibilizer being formed of a block or random copolymer constituted of an aromatic vinyl monomer unit and an acrylate-based monomer unit. This aromatic polycarbonate resin composition has improved transparency and improved extrusion stability. |
| US08221881B2 |
Silicon particle, silicon particle superlattice and method for producing the same
A production method, comprising a step of synthesizing silicon particle-containing silicon oxide particles by performing a gas phase reaction of monosilane gas and oxidizing gas for oxidizing the monosilane gas and a step of removing the silicon oxide with hydrofluoric acid after holding the silicon oxide particle powder in an inert atmosphere at 800-1400° C., provides high-purity silicon nanoparticles which are highly practical as material powder for high-performance light-emitting elements and electronic parts in an industrial scale. |
| US08221878B2 |
Photocurable coating composition, film forming method, and coated article
A photocurable coating composition is provided comprising (1) porous or hollow inorganic oxide fine particles, (2) a hydrolytic condensate of a bissilane compound or a cohydrolytic condensate of a bissilane compound and another hydrolyzable organosilicon compound, and (3) a photoacid generator. Due to the presence of voids in the resin, the cured coating has a low refractive index. |
| US08221877B2 |
Foamed member, foamed member laminate, and electric or electronic device using foamed member
The present invention provides a foamed member capable of inhibiting or preventing foam breakage at the time when the foam member is peeled from a carrier tape, even when the foamed member has a high expansion ratio. The foamed member has a thermoplastic resin foam layer containing a thermoplastic resin foam formed through a step of impregnating a high-pressure inert gas into a thermoplastic resin and subsequently reducing pressure, and at least one of a thermoplastic polyester-based resin layer and a thermoplastic elastomer resin layer disposed on at least one side of the thermoplastic resin foam layer. |
| US08221875B2 |
Varnish, prepreg, and substrate thereof
A varnish includes an epoxy resin, a curing agent, an accelerator agent and fillers. The fillers include sericite powders. The sericite powders have composition of SiO2 in weight ratio of 55±3%. Furthermore, the Mohs' scale of hardness of the sericite powder is between 2 to 3. Glass fabric cloth is dipped into the varnish so as to form a prepreg with better machined-work capability. |
| US08221870B2 |
Articles comprising hydrophobic surfaces
Hydrophobic coating compositions are provided as are processes to coat articles with the compositions and coated articles. Extremely hydrophobic coatings are provided by the compositions. Durable, weatherable and scratch-resistant coatings are provided by compositions comprising a fluorinated component and non-fluorinated hardenable resin. |
| US08221867B2 |
Honeycomb structure
A honeycomb structure includes a honeycomb unit which has zeolite, inorganic binder, and cell walls extending from one end to another end along a longitudinal direction of the honeycomb unit to define cells. An amount of zeolite contained per apparent unit volume of the honeycomb unit is approximately 230 g/L or more. Mathematical formulae [1] and [2] are satisfied when a thickness of the cell walls is defined as X mm and an average pore diameter of a surface of the cell walls observed by a microscope is defined as Y μm: X+0.07≦Y≦X+0.27 [1] approximately 0.15≦X≦approximately 0.35 [2]. |
| US08221864B2 |
Toilet paper roll having angled sides
Toilet paper rolls are provided with angled sidewalls that impart a wavy shape to the paper as it is unwound from the roll. When individual sheets within the roll are folded or otherwise superimposed on each other, the resulting combination provides an effective width that is greater than the actual width of the individual sheets. As a result, toilet paper sheets can be made narrower than conventional toilet paper sheets while maintaining wiping performance. |
| US08221860B2 |
Earguard sealing system I: multi-chamber systems
Multi-chamber coatings are provided. The multi-chamber coating includes a first medium and a second medium. The first medium covers at least a first portion of the second medium so as to form first and second chambers. At least one material property of the first medium is different than the second medium. The first chamber and the second chamber share a wall. The wall is configured to apply a restorative force upon deformation of the first or second chambers. The coating is configured to be attached to an object that is configured to be inserted into an orifice. |
| US08221857B2 |
Insulating glazing element, its manufacture and use
Insulating glazing element comprising a glass pane arrangement with a first outward pointing glass pane, a second inward pointing glass pane and at least a third glass pane arranged on the inside between the glass panes, wherein the glass panes comprise surfaces arranged on the inside, a spacer assembly provided for setting a distance between the glass panes and an edge seal assembly provided for sealing gaps between the glass panes against the surroundings, wherein the glazing element is set up in such a way that the pressure in the gaps is lower compared to the exterior atmospheric pressure, wherein at least one of the surfaces arranged on the inside comprises at least one low emissivity coating layer, the condition 0.3≦(A1/A2)≦4 is met for the solar absorptions A1, A2 of the first and second glass pane, and the solar absorption of the third glass pane is A3≦0.17. |
| US08221854B2 |
Liquid crystalline medium and liquid crystal display
The present invention relates to dielectrically positive liquid-crystalline media comprising a dielectrically positive component, component A, comprising a dielectrically positive compound of the formula I in which the parameters have the meaning indicated in the specification, and optionally a second dielectrically positive component, component B, comprising one or more dielectrically positive compounds having a dielectric anisotropy of great than 3, and optionally a dielectrically neutral component, component C, and to liquid-crystal displays containing these media, especially active-matrix displays and in particular TN, IPS and FFS displays. |
| US08221850B2 |
Manufacturing method of three-dimensionally shaped object
A method of manufacturing a three-dimensionally shaped object by irradiating a metallic material with light beams, wherein the metallic material is supplied at a high density to increase the density and the strength of the three-dimensionally shaped object. The method of manufacturing a three-dimensionally shaped object comprises: an irradiation step of irradiating a metal mesh (2) formed of metal wires and a powder layer (3) formed of metal powder with light beams (L) to form a solidified layer or molten layer; and a laminating step of repeatedly performing the irradiation step for metal meshes to form a three-dimensionally shaped object. In the method, both of the metal mesh (2) and the metal powder are supplied in combination as the metallic material. Therefore, the method enables to supply the metallic material at a higher density compared to the case where metal powder is supplied alone, and enables to produce a three-dimensionally shaped object with higher dimensional accuracy, higher density and higher strength. |
| US08221848B2 |
Method for making multilayer coating film
This invention provides a multilayer coating film-forming method which comprises applying a first clear paint onto a coating object, applying onto so formed first clear coating film which is either uncured or cured by heating, a second clear paint such that its heat-cured film thickness falls within a range of 2-15 μm, and forming the second clear coating film, (a) the first clear paint and second clear paint comprising hydroxyl-containing resin as the base resin and polyisocyanate compound as the crosslinking agent, and (b) when the coating film formed by applying a paint to a cured film thickness of 40 μm and curing it by heating at 140° C. for 30 minutes is measured of its dynamic viscoelasticity at a frequency of 11 Hz, the first clear paint forming the first clear coating film having a glass transition temperature of lower than 70° C. and tanδ (=loss elastic modulus/storage elastic modulus) at 80° C. of less than 0.4, and the second clear paint forming the second clear coating film having a glass transition temperature of at least 70° C. |
| US08221841B2 |
Pre-coating burnishing of erosion coated parts
A gas turbine engine blade has a platform. A root depends from the platform and an airfoil extends from the platform. The airfoil has leading and trailing edges and pressure and suction sides. The blade has a substrate having a surface. A compressive stress exists below a first region of the surface. The first region extends over a majority of a streamwise perimeter of the airfoil at a location at a spanwise distance from the tip or more than 50% of a tip-to-platform span. A coating is on the surface including at the location. |
| US08221839B2 |
Method for applying an anti-corrosion coating on parts of a duct including the use of a silane aqueous solution and an epoxy powdery paint
A method for applying a single-layer or multi-layer anti-corrosion coating on a metallic substrate being part of a pipe or a duct accessory to be buried or submerged for conveying a fluid such as water, petroleum products, gas or sanitizing products. including a) preparing the surface of the substrate by mechanical means only; b) applying an adhesion promoter on the prepared surface comprising an aqueous solution of at least one silane without any further chemical process; C) applying a layer of an epoxy-resin powdery paint on the surface coated with the adhesion promoter; and d) applying at least one thermal process to the surface at least of the substrate, wherein at least one step d) for thermal processing is carried out between steps a) and b) or between steps b) and c). |
| US08221838B2 |
Method of making a CVD coating scheme including alumina and/or titanium-containing materials
A method of making a coated body wherein the method includes the following sequential steps. First, providing a substrate Second, applying by chemical vapor deposition a titanium carbonitride coating layer that has a thickness equal to between about 0.5 micrometers and about 25 micrometers Third, applying by chemical vapor deposition a first titanium/aluminum-containing coating layer that has a thickness between a greater than zero micrometers and about 5 micrometers. Fourth, applying by chemical vapor deposition an alumina coating layer that has a thickness between greater than zero micrometers and about 5 micrometers. The first titanium-containing coating layer and the alumina coating layer makes up a coating sequence, and the method includes applying a plurality of the coating sequences by CVD. |
| US08221837B2 |
Organometallic compounds and processes for preparation thereof
This invention relates to organometallic compounds represented by the formula LML′ wherein M is a metal or metalloid, L is a substituted or unsubstituted cyclopentadienyl group or cyclopentadienyl-like group, a substituted or unsubstituted pentadienyl group or pentadienyl-like group, or a substituted or unsubstituted pyrrolyl group or pyrrolyl-like group, and L′ is a substituted or unsubstituted pyrrolyl group or pyrrolyl-like group, a process for producing the organometallic compounds, and a method for producing a film or coating from the organometallic compounds. The organometallic compounds are useful in semiconductor applications as chemical vapor or atomic layer deposition precursors for film depositions. |
| US08221836B2 |
Method of fabricating a thermostructural composite material part, and a part obtained thereby
The method comprises: using chemical vapor infiltration to form a first continuous interphase on the fibers of a fiber structure made of refractory fibers, the interphase having a thickness of no more than 100 nanometers; impregnating the fiber structure with a consolidation composition comprising a carbon or ceramic precursor resin; forming a fiber preform that is consolidated by shaping the impregnated fiber structure and using pyrolysis to transform the resin into a discontinuous solid residue of carbon or ceramic; using chemical vapor infiltration to form a second continuous interphase layer; and densifying the preform with a refractory matrix. This preserves the capacity of the fiber structure to deform so as to enable a fiber preform to be obtained that is of complex shape, while nevertheless guaranteeing the presence of a continuous interphase between the fibers and the matrix. |
| US08221835B2 |
Method of manufacturing semiconductor device and apparatus for processing substrate
A process for producing a semiconductor device, in which in the formation of a boron doped silicon film from, for example, monosilane and boron trichloride by vacuum CVD technique, there can be produced a film excelling in inter-batch homogeneity with respect to the growth rate and concentration of a dopant element, such as boron. The process includes the step of performing the first purge through conducting at least once of while a substrate after treatment is housed in a reaction furnace, vacuuming of the reaction furnace and inert gas supply thereto and the steps of performing the second purge through conducting at least once of after carrying of the substrate after treatment out of the reaction furnace, prior to carrying of a substrate to be next treated into the reaction furnace and while at least no product substrate is housed in the reaction furnace, vacuuming of the reaction furnace and inert gas supply thereto. |
| US08221822B2 |
Medical device coating by laser cladding
Methods for making medical devices having porous coatings. Methods may comprise providing a tubing section having inner and outer surfaces and positioning a nozzle proximate to a target surface of the parent tubing section. A powder form of the porous coating may be delivered toward the tubing section, and a laser may be directed at the powder to melt the powder to form a melt pool. The melt pool can solidify to form the porous coating on the target surface. Portions of the parent tubing section may then be cut away to form the support structure of the medical device, such as a stent. |
| US08221817B2 |
Process for preparing hypoallergenic and reduced fat foods
Common allergenic foods are made hypoallergenic with super critical fluid or critical liquid gas such as super critical carbon dioxide or liquid nitrogen. The treatment of foods with liquid nitrogen or super critical carbon dioxide also enhances the functionality of fat, so that the total fat in the food can be reduced while retaining the good taste of the food. Compositions and methods for oral delivery of a medicament or vitamin are also provided. |
| US08221815B2 |
Use of erythritol and D-tagatose in zero- or low-calorie beverages
A combination of one or more non-nutritive sweeteners, a sugar alcohol and D-tagatose are included in a zero- or low-calorie beverage or food product to achieve a taste substantially similar to that of a full-calorie beverage or food product. The combination is suitable for use in zero- or low-calorie frozen carbonated beverages. |
| US08221809B2 |
Encapsulated labile compound compositions and methods of making the same
Products comprising labile compounds, such as polyunsaturated fatty acids, and having first and second encapsulants are disclosed. A first encapsulant can be a spray dried coating and the second encapsulant can be a prill coating. Methods of making the same are provided. |
| US08221801B2 |
Antiviral product
The present invention relates to a novel antiviral product, its use in the treatment of hepatitis C, and its process of manufacture. More particularly it relates to a characterized product exhibiting antiviral activity against Hepatitis C virus (HCV). In one embodiment there is provided a single herb Astragalus extract, or an active fraction thereof, for use as an antiviral in the treatment of hepatitis C. |
| US08221795B1 |
Composition of imaging nanoparticles
The invention relates to a method of managing a tumor of an animal subject comprising imaging the tumor by delivering a dosage of imaging nanoparticles to the tumor site, the imaging nanoparticles consisting of positively charged chitosan, optionally a zero-charge substance or bioactive agent, and a negatively charged substrate having gadolinium (Gd) chelated to the negatively charged substrate. |
| US08221794B2 |
Anti-angiogenic nanoparticle compositions
The present invention provides compositions comprising an anti-angiogenic factor, and a polymeric carrier. Representative examples of anti-angiogenic factors include Anti-Invasive Factor, Retinoic acids and derivatives thereof, and paclitaxel. Also provided are methods for embolizing blood vessels, and eliminating biliary, urethral, esophageal, and tracheal/bronchial obstructions. |
| US08221792B2 |
Sustained release pharmaceutical compositions for highly water soluble drugs
The present invention provides pharmaceutical compositions for controlled release of pharmaceutically active agents, especially those with a high water solubility, high dose, and/or short half-life. In addition, the present application provides methods for preparing and using such pharmaceutical compositions. |
| US08221785B2 |
Transdermal hormone delivery system: compositions and methods
A transdermal hormone delivery system (THDS) is disclosed. The THDS is useful for control of fertility and as therapy for a variety of diseases and conditions treatable by robust delivery of progestin and estrogen hormones, particularly the progestin, levonorgestrel. The THDS comprises a backing layer, an adjoining adhesive polymer matrix comprising an effective amount of at least a progestin hormone, delivery of which is enhanced by one or more skin permeation enhancing agents present in pre-determined amounts. The THDS is capable of providing effective daily doses of progestin and estrogen hormones from a small surface area in contact with the skin, e.g., less than 20 square centimeters. Methods of fertility control and various types of hormone replacement therapy utilizing the THDS are also disclosed. |
| US08221782B2 |
Flexible bone composite
The present invention relates in general to implantable flexible bone composites, and method for preparing the same. The flexible bone composite includes at least one polymeric layer and at least one calcium-containing layer. The polymeric layer can be a polymeric layer including a synthetic polymer. The calcium-containing layer can include a calcium compound such as β-Ca3(PO4)2. The flexible bone composites of the invention are useful as bone void fillers and have improved handling characteristics. |
| US08221780B2 |
Nonwoven tissue scaffold
A biocompatible meniscal repair device is disclosed. The tissue repair device includes a scaffold adapted to be placed in contact with a defect in a meniscus, the scaffold comprising a high-density, dry laid nonwoven polymeric material and a biocompatible foam. The scaffold provides increased suture pull-out strength. |
| US08221777B2 |
Structurally modified acellular tissue engineering scaffolds and methods of production
Methods are provided for producing a bioscaffold from natural tissues by oxidizing a decellularized tissue to produce a bioscaffold having pores therein. The pore size and porosity is increased to better accommodate intact cells so that live cells can better infiltrate and inhabit the bioscaffold. The bioscaffold may be freeze-dried or lyophilized, sterilized and (optionally) aseptically packaged for subsequent use. A further aspect of the present invention is a bioscaffold produced by the processes described herein. Methods of treatment using the bioscaffold as a graft or as a biomedical implant for implantation are also provided. Also provided are methods of seeding a bioscaffold with mammalian cells, wherein the seeding carried out either in vitro or in vivo, and wherein a bioscaffold produced as described herein is utilized for said seeding. |
| US08221774B2 |
Lotioned wipe product to reduce adhesion of soils or exudates to the skin
An anti-stick agent that may be incorporated into an aqueous medium to assist in the prevention of soils and bodily exudates adhering to the skin. A substrate may be utilized to assist in delivering the anti-stick agent to the skin. |
| US08221772B2 |
Pulmonary surfactant formulations and methods for promoting mucus clearance
Methods and compositions to enhance mucus clearance and to treat pulmonary lung disorders such as cystic fibrosis are disclosed. The methods utilize compositions including synthetic pulmonary surfactants having one or more phospholipids and a synthetic polypeptide, administered alone or combined with hyperosmotic agents, to patients in an amount effective to enhance mucus clearance. |
| US08221766B2 |
Use of plant extracts to prevent and/or reduce the signs of subjective discomfort and/or irritation in the topical application of cosmetic products
The present invention describes compositions and methods for treating, preventing and improving the appearance of skin, particularly, treating, preventing, ameliorating, reducing and/or eliminating skin irritation, inflammation, and/or the signs of visible or subjective discomfort, wherein the compositions include natural plant constituents that inhibit at least one cytokine. The plant extracts are preferably derived from Populus nigra, Rhinacanthus nasutus, Sapindus rarak, and Thumbergia laurifolia, and any combinations thereof. The compositions are preferably applied to the skin, or are delivered by directed means, to a site in need thereof. |
| US08221763B2 |
Yeast-antigen compositions and methods of using the same
Disclosed is a vaccine that includes a dendritic cell loaded with a yeast vehicle and antigen. Also disclosed are methods of making the vaccine and using the vaccine to elicit cellular and humoral immune responses in a mammal. Additionally, a method to elicit an immune response by administration of a yeast vehicle and an antigen that is not complexed to the yeast vehicle is disclosed. |
| US08221761B1 |
Enhancement of bactericidal activity of neisseria antigens with oligonucleotides containing CG motifs
Immunogenic compositions (e.g. vaccines) comprising: (a) an immunostimulating amount of a Neisseria antigen (preferably N. meningitidis serogroup B); and (b) an immunostimulating amount of an adjuvant composition comprising an oligonucleotide comprising at least one CG motif. Component (b) may further comprise a second adjuvant. Component (a) may be selected from a variety of antigens. Adjuvant compositions comprising an oligonucleotide having at least one CG motif, and complete Freund's adjuvant (CFA) are also provided. |
| US08221755B2 |
Monoclonal antibody against interleukin-13 receptor alpha 1 (IL-13Ralpha1)
The present invention relates generally to antibodies that bind to the Interleukin-13 receptor.alpha.1 chain (IL-13R.alpha.1) and antagonize IL-13 receptor-mediated signaling by IL-13 and/or IL-4. More particularly, the present invention provides humanized or human antibodies to mammalian and in particular IL-13R.alpha.1. These antibodies have uses in the treatment or prevention of IL-13- and/or IL-4-mediated diseases or conditions. The present invention further contemplates a method of modulating IL-13- and/or IL-4-mediated diseases or conditions by the administration of the subject antibodies. The present invention further provides an assay system useful for identifying antibodies or other agents which modulate IL-13 and/or IL-4 signaling through an IL-13 receptor complex. Accordingly, a method of screening for modulators of IL-13R.alpha.1/ligand interaction is also provided. |
| US08221752B2 |
Antibodies against human interleukin-13 and uses therefor
This application relates to antibodies, e.g., humanized antibodies, and antigen-binding fragments thereof, that bind to interleukin-13 (IL-13), in particular, human IL-13, and their uses in regulating immune responses mediated by IL-13. The antibodies disclosed herein are useful in diagnosing, preventing, and/or treating a subject, e.g., a human patient, one or more IL-13-associated disorders, e.g., respiratory disorders (e.g., asthma); atopic disorders (e.g., allergic rhinitis); inflammatory and/or autoimmune conditions of the skin (e.g., atopic dermatitis), and gastrointestinal organs (e.g., inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD)), as well as fibrotic and cancerous disorders. |
| US08221746B2 |
Antioxidant for use in cosmetic, medicated and pharmaceutical preparations
The invention provides the use a 2,2-dimethyl chroman as a SOD mimetic in a cosmetic preparation. Cosmetic preparations comprising a 2,2-dimethyl chroman as a SOD mimetic are described, as well as methods for treating or preventing free radical damage to skin cells and treating or preventing hair loss which comprise topical administration of a 2,2-dimethyl chroman as a SOD mimetic. |
| US08221745B2 |
Prolonging survival of platelets using CMP-sialic acid,UDP-galactose or both
The present invention provides modified platelets having a reduced platelet clearance and methods for reducing platelet clearance. Also provided are compositions for the preservation of platelets. The invention also provides methods for making a pharmaceutical composition containing the modified platelets and for administering the pharmaceutical composition to a mammal to mediate hemostasis. |
| US08221740B2 |
Side population cells in cardiac repair
It has been discovered that side-population cells induce cardiac tissue repair of infarcted myocardium. Provided herein are methods directed to treatment of cardiac injury using side-population cells. |
| US08221736B2 |
Semiochemical
cis-Jasmone has been discovered to be useful as a semiochemical that changes the behavior of insects and/or the physiology of plants. It has direct signalling roles with plant-feeding aphids, in attraction of aphid predators and parasitoids, and may act as an airborne signal inducing production of volatile plant semiochemicals, including the monoterpene (E)-β-ocimene, that stimulate foraging by parasitoids. It is an extremely benign compound having, to human beings, a pleasant aroma and gives a long-lasting effect after removal of the stimulus. |
| US08221733B2 |
Virucidal disinfectant
Process for utilizing the disinfectant composition as a virucidal agent. The disinfectant composition includes: (a) an amine and/or quaternary ammonium salt of the general formula: where R1 is C6-8-alkyl, R2 is benzyl or C6-18-alkyl, R3 is C1-18-alkyl or —[(CH2)2—O]nR6 where n=1-20, R4 and R5 independently of one another are C1-4-alkyl, R6 is hydrogen or unsubstituted or substituted phenyl, and A− is a monovalent anion or one equivalent of a polyvalent anion of an inorganic or organic acid; and (b) at least one alkanolamine of the general formula: where n and, if present, m and o independently of one another have the value 2 or 3, and x and y independently of one another have the value 0 or 1, or a corresponding salt; in the mass ratio of (a) to ( )b) of 20:1 to 1:20. |
| US08221731B2 |
Continuous moisturization compositions
An aqueous hair moisturizing composition is provided. The composition includes a cationic component, an oil containing about 70 percent or greater unsaturated fatty acids with chain length of C18 or greater, a phytosterol and a cellulosic polymer. Also provided is a method of imparting extended moisturization to the hair including the steps of applying to the hair in need of extended moisturization a composition including a cationic component, an oil containing about 70 percent or greater unsaturated fatty acids with chain length of C18 or greater, a phytosterol and a cellulosic polymer, and retaining the composition in contact with the hair for a time sufficient to impart extended moisturization to the hair. |
| US08221726B2 |
Sensitivity oral care compositions
An oral care composition comprising a fused silica abrasive, wherein the fused silica has a median particle size of from about 0.25 micron to about 5.0 microns. |
| US08221723B2 |
Oral care compositions with abrasive combinations
An oral care composition comprising an abrasive combination of a fused silica abrasive and other abrasive selected from the group consisting of precipitated silica, calcium carbonate, rice hull silica, silica gels, aluminas, aluminium silicates, water-insoluble phosphates including orthophosphates, polymetaphosphates, pyrophosphates, other inorganic particulates, and mixtures thereof. |
| US08221721B2 |
Polycyclo dyes and use thereof
The invention relates to a family of fluorescent compounds of Formula (I). The compounds can be chemically linked to biomolecules, such as proteins, nucleic acids, and therapeutic small molecules. The compounds can be used for imaging in a variety of medical, biological and diagnostic applications, and are particularly useful for the in vivo imaging of regions of interest within a mammal. |
| US08221717B2 |
Formulation and method for improved ion exchange in zeolites and related aluminosilicates using polymer solutions
Among other things, this disclosure provides a method for exchanging cations in an aluminosilicate. The method includes combining, in an exchange solvent and under ion exchange conditions, an ion-exchangeable aluminosilicate having a first cation associated therewith as a counter ion and a second cation source, to provide a mixture that includes the ion-exchanged aluminosilicate which includes the second cation associated therewith as a counter ion. Suitable exchange solvents include polyalkylene oxide glycols, polyalkylene oxide glycol monoethers, polyalkylene oxide glycol diethers, or any combination thereof. |
| US08221715B2 |
Carbon-nanotube n-doping material and methods of manufacture thereof
A compound containing at least two pyridinium derivatives in its molecular structure and being in a reduced form thereof may be used as a CNT n-doping material. The compound may donate electrons spontaneously to CNTs to n-dope the CNTs, while being oxidized into its stable state. An n-doped CNT that is doped with the CNT n-doping material may maintain a stable n-doped state for a long time without being dedoped even in the air and/or water. Further, the n-doped state may be easily controlled when using the CNT n-doping material. |
| US08221711B1 |
Nanosorbents and methods of use thereof
Compositions and methods for removing mercury and/or cadmium from samples containing mercury and/or cadmium or thought to contain mercury and/or cadmium are described. Selenium core-sheath compositions containing a selenium nanostructure core and a melt-resistant sheath can be used to remove mercury and/or cadmium from high-temperature environments. |
| US08221706B2 |
Apparatus for multi-staged hydroprocessing
Apparatuses for processing a hydrocarbonaceous feedstock flows are provided. In one aspect, the method includes providing two or more hydroprocessing stages disposed in sequence, each hydroprocessing stage having a hydroprocessing reaction zone with a hydrogen requirement and each stage in fluid communication with the preceding stage. A hydrogen source is provided substantially free of hydrogen from a hydrogen recycle compressor. The hydrocarbonaceous feedstock flow is separated into an portions of fresh feed for each hydroprocessing stage, and the first portion of fresh feed to the first hydroprocessing stage is heated. The heated first portion of fresh feed is supplied with hydrogen from the hydrogen source in an amount satisfying substantially all of the hydrogen requirements of the hydroprocessing stages to a first hydroprocessing zone. The unheated second portion of fresh feed is admixed with effluent from previous stage to quench the hot reactor effluent before entering a second stage. |
| US08221701B2 |
Centrifugal force-based microfluidic device for blood chemistry analysis
Provided is a microfluidic device that can automatically perform various types of biological blood analysis. In the microfluidic device, a specimen is centrifugally separated and the centrifugally separated specimen is diluted into various dilution ratios. Also, at least two reagents that are required for one reaction and that need to be separately stored are stored in separate chambers, and they are mixed when a reaction is needed. Thus, various conventional blood analyzing reagents can be used as they are or after being minimally processed in the microfluidic device. |
| US08221698B2 |
Liquid container
A liquid container includes: a liquid containing chamber that is accommodated in a pressure space and is pressurized by a pressurized fluid to be introduced into the pressure space so as to discharge a liquid stored in an inside thereof; and a liquid detection portion for detecting the liquid in the liquid containing chamber, the liquid detection portion includes: a liquid detection chamber that has a liquid inlet port communicating with the liquid containing chamber and a liquid outlet port communicating with an external liquid consuming apparatus, and a volume of which changes according to a liquid pressure between the liquid inlet port and the liquid outlet port; a detection unit that is provided on one of first and second walls opposite to each other, a distance between the first and second walls changing in accordance with the change in volume of the liquid detection chamber, for detecting a vibration wave form of the liquid; and a space forming portion that, when the volume of the liquid detection chamber is minimized, forms a predetermined space between the first and second walls. |
| US08221690B2 |
Systems and devices that utilize photolyzable nitric oxide donors
The present disclosure relates to systems and devices that utilize photolyzable nitric oxide donors. |
| US08221689B2 |
Decomposition of natural gas or methane using cold arc discharge
A cold arc discharge is used to decompose natural gas or methane into its gaseous constituents and carbon in the form of solid particles. The gaseous constituents obtained are mainly hydrogen and acetylene and they are produced in admixture with unreacted natural gas or methane. The cold arc discharge is generated by a pulsating high voltage discharge imparted through a capacitor to a high voltage electrode or a plurality of high voltage electrodes or through a high voltage electrode to a plurality of capacitor-connected electrodes placed in a reaction zone. The apparatus for performing this process may have a tubular reactor with a cylindrical ground electrode in the middle and a cylindrical outer wall through which the high voltage electrode or electrodes extend into the reaction zone. The apparatus may also have a cylindrical shaft in the middle made of dielectric material in which a plurality of electrodes are embedded, this shaft being surrounded by a high voltage tubular electrode. Natural gas or methane is passed through the reaction zone where it is subjected to the cold arc discharge or discharges and the resulting products flow out of the reactor and solid carbon particles are separated from the remaining gases that are then analysed. |
| US08221686B2 |
Particle manufacturing device
A particle manufacturing device for manufacturing a particle by mixing a plural number of fluids, thereby manufacturing a particle, being uniform in the size or particle diameter thereof, with stability comprises a mixing channel portion, which is configured to mix the plural number of fluids therein, a residence channel portion, which is connected with the mixing channel portion in series, and in which the particles manufactured in the mixing channel portion reside, a sensor mechanism, which is configured to sense at least a condition of the residence channel portion, and an agitation giving mechanism, which is configured to give an agitation to the residence channel portion, upon basis of the condition, which is detected by the sensor mechanism. |