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| US08279253B2 |
Image communicating display apparatus and image communication method thereof
An image communicating display apparatus includes: an imaging unit that picks up and processes an image signal of an object; a voice input unit that receives a voice signal of the object; an encoder that receives and encodes the image and voice signals and generates information on the object; a decoder that decodes the encoded image and voice signals and an encoded external signal; a network transceiver that transmits the encoded image and voice signals and the information on the object; a controller that controls the encoder, decoder and network transceiver, and outputs a voice guidance instruction signal based on information on a remote party received through the network transceiver; a display unit that displays the decoded image signal; and a voice output unit that outputs the decoded voice signal and outputs a voice guidance announcement based on the voice guidance instruction signal. |
| US08279242B2 |
Compensating for anticipated movement of a device
Anticipating movement of a display device and compensating for the anticipated movement. As a user performs an activity while viewing the device, the device experiences movement. The movement is compared to pattern data associated with profiles. One of the profiles is selected based on the comparison. Based at least on compensation data associated with the profile, image data for display on the device is modified to compensate for the anticipated movement. In some embodiments, the image data is shifted horizontally and/or vertically relative to a display area of the device in the opposite direction of the anticipated movement. |
| US08279241B2 |
Zooming graphical user interface
A method of presenting a hierarchically-organized collection of objects includes displaying a first-level set of first-level objects in a prominent scale; and while displaying the first-level set of first-level objects in the prominent scale, displaying one or more second-level sets of second-level objects in a diminished scale. Each second-level set of second-level objects is linked to a different first-level object. The method further includes recognizing selection of a chosen first-level object, and after recognizing selection of the chosen first-level object: displaying a second-level set of second-level objects linked to the chosen first-level object in a prominent scale; displaying a portion of the chosen first-level object in an enlarged scale; and displaying one or more third-level sets of third-level objects in a diminished scale. Each third-level set of third-level objects is linked to a different one of the second-level objects. |
| US08279238B2 |
Image display device and image display method
An image display device includes: a display part 4 that displays a video image based on an input signal; a video image adjusting part 33 for adjusting a parameter of the video image; and a region selecting part 31 for selecting a region in the video image, with respect to which an adjustment of the parameter is performed. The display part is capable of composing, based a video image in the selected region, a first video image 31a before the adjustment of the parameter and a second video image 31b to be used for the adjustment, displaying the first video image and the second video image above and below each other or side by side, and displaying either of the first video image and the second video image upside down or in a mirror-reversed manner. By operating the chroma adjusting bar 34, the hue adjusting bar 35, the luminance adjusting bar 36 of the video image adjusting part 33 (image adjustment parameter display screen), the second video image 31b is varied, and when a desired video image is obtained, the image is fixed, so that contents of the adjustment are reflected throughout the whole video image. Since the first video image or the second video image is displayed upside down or in a mirror-reversed manner, an influence of the human visual characteristics is eliminated, thereby enabling a precise image quality adjustment. |
| US08279228B2 |
Performance driven facial animation
A method of animating a digital facial model, the method including: defining a plurality of action units; calibrating each action unit of the plurality of action units via an actor's performance; capturing first facial pose data; determining a plurality of weights, each weight of the plurality of weights uniquely corresponding to the each action unit, the plurality of weights characterizing a weighted combination of the plurality of action units, the weighted combination approximating the first facial pose data; generating a weighted activation by combining the results of applying the each weight to the each action unit; applying the weighted activation to the digital facial model; and recalibrating at least one action unit of the plurality of action units using input user adjustments to the weighted activation. |
| US08279223B2 |
Image processing apparatus, image processing method and program
An image processing apparatus capable of displaying image data on a display device that has resolution lower than that of the image data, includes a processor that categorizes image data of one screen into a plurality of groups by setting two or more pixels of the image data being mutually adjacent on the screen as one group and that outputs data to be displayed time-divisionally and sequentially on one pixel of the display device respectively based on data of the pixels in each of the groups. |
| US08279221B2 |
3D graphics processor and autostereoscopic display device using the same
A stereoscopic image display device displays a stereoscopic image by generating stereoscopic image data based on 3D graphics data. The stereoscopic image display device includes a display unit for displaying an image, a driver, and a controller. The controller receives a synchronization signal, the 3D graphics data, and a user selection parameter for modifying a stereoscopic effect level, and outputs a control signal based on the synchronization signal and a stereoscopic image data signal, which is generated by combining left eye image data and right eye image data generated through performing matrix operations on the 3D graphics data and the user selection parameter, to the driver. The driver drives the display unit based on the control signal and the stereoscopic image data signal to display the stereoscopic image on the display unit. |
| US08279217B2 |
Liquid crystal display panel and driving method thereof
A liquid crystal display panel includes a sub-pixel array, a plurality of scan lines, and a plurality of data lines. The sub-pixel array has a plurality of sub-pixels arranged in array. Any two neighboring scan lines of the scan lines and a row of the sub-pixels disposed between the two neighboring scan liens are electrically connected. The sub-pixels arranged in odd rows are electrically connected to the odd-numbered data lines, and the sub-pixels arranged in even rows are electrically connected to the even-numbered data lines. Thus, the liquid crystal display panel is able to reduce mura phenomenon through the above-mentioned layout. A driving method of the above-mentioned liquid crystal display panel is also provided. |
| US08279213B2 |
Synchronized media processing
An electronic device comprises a central processing unit, a graphics processing unit, and a power control unit comprising logic to develop a predictive model of power states for a central processing unit in the electronic device, and use the predictive model to synchronize activity of a graphics processing unit in the electronic device with periods of activity in the central processing unit. Other embodiments may be described. |
| US08279210B2 |
Display apparatus and method of driving the same
In a display apparatus and a method of driving the display apparatus, data voltages, which correspond to image data, are supplied to data lines to drive a plurality of pixels arranged in pixel areas defined by a plurality of gate lines and data lines, and gate signals are sequentially supplied to gate lines. The gate signals are maintained at a level of gate on voltage such that the data voltages of the data lines are supplied to corresponding pixels during a scan period, and alternately have a first voltage level and a second voltage level in synchronization with a common voltage during a non-scan period. |
| US08279202B2 |
Methods of making and using an apparatus for providing multi-touch sensing capability using an LCD screen without an extra touch screen layer
The present invention relates to methods of making and using and apparatus for providing touch screen capability using an LCD screen without an extra touch screen layer. |
| US08279201B2 |
Touch screen panel and method of fabricating the same
A touch screen panel having an improved reflectance difference between sensing patterns. The touch screen panel includes a transparent substrate; a plurality of first sensing patterns on the transparent substrate and connected along a first direction; a first insulating layer on the first sensing patterns; and a plurality of second sensing patterns on the first insulating layer and connected along a second direction. The second sensing patterns are alternately disposed with the first sensing patterns and not overlapped with the first sensing patterns. The touch screen panel further includes a plurality of dummy patterns in at least one of first dummy regions between the first sensing patterns and second dummy regions between the second sensing patterns. |
| US08279193B1 |
Interactivity model for shared feedback on mobile devices
A system that produces a dynamic haptic effect and generates a drive signal that includes a gesture signal and a real or virtual device sensor signal. The haptic effect is modified dynamically based on both the gesture signal and the real or virtual device sensor signal such as from an accelerometer or gyroscope, or by a signal created from processing data such as still images, video or sound. The haptic effect may optionally be modified dynamically by using the gesture signal and the real or virtual device sensor signal and a physical model, or may optionally be applied concurrently to multiple devices which are connected via a communication link. The haptic effect may optionally be encoded into a data file on a first device. The data file is then communicated to a second device and the haptic effect is read from the data file and applied to the second device. |
| US08279192B2 |
Mobile communication terminal and method of selecting menu and item
A mobile terminal including a wireless communication unit configured to wirelessly communicate with at least one other terminal, a touch screen display configured to display a plurality of independent first objects and a controller configured to receive a selection signal indicating a touching of one of the first objects, control the touch screen display to distinctly display a second independent object indicating a drop point where the touched first object can be dropped and receive a dragging signal indicating the touched first object is being touched, dragged and dropped toward the second object. The mobile terminal stops displaying other non-selected first objects and executes a function indicated by the touched and dragged first object when the first object is dropped at the drop point. Further, the second object is displayed separately and independently from the first objects. |
| US08279190B2 |
Filter for removing DC signal and high frequency noise and method thereof for touch sensor
A filtering system, adapted to remove a direct current (DC) component and a high frequency noise component of a touch-sensed signal is provided. The filtering system includes: an analog to digital converter for transforming the touch-sensed signal into a discrete-time input signal; a direct current removing unit for removing direct current components of the discrete-time input signal to obtain a differentiated signal; a de-noise unit for removing noise components of the differentiated signal to obtain a de-noise signal; and a reconstructive unit for processing the de-noise signal to obtain an output signal. |
| US08279186B2 |
Interactive display system
There is disclosed an interactive display system comprising an interactive surface for displaying an image and for receiving inputs from remote devices, the system being adapted to detect the presence of at least two remote devices proximate the interactive surface. |
| US08279183B2 |
Electronic device including touch-sensitive display
An electronic device includes a base and a touch-sensitive display connected to the base and movable relative thereto. The touch-sensitive display includes a display device and a touch-sensitive input device for detecting touches on the display device. The electronic device also includes a switch actuator disposed between the touch-sensitive display and the base, switches disposed between the touch-sensitive display and the base and moveable relative to the switch actuator from a first position in which only one of the switches is located for actuation by the switch actuator, and a second position in which two of the switches are located for actuation by the switch actuator, and operational components including a processor connected to the display device and the touch-sensitive input device for controlling operation of the display device and the touch-sensitive input device. |
| US08279181B2 |
Pointing device
A pointing device includes a movement detector adapted to detect movement of an operating object, a pressure detector adapted to detect an operating pressure of the operating object, and a controller adapted to direct movement of a target object, wherein the controller controls the moving direction of the target object in accordance with the detected movement of the operating object and controls the moving speed of the target object in accordance with the operating pressure detected when the operating object is moving. |
| US08279180B2 |
Multipoint touch surface controller
A multipoint touch surface controller is disclosed herein. The controller includes an integrated circuit including output circuitry for driving a capacitive multi-touch sensor and input circuitry for reading the sensor. Also disclosed herein are various noise rejection and dynamic range enhancement techniques that permit the controller to be used with various sensors in various conditions without reconfiguring hardware. |
| US08279173B2 |
User interface for selecting a photo tag
There is disclosed a user interface for selecting a photo tag. In an embodiment, the user interface embodies a method of selecting a photo tag for a tagged photo, comprising: providing a tag entry field for entering a photo tag; in dependence upon a string entered by a user, displaying in a matching tag list any tags from one or more selected tag sources matching the entered string. The method may further comprise displaying a tag type for each tag appearing in the matching tag list. The method may further comprise allowing user selection of a tag in the matching tag list to complete the tag entry field. |
| US08279171B2 |
Voice input device
A voice input device, in which a content spoken by a user is reflected on a confirmation screen when executing the content, allows the user to confirm that a command, corresponding to the content which is spoken by the user who intended for the execution, is executed after being recognized by the voice input device. The voice input device includes a command storage section that stores a command in which one representative command name is associated with at least one paraphrased command name, a voice acquisition section that acquires voice spoken by a user, a command recognition section that refers to the command storage section and to recognize a paraphrased command name based on the voice acquired by the voice acquisition section, an execution section that executes a command corresponding to the paraphrased command name recognized by the command recognition section, and a display control section that displays the paraphrased command name recognized by the command recognition section when the execution section executes the command corresponding to the paraphrased command name. |
| US08279167B2 |
ePaper stamp
A method and apparatus are provided for stamping a piece of ePaper. A grid is positioned within a selected distance to a first side of the piece of ePaper. A grounding pin conductively connects a conductive backing plate located on a second side of the piece of ePaper. The grounding pin completes a voltage path from the grid through the piece of ePaper to the conductive backing plate. A voltage is supplied to the grid and supplying the voltage to the grid changes the appearance of the piece of ePaper to form a stamped image. |
| US08279166B2 |
Display apparatus comprising electrofluidic cells
A display apparatus is described comprising a plurality of electrofluidic chromatophore (EFC) pixel cells. Each pixel cell comprises a fluid holder for holding a polar fluid and a non-polar fluid having differing display properties. The fluid holder comprises a fluid reservoir with a geometry having a small visible area onto the polar fluid, and a channel with a geometry having a large visible area onto the polar fluid. The channel is connected to the reservoir to enable free movement of the polar fluid and non-polar fluid between the channel and the reservoir. At least part of a surface of the channel comprises a wetting property responsive to a supply voltage. The pixel cell comprises at least one further pixel cell terminal that is coupled to a further electrode to supply a direct voltage to the pixel cell. |
| US08279160B2 |
LED driving element, backlight device, and backlight device driving method
An LED driving element that can perform black line insertion display without increasing the clock frequency. LED driving element 11 has first and second shift registers 34a, 34b used for controlling the light-emitting elements on one side among the light-emitting elements arranged in two adjacent rows. In the normal mode, the first and second shift registers 34a, 34b are connected in series. In the image quality improvement mode, the first or second shift register is bypassed by short circuit line 30. In the normal mode, the light emission data are moved serially through the first and second shift registers 34a, 34b. In the image quality improvement mode, the light emission data are moved in only one shift register, that is, shift register 34a or 34b, so that black line insertion can be performed in the same rewriting time per row as in the normal mode without increasing the clock frequency. |
| US08279159B2 |
Liquid crystal backlight device and method for controlling the same
A liquid crystal backlight device and a method for controlling the same are applied to a liquid crystal display apparatus, in which a backlight module is disposed behind a liquid crystal panel to illuminate the panel. The backlight device produces stable illumination to solve the hold type problem due to the hold-type effect of liquid crystal occurred in the prior art. The control method is used to acquire a stable display time from the liquid crystal characteristics and then process the scan signal to match the display data. Controls of the backlight activation signal, including on/off, time delay, and duty cycle adjustment, are then performed to generate a pulse-width modulated signal and a brightness modulated signal so as to produce stable backlight illumination effect. A better display effect can therefore be accomplished. |
| US08279157B2 |
Liquid crystal display element, method of driving the same, and electronic paper using the same
A method of driving a liquid crystal display element that applies an AC pulse voltage to drive liquid crystal includes: when the temperature of the liquid crystal is higher than a reference temperature, generating the AC pulse voltage for high temperature having a pulse width that is shorter than a reference pulse width of a reference AC pulse voltage used at the reference temperature; and applying the generated AC pulse voltage to the liquid crystal in a period that is equal to the reference pulse width. |
| US08279151B2 |
Display device
The present invention efficiently arranges a spare TFT element in a pixel region of a liquid crystal display device. A display device includes a substrate on which TFT elements which are arranged in pixel regions each of which is surrounded by two neighboring scanning signal lines and two neighboring video signal lines are formed. The substrate arranges a first TFT element and a second TFT element in each pixel region in which the first TFT element and the second TFT element independently include a channel layer, a drain electrode and a source electrode respectively, only either one of the first TFT element and the second TFT element in each pixel region is operated when a video signal is applied to the video signal line and a scanning signal is applied to the scanning signal line, and the first TFT element and the second TFT element differ from each other in largeness or a shape of an occupied area or a channel width and a channel length of each TFT element when the substrate is viewed in a plan view. |
| US08279146B2 |
Liquid crystal display device and mobile communication terminal having the same
An LCD device is provided. The LCD device includes a liquid crystal display panel for displaying an image, a PCB (printed circuit board) where a driver circuit driving the liquid crystal display panel is formed and having an outer portion extending a predetermined length and width to provide a ground region, and a chassis where the PCB is located and electrically connected to the ground region. |
| US08279143B2 |
OLED luminance degradation compensation
A system and method are disclosed for determining a pixel capacitance. The pixel capacitance is correlated to a pixel age to determine a current correction factor used for compensating the pixel drive current to account for luminance degradation of the pixel that results from the pixel aging. |
| US08279139B2 |
Display control apparatus, and setting method and program for display control apparatus
When a first display device displays image data, a display control apparatus reserves a memory space having the first horizontal pixel number in the storage unit, and sets the frequency of a clock signal supplied to the display control unit to a first frequency. When a second display device displays image data, a display control apparatus reserves a space of the second horizontal pixel number, which is higher than the first horizontal pixel number, and sets the frequency of a clock signal supplied to the display control unit to a second frequency which is higher than the first frequency. |
| US08279138B1 |
Field sequential light source modulation for a digital display system
A digital display system consists of an image modulator and multiple light modulators. An image processing system processes an incoming data stream, scans processed data to an image modulator and controls for the light modulators. Other user inputs and sensors are used to affect the processing and controls. The timing for scanning the processed data into the image modulators is controlled along with the intensity and wavelength of the light modulators. The display system may implement a spatial and temporal image processing, digital shutter controls, rolling shutter controls, sequential color output, adaptive dynamic sensor feedback, frame rate matching, motion compensated field sequencing and a variety of other techniques to produce a high quality display output. The resulting display has improved image consistency, enhanced color gamut, higher dynamic range and is better able to portray high motion content. |
| US08279137B2 |
Wireless antenna for emitting conical radiation
An antenna described herein includes a driven patch that is configured to emit radiation in a broadside direction in response to receiving excitation current, wherein the driven patch has a first radiating edge and a second radiating edge that are approximately parallel to one another. The antenna also includes a reflector element that is configured to reflect radiation emitted from the first radiating edge in a quasi-endfire direction. The antenna can also include two director elements that are configured to direct radiation emitted from the second radiating edge of the driven patch in a quasi-endfire direction. |
| US08279135B2 |
Dielectrically-loaded antenna
A dielectrically loaded backfire helical antenna has a cylindrical ceramic core and a feed structure which passes axially through the core to a distal end face of the core where it is connected to helical conductors located on the outside of the core. Opening out on the proximal end face of the core is a cavity which is coaxial with the feed structure. A conductive balun layer encircling a portion of the core extends over the proximal end face of the core and the wall of the cavity to connect the helical elements to the feeder structure when it emerges into the cavity. The presence of the cavity and accommodating some of the length of the balun in the cavity allows a reduction in the size and weight of a dielectrically loaded backfire antenna. |
| US08279133B2 |
Antenna device
An antenna device is provided with an antenna element including a base, an inductance adjustment pattern that is formed on the upper surface and a side surface of the base and has a substantially U-shape, a capacitance adjustment pattern that is formed on the upper surface of the base and is placed to face the inductance adjustment pattern, and first to third terminal electrodes provided on the bottom surface of the base. The antenna element is installed between the first side and the second side of the ground pattern that form the two facing sides of the antenna mounting region. One end of the inductance adjustment pattern is connected to the feed line, the other end of the inductance adjustment pattern is connected to the first side of the ground pattern, and the third terminal electrode is connected to the second side of the ground pattern. |
| US08279131B2 |
Panel array
A mixed-signal, multilayer printed wiring board fabricated in a single lamination step is described. The PWB includes one or more radio frequency (RF) interconnects between different circuit layers on different circuit boards which make up the PWB. The PWB includes a number of unit cells with radiating elements and an RF cage disposed around each unit cell to isolate the unit cell. A plurality of flip-chip circuits are disposed on an external surface of the PWB and a heat sink can be disposed over the flip chip components. |
| US08279130B2 |
Microwave antenna for a level indicator
Microwave antenna for a level indicator, with an antenna cavity having a radiating aperture which can be closed with an HF-permeable disk that is fixed in position within the antenna cavity by means of a snap ring, and at least one sealing component is provided to seal the transitional area between the disk and the microwave antenna. |
| US08279126B2 |
Communication device and system including the same
A communication device is disclosed that includes an antenna apparatus including: a feeding portion, a looped antenna element connected to the feeding portion, and a resistor inserted into the looped antenna element; and a communication circuit configured to process data that is transmitted and received via the antenna apparatus. |
| US08279102B2 |
Method and apparatus for analog to digital conversion
An analog to digital converter (ADC) comprises an input node having a variable analog input voltage, first and second switched capacitor circuits, an operational amplifier, and a control circuit. The first switched capacitor circuit has first and second capacitors and is coupled to the input node, and the second switched capacitor circuit has third and fourth capacitors and is coupled to the input node. The operational amplifier is configured to be conditionally coupled to only one of the first and second switched capacitor circuits at a time and configured to conditionally provide feedback to the switched capacitor circuits via an output node. The control circuit is coupled to the first and second switched capacitor circuits for conditional coupling to the operational amplifier. |
| US08279099B2 |
Delta-sigma analogue-to-digital converters
An integrator based on an amplifier having a capacitive element connected between the input and the output of the amplifier, with a resistive element connected in series with the capacitive element. Integrators of this type can be used in feed-forward structures of delta-sigma analogue-to-digital converters in order to avoid the need for adders to combine the outputs of parallel signal paths in the feed-forward structure. |
| US08279085B2 |
Vehicle-mounted device and information distribution system
An information distribution system comprises a roadside apparatus, a center apparatus, and a vehicle-mounted device. The center apparatus transmits to a predetermined area through the roadside apparatus first distribution information including a predetermined division number for identifying a road where the roadside apparatus are installed or second distribution information including speech information, a division number, and execution condition information for executing the speech information depending on the division number included in the first distribution information and that included in the second one. The vehicle-mounted device has a DSRC unit for receiving the first or second distribution information, a storage unit for storing the first or second distribution information, a reproduction unit for executing the speech information, and a control unit for judging on the basis of the execution condition information whether or not it is possible to execute the speech information and allowing the reproduction unit to execute the speech information depending on the result of the judgment. Provision of erroneous information due to leakage of a radio wave arriving from a direction different from the moving direction of the vehicle equipped with the vehicle-mounted device is prevented, and information corresponding to the moving direction of the vehicle. |
| US08279083B2 |
Vehicle information communication method
A vehicle information communication method is provided in which at least one of host vehicle probe data and surrounding vehicle probe data is collected in a host vehicle. After collection, the data is transmitted to a carrier vehicle. The carrier vehicle then disassociates identifying information from the data before sending the data to an external communication device. |
| US08279082B2 |
Intelligent transport (IT) system using wireless communication between a roadside device and an in-vehicle device
In order to realize road-road communications, a roadside device is provided with an MS function unit and a BS function unit that have a termination function of a signal. In a case of performing road-road communications, any of plural roadside devices can function as a BS, and others as an MS. In a wireless communication system that only enables wireless communications between MS and BS, road-road communication can be performed. In order to realize vehicle-vehicle communication, an in-vehicle device has the BS function unit and the MS function unit having a termination function of the signal and performs the same operations as the road-road communication. In road-vehicle communication, any of the roadside devices can function as the BS, and other roadside devices and in-vehicle devices are operated as the MS. |
| US08279080B2 |
Systems and methods for remote utility metering and meter monitoring
A remote water meter monitoring system is provided. A mesh network-type transceiver unit is coupled to a water meter housing having a water counting mechanism inside to transmit water consumption information as well as other sensor information, such as backflow detection, water pressure, and water metrics (e.g., residual chlorine and temperature) to a central server system via a bridge device and a corresponding mesh network. Mechanical energy from the water flowing through the water meter housing is converted to electrical energy via an energy conversion unit. An electrically powered shut off valve is remote addressable via the transceiver unit. |
| US08279079B2 |
Control device for controlling the hue of light emitted from a light source
The invention relates to a control device for controlling the hue of light emitted by a light source. The control device comprises a hue selection surface capable of displaying one or more hues available for said light of said light source and interaction detection means for detecting interaction between said hue selection surface and a user of said control device in selecting said hue for said light of said light source. The control device allows the user to select the desired hue for the light source simply by interacting with the hue selection surface that displays the available hues. Consequently, the control device can be operated easily and intuitively. |
| US08279078B2 |
Communication device and light guiding members used therein
A communication device includes an enclosure including a recess member including a bottom wall and an accommodating portion, a circuit board mounted on the bottom wall, and a light guiding member received in the accommodating portion. The circuit board includes a plurality of light sources arranged in a circular array. The light guiding member includes a light guiding portion to transmit light from the light sources to an outer surface of the communication device and a light shielding portion to shield the light to the outer surface and fix the light guiding portion in the accommodating portion. The light guiding portion includes a light guiding bottom wall surrounding the light sources and a light guiding sidewall. The light guiding sidewall includes an annular end surface to indicate signal strength and a strong signal orientation received by an antenna of the communication device. |
| US08279077B1 |
Radio frequency-based proximity detection system
A detection system includes a base station and a sensor. The base station defines a detection area and is configured to transmit a detection signal at a first frequency. The base station is further configured to facilitate selective variation of the detection area. The sensor is configured to detect the detection signal and transmit a communication signal at a second frequency in response to the detection signal. Movement of the sensor between the detection area and an area outside of the detection area affects detection of the detection signal. The first frequency is less than the second frequency. |
| US08279074B2 |
Battery monitoring system, such as for use in monitoring cell site power systems
A system, apparatus, and method for generating backup power in a wireless communications system such as a wireless communications service base station includes a communications interface, a primary power interface, a generator, rectifiers, and a battery circuit. During normal operation, the communications interface is powered from the primary power interface. During a power outage, the communications interface is powered from either the generator or the battery circuit. A battery circuit monitoring circuit detects and/or predicts loose, corroded, intermittent, high resistance, arcing, open, shorted, and/or the like connections. |
| US08279073B2 |
Systems, methods, and apparatus for monitoring and controlling a wind driven machine
Embodiments of the invention can provide systems, methods, and apparatus for monitoring and controlling a wind driven machine. According to one embodiment, a system including a wind driven machine with at least one component can be provided. The system can also include at least one data collection module for collecting operating data from the at least one component and for providing the operating data to at least one data processing module. The operating data can comprise an electrical characteristic associated with the at least one component. The data processing module can receive the operating data, determine whether the operating data indicates the component is operating in an alert condition and can provide an indicator when the component is operating in an alert condition. |
| US08279071B2 |
Real-time event notification
Methods, systems, and computer-readable media provide for the real-time notification of user events. According to various embodiments described herein, a user initiates a notification process in which the geographic location of a device associated with the user, as well as any desired activity data, is generated into a real-time notification for another party. The location of the user device is determined upon the initiation of the notification process. Original or pre-programmed messages may be posted on a website or delivered along with the location of the user device to any number of communication devices. The various embodiments provide an efficient manner of updating selected individuals with the location of a user and of providing those individuals with desired information. |
| US08279070B2 |
Method for producing a security layered construction and security layered construction and identification documents containing such a construction
A method for producing a security layered construction as well as a security layered construction for an identification document (61), particularly for personal identification, having a transponder layer (20) and at least one cover layer (38, 39), the transponder layer being covered using the at least one cover layer to form a seal with the wire conductor positioned interposed, and at least one viewing side (62) of the at least one cover layer or transponder layer being provided with security printing (63). |
| US08279069B2 |
Method and apparatus for tracking objects and people
An object locating, identifying, tracking, and surveillance system, denoted the Assets Locating, Tracking, and Surveillance System (ALTSS), is provided for managing physical objects and evidence in environments such as police departments, law offices, and the Courts. ALTSS employs radio frequency identification (RFID) technology, computer programming and database applications, networking technologies, and hardware elements. ALTSS may locate and track physical evidence, merchandise, information carriers like files, folders or individual pieces of paper, and people, under certain conditions, in near-real time. It may be configured as part of a local area network, a wide area network, or the Internet. ALTSS may employ exemplary components such as RFID transponders, scanners, strategically located antennas and computers to facilitate tracking of objects and people as needed. Any number of users having access privileges and connected to the network may access ALTSS directly or remotely via the Internet to locate and track evidence or objects. |
| US08279068B2 |
Automatic surgical sponge counter and blood loss determination system
A surgical sponge detection system includes a device for automatically counting soiled surgical sponges which includes a reader which scans each sponge entered and determines sponge type from a tag affixed to each sponge and a control unit which processes data received from reader contained within sponges entered. The reader includes a non-optical scanner means which can read an indicating means on the sponges even when the indicating means is covered with blood or other body fluids. |
| US08279067B2 |
Securing, monitoring and tracking shipping containers
A method of securing a container includes inserting, into a seal device at a container, an electronic bolt; reading, by the seal device, a serial number stored in the electronic bolt; communicating, from the seal device, to a user application, insertion of the bolt; scanning, by the user via a handheld device, a barcode on the seal device representative of an identification of the seal device; communicating, from the handheld device to the user application, the identification of the seal device; inputting, by a user at the container via the handheld device, information associated with the container; communicating, from the handheld device to the user application, the information associated with the container; associating, in a database by the user application, the information associated with the container with the bolt serial number and the identification of the seal device; communicating, by the user application, a confirmation to the seal device. |
| US08279063B2 |
Personnel location and monitoring system and method for enclosed facilities
A wireless time-of-flight distance measurement device and/or a motion detector is used at each of a plurality of stations in a wireless network in an enclosed facility to accurately locate a badge-wearing person near the station. The location, badge number and time of detection are transmitted through the network and stored in a computer memory. In a health care facility, hand-washing detectors are located at some of the stations and caused to energize a hand-wash status indicator light on the badge when the wearer has washed his or her hands. The light remains “on” for only a certain length of time, but will be extinguished sooner by a monitor device near each patient when the health care worker leaves the vicinity of the patient. These events also are transmitted and stored so that a timed record of each worker's hand-washing and visits to patients is created. |
| US08279058B2 |
System, device and method for communicating over power lines
A system, method and device for communicating over a power line are provided. In one embodiment, the system includes a first device configured to communicate via broadband communications having a bandwidth greater than one megahertz, and a second device having a first port and a second port. The second port may be configured to communicate with the first device via broadband communications and the first port configured to communicate over one or more power lines with one or more remote devices via one or more of a plurality of frequency bands, and wherein each of the plurality of frequency bands has a bandwidth that is less than five hundred kilohertz. The second device may select one of the plurality of frequency bands and one of a plurality of modulations schemes based on channel conditions and/or operational parameters. The second device may be configured to transmit and receive data in a multitude of the plurality of frequency band concurrently. |
| US08279054B2 |
Method and monitoring unit for monitoring a tire pressure
A method and a monitoring unit for monitoring an air pressure in a tire of a motor vehicle register a measured value of the air pressure in the tire. The current and/or future distance of the motor vehicle relative to a service station and/or an operating situation of the motor vehicle associated with a service process is then determined. An alarm signal is only then output if the measured value does not reach a predefinable threshold value and one or both of the conditions applies: the current or future distance of the motor vehicle relative to a service station does not reach a predefinable threshold value, the registered operating situation corresponds to a predefinable operating situation. |
| US08279052B2 |
Systems and methods for haptic confirmation of commands
Systems and methods for haptic confirmation of commands are disclosed. For example a system for generating haptic effects to confirm receipt of a voice command includes a microphone; a housing configured to be contacted by a user, and an actuator in communication with the housing, the actuator configured to output a haptic effect to the housing. The system also includes a processor in communication with the microphone and the actuator, the processor configured to receive speech information from the microphone; recognize the speech information and determine a command associated with the speech information. If the speech information is recognized and the command is determined, the processor is configured to generate a first actuator signal configured to cause the actuator to output a first haptic effect, and transmit the first actuator signal to the actuator. Otherwise, the processor is configured generate a second actuator signal configured to cause the actuator to output a second haptic effect; and transmit the second actuator signal to the actuator. |
| US08279045B2 |
RFID tag chips and tags refraining from participating in a subsequent inventorying attempt and methods
RFID tags and chips for RFID tags are capable of being inventoried in one or more early attempts. These tags are capable of then refraining from participating in one or more subsequent inventorying attempts. In some embodiments refraining is performed solely by the tag, while in others it is guided by the RFID reader. In some embodiments, an inventoried indicator in the tag becomes updated upon backscattering. The updated value is used by the tag to recognize a subsequent attempt, and thus refrain from participating in it. This permits the subsequent attempt to be used more intensively for inventorying the more elusive, harder-to-read tags, especially in more demanding scenarios. |
| US08279044B2 |
Data storage device with radio frequency fingerprint scanner
A data storage device includes a storage module for storing data, a control module coupled to the storage module for detecting signals and controlling their transmission, an interface coupled to the control module for connecting the data storage device to a periphery device, a radio frequency fingerprint scanning module coupled to the control module for detecting fingerprints and transmitting fingerprint signals to the control module, and a light emitting diode (LED) indicator coupled to the control module to indicate a fingerprint scanning region on the data storage device. |
| US08279043B2 |
Portable information terminal device
An objective of the present invention is to provide a portable information terminal device capable of reducing excessive time and labor required in an authentication process. A sub-camera is started on the basis of operation to select “secret mode” by a user (FIG. 9(a)) and brought into a photographable state after completion of an initialization process, which is followed by automatically performing an authentication process (FIG. 9(b)). Therefore, it is possible to prevent troublesome photographing operation by waiting for a time course from the start of the sub-camera to reaching a photographable state, allowing reduction of excessive time and labor required in an authentication process. Moreover, a time lag generated in a period from user confirmation of a photographable state after starting the sub-camera to performing photographing operation can be reduced, where the authentication process can be carried out in a shorter period of time after starting the sub-camera, so that an amount of time required in the authentication process can be shortened. |
| US08279042B2 |
Iris scan biometrics on a payment device
The present invention discloses system and methods for biometric security using hand geometry recognition biometrics in a transponder-reader system. The biometric security system also includes a hand geometry scan sensor that detects biometric samples and a device for verifying biometric samples. In one embodiment, the biometric security system includes a transponder configured with a hand geometry scan sensor. In another embodiment, the system includes a reader configured with a hand geometry scan sensor. In yet another embodiment, the present invention discloses methods for proffering and processing hand geometry scan samples to facilitate authorization of transactions. |
| US08279041B2 |
Method of transferring energy between a first unit and a second unit
A method for transferring energy between first and second units with first and second meters and subscriptions to first and second backend platforms, as well as a first unit for supporting such energy transfer, where the backend platforms execute an authentication procedure and a switch is unbarred by a first control box upon successful execution of the authentication procedure. A second control box sends an amount of the transferred energy measured by the second meter to the first control box, energy consumption data is sent to the backend platforms, and a consumption clearing procedure is executed between the first and the second units at the backend platforms by means of the received energy consumption data. |
| US08279034B2 |
Slim type high voltage transformer
A slim-type high voltage transformer includes a case, and a transformer portion configured by mounting at least primary and secondary winding coils wound in the shape of a rectangular or elliptic track to protruding grooves formed in the interior of the case and then mounting a first copperplate core on the primary and secondary winding coils. In the transformer, the transformer portion further includes an insulating member interposed between the primary and secondary winding coils and the first copperplate core. Accordingly, a bobbin for winding a coil is not used, so that the height of the transformer can be minimized, thereby decreasing the size of products. Also, a winding is divided into two sections to be molded, so that the insulation and heat generation of the winding can be effectively controlled, thereby improving the stability of the transformer. |
| US08279031B2 |
Multi-level magnetic system for isolation of vibration
A multi-level magnetic system includes first and second magnetic structures and transitions between an attract mode and a repel mode when the first and second magnetic structures are separated by an equilibrium separation distance. The multi-level magnetic system is placed between two objects and configured to oscillate about the equilibrium separation distance in response to a vibration from a motion source. The oscillation about the equilibrium separation distance causes the multi-level magnetic system to function as a low pass filter that substantially attenuates vibrations above a cutoff frequency thereby limiting the conducting of the vibration between the two objects. |
| US08279027B2 |
Magnetic latching actuator
A magnetic latching actuator operable to control the movement of at least a first contact and second contact between a closed position in which the contacts physically engage each other and an open position in which the contacts are spaced from each other. The magnetic latching actuator includes first and second stationary permanent magnets oriented such that the first magnetic field created by the first magnet and the second magnetic field created by the second magnet are in opposite directions. An actuation coil surrounds both the first and second magnets. Current is supplied to the actuation coil in a first direction to create a first magnetic field or a second direction to create a second actuation magnetic field opposite the first actuation magnetic field. A yoke is movable relative to the first and second magnets to cause the first and second contacts to move between the open and closed positions. |
| US08279018B1 |
Trifila balun for wireless transceiver
In one embodiment, an apparatus for transmitting and receiving wireless communications is provided. A balun is coupled to an antenna. The antenna transmits and receives radio frequency signals. The balun includes a first inductor including a first set of ports coupled to the antenna. The balun includes a second inductor with a second set of ports coupled to a power amplifier through a first circuit. The power amplifier transmits a first signal to the antenna. The balun also includes a third inductor with a third set of ports coupled to a low noise amplifier through a second circuit. The low noise amplifier receives a second signal from the antenna. The second set of ports is coupled to the first circuit and the third set of ports is coupled to the second circuit. Also, the first circuit is separate from the second circuit. |
| US08279015B2 |
Frequency locking oscillator
A delay line of individually selectable delay elements can operate as an oscillator in an open loop mode to track process variation or drive a clock signal that varies with temperatures and voltages in the system. The delay line oscillator can also operate in a closed loop mode to match a frequency given by a tuner ratio and a reference clock. The delay line can also be used for measuring clock jitter or duty cycle. |
| US08279013B2 |
Power amplifier and MMIC using the same
A power amplifier includes an input terminal, an input matching circuit connected to the input terminal, an amplifying transistor having a gate connected to the input matching circuit, an output matching circuit connected to the drain of the amplifying transistor, an output terminal connected to the output matching circuit, and an inverting differentiator circuit for either inverting and then differentiating, or differentiating and then inverting, a signal from the input terminal. The output of the inverting differentiator circuit is connected to the gate. |
| US08279009B2 |
Distributed doherty amplifiers
Doherty and distributed amplifier (DA) designs are combined to achieve, wideband amplifiers with high efficiency dynamic range. A modified Doherty amplifier includes a wideband phase shifter providing first and second outputs, a main amplifier coupled to the first output, an auxiliary amplifier coupled to the second output, and a wideband combining network combining the outputs in phase. A multi-stage DA has a main output and a termination port, and a phase delay module and transforming network allowing power at the termination port to be combined in phase with power at the main output. In one combination, one or more stages of the DA may comprise a Doherty amplifier. In another combination, a modified series-type Doherty amplifying system is achieved by cascading main and auxiliary DAs. In any combination, Doherty topology may include a bias control module. |
| US08279007B2 |
Switch for use in a programmable gain amplifier
A switch circuit is provided. The switch circuit may include a first transistor having a source terminal to accept an input signal, a drain terminal to provide an output signal, and a gate; a power supply providing a gate voltage. The switch circuit may also include a circuit to couple a switch signal to the gate, wherein the circuit turns the first transistor ‘off’ for all values of the input signal when the switch signal is ‘low.’ A programmable gain amplifier (PGA) is also provided. The PGA may include an input stage having an input node to couple an input signal, and an output node to provide a gate signal, at least a first gain stage including a resistor and a switch circuit as above. A differential gain amplifier may be included to provide an output signal from the gain signal. |
| US08279006B2 |
Low noise amplifier
An embodiment of an LNA includes a voltage input, a voltage output, an input transistor connected as a source follower with a current source at the drain and source nodes of the input transistor, an input resistor connected between the source follower source node and signal ground, a gain boosting transistor with the gate connected to the input transistor drain node, wherein the source node is connected to ground and the drain node is connected through a load resistor to the input transistor source node. Such an LNA provides substantial improvement in power efficiency by adapting an output stage of the LNA to reuse the supply current of the input transistors to the LNA through a load resistor. |
| US08279005B2 |
Amplifier circuit
There is provided a method and apparatus for maintaining a bias current that flows through two transistors at a target level. The two transistors are both connected to form a series network between positive and negative voltage supply terminals. The bias current flows through the two transistors when the circuit is at equilibrium, and the threshold voltage of the transistors is controlled by controlling the voltage that is applied to the transistors bulk terminals. In addition to the two transistors, there is provided a control circuit that measures a circuit parameter that is indicative of the level of bias current flowing through the two transistors. In response to the measured parameter, the control circuit adjusts the bulk voltage levels of the two transistors so as to alter the transistors threshold voltages and maintain the level of bias current at a target level. |
| US08279004B2 |
System for driver amplifier
In an embodiment, a circuit includes a two-stage amplifier and a feedback component. The two stage amplifier consists of an input stage biased at a first power supply voltage, and an output stage biased at a second power supply voltage. The second power supply voltage is greater than the first power supply voltage, and the second stage is configured for high voltage operation. The feedback component is connected between the output stage to the input stage. |
| US08279003B2 |
Differential RF amplifier
An RF amplifier including first and second branches coupled in parallel between first and second supply voltage terminals, and a differential pair including first and second transistors each having first and second main current terminals, the second main current terminal of the first transistor being coupled by a first capacitor to the first main current terminal of the second transistor, and the second main current terminal of the second transistor being coupled by a second capacitor to the first main current terminal of the first transistor, wherein the first branch includes a first resistor coupled between the first main current terminal of the first transistor and the second capacitor, and the second branch includes a second resistor; coupled between the first main current terminal of the second transistor and the first capacitor. |
| US08278995B1 |
Bandgap in CMOS DGO process
Bandgap voltage reference circuitry capable of operating at very low power supply voltages. The current source for driving the core bandgap voltage reference is implemented with insulated gate field effect transistors having low threshold voltages. Voltage clamp circuitry protects the transistors from power supply voltage variations rising above a predetermined clamp voltage. An output amplifier with output biasing circuitry having a circuit structure similar to that of the core bandgap voltage reference ensures that the bandgap reaches the intended steady state of operation. |
| US08278993B2 |
Clock distribution network
Some embodiments include apparatus and methods having a clock path with a combination of current-mode logic (CML) based and complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) components. |
| US08278987B2 |
Duty cycle based phase interpolators and methods for use
Duty cycle based phase interpolators, and methods for implementing duty cycle based phase interpolators are disclosed. One such phase interpolator includes a first pulse width modulator configured to generate a first duty cycle signal, and a second pulse width modulator configured to generate a second duty cycle signal. The phase interpolator further includes a logic unit configured to merge the first duty cycle signal and the second duty cycle signal to produce a periodic digital signal with a controllable phase depending on the first and second duty cycle signals. |
| US08278983B2 |
PLL circuit
A phase locked loop (PLL) circuit including a phase comparator for comparing a phase of a reference signal with a phase of a feedback signal, an oscillator for outputting an output signal at a frequency in accordance with an output of the phase comparator, a feedback loop for returning the output signal of the oscillator and supplying the output signal as the feedback signal, and a delay circuit for delaying the phase of the output signal output from the oscillator to a load circuit, wherein the delay circuit is provided outside the feedback loop. |
| US08278982B2 |
Low noise fractional divider using a multiphase oscillator
A frequency synthesis circuit is disclosed. The circuit includes a phase-locked loop and multi-phase oscillator such as a rotary traveling wave oscillator (RTWO). The oscillator provides a plurality of phases that are applied to a selection circuit. The selection circuit, in response to the output of a delta-sigma modulator, selects one of the phases of the multi-phase oscillator to minimize phase shift noise when the divider ratio in the loop changes, thereby eliminating a source of noise that contaminates the synthesized frequency. This permits the use of the frequency synthesis in applications requiring a high degree of spectral purity. |
| US08278978B1 |
Programmable voltage regulator
A circuit in accordance with one embodiment of the invention can include a variable voltage generator that is coupled to receive an input voltage. Furthermore, the circuit can include a non-volatile memory that is coupled to the variable voltage generator. The non-volatile memory can be coupled to receive programming for controlling an output voltage of the variable voltage generator. |
| US08278977B2 |
Refresh operation during low power mode configuration
A target circuit of an electronic device is placed in a suspended mode by disconnecting the target circuit from one or more voltage sources. A refresh controller periodically initiates a refresh operation during the suspended mode by temporarily reconnecting the target circuit to the one or more voltage sources for a duration sufficient to recharge capacitances of the target circuit. The refresh controller terminates the refresh operation by disconnecting the target circuit from the one or more voltage sources, thereby continuing the suspended mode of the electronic device. The refresh controller can employ a Very Low Frequency Oscillator (VLFO) to time the frequency of refresh operations. The VLFO manages the refresh initialization timing based on the voltage across a capacitor that is selectively charged or discharged so as to implement the refresh operation. The refresh controller further can employ a counter to time the duration of the refresh operation. |
| US08278962B2 |
Transfer circuit, transmitter, receiver and test apparatus
There is provided a transfer circuit including a transmitter that outputs a transmission signal and a receiver that receives the transmission signal. Here, the receiver supplies to the transmitter a feedback signal for controlling a common level of the transmission signal output from the transmitter, and the transmitter controls the common level of the transmission signal output therefrom, in accordance with the feedback signal received from the receiver. The receiver includes a receiving section that operates in accordance with the transmission signal, a reference level generating section that generates a reference level representing an expected level for the common level of the transmission signal input into the receiving section, and a comparing section that compares the common level of the transmission signal input into the receiving section against the reference level and generates the feedback signal in accordance with a result of the comparison. |
| US08278961B2 |
Test apparatus and test method
Provided is a test apparatus for testing a device under test, including: a level comparing section that receives a signal under test output from the device under test and outputs a logical value, the logical value indicating a comparison result obtained by comparing a signal level of the signal under test with preset first threshold and second threshold; an acquiring section that acquires the logical value output from the level comparing section, according to a strobe signal supplied thereto; an expected value comparing circuit that determines whether the logical value acquired by the acquiring section corresponds to a preset expected value; and a threshold control section that sets an upper limit and a lower limit of a voltage of the eye mask to the level comparing section as the first threshold and the second threshold, when an eye mask test is performed for determining whether an eye opening of the signal under test is larger than a predefined eye mask. |
| US08278959B2 |
Method and system for measuring laser induced phenomena changes in a semiconductor device
A method and system for measuring laser induced phenomena changes of at least one of a resistance, a capacitance and an inductance in a semiconductor device. The method comprises applying a biasing voltage from an emitter-follower circuit to a device under test (DUT); inducing said changes in the DUT; and measuring a voltage change in a collector portion of the emitter-follower circuit as a measure for said changes. |
| US08278956B2 |
Probecard system and method
A microelectronic contactor assembly can include a probe head having microelectronic contactors for contacting terminals of semiconductor devices to test the semiconductor devices. A stiffener assembly can provide mechanical support to microelectronic contactors and for connecting a probe card assembly to a prober machine. A stiffener assembly may include first and second stiffener bodies that are connected together at their central portions with adjustment mechanisms such as three differential screw mechanisms. A probe head may be attached to a first stiffener body at locations outside its central portion, while a prober machine may be attached to a second stiffener body at locations outside its central portion. The first and second stiffener bodies may have different coefficients of thermal expansion. The stiffener assembly allows for differential thermal expansion of various components of the microelectronic contactor assembly while minimizing accompanying dimensional distortion that could interfere with contacting the terminals of semiconductor devices. The adjustment mechanisms allow for quick, sensitive adjustment of the positions of microelectronic contactors relative to semiconductor devices to be tested. |
| US08278954B2 |
Electrically modulatable extended light source and a measurement device for characterizing a semiconductor including one such source
A light source for injecting excess carriers into a semiconductor wafer, fully illuminating a surface of the wafer. According to the disclosed embodiments, the source includes at least one set of point sources which are spaced apart at regular intervals along the X and Y axes, such that the source emits a monochromatic beam of a size that is at least equal to that of the semiconductor wafer surface to be illuminated. Each of the point sources is sinusoidally modulated by a common electrical modulator, the distance between two point sources and the distance between the source and the semiconductor wafer surface to be illuminated being selected such that the monochromatic light beam uniformly illuminates the surface. |
| US08278951B2 |
Probe station for testing semiconductor substrates and comprising EMI shielding
A probe station for testing semiconductor substrates, i.e., wafers and other electronic semiconductor elements, suitable for carrying out low-current and low-voltage measurement, comprises a shielding with which the electromagnetic influence (EMI) of the measurement of the semiconductor substrate can be minimized, and also comprises devices for the preparation of test signals. In addition, the housing of the probe station can offer a different possibility for the accessibility of individual components or component groups of the probe station. |
| US08278948B2 |
Mechanisms for detecting tampering of an electronic device
An electronic device has a chassis, and a printed wiring board (PWB) having a hole. A fastener is installed in the hole thereby securing the PWB to the chassis. A pair of conductive traces is formed in the PWB. A cap, being an amount of conductive glue, covers a part of the fastener and fills an electrically insulating gap between the two traces, to thereby form a conductive path that connects the two traces. A sensing circuit is coupled to the traces, to detect a change in impedance of the path and signal a tamper event alert. Other embodiments are also described and claimed. |
| US08278931B2 |
Anisotropy orientation image from resistivity measurements for geosteering and formation evaluation
A method for providing an image of a formation surrounding a wellbore, includes: obtaining an apparent conductivity curve from main components of resistivity measurements of the formation; performing fitting for cross-components of the resistivity measurements; calculating scaling factors from the cross-component data; scaling apparent conductivity data by the calculated scaling factors; and plotting the scaled conductivity data to provide the image of the anisotropic formation. A system and a computer program product are disclosed. |
| US08278929B2 |
Determining orientation for seafloor electromagnetic receivers
Apparatus and method for estimating the 3D orientation angles for remotely deployed devices with flexible arms such as dipole antennas of receivers used in marine controlled-source electromagnetic surveys to explore for hydrocarbons. Acoustic transponders or transducers, or other positioning sensors such as attitude sensors or strain-sensitive fiber optic cables are placed on each electrode arm of the receiver. Acoustic sensors (101) on the receiver frame (94) work in conjunction with the positioning sensor(s) (101) on the electrode arms (92) to provide accurate 3D spatial position of the receiver electrodes (93) relative to the receiver frame. Alternatively, sonar transducers mounted on the frame are used to image the electrode arms, which image can be enhanced by fixing reflectors to the arms. An attitude sensor is mounted on the receiver frame, enabling conversion of the relative electrode positions to an earth reference frame. |
| US08278927B2 |
System and method for controlling current in gradient coil of magnetic resonance imaging system
In one embodiment, a multilevel inverter for generating an AC output voltage, having at least seven potential levels, from a DC voltage source such that the generated AC voltage produces a current in a gradient coil of a magnetic resonance imaging system is provided. The multilevel inverter comprises an input voltage supply device configured for providing a divided DC voltage, at least eight switching arms for deriving the AC output voltages from the divided DC voltages, each of the switching arms comprising an input terminal receiving the divided DC voltage, a switching device controlling the AC output voltage and an output terminal providing the AC output voltage, at least four diodes, each of the four diodes connected to a single pair of switching arms, the four diodes forming a full bridge having positive and negative nodes, one of the nodes connected to the input voltage supply device and another node connected to the input terminals of the switching arms and a controller coupled to the input voltage supply device and the four diodes, the controller configured for producing plurality of control signals for controlling the AC output voltage. |
| US08278923B2 |
Downhole orientation sensing with nuclear spin gyroscope
Downhole orientation sensing with a nuclear spin gyroscope. A downhole orientation sensing system for use in conjunction with a subterranean well can include a downhole instrument assembly positioned in the well, the instrument assembly including an atomic comagnetometer, and at least one optical waveguide which transmits light between the atomic comagnetometer and a remote location. A method of sensing orientation of an instrument assembly in a subterranean well can include incorporating an atomic comagnetometer into the instrument assembly, and installing the instrument assembly in the well. |
| US08278919B2 |
MEMS oscillating magnetic sensor and method of making
A microelectromechanical system (MEMS) device for sensing a magnetic field comprising: a base; a cantilever attached to the base structure at a first end and movable at a second end, the second end oscillating at a predetermined frequency upon application of a current; a magnetic sensor attached to the movable second end; at least one flux concentrator mounted on the base adapted to transfer magnetic flux to the sensor; whereby when the current is applied, the oscillation of the cantilever causes the sensor to oscillate between the lines of flux transferred from the at least one flux concentrator resulting in the shift of the frequency of the sensed magnetic field to the predetermined frequency. The invention further comprises a method of making the MEMS device. |
| US08278918B2 |
Method for operating of a metal detection system and metal detection system
A method for operating of a metal detection system may comprise a balanced coil system with a transmitter coil that is connected to a transmitter unit, which generates transmitter signals having a transmitter frequency that is selected from a group of at least two transmitter frequencies, and with a first and a second receiver coil that provide output signals to a signal input of at least one amplifier unit included in a receiver unit, wherein the output signals compensate each other so that the system is in balance. A system adapted to operate according to an exemplary method is also provided. In an exemplary embodiment, a control unit generates a control signal according to the transmitter frequency of the transmitter unit and that is provided to the control input of at least one controllable impedance unit, which is coupled to the signal input of the at least one amplifier unit, wherein the control signal is adapted to control the impedance value of the at least one controllable impedance unit in such a way that the impedance value is increased or lowered when the transmitter frequency is increased or lowered. |
| US08278907B2 |
Particulate matter detection device and method for manufacturing the same
A particulate matter detection device including a detection device main body which has one end provided with a through hole a pair of electrodes embedded in a wall through which the through hole is formed, and covered with a dielectric material; wires extending from the electrodes to the other end of the main body; and a ground electrode provided at a position sandwiched between the wires. The device can electrically adsorb, on the wall surface of the through hole, a charged particle in a fluid flowing into the through hole, or a particle charged by electric discharge caused in the through hole by applying a voltage across the pair of electrodes. The device can measure the changes of the electric properties of the wall through which the through hole is formed, thereby detecting particles adsorbed on the wall surface of the through hole. |
| US08278906B2 |
Apparatus for simulating thermal conductivity and electrical resistance of diamonds and their substitutes
The invention relates to substitutes of real gems for the purpose of calibrating of commercial diamond testers and for verification of their correct operation. Suggested apparatus consists of a set of objects, which are made of cheap materials like brass, stainless steel, and electrically conductive rubber, and which exhibit combination of thermal and electric conductivities typical for diamonds and their popular imitations like moissanites, cubic zirconia, and others. |
| US08278899B2 |
Digital slope compensation for current mode control
A digital slope compensation apparatus and method for a switched-mode power supply use a sensor for sensing and generating an analog inductor current (iL) of the switched-mode power supply, a comparator (2) for generating a trigger signal according to a comparison of an analog current threshold level and the analog inductor current (iL), and a pulse width modulator (PWM) for controlling the operation of a switched-mode power supply, wherein the pulse width modulator (PWM) is arranged to be triggered by the trigger signal of the comparator. A first analog to digital converter is arranged for converting an analog output voltage (Vout) of the switched-mode power supply into a digital output voltage, means are arranged for transforming the digital output voltage into a digital current threshold level (icmp) and a digital to analog converter is arranged for generating the analog current threshold level according to the digital current threshold level (icmp). |
| US08278896B2 |
Switching power supply device
A switching power supply device has a synchronized rectifying element that turns on and off complementarily with a main oscillation element that is connected in series with an input power supply, and a parasitic diode that is connected to the two ends of the synchronized rectifying element in a direction enabling current supply toward a smoothing circuit. The device has a control circuit that generates a control pulse according to which a time delay is set for turning on the main oscillation element after a certain period of time elapses after the synchronized rectifying element is turned off, and that drives the main oscillation element and the synchronized rectifying element. An auxiliary rectification circuit has a series circuit formed by an auxiliary switch element and an auxiliary capacitor driven by the control circuit (PW2) and which is provided between the two ends of the parasitic diode. |
| US08278895B2 |
Efficiency measuring circuit for DC-DC converter which calculates internal resistance of switching inductor based on duty cycle
An efficiency measuring circuit may measure the efficiency of a DC-DC converter having a switching inductor with an internal DC resistance and a plurality of electronic switches that control current through the inductor. A duty cycle circuit may measure the duty cycle of current flowing through one of the electronic switches. A current sense circuit may measure the current flowing through one of the electronic switches. An inductor voltage sensor circuit may measure the voltage across the inductor. A computation circuit may compute the internal DC resistance of the switching inductor based in part on the duty cycle measured by the duty cycle circuit and the current measured by the current sense circuit. The computation circuit may also compute the efficiency of the DC-DC converter. |
| US08278892B2 |
Converter comprising at least one normally on semiconductor switch
A converter for converting a DC input voltage includes two input lines receiving the DC input voltage; at least one normally off semiconductor switch which is not conductive without application of a control voltage to its gate and which is provided in one of the input lines. The converter also includes electric circuitry connected between the input lines and including at least one normally on semiconductor switch which is conductive without application of a control voltage to its gate; and a controller. In operation of the converter, the controller operates the at least one normally on semiconductor switch of the electric circuitry by temporarily applying a first control voltage to its gate; and permanently applies a second control voltage to the gate of the at least one normally off semiconductor switch in the one input line. Any normally on semiconductor switch of the electric circuitry is spatially separated and thus thermally isolated from any normally off semiconductor switch. |
| US08278891B2 |
Feedback voltage stabilizing apparatus, method, and power conversion system
Feedback voltage stabilizing apparatus, method, and power conversion system are disclosed. The apparatus includes a first switching unit, a second switching unit, and a conduction control unit. In which, the first switching unit is coupled to a feedback circuit for controlling whether a feedback signal is transmitted from a first end to a second end. The second switching unit is for avoiding voltage vibrations which caused by the feedback signal occurring at the second end. By capturing a detection signal, the conduction control unit can determine whether to simultaneously turn on the first switching unit and the second switching unit, in order to eliminate the voltage vibrations, or not. |
| US08278883B2 |
Load angle measurement and pole slip detection
Apparatus for measuring load angle in a synchronous generator is disclosed. The synchronous generator is of a type comprising a main machine, an exciter for exciting the main machine, and a permanent magnet machine for exciting the exciter. The apparatus comprises means for sensing a waveform produced by the permanent magnet machine, means for sensing a waveform produced by the main machine, and means (20) for comparing the waveform produced by the permanent magnet machine with the waveform produced by the main machine to produce a measure of load angle. The measure of load angle may be used to provide a warning of potential pole slip. |
| US08278882B2 |
Charging monitor
A charging monitor has a switch disposed between a load section having a storage battery and an external AC power supply supplying a current to the load section via a plurality of lines and interrupts the supply of the current from the external AC power supply to the load section; a current detection circuit; a suppression circuit that suppresses a DC component contained in the detection signal; a filter circuit that filters a plurality of frequency components contained in the detection signal so that attenuation increases as a frequency becomes high; a rectifier smoothing circuit that rectifies and smoothens an output signal; and an electric leakage determination circuit that detects an electric leakage and shuts off the switch. |
| US08278880B2 |
Portable electronic apparatus
To provide a structure to dissipate heat from an internal heating component efficiently for a miniaturized, thin portable electronic apparatus. The portable electronic apparatus comprises a housing 1, a circuit board 7 accommodated in the housing and mounted with an electronic component on a surface on one side of the circuit board, a thermally conductive member 6 arranged opposite to the surface on one side of the circuit board and having thermal conductive property, and a battery accommodated in a battery chamber 8 formed in the housing. The thermally conductive member 6 forms at least a part of the battery chamber 8. |
| US08278878B2 |
Voltage detection apparatus
A voltage detection apparatus includes: a battery including a plurality of unit cells mutually connected in series; a plurality of blocks, each block including at least one of the plurality of unit cells; a plurality of voltage detectors, each detector connected to respective one of the blocks, and detecting a voltage between both ends of the unit cell in the one of the blocks; a plurality of reference power sources, each source connected to respective one of the voltage detectors, and at least one of the reference power sources having higher accuracy than the other reference power sources; and a correcting unit which corrects a detection result of the voltage detector which is connected to the other reference power source on the basis of a detection result of the voltage detector which is connected to the reference power source with the higher accuracy. |
| US08278870B2 |
Battery pack authentication for a mobile communication device
Various embodiments are described herein for a mobile communication device that authenticates a smart battery prior to use. The mobile device includes a main processor and a device memory. The device memory stores first and second portions of security information used for authentication. The smart battery includes a battery processor and a battery memory. The battery memory stores a third portion of security information used for authentication. The main processor sends an authentication request including the first portion of security information to the battery processor, and the battery processor generates a response based on the first and third portions of security information and sends the generated response to the main processor. The smart battery is authenticated if the generated response matches the second portion of security information. |
| US08278869B2 |
Battery system and battery pack
To provide a battery system that can detect connecting locations of a plurality of battery packs with a simple structure, the battery system includes a plurality of terminal blocks 21 to 24 to which the plurality of battery packs 11 to 14 are connected. Each battery pack includes a first battery power supply terminal 15, a second battery power supply terminal 18, and a battery ID terminal 17. A power supply voltage is applied between the first and second battery power supply terminals 15, 18, and the battery ID terminal 17 divides the power supply voltage into a first voltage to be applied between the first battery power supply terminal 15 and the battery ID terminal 17, and a second voltage to be applied between the second battery power supply terminal 18 and the battery ID terminal 17, when the battery pack is connected to the terminal block. A voltage dividing ratio of the first voltage or the second voltage with respect to the power supply voltage is made to be different among the plurality of battery packs depending on the terminal blocks, and the control circuit 2 detects the voltage dividing ratio and determines the terminal blocks to which the battery packs are connected. |
| US08278859B2 |
Electric motor drive device, control method of electric motor drive device, and electrically driven device
An electric motor drive device has an inverter adjusting the voltage applied to an AC electric motor so as to drive the AC electric motor, a capacitor which is charged by a current supplied from a DC power supply supplying DC voltage between a neutral point at which a plurality of coils of the AC electric motor are connected and a positive rail or negative rail of an inverter and passing through the inverter, and a control circuit controlling the inverter so that the AC electric motor turns at a designated speed. Further, the control circuit selectively uses field weakening control and voltage boosting control for control of the inverter according to the conditions of the induced voltage generated at the AC electric motor, DC power supply, and voltage of the capacitor. |
| US08278857B2 |
Motor control device and controller thereof
A motor control device is electrically connected with a motor. The motor control device includes a controller and a driving circuit. The controller has a default value of time and generates a first driving signal and a second driving signal. The driving circuit includes a first switching element and a second switching element, the first switching element and the second switching element receive the first driving signal and the second driving signal respectively, and the first switching element and the second switching element are switched on or switched off alternately according to the first driving signal and the second driving signal respectively, so as to drive the motor to operate. The controller switches off the first switching element by the first driving signal the default value of time before the controller switches on the second switching element by the second driving signal, and the controller switches off the second switching element by the second driving signal the default value of time before the controller switches on the first switching element by the first driving signal. |
| US08278854B2 |
Control device for electric rotating machine
A control device has a unit for selecting each of controlled voltages outputted from an inverter to a generator, a unit for judging a polarity of a current flowing through the generator, a unit for predicting a current of the generator from each selected voltage to be outputted from the inverter in the succeeding period, while performing the prediction based on the current polarity each time the selected voltage differs from the voltage already outputted from the inverter in the present period, a unit for determining one voltage corresponding to one predicted current nearest to an instructed current among the predicted currents, and a unit for controlling the generator by controlling the inverter to change the voltage already outputted from the inverter to the determined voltage and to apply the determined voltage to the generator in the succeeding period. |
| US08278853B2 |
Brushless motor control apparatus, brushless motor and control method of brushless motor
A power supply control device turns off energization of coils from a power supply device when a rotational speed of a motor reaches 500 rpm. After elapsing of one electrical cycle from the time of starting the turning off of the energization, a comparator of a correction device outputs a comparator signal, which is obtained by comparing a voltage of a neutral point of the coils and an induced voltage of the coil. An EX-OR circuit outputs an EX-OR signal, which is an exclusive OR value of the comparator signal and an output signal of a Hall sensor. A sensing unit obtains an electrical angle of a period, during which the EX-OR signal is in a H-level. A difference between the obtained electrical angle and a standard electrical angle of 30 degrees is stored as a correction data value. Thereafter, energization of the coils is restarted. |
| US08278852B2 |
Motor driving circuit
A motor-driving-circuit comprising: a first to-fourth-transistors; a drive-control-circuit to control a energization-state of a motor coil so as to be a driving-state where either one group of groups of the first-and-fourth-transistors and the second-and-third-transistors is on and the other group is off, or so as to be a regeneration-state where the first-and-third-transistors are off and the second-and-fourth-transistors are on; a set-current-detection-circuit; an overcurrent-detection-circuit; and an overcurrent-protection-circuit to output a regeneration-instruction-signal for shifting the energization-state to the regeneration-state if an overcurrent-state does not occur and output a drive-stop-signal for stopping driving the coil if the overcurrent-state occurs, when a current amount flowing through the coil has reached a set-level in the driving-state, the drive-control-circuit shifting the energization-state to the regeneration-state to be maintained for a predetermined time period and thereafter returning the energization-state to the driving-state when the regeneration-instruction-signal is output, and turning off the first-to-fourth-transistors when the drive-stop-signal is output. |
| US08278847B2 |
LED mixture control device and controlling method thereof
A light source mixture control device for controlling a light source emitting different spectrums is provided. A coordination conversion unit receives and converts a hue signal and a luminance signal into a first to a third undecoupled color light component. A first color light component decoupling control unit decouples a first color light component from the first to the third undecoupled color light component. A second color light component decoupling control unit decouples the first undecoupled color light component into a first decoupled color light component. A third color light component decoupling control unit decouples the second undecoupled color light component into a second decoupled color light component. A fourth color light component decoupling control unit decouples the third undecoupled color light component into a third decoupled color light component. The first to the third decoupled color light component respectively control the light source. |
| US08278846B2 |
Systems and methods for calibrating solid state lighting panels
Methods of calibrating a lighting panel including a plurality of segments, each of said segments configured to emit a first color light and a second color light in response to pulse width modulation control signals having respective duty cycles include determining an average segment luminance for the lighting panel, determining a luminance variation of each segment to the average segment luminance, comparing the luminance variation of each segment to a threshold, and adjusting the duty cycle of at least one color of at least one segment to reduce the luminance variation in response to the luminance variation of a segment exceeding the threshold. Calibration systems are also disclosed. |
| US08278843B2 |
Method for operating a switching-mode power supply
A method for operating a switching power supply is provided. A switching element is switched on and off by a switching signal with a variable switching frequency. A frequency bandwidth is predefined for determining average levels of a frequency spectrum of the switching signal. The switching frequency is modulated by a modulation frequency greater than a frequency bandwidth. |
| US08278839B2 |
Switching circuit having delay for inrush current protection
A two-wire switching circuit can handle a large inrush current, but does not require a neutral connection or a heavy-duty mechanical switch or relay. The switching circuit comprises a mechanical air-gap switch, a first controllably conductive device (e.g., a bidirectional semiconductor switch), and a second controllably conductive device (e.g., a latching relay), which are all adapted to be coupled between an AC power source and an electrical load when the air-gap switch is in a first position. First and second delay circuits control the semiconductor switch and the latching relay to be conductive at different times after the air-gap switch is changed to the first position. Specifically, the semiconductor switch is rendered conductive before the latching relay is rendered conductive, such that the semiconductor switch conducts the large inrush current. The latching relay conducts current from the AC power source to the electrical load after the inrush current has subsided. |
| US08278836B2 |
Evaluation device for the ignition energy of a discharge lamp
An evaluation device for measuring the ignition energy of a discharge lamp that is ignited by means of a superposed ignition unit, with the aid of a measuring signal that is proportional to the voltage across the discharge, and a measuring signal that is proportional to the current flowing through the lamp, is provided. The evaluation device is configured such that the energy injected into a discharge lamp during a high voltage pulse is suitably evaluated by means of a combination of an analog circuit and a digital circuit. |
| US08278830B2 |
Dynamic headroom control for LCD driver
An LED driver controller comprises a voltage regulator for controlling an output voltage to a top of a plurality of LED strings responsive to at least a reference voltage. A plurality of first circuitries each associated with a node at a bottom of each of the plurality of LED strings compares a voltage at the bottom of each of the plurality of LED strings with a high reference voltage and a low reference voltage. Control logic generates a first control signal when the voltage at the bottom of each node of the plurality of LED strings exceeds the high reference voltage and generates a second control signal when the voltage at least one of node of the plurality of LED strings falls below the low reference voltage. Second circuitry responsive to the first control signal and the second control signal generates the reference voltage. The reference voltage is controlled to cause the voltage at the bottom of the lowest voltage node of the plurality of LED strings to remain between the high reference voltage and the low reference voltage. |
| US08278827B2 |
LED lamp
An exemplary light emitting diode (LED) lamp includes a lamp body, an LED module and a switching member. The LED module is mounted on the lamp body and includes a plurality of first LED components emitting a first light with a first color temperature and a plurality of second LED components emitting a second light with a second color temperature. The switching member is mounted around the lamp body and can be operated to cause the LED lamp to work in different modes. In the different modes, different numbers of the first and second LED components are driven to emit light with different color temperatures. |
| US08278826B2 |
Multimode controller for LED light sources
A multimode controller for LED light sources, especially sources in warning lights, such as light bars, provides for a temporary increase in brightness from the LEDs by providing a burst mode, in addition to a flashing mode and a continuous mode. The modes are carried out by programming a microprocessor which receives signals from control switches, which may be pressed and released. The programming precludes the burst mode to continue for longer than a predetermined time thereby ensuring that the power does not exceed the LEDs damage threshold characteristic. The controller thereby provides for temporary bursting to make visible the region in front of or around an emergency vehicle for a short period of time without the need for light sources dedicated solely to the high intensity brightness mode of operation of a warning light system. |
| US08278824B1 |
Gas discharge electrode configurations
Electrode and electrode pad configurations for a gas discharge device having one or more substrates and a multiplicity of pixels or sub-pixels that are defined by a hollow plasma-shell filled with an ionizable gas. The invention is described with reference to a plasma-dome, but other plasma-shell geometric shapes may be used including plasma-discs and plasma-spheres. |
| US08278823B2 |
Thermo-optically functional compositions, systems and methods of making
A thermo-optically functional composition is disclosed. The composition includes a solid solution of at least two materials selected such that the composition emits thermal radiation, wherein each material is selected from the group consisting of metal carbides, metal nitrides, metal oxides, metal borides, metal silicides and combinations thereof, wherein each metal is selected from the group consisting of tungsten or tungsten alloys, hafnium or hafnium alloys, niobium or niobium alloys, tantalum or tantalum alloys, titanium or titanium alloys, zirconium or zirconium alloys, and combinations of two or more thereof. |
| US08278820B2 |
Active matrix organic electroluminescent device and method of manufacture thereof
An active matrix organic electroluminescent device includes a thin-film transistor, an organic electroluminescent device, and a spacer layer deposited between the thin-film transistor and the organic electroluminescent device, wherein the spacer layer is made of adhesive for a dual curing system selected from the group consisting of ultraviolet curing-thermal curing, ultraviolet curing-microwave curing, ultraviolet curing-anaerobic curing, and ultraviolet curing-electron beam curing system. The present invention solves the poor adhesiveness between the thin-film transistor and the organic electroluminescent device, and improves the moisture and oxygen proof ability. The preparation method is simple, effective, and able to lower the cost and difficulty, and greatly improve the yield rate of the device. |
| US08278815B2 |
Field emission light emitting device including an emitter within a nanochannel in a dielectric matrix
In accordance with the invention, there are field emission light emitting devices and methods of making them. The field emission light emitting device can include a plurality of spacers, each connecting a substantially transparent substrate to a backing substrate. The device can also include a plurality of pixels, wherein each of the plurality of pixels can include one or snore first electrodes disposed over the substantially transparent substrate, a light emitting layer disposed over each of the one or more first electrodes, and one or more second electrodes disposed over the backing substrate, wherein the one or more second electrodes and the one or more first electrode are disposed at a predetermined gap in a low pressure region. Each of the plurality of pixels can further include one or more nanocylinder electron emitter arrays disposed over each of the one or more second electrodes. |
| US08278812B2 |
Grid for vacuum electron device and method for manufacture of same
A grid component for use with a vacuum electron device (VED), such as an inductive output tube (IOT), includes a skirt that adds structural support and aids in alignment. The grid component has a dome in which a grid pattern is formed and includes an annular, concentric flange surrounding the dome. The skirt is formed concentrically around the flange. Alignment orifices may be provided in the flange for passage of alignment pins in the assembled product. The grid, flange, and skirt are a unitary component and are formed by a chemical vapor deposition (CVD) or similar process, in which a mandrel is used to provide a deposition surface. The mandrel is placed in a furnace, and a high-temperature CVD process is used to break down a hydrocarbon gas to thereby deposit a pyrolytic graphite coating onto the mandrel. The mandrel may include a skirt template to provide the characteristic skirt. |
| US08278810B2 |
Solid oxide high temperature electrolysis glow discharge cell
The present invention provides a glow discharge cell comprising an electrically conductive cylindrical vessel having a first end and a second end, and at least one inlet and one outlet; a hollow electrode aligned with a longitudinal axis of the cylindrical vessel and extending at least from the first end to the second end of the cylindrical vessel, wherein the hollow electrode has an inlet and an outlet; a first insulator that seals the first end of the cylindrical vessel around the hollow electrode and maintains a substantially equidistant gap between the cylindrical vessel and the hollow electrode; a second insulator that seals the second end of the cylindrical vessel around the hollow electrode and maintains the substantially equidistant gap between the cylindrical vessel and the hollow electrode; a non-conductive granular material disposed within the gap, wherein the non-conductive granular material (a) allows an electrically conductive fluid to flow between the cylindrical vessel and the hollow electrode, and (b) prevents electrical arcing between the cylindrical vessel and the hollow electrode during a electric glow discharge; and wherein the electric glow discharge is created whenever: (a) the glow discharge cell is connected to an electrical power source such that the cylindrical vessel is an anode and the hollow electrode is a cathode, and (b) the electrically conductive fluid is introduced into the gap. |
| US08278808B2 |
Metallic insulator coating for high capacity spark plug
A spark plug (24) is used in an ignition system (10) of the type for creating a precisely timed spark to ignite an air/fuel mixture in an internal combustion engine. The spark plug (24) is provided with an integrated capacitor feature to increase the intensity of its spark. The capacitor feature is formed by applying metallic film (62, 64) to the inner (30) and outer surfaces of a tubular insulator (26). The insulator (26), made from an alumina ceramic material, forms a dielectric and sustains an electrical charge when an electrical differential is established between the inner (64) and outer (62) metallic films. The stored electrical charge is discharged with the firing of a spark in the spark gap (54). The inner (64) and outer (62) metallic films can be applied as a paint or ink directly to the surfaces of the insulator (26), or can be mixed with a glazing compound to form conductive coatings simultaneous with the glazing operation. Ganged (62′) or serpentine (62″) micro-plates can be formed within either or both of the inner and outer metallic films to increase the charge-carrying surface area. The metallic film (62, 64) is specially selected from materials that will not migrate into the porous matrix of the ceramic insulator (26). The metallic film (62, 64) is preferably gold, platinum, copper, or a platinum group metal. |
| US08278802B1 |
Planarized sacrificial layer for MEMS fabrication
A method of forming a device is provided. The method includes providing a substrate, forming a sacrificial layer over the substrate, and forming an field layer around the sacrificial layer. After formation, both the sacrificial layer and the field layer are planarized. A component is then formed over the planarized sacrificial layer and the planarized field layer. The component has a first electrode and a second electrode and a single crystal wafer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode. The component also includes anchors disposed substantially over the field layer. Once the component is formed, the sacrificial layer is released with an etchant having a selectivity for the sacrificial layer such that a cavity is formed beneath the component. The cavity allows free movement component within the cavity during operation of the device. In addition, the etchant does not release the field layer and the component such that the field layer remains below the anchors. |
| US08278799B1 |
System and method for optimizing the design of an ultrasonic transducer
A system and method for determining optimal values for the geometrical features of an ultrasonic transducer having one or more elements, the method including backprojection ray-tracing to determine the parameters required for apertures located on an ultrasonic probe surface. The ultrasonic probe design system includes an interface for inputting statement parameters, insonification requirements, and geometric constraints, with an engine responsive to the interface and configured to determine and provide an optimized transducer geometric design output. |
| US08278798B2 |
Crystal device
An object is to provide a crystal device that uses a mesa-structure crystal piece in which frequency adjustment is possible. A configuration is such that in a crystal device having: a crystal piece having a thick portion and a thin portion, with an excitation electrode formed on both main faces of the thick portion, and a lead out electrode electrically connected to the excitation electrode, formed on an end portion; a container main body having a concavity for accommodating the crystal piece; and a cover that is connected to an open end face of the container main body and hermetically seals the crystal piece, a frequency adjustment metal film which is electrically isolated from the excitation electrode and made independent, is formed on the thin portion of the crystal piece. |
| US08278795B2 |
Voltage grading structure in a high-voltage stator coil of an electromotive machine
A voltage grading structure (40) as may be used in the stator coils of an electromotive machine is provided. A filler material (44) may be disposed on a top surface and a bottom surface of a stack of coil strands (22). The voltage grading structure may include an electrical isolation layer (46) on the filler material and may further include an electrically conductive layer (48) on the electrical isolation layer. An electrically conductive bar (50) is positioned on the electrically conductive layer. The conductive bar is electrically connected to at least one of the coil strands (22) to shunt a capacitance effect between the conductive layer and the stack of coil strands and force the conductive layer to be substantially at a common voltage level relative to the stack of coil strands and thereby avoid an overvoltage condition. |
| US08278792B1 |
Generator rotor main lead support and lead path configuration
Embodiments of the invention relate generally to lead path configurations in generator rotors and, more particularly, to a support apparatus for a main lead and generator rotors incorporating such a support apparatus. In one embodiment, the invention provides a generator rotor comprising: a rotor shaft including an internal conductive bore; a main terminal electrically connected to the conductive bore; a plurality of rotor coil windings, including a plurality of coil end straps; a non-metallic support channel comprising: an elongate, axially-oriented channel; and at least one protrusion extending from the elongate, axially-oriented channel to a position between two of the plurality of coil end straps; and a main lead extending from the main terminal, through the elongate, axially-oriented channel of the non-metallic support channel, to at least one of the plurality of coil end straps. |
| US08278791B2 |
Disk drive device for rotating a disk
In the brushless motor, a magnetic recording disk is to be mounted on a hub. A base plate rotatably supports the hub on the upper surface. A laminated core is fixed on the upper surface of the base plate and has a ring portion and a plurality of teeth that extend radially from the ring portion. Coils are wound around the plurality of teeth. A cylindrical magnet is fixed to the hub and is magnetized for driving with a plurality of poles along the circumferential direction and is arranged to radially face the plurality of teeth of the laminated core. A wire of one end of one of the coils is drawn out to the bottom surface of the base plate through a hole arranged on the base plate. The wire is connected to a driving line for supplying a current to the coils at a position other than the position of the hole on the base plate. The hole of the base plate is plugged with a resin. |
| US08278790B2 |
Combined frequency converter and electric motor having converter housing connected to motor housing via adapter
An assembly includes a frequency converter, a motor, and an adapter. The frequency converter and the motor both have housings with an opening. The adapter has a base part and a circuit board having first and second electrical connecting elements supported over a portion of a central opening of the base part. The adapter is between the housings with the central opening being between the openings of the housings. The base part is mechanically connected to the housings with the first electrical connecting element of the adapter engaging an electrical connecting element of the frequency converter via the opening of the converter housing and the central opening and with the second electrical connecting element of the adapter engaging an electrical connecting element of the motor via the opening of the motor housing and the central opening whereby the frequency converter and the motor are connected via the adapter. |
| US08278789B2 |
Bicycle generator hub
A bicycle generator hub is provided that mainly includes a hub shaft, a hub shell a stator and a magnet. The hub shell is rotatably arranged on the hub shaft. The stator is fixed to the hub shaft. The magnet is arranged in the hub shell such that it faces opposite the stator. The hub shell includes a magnet holder having the magnet embedded in the magnet holder. Material of the magnet holder is disposed on both oppositely facing axial faces such that the magnet holder retains the magnet as an integral unit. |
| US08278784B2 |
Wireless power transmission for electronic devices
Exemplary embodiments are directed to wireless power transfer. A wireless power receiver includes a receive antenna for coupling with a transmit antenna of transmitter generating a magnetic near field. The receive antenna receives wireless power from the magnetic near field and includes a resonant tank and a parasitic resonant tank wirelessly coupled to the resonant tank. A wireless power transmitter includes a transmit antenna for coupling with a receive antenna of a receiver. The transmit antenna generates a magnetic near field for transmission of wireless power and includes a resonant tank and a parasitic resonant tank coupled to the resonant tank. |
| US08278782B2 |
Active parasite power circuit
A circuit is provided that includes a parasitic power circuit that powers a parasitic circuit. The parasitic power circuit derives a supply voltage from an external AC or other signal suitable for use as a communications signal. A PMOS transistor or transistors is utilized to enable a supply voltage capacitor to charge substantially to the same voltage as the channel voltage of the communications signal. |
| US08278780B2 |
Switching device and system with switching device
A switching device switches at least one current phase between responsive current phase input and responsive current phase output, wherein the switching device is suitable for switching electrical current of a power circuit of an electric motor. The switching device further includes a first communication system interface for a first communication system, a second communication system interface for a second communication system, and a selecting unit for selecting whether the switching device is a master or slave in relation to the second communication system. |
| US08278777B2 |
Apparatus for generating electrical energy from a flowing medium
An apparatus for generating electrical energy includes at least one generator connected to a drive device. The drive device includes at least one guide element for transforming the energy of a flowing medium into a rotational movement. The guide element is arranged in the flow path of the heated exhaust air coming from at least one heat exchanger. |
| US08278774B2 |
Gas turbine with wired shaft forming part of a generator/motor assembly
A gas turbine engine including an electrical assembly operable as at least one of an electric motor and a generator, with an electromagnetic rotor formed in part by a portion of one of a main shaft concentrically and drivingly connected to at least one turbine rotor and a tower shaft directly driven by the main shaft and extending generally radially therefrom. |
| US08278770B2 |
Overlay mark
The invention is directed to an overlay mark in a first material layer in an overlay alignment region of a wafer and the first material layer is made from a first material. The overlay mark includes a plurality of mark regions and each of the mark regions comprises a plurality mark elements embedded in the first material layer. Each of the mark elements is made of a second material different from the first material of the first material layer and the mark elements evenly distribute in the mark region. |
| US08278767B2 |
Optoelectronic component
An optoelectronic component includes a carrier with a mounting side and having at least one functional element, at least one substrateless optoelectronic semiconductor chip with a top and an opposed bottom and is electrically conductive by way of the top and the bottom, wherein the bottom faces the mounting side and the semiconductor chip is mounted on the mounting side, and at least one structured electrical contact film located on the top. |
| US08278762B2 |
Method of manufacturing photomask and method of repairing optical proximity correction
A method of manufacturing a photomask is described. The graphic data of the photomask are provided, and than an optical proximity correction is performed to the graphic data. A process rule check is then performed to the graphic data with the optical proximity correction. When at least one failed pattern not passing the process rule check is found in the graphic data, a repair procedure is performed only to the failed pattern so that the failed pattern can pass the process rule check. The patterns of the photomask are then formed according to the corrected and repaired graphic data. |
| US08278760B2 |
Semiconductor integrated circuit and method for manufacturing same, and mask
A semiconductor integrated circuit includes a first conductor provided in a first region on a substrate and a second conductor provided in a second region on the substrate. The second region is a region enclosing the first region. A minimum design dimension in linewidth of the first conductor is smaller than a minimum design dimension in linewidth of the second conductor. |
| US08278759B2 |
Structures for measuring misalignment of patterns
A structure for measuring misalignment of patterns may include a first wiring and a second wiring. The first wiring may include a first lower pattern and a first upper pattern. The first upper pattern may extend in a y-direction, and a first end portion of the first upper pattern that is relatively further toward (proximal to) a negative y-direction may contact the first lower pattern. The second wiring may include a second lower pattern and a second upper pattern. The second upper pattern may extend in the y-direction, a second end portion of the second upper pattern that is relatively further toward (proximal to) a positive y-direction may contact the second lower pattern. The second wiring may be spaced apart from the first wiring along the negative y-direction. |
| US08278752B2 |
Microelectronic package and method for a compression-based mid-level interconnect
A microelectronic package includes first substrate (120) having first surface area (125) and second substrate (130) having second surface area (135). The first substrate includes first set of interconnects (126) having first pitch (127) at first surface (121) and second set of interconnects (128) having second pitch (129) at second surface (222). The second substrate is coupled to the first substrate using the second set of interconnects and includes third set of interconnects (236) having third pitch (237) and internal electrically conductive layers (233, 234) connected to each other with microvia (240). The first pitch is smaller than the second pitch, the second pitch is smaller than the third pitch, and the first surface area is smaller than the second surface area. |
| US08278751B2 |
Methods of adhering microfeature workpieces, including a chip, to a support member
Methods and systems for adhering microfeature workpieces to support members are disclosed. A method in accordance with one embodiment of the invention includes disposing a first adhesive on a surface of a microfeature workpiece, and disposing a second adhesive on a surface of a support member. The method can further include adhesively attaching the microfeature workpiece to the support member by contacting the first adhesive with the second adhesive while the second adhesive is only partially cured. In further particular embodiments, the first and second adhesives can have different compositions, and the second adhesive can be fully cured after the microfeature workpiece and support member are adhesively attached. |
| US08278750B2 |
Heat conduction board and mounting method of electronic components
A heat conduction board, include a heat dissipation member; a heat conduction member which is arranged on the heat dissipation member and conducts a heat thereto; a lead frame which is formed in a wire pattern shape, and is arranged on the heat conduction member; and a printed circuit board which mounts a second electronic component for controlling a first electronic component; wherein the first electronic component and the printed circuit board are soldered to the lead frame. |
| US08278749B2 |
Integrated antennas in wafer level package
A semiconductor module comprises components in one wafer level package. The module comprises an integrated circuit (IC) chip embedded within a package molding compound. The package comprises a molding compound package layer coupled to an interface layer for integrating an antenna structure and a bonding interconnect structure to the IC chip. The bonding interconnect structure comprises three dimensional interconnects. The antenna structure and bonding interconnect structure are coupled to the IC chip and integrated within the interface layer in the same wafer fabrication process. |
| US08278733B2 |
Bonding pad structure and integrated circuit chip using such bonding pad structure
An integrated circuit chip includes a substrate; a topmost metal layer over the substrate; a lower metal layer on or over the substrate and lower than the topmost metal layer; and at least one bonding pad in the lower metal layer. |
| US08278732B1 |
Antifuse element for integrated circuit device
An antifuse element for an integrated circuit is provided, including a conductive region formed in a semiconductor substrate, extending along a first direction; a dielectric layer formed on a portion of the conductive region; a first conductive plug formed on the dielectric layer; a second conductive plug formed on another portion of the conductive region; and a first conductive member formed over the first and second conductive plugs, extending along a second direction perpendicular to the first direction; and a second conductive member formed over the second conductive plug extending along the second direction, wherein the first conductive member intersects with the conductive region, having a first overlapping area therebetween, and the dielectric layer and the conductive region have a second overlapping area therebetween, and a ratio between the first overlapping area and the second overlapping area is about 1.5:1 to 3:1. |
| US08278727B2 |
Pressure sensor and method
A method for providing a pressure sensor substrate comprises creating a first cavity that extends inside the substrate in a first direction perpendicular to a main surface of the substrate, and that extends inside the substrate, in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, into a first venting area of the substrate; creating a second cavity that extends in the first direction inside the substrate, that extends in parallel to the first cavity in the second direction, and that does not extend into the first venting area; and opening the first cavity in the first venting area. |
| US08278726B2 |
Controlling electromechanical behavior of structures within a microelectromechanical systems device
In one embodiment, the invention provides a method for fabricating a microelectromechanical systems device. The method comprises fabricating a first layer comprising a film having a characteristic electromechanical response, and a characteristic optical response, wherein the characteristic optical response is desirable and the characteristic electromechanical response is undesirable; and modifying the characteristic electromechanical response of the first layer by at least reducing charge build up thereon during activation of the microelectromechanical systems device. |
| US08278719B2 |
Radiation hardened isolation structures and fabrication methods
Semiconductor devices can be fabricated using conventional designs and process but including specialized structures to reduce or eliminate detrimental effects caused by various forms of radiation. Such semiconductor devices can include one or more parasitic isolation devices and/or buried layer structures disclosed in the present application. The introduction of design and/or process steps to accommodate these novel structures is compatible with conventional CMOS fabrication processes, and can therefore be accomplished at relatively low cost and with relative simplicity. |
| US08278716B2 |
Method of fabricating polysilicon, thin film transistor, method of fabricating the thin film transistor, and organic light emitting diode display device including the thin film transistor
A thin film transistor, a method of fabricating the thin film transistor, and an organic light emitting diode (OLED) display device including the thin film transistor, the thin film transistor including: a substrate; a buffer layer formed on the substrate; a first semiconductor layer disposed on the buffer layer; a second semiconductor layer disposed on the first semiconductor layer, which is larger than the first semiconductor layer; a gate electrode insulated from the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer; a gate insulating layer to insulate the gate electrode from the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer; source and drain electrodes insulated from the gate electrode and connected to the second semiconductor layer; an insulating layer disposed on the source and drain electrodes, and an organic light emitting diode connected to one of the source and drain electrodes. |
| US08278715B2 |
Electrostatic discharge protection device
An ESD protection structure is disclosed. A substrate comprises a first conductive type. A first diffusion region is formed in the substrate. A first doped region is formed in the first diffusion region. A second doped region is formed in the first diffusion region. A third doped region is formed in the substrate. A first isolation region is formed in the substrate, covers a portion of the first diffusion region and is located between the second and the third doped regions. A fourth doped region is formed in the substrate. When the first doped region is coupled to a first power line and the third and the fourth doped regions are coupled to a second power line, an ESD current can be released to the second power line from the first power line. During the release of the ESD current, the second doped region is not electrically connected to the first power line. |
| US08278713B2 |
Display device and manufacturing method thereof
To achieve enlargement and high definition of a display portion, a single crystal semiconductor film is used as a transistor in a pixel, and the following steps are included: bonding a plurality of single crystal semiconductor substrates to a base substrate; separating part of the plurality of single crystal semiconductor substrates to form a plurality of regions each comprising a single crystal semiconductor film over the base substrate; forming a plurality of transistors each comprising the single crystal semiconductor film as a channel formation region; and forming a plurality of pixel electrodes over the region provided with the single crystal semiconductor film and a region not provided with the single crystal semiconductor film. Some of the transistors electrically connecting to the pixel electrodes formed over the region not provided with the single crystal semiconductor film are formed in the region provided with the single crystal semiconductor film. |
| US08278710B2 |
Guard ring integrated LDMOS
An LDMOSFET transistor (100) is provided which includes a substrate (101), an epitaxial drift region (104) in which a drain region (116) is formed, a first well region (107) in which a source region (112) is formed, a gate electrode (120) formed adjacent to the source region (112) to define a first channel region (14), and a grounded substrate injection suppression guard structure that includes a patterned buried layer (102) in ohmic contact with an isolation well region (103) formed in a predetermined upper region of the substrate so as to be spaced apart from the first well region (107) and from the drain region (116), where the buried layer (102) is disposed below the first well region (107) but not below the drain region (116). |
| US08278709B2 |
High voltage metal-oxide-semiconductor transistor with stable threshold voltage and related manufacturing method
A high voltage metal-oxide-semiconductor (HVMOS) transistor includes a gate poly, wherein a channel is formed in an area projected from the gate poly in a thickness direction when the HVMOS is activated; two carrier drain drift regions, adjacent to the area projected from the gate poly, wherein at least one of the carrier drain drift regions has a gradient doping concentration; and two carrier plus regions, respectively locate within the two carrier drain drift regions, wherein the two carrier plus regions and the two carrier drain drift regions are communicating with each other through the channel when the HVMOS is activated. |
| US08278702B2 |
High density trench field effect transistor
A semiconductor structure comprises trenches extending into a semiconductor region. Portions of the semiconductor region extend between adjacent trenches forming mesa regions. A gate electrode is in each trench. Well regions of a first conductivity type extend in the semiconductor region between adjacent trenches. Source regions of a second conductivity type are in the well regions. Heavy body regions of the first conductivity type are in the well regions. The source regions and the heavy body regions are adjacent trench sidewalls, and the heavy body regions extend over the source regions along the trench sidewalls to a top surface of the mesa regions. |
| US08278697B2 |
Semiconductor device and method for manufacturing the same
A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate, a first insulating film formed on the semiconductor substrate, a charge storage layer formed on the first insulating film, a second insulating film formed on the charge storage layer, and a control electrode formed on the second insulating film, the second insulating film including a lower silicon nitride film, a lower silicon oxide film formed on the lower silicon nitride film, an intermediate insulating film formed on the lower silicon oxide film and containing a metal element, the intermediate insulating film having a relative dielectric constant of greater than 7, an upper silicon oxide film formed on the intermediate insulating film, and an upper silicon nitride film formed on the upper silicon oxide film. |
| US08278694B2 |
Semiconductor device with vertical transistor
The present invention provides a semiconductor device having a plurality of vertical transistors, which includes, on a substrate, a semiconductor pillar 5; gate electrode 11 provided on the side of the pillar via gate insulating film 10; first diffusion layer 9 connected to the bottom of the pillar; and second diffusion layer 16 connected to the top of the pillar, second diffusion layer 16 includes first portion 14 formed within the area over the pillar, and second portion 15 which is an epitaxial growth layer, formed on the first portion and contacting with insulating film 17 which is provided between adjacent vertical transistors. |
| US08278687B2 |
Semiconductor heterostructures to reduce short channel effects
Semiconductor heterostructures to reduce short channel effects are generally described. In one example, an apparatus includes a semiconductor substrate, one or more buffer layers coupled to the semiconductor substrate, a first barrier layer coupled to the one or more buffer layers, a back gate layer coupled to the first barrier layer wherein the back gate layer includes a group III-V semiconductor material, a group II-VI semiconductor material, or combinations thereof, the back gate layer having a first bandgap, a second barrier layer coupled to the back gate layer wherein the second barrier layer includes a group III-V semiconductor material, a group II-VI semiconductor material, or combinations thereof, the second barrier layer having a second bandgap that is relatively larger than the first bandgap, and a quantum well channel coupled to the second barrier layer, the quantum well channel having a third bandgap that is relatively smaller than the second bandgap. |
| US08278683B2 |
Lateral insulated gate bipolar transistor
Current density in an insulated gate bipolar transistor (L-IGBT) may be increased by adding a second gate, and the corresponding MOS transistors, to the source area, which increases the base current compared to a L-IGBT with a single MOS gate. The current density may be further increased by extending the base of the bipolar transistor in the L-IGBT vertically to the bottom surface of the silicon on insulator (SOI) film in which the L-IGBT is fabricated. Adding a buffer diffused region around the sinks in the source improves the base current spatial uniformity, which improves the safe operating area (SOA) of the L-IGBT. A L-IGBT of either polarity may be formed with the inventive configurations. A method of forming the inventive L-IGBT is also disclosed. |
| US08278681B2 |
Light-emitting diode package and wafer-level packaging process of light-emitting diode
A wafer-level packaging process of a light-emitting diode is provided. First, a semiconductor stacked layer is formed on a growth substrate. A plurality of barrier patterns and a plurality of reflective layers are then formed on the semiconductor stacked layer, wherein each reflective layer is surrounded by one of the barrier patterns. A first bonding layer is then formed on the semiconductor stacked layer to cover the barrier patterns and the reflective layers. Thereafter, a carrying substrate having a plurality of second bonding layers and a plurality of conductive plugs electrically insulated from each other is provided, and the first bonding layer is bonded with the second bonding layer. The semiconductor stacked layer is then separated from the growth substrate. Next, the semiconductor stacked layer is patterned to form a plurality of semiconductor stacked patterns. Next, each semiconductor stacked pattern is electrically connected to the conductive plug. |
| US08278680B2 |
Semiconductor package structure
A semiconductor package structure includes a bowl-like carrier, a semiconductor component, and electrode pins. The semiconductor component is disposed on the bowl-like carrier and is received in an accommodating recess of the bowl-like carrier. The electrode pins are electrically connected with the semiconductor component through wires. Channels are recessed along recess-walls of the accommodating recess and located between the semiconductor component and the electrode pins, where the wires pass through the channels. Therefore, the length of bonding wires can be reduced, and as well the cost of the wires, let alone the wires can be protected appropriately. |
| US08278679B2 |
LED device with embedded top electrode
An LED device and a method of manufacturing, including an embedded top electrode, are presented. The LED device includes an LED structure and a top electrode. The LED structure includes layers disposed on a substrate, including an active light-emitting region. A top layer of the LED structure is a top contact layer. The top electrode is embedded into the top contact layer, wherein the top electrode electrically contacts the top contact layer. |
| US08278674B2 |
Luminescent ceramic element for a light emitting device
A semiconductor structure including a light emitting layer disposed between an n-type region and a p-type region is attached to a compound substrate including a host which provides mechanical support to the device and a ceramic layer including a luminescent material. In some embodiments the compound substrate includes a crystalline seed layer on which the semiconductor structure is grown. The ceramic layer is disposed between the seed layer and the host. In some embodiments, the compound substrate is attached to the semiconductor structure after growth of the structure on a conventional growth substrate. In some embodiments, the compound substrate is spaced apart from the semiconductor structure and does not provide mechanical support to the structure. In some embodiments, the ceramic layer has a thickness less than 500 μm. |
| US08278671B2 |
Led package module
An LED package module according to an aspect of the invention may include: a substrate having predetermined electrodes thereon; a plurality of LED chips mounted onto the substrate, separated from each other at predetermined intervals, and electrically connected to the electrodes; a first color resin portion molded around at least one of the plurality of LED chips; a second color resin portion molded around all of the LED chips except for the LED chip around which the first color resin portion is molded, and having a different color from the first color resin portion; and a third color resin portion encompassing both the first color resin portion and the second color resin portion and having a different color from the first color resin portion and the second color resin portion. |
| US08278667B2 |
Light-emitting element and light-emitting element fabrication method
According to an aspect of the invention, a light-emitting element includes a semiconductor layer, a gold electrode layer, an insulator, a barrier metal layer, and an aluminum wiring layer. The gold electrode layer is formed on a part of the semiconductor layer and is electrically connected to the semiconductor layer. The gold electrode layer being made of metal including gold. The insulator film covers the semiconductor layer and has a contact opening corresponding to the gold electrode layer. The barrier metal layer covers a an upper face of the gold electrode layer and the insulator film in a vicinity of the contact opening. The aluminum wiring layer is formed on the barrier metal layer and electrically connected to the barrier metal layer. |
| US08278666B1 |
Method and apparatus for growing high purity 2H-silicon carbide
The disclosure relates to a high purity 2H-SiC composition and methods for making same. The embodiments represented herein apply to both thin film and bulk growth of 2H-SiC. According to one embodiment, the disclosure relates to doping an underlying substrate or support layer with one or more surfactants to nucleate and grow high purity 2H-SiC. In another embodiment, the disclosure relates to a method for preparing 2H-SiC compositions by nucleating 2H-SiC on another SiC polytype using one or more surfactants. The surfactants can include AlN, Te, Sb and similar compositions. These nucleate SiC into disc form which changes to hexagonal 2H-SiC material. |
| US08278664B2 |
Organic light emitting display device and method of fabricating the same
Provided are an organic light emitting display device (OLED) and a method of fabricating the same. When a electrically conductive line and a gate electrode are formed at the same time or when a first electrode is formed, interconnections for electrically connecting elements are formed. Thus, the number of used masks can be reduced, so that the overall fabrication process can be shortened and the production cost can be reduced. |
| US08278662B2 |
Thin film transistor, manufacturing method thereof, display device, and manufacturing method thereof
Disclosed is a manufacturing method of a thin film transistor, which enables the formation of a thin film transistor by using only one photomask. The method includes: over a substrate sequentially forming a first insulating film, a first conductive film, a second insulating film, a semiconductor film, an impurity semiconductor film, and a second conductive film; forming a resist mask thereover using a first photomask; performing a first etching to allow the side surface of the layers including an upper portion of the first insulating film, the first conductive film, the second insulating film, the semiconductor film, the impurity semiconductor film, and the second conductive film to be coplanar to a side surface of the resist mask; and performing a second etching to selectively etch the first conductive film to allow the side surface of the first conductive film is located inside the side surface of the layers. |
| US08278660B2 |
Semiconductor device and method for manufacturing the same
A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device such as a thin film transistor using a crystal silicon film is provided. The crystal silicon film is obtained by selectively forming films, particles or clusters containing nickel, iron, cobalt, ruthenium, rhodium, paradium, osmium, iridium, platinum, scandium, titanium, vanadium, chrome, manganese, copper, zinc, gold, silver or silicide thereof in a form of island, line, stripe, dot or film on or under an amorphous silicon film and using them as a starting point, by advancing its crystallization by annealing at a temperature lower than a normal crystallization temperature of an amorphous silicon. A transistor having low leak current and high mobility are obtained in the same time in a dynamic circuit having a thin film transistor by selectively forming a cover film on a semiconductor layer which is to become an active layer of the transistor and by thermally crystallizing it thereafter. |
| US08278659B2 |
Uniform large-grained and grain boundary location manipulated polycrystalline thin film semiconductors formed using sequential lateral solidification and devices formed thereon
Methods for processing an amorphous silicon thin film sample into a polycrystalline silicon thin film are disclosed. In one preferred arrangement, a method includes the steps of generating a sequence of excimer laser pulses, controllably modulating each excimer laser pulse in the sequence to a predetermined fluence, homogenizing each modulated laser pulse in the sequence in a predetermined plane, masking portions of each homogenized fluence controlled laser pulse in the sequence with a two dimensional pattern of slits to generate a sequence of fluence controlled pulses of line patterned beamlets, each slit in the pattern of slits being sufficiently narrow to prevent inducement of significant nucleation in region of a silicon thin film sample irradiated by a beamlet corresponding to the slit, irradiating an amorphous silicon thin film sample with the sequence of fluence controlled slit patterned beamlets to effect melting of portions thereof corresponding to each fluence controlled patterned beamlet pulse in the sequence of pulses of patterned beamlets, and controllably sequentially translating a relative position of the sample with respect to each of the fluence controlled pulse of slit patterned beamlets to thereby process the amorphous silicon thin film sample into a single or polycrystalline silicon thin film. |
| US08278652B2 |
Semiconductor material for an organic diode
A semiconductor material and an organic rectifier diode can be used for organic-based RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) tags. The semiconducting material for an organic diode has a metal complex as a p-dopant for doping a hole-conducting organic matrix material, wherein the metal complex is a metal complex with Lewis acid properties, which acts as an electron pair acceptor. |
| US08278639B2 |
High integration phase change memory device having reduced thickness phase change layer and fabrication method thereof
A high integration phase change memory device includes a semiconductor substrate including an access device, a heating electrode formed on the access device, a phase change nano band formed on the heating electrode, and an interlayer insulating layer for supporting the phase change nano band formed in both sides of the phase change nano band. |
| US08278633B2 |
Gated radiation procedure using packages
A method of delivering radiation in a session includes delivering radiation towards a patient using a radiation system, wherein the radiation is delivered based at least in part on a physiological phase or a position of the patient, after the radiation is delivered, changing a configuration of the radiation system, wherein the act of changing the configuration is performed independent of at least one motion of the patient, and delivering additional radiation towards the patient after the configuration of the radiation system is changed, wherein the acts of delivering radiation and the act of changing the configuration are performed in response to a processor executing a treatment plan that prescribes a plurality of packages and a transition, the transition prescribing the act of changing the configuration of the radiation system when no radiation is being delivered by the radiation system. |
| US08278631B2 |
Time-temperature, UV exposure and temperature indicator
Disclosed is a device for monitoring one or more of integral value of time and temperature, UV light exposure and a pre-determined temperature of an item. The device is useful for monitoring items or materials which are sensitive to time-temperature, UV light and/or a pre-determined temperature. Radiation sensitive devices such as self-indicating instant radiation alert dosimeters (SIRAD) can be accidentally, inadvertently or intentionally over exposed to time-temperature, UV light and a pre-determined higher temperature. Such over exposure can provide a false positive or false negative signal. A device based on polymerization of diacetylenes and melting of partially polymerized diacetylenes, both of which are associated with color changes, are proposed as false positive, false negative, and tamper indicator. |
| US08278625B2 |
Two-dimensional position map correcting method
A radiation detecting apparatus of this invention includes an arithmetic processing device which has a first adding step for adding signal strengths in one portion of a two-dimensional position map, draws respective boundaries based on results of addition in the first adding step, and corrects the two-dimensional position map based on signal strengths enclosed by these boundaries. The signal strengths of one portion of the two-dimensional position map, and not all the areas of the two-dimensional position map, are added. As a result, incident positions can be discriminated efficiently, and radiation detecting positions can be determined efficiently. |
| US08278624B2 |
Lutetium oxyorthosilicate scintillator having improved scintillation and optical properties and method of making the same
LSO scintillation crystals with improved scintillation and optical properties are achieved by controlled co-doping a LSO crystal melt with amounts of cerium and an additional codopant such as calcium or other divalent cations. Crystal growth atmosphere is optimized by controlling the amount of oxygen in the atmosphere. Zinc is added as an additional material to restabilize crystal growth where calcium co-dopant is added. The decay time of the scintillation crystal can be controlled by controlling the concentration of co-dopant added. |
| US08278623B2 |
High-vacuum variable aperture mechanism and method of using same
A novel technique is disclosed for varying a size of an aperture within a vacuum chamber. A drive mechanism within the vacuum chamber is used to adjust a partial horizontal overlap between at least two blades, wherein a perimeter of the aperture opening is defined by edges of said blades. In one embodiment, a variable aperture mechanism includes first and second blades attached to a first support, and third and fourth blades attached to a second support. The first blade is spaced vertically above the second blade on the first support; a second support, and the fourth blade is spaced vertically above the third blade on the second support. There is a partial horizontal overlap between the first and third blades and between the fourth and second blades, and the aperture opening has a perimeter defined by edges of the four blades. Other embodiments are also disclosed. |
| US08278619B2 |
Mass spectrometry
This invention relates to a mass spectrometer including a reaction cell and to a method of using such a mass spectrometer. In particular, although not exclusively, this invention relates to a tandem mass spectrometer and to tandem mass spectrometry. The invention provides a method of mass spectrometry using a mass spectrometer having a longitudinal axis, comprising guiding ions to travel along the longitudinal axis of the mass spectrometer in a forwards direction to pass through an intermediate ion store and then to enter a reaction cell, to process the ions within the reaction cell, to eject the processed ions to travel back along the longitudinal axis to enter the intermediate ion store once more, and to eject one or more pulses of the processed ions in an off-axis direction to a mass analyser. |
| US08278617B2 |
Cargo shipment security enclosure, method, system, and method of making
A cargo shipment security system includes a flexible body configured to completely enclose and contain cargo within an internal environment having a predetermined pressure. The system includes a sealable vacuum port disposed on and through the body and configured to couple with a vacuum source for creating a vacuum within the internal environment. The system includes one or more sealable ports disposed on and through the body, positioned to cause a turbulent flow through a predetermined volume of the internal environment of the body when the vacuum source is applied at the vacuum port and fluid is caused to enter the internal environment. The system includes one or more detectors positioned to intercept fluid flowing from the internal environment to an external environment outside the body, in such a way as to enable detection of the presence of a substance exiting from the internal environment. |
| US08278614B2 |
Image sensor and method for manufacturing the same
An image sensor and a method of manufacturing an image sensor. An image sensor may include a readout circuitry having a metal line on and/or over a first substrate. An image sensor may include an image sensing part having a first conductive-type conductive layer and/or a second conductive-type conductive layer over a metal line. An image sensor may include a pixel division area formed on and/or over an image sensing part corresponding to a pixel boundary. An image sensor may include a ground contact on and/or over a pixel division area. An image sensor may include a contact plug connected with a sidewall of an image sensing part. A method of manufacturing an image sensor is disclosed. |
| US08278612B2 |
Aerodynamic fin lock for adjustable and deployable fin
Some embodiments pertain to a projectile that includes a body and a support attached to the body. The projectile further includes at least one partial fin that is rotatably attached to the support such that the partial fin moves between a stowed position and a deployed position. The support moves relative to the partial fin as the partial fin moves between the stowed position and the deployed position such that the partial fin and the support form a complete fin when the partial fin is in the deployed position. The support may form a portion of the front edge of the complete fin when the partial fin is in the deployed position. The support may lock the partial fin in place when the partial fin is in the deployed position. |
| US08278605B2 |
Multiple stage open coil electric resistance heater with balanced coil arrangement and heater cool end termination and method of use
A multiple stage open coil electrical resistance heater uses a unique coil configuration on either side of a dividing support plate so that the air passing through the heater is heated uniformly when one or more stages of the heater are energized. The coil configuration also creates a termination zone on one side of the heater so that the terminations of the coils can be situated on the cool side of the heater. The heater coils also includes specially configured terminals to facilitate connection to power using an elongated member such as a stud or bolt. |
| US08278601B2 |
Spool gun having unitary shielding gas and weld power connector
A spool gun having a quick connector connectable to an electrical power source and a gas source is disclosed. A connection line extends from the spool gun and is attached to a connector. The connector both fluidly connects the spool gun to a shielding gas source and electrically connects the spool gun to a power source constructed to generate a welding-type power. Such a spool gun is quickly and efficiently connectable to the gas and power systems required for performing welding processes. |
| US08278600B2 |
Welding contractor apparatus with improved heat dissipation
A contactor device used in a wire-feeder employed in a welding system is disclosed. The contactor uses oversized nuts, increased torque and surface features to increase the heat dissipation of the contactor. This solution is an economical way of increasing heat dissipation to extend the life of contactors that are subject to failure due to heating and increased internal resistance. |
| US08278593B2 |
Method for laser cutting tubing using inert gas and a disposable mask
A method for making a device includes providing a tubular member which will be formed into the device, masking at least a portion of the inner surface of the tubular member with a removable sacrificial material, selectively removing a portion of the tubular member and sacrificial material using a laser device, and mechanically removing the sacrificial material from the inner surface of the tubular member. The method may also include applying a chemical solution to the tubular member and sacrificial material which primarily attacks the either the tubular member or sacrificial material. |
| US08278592B2 |
Laser processing method
While six rows of molten processed regions 131, 132 to become a cutting start point are formed within a silicon wafer 11 along a line to cut 5, a weakened region 18 is formed in a rear face 21 of an object to be processed 1 along the line to cut 5 when forming the molten processed region 131 closest to the rear face 21. Since the molten processed regions 131, 132 are thus formed within the silicon wafer 11, particles can be prevented from occurring from the molten processed regions 131, 132. Also, since the weakened region 18 having a predetermined depth is formed on the rear face 21 of the object 1 along the line to cut 5, the object 1 can be cut along the line to cut 5 with a relatively small external force. |
| US08278589B2 |
Continuous furnace with coupled laser for the surface treatment of materials
A continuous furnace 4 to which a laser is coupled by conventional optical means that allows the surface treatment of a part, with which it is possible to achieve temperatures of up to 3000° C. on said surface while the remainder of the part is at a substantially lower temperature. The part in the furnace is heated to a temperature of the order of 500° C. and, via an opening 5, a laser-beam bundle is applied to the part, scanning a line perpendicular to the direction of movement of the part such that the entire surface is scanned by means of the mechanical advance of the part. This scanning should extend beyond the lateral ends of the part. This type of laser-beam generator must be made compatible with the various colors with which the surface of the part is decorated. The furnace is divided into different zones, with independent temperature controls, for successfully achieving the desired values, both for heating and for cooling. The system that generates laser radiation and its deflector comprises a radiation generation/emission cavity (CO2 laser, around 10.6 mm, or diode or Nd lasers in different varieties thereof) and the emitted-beam-handling system, which may consist of a system of galvanometers or a series of combinations of lenses for successfully shaping the beam and applying it in a manner suited to the type of process, material treated and laser used. |
| US08278588B2 |
System and method for start flow approach control for a proportional valve in a plasma cutter
A system and method for start flow approach control for a proportional valve in a plasma cutter is provided that includes a controller configured to determine a target gas pressure set point for a plasma cutting operation and determine a ramp pressure set point offset from the target gas pressure set point. The controller is also configured to apply a full-open drive signal to an air pressure-closing proportional valve and monitor a pressure of gas flow output from the air pressure-closing proportional valve via a sensing device. The controller is further configured to apply a ramping drive signal to the air pressure-closing proportional valve after the pressure of the gas flow has reached the ramp pressure set point and apply a target-pressure drive signal to the air pressure-closing proportional valve after the pressure of the gas flow has reached the target gas pressure set point. |
| US08278576B2 |
Interchangeable air connector assembly for a pneumatically actuated switching device
A pneumatically actuated switching device includes an electrical connection with a conductive element and an interchangeable air connector assembly having an air conduit for receiving pressurized air from a pneumatic actuator. The pressurized air is directed into the housing of the switching device and forces a conductive plunger against the electrical connection for completing a circuit to produce a signal in a patient call system. The connector assembly has a snap fit connection constructed to selectively position the air conduit at a predetermined angle relative to the electrical connection, i.e. a first snap fit connector position the air conduit at a right angle with the electrical connection, and a second snap fit connector position the air conduit in alignment with the electrical connection. A method includes selectively inserting the first snap fit connector and the second snap fit connector into the housing depending on a desired system configuration. |
| US08278574B2 |
Switch element for a movable furniture part
The invention relates to a switch element including an actuating element that can be impinged upon by an energy accumulator (force storage device) and is mounted so that it can be moved along a trajectory. At least two energy accumulators are used to impinge the actuating element and the number of the energy accumulators impinging the actuating element varies in predetermined positions of the trajectory. |
| US08278572B2 |
Electromagnetic induction handwriting system and coordinate determining method thereof
The present invention discloses an electromagnetic induction handwriting system and its single side coordinate determining method for determining a coordinate of a stylus on a handwriting apparatus. The coordinate is computed by a first voltage, a second voltage, and a third voltage, where the first voltage equals the maximum detection voltage, the second voltage and the third voltage are obtained from two antennas, and both of the two antennas are arranged at the same side of the antenna that induces the maximum detection voltage. |
| US08278568B2 |
Z-directed variable value components for printed circuit boards
A Z-directed variable value component for insertion into a printed circuit board while allowing electrical connection to internal conductive planes contained with the PCB. The Z-directed variable value component mounts in a printed circuit board (PCB) having a mounting hole having a depth D therein and a plurality of conductive traces and comprises an insulative body of a length L comprising a top surface; a bottom surface; a side surface between the top and bottom surfaces; a cross-sectional shape that is insertable into the mounting hole in the PCB; and a first and a second electrically conductive channels on the side surface with the first channel and second channel both extending from one of the top and bottom surfaces; a plateable strip disposed on the side surface intermediate the top and bottom surfaces; and a first and second conductor disposed within the body, the first conductor electrically connected to the first channel and one end of the plateable strip and the second conductor electrically connected to the second channel and the other end of the plateable strip. In one form the plateable strip is comprised of a resistive material. In another form the plateable strip is comprised of a material having an electrical characteristic that changes when plating is applied to the strip after installation of the Z-directed component in the mounting hole of the PCB. |
| US08278564B2 |
Circuit board viaholes and method of manufacturing the same
Provided are a circuit board with a viahole and a method of manufacturing the same. The circuit board includes: a substrate formed of an insulating material; a conductive layer disposed on the substrate; a plated layer comprising nickel and disposed on the conductive layer; and a viahole passing through the substrate, the conductive layer, and the plated layer, wherein a crystal growth direction of nickel in the plated layer is parallel to a thickness-wise direction of the substrate. |
| US08278562B2 |
Multi-layer substrate and manufacturing method thereof
Disclosed are a multi-layer substrate and a manufacturing method of the multi-layer substrate. By employing a carrier to alternately form dielectric layers and metal structure layers thereon. Each dielectric layer adheres with the adjacent dielectric layer to embed the metal structure layers in the dielectric layers corresponding thereto. Comparing with prior arts, which have to use prepregs when hot pressing and adhering different layers of different materials, the present invention takes fewer processes, thus, fewer kinds of materials without using prepregs. Therefore, the present invention can promote the entire quality and yield of manufacturing the multi-layer substrate to satisfy mechanical characteristic matching of the multi-layer substrate and to reduce cost of the whole manufacturing process. Significantly, the multi-layer substrate having thin dielectric layers according to the present invention can satisfy the concern of impedance matching therefore, and can reduce crosstalk influence to keep good signal integrity therein. |
| US08278561B2 |
Conductive pattern forming film, and conductive pattern forming method and conductive pattern forming apparatus for the conductive pattern forming film
A conductive pattern forming film provides a pattern formed on a film substrate having flexibility by pressurizing, under heating, a conductive paste in which powder or fine particles of metal or semiconductor are dispersed and filled. A conductive pattern forming apparatus comprises a sample installation table having a flat placement surface, and a driving body for pressure application which is placed in a manner facing the placement surface and movable, wherein the driving body for pressure application is equipped with a support which is constituted by a flat metal panel having metal spheres along its bottom face. |
| US08278560B2 |
Electrical device with teeth joining layers and method for making the same
A multilayer electrical device, such as a printed circuit board, having a tooth structure including a metal layer set in a dielectric. The device includes a base; a conductive layer adjacent to the base; a dielectric material adjacent to conductive layer; a tooth structure including a metal layer set in the dielectric material to join the dielectric material to the metal layer; and wherein the metal layer forms a portion of circuitry in a circuit board having multiple layers of circuitry. |
| US08278557B2 |
High-voltage insulator
A high-voltage insulator includes a metal armature, an insulating tube joined to the metal armature, which is adhesively bonded to the metal armature at an end formed as a supporting ring, and an axially symmetrical adhesive-bonding joint disposed around the axis of the insulating tube. An annular grove, which is formed in the metal armature, is disposed around the axis of the insulating tube and receives an end portion of the supporting ring. Sealing surfaces are respectively formed in the groove and in the supporting ring. The sealing surfaces are arranged and formed in such a way that, when the insulating tube and the metal armature are joined, they slide on one another, thereby forming a seal, and the supporting ring acting as a displacement body presses adhesive that has been introduced into the groove before the joining into the adhesive-bonding joint. |
| US08278555B2 |
Electric wire conductor and a method of producing the same
A conductor includes elemental wires made from an aluminum alloy containing Si whose content is 0.3-1.2 mass %, Mg whose content makes an Mg/Si weight ratio in a range from 0.8 to 1.8, and a remainder essentially including Al and an unavoidable impurity. The conductor has tensile strength of 240 MPa or more, breaking elongation of 10% or more, impact absorption energy of 8 J/m or more, and electrical conductivity of 40% IACS or more. The production method includes the step of preparing a strand by bunching elemental wires with the above composition, and the step of subjecting the wire to solution treatment, quenching, and aging heat treatment. Solution treatment temperature is 500-580° C., and aging heat treatment temperature is 150-220° C. Heating in solution treatment is high frequency induction heating. |
| US08278546B2 |
Mobile terminal having jog dial and controlling method thereof
A mobile terminal having a disc-like interface and a controlling method thereof allows various functions to be controlled and pre-stored sound effects are outputted when performing music playback music such that an improved user interface and more intuitive control can be provided. |
| US08278545B2 |
Morphed musical piece generation system and morphed musical piece generation program
A morphed musical piece generation system that enables even a user with little knowledge of music to easily generate a morphed musical piece between two different musical pieces is provided. A first intermediate time-span tree data generation section 6 selectively removes difference information between common time-span tree data and first time-span tree data from the first time-span tree data.Also, a second intermediate time-span tree data generation section 7 performs the same operation to obtain second intermediate time-span tree data. A data combining section combines the first intermediate time-span tree data and the second intermediate time-span tree data to generate combined time-span tree data. A musical piece data generation section generates a morphed musical piece on the basis of the combined time-span tree data. |
| US08278543B2 |
Method of providing musicians with an opportunity to learn an isolated track from an original, multi-track recording
A system, method, and apparatus for learning music through an educational audio track embodied on a computer readable medium are presented. The system can have components including a processor, an input device, a database, a transformation module, an emulation recording module, an integration engine, an output module, and an output device, wherein each component is operable in itself to perform it's function in the system and operable with other system components to provide a system to a user for learning music. |
| US08278542B2 |
Metronome responding to moving tempo
A metronome ticking the beat for performance especially with moving tempo, and having display looks like conductor's baton so that watcher can precisely predict beat timing to catch up the moving tempo. It has tapping button to record all the beat duration time data on memory. With the data on memory all the beats can be reproduced. Partial modification of beat duration time is also possible by tapping. Dedicated device uses vertically placed light emitting element array. Emitting point moves like ball thrown upward. Bound timing is beat timing. The metronome opens new way to produce music minus one or karaoke media. |
| US08278541B2 |
Drum pedal with optical sensor
A drum pedal sensing system may include a base, a foot board, a pedestal, a beater, beater stem, and beater holder operatively connected to the foot board, a sensor holder, and a sensor fixedly coupled to the sensor holder. The beater holder may include a sensing surface that may rotate as the foot board is depressed and that may remain a substantially constant distance from the sensor as the sensing surface rotates. Additionally, the system may include a microprocessor operatively coupled to the sensor that receives signals from the sensor corresponding to motion of the sensing surface. Based on sensed changes such as changes in position, velocity, or acceleration, the microprocessor may determine whether the beater has contacted a drum face and, if so, may send an output signal to a stomp box, drum brain or similar element, with the amplitude of this output signal proportional to strength of the hit. |
| US08278540B1 |
Slidable wind instrument brace
A slidable wind instrument brace has an adjusting ring, a first abutting block and a second abutting block. The first abutting block and the second abutting block are respectively mounted on two ends of the adjusting ring. The adjusting ring is rotated to drive the first abutting block and the second abutting block to move close to or away from each other. Therefore, a position of the brace is changeable and a wind instrument with the brace can produce different timbres. |
| US08278534B2 |
Plants and seeds of corn variety CV295879
According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the corn variety designated CV295879. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CV295879, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CV295879 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to corn seeds and plants produced by crossing plants of variety CV295879 with plants of another variety, such as another inbred line. The invention further relates to the inbred and hybrid genetic complements of plants of variety CV295879. |
| US08278532B2 |
Plants and seeds of hybrid corn variety CH958300
According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH958300. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH958300, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH958300 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH958300. |
| US08278530B1 |
Soybean cultivar 01153631
A soybean cultivar designated 01153631 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 01153631, to the plants of soybean cultivar 01153631, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 01153631, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 01153631. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. The invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 01153631. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 01153631, and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar 01153631 with another soybean cultivar. |
| US08278526B1 |
Soybean variety XR33W10
A novel soybean variety, designated XR33W10 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety XR33W10, cells from soybean variety XR33W10, plants of soybean XR33W10, and plant parts of soybean variety XR33W10. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety XR33W10 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic, mutant trait, and/or native trait into soybean variety XR33W10, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety XR33W10. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety XR33W10 are further provided. |
| US08278523B1 |
Soybean variety XB31A10
A novel soybean variety, designated XB31A10 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety XB31A10, cells from soybean variety XB31A10, plants of soybean XB31A10, and plant parts of soybean variety XB31A10. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety XB31A10 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic, mutant trait, and/or native trait into soybean variety XB31A10, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety XB31A10. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety XB31A10 are further provided. |
| US08278522B1 |
Soybean variety XBP11002
A novel soybean variety, designated XBP11002 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety XBP11002, cells from soybean variety XBP11002, plants of soybean XBP11002, and plant parts of soybean variety XBP11002. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety XBP11002 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic, mutant trait, and/or native trait into soybean variety XBP11002, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety XBP11002. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety XBP11002 are further provided. |
| US08278520B1 |
Soybean variety XB58U10
A novel soybean variety, designated XB58U10 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety XB58U10, cells from soybean variety XB58U10, plants of soybean XB58U10, and plant parts of soybean variety XB58U10. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety XB58U10 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic, mutant trait, and/or native trait into soybean variety XB58U10, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety XB58U10. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety XB58U10 are further provided. |
| US08278519B1 |
Soybean variety XBP57002
A novel soybean variety, designated XBP57002 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety XBP57002, cells from soybean variety XBP57002, plants of soybean XBP57002, and plant parts of soybean variety XBP57002. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety XBP57002 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic, mutant trait, and/or native trait into soybean variety XBP57002, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety XBP57002. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety XBP57002 are further provided. |
| US08278517B1 |
Soybean variety XBP49007
A novel soybean variety, designated XBP49007 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety XBP49007, cells from soybean variety XBP49007, plants of soybean XBP49007, and plant parts of soybean variety XBP49007. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety XBP49007 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic, mutant trait, and/or native trait into soybean variety XBP49007, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety XBP49007. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety XBP49007 are further provided. |
| US08278511B2 |
Soybean variety A1016184
The invention relates to the soybean variety designated A1016184. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety A1016184. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety A1016184 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety A1016184 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods. |
| US08278510B2 |
Cucumber line APD147-5007GY
The invention provides seed and plants of the cucumber line designated APD147-5007Gy. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of cucumber line APD147-5007Gy, and to methods for producing a cucumber plant produced by crossing a plant of cucumber line APD147-5007Gy with itself or with another cucumber plant, such as a plant of another line. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to parts of a plant of cucumber line APD147-5007Gy, including the fruit and gametes of such plants. |
| US08278508B2 |
Hon-shimeji mushroom-fungal bed culture
The present invention provides a fungal bed culture of a hon-shimeji mushroom inoculated with a liquid seed culture wherein the surface of a culture medium for cultivation has a liquid seed culture inoculated portion and a liquid seed culture non-inoculated portion as well as provides a fungal bed cultivation method of a hon-shimeji mushroom which generates a fruit body from the fungal bed culture. According to the present invention, the formation rate of budlet in the fungal bed cultivation of a hon-shimeji mushroom is improved, thereby enabling stable production of a hon-shimeji mushroom in large scale commercial cultivation. |
| US08278507B2 |
Polypeptides having cellobiohydrolase activity and polynucleotides encoding same
The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having cellobiohydrolase activity and isolated polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods of producing and using the polypeptides. |
| US08278501B2 |
Genetic loci associated with fusarium solani tolerance in soybean
The invention relates to methods and compositions for identifying soybean plants that are tolerant, have improved tolerance or are susceptible to Fusarium solani infection (the causative agent of sudden death syndrome or SDS). The methods use molecular genetic markers to identify, select and/or construct disease-tolerant plants or identify and counterselect disease-susceptible plants. Soybean plants that display tolerance or improved tolerance to Fusarium solani infection that are generated by the methods of the invention are also a feature of the invention. |
| US08278495B1 |
System for decontamination of chemical weapons agents using solid sorbent with liquid decontamination solution
A chemical warfare (CW) agent decontamination system and method for decontaminated surfaces contaminated by CW agents. The system includes both solid particles and liquid solution in admixture such that the solid particles absorb the liquid decontamination material. The method of decontaminating surfaces contaminated with CW agents includes contacting the CW agent with a sufficient amount of a solid-particle sorbent for a sufficient time and under conditions which are sufficient to produce a reaction product having less toxicity than the CW agent. CW agents to be decontaminated include the nerve agents VX and G-type agents, and mustard agent HD. The system is non-toxic and has a reduced environmental impact as compared to the previously available decontamination systems and solutions. |
| US08278494B2 |
Method of making linear alkylbenzenes
Methods and systems for the production of linear alkylbenzenes are described herein. The methods and systems incorporate the novel use of a high shear device to promote dispersion and mixing of one or more olefins (e.g. propylene) with an aromatic. The high shear device may allow for lower reaction temperatures and pressures and may also reduce reaction time with existing catalysts. |
| US08278490B2 |
Phase transfer catalyst for synthesis of pentaerythritol diphosphites
The present invention pertains to a process for the preparation of pentaerythritol diphosphites via a one-pot, direct esterification of phosphorus trichloride with pentaerithritol, and either an alkylphenol or an arylalkylphenol which functions both as a reactant and as a solvent, with a phase transfer catalyst such as a quaternary ammonium salt. |
| US08278489B2 |
Method for producing an amine
Processes for preparing an amine, which processes comprise: reacting a reactant selected from the group consisting of primary alcohols, secondary alcohols, aldehydes, ketones, and mixtures thereof, with hydrogen and a nitrogen compound selected from the group consisting of ammonia, primary amines, secondary amines and mixtures thereof, in the presence of a zirconium dioxide-, copper- and nickel-containing catalyst; wherein the catalyst comprises a catalytically active composition which comprises, before reduction with hydrogen, oxygen compounds of zirconium, copper, nickel and tin, and 0.5 to 8.0% by weight of an oxygen compound of cobalt, calculated as CoO, and wherein the catalytically active composition does not comprise any ruthenium. |
| US08278487B2 |
Catalytic process for the ammoximation of carbonyl compounds
The present disclosure pertains to a process for preparing an oxime in which a carbonyl compound is reacted in the liquid phase with NH3 and H2O2 in the presence of a catalyst to form the corresponding oxime, wherein the catalyst comprises a catalytic component selected from the oxides of metals of group 5 and group 6. The use of a niobia catalyst is particularly preferred. The process according to the disclosure is suitable for the manufacture of numerous oximes, in particular cyclohexanone oxime. |
| US08278486B2 |
Process and intermediates for the preparation of N-acylated-4-aryl beta-amino acid derivatives
A process for producing an enantiomerically enriched compound of Formula I: where the R-configuration, or S-configuration at the stereogenic center is marked with an *; by hydrogenating an enamide of formula III: in an organic solvent in the presence of a catalyst comprising a transition metal selected from rhodium or iridium, complexed to a chiral diphosphine ligand; Ar is optionally substituted phenyl; Z is OR1, SR1 or NR1R2; and P is R3, OR3 or NR3R4; R1 and R2 are selected from H, C1-8 alkyl, C5-12 cycloalkyl, aryl and aryl-C1-2-alkyl; or R1 and R2 together with the nitrogen atom form a C4-7-membered heterocyclic ring optionally fused with a 5- to 6-membered carbocyclic or heterocyclic ring; and R3 and R4 are selected from H, C1-8 alkyl, aryl, C5-12 cycloalkyl and aryl-C1-2-alkyl; or R3 and R4 together with the nitrogen atom form a C4-7-membered heterocyclic ring. |
| US08278482B2 |
Antimicrobial N-chlorinated compositions
The present application relates to N-chlorinated cationic compounds of Formula I or a salt thereof, and associated compositions and methods of use as antimicrobial agents. |
| US08278478B2 |
Process for the synthesis of hydrochloride salt of N-fatty acylsubstituted amino acid ethyl esters
The present invention relates to a process for preparing hydrochloride salt of N-fatty acyl substituted amino acid ethyl ester. Said process includes the steps of: dissolving L-arginine ethyl ester dihydrochloride in distilled water with continuous agitation for a period of about 10 to about 20 minutes to obtain a clear solution; lowering the temperature of the clear solution to about 5° C. to about 10° C. to obtain a cooled solution; adjusting the pH of the cooled solution in the range of about 7 to about 8 by adding sodium hydroxide solution; adding at least one organic solvent to the clear solution with continuous agitation to obtain an intermediate mixture; condensing the intermediate mixture by simultaneously adding an acid halide and 20% sodium hydroxide solution at a temperature of about 7° C. to about 9° C. and at a pH in the range of about 7.2 to about 7.5 for about 2 hours to obtain a mixture; raising the temperature of the mixture to about 18 to about 20° C. followed by addition of sodium hydroxide to adjust the pH of the mixture to about 7.3; warming the mixture at a temperature of about 25 to about 30° C. to obtain a resultant mixture containing organic phase and aqueous phase; separating the organic phase and aqueous phase of the resultant mixture by settling the mixture; and distilling the organic phase under vacuum at a temperature of about 70° C. to about 75° C. to obtain a hydrochloride salt of ethyl lauroyl arginate. |
| US08278474B2 |
Method for the separation of pentenenitrile isomers
A process is described for separating mixtures of isomeric pentenenitriles, in which at least one isomer is removed from the mixture, wherein the separation of the substance mixtures of isomeric pentenenitriles is effected distillatively under reduced pressure. |
| US08278473B2 |
Alpha, beta-unsaturated imidate compound and pesticidal composition containing the same
There is provided a compound having an excellent controlling effect on pests, represented by the formula (I): wherein, A and E independently represent a —R1 group, a -L1-R1 group, etc.; G represents a -L2-R1 group, a —S(O)2—R4 group, etc.; X represents a —S—R5 group or a —O—R6 group; Z represents an optionally substituted carbocyclic group or an optionally substituted heterocyclic group; R1 represents an optionally substituted C1-C20 chain hydrocarbon group, etc.; R5 represents a substituted C1-C4 alkyl group, an optionally substituted C5-C10 alkyl group, etc.; R6 represents a substituted C1-C2 alkyl group, an optionally substituted C3-C10 alkyl group, etc.; L1 represents a an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom, a —S(O)— group, or a —S(O)2— group; and L2 represents an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom. |
| US08278468B2 |
Furanose derivatives
The invention relates to a process for preparing furanose derivatives, to furanose intermediates used in said process and to the use of said derivatives in the manufacture of atorvastatin. |
| US08278466B2 |
Benzocycloheptane and benzoxepine derivatives
The present invention relates to a compound of formula (I) including any stereochemically isomeric form thereof, wherein the substituents are as defined in the specification and the claims; a N-oxide thereof, a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof or a solvate thereof; provided that the compound is other than or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. The claimed compounds are useful for the treatment of a disease, the treatment of which is affected, mediated or facilitated by activating the GHS1A-r receptor. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions thereof and processes for the preparation thereof. |
| US08278464B2 |
Insecticides
Compounds of formula wherein the substituents are as defined in claim 1, and the agrochemically acceptable salts and all stereoisomers and tautomeric forms of the compounds of formula I can be used as agrochemical active ingredients and can be prepared in a manner known per se. |
| US08278463B2 |
Process for the preparation of pure duloxetine hydrochloride
The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of pure Duloxetine hydrochloride. The present invention further relates to duloxetine hydrochloride substantially free of residual hydrochloric acid. |
| US08278462B2 |
Methods and compounds for producing dipeptidyl peptidase IV inhibitors and intermediates thereof
Methods and compounds for production of cyclopropyl-fused pyrrolidine-based inhibitors of dipeptidyl peptidase IV are provided. |
| US08278459B2 |
UV-filter compounds
The present invention provides novel diol compounds, novel cosmetic or dermatological sunscreen compositions containing these compounds and the use of the novel compounds as UV-filters. The compounds are particularly advantageous, because they adhere to the skin and therefore provide sunscreen protection for a prolonged period of time. |
| US08278457B2 |
Heterocyclic sulfonamides, uses and pharmaceutical compositions thereof
The invention is directed to a class of compounds, including the pharmaceutically acceptable salts of the compounds, having the structure of formula I: as defined in the specification. The invention is also directed to compositions containing and uses of the compounds of formula I. |
| US08278456B2 |
Synthesis and stabilization of neutral compounds with homonuclear bonds
The present invention is directed to the synthesis and stabilization of neutral molecules containing homonuclear single or multiple bonds, methods of preparation, and uses thereof. |
| US08278453B2 |
Quinolizidinone M1 receptor positive allosteric modulators
The present invention is directed to quinolizidinone compounds of formula (I) which are M1 receptor positive allosteric modulators and that are useful in the treatment of diseases in which the M1 receptor is involved, such as Alzheimer's disease, schizophrenia, pain or sleep disorders. The invention is also directed to pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds, and to the use of the compounds and compositions in the treatment of diseases mediated by the M1 receptor. |
| US08278448B2 |
Technetium and rhenium complexes
Novel radioactive technetium and rhenium complexes comprising tripodal ligands are provided by the present invention. In particular, Tc(I) complexes are provided by the present invention. Novel ligands suitable for the formation of the technetium and rhenium complexes of the invention are also provided, as well as radiopharmaceutical compositions comprising said complexes, kits for their preparation. The invention also relates to the use of 99mTc radiopharmaceuticals of the invention for SPECT imaging. |
| US08278447B2 |
Ruthenium complex and photoelectric component using the same
The present invention relates to a ruthenium complex represented by the following formula (I): RuL2(NCS)2Am (I) wherein L, A and m are defined the same as the specification, and a photoelectric component using the same. The ruthenium complex of the present invention can be used in a Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell (DSSC). Hence, the photoelectric characteristics of the DSSC manufactured with the ruthenium complex of the present invention can be improved. |
| US08278446B2 |
Process for preparing substituted diaminopyrimidine oximes
The present invention is directed to a process for chemoselective substitution on a halopyrimidine carboxaldehyde having multiple reactive sites and subsequent stereoselective oxime formation. |
| US08278443B2 |
Optical films resin composition comprising polyarylate resin and amino resin having triazine structure, and optical films prepared by using the same
The present invention relates to a resin composition for an optical film, comprising a polyarylate resin and an amino resin having a triazine structure, and to an optical film prepared by using the same. By using the resin composition for an optical film, a thickness direction retardation can be controlled, while having a negative value, during a step of fabricating the optical film, an in-plane retardation can be controlled, and the optical film can be used as a substrate of a display instead of a glass substrate without an additional retardation compensation film. |
| US08278441B2 |
BACE inhibitors
The present invention provides BACE inhibitors of Formula I: methods for their use, intermediates, and methods for their preparation. |
| US08278436B2 |
Glycosylated warfarin analogs and uses thereof
The present invention discloses a set of glycosylated warfarin analogs which are useful as anti-tumor or anti-metastatic agents and as reagents for studying sugar uptake in cells. |
| US08278434B2 |
Promoter, promoter control elements, and combinations, and uses thereof
The present invention is directed to promoter sequences and promoter control elements, polynucleotide constructs comprising the promoters and control elements, and methods of identifying the promoters, control elements, or fragments thereof. The invention further relates to the use of the present promoters or promoter control elements to modulate transcript levels. |
| US08278433B2 |
Methods and compositions for expressing negative-sense viral RNA in canine cells
The present invention provides novel canine pol I regulatory nucleic acid sequences useful for the expression of nucleic acid sequences in canine cells such as MDCK cells. The invention further provides expression vectors and cells comprising such nucleic acids as well as methods of using such nucleic acids to make influenza viruses, including infectious influenza viruses. |
| US08278431B2 |
Polynucleotides and polypeptides involved in post-transcriptional gene silencing
This invention relates to isolated nucleic acid fragments encoding polypeptides involved in post-transcriptional gene silencing. The invention also relates to construction of a recombinant DNA construct encoding all or a portion of the polypeptide involved in post-transcriptional gene silencing, in sense or antisense orientation, wherein expression of the recombinant DNA construct results in production of altered levels in a transformed host cell of the polypeptide involved in post-transcriptional gene silencing. |
| US08278430B2 |
Recombinant platelet collagen receptor glycoprotein VI and its pharmaceutical use
The invention relates to Glycoprotein VI (GPVI), its isolation, purification, and methods for recombinant production. Especially, the invention relates to the use of GPVI, preferably recombinant GPVI, in the treatment of disorders and pathological events correlated directly or indirectly to blood coagulation disorders such as thrombotic and cardiovascular diseases. The extracellular recombinant protein can also be used for establishing screening assays to find potential inhibitors of the membrane bound GPVI in order to inhibit binding of thrombocytes and platelets, respectively, to collagen. Changes in GPVI can be used to monitor platelet age and exposure to thrombotic and cardiovascular diseases. |
| US08278426B2 |
Carbocyclic bicyclic nucleic acid analogs
Provided herein are saturated and unsaturated carbocyclic bicyclic nucleosides, oligomeric compounds prepared therefrom and methods of using these oligomeric compounds. The saturated and unsaturated carbocyclic bicyclic nucleosides are useful for enhancing properties of oligomeric compounds including nuclease resistance. |
| US08278425B2 |
N-substituted-aminomethylene bridged bicyclic nucleic acid analogs
Provided herein are bicyeMc nucleosides comprising a substituted amino group in the bridge, oligomeric compounds having at least one of these bicyclic nucleosides and methods of using the oligomeric compounds. The bicyclic nucleosides comprising a substituted amino group in the bridge are useful for enhancing properties of oligomeric compounds including nuclease resistance, in certain embodiments, the oligomeric compounds hybridize to a portion of a target RNA resulting in loss of normal function of the target RNA. |
| US08278424B2 |
Antibodies that bind to PSCA proteins for diagnosis of cancer
Antibodies and molecules derived therefrom that bind to novel PSCA protein, and variants thereof, are described wherein PSCA exhibits tissue specific expression in normal adult tissue, and is aberrantly expressed in the cancers listed in Table I. Consequently, PSCA provides a diagnostic, prognostic, prophylactic and/or therapeutic target for cancer. The PSCA gene or fragment thereof, or its encoded protein, or variants thereof, or a fragment thereof, can be used to elicit a humoral or cellular immune response; antibodies or T cells reactive with PSCA can be used in active or passive immunization. |
| US08278422B2 |
Antibodies that specifically bind beta-like glycoprotein hormone polypeptides and heterodimers thereof
Novel β10 polypeptides and heterodimers thereof, and nucleic acid molecules encoding the same are disclosed. The invention also provides vectors, host cells, selective binding agents, and methods for producing β10 polypeptides and heterodimeric forms thereof, specifically α2/β10. Also provided for are methods for the treatment, diagnosis, amelioration, or prevention of diseases with β10 polypeptides and α2/β10 heterodimers or their respective binding agents. |
| US08278420B2 |
Composition and method for prevention and treatment of type I diabetes
A composition for the prevention or treatment of type I diabetes in a subject, said composition comprising a fusion protein selected from the group consisting of GLP-1/IgG or variant or fragment thereof and an Ex4/IgG or variant or fragment thereof and an autoimmune suppressor for silencing an autoimmune response against islet beta cells. |
| US08278417B2 |
Kits for treating wounds
The invention is directed to novel cellular factor-containing solution compositions (referred to herein as “CFS” compositions), including novel sustained-release cellular factor-containing solution compositions (referred to herein as “SR-CFS” compositions), methods of making such novel compositions and uses thereof. |
| US08278416B1 |
Spider silk proteins and methods for producing spider silk proteins
The invention provides an isolated major ampullate spidroin protein, which consists of from 150 to 420 amino acid residues and is defined by the formula REP-CT. REP is a repetitive, N-terminally derived protein fragment having from 80 to 300 amino acid residues. CT is a C-terminally derived protein fragment having from 70 to 120 amino acid residues. The invention further provides an isolated fusion protein consisting of a first protein fragment, which is a major ampullate spidroin protein, and a second protein fragment comprising a fusion partner and a cleavage agent recognition site. The first protein fragment is coupled via said cleavage agent recognition site to the fusion partner. The invention also provides a method of producing a major ampullate spidroin protein and polymers thereof. |
| US08278409B2 |
Copolymers of epsilon-caprolactone and glycolide for melt blown nonwoven applications
Copolymers exhibiting the following combinations of properties, including without limitation, ε-caprolactone in an amount ranging from about 12 to about 70 mole percent, glycolide in an amount ranging from about 30 to about 88 mole percent, crystallinity ranging from about 10 to about 50% as measured by WAXD or about 10 to about 50 J/g as measured by DSC, and an inherent viscosity ranging from about 0.5 to about 1.45 dL/g as measured in a 0.1 g/dl solution of HFIP at 25° C.; a method for melt blowing such copolymers and nonwoven constructs produced therefrom are described herein. |
| US08278400B2 |
Antifouling materials containing cationic polysiloxanes
Polyamine cross-linked polysiloxanes, such as functionalized polysiloxane cross-linked with a polyalkylenepolyamine are described herein. The polyamine cross-linked polysiloxanes may be used in an antifouling composition to prevent biological fouling in marine environments. |
| US08278398B2 |
Two part crash durable epoxy adhesives
Two-component epoxy-based structural adhesives are disclosed which exhibit excellent impact resistance, even when cured at approximately room temperature. The adhesives include an epoxy resin component which includes an epoxy resin and a reactive tougher. The adhesives also include a hardener component, which includes from 15 to 50 weight percent of an amine-terminated polyether, from 4 to 40 weight percent of an amine terminated rubber having a glass transition temperature of −40° C. or below, and from 10 to 30 weight percent of an amine-terminated polyamide having a melting temperature of no greater than 50° C. |
| US08278394B2 |
Indenofluorene polymer based organic semiconductor materials
The invention relates to polymers comprising indenofluorene units or derivatives thereof, organic semiconductor (OSC) materials comprising them, their use in electronic or electrooptical devices, and devices comprising said polymers or materials. |
| US08278392B2 |
Process for producing propylene resin composition
Disclosed are processes for producing polypropylene resin compositions including two or three sorts of propylene-based polymeric materials, the processes including a first step of melt-kneading at least a propylene-α-olefin block copolymer containing a polymer portion composed mainly of propylene and a propylene-α-olefin copolymer portion having a relatively high intrinsic viscosity and a second step of melt-kneading the product of the first step with a propylene-ethylene block copolymer containing a polymer portion composed mainly of propylene and a propylene-ethylene copolymer portion having a relatively low intrinsic viscosity or a polymer portion composed mainly of propylene having a relatively low intrinsic viscosity. In the composition produced by these processes, no or substantially no fish eyes develop. |
| US08278390B2 |
Coatings with carbinol-functional siloxane resin
A coating composition contains a carbamate-functional film-forming material, a carbinol-functional, nonlinear siloxane resin, and an aminoplast crosslinking agent. The composition provides excellent high-bake repair adhesion of a repair-coating layer over the initial coating. |
| US08278389B2 |
Epoxy resin composition, prepreg, fiber-reinforced composite material
It is an object of the present invention to improve drawbacks in conventional technology and provide a fiber-reinforced composite material having both an excellent static strength property and impact resistance, and an epoxy resin composition for obtaining the fiber-reinforced composite material. More particularly, it is the object of the present invention to provide the epoxy resin composition that gives a cured material having a high elastic modulus, a high heat resistance, a high plastic deformation capacity and a high toughness.The epoxy resin composition containing following [A] to [D], a prepreg obtained by impregnating a fiber substrate with the epoxy resin composition, a fiber-reinforced composite material obtained by curing the prepreg and a tubular body thereof. [A] 10 to 60 parts by weight of an amine type epoxy resin, [B] 40 to 90 parts by weight of a bisphenol-type epoxy resin, [C] 1 to 10 parts by weight of dicyandiamide or a derivative thereof, and [D] 1 to 10 parts by weight of at least one block copolymer selected from the group consisting of S-B-M, B-M and M-B-M. |
| US08278387B2 |
Resin composition for laser engraving, image forming material, relief printing plate precursor for laser engraving, relief printing plate, and method of manufacturing relief printing plate
The invention provides a resin composition for laser engraving, containing at least (A) a polymerizable compound having two or more ethylenic unsaturated bonds, a carbon-sulfur bond being contained at the site where two among the two or more ethylenic unsaturated bonds are connected and (B) a binder polymer. The invention further provides an image forming material containing the resin composition, a relief printing plate precursor having a relief forming layer which contains the resin composition, a relief printing plate precursor having a relief forming layer which contains a product formed by subjecting the resin composition to cross-linking, a method for manufacturing a relief printing plate including subjecting the relief printing plate precursor having the relief forming layer which contains the resin composition to cross-linking, and a relief printing plate manufactured by the manufacturing method. |
| US08278386B2 |
Dispersion composition, polymerizable composition, light-shielding color filter, solid-state image pick-up element, liquid crystal display device, wafer level lens, and image pick-up unit
A dispersion composition is provided in which the dispersibility of titanium black is high, the sedimentation of titanium black over time is suppressed, and overall dispersibility and storage stability are high. Further, a polymerizable composition is provided in which favorable coating property on a substrate and even film thickness can be obtained, generation of residue in an unexposed region when a pattern is formed can be suppressed, and favorable pattern shape having any steps after exposure/development can be obtained. The dispersion composition contains (A) titanium black, (B) a graft copolymer and (C) a solvent. |
| US08278378B2 |
Organosilicate compound, and composition and film including the same
Disclosed are an organosilicate compound represented by the following Chemical Formula 1, and a composition and a film including the same. In the above Chemical Formula 1, each substituent is as defined in the detailed description. |
| US08278375B2 |
Mixed phosphonate flame-retardants
Mixtures of three types of linear, branched or cyclic phosphates are useful flame retardants, especially for thermoplastic resins or as functional additives in polymer matrices. |
| US08278368B2 |
Dental fillers, methods, compositions including a caseinate
The present application provides dental fillers, and methods of making and using dental fillers that include a treated surface that includes a caseinate. Dental compositions including such dental fillers can be useful for delivering ions to the oral environment. Dental compositions, and methods of using dental compositions that include a caseinate and a hardenable resin or a water-dispersible, polymeric film former are also provided. |
| US08278366B2 |
Compositions for compounding, extrusion and melt processing of foamable and cellular fluoropolymers
The present invention relates generally to the use of talc as a chemical foaming agent in perfluoropolymers to form foamable and foamed compositions. For example, in one aspect, a foamable composition is disclosed, which comprises (i) one or more base perfluoropolymers comprising at least 50 percent by weight of the composition, and (ii) talc blended with the one or more base perfluoropolymers, where the talc comprises 3 percent to about 15 percent by weight of the composition. Each of the perfluoropolymers is selected from the group consisting of tetrafluoroethylene/perfluoromethylvinyl ether copolymer (MFA), hexafluoropropylene/tetrafluoroethylene copolymer (FEP) and perfluoroalkoxy (PFA) and any blend thereof, where hydrogen-containing fluoropolymers are absent from the composition. The one or more base perfluoropolymers are melt-processable at one or more elevated processing temperatures of at least about 600° F. at which the talc functions as a chemical foaming agent for extrusion or mold processing of the composition into a foamed article having uniform cell structures. |
| US08278364B2 |
Method for optimizing the operation of a unit for the synthesis of hydrocarbons from a synthesis gas
The invention concerns a method for optimizing the operation of a reaction section for hydrocarbon synthesis starting from a feed comprising synthesis gas, operated in the presence of a catalyst comprising cobalt. This method comprises the following steps: a) determining the theoretical molar ratio, PH2O:PH2, in the reaction section; b) optionally, adjusting the ratio PH2O:PH2 determined in step a) to a value strictly below 1; c) determining the new value for the theoretical ratio PH2O:PH2 in the reaction section; and repeating steps a) to c) until the ratio of the partial pressures of water and hydrogen, PH2O:PH2, has a value strictly less than 1.1. |
| US08278359B2 |
Compositions containing amines and use thereof to treat acne or reduce the appearance of oil or pores on the skin
The present invention features compositions comprising at least one compound of the formula I or formula II: wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, and R5 independently, are selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, C1-C6 alkyl, C1-C6 hydroxyalkyl, or a cosmetically acceptable salt thereof, and the use thereof for treating acne and reducing the appearance of oil or pores on the skin. |
| US08278344B2 |
Heterocyclic inhibitors of necroptosis
The invention features a series of heterocyclic derivatives that inhibit tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α) induced necroptosis. The heterocyclic compounds of the invention are described by Formulas (I) and (Ia)-(Ie) and are shown to inhibit TNF-α induced necroptosis in FADD-deficient variant of human Jurkat T cells. The invention further features pharmaceutical compositions featuring the compounds of the invention. The compounds and compositions of the invention may also be used to treat disorders where necroptosis is likely to play a substantial role. |
| US08278343B2 |
Pyrrolidines
This invention relates to a class of pyrrolidine compounds of formula (I), and pharmaceutically acceptable derivatives thereof, to their use in medicine, to compositions containing them, and to processes for their preparation. It also relates to intermediates used in the preparation of such compounds and derivatives. In particular the compounds of formula (I) are useful for the treatment of EP2-mediated conditions, such as endometriosis, uterine fibroids (leiomyomata), menorrhagia, adenomyosis, primary and secondary dysmenorrhoea (including symptoms of dyspareunia, dyschexia and chronic pelvic pain), chronic pelvic pain syndrome. |
| US08278341B2 |
Analogs of indole-3-carbinol and their use as agents against infection
Compounds useful as antibacterial agents are provided. The compounds are analogs of indole-3-carbinol and have a backbone selected from dihydroindolo[2,3-b]carbazole, 2,2′-diindolylmethane, 2′,3-diindolylmethane, and 3,3′-diindolylmethane. The compounds are useful therapeutic and prophylactic treatment of bacterial infections in mammals. Methods of synthesis of the compounds are provided, as are pharmaceutical compositions containing the compounds. |
| US08278337B2 |
Substituted pyridines that are JNK inhibitors
Disclosed are compounds of the formula (I) wherein X is N or CH, and Y is N or CR5. Also disclosed are methods of treating JNK and ERK mediated diseases using the compounds of formula 1.0. |
| US08278336B2 |
Compounds
The present invention relates to new CGRP-antagonists of general formulae Ia and Ib wherein R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5 are defined as mentioned below, the tautomers, the isomers, the diastereomers, the enantiomers, the hydrates, the mixtures and the salts thereof as well as the hydrates of the salts, particularly the physiologically acceptable salts thereof with inorganic or organic acids or bases, pharmaceutical compositions containing these compounds, the use thereof and processes for the preparation thereof. |
| US08278329B2 |
Diarylalkene derivatives and novel diarylalkane derivatives
The invention relates to a compound represented by the following general formula (1) or its analogue, which selectively inhibit N-type calcium channels or its analogue, and to a method for treating pain etc. comprising the compound represented by the following general formula (1) or its analogue to a patient in need of such treatment: wherein, A represents CH═CH, etc., a, b, c and d represents CH etc., R1, R2, R3, R4, R5 and R6 represents H etc., V—W represents C═C, etc., n represents 0 to 3, Y1 represents O etc., B represents —(CH2)vCHR21 wherein v is 0 to 3, R21 represents H, a lower alkyl group or the like, etc., G represents —CO—, a covalent bond, etc., m is 0 to 6, R7 and R8 represents H, a lower alkyl group, —COR18a, —COOR20 wherein R18a and R20 each represents a lower alkyl group or the like, etc. |
| US08278327B2 |
PDE10 inhibitors and related compositions and methods
Compounds that inhibit PDE10 are disclosed that have utility in the treatment of a variety of conditions, including (but not limited to) psychotic, anxiety, movement disorders and/or neurological disorders such as Parkinson's disease, Huntington's disease, Alzheimer's disease, encephalitis, phobias, epilepsy, aphasia, Bell's palsy, cerebral palsy, sleep disorders, pain, Tourette syndrome, schizophrenia, delusional disorders, drug-induced psychosis and panic and obsessive-compulsive disorders. The compounds have the general structure: wherein m, n, p, x, R, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, A and B, are defined herein, including pharmaceutically acceptable salts, stereoisomers, solvates or prodrugs thereof. Also disclosed are compositions containing a compound of this invention in combination with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, as well as methods relating to the use thereof for inhibiting PDE10 in a warm-blooded animal in need of the same. |
| US08278326B2 |
Inhibitors of protein phosphatase-1 and uses thereof
Inhibitors of Protein Phosphatase-1 have been shown to slow replication of HIV-1. Inhibitors of PP 1 and their use for treatment or prevention of HIV-1 infections are disclosed. |
| US08278324B2 |
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. |
| US08278312B2 |
Imidazo 1,2-a pyrimidine derivatives for the treatment of diseases such as diabetes
Novel compounds of the formula (I), in which W, T, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6 and X7 have the meanings indicated in Patent Claim 1, are suitable as antidiabetics. |
| US08278309B2 |
Synthetic mimetics of host defense and uses thereof
The present invention provides arylamide compounds and methods of making and using them as antibiotics. |
| US08278303B2 |
Phosphine transition metal complex, process for producing same, and anticancer agent
An anticancer agent having a novel chemical structure and high anticancer activity is provided. A phosphine transition metal complex of general formula (1) and an anticancer agent containing the complex are disclosed. R1 and R2, which may be the same or different, each represent a group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms selected from a straight-chain or branched alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, a substituted cycloalkyl group, an adamantyl group, a phenyl group, and a substituted phenyl group; R3 and R4, which may be the same or different, each represent a hydrogen atom, a straight-chain alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms or branched alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms; or R3 and R4 are taken together to form a saturated or unsaturated ring which may have a substituted group; M represents a transition metal atom selected from the group consisting of gold, copper, and silver; and X− represents an anion. |
| US08278292B2 |
Therapeutic compositions
Ingenol angelate is a potent anticancer agent, and can be stabilized by dissolving it in an aprotic solvent in the presence of an acidic buffer. |
| US08278287B2 |
siRNA compounds for inhibiting NRF2
The present invention provides chemically modified siRNA compounds that target the Nrf2 gene and pharmaceutical compositions comprising same useful for treating or preventing the incidence or severity of a cancerous disease, particularly various lung cancers. |
| US08278285B2 |
Gastric carcinoma gene ZNF312b, a protein translated from the gene, and a diagnostic kit and a screening method for anticancer agents using the same
The present invention relates to a diagnostic marker containing ZNF312b gene and the fragment thereof, a diagnostic method for stomach cancer and a screening method for stomach cancer inducers or inhibitors using the same. ZNF312b gene expression is specifically increased in stomach cancer. And the over-expression or the under-expression of the gene affects activation or inhibition of cell proliferation and tumor formation of a stomach cancer cell line and cell proliferation signal transduction system as well to induce stomach cancer at last. Therefore, ZNF312b marker gene can be effectively used for diagnosis of stomach cancer, construction of a stomach cancer animal model, prevention and treatment of stomach cancer and development of a stomach cancer specific anticancer agent. |
| US08278276B2 |
Methods of treating autism
Subjects having autism are treated with a composition that includes gamma-aminobutyric acid agonists. The gamma-aminobutyric acid agonist (GABA) can be a GABA(B) agonist, such as baclofen. |
| US08278275B2 |
Method to enhance hemodynamic stability using oxygen carrying compositions
The present invention relates to methods for enhancing the hemodynamic stability of an individual undergoing surgery by administering a composition comprising a hemoglobin-based oxygen carrier. In one embodiment, the present invention relates to the use of polyalkylene oxide modified hemoglobins with reduced cooperativity and a high oxygen affinity to enhance oxygen offloading as a preventative measure to avoid hemodynamic stability-related complications during surgery. |
| US08278274B2 |
Fibrin-binding peptides and conjugates thereof
Fibrin-binding peptides having high binding affinity and excellent physical characteristics compared to previously known fibrin-binding peptides are provided. These fibrin-binding peptides may be conjugated to a detectable label or a therapeutic agent and used to detect and facilitate treatment of pathological conditions associated with the presence of fibrin such as thrombic, angiogenic and neoplastic conditions. These peptides may be used in imaging processes such as MRI, ultrasound and nuclear medicine imaging (e.g. PET, scintigraphic imaging, etc.). The peptides may also be used therapeutically. The present invention also provides processes and methods for making and using such peptides and conjugates thereof. |
| US08278270B2 |
HGF precursor protein variant and active protein thereof
An HGF precursor protein variant, in which a peptide structure comprises a sequence including a peptide chain X inserted between an α chain of HGF or a polypeptide where 1 to 20 amino-acid residues from the C-terminus of the α chain are deleted, and a β chain of HGF or a polypeptide where 1 to 20 amino-acid residues from the N-terminus of the β chain are deleted; wherein (i) the peptide chain X has an amino-acid sequence of at least two residues, (ii) the peptide chain X can be cleaved by a protease reaction or a chemical reaction, and (iii) a protein obtained by cleaving at least one site of the peptide chain X has HGF action. |
| US08278266B2 |
Inhibition of migration and induction of cell death by the type II collagen amino propeptides
The present invention provides combinations and methods for inducing cell death, inhibiting angiogenesis, and inhibiting cell migration. In particular, the present invention provides methods for inducing cell death in a cell expressing an αvβ3 and/or an αvβ5 integrin. |
| US08278265B2 |
Methods, kits and compositions comprising crotamine
The present invention refers to uses of crotamine and compositions containing it, based on its characteristic of interaction with genetic material. Under submicromolar quantities, the polypeptide is no longer toxic, presenting the characteristics properties of cell penetration, transport of molecules to the surface, cytoplasm or cell nucleus and particularly, selective cell penetration.The invention also refers to compositions comprising a pharmaceutically effective concentration of crotamine and its use for the treatment of diseases and dysfunctions, based on its characteristics of interaction with genetic material, such as DNA and RNA, and cell selectivity.Further, the invention refers to a kit comprising crotamine as a reagent to: (i) transfect or carry molecules to the surface, cytoplasm or nucleus of the cell or (ii) identify and select actively proliferating cells in a homogeneous and/or mixed cell population, particularly the ones originated from the umbilical cord and/or bone marrow and others undifferentiated cells such as progenitors and stem cells from different sources of organism and cancer cells. |
| US08278262B2 |
Use of microproteins as tryptase inhibitors
Disclosed are uses of microproteins preferably microproteins forming a cystine knot (i.e. belonging to the family of inhibitor cystine knot (ICK) polypeptides) or polynucleotides encoding said microproteins for the preparation of a pharmaceutical composition for treating or preventing a disease that can be treated or prevented by inhibiting the activity of tryptase as well as corresponding methods of treatment. Also disclosed are uses of the microproteins for inhibiting tryptase activity, for purifying tryptase, as a carrier molecule for tryptase and for deleting or quantifying tryptase in a sample, including corresponding diagnostic applications. Furthermore disclosed are fusion proteins comprising an inactive barnase as well as fusion proteins comprising barnase and a microprotein. Also encompassed are nucleic acid molecules encoding such a fusion protein, as well as corresponding vectors, host cells, preparation methods and uses of the fusion protein. Moreover, the present application discloses a crystal of a microprotein fused with barnase, preferably inactive barnase. The disclosure also refers to corresponding preparation methods for the crystal, structure analysis methods using the crystal data storage media comprising the structure data obtained, as well as to in silico methods using the structure data for characterizing the binding of microproteins to target molecules. Furthermore, disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions comprising the crystal and corresponding medical uses. |
| US08278261B2 |
Method of making soaps from oil-bearing microbial biomass and oils
Soap and cosmetic products can be made from oil-bearing microbial biomass via the alkaline hydrolysis of glycerolipids and fatty acid esters to fatty acid salts. The saponified microbial oils/lipids can be combined with a variety of additives to produce compositions for use as soaps and other cosmetic products, which may also contain other constituents of the biomass, including unsaponified oils, glycerol and carotenoids, among others. |
| US08278258B2 |
Acid inhibitor compositions for metal cleaning and/or pickling
An acid inhibitor concentrate is provided which contains water, at least one polyamino-aldehyde resin such as a quaternized polyethylenepolyamine-glyoxal resin, and at least one compound selected from the group consisting of acetylenic alcohols, ethoxylated fatty amines, ethoxylated fatty amine salts, and aldehyde-releasing compounds (such as hexamethylenetetramine). Such concentrates form useful metal cleaning and pickling solutions when combined with aqueous acid, wherein such solutions, when contacted with a metal surface, are effective in removing scale, smut and other deposits from the metal surface but exhibit a reduced tendency for the aqueous acid to attack or etch the metal itself. |
| US08278254B2 |
Additives and lubricant formulations having improved antiwear properties
Lubricated surfaces, lubricant compositions for lubricating a surface, and methods for increasing antiwear properties in lubricants. The lubricated surface is provided by a lubricant composition including a base oil of lubricating viscosity, at least one metal salt of phosphorothioic acid, and an amount of at least one hydrocarbon soluble titanium compound effective to provide an increase in antiwear properties of the lubricant composition. A ratio of titanium metal to phosphorus in the antiwear agent ranges from about 0.3:1 to about 1.5:1. |
| US08278253B2 |
Method for the control of hydroperoxide-induced oxidation in formulated lubricating oils by use of ionic liquids as additives
The resistance to oxidation of a lubricating oil is enhanced by the addition to the lubricating oil of an additive amount of an ionic liquid. |
| US08278248B1 |
Mycoherbicide for controlling cogongrass
A newly discovered fungus Bipolaris imperatae which possesses herbicidal effects on grassy weed species such as cogongrass (Imperata cylindrica), methods of applying Bipolaris imperatae fungus as a mycoherbicide to control growth of cogongrass and similar wild grassy weeds, and compositions containing an effective amount of Bipolaris imperatae fungus and an agriculturally acceptable carrier to control growth of cogongrass and similar weeds. |
| US08278247B2 |
Methods and compositions for increasing the amounts of phosphorus available for plant uptake from soils
The present invention relates to a method of enhancing growth conditions for plants by growing the plants in soil containing, in proximity to the plant roots, both a phosphorus source and at least two strains of the fungus Penicillium, particularly P. bilaiae, more particularly strains NRRL 50162 and NRRL 50169. |
| US08278246B2 |
Biocontrol of storage maladies of potatoes by bacterial antagonists produced in co-culture
Bacterial compositions effective for inhibiting fungal diseases of potatoes and/or potato sprouting are produced by co-culture of two or more of Pseudomonas fluorescens (NRRL B-21133), Pseudomonas fluorescens biovar (NRRL B-21053), Pseudomonas fluorescens (NRRL B-21102) and Enterobacter cloacae (NRRL B-21050). Compositions produced by co-culture of these bacteria together in the same culture medium are significantly more effective for inhibiting fungi-induced diseases of potatoes and/or inhibiting sprouting of potatoes, than blends or mixtures of the same bacteria cultured separately. |
| US08278244B2 |
Laser marking of substrates
A method for marking an substrate, comprising coating the substrate with a white or colorless solution of a soluble alkali or alkaline earth metal salt of a weak acid and irradiating areas of the substrate to be marked such that those areas change color, wherein the substrate comprises a polysaccharide material. |
| US08278242B2 |
Hydrothermally stable alumina
The hydrothermal stability of transition aluminas used as adsorbents and catalyst carriers is improved through their treatment with a soluble silicon inorganic compound such as sodium silicate wherein the silicon compound is mixed with the alumina powder at the production stage of forming particulates by liquid addition. The silicon containing particulates are activated by heating at a temperature lower than 500° C. and treated, before or after the thermal activation, by a colloidal silica solution to produce a hydrothermally stable, low dust alumina. The total silica content of the final product is typically less than 5 mass-%. |
| US08278239B2 |
Polycarbonates made using highly selective catalysts
Poly(propylene carbonates) are prepared from propylene oxide and CO2 with less than 10% cyclic propylene carbonate by product using cobalt based catalysts of structure preferably in combination with salt cocatalyst, very preferably cocatalyst where the cation is PPN+ and the anion is Cl− or OBzF5−. Novel products include poly(propylene carbonates) having a stereoregularity greater than 90% and/or a regioregularity of greater than 90%. |
| US08278235B2 |
Structurally enhanced cracking catalysts
A cracking catalyst contains a substantially inert core and an active shell, the active shell containing a zeolite catalyst and a matrix. The catalyst is formed by spray-drying a slurry containing water, substantially inert microspheres and a zeolite precursor and crystallizing zeolite in the active shell to create the cracking catalyst. Methods of using the cracking catalyst are also described. |
| US08278231B2 |
Heat stable formed ceramic, apparatus and method of using the same
In one aspect, the invention includes a heat stable, formed ceramic component that includes a multimodal grain distribution including (i) at least 50 wt % of coarse grains including stabilized zirconia, the coarse grains comprising a D50 grain size in the range of from 5 to 800 μm, based upon the total weight of the component; and (ii) at least 1 wt % of fine grains comprising a D50 average grain size not greater than one-fourth the D50 grain size of the coarse grain, dispersed within the coarse grains, based upon the total weight of the component; wherein after sintering, the component has porosity at ambient temperature in the range of from 5 to 45 vol. %, based on the formed volume of the component. In other embodiments, the invention includes a process for the manufacture of a hydrocarbon pyrolysis product from a hydrocarbon feed using a regenerative pyrolysis reactor system, comprising the steps of: (a) heating a pyrolysis reactor comprising a bi-modal stabilized zirconia ceramic component to a temperature of at least 1500° C. to create a heated reactive region, wherein after exposing the component to a temperature of at least 1500° C. for two hours the component has a bulk porosity measured at ambient temperature in the range of from 5 to 45 vol. %, based on the bulk volume of the component; (b) feeding a hydrocarbon feed to the heated pyrolysis reactor to pyrolyze the hydrocarbon feed and create a pyrolyzed hydrocarbon feed; and (c) quenching the pyrolyzed hydrocarbon feed to produce the hydrocarbon pyrolysis product. |
| US08278227B2 |
Polyester woven fabric
A polyester fabric having a total cover factor of not lower than 1500 and a mass per unit area of not higher than 45 g/m2, wherein said polyester fabric is composed of polyester multifilament A yarns having a total fineness of not higher than 25 dtex (decitex) and a single yarn fineness of not higher than 2.0 dtex and multifilament B yarns having a total fineness of not lower than 35 dtex, wherein the arrangements of the respective yarns in the warp and weft directions are such that the yarn constitution ratio “B yarn/A yarn” is ¼ to 1/20 (number of yarns-to-number of yarns ratio) and wherein the A yarn-to-B yarn pitches are not longer than 7 mm. The polyester fabric is light in weight, high in density and flexible by using extra-fine polyester multifilaments finer as compared with the conventional polyester multifilaments and, at the same time, has a sufficient level of tear strength. |
| US08278225B2 |
Hafnium tantalum oxide dielectrics
A dielectric layer containing a hafnium tantalum oxide film and a method of fabricating such a dielectric layer produce a dielectric layer for use in a variety of electronic devices. Embodiments include structures for capacitors, transistors, memory devices, and electronic systems with dielectric layers containing a hafnium tantalum oxide film structured as one or more monolayers. |
| US08278216B1 |
Selective capping of copper
The present invention provides methods of selectively depositing refractory metal and metal nitride cap layers onto copper lines inlaid in a dielectric layer. The methods result in formation of a cap layer on the copper lines without significant formation on the surrounding dielectric material. The methods typically involve exposing the copper lines to a nitrogen-containing organo-metallic precursor and a reducing agent under conditions that the metal or metal nitride layer is selectively deposited. In a particular embodiment, an amino-containing tungsten precursor is used to deposit a tungsten nitride layer. Deposition methods such as CVD or ALD may be used. |
| US08278213B2 |
Semiconductor device and manufacturing method of the same
This invention improves reliability of a semiconductor device and a manufacturing method thereof. A glass substrate is bonded on a surface of a silicon wafer formed with pad electrodes. Next, via holes are formed from a back surface of the silicon wafer to pad electrodes, and a groove is formed extending along a center line of a dicing line and penetrating the silicon wafer from its back surface. After then, in processes including heating treatment, cushioning pads, wirings, a solder mask, and solder balls are formed on the back surface of the silicon wafer. Finally, the silicon wafer bolstered by the glass substrate is separated into individual silicon dice by dicing. |
| US08278211B2 |
Thin film forming method
According to the present invention, a thin film having a desired thickness is formed on an inner sidewall of a step with excellent step coverage in a film forming step and an etching step at least once, respectively. In an embodiment of the present invention, a target material is deposited on a substrate (17) having a concave step (31, 32) having an opening width or opening diameter of 3 μm or less and an aspect ratio of 1 or more. At this time, a film forming method according to the present invention has a first step of depositing a thin film onto a bottom (33) of the step (31, 32) and a second step of forming a film on an inner sidewall (34) of the step (31, 32) by re-sputtering the thin film deposited on the bottom (33) and the pressure in a process chamber in the second step is set lower than that in the process chamber in the first step and the ratio of anode power to cathode power in the second step is set greater than the power ratio in the first step. |
| US08278209B2 |
Method for manufacturing a semiconductor device using a hardmask layer
A semiconductor device and a method for manufacturing the device include connecting a second wafer to a first wafer, forming a hard mask layer on and/or over a backside of the second wafer, forming a hard mask pattern over the second layer and then forming a via hole by etching the first and the second wafers to a predetermined depth using the hard mask pattern as an etching mask. |
| US08278207B2 |
Methods of manufacturing semiconductor devices
A semiconductor device can include an insulation layer on that is on a substrate on which a plurality of lower conductive structures are formed, where the insulation layer has an opening. A barrier layer is on a sidewall and a bottom of the opening of the insulation layer, where the barrier layer includes a first barrier layer in which a constituent of a first deoxidizing material is richer than a metal material in the first barrier layer and a second barrier layer in which a metal material in the second barrier layer is richer than a constituent of a second deoxidizing material. An interconnection is in the opening of which the sidewall and the bottom are covered with the barrier layer, the interconnection is electrically connected to the lower conductive structure. |
| US08278202B2 |
Conductive spacers extended floating gates
A method for manufacturing on a substrate a semiconductor device with a floating-gate and a control-gate. The method includes the steps of first forming an isolation zone in the substrate, and thereafter forming the floating gate on the substrate. The method further includes extending the floating gate using spacers, and then forming the control gate over the floating gate and the spacers. |
| US08278200B2 |
Metal-semiconductor intermixed regions
In one exemplary embodiment, a program storage device readable by a machine, tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by the machine for performing operations, said operations including: depositing a first layer having a first metal on a surface of a semiconductor structure, where depositing the first layer creates a first intermix region at an interface of the first layer and the semiconductor structure; removing a portion of the deposited first layer to expose the first intermix region; depositing a second layer having a second metal on the first intermix region, where depositing the second layer creates a second intermix region at an interface of the second layer and the first intermix region; removing a portion of the deposited second layer to expose the second intermix region; and performing at least one anneal on the semiconductor structure. |
| US08278198B2 |
Semiconductor device and method of producing the same
A method of producing a Schottky diode includes the steps of: forming a resist layer on the semiconductor substrate; performing a first exposure process on the resist layer; performing a first developing process for developing the resist layer to form a first Schottky diode having an excess region; performing a first cleaning process; performing a second exposure process on the first Schottky diode; performing a second developing process on the first Schottky diode to remove the excess region from the first Schottky diode so that a second Schottky diode corresponding to the specific Schottky diode is formed; and performing a second cleaning process. |
| US08278196B2 |
High surface dopant concentration semiconductor device and method of fabricating
The present disclosure provides a high surface dopant concentration semiconductor device and method of fabricating. In an embodiment, a method of forming the semiconductor device includes providing a substrate, forming a doped region in the substrate, forming a stressing layer over the doped region, performing a boron (B) doping implant to the stressing layer, annealing the B doping implant, and after annealing the B doping implant, forming a silicide layer over the stressing layer. |
| US08278193B2 |
Methods of forming layers of semiconductor material having reduced lattice strain, semiconductor structures, devices and engineered substrates including same
Methods of fabricating semiconductor devices or structures include forming structures of a semiconductor material overlying a layer of a compliant material, subsequently changing the viscosity of the compliant material to relax the semiconductor material structures, and utilizing the relaxed semiconductor material structures as a seed layer in forming a continuous layer of relaxed semiconductor material. In some embodiments, the layer of semiconductor material may comprise a III-V type semiconductor material, such as, for example, indium gallium nitride. Novel intermediate structures are formed during such methods. Engineered substrates include a continuous layer of semiconductor material having a relaxed lattice structure. |
| US08278192B2 |
Trench formation method for releasing a thin-film substrate from a reusable semiconductor template
A method is provided for fabricating a thin-film semiconductor substrate by forming a porous semiconductor layer conformally on a reusable semiconductor template and then forming a thin-film semiconductor substrate conformally on the porous semiconductor layer. An inner trench having a depth less than the thickness of the thin-film semiconductor substrate is formed on the thin-film semiconductor substrate. An outer trench providing access to the porous semiconductor layer is formed on the thin-film semiconductor substrate and is positioned between the inner trench and the edge of the thin-film semiconductor substrate. The thin-film semiconductor substrate is then released from the reusable semiconductor template. |
| US08278188B2 |
Manipulation, detection, and assay of small scale biological particles
Systems, devices, and methods are presented that facilitate electronic manipulation and detection of submicron particles. A particle manipulation device contains a plurality of electrodes formed on an active semiconductor layer of an integrated circuit chip, where the electrodes and gap spacing between adjacent electrodes is submicron in size. The chip is oriented with its substrate face up, and at least a portion of the substrate is removed from the chip so the electrodes are in close proximity to a fluid chamber(s) placed over the chip, to facilitate manipulation of particles, contained in a buffer solution in the fluid chamber(s), to form a defined pattern. Innovative macro-scale optical detection is employed to detect the submicron particles, where a light beam is applied to the defined pattern, and interaction of the defined pattern with the light beam is detected and evaluated to facilitate detecting the particles. |
| US08278182B2 |
Isolation structure for a memory cell using Al1O3 dielectric
The invention provides, in one exemplary embodiment, an isolation gate formed over a substrate for biasing the substrate and providing isolation between adjacent active areas of an integrated circuit structure, for example a DRAM memory cell. An aluminum oxide (Al2O3) is used as a gate dielectric, rather than a conventional gate oxide layer, to create a hole-rich accumulation region under and near the trench isolation region. Another exemplary embodiment of the invention provides an aluminum oxide layer utilized as a liner in a shallow trench isolation (STI) region to increase the effectiveness of the isolation region. The embodiments may also be used together at an isolation region. |
| US08278180B2 |
Methods of forming a semiconductor device having a contact structure
A method of forming a semiconductor device having a contact structure includes forming an insulating layer on a semiconductor substrate, and selectively implanting impurity ions into a predetermined region of the insulating layer to generate lattice defects in the predetermined region of the insulating layer. A thermal treatment, such as quenching the insulating layer at a temperature change rate of at least −20° C./minute, is performed on the insulating layer having the lattice defects to accelerate generation of the lattice defects in the predetermined region such that a conductive region results from the generated lattice defects to provide current paths in the predetermined region. |
| US08278179B2 |
LDD epitaxy for FinFETs
A method of forming a semiconductor structure includes providing a substrate including a fin at a surface of the substrate, and forming a fin field-effect transistor (FinFET), which further includes forming a gate stack on the fin; forming a thin spacer on a sidewall of the gate stack; and epitaxially growing a epitaxy region starting from the fin. After the step of epitaxially growing the epitaxy region, a main spacer is formed on an outer edge of the thin spacer. After the step of forming the main spacer, a deep source/drain implantation is performed to form a deep source/drain region for the FinFET. |
| US08278176B2 |
Selective epitaxial formation of semiconductor films
Epitaxial layers are selectively formed in semiconductor windows by a cyclical process of repeated blanket deposition and selective etching. The blanket deposition phases leave non-epitaxial material over insulating regions, such as field oxide, and the selective etch phases preferentially remove non-epitaxial material while deposited epitaxial material builds up cycle-by-cycle. Quality of the epitaxial material improves relative to selective processes where no deposition occurs on insulators. Use of a germanium catalyst during the etch phases of the process aid etch rates and facilitate economical maintenance of isothermal and/or isobaric conditions throughout the cycles. Throughput and quality are improved by use of trisilane, formation of amorphous material over the insulating regions and minimizing the thickness ratio of amorphous:epitaxial material in each deposition phase. |
| US08278170B2 |
Methods of forming nonvolatile memory devices having vertically integrated nonvolatile memory cell sub-strings therein
Methods of forming nonvolatile memory devices according to embodiments of the invention include techniques to form highly integrated vertical stacks of nonvolatile memory cells. These vertical stacks of memory cells can utilize dummy memory cells to compensate for process artifacts that would otherwise yield relatively poor functioning memory cell strings when relatively large numbers of memory cells are stacked vertically on a semiconductor substrate using a plurality of vertical sub-strings electrically connected in series. |
| US08278169B2 |
Semiconductor device and a method of manufacturing the same
The present invention provides a technology capable of reducing an area occupied by a nonvolatile memory while improving the reliability of the nonvolatile memory. In a semiconductor device, the structure of a code flash memory cell is differentiated from that of a data flash memory cell. More specifically, in the code flash memory cell, a memory gate electrode is formed only over the side surface on one side of a control gate electrode to improve a reading speed. In the data flash memory cell, on the other hand, a memory gate electrode is formed over the side surfaces on both sides of a control gate electrode. By using a multivalued memory cell instead of a binary memory cell, the resulting data flash memory cell can have improved reliability while preventing deterioration of retention properties and reduce its area. |
| US08278167B2 |
Method and structure for integrating capacitor-less memory cell with logic
Methods for fabricating integrated circuits include fabricating a logic device on a substrate, forming an intermediate semiconductor substrate on a surface of the logic device, and fabricating a capacitor-less memory cell on the intermediate semiconductor substrate. Integrated circuits with capacitor-less memory cells formed on a surface of a logic device are also disclosed, as are multi-core microprocessors including such integrated circuits. |
| US08278166B2 |
Method of manufacturing complementary metal oxide semiconductor device
A method of manufacturing a CMOS device includes providing a substrate having a first region and a second region; forming a first gate structure and a second gate structure, each of the gate structures comprising a sacrificial layer and a hard mask layer; forming a patterned first protecting layer covering the first region and a first spacer on sidewalls of the second gate structure; performing an etching process to form first recesses in the substrate; performing a SEG process to form epitaxial silicon layers in each first recess; forming a patterned second protecting layer covering the second region; and performing a dry etching process with the patterned second protecting layer serving as an etching mask to etch back the patterned first protecting layer to form a second spacer on sidewalls of the first gate structure and to thin down the hard mask layer on the first gate structure. |
| US08278159B2 |
Thin film transistor, method of fabricating the same, and a display device including the thin film transistor
A thin film transistor (TFT), a method of fabricating the same, and a display device including the TFT, are provided. The method includes forming an edge region that is doped with impurities of a conductivity type opposite to a conductivity type of impurities doped into source and drain regions. The edge region is in contact with a channel region and an edge portion of the source region. The method also includes forming contact holes for source and drain electrodes to expose a portion of the drain region and expose respective portions of the source region and the edge region contacting the edge portion of the source region; and forming source and drain electrodes. Thus, a source-body contact is automatically formed so that an edge effect can be reduced and a kink effect can be reduced or removed. |
| US08278158B2 |
Thin film transistor substrate, method of manufacturing the same, and display apparatus having the same
In a method of manufacturing a thin film transistor substrate, a semiconductor pattern is formed on a substrate, a first etch stop layer and a second etch stop layer are sequentially formed on the semiconductor pattern, and the second etch stop layer and the first etch stop layer are sequentially patterned to form a second etch stop pattern and a first etch stop pattern. Thus, when the second etch stop layer is patterned using an etchant, the first etch stop layer covers the semiconductor pattern, thereby preventing the semiconductor pattern from being etched by the etchant. |
| US08278157B2 |
Methods for fabricating array substrates
Methods for fabricating array substrates are provided. A method for fabricating an array substrate includes forming a first metal layer over a substrate and then patterned by a first photolithography to forming a gate line, a gate electrode connecting the gate line, and a pad over the substrate. An insulating layer, a semiconductor layer, and an ohmic contact layer are formed over the substrate to cover the gate line, the gate electrode and the pad. The ohmic contact layer, the semiconductor layer, and portions of the insulating layer are patterned by a second photolithography to forming a semiconductor structure over the substrate and a via hole in the insulating layer over the pad to exposing a part of the pad. |
| US08278155B2 |
Reprogrammable fuse structure and method
A reversible fuse structure in an integrated circuit is obtained through the implementation of a fuse cell having a short thin line of phase change materials in contact with via and line structures capable of passing current through the line of phase change material (fuse cell). The current is passed through the fuse cell in order to change the material from a less resistive material to a more resistive material through heating the phase change material in the crystalline state to the melting point then quickly quenching the material into the amorphous state. The reversible programming is achieved by passing a lower current through the fuse cell to convert the high resistivity amorphous material to a lower resistivity crystalline material. Appropriate sense-circuitry is integrated to read the information stored in the fuses, wherein said sense circuitry is used to enable or disable circuitry. |
| US08278153B2 |
Manufacturing method of semiconductor device, adhesive sheet used therein, and semiconductor device obtained thereby
The present invention includes a temporary fixing step of temporarily fixing a semiconductor element on an adherend interposing an adhesive sheet therebetween, a wire-bonding step of bonding wires to the semiconductor element, and a step of sealing the semiconductor element with a sealing resin, and in which the loss elastic modulus of the adhesive sheet at 175° C. is 2000 Pa or more. |
| US08278151B2 |
Tape for holding chip, method of holding chip-shaped workpiece, method of manufacturing semiconductor device using tape for holding chip, and method of manufacturing tape for holding chip
The present invention aims to provide a tape for holding a chip that makes pasting and peeling of a chip-shaped workpiece easy. It is a tape for holding a chip having a configuration in which a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer is formed on a base material, wherein the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer has a chip-shaped workpiece pasting region onto which a chip-shaped workpiece is pasted and a frame pasting region onto which a mount frame is pasted, and that is used by pasting the mount frame to the frame pasting region, wherein the 180-degree peeling adhesive power of the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer to a silicon mirror wafer at the frame pasting region is 5 times or more the 180-degree peeling adhesive power of the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer to a silicon mirror wafer at the chip-shaped workpiece pasting region. |
| US08278148B2 |
Integrated circuit package system with leads separated from a die paddle
An integrated circuit package system is provided including forming a leadframe having a frame and a die paddle having leads thereon. The leads are held with respect to the die paddle. The leads are separated from the die paddle, and a die is attached to the die paddle. Bond wires are bonded between the leads and the die. The die and bond wires are encapsulated. The leadframe is singulated to separate the frame and the die paddle. |
| US08278145B2 |
Method for packaging semiconductor device
The present invention provides a method for packaging semiconductor device which is using more than once reflow processes to heat the solder ball to prevent the deformation of solder ball, so that the yield of the manufacturing process can be increased and the reliability of the semiconductor device can be increased. |
| US08278144B2 |
Flip chip interconnect solder mask
A solder mask for flip chip interconnection has a common opening that spans a plurality of circuit elements. The solder mask allows confinement of the solder during the remelt stage of interconnection, yet it is within common design rules for solder mask patterning. Also, a substrate for flip chip interconnection includes a substrate having the common opening that spans a plurality of circuit elements. Also, a flip chip package includes a substrate having a common opening that spans a plurality of circuit elements. |
| US08278143B2 |
Manufacturing method for electronic devices
A manufacturing method for an electronic device joining a first metallic bond part formed on a first electronic component and a second metallic bond part formed on a second electronic component includes a first process for placing the first metallic bond part directly against the second metallic bond part, applying pressure to the first electronic component and the second electronic component, joining the first metallic bond part to the second metallic bond part with solid-phase diffusion, and releasing the applied pressure, and a second process for heating the first electronic component and the second electronic component at a predetermined temperature such that the first metallic bond part and the second metallic bond part are joined together by melting at least one of the first metallic bond part and the second metallic bond part. |
| US08278140B2 |
Method for preparing IGZO particles and method for preparing IGZO film by using the IGZO particles
A method for preparing IGZO particles and a method for preparing an IGZO thin film by using the IGZO particles are disclosed. The method for preparing the IGZO particles comprises the following steps: (A) providing a solution of metal acid salts, which contains a zinc salt, an indium salt, and a gallium salt; (B) mixing the solution of the metal acid salts with a basic solution to obtain an oxide precursor; and (C) heating the oxide precursor to obtain IGZO particles. |
| US08278136B2 |
Semiconductor device, method for producing the same, sensor and electro-optical device
A gate electrode, a gate insulation film and an inorganic oxide film are formed in this order on a substrate, and a source electrode and a drain electrode are formed to partially cover the inorganic oxide film. Then, oxidation treatment is applied to reduce the carrier density at a region of the inorganic oxide film which is not covered by the electrodes and is used as a channel region of a semiconductor device. |
| US08278134B2 |
Production method of photoelectric conversion device and solution for forming semiconductor
The production method of a photoelectric conversion device comprises adding a chalcogenide powder of a group-IIIB element to an organic solvent including a single source precursor containing a group-IB element, a group-IIIB element, and a chalcogen element to prepare a solution for forming a semiconductor, and forming a semiconductor containing a group-I-III-VI compound by use of the solution for forming a semiconductor. |
| US08278133B2 |
Method for joining a film onto a substrate
A method for joining a film onto a substrate comprises: a step (A) of floating the film on an interface between an aqueous liquid and a water-insoluble liquid; a step (B) of immersing the substrate into the aqueous liquid; a step (C) of stacking the substrate onto said one surface of the film in the aqueous liquid; a step (D) of immersing the stacked substrate and film into the water-insoluble liquid with maintaining the substrate being stacked on the film to adhere the film to the substrate; and a step (E) of drawing up the stacked substrate and film from the water-insoluble liquid with maintaining the substrate being stacked on the film to join the film onto the substrate. |
| US08278131B2 |
Method and apparatus for dark current and blooming supression in 4T CMOS imager pixel
A method and apparatus for operating an imager pixel that includes the act of applying a relatively small first polarity voltage and a plurality of pulses of a second polarity voltage on the gate of a transfer transistor during a charge integration period. |
| US08278130B2 |
Back side illumination image sensor and method for manufacturing the same
A back side illumination image sensor according to an embodiment includes: a device isolation region and a pixel region that are on a front side of a first substrate; a light sensor and a readout circuit that are on the pixel region; an interlayer dielectric layer and a metal line that are on the front side of the first substrate; a second substrate that is bonded to the front side of the first substrate on which the metal line is formed; a pixel isolating dielectric layer that is on the device isolation region at a back side of the first substrate; and a microlens that is on the light sensor at the back side of the first substrate. |
| US08278128B2 |
Enhancement of optical polarization of nitride light-emitting diodes by wafer off-axis cut
An off-axis cut of a nonpolar III-nitride wafer towards a polar (−c) orientation results in higher polarization ratios for light emission than wafers without such off-axis cuts. A 5° angle for an off-axis cut has been confirmed to provide the highest polarization ratio (0.9) than any other examined angles for off-axis cuts between 0° and 27°. |
| US08278121B2 |
Method and apparatus to fabricate polymer arrays on patterned wafers using electrochemical synthesis
A wafer having a plurality of dies (also called array chips) on the wafer, the die having an electrode to generate a deprotecting reagent, a working electrode to electrochemically synthesize a material, a confinement electrode adjacent to the working electrode to confine reactive reagents, and a die pad, wherein die pads of the plurality of dies are interconnected on the wafer to electrochemically synthesize the material in parallel on a plurality of working electrodes is disclosed. Also, a method for wafer-scale manufacturing of a plurality of dies and a method for electrochemically synthesizing a material in parallel on a plurality of dies on a wafer are disclosed. |
| US08278118B2 |
Method for the fractionation and separation of particles by step-wise gradient density extraction
A method for the separation of particles of different densities using a step-wise gradient density extraction method as described herein where a sample is suspended in a liquid volume of an extracting medium of specific density and the particles that have a density less than or equal to that of the extracting medium of specific density can be recovered from a horizonatally rotatable hollow disk or a removable receptacle within a horizontally rotatable hollow disk designed for such purposes while the particles that have a density greater than the extracting medium of specific density form a deposit which can be cycled through the extraction process in an iterative fashion by varying the density of the extracting medium allowing the recovery of discrete particles of differing densities from a test sample. Also disclosed herein is the use of the above method as part of a separate method or system to identify a ratio of biomarkers from different fractions of a sample homogenate or lysate which is useful in the evaluation of potential biomarkers, and for the intraoperative pathological diagnosis of positive margins of cancer and other diseases. |
| US08278115B2 |
Methods for processing tandem mass spectral data for protein sequence analysis
Various mass spectroscopy-based methods are provided to improve protein sequencing by detecting z-type product ions generated from the protein. A polypeptide is introduced to a mass spectrometer, and in particular c- and z-type product ions that are generated by selectively fragmenting the polypeptide. The z-type product ions are distinguished from the c-type product ions and the mass-to-charge ratio of at least a portion of the z-type product ions are determined. From the mass of the z-type product ions, a putative chemical composition is identified for at least a portion of the z-type product ions, c-type product ions, or both, which is used to determine polypeptide compositions. Further provided are various methods for reducing spectral noise, instrument calibration and database searching and verification. |
| US08278113B2 |
Assay devices and methods for the detection of analytes
The present invention relates to devices and methods for performing assays, especially for determining the presence and/or amount of one or more analytes. In particular, the invention relates to a device for the detection of analytes, comprising a reversibly compressible matrix located between a first surface and a second surface, wherein the second surface is located opposite to the first surface, and wherein the distance between the first surface and the second surface is variable. The invention also relates to a corresponding method using such a device for the detection of one or more species of analytes. |
| US08278104B2 |
Induced pluripotent stem cells produced with Oct3/4, Klf4 and Sox2
The present invention relates to a nuclear reprogramming factor having an action of reprogramming a differentiated somatic cell to derive an induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cell. The present invention also relates to the aforementioned iPS cells, methods of generating and maintaining iPS cells, and methods of using iPS cells, including screening and testing methods as well as methods of stem cell therapy. The present invention also relates to somatic cells derived by inducing differentiation of the aforementioned iPS cells. |
| US08278095B2 |
Amnion-derived cell compositions, methods of making and uses thereof
The invention is directed to substantially purified amnion-derived cell populations, compositions comprising the substantially purified amnion-derived cell populations, and to methods of creating such substantially purified amnion-derived cell populations, as well as methods of use. The invention is further directed to antibodies, in particular, monoclonal antibodies, that bind to amnion-derived cells or, alternatively, to one or more amnion-derived cell surface protein markers. The invention is further directed to methods for producing the antibodies, methods for using the antibodies, and kits comprising the antibodies. |
| US08278094B2 |
Bone semi-permeable device
Bone cages are disclosed including devices for biocompatible implantation. The structures of bone are useful for providing living cells and tissues as well as biologically active molecules to subjects. |
| US08278092B2 |
Isolated reductive dehalogenase genes
The invention is directed to novel reductive dehalogenase genes encoding for reductive dehalogenases which are capable of dehalogenating halogenated organic compounds and may be useful in the bioremediation of pollutants. In particular, the invention provides an isolated polynucleotide of a novel vinyl chloride dehalogenase gene (bvcA). The novel vinyl chloride dehalogenase gene encodes a reductive dehalogenase that is capable of the complete reduction of vinyl chloride to ethene. |
| US08278088B2 |
Polynucleotide encoding a polypeptide having glycosylation activity on a flavonoid
The present invention provides novel glycosyltransferase proteins produced by ascomycetous filamentous fungi (preferably species belonging to the genus Trichoderma, more preferably Trichoderma viride), as well as genes encoding the same. Among novel enzyme proteins provided by the present invention, particularly preferred is an enzyme protein obtained from the culture supernatant of Trichoderma viride strain IAM5141. The novel enzymes of the present invention allow glycosylation of flavonoid compounds to thereby improve their water solubility. |
| US08278081B2 |
Method for producing non-infectious products from infectious organic waste material
A method for producing a hydrolyzed, sterile, denatured product from infectious organic waste material includes (a) introducing, into a reactor capable of being heated and pressurized, infectious organic waste material to form a reaction mixture; (b) subjecting the reaction mixture to saturated steam at a temperature and pressure within the reactor for a duration of time sufficient to thermally hydrolyze and denature the reaction mixture into a denatured slurry; and (c) alternatively (1) anaerobically digesting the denatured slurry, or (2) fractionating the denatured slurry based on molecular weight, density and size into at least two hydrolyzed, sterile, denatured products. The resulting hydrolyzed, sterile products have safe and valuable nutritional properties and may be used in a wide range of commercial, agricultural, and industrial products or processes. |
| US08278079B2 |
BGL6 β-glucosidase and nucleic acids encoding the same
The present invention provides a novel β-glucosidase nucleic acid sequence, designated bgl6, and the corresponding BGL6 amino acid sequence. The invention also provides expression vectors and host cells comprising a nucleic acid sequence encoding BGL6, recombinant BGL6 proteins and methods for producing the same. |
| US08278076B2 |
Microbial production of pyruvate and pyruvate derivatives
Microbial production of pyruvate and metabolites derived from pyruvate in cells exhibiting reduced pyruvate dehydrogenase activity compared to wild-type cells. Acetate and glucose are supplied as a carbon sources. |
| US08278074B2 |
L-glutamic acid-producing microorganism and a method for producing L-glutamic acid
A coryneform bacterium that is modified by using a yggB gene so that L-glutamic acid-producing ability is enhanced as compared to a non-modified strains is cultured in a medium to cause accumulation of L-glutamic acid in the medium or bacterial cells, and L-glutamic acid is collected from the medium or cells. |
| US08278072B1 |
Method for synthesis of sialylated products using reversible sialylation
A method for producing sialylated molecules based on reverse sialylation that catalytically transfers the sialic acid moiety of sialylated donors to nucleotide monophosphates or transfer sialic acid moieties from sialylated donors to acceptor glycoproteins or glycolipids. |
| US08278067B2 |
Method for inhibiting hyperpigmentation
This invention provides a method of preventing or treating in a subject contact dermatitis which comprises administering to the subject an amount of a compound capable of inhibiting the stem cell factor signaling pathway effective to prevent or treating contact dermatitis so as to thereby prevent or treat contact dermatitis in the subject. This invention also provides a method of preventing or treating in a subject hyperpigmentation, asthma, cutaneous inflammation, anaphylaxis and bronchospasm, mastocytosis, tumors which express activated kit, and conception. |
| US08278060B2 |
Use of VEGF-D in the diagnosis of lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM) disease
Described herein are methods of diagnosing lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM) that permits differentiating LAM from another lung disorder. Methods of treatment are also provided. |
| US08278055B2 |
Methods and device for analyte characterization
The methods and apparatus, disclosed herein are of use for sequencing and/or identifying proteins, polypeptides and/or peptides. Proteins containing labeled amino acid residues may be synthesized and passed through nanopores. A detector operably coupled to a nanopore may detect labeled amino acid residues as they pass through the nanopore. Distance maps for each type of labeled amino acid residue may be compiled. The distance maps may be used to sequence and/or identify the protein. Apparatus of use for protein sequencing and/or identification is also disclosed herein. In alternative methods, other types of analytes may be analyzed by the same techniques. |
| US08278049B2 |
Selective enrichment of CpG islands
The present invention provides compositions and methods for selectively enriching genomic CpG island (CGI)- and other epigenetically informative CG-rich polynucleotide targets. The method involves co-incubation of denatured or partially denatured polynucleotide fragments containing the CGI- or CG-targeted region(s) of interest with an oligonucleotide capture pool collectively designed to selectively target CGIs. The oligonucleotide capture pool includes a plurality of different oligonucleotides, each oligonucleotide coupled to a capture tag, whereby the oligonucleotide includes a CpG target sequence restricted to 4 to 10 bases. Upon binding, capture oligonucleotides bound to the target fragments are enriched by separating the bound fragments from the unbound fragments. The enriched fragments may be subjected to further analyses, including bisulfite sequencing to generate a methylation profile at the single nucleotide level. |
| US08278048B2 |
Detecting nucleic acid
This document provides methods and materials for detecting target nucleic acid. For example, methods and materials for detecting the presence or absence of target nucleic acid, methods and materials for detecting the amount of target nucleic acid present within a sample, kits for detecting the presence or absence of target nucleic acid, kits for detecting the amount of target nucleic acid present within a sample, and methods for making such kits are provided. |
| US08278047B2 |
Biopolymer sequencing by hybridization of probes to form ternary complexes and variable range alignment
Methods for sequencing a biopolymer by forming local ternary complexes along the length of the double-stranded biopolymer target molecule using one or more probes and obtaining information about the location of the probe(s) using a detector. These methods offer particular advantage when implemented with nanopore (including micropore) detection systems. |
| US08278046B2 |
Methods for testing milk
The disclosure is related generally to methods for testing mammary fluid (including milk) to establish or confirm the identity of the donor of the mammary fluid. Such methods are useful in the milk-bank business to improve safety. |
| US08278045B2 |
Methods for the detection, analysis and isolation of nascent proteins
This invention relates to non-radioactive markers that facilitate the detection and analysis of nascent proteins translated within cellular or cell-free translation systems. Nascent proteins containing these markers can be rapidly and efficiently detected, isolated and analyzed without the handling and disposal problems associated with radioactive reagents. Preferred markers are dipyrrometheneboron difluoride (4,4-difluoro-4-bora-3a,4a-diaza-s-indacene)dyes. |
| US08278041B2 |
Compositions and methods for detecting food-borne pathogens
The present invention provides formulations and methods for isolating food-borne pathogens from a great variety of food matrices. Methods for isolating microorganisms from clinical and environmental specimens are also disclosed. The invention also concerns methods for rapid and efficient isolation of sufficiently pure DNA from small amounts of various pathogenic microorganisms, which then can be used, according to the methods of the instant invention, for selective identification of a live pathogenic microorganism present in a sample from which the microorganism was isolated. The methods of the instant invention are also useful for identification of new pathogenic microorganisms, diagnostics of food-borne illnesses, treatment of food-borne diseases and quality control of food items offered for sale to consumers. |
| US08278039B2 |
Random array DNA analysis by hybridization
The invention relates to methods and devices for analyzing single molecules, i.e. nucleic acids. Such single molecules may be derived from natural samples, such as cells, tissues, soil, air and water without separating or enriching individual components. In certain aspects of the invention, the methods and devices are useful in performing nucleic acid sequence analysis by probe hybridization. |
| US08278038B2 |
Methods for the identification, assessment, and treatment of patients with cancer therapy
The present invention is directed to the identification of predictive markers that can be used to determine whether patients with cancer are clinically responsive or non-responsive to a therapeutic regimen prior to treatment. In particular, the present invention is directed to the use of certain individual and/or combinations of predictive markers, wherein the expression of the predictive markers correlates with responsiveness or non-responsiveness to a therapeutic regimen. Thus, by examining the expression levels of individual predictive markers and/or predictive markers comprising a marker set, it is possible to determine whether a therapeutic agent, or combination of agents, will be most likely to reduce the growth rate of tumors in a clinical setting. |
| US08278034B2 |
Methods of making frozen tissue microarrays
The invention provides microarrays comprising a plurality of frozen tissues and/or cell samples and methods of preparing and using the same. By using frozen samples, the microarrays provide optimal samples from which to detect the expression of both nucleic acids (e.g., mRNAs) and proteins in high throughput parallel analyses. The microarrays enable gene identification, molecular profiling, selection of promising drug targets, sorting and prioritizing of expressed sequence array data, and the identification of abnormal physiological processes associated with disease. |
| US08278030B2 |
Sulfonium salt, photoacid generator, and photocurable composition and cured body thereof
An object of the present invention is to provide a sulfonium salt that has sufficient photosensitivity by active energy rays, such as visible light, ultraviolet rays, electron beams, and X-rays. The present invention is a sulfonium salt represented by formula (1). It is noted that R1 is a group represented by formula (2); R2 and R3 each represent an aryl group having 6 to 30 carbon atoms, a heterocyclic hydrocarbon group having 4 to 30 carbon atoms, an alkyl group having 1 to 30 carbon atoms, an alkenyl group having 2 to 30 carbon atoms, or an alkynyl group having 2 to 30 carbon atoms; X− represents a monovalent polyatomic anion; R4 to R6 each represent an alkyl group, or the like; k represents an integer of 0 to 4; m represents an integer of 0 to 3; n represents an integer of 0 to 4; and A represents a group represented by —S—, —O—, —SO—, —SO2—, or —CO—. |
| US08278028B2 |
Material pattern, and mold, metal thin-film pattern, metal pattern using thereof, and methods of forming the same
The present invention relates to a material pattern, and mold using thereof, metal thin-film pattern, metal pattern, and method of forming the sames. A method of forming the material pattern according to the present invention comprises the steps of; (a) forming a photo-sensitive material film by coating a photo-sensitive material on a substrate; (b) deciding an exposure section on the photo-sensitive material film; (c) disposing a light refraction film and a light diffusion film at a route of light exposed on the photo-sensitive material film; and (d) forming a pattern on the photo-sensitive material film, by projecting a light on the exposure section of the photo-sensitive material film, wherein the light transmits the light refraction film and the light diffusion film.A method of forming the material pattern according to the present invention can form the material pattern of three-dimensional asymmetric structure having various inclinations and shapes and can form simply mold, metal thin-film and metal pattern using thereof. |
| US08278026B2 |
Method for improving electron-beam
A method for improving the efficiency of the electron-beam exposure is provided, comprising: step 1) coating a positive photoresist on a wafer to be processed, and performing a pre-baking; step 2) separating pattern data, optically exposing a group of relatively large patterns, and then performing a post-baking; step 3) developing the positive photoresist; step 4) performing a plasma fluorination; step 5) performing a baking to solidify the photoresist; step 6) coating a negative electron-beam resist and performing a pre-baking; step 7) electron-beam exposing a group of fine patterns; step 8) performing a post-baking; and step 9) developing the negative electron-beam resist, so that the fabrication of the patterns is finished. According to the invention, it is possible to save 30-60% of the exposure time. Thus, the exposure efficiency is significantly improved, and the cost is greatly reduced. Further, the method is totally compatible with the CMOS processes, without the need of any special equipments. |
| US08278025B2 |
Material for forming resist protection films and method for resist pattern formation with the same
The formation of high-resolution resist patterns by liquid immersion lithography with various fluids is enabled by protecting a resist film from deterioration (such as bridging) during the immersion exposure in a fluid (such as water) and the fluid from deterioration and improving the stability of a resist film in the storage after exposure without increase in the number of treatment steps. A material for forming resist protection films which comprises an alkali-soluble polymer for forming a protective overcoat for a resist film, characterized in that the contact angle of the polymer to water is 90° or above. The polymer is preferably an acrylic polymer which comprises as the essential components constituent units derived from (meth) acrylic acid and constituent units derived from a specific acrylic ester. |
| US08278024B2 |
Photosensitive adhesive composition, and obtained using the same, adhesive film, adhesive sheet, semiconductor wafer with adhesive layer, semiconductor device and electronic part
A photosensitive adhesive composition comprising: (A) a polyimide having a carboxyl group as a side chain, whereof the acid value is 80 to 180 mg/KOH; (B) a photo-polymerizable compound; and (C) a photopolymerization initiator. |
| US08278023B2 |
Salt and photoresist composition containing the same
A salt represented by the formula (I-BB): wherein Q1 and Q2 each independently represent a fluorine atom etc., X1 represents a single bond etc., Y1 represents a C1-C36 aliphatic hydrocarbon group etc., A1 and A2 independently each represents a C1-C20 aliphatic hydrocarbon group etc., Ar1 represents a (m4+1)-valent C6-C20 aromatic hydrocarbon group which can have one or more substituents, B1 represents a single bond etc., B2 represents a C4-C36 alicyclic hydrocarbon group which has one or more —OXa groups and which is not capable of being eliminated by the action of an acid etc., and Xa represents a hydrogen atom or a group capable of being eliminated by the action of an acid, m1 and m2 independently each represents an integer of 0 to 2, m3 represents an integer of 1 to 3, with the proviso that m1 plus m2 plus m3 equals 3, and m4 represents an integer of 1 to 3. |
| US08278017B2 |
Crack resistant imaging member preparation and processing method
The presently disclosed embodiments relate in general to electrophotographic imaging members, such as layered photoreceptor structures, and processes for making and using the same. More particularly, the embodiments pertain to the development of a structurally simplified flexible electrophotographic imaging member without the need of an anticurl back coating layer and a post treatment process for effecting the imaging member service life extension in the field. |
| US08278016B2 |
Electrophotographic photoconductor
An electrophotographic photoconductor including an electroconductive support and a photoconductive layer provided thereon, wherein the photoconductive layer includes a charge generating material, an electron transporting material and a hole transporting material, the electron transporting material being a diphenoquinone compound represented by formula (1) described herein, the hole transporting material being a compound represented by formula (2) described herein. |
| US08278012B2 |
Membrane electrode assembly for fuel cell, and fuel cell system including the same
A membrane-electrode assembly for a fuel cell, which includes an anode and a cathode facing each other; and a polymer electrolyte membrane disposed between the anode and cathode. The cathode includes a first catalyst layer that includes catalyst particles, and a second catalyst layer that includes the catalyst particles and a pore-forming agent. The membrane-electrode assembly efficiently performs mass transfer and release, due to pores in the second catalyst layer. |
| US08278007B2 |
Fuel cell and fuel cell stack comprising the same
Even when a reaction gas flows into a gap formed between a gasket and a membrane electrode assembly, the flowing of the reaction gas to the outside without flowing through an electrode is prevented and thus a decrease in power generation efficiency is prevented. In order to allow the water vapor contained in the reaction gas that flows into an anode-side gap 10a formed between an anode-side gasket 9a and a membrane electrode assembly 5 to condense in at least a part of the gap 10a, and to allow the condensed water to fill the gap 10a, the upstream portion of a cooling fluid channel 8a of an anode-side separator 6a is formed such that it includes a region corresponding to the gap 10a, and the upstream portion is formed such that it includes a region corresponding to a middle stream portion and subsequent portion of a fuel gas channel 7a. |
| US08278004B2 |
Membrane electrode assembly and method of producing the same and fuel cell
It is an object of the present invention to provide a method of producing a membrane electrode assembly using an interface resistance reducing composition which can simply reduce the resistance of the interface between an electrode and an electrolyte membrane in a short time at low temperatures at low pressure without polymerization while maintaining an effect of suppressing a fuel crossover even with an electrolyte membrane having high heat resistance, high strength, a high tensile elastic modulus and a low water content. This is achieved by a method of producing a membrane electrode assembly formed by sandwiching an electrolyte membrane between a pair of electrodes, comprising the steps of bonding at least one electrode to the electrolyte membrane sandwiching an interface resistance reducing composition containing a plasticizer between the electrode and the electrolyte membrane, and a membrane electrode assembly formed by sandwiching an electrolyte membrane between a pair of electrodes, wherein the membrane electrode assembly has a layer (A) at least between one electrode and the electrolyte membrane, and the value of the storage modulus C is 1 GPa or more when the storage moduli of the electrolyte membrane and the layer (A), which are measured with an ultramicro penetrometer, are regarded as C and D, respectively. |
| US08278000B2 |
High performance proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cell
A fuel cell includes a membrane electrode assembly (MEA), at least one separator plate disposed on a first side of the MEA, and at least one separator plate disposed on a second side of the MEA. The separator plate on the first side of the MEA may form a first group of channels for conducting a first reactant. The separator plate disposed on the second side of the MEA may form a second group of channels for conducting a second reactant. The first group of channels include a first set and a second set of channels alternatively positioned. Each of the first set of channels is positioned adjacent to a channel of the second set. Each of the two sets of channels includes an input controlled by an input valve and an output controlled by an output valve. The first group of channels forms an interdigitated flow field by closing the input valve of one of the two sets of channels and closing the output valve of the other of the two sets of channels, and forms a conventional flow field by opening both the input valve and the output valve. |
| US08277997B2 |
Shared variable-based fuel cell system control
Fuel cell systems and methods for controlling the operation of fuel cell assemblies included therein. In some embodiments, the fuel cell assemblies include a fuel processor and a fuel cell stack, and the fuel cell system includes a control system that controls the operation thereof based upon at least one variable associated therewith. In some embodiments, the variable is associated with the hydrogen (or other product) stream from the fuel processor. In some embodiments, the variable is the pressure of this stream. In some embodiments, the control system controls the operation of the fuel cell system to maintain the pressure of the hydrogen stream within one or more threshold values. In some embodiments, the control system controls the operation of the fuel cell system to maintain the pressure of the hydrogen stream within selected threshold values and to maintain the fuel cell stack's output voltage above a selected threshold. |
| US08277991B2 |
Hydrogen passivation shut down system for a fuel cell power plant
The invention is a hydrogen passivation shut down system for a fuel cell power plant (10, 200). During shut down of the plant (10, 200), hydrogen fuel is permitted to transfer between an anode flow path (24, 24′) and a cathode flow path (38, 38′). A passive hydrogen bleed line (202) permits passage of a smallest amount of hydrogen into the fuel cell (12′) necessary to maintain the fuel cell (12′) in a passive state. A diffusion media (204) may be secured in fluid communication with the bleed line (202) to maintain a constant, slow rate of diffusion of the hydrogen into the fuel cell (12′) despite varying pressure differentials between the shutdown fuel cell (12′) and ambient atmosphere adjacent the cell (12′). |
| US08277989B2 |
Cathode filter replacement algorithm in a fuel cell system
A fuel cell system that includes a compressor for providing cathode air to the cathode side of a fuel cell stack and an air filter for filtering the air sent to the compressor to prevent particulates and other contaminants from entering the compressor and the fuel cell stack. The fuel cell system also includes a mass flow meter that measures the flow of air to the compressor and a pressure sensor that measures the pressure of the airflow at the output of the compressor. An electronic compressor map is provided that defines the operating characteristics of the compressor. By knowing the flow through the compressor and the pressure at the outlet of the compressor, an algorithm can determine where on the compressor map the compressor is operating, and from that determine the inlet pressure to the compressor, which in turn shows whether the air filter is clogged or otherwise damaged. |
| US08277984B2 |
Substrate-enhanced microbial fuel cells
A microbial fuel cell configuration of the invention includes a substrate particularly formulated for a microbial fuel cell configured to produce electricity and/or a modified microbial fuel cell configured to produce hydrogen. A substrate formulation according to one embodiment includes a solid biodegradable organic material in a package porous to bacteria. A microbial fuel cell provided according to embodiments of the present invention includes an anode, a cathode, an electrically conductive connector connecting the anode and the cathode, a housing for an aqueous medium, the aqueous medium in contact with the anode, and a solid form of a biodegradable organic substrate disposed in the aqueous medium, the solid form of a biodegradable organic substrate formulated to support electron generation and transfer to the anode by anodophilic bacteria over a selected minimum period of time. |
| US08277982B2 |
Method for improvement of the consumption controlling performance of water-soluble electrolyte chemical cells and fuel cells
The invention provides a hydrogen activating material, which includes as a major constituent an iron-semiconductor alloy containing iron and semiconductor components. It also provides a consumption controlling material for water-soluble electrolyte chemical cells and fuel cells. In addition a hydrogen activating method is also provided. |
| US08277980B2 |
Cathode active material for lithium secondary battery
Provided is a cathode active material which is lithium transition metal oxide having an α-NaFeO2 layered crystal structure, wherein the transition metal is a blend of Ni and Mn, an average oxidation number of the transition metals except lithium is +3 or higher, and lithium transition metal oxide satisfies the Equation m(Ni)≧m(Mn) (in which m (Ni) and m (Mn) represent an molar number of manganese and nickel, respectively). The lithium transition metal oxide has a uniform and stable layered structure through control of oxidation number of transition metals to a level higher than +3, thus advantageously exerting improved overall electrochemical properties including electric capacity, in particular, superior high-rate charge/discharge characteristics. |
| US08277978B2 |
Cylinder type zinc-air cell and method for producing the same
Disclosed herein is a cylindrical zinc-air cell and fabricating method thereof. The zinc-air cell comprises a film including an air anode membrane and a separator, the film being formed in a substantially cylindrical bent shape; and a junction element adapted to receive both ends of the film therein. The junction element is at least partly deformed to pressurize the both ends of the film so as to be joined to the film. By doing so, leakage of the zinc gel can be easily prevented in the fabrication of the cylindrical zinc-air cell, thereby extending the application area of the zinc-air cell. |
| US08277975B2 |
Reticulated and controlled porosity battery structures
The effective ionic conductivity in a composite structure is believed to decrease rapidly with volume fraction. A system, such as a bipolar device or energy storage device, has structures or components in which the diffusion length or path that electrodes or ions must traverse is minimized and the interfacial area exposed to the ions or electrons is maximized. The device includes components that can be reticulated or has a reticulated interface so that an interface area can be increased. The increased interfacial perimeter increases the available sites for reaction of ionic species. Many different reticulation patterns can be used. The aspect ratio of the reticulated features can be varied. Such bipolar devices can be fabricated by a variety of methods or procedures. A bipolar device having structures of reticulated interface can be tailored for the purposes of controlling and optimizing charge and discharge kinetics. A bipolar device having graded porosity structures can have improved transport properties because the diffusion controlling reaction kinetics can be modified. Graded porosity electrodes can be linearly or nonlinearly graded. A bipolar device having perforated structures also provides improved transport properties by removing tortuosity and reducing diffusion distance. |
| US08277973B2 |
Nonaqueous electrolyte composition and nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery
A nonaqueous electrolyte composition containing an electrolyte salt, a nonaqueous solvent and a compound having a phosphorus-hydrogen bond or a phosphorus-carbon bond is provided. Also provided is a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery including: a cathode and an anode having a material capable of occluding and releasing lithium ions as a cathode active material and an anode active material, respectively; a nonaqueous electrolyte composition; a separator; and an outer package member for housing the anode, the cathode, the nonaqueous electrolyte composition and the separator. The nonaqueous electrolyte composition includes an electrolyte salt, a nonaqueous solvent and a compound having a phosphorus-hydrogen bond or a phosphorus-carbon bond. |
| US08277972B2 |
Non-aqueous electrolyte solution for lithium secondary battery and lithium secondary battery comprising the same
A non-aqueous electrolyte solution for a lithium secondary battery includes a lithium salt and a carbonate organic solvent. The non-aqueous electrolyte solution further includes a fluoro group-containing sulphonate compound expressed by Chemical Formula 1. When the non-aqueous electrolyte solution is employed for a lithium secondary battery, low-temperature discharging characteristics and life cycle characteristics are greatly improved. Also, even though a battery is stored at a high temperature in a fully-charged state or a charging/discharging process is under progress, the decomposition reaction of a carbonate-based organic solvent is restrained, thereby solving the swelling problem and improving high-temperature life cycle characteristics. |
| US08277968B2 |
Reactive polymer-supporting porous film for battery separator and use thereof
Provided is a reactive polymer-supporting porous film for use as a battery separator which comprises a porous substrate film and a partially crosslinked reactive polymer supported on the porous substrate film, the partially crosslinked reactive polymer being obtained by the reaction of a crosslinkable polymer having at least one reactive group selected from the group consisting of 3-oxetanyl group and epoxy group in the molecule with a monocarboxylic acid. Further, provided is a method of manufacturing a battery which comprises layering electrodes on the reactive polymer-supporting porous film. |
| US08277963B2 |
Battery pack
A battery pack, including a cell including a cathode, an anode, and an electrode terminal having a bolt coupling region on a surface thereof, a circuit board electrically coupled to the cell and having a bolt through-hole at a position corresponding to the bolt coupling region, and a bolt passing through the bolt through-hole and coupled to the bolt coupling region. |
| US08277959B2 |
Cemented carbide body and method
The present invention relates to a method of producing a cemented carbide body comprising providing: (1) a grain refiner compound comprising a grain refiner and carbon and/or nitrogen, and, (2) a grain growth promoter, on at least one portion of the surface of a compact of a WC-based starting material comprising one or more hard-phase components and a binder, and then sintering the compact. The invention also relates to a cemented carbide body comprising a WC-based hard phase and a binder phase, wherein at least one part of an intermediate surface zone has a lower average binder content than a part further into the body, and at least one part of an upper surface zone has in average a larger average WC grain size than the intermediate surface zone. The cemented carbide body can be used as a cutting tool insert for metal machining, an insert for a mining tool, or a coldforming tool. |
| US08277955B2 |
Compound for organic EL device and organic EL device
A compound for an organic EL device as a light-emitting material for use in an organic EL device is provided. The compound includes a polymer molecule containing a light-emitting molecule for determining a luminescent color region of the light-emitting material, and molecules represented by Formulas (1) to (4) as constituent units. (wherein R represents an alkyl group, an aryl group, or an alkylaryl group) (wherein R′ represents hydrogen, an alkyl group, or an alkylaryl group). |
| US08277952B2 |
Sliding member for compressor
A sliding member for a compressor includes a base metal, a first layer and a second layer. The base metal is made of an aluminum-based metal. The first layer is formed on or over the base metal and made of a nickel-based plating layer containing at least one material of nitrogen (N), silicon (Si), titanium (Ti), chromium (Cr) and aluminum (Al) as an additive. The second layer is formed on the surface of the first layer and made of a diamond-like carbon layer containing the same additive as the additive contained in the first layer. |
| US08277948B2 |
Thermosetting resin composition of semi-IPN composite, and varnish, prepreg and metal clad laminated board using the same
Provided is a thermosetting resin composition which can be used for the production of printed circuit boards, having good dielectric properties in high frequency bands so that transmission loss can be significantly lowered, having excellent heat resistance after moisture absorption and thermal expansion properties, and satisfying peeling strength between the resin composition and metal foil.The present invention relates to a thermosetting resin composition of a semi-IPN composite, comprising (A) a polyphenylene ether, and a prepolymer formed from (B) a chemically unmodified butadiene polymer containing 40% or more of a 1,2-butadiene unit having a 1 2,-vinyl group in a side chain of a molecule and (C) a crosslinking agent, in a compatibilized and uncured state; and a resin varnish, a prepreg and a metal clad laminated board using the same. |
| US08277944B2 |
Primer composition, waterproof floor slab structure using the same, and method for waterproofing floor slab
A primer composition used for applying a radical-curable resin-based waterproof material onto a concrete floor slab of an existing or newly established road bridge, is a troublesome application. For example, it is a problem in that a large machine is required for application thereof. The primer composition is a resin composition containing a urethane (meth)acrylate resin, (B) a polymerizable unsaturated monomer containing a hydroxyalkyl (meth)acrylate (B-1) and another polymerizable unsaturated monomer (B-2), (C) a curing accelerator, (D) a paraffin wax, and (E) a drying aid, in which the above components satisfy a specific molar ratio and specific mass ratios. The primer composition has a good crack-load-following capability, blistering resistance, adhesiveness, and bending resistance. Also provided is a waterproof floor slab structure using the primer composition and a method for waterproofing a floor slab. |
| US08277941B2 |
Elastic polyurethane yarn and method of manufacturing the same
The present invention provides elastic polyurethane yarns which possess excellent elongation, recoverability, heat resistance and chemical resistance, as well as a method of manufacturing the same. The elastic polyurethane yarns comprise a polyurethane being composed mainly of a polymeric diol and a diisocyanate, and contains through incorporation a compound having within the molecule a phosphorus-nitrogen interatomic bond(s). The process can produce the elastic polyurethane yarns by adding to a solution of the polyurethane a compound having within the molecule a phosphorus-nitrogen interatomic bond(s), followed by spinning. |
| US08277940B2 |
Scent emitting patch and/or bandage
A scent emitting patch remains securely attached to the skin of a wearer and is appointed for controlled release of scents. The patch is constructed having an external top layer and backing layer with a skin-contacting portion. The skin-contacting segment contains an adhesive. At least one reservoir comprising pockets or microcapsules containing a scent is disposed in at least one portion of the backing layer. These pockets or microcapsules are operative to rupture upon application of pressure or scratching by the patch wearer. Upon rupture, scent is delivered to the skin to emit aroma. Pockets containing the scent are formed in the backing layer. Microcapsules, if present, are preferably incorporated in the adhesive. A plethora of aromas are provided in the form of a perfume or cologne and correlating shapes can be used to form the patch. Scent is released at the skin-contact interface when pressure is applied ruptures the pockets or microcapsules, permitting controlled release at the wearer's election. |
| US08277938B2 |
Part of composite material having a wedge between two zones
A part of composite material having a wedge between two zones, the second zone being shorter than the first zone, whose structure includes from its outer surface to its inner surface: a first section formed from at least two continuous sheets extending parallel to its outer surface, the gradient of the wedge being between 20% and 50%; a wedge in the shape of a triangular prism with its larger surface dimensioned in such a way that it forms a wedge having a gradient of less than 20%; a second section formed by a plurality of continuous sheets extending parallel to the surface bounded by the first section with the wedge placed upon it. The invention also relates to a process for manufacture of the part. |
| US08277937B2 |
Effect paint
Emulsion paint composition for obtaining special textile or suede effect comprising a filler at least partly consisting of pre-pigmented spherical aliphatic polyurethane particles particles. About 3-10% of the spherical particles has a particle size between 63-90 micrometers and 25-40% of the spherical particles has a particle size between 40-63 micrometers. Before applying the paint as a semi-opaque top coat the substrate is first coated with an opaque acrylic primer of a corresponding color and subsequently dried. The top coat is applied by brush in cross way fashion to obtain a suede effect, or it can be applied by roller, while subsequently a tool is used comprising a flat side provided with stiff parallel projecting fibers such as synthetic grass fibers, which are dragged over the fresh paint layer to obtain a linen effect. |
| US08277933B1 |
Long fiber thermoplastic thin-walled baseplates for missile applications and methods of manufacture
Baseplates and methods of manufacture are provided. In this regard, a representative baseplate is operative to mount a missile aeroshell, the baseplate being formed of a long fiber thermoplastic composite and exhibiting a wall thickness of no greater than approximately 0.070″. |
| US08277929B2 |
Method for modifying surface of substrate, substrate having modified surface, and method for producing same
A method for modifying the surface of a substrate includes the following steps: (1) a step for forming a polysilazane coating by applying a polysilazane onto the surface of a substrate; (2) a step for applying an organic compound of which main backbone comprises an organic group represented by the following formula [1]: —[(R)mO]n— (wherein R represents an alkylene group, and m and n respectively represent a positive number of not less than 1) onto the surface of the polysilazane coating; and (3) a step for heating the substrate having undergone the steps (1) and (2), thereby converting the polysilazane to silica and bonding the organic compound to the silica of the silica layer. |
| US08277928B2 |
Ultra-thin photo-polymer coatings and uses thereof
The invention provides methods for forming ultra-thin hydrophilic polymeric coatings on articles, as well as articles formed therefrom. The coatings are formed by irradiating a composition including a polymer having pendent photoreactive groups while the composition is in contact with a surface of the article. |
| US08277917B2 |
Rolls of material providing one-handed dispensing of sheets of pre-determined length
A roll of a sheet material is provided with elongated sheets within the roll that are either completely detached from each other, or substantially completely detached from each other, such that the user can dispense the elongated sheets with one hand. In the case of toilet paper, the elongated sheets have a pre-determined length deemed to be suitable for most users and serve to assist young children in dispensing a proper amount of tissue from the roll. |
| US08277908B2 |
Substrate fluorescence mask for embedding information in printed documents
The teachings as provided herein relate to a watermark embedded in an image that has the property of being relatively indecipherable under normal light, and yet decipherable under UV light. This fluorescent mark comprises a substrate containing optical brightening agents, and a first colorant mixture printed as an image upon the substrate. The colorant mixture layer has as characteristics a property of strongly suppressing substrate fluorescence, as well as a property of low contrast under normal illumination against the substrate or a second colorant mixture printed in close spatial proximity to the first colorant mixture, such that the resultant image rendered substrate suitably exposed to an ultra-violet light source, will yield a discernable image evident as a fluorescent mark. |
| US08277907B2 |
Liquid-crystalline medium
The present invention relates to a liquid-crystalline medium based on a mixture of polar compounds having negative dielectric anisotropy (Δ∈), which is distinguished by the fact that it has a value for the ratio γ1/Δn2 in the range 6-45 with a clearing point of >60° C. and a Δ∈ of ≦−2.3. Media of this type are particularly suitable for electro-optical displays having active-matrix addressing based on the ECB, PA LCD, FFS or IPS effect. |
| US08277906B2 |
Method of processing a substrate
A method of processing a substrate using plasma includes loading a substrate into a chamber, processing the substrate with a first plasma mode and then processing the substrate with a second plasma mode, wherein at least one of the first plasma mode and the second plasma mode is a time-modulation mode in which a plasma induced in the chamber is periodically turned on and off to reduce plasma-induced damage in the substrate. |
| US08277898B2 |
Camouflage tire
The present invention is directed to a camouflage tire suitable for use in various vehicle use environments wherein it is desirable to reduce or eliminate a viewer's visual perception of the tire against the given environmental background. |
| US08277892B2 |
Process for creating an oxygen scavenging particle
A method is disclosed for manufacturing one or more oxygen scavenging particles, wherein the particle(s) comprises an oxidizable metal particle, such as elemental iron; an acidifying electrolyte such as sodium or potassium bisulfate and optionally a water hydrolysable Lewis acid, such as aluminum chloride. The method comprises the step of coating the oxidizable particle with a first compound and then reacting the first compound with a second compound to form a third compound, wherein the third compound promotes the reaction of the oxidizable particle with oxygen. |
| US08277891B2 |
Method for suppressing particle generation during semiconductor manufacturing
A technique for effectively suppressing the generation of particles resulting from peeling-off of unnecessary films that have unavoidably adhered to the inner surface of the reaction tube of an ALD film-forming apparatus during a film formation process for forming a film on a semiconductor substrate. A precoating process utilizing ALD is performed to deposit a metal oxide film, e.g., an aluminum oxide film, onto the unnecessary films, in order to prevent peeling-off of the unnecessary films. Ozone is supplied, as a precoat gas, into the reaction tube during the precoating process by a nozzle of a different type and/or position from that of the nozzle for supplying ozone, as a film-forming gas, into the reaction tube during the film formation process. |
| US08277890B2 |
Transport device, in particular for transporting sheet-like substrates through a coating installation
The transporting device according to the invention, in particular for transporting sheet-like substrates through a coating installation, comprises transporting rollers which are rotatably mounted on both sides and horizontally arranged transversely in relation to the transporting direction, the uppermost surface lines of the transporting rollers defining the transporting plane, and is characterized in that the end parts of the transporting rollers have a smaller diameter than the middle part of the transporting rollers and in that baffles which are mounted displaceably in the axial direction of the transporting rollers between a first position and a second position are arranged between the end parts of the transporting rollers and the transporting plane. The fact that the baffles are mounted in an axially displaceable manner has the effect of considerably extending the cleaning intervals of the transporting device. At first the baffles are arranged in a first position, in which the end of the baffle lies underneath the substrate and, in the horizontal direction, as close as possible to the middle of the transporting roller Vapor-depositing material that gets beyond the edge of the substrate hits the baffle. During operation of the transporting device, the baffles are continuously displaced from the middle part to the ends of the transporting rollers. As a result, the increase in thickness of the layer produced on the baffles is limited, since the vapor keeps hitting new portions of the baffle. |
| US08277889B2 |
Film formation method and film formation apparatus
A film formation method is disclosed for depositing a metal film on a target substrate by supplying a metal carbonyl source in gas phase to a surface of the target substrate and decomposing the source near the surface of the target substrate. The method includes a step of preferentially decomposing the metal carbonyl source in an area near the outer peripheral portion of the target substrate when the metal film is being deposited on the surface of the target substrate. As a result, a CO concentration in the atmosphere is increased locally near the outer peripheral portion of the target substrate and the depositing of the metal film on the outer peripheral portion is better controlled. |
| US08277884B2 |
Coating and processing apparatus and method
There is provided a coating and processing apparatus including a spin chuck horizontally holding a quadrangular substrate and rotating the substrate in a horizontal plane, a coating solution nozzle for supplying a coating solution to a front surface of the substrate horizontally held by the spin chuck, and a solvent supply mechanism provided in the spin chuck for supplying a solvent to a back surface of the substrate, in which the solvent supplied to the back surface of the substrate is allowed to reach the back surface and side surface of each of corners of the substrate by centrifugal force, thereby removing the coating solution attached. |
| US08277880B2 |
Method for manufacturing plugged honeycomb structure
A method for manufacturing a plugged honeycomb structure including a step of mixing ceramic particles with a gas on one end face side of the plugged honeycomb structure, and a step of sucking the gas containing the ceramic particles from the other end face side of the plugged honeycomb structure to send the ceramic particles mixed in the gas into cells of the plugged honeycomb structure to allow the ceramic particles to adhere to surfaces in the cells of the plugged honeycomb structure. |
| US08277875B2 |
Polyesters for thermal transfer image-receiving sheets
The present invention relates to a polyester for thermal transfer image-receiving sheets which includes a polyester A produced from an alcohol component containing 50 mol % or more of an alkyleneoxide adduct of 2,2-bis(4-hydroxyphenyl)propane and an acid component containing 80 mol % or more of an aliphatic carboxylic acid and/or an alicyclic carboxylic acid as a total amount thereof, and a polyester B produced from an alcohol component containing 80 mol % or more of the alkyleneoxide adduct of 2,2-bis(4-hydroxyphenyl)propane and an acid component containing 10 to 35 mol % of a trivalent or higher valent aromatic polycarboxylic acid; a resin dispersion containing the polyester; a process for producing the resin dispersion; a thermal transfer image-receiving sheet using the polyester; and a process for producing the thermal transfer image-receiving sheet. The thermal transfer image-receiving sheet is capable of satisfying all of a dyeability, a light resistance and a releasability at the same time. |
| US08277871B2 |
Evaporation donor substrate and method for manufacturing light-emitting device
To provide an evaporation donor substrate which is used for deposition by an evaporation method and which allows reduction in manufacturing cost and high uniformity of a film which is deposited. In addition, to provide a method for manufacturing a light-emitting device using the evaporation donor substrate. The evaporation donor substrate includes a reflective layer having an opening which is formed over a substrate, a heat insulating layer having a light-transmitting property which is formed over the substrate and the reflective layer, a light absorption layer which is formed over the heat insulating layer; and a material layer which is formed over the light absorption layer. |
| US08277870B2 |
Method of controlling corrosion at an interface formed between metal components
A method of controlling corrosion at an interface formed between at least two metal components includes applying a blend of magnesium particles and one of an adhesive or a sealant to the interface. The magnesium particles have a diameter sufficient to span a distance between the metal components. The method further includes exposing the metal components to a substantially corrosive environment, where the corrosive environment at least partially dissolves the magnesium particles. At least partial dissolution of the magnesium particles i) cathodically protects the metal components at the interface, ii) alkalizes the corrosive environment, and iii) generates hydrogen bubbles that substantially block a crevice formed at the interface. |
| US08277868B2 |
Balloon catheter for delivering therapeutic agents
A drug delivery device for delivering therapeutic agents and a method of making such a device is disclosed. The device includes an inflatable balloon. A microporous coating covers a portion of the outer surface of the wall of the balloon. The thickness of the coating and the size of the micropores can permit desirable delivery of a substance from the micropores of the coating and into the tissue of a patient's lumen. |
| US08277859B2 |
Isothiocyanate preservatives and methods of their use
A composition for preserving solid food products comprising a moisture-sensitive isothiocyanate compound and a hygroscopic carrier, wherein the composition is substantially free of sorbic acid, benzoic acid, and salts thereof. Also disclosed is a solid food product containing the aforementioned preservative composition and a method for preserving solid food products including the steps of adding a moisture-sensitive isothiocyanate to the solid food product and storing the resulting product at a reduced temperature. |
| US08277858B2 |
Process for making a healthy snack food
The present invention is directed towards a method for making a healthy snack food having an appearance and taste similar to conventional fried snack products without the use of an oil-flying process. The method of the present invention includes the steps of providing food slices from a starch-based food or dough. The food slices can be blanched and a controlled amount of oil can be added to enhance final organoleptical properties. The food slices are then rapidly dehydrated to a much lower moisture content in a primary drying step that simulates conventional frying dehydration rates. A food snack, such as a corn or potato-based snack, produced by this method is a low-fat, ready-to-eat snack having the conventional texture and taste associated with fried snack products. |
| US08277856B2 |
Method of producing acidic lactic acid bacteria beverage
An acidic lactic acid bacteria beverage having a favorable flavor and an improved survival rate for bifidobacteria. The acidic lactic acid bacteria beverage of the present invention includes bifidobacteria and inulin, wherein the inulin is not fermented by the bifidobacteria. The inulin content is preferably within a range from 1 to 10% by mass, and the pH of the acidic lactic acid bacteria beverage is preferably within a range from 4.1 to 4.8. |
| US08277855B2 |
Method of continuously producing edible lipid-based composition
The present invention provides a method of continuously producing edible lipid-based composition, including the steps: preparing alcohol and organic acid in a predetermined ratio and a reaction tank received with immobilized candida cylindracea; continuously providing a supercritical state solvent into the reaction tank and draining the supercritical state solvent out, and mixing and pressurizing the alcohol and the organic acid and sending the alcohol and the organic acid to the reaction tank for a esterfication of the alcohol and the organic acid by the candida cylindracea; getting an edible lipid-based composition and water in the reaction tank; and quickly separating the edible lipid-based composition from the water and the supercritical state solvent. |
| US08277854B2 |
Nutritional compositions containing punicalagins
The present invention relates generally to a nutritional composition comprising punicalagins. |
| US08277847B2 |
Lipidated glycosaminoglycan particles and their use in drug and gene delivery for diagnosis and therapy
Lipidated glycosaminoglycan particles, prepared by reacting a glycosaminoglycan with at least one lipid to cross-link the carboxylic acid groups in the glycosaminoglycan with a primary amine in the lipid, are used to encapsulate drugs for use in the treatment of pathological conditions in an animal. |
| US08277846B2 |
Complexing agents for compositions containing inclusion complexes
The invention provides a composition containing particulate composite of a polymer and a therapeutic agent. The composition also contains a complexing agent. The polymer interacts with the complexing agent in a host-guest or a guest-host interaction to form an inclusion complex. A therapeutic composition of the invention may be used to deliver the therapeutic agent and to treat various disorders. Both the polymer of the particulate composite and the complexing agent may be used to introduce functionality into the therapeutic composition. The invention also relates to a method of preparing a composition. The method combines a therapeutic agent, a polymer having host or guest functionality, and a complexing agent having guest or host functionality to form the therapeutic composition. The complexing agent forms an inclusion complex with the polymer. The invention also relates to a method of delivering a therapeutic agent. According to the method, a therapeutically effective amount of a therapeutic composition of the invention is administered to a mammal (e.g. person or animal) in recognized need of the therapeutic. Also disclosed are compounds having the formula: |
| US08277845B2 |
Formulations and methods for lyophilization and lyophilates provided thereby
The present invention provides compositions, methods for lyophilizing compounds and making pharmaceutical compositions, and kits providing solutions and lyophilized formulations of compounds. The compositions, methods, and kits are particularly useful in pharmaceutical applications involving therapeutic agents that have low solubility at low pH and medium pH values. Certain embodiments provide methods for lyophilizing compounds in liquid solutions, which include the steps of: a) preparing aqueous solutions of a compound of interest in the absence of buffer; b) adjusting the pH to high values of pH in order to increase the solubility of the compound of interest; and c) freeze-drying the solution to provide a lyophilized solid composition. Aqueous solutions including buffer are also disclosed. Lyophilized formulations, including micronized and non-micronized powders, are provided. |
| US08277844B2 |
Coating composition
The present invention relates to a novel resin composition useful as a coating agent or a binder for medicines, drugs for animals, agricultural chemicals, fertilizers, foods or the like, which contains a polyvinyl alcohol copolymer as a main component. More particularly, the present invention relates to a resin composition, characterized in that the composition is obtained by copolymerizing a polyvinyl alcohol having an average polymerization degree of 1300 or less, and at least one polymerizable vinyl monomer in a weight ratio of 6:4 to 9:1. |
| US08277843B2 |
Programmable buoyant delivery technology
The present invention is concerned with a system for spatially and temporally programmable delivery of an active agent. When administered orally, the System can be retained in the gastric region for a prolonged period of time. It comprises of a core (I), one or more layers (II, IV, V) coated over the core and a preformed hollow space (III). The invention also concerns with a process for preparation of the System and a method for treating/preventing diseases, by administering to a subject in need thereof, the System of the invention. |
| US08277842B1 |
Enteric-coated HT-2157 compositions and methods of their use
Drug compositions comprising the compound HT-2157 and their therapeutic uses, including the treatment of CNS disorders and cognitive impairments and the modulation of cognitive function, are disclosed. More particularly, the present invention relates to enteric-coated formulations comprising HT-2157 that reduce the appearance of clinically relevant methemoglobinemia relative to administration of non-enteric-coated formulations comprising HT-2157. |
| US08277839B2 |
Oral pharmaceutical composition of anilinopyrimidine, preparation and use thereof
An oral pharmaceutical composition comprising a capsule dosage form containing a liquid fill composition including an anilinopyrimidine derivative of Formula (I) and a pharmaceutically acceptable excipient selected from the group consisting of polyethylene glycol, a glyceryl ester of capric acid or a mixture thereof. The liquid fill composition is formulated in a hard gelatin capsules and can be used for the preparation of a medicament for the treatment of cancer in particular AML. |
| US08277830B2 |
Posterior segment drug delivery
A therapeutic device to release a therapeutic agent comprises a porous structure coupled to a container comprising a reservoir. The reservoir comprises a volume sized to release therapeutic amounts of the therapeutic agent for an extended time when coupled to the porous structure and implanted in the patient. The porous structure may comprise a first side coupled to the reservoir and a second side to couple to the patient to release the therapeutic agent. A plurality of interconnecting channels can extend from the first side to the second side so as to connect a first a plurality of openings on the first side with a second plurality of openings on the second side. |
| US08277821B2 |
Immunizing compositions and methods of use
The present invention provides compositions including siderophore receptor polypeptides and porins from gram negative microbes, and preferably, lipopolysaccarhide at a concentration of no greater than about 10.0 endotoxin units per milliliter. The present invention also provides methods of making and methods of using such compositions. |
| US08277818B2 |
Herpes virus strains for gene therapy
The present invention provides a herpes virus with improved oncolytic properties which comprises a gene encoding an immunomodulatory cytokine and which lacks a functional ICP34.5 gene and a functional ICP47 encoding gene. |
| US08277817B2 |
PEGylation by the dock and lock (DNL) technique
The present invention concerns methods and compositions for forming PEGylated complexes of defined stoichiometry and structure. In preferred embodiments, the PEGylated complex is formed using dock-and-lock technology, by attaching a target agent to a DDD sequence and attaching a PEG moiety to an AD sequence and allowing the DDD sequence to bind to the AD sequence in a 2:1 stoichiometry, to form PEGylated complexes with two target agents and one PEG moiety. In alternative embodiments, the target agent may be attached to the AD sequence and the PEG to the DDD sequence to form PEGylated complexes with two PEG moieties and one target agent. In more preferred embodiments, the target agent may comprise any peptide or protein of physiologic or therapeutic activity. The PEGylated complexes exhibit a significantly slower rate of clearance when injected into a subject and are of use for treatment of a wide variety of diseases. |
| US08277816B2 |
Bacillus anthracis antigens, vaccine compositions, and related methods
The present invention relates to the intersection of the fields of immunology and protein engineering, and particularly to antigens and vaccines useful in prevention of infection by Bacillus anthracis. Provided are recombinant protein antigens, compositions, and methods for the production and use of such antigens and vaccine compositions. |
| US08277815B2 |
Pharmaceutical composition comprising an antigen
The invention relates to immunogenic compositions. In certain embodiments, the invention provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising an antigen, an immunostimulating substance selected form neuroactive compounds, hormones, compounds having a growth hormone activity, and mixtures thereof, and a polycationic polymer. |
| US08277812B2 |
Immunonanotherapeutics that provide IgG humoral response without T-cell antigen
The present invention provides compositions and systems for delivery of nanocarriers to cells of the immune system. The invention provides synthetic nanocarriers capable of eliciting an immune system response in the form of antibody production, wherein the nanocarriers lack any T cell antigens. In some embodiments, the invention provides nanocarriers that comprise an immunofeature surface, which provides high avidity binding of the nanocarriers to antigen presenting cells. The invention provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising inventive nanocarriers. The present invention provides methods of designing, manufacturing, and using inventive nanocarriers and pharmaceutical compositions thereof. |
| US08277811B2 |
Compositions and methods for inducing chimerism in a subject
Prevention of autoimmune disease and induction of transplantation tolerance in a recipient can be achieved by induction of mixed chimerism via bone marrow transplantation (BMT), but this procedure requires total body irradiation (TBI)-conditioning of the recipient. The toxicity of radiation and potential for graft versus host disease (GVHD) prevents its clinical application. Donor CD8+ T cells play a critical role in facilitation of engraftment, but also contribute to induction of GVHD in TBI-conditioned recipients. It is disclosed herein that high doses of donor CD8+ T cells in combination with donor bone marrow (BM) cells induces mixed chimerism without GVHD in recipients conditioned with anti-CD3 mAb. These chimeric recipients display donor specific tolerance and reversal of insulitis. These results establish that donor CD8+ T cell-mediated facilitation of engraftment can be separated from GVHD in non-irradiated recipients. This regimen has application in the treatment of autoimmune disorders and the induction of transplantation tolerance. |
| US08277810B2 |
Antagonist anti-CD40 antibodies
Compositions and methods of therapy for treating diseases mediated by stimulation of CD40 signaling on CD40-expressing cells are provided. The methods comprise administering a therapeutically effective amount of an antagonist anti-CD40 antibody or antigen-binding fragment thereof to a patient in need thereof. The antagonist anti-CD40 antibody or antigen-binding fragment thereof is free of significant agonist activity, but exhibits antagonist activity when the antibody binds a CD40 antigen on a human CD40-expressing cell. Antagonist activity of the anti-CD40 antibody or antigen-binding fragment thereof beneficially inhibits proliferation and/or differentiation of human CD40-expressing cells, such as B cells. |
| US08277808B2 |
Mucosal vascular addressins and uses thereof
The present invention relates to isolated antibodies and antigen-binding fragments thereof that bind naturally occurring human MAdCAM, wherein said naturally occurring human MAdCAM comprises a polypeptide with at least 90% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO:2 or SEQ ID NO:4, said naturally occurring human MAdCAM binds α4β7, and wherein said isolated antibodies and antigen-binding fragments thereof inhibit binding of said naturally occurring human MAdCAM to human α4β7, and wherein said antibody inhibits adhesion of RPMI 8866 cells to cells that express said human MAdCAM. |
| US08277805B2 |
Methods for treating or inhibiting thromboembolic disorders or for inhibiting coagulation
The present invention discloses inhibitory antibodies against Factor VIII with modified glycosylation, either by enzymatic deglycosylation or by site directed mutagenesis. Said antibodies with modified glycosylation have equal affinity for FVIII but show different inhibiting properties. The use of one or a mixture of said antibodies allow modulation of the inhibition of factor VIII to levels between 40 and 95%. The present invention further discloses pharmaceutical compositions comprising inhibitory antibodies against Factor VIII with modified glycosylation, combinations of these antibodies and methods for treating haemostasis disorders using said antibodies and antibody mixtures. |
| US08277803B2 |
Cancerous disease modifying antibodies
The present invention relates to a method for producing cancerous disease modifying antibodies using a novel paradigm of screening. By segregating the anti-cancer antibodies using cancer cell cytotoxicity as an end point, the process makes possible the production of anti-cancer antibodies for therapeutic and diagnostic purposes. The antibodies can be used in aid of staging and diagnosis of a cancer, and can be used to treat primary tumors and tumor metastases. The anti-cancer antibodies can be conjugated to toxins, enzymes, radioactive compounds, cytokines, interferons, target or reporter moieties and hematogenous cells. |
| US08277800B2 |
Methods of treating a deficiency of functional tripeptidyl peptidase I (CLN2) protein
The present invention relates to a method for treating a patient having disorder characterized by a deficient amount of functional CLN2 protein in the affected cells, which comprises administering to the patient an amount of CLN2 protein effective to reduce or eliminate the symptoms caused by the deficiency in CLN2 protein. |
| US08277797B2 |
Interferon-β production modulating Listeria strains and methods for using same
Mutant Listeria bacteria that modulate interferon-β production are provided. The subject bacteria are characterized by having a mutation in a gene chosen from a TetR gene, a LadR gene, a VirR gene, a MarR gene a MdrL gene, a MdrT gene and a MdrM gene. The subject bacteria find use in a variety of applications, where representative applications of interest include, but are not limited to: (a) use of the subject bacteria as adjuvants; (b) use of the subject bacteria as delivery vectors for introducing macromolecules into a cell; (c) use of the subject bacteria as vaccines for eliciting or boosting a cellular immune response; etc. |
| US08277796B2 |
Regeneration and repair of neural tissue using postpartum-derived cells
Cells derived from postpartum umbilicus and placenta are disclosed. Pharmaceutical compositions, devices and methods for the regeneration or repair of neural tissue using the postpartum-derived cells are also disclosed. |
| US08277795B2 |
Methods and compositions for treating motor neuron diseases comprising mesenchymal stem cells
Disclosed herein are a composition for treating motor neuron diseases, particularly amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), using mesenchymal stem cells, and a method for treating motor neuron diseases using the composition. The composition and treatment method can provide effective therapy for motor neuron diseases, particularly for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). |
| US08277793B2 |
Prophylactic or therapeutic agent for viral disease
A prophylactic or therapeutic agent for a viral disease, characterized by combining 22β-methoxyolean-12-ene-3β,24(4β)-diol with an interferon as active ingredients is disclosed. The prophylactic or therapeutic agent of the present invention exhibits a high therapeutic effect by administering 22β-methoxyolean-12-ene-3β,24(4β)-diol and interferon as a combination thereof. |
| US08277784B2 |
Hair cosmetic product
A hair treatment method entailing sequentially (i) preparing a hair cosmetic by mixing a first agent containing an alkali agent and a second agent containing hydrogen peroxide to form a mixed liquid, (ii) discharging the mixed liquid in the form of a foam from a foamer vessel without a propellant, (iii) applying the mixed liquid to hair, (iv) allowing the mixed liquid to stand for 3 to 60 minutes; and (v) rinsing the mixed liquid away. |
| US08277779B2 |
Compositions useful for reducing nephrotoxicity and methods of use thereof
The present invention provides compositions and methods to reduce renal damage caused by nephrotoxic drugs. The invention provides compositions comprising an anionically substituted cyclodextrin, a nephrotoxic drug and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, where the cyclodextrin is present in an amount effective for substantially inhibiting the nephrotoxic effect of the drug. |
| US08277778B2 |
Vaccine adjuvants
The invention relates to a novel adjuvant Mycobacterium w and or its constituents and adjuvant containing composition, which contains antigen(s) with pharmaceutical acceptable carrier and its uses. Mycobacterium w and or its constituents when administered with antigen(s) to mammal results in enhanced immunogenicity of antigen. The enhanced immunogenicity manifests as humoral responses as well as cell mediated immunity. The adjuvant effect is seen with variety of antigens in various mammals irrespective of their immune status at the time of administration of Mycobacterium w and antigen containing composition. e.g. immune naïve or preimmunized status. |
| US08277777B2 |
Compound having affinity for amyloid
A compound that has affinity with amyloid, exhibits sufficiently rapid clearance from normal tissues, and is suppressed in toxicity such as mutagenicity is provided, which is represented by the following formula (1): or a salt thereof, wherein R1 is a group selected from hydrogen, hydroxyl group, carboxyl group, sulfate group, amino group, nitro group, cyano group, an alkyl substituent with one to 4 carbon atoms or an alkoxy substituent with one to 4 carbon atoms; R2 is a radioactive halogen substituent; and m is an integer of 0 to 2, and a low-toxic diagnostic agent for Alzheimer's disease comprising a compound represented by the above formula or a salt thereof is also provided. |
| US08277776B2 |
Compositions for delivery of therapeutics and other materials
This disclosure relates to compositions for delivering agents to a subject, and in particular, to compositions for delivery of therapeutic agents or diagnostic agents in the presence or absence of targeting moieties. In part, this disclosure relates to compositions comprising a hydrophobic group with a first end and a second end, a first metal binding domain linked to the hydrophobic group, a metal ion capable of being chelated to the first metal binding domain, and an agent linked to a second metal binding domain capable of chelating to the metal ion. |
| US08277775B2 |
Boron dipyrromethene difluoro (BODIPY) conjugates
The present invention relates to FTY720 analogs bearing a boron dipyrromethene difluoro (BODIPY) fluorophore in the alkyl side chain and methods of preparation. The compounds of the present invention can be used in fluorescence spectroscopy and fluorescence microscopy and in chromatography using fluorescence detection. |
| US08277773B2 |
Steam reforming method
The present invention provides catalysts, reactors, and methods of steam reforming over a catalyst. Surprisingly superior results and properties obtained in methods and catalysts of the present invention are also described. For example, a coated catalyst was demonstrated to be highly stable under steam reforming conditions (high temperature and high pressure of steam). Methods of making steam reforming catalysts are also described. |
| US08277770B2 |
Method of manufacturing carbon nanotube
Carbon atoms are fed to a catalytic metal particle 10 having a atomic arrangement of triangular lattices in a round (or partly round) of a side wall, and a graphen sheet 18 having a six-membered structure reflecting the atomic arrangement of the triangular lattices is consecutively formed by the metal catalyst, whereby a tubular structure of the carbon atoms is formed. Thus, the chirality of the tubular structure can be controlled by the growth direction of the graphen sheet with respect to the direction of the triangular lattices, and the diameter of the tubular structure can be controlled by the size of the catalytic metal particle. |
| US08277766B2 |
Methods for the concentration of vanadium from carbonaceous feedstock materials
This invention relates to a process that utilizes high-temperature oxidation with controlled stoichiometry in the concentration of vanadium from carbonaceous feedstock materials containing vanadium, such as residues, ashes and soots resulting from the combustion or gasification of petroleum vacuum residuum, petroleum coke, kerogen from oil shale, and bituminous sand, e.g., tar sand or oil sand, or extra heavy oil or other carbonaceous feedstocks that contain vanadium. A preferred embodiment uses a counter-rotating vortex reactor and a cyclonic, entrained-flow reactor to rapidly heat and oxidize feedstock at temperatures in the range of about 2100° F. to 2900° F., resulting in a vapor stream with entrained, solid materials comprising the concentrated vanadium species. The entrained, vanadium-rich product solids may be removed from the high-temperature vapor stream by a high-temperature filter assembly, with or without the aid of a high-temperature cyclone separator which removes a portion of the vanadium-rich solids upstream of the filter. The filtered vapor stream may be stored or then ducted to suitable unit operations for possible oxidation and heat recovery, followed by entailed pollution control prior to its final discharge to the atmosphere. |
| US08277760B2 |
High density plate filler
A filling apparatus for filling a microplate. The microplate having a plurality of wells each sized to receive an assay. The filling apparatus can comprise an assay input layer having a first surface and an opposing second surface. The assay input layer can comprise an assay input port extending from the first surface to the second surface and at least one pressure nodule extending from the second surface. An output layer can comprise a plurality of staging capillaries each having an inlet and an outlet. The output layer can further comprise a capillary plane disposed above the plurality of staging capillaries in fluid communication with the assay input port. The capillary plane can be sized to draw the assay from the assay input port to generally flood fill the plurality of staging capillaries. |
| US08277757B2 |
Pipette tip mounting shaft
A pipette tip mounting shaft includes outwardly circumferentially extending locking lobes over which the pipette tip collar is mounted. The locking lobes preferably include an inclining ramp portion that gently flexes and distorts the pipette tip collar out-of-round as the mounting shaft is inserted into the pipette tip, rather than the stretching tip collar. Each locking lobe also includes a declining ramp portion which extends upward along the mounting shaft. The peak of the lobes is preferably curved. When the pipette tip is fully mounted on the mounting shaft, a locking ring on the inside surface of the tip collar engages the declining ramp of the lobes to provide an over-center engagement, however, the required ejection force is small. |
| US08277756B2 |
Method of identifying a blockage at the receiving opening of a pipetting needle
A method of identifying a blockage at the receiving opening of a pipetting needle which at or in the proximity of the receiving opening has an electrode (E1) or is itself in the form of an electrode (E1), in an analysis apparatus when taking liquid from a liquid-containing vessel and/or when delivering liquid into a liquid-containing vessel, in which the pipetting needle is displaced in such a way that the receiving opening is immersed in the liquid in the liquid-containing vessel, an amount of liquid is sucked up into the pipetting needle or delivered from the pipetting needle, the pipetting needle is further displaced in such a way that the receiving opening comes out of the liquid in the liquid-containing vessel, during the displacement of the pipetting needle the capacitances (Kmeasurement) between the electrode (E1) and a counter-electrode (E2) are detected in dependence on the position of the pipetting needle, the detected capacitances (Kmeasurement) are compared to predetermined reference values (Kreference) for the respective position of the pipetting needle, and information about the presence of a blockage at the receiving opening of the pipetting needle is delivered if the deviation between the detected capacitances (Kmeasurement) and the predetermined reference values (Kreference) at one position or a plurality of positions of the pipetting needle exceeds a predetermined threshold value. |
| US08277754B2 |
System for pressure treatment of articles
The purpose of the present invention is to propose a reliable, economically viable autoclave that also allows rapid heat treatment of food or pharmaceutical products in industrial quantities.To this end, the subject of the invention is a system for shaking items, inside a device under pressure, comprising a chamber (100) equipped with a heating means (110) and with a pressurizing means (115), and a storage basket (200) for the items (P) coupled to a translational shaking means (300, 310-320-330-340), wherein the basket (200) is slidably mounted on a chassis (400) exhibiting a platform (410) supported by support columns (420) passing through the chamber (100) in a fluidtight and decoupled manner and intended to be secured to an immovable support (600). |
| US08277751B2 |
Tissue paper with pH-indicator function
The present invention relates to a tissue paper with pH-indicator function, specifically a toilet paper that can be used to diagnose abnormal pH changes of the human urine as accompanying for instance acetonemic vomiting or diabetes. |
| US08277748B2 |
Container for washer or autoclave
A container for enabling fluid flow therethrough for cleaning or sterilizing of the contents, comprises a tray (10) and lid (20) and having respective bases (11, 21) and side walls (17, 27). The bases (11, 21) have perforations (12, 22) defined by elliptically shaped perforation walls (13, 23) with their major axes vertical to allow easy flow of the cleaning fluid through the container and minimum contact points with the contents or other containers. The internal corners (30) of the perforations (12, 22) in horizontal sections are smoothly curved to minimize debris or deposits collecting and resisting removal. A method of cleaning or sterilizing using the container is also described. |
| US08277747B2 |
Continuous hot fill process
An apparatus comprising a chamber where a base concentrate common to at least a first flavored food product and a second flavored food product is formed, the first flavored food product having different flavoring than the second flavored food product, the base concentrate having a first temperature. The apparatus also comprises a process line that receives the base concentrate from the chamber, heated liquid from a heated liquid source, and flavoring from either a first flavor source or a second flavor source to form a mixture of base concentrate, heated liquid and flavoring. The mixture has a has second temperature sufficient to achieve a change in the mixture selected from the group consisting of microbial change, chemical change, biochemical change, and enzymatic change, and combinations thereof. A method is also disclosed for change over from forming a first flavored food product to forming a second flavored food product. |
| US08277746B2 |
Apparatus, system and method for facilitating transfer of high level radioactive waste to and/or from a pool
A method, apparatus and system for the transferring a container for receiving high level radioactive waste into and/or out of a pool. The instant invention utilizes a specially designed container in order to make effective use of a stand placed within the pool. In one embodiment, the invention is a system for transferring high level radioactive waste comprising: a container for receiving high level radioactive waste, the container having a support structure; a stand comprising a cavity for receiving the container and an opening forming a passageway into the cavity; wherein the support structure is sized, shaped and/or arranged so that: (i) when the container is substantially vertically oriented in a first rotational position, the support structure can not pass through the opening due to contact between the support structure and the stand; and (ii) when the substantially vertically oriented container is rotated an angle about a vertical axis to a second rotational position, the support structure can pass through the opening in an unobstructed manner. |
| US08277739B2 |
Method and reactor for producing carbon nanotubes
The present invention concerns a process for producing carbon nanotubes or other carbon nanostructures, e.g. cones. The process comprising evaporating/decomposing a carbon containing material in a voluminous thermal plasma generated by rotating an electric arc using an externally applied magnetic field, and condensing said evaporated/decomposed carbon containing material on surfaces or on particles in a gas flow. A reactor for performing the process is also described. |
| US08277732B1 |
Air quality detection pack
A air gas detection pack is provided. The air gas detection pack has a card receiving pocket which slidably receives a gas detection card, the gas detection card having a plurality of chemically reactive materials retained therein and exposed to outside air through a plurality of aligned air permeable apertures formed in the front and rear wall of the substance detection pack. The combined gas detection card and gas detection pack indicates the concentrations of gases in the air. The air permeable apertures in conjunction with the reactive materials of the substance detection card are covered with a filtering media to protect the reactive material from dirt and dust contamination. |
| US08277731B2 |
Sensing device
To shorten the time required for an oscillation frequency to stabilize in a sensing device sensing a substance to be sensed by using the fact that a natural frequency of a piezoelectric resonator changes when the substance to be sensed is adsorbed by an adsorption layer formed on the piezoelectric resonator. A sensing device includes: an oscillator circuit 4 oscillating a quartz-crystal resonator 12; and an intense excitation circuit that is formed by the oscillator circuit 4 including a series circuit of a resistor 52 and a third transistor 53 of PNP type and that intensely excites the quartz-crystal resonator 12 connected to the oscillator circuit 4 for a period of time preset by a one-shot circuit 22 by supplying the quartz-crystal resonator 12 with high power equal to or more than twice regular power supplied at the time of the measurement of the substance to be sensed, to stabilize the oscillation of the quartz-crystal resonator 12. When the connection of the quartz-crystal resonator 12 is detected, the one-shot circuit 22 brings the oscillator circuit 4 into an aging state and the high power is supplied to the quartz-crystal resonator 12 to intensely excite the quartz-crystal resonator 12, thereby eliminating the distortion and stress of a quartz-crystal plate 20. |
| US08277728B2 |
Method of sterilizing an orthopaedic implant
A pre-assembled orthopaedic implant adapted for improved gas sterilization. The implant includes a first component adapted for assembly with a second component such that a mating surface of the first component is in close proximity with a mating surface of the second component. At least one gas conduit associated with the mating surface of the first component facilitates a sterilizing gas to penetrate into and dissipate from the interface defined by the mating surfaces. |
| US08277722B2 |
Production of reduced catalyst PDC via gradient driven reactivity
A method of forming a PDC cutter having solvent metal catalyst located adjacent the diamond and/or in the diamond and a layer of reactive material on the layer of diamond, the layer of reactive material for promoting the flow of the solvent metal catalyst material from the layer of diamond under high pressure and high temperature. |
| US08277721B2 |
Systems and methods for accessing a furnace melt
A method and apparatus for accessing a furnace melt are provided. Preferably, the method and apparatus provide for the safe and efficient access to the melt. According to one aspect of the invention used in a steel-making process in an electric arc furnace, a furnace aperture burner/lance provides a flame for heating the melt, a lance device for injecting oxygen into the furnace, or both. To access the melt, the furnace aperture burner/lance is disengaged, access is provided to the melt through the furnace aperture, and the furnace aperture burner/lance is reengaged when the access is concluded. |
| US08277717B2 |
Nano imprinting method and apparatus
The present invention relates to a nano imprint method and to a nano imprint apparatus comprising: a first imprint module, a second imprint module, a storage and a feeder module, wherein; the first imprint module is adapted to imprint a pattern into an intermediate polymer stamp from a template; a second imprint module is adapted to imprint a pattern into a substrate from the intermediate polymer stamp; robot feeder modules are adapted to move the template, intermediate polymer stamp and the substrate from and to storages. |
| US08277716B2 |
Apparatus, system, and method of manufacturing a composite tubular using a stiffened mandrel
A stiffened mandrel used in the manufacture of a composite tubular. The mandrel is placed on a filament winding machine and is comprised of an outer and inner shell. A pressure source is connected to the mandrel to exert a tensile force on the outer shell to stiffen the mandrel and thereby prevent sagging and bending of the mandrel. The stiffened mandrel allows for the manufacture of a composite tubular without undesirable flexing, wrinkling, or contamination of the uncured composite. |
| US08277714B1 |
Braid capture overmolding
The invention described herein relates to capturing a covering such as a braid on a exterior profile of a plastic tube by overmolding onto a plumbing tube, wherein a circumferentially surrounding covering or braid is modified prior to the overmolding process. |
| US08277709B2 |
Production of fine stufferbox-crimped tows from synthetic filaments and further processing thereof into textile hygiene articles
A process is described for producing thin crimped tows from LOY, POY, or FOY filaments in a total linear density from 2 ktex to 9 ktex by filament yarns being withdrawn from creeled bobbins, folded and provided with a processing finish, then drawn or tension-uniformized and thereafter heated and stufferbox crimped. The process can be carried out in-line with numerous further processing operations. The tows are particularly useful for producing textile hygiene articles such as diapers, sanitary napkins, inserts and incontinence guards and the like. |
| US08277705B2 |
Restoring damaged rail seats located on concrete rail ties
A method for restoring a damaged rail seat located on a concrete rail tie. The method comprises applying a polymeric material comprising a poly(urethane-urea) material to the damaged rail seat located on the concrete rail tie; and restoring the damaged rail seat by curing the polymeric material under ambient temperature and pressure conditions. The polymeric material is substantially sag resistant and maintains its shape without substantial runoff from the concrete rail tie during the restoring of the damage rail seat. |
| US08277702B2 |
Near infrared absorbing agent and near infrared absorbing film
Disclosed herein is a method for preparing a near infrared absorbing agent. The method includes admixing tungsten trioxide and a reducing agent in water and allowing for a partial reduction of the tungsten trioxides to yield the near infrared absorbing agent. |
| US08277699B2 |
Photochromic materials that include 6-amino substituted indeno-fused naphthopyrans
The present invention relates to photochromic materials that include certain indeno-fused naphthopyrans. The indeno-fused naphthopyrans have an amino group (e.g., a piperidino or morpholino group) bonded to the 6-position and an optional halo group (e.g., fluoro) bonded to the 11-position thereof. The photochromic materials of the present invention may have a closed-form electromagnetic radiation absorption spectrum that is shifted to longer wavelengths (e.g., wavelengths of greater than 390 nm), relative to comparable photochromic materials. The present invention also relates to optical elements, such as eyeglasses, that include the photochromic materials of the present invention. |
| US08277696B2 |
Thermochromic color-memory composition, and thermochromic color-memory microcapsule pigment having the composition encapsulated therein
The present invention relates to a thermochromic color-memory composition comprising a solubilized mixture of (I) an electron donating coloring organic compound, (II) an electron accepting compound and (III) an ester compound represented by the following formula (1) as a reaction medium which controls color reactions of the components (I) and (II): wherein R represents an alkyl group having 1 to 21 carbon atoms or an alkenyl group having 1 to 21 carbon atoms, and n represents an integer of from 1 to 3. |
| US08277695B2 |
Reversibly thermochromic compositions
A reversible thermochromic system comprising a) a compound of the formula (IA) or a tautomer thereof or a compound of the formula (IB) or a tautomer thereof (IA) (IB) wherein R1 is C1-C18alkyl, C2-C18alkenyl, C3-C12cycloalkyl, C3-C12cycloalkyl substituted by 1, 2 or 3 C1-C4alkyl; phenyl, phenyl substituted by 1, 2 or 3 C1-C4alkyl; or C7-C12phenylalkyl; R2 is hydrogen or a group —SO2—R; R3 and R4 independently of one another are hydrogen, C1-C18alkyl, C2-C18alkenyl, C3-C12cycloalkyl, C3-C12cycloalkyl substituted by 1, 2 or 3 C1-C4alkyl; phenyl, phenyl substituted by 1, 2 or 3 C1-C4alkyl; or C7-C12phenylalkyl; and R is C1-C18alkyl, C2-C18alkenyl, C3-C12cycloalkyl, C3-C12cycloalkyl substituted by 1, 2 or 3 C1-C4alkyl; phenyl, phenyl substituted by 1, 2 or 3 C1-C4alkyl; or C7-C12phenylalkyl; and b) a compound containing a group of the formula (III). |
| US08277691B2 |
High performance carbon nanocomposites for ultracapacitors
The present invention relates to composite electrodes for electrochemical devices, particularly to carbon nanotube composite electrodes for high performance electrochemical devices, such as ultracapacitors. |
| US08277688B2 |
Aluminum alloy coated pigments and corrosion-resistant coatings
This invention relates to galvanic aluminum alloy powder-pigments coated with a semi-conducting corrosion inhibiting oxide and the process for preparing said coated powder-pigments in combination with film-forming binders for coating metal substrates to inhibit corrosion. The coated aluminum alloy powder-pigments are electrically active and prevent corrosion of metals which are more cathodic (electropositive) than the aluminum alloy pigments. |
| US08277687B2 |
Phosphor and light-emitting device using same
The present invention relates to a phosphor that satisfies requirements (1) to (3): (1) the phosphor satisfies Formula [2] and/or Formula [3]: 85≦{R455(125)/R455(25)}×100≦110 [2] 92≦{R405(100)/R405(25)}×100≦110 [3] wherein R455(125) represents an emission peak intensity when the phosphor is excited by light having a peak wavelength of 455 nm at 125° C., (2) the emission peak wavelength is in the range of 570 nm to 680 nm, and (3) the full width at half maximum of an emission peak is 90 nm or less. The phosphor of the present invention has a high luminous efficiency and emits light of orange to red with high luminance. The use of the phosphor makes it possible to produce a light-emitting device, an illumination apparatus, and an image display, having a high efficiency and excellent color rendering properties. |
| US08277682B2 |
Inorganic, static electric binder composition, use thereof and method for the preparation of said binder composition
An inorganic, static electric binder composition for use as a texture stabilizing element in masses of organic and/or inorganic particles and also as a filtering mass is presented. One major use of the binder composition is to reclaim arid and hyper-arid deserts and to prevent desertification and the movement and advancement of sand dunes, in other words stopping wind erosion efficiently. Also presented is a method for the preparation of the binder composition and the use thereof. |
| US08277678B2 |
Polymer-bonded magnetic materials
A magnetic composition for power conversion includes a thermoplastic polymer and magnetic powders. The composition has a tensile strength of greater than 20 N/mm2. |
| US08277676B2 |
Methods and compositions for preparing silica aerogels
Cross-linked sol-gel like materials and cross-linked aerogels, as well as methods for making such cross-linked sol-gel like materials and cross-linked aerogels are described. |
| US08277674B2 |
Method of removing post-etch residues
A method of removing post-etch residues is provided. First, a substrate is provided. An isolation layer covers the substrate and a conductive layer is embedded in the isolation layer. A dielectric layer and a hard mask cover the isolation layer. Then, an etching process is performed, and a patterned hard mask is formed by etching the hard mask by ions or atoms. After that, a charge-removing process is performed by using a conductive solution to cleaning the patterned hard mask and the dielectric layer so as to remove the charges accumulated on the patterned hard mask and the dielectric layer during the etch process. Finally, the post-etch residues on the patterned hard mask and the dielectric layer is removed. |
| US08277673B2 |
Plasma processing method and apparatus
In a plasma processing method, a conductor of an electrostatic chuck (ESC) and an electrode are electrically grounded prior to starting the plasma processing. A DC voltage with a polarity is applied to the conductor at a first time point after loading a substrate on the electrode. Then, the electrode is switched from an electrically grounded state to an electrically floating state at a second time point. A RF power is then applied to the electrode at a third time point. The application of the RF power is stopped at a fourth time point after a specified time has lapsed from the third time point. Then, the electrode is switched from the electrically floating state to the electrically grounded state at a fifth time point. Thereafter, the application of the DC voltage is stopped and the conductor is restored to a ground potential at a sixth time point. |
| US08277671B2 |
Polishing process for producing damage free surfaces on semi-insulating silicon carbide wafers
A polishing mixture and related method of polishing a material wafer surface, such as silicon carbide, are disclosed. The polishing mixture comprises; an abrasive and an oxidizer mixed in an acidic solution. Alumina may be used as the abrasive and the polishing mixture may have a pH less than or equal to seven (7). |
| US08277669B1 |
Method and system for providing a perpendicular magnetic recording pole having a leading edge bevel
A method and system for providing a pole of magnetic transducer having an air-bearing surface (ABS) are described. Leading shield and planarization stop layers are provided. Portions of the planarization stop and shield layers distal from the ABS location are removed, providing a depression forming a bevel. The bevel has an angle greater than zero and less than ninety degrees. An intermediate layer having a top surface substantially perpendicular to the ABS location is provided. Part of the intermediate layer is removed, forming a trench having a bottom corresponding to the leading shield and a location and profile corresponding to the pole. A nonmagnetic layer is provided at least partially in the trench. The pole with a leading edge bevel corresponding to the bevel is provided in the trench. A capping layer covering the pole is provided, at least part of the intermediate layer removed, and a wrap-around shield provided. |
| US08277658B2 |
Wastewater treatment
A system and method for treating wastewater by continuously flowing wastewater into a chemostat and continuously discharging clean water out of the chemostat. The system can include sensors and an electronic controller for on-line measuring ambient parameters in the chemostat and adjusting the chemostat's operating conditions accordingly. |
| US08277653B2 |
Power recovery chamber
A power recovery chamber is used for a positive-displacement power recovery apparatus in the seawater desalination plant or system. The power recovery chamber includes a cylinder, a piston disposed in the cylinder and capable of being reciprocated in a longitudinal direction of the cylinder, and a piston guide disposed in the cylinder and extending in the longitudinal direction of the cylinder for guiding the piston when the piston is reciprocated in the longitudinal direction of the cylinder. At least a part of an outer circumferential surface of the piston is out of contact with an inner surface of the cylinder, and the piston is brought into contact with the piston guide at a part where the piston guide passes through the piston. |
| US08277647B2 |
Effluent collection unit for engine washing
An effluent collection unit for engine washing is formed by a portable trailer having a plurality of sides forming an internal compartment and an effluent collection system positioned within the internal compartment, which effluent collection device captures engine wash water effluent when the trailer is placed in an operational configuration. |
| US08277640B2 |
Thermal cracking process and facility for heavy petroleum oil
The present invention relates to a process for thermal cracking of heavy petroleum oil, in which when a thermal cracking facility having a cracking furnace, two or more of trains each comprising two reaction vessels and one distillation tower is operated, each train is operated by repeating a cycle comprising drawing the heavy petroleum oil from the cracking furnace, feeding the drawn heavy petroleum oil into the first reaction vessel and then feeding the drawn heavy petroleum oil into the second reaction vessel, steam is directly brought in contact with the heavy petroleum oil to be thermally cracked, and gaseous cracked substances produced and steam are introduced into the distillation tower to be distilled and separated, wherein phase delay is provided for the cycle repeated in each train so that the thermal cracking facility is operated with the different initiation time of feeding to the first reaction vessel in each train. According to the present invention, the instability of the flow-in quantity of the gaseous substances to the distillation tower is improved, and the improvement of separation performance, the increase of processing capacity of the facility and the like can be achieved. |
| US08277634B2 |
Electrolytic water treatment device having sintered nanoparticle coated electrode and method for making acid or basic water therewith
A highly stable aqueous solution having a molecular cluster with dimensions which are small enough to ensure substantial chemical-physical stability thereof for a relatively long time. To prepare the solution a fluid treatment device is used, which comprises at least one chamber (7) and at least one anode (4) and one cathode (3) arranged in the chamber (7). The anode (4) and cathode (3) are at least partly made of a first metallic material. At least one of the at least one cathode (3) and anode (4) comprises a coating of nanoparticles (5) of a second metallic material. |