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| US08294514B2 |
Calibrate output matching for correct output power
A calibration unit calibrates a power amplifier load impedance to achieve a nominal amplifier load impedance after the connection of one or more external elements, e.g., antenna, to improve the accuracy and effectiveness of output power calibration. The calibration unit comprises an adaptive impedance unit and a controller. The adaptive impedance unit includes first and second variable impedance elements connected between the amplifier and the external load, e.g., antenna. The controller independently calibrates the imaginary and real parts of the load impedance by respectively selecting first and second calibration values for the first and second variable impedance elements based on a reference voltage. More particularly, the controller selects calibration values for the first and second variable impedance elements from a plurality of impedance values based on a comparison between a reference voltage and the calibrated voltages produced at the output of the power amplifier responsive to the impedance values. |
| US08294506B2 |
Driving system for switching power supply to reduce switch noise and switching loss
A driving system for an electrical power conversion equipment includes a driving circuit for driving a switching device provided in the electrical power conversion equipment, and a driving capacity control circuit for controlling a driving capacity of the driving circuit. The driving capacity during a resonant operation of the electrical power conversion equipment becomes higher than that at a start of the resonant operation when the switching device is turned-on. |
| US08294505B2 |
Stackable programmable passive device and a testing method
A programmable passive device comprising a first node and a second node. A plurality of passive device elements electrically coupled to the first node. A plurality of switches are electrically coupled to at least the second node and selectively coupled to a number of the plurality of passive device elements to provide the programmable passive device with a pre-determined value. |
| US08294493B2 |
Low-power frequency dividers
A bias-shaping circuit for adjusting power consumption in a frequency divider to a temperature-dependent minimum includes a temperature-dependent bias source for producing a temperature-dependent bias. The bias is combined with an input signal to create an output bias. The output bias changes in response to a change in temperature to compensate for at least a portion of a temperature-induced change in the frequency divider, thereby adjusting power consumption in the frequency divider to a temperature-dependent minimum. |
| US08294491B2 |
High speed flip-flop circuit and configuration method thereof
A high speed flip-flop circuit and a configuration method thereof are provided. A small number of transistors may be used to configure a flip-flop circuit, so that the flip-flop circuit may be operated at a high-speed. Additionally, an area occupied by the flip-flop circuit may be reduced, and power consumption may be reduced. Accordingly, the flip-flop circuit may be integrated together with a microwave frequency integrated circuit using a Gallium Arsenide (GaAs) compound semiconductor process. |
| US08294489B2 |
Programmable logic circuit
A programmable logic circuit includes: an input circuit configured to receive a plurality of input signals; and a programmable cell array including a plurality of unit programmable cells arranged in a matrix form, each of the unit programmable cells including a first memory circuit of resistance change type including a first transistor and a second memory circuit of resistance change type including a second transistor, the first and second memory circuits connected in parallel, each gate of the first transistors on same row respectively receiving one input signal, each gate of the second transistors on same row receiving an inverted signal of the one input signal, output terminals of the first and second memory circuits on same column being connected to a common output line. |
| US08294488B1 |
Programmable impedance element circuits and methods
An integrated circuit may include a plurality of sub bit line groups, each sub bit line group coupled to a different main bit line by a corresponding access device; and a plurality of programmable impedance elements arranged into element groups, each element group being coupled to a corresponding each sub bit line. |
| US08294486B2 |
Repair circuit including repair controller
A repair circuit having a repair controller which is capable of reducing unnecessary current dissipation by interrupting a control operation to redundant cells that are unused for replacement of defective cells is presented. The repair circuit includes a repair controller and a repair signal generator. The repair controller is configured to generate a first drive voltage, a second drive voltage and a repair control signal depending on whether or not a defective cell exists. The repair signal generator driven by the first and second drive voltages in which the repair signal generator is configured to generate a repair signal, for repairing the defective cell, in response to receiving the repair control signal and an external address. |
| US08294481B2 |
Handler
A handler includes a table which supports an electronic device, a socket which is arranged to face the table, and a transport mechanism which transports the electronic device. The transport mechanism includes a contact head having a lead press with a recess for storing the electronic device, and a chuck sleeve which extends through the lead press, is arranged relatively movable from the lead press in a direction in which the chuck sleeve extends, and chucks the electronic device, an elevating mechanism which moves the contact head between the table and the socket, a pivot mechanism which pivots the contact head within the vertical plane, and a control unit which controls chucking and release of the electronic device by the chuck sleeve, and vertical movement and pivot of the contact head. |
| US08294480B2 |
Inspection apparatus having alignment mechanism
An inspection apparatus includes a mounting table movable in X and Y directions and an alignment mechanism which performs an alignment of a target object placed on the mounting table. Further, the alignment mechanism includes an image pickup device which is movable in either one of the X and Y directions and is capable of being stopped at a desired position and a controller for performing a preliminary alignment of the target object by moving the image pickup device and the mounting table in respectively movable directions. |
| US08294479B2 |
Docking drive, locking element, docking system
A docking drive for a testing head comprising a plurality of locking mechanisms (10) each provided with an own locking drive (14, 21-28) comprises a synchronizing device (11, 12, 13) synchronizing the locking drives (14, 21-28) of the locking mechanisms (10). It may comprise a respective trapping device (15a, b) provided in a plurality of locking mechanisms (10) each retaining a locking element (50) to be locked in the respective locking mechanism (10) in a certain position. A locking element (50) of a docking system comprises a base (51), a locking section (55) and a connecting mechanism (52-54) provided between the base (51) and the locking section (55) and being manually releasable without tools. The locking section (55) may be resiliently supported opposite of the base (51). The locking element may comprise a first retaining section (56) for the trapping device (15) and a second retaining section (57) for a locking device (16). |
| US08294478B2 |
Capacitive occupant sensor
A capacitive occupant sensor includes a sensor mat having a base member and a main electrode arranged on the base member. The main electrode has a first electrode, and a second electrode to cover the first electrode. The second electrode is cheaper than the first electrode. The base member is constructed by U-parts, and an opening of the U-part is defined to be surrounded by two extending portions and a bent portion connecting the extending portions. The first electrode is located adjacent to the opening, when the first electrode is patterned on the bent portion. |
| US08294477B2 |
High voltage sensing capacitor and indicator device
A high-voltage sensing capacitor as an interface apparatus that may be used to attach an indicator unit to a high-voltage AC electrical bus and to provide safety to maintenance personnel. The high-impedance nature of the sensing capacitor effectively isolates the indicator unit from the high-voltage source to which it is connected. Multiple electrical phases can be interfaced using a plurality of such sensing capacitors. The sensing capacitor can be directly mounted to a high-voltage busbar. The indicator unit may provide visual and/or audible alerts to maintenance personnel when high voltage conditions are detected on the busbar by the sensing capacitor. The sensing capacitor is comprised of a portable, unitary capacitive structure that includes a molded insulator body encapsulating two electrodes. The electrodes of the capacitor only partially or incompletely overlap within the insulator body. The electrode spacing and configuration is structured to provide a deliberate amount of coupling between the two electrodes in the presence of an AC electric field. Because of rules governing Abstracts, this Abstract should not be used to construe the claims in this patent application. |
| US08294476B2 |
Method of sensor cell timing
A method for measuring values from a sensor cell having the basic structure of an MOS silicone transistor having and including a polymer material therein. The method includes the steps of expelling an analyte from the polymer material, determining a silicon current signature before analyte accumulation in a sensitive response region, introducing analyte into the polymer material, determining the silicon current signature immediately after analyte introduction, determining the organic current signature immediately after analyte introduction, allowing analyte accumulation in the polymer material, determining the silicon current signature after analyte accumulation, determining the organic current signature after analyte accumulation, and determining the silicon current signature after analyte accumulation in sensitive response region. |
| US08294473B2 |
Cable detector
A cable detector includes one or more peak detectors that detect when a termination impedance is missing from the output of a line driver. A peak detection signal is asserted when signals on a transmission line exceed a threshold level. A fault condition is asserted when the peak detection signal is asserted for a sufficient length of time to indicate that an actual fault is detected. The time period required for detecting a lost or missing line termination is longer than the time periods for any one of the pathological conditions to avoid a false positive detection. After the peak detection signal is de-asserted, the fault condition will be maintained until another sufficient length of time has expired without a peak detection. |
| US08294468B2 |
Method and apparatus for well-bore proximity measurement while drilling
A rotating, transversely magnetized, magnet on a drill collar induces magnetization in a casing of a preexisting well. A coil rotating synchronously with the magnet produces a current at twice the frequency of rotation and having an amplitude that depends upon the distance from the magnet to the preexisting well. Alternatively, a variable magnetic field is produced in the casing using a switchable magnet. |
| US08294467B2 |
Imaging using directional resistivity measurements
The present disclosure relates to a method to produce an image of a subsurface formation using directional measurements. A downhole logging tool having one or more transmitters and one or more receivers, and being capable of making directional measurements, is used to measure the voltage in a particular receiver due to a particular transmitter for one or more transmitter/receiver pairs, at least one of those voltage measurements being a directional measurement. The complex (phasor) voltage recorded on a receiver coil is divided by the complex voltage recorded at another reference receiver coil. Alternatively, we can use the ratio of a receiver voltage at a particular rotation angle of the tool divided by the voltage on the same receiver when the tool has rotated by an angle of 180 degrees. The information in those ratios is combined to produce images of the resistivity of the subsurface formation surrounding the tool. |
| US08294465B2 |
Switched mode pre-amplification and am feedback for on-coil switched mode amplifiers in parallel transmission MRI
Example systems, apparatus, circuits, and so on described herein concern parallel transmission in MRI with on-coil current-mode (CMCD) amplifiers. One example apparatus includes switched voltage-mode class D (VMCD) pre-amplifiers. Another example apparatus includes amplitude modulation of the output of the CMCD amplifiers using feedback control based, at least in part, on a comparison of an envelope of transmit coil current to an envelope of an input RF pulse. |
| US08294460B2 |
Local coil arrangement for magnetic resonance applications and patient bed for a magnetic resonance system, with integrated electrical interfaces
A local coil arrangement for magnetic resonance applications has a mechanically dimensionally stable support element that rests on a patient bed so as to transfer the weight of the local coil arrangement to the patient bed. The local coil arrangement has at least one local coil to excite and/or to receive magnetic resonance signals and a multipole, prefabricated electrical interface via which the local coil can be electrically contacted. The electrical interface is arranged so as to be dimensionally stable at the support element. Positioning aids for positioning of local coil arrangement are arranged on the support surface that also transfer the weight of the local coil arrangement is transferred to the patient bed as well as plugging the electrical interface into an electrical counter-interface. |
| US08294453B2 |
Externally reporting branch power monitoring system
A power monitoring system that reduces the need for external power calculation devices while simplifying the configuration of power meters. |
| US08294452B2 |
Arrangement and method for measuring a current flowing in an electrical conductor
An arrangement for measuring a current flowing in an electrical conductor includes a magnetic circuit, for coupling to the electrical conductor, the magnetic circuit has an air gap. A magnetic field-sensitive component that serves for measuring the magnetic field generated by the electrical conductor is situated between the arms of the magnetic circuit. Two control cores are arranged in the air gap of the magnetic circuit. The control cores each include a control winding for magnetically saturating the respective control core and are arranged on both sides of the electrical conductor. |
| US08294451B2 |
Smart sensors for solar panels
A solar panel smart sensor system is disclosed. The sensor system permits solar power system owners and operators to monitor the voltage of individual panels in a solar array. The system uses a low wire-count bus in which the order of sensors on the bus is automatically determined. A novel technique is used to measure DC voltages of panels that may be floating hundreds of volts above ground. Bypass diodes are monitored to detect lost power generation capacity. |
| US08294448B2 |
Semiconductor memory power control system with voltage generator to supply voltage to an internal circuit by boosting an external voltage
A semiconductor device is provides which includes: a first boost circuit that generates a first boost voltage by boosting an external voltage and supplies the first boost voltage to an internal circuit; and a first circuit that supplies the external voltage to an output of the first boost circuit when power is turned on and supplies the first boost voltage to the output of the first boost circuit when the external voltage reaches a given voltage. |
| US08294446B2 |
Switching regulator device and method with adaptive frequency foldback
A device and method for regulating the output of a power circuit is provided, which in one embodiment includes a pulsewidth modulation (PWM) circuit that produces pulses each having a period of at least a minimum duration, a comparator circuit that produces a control signal, a timer initiated at the output of each pulse and operable to expire no later than expiration of twice the minimum pulsewidth duration, and wherein the PWM circuit is operable to reduce the frequency of outputted pulses in response to receiving the control signal having a first state at expiration of the first timer initiated at the output of a first pulse. |
| US08294443B2 |
Overshoot/undershoot elimination for a PWM converter which requires voltage slewing
A level-switching device is coupled to an output node of a PWM converter to switch the output voltage of the PWM converter between two levels by switching a MOS. An undershoot/overshoot eliminator is coupled to the MOS for the MOS changing from totally on state to totally off state or vice versa softly when switching the MOS. The feedback signal transition in the level-switching device becomes slower when switching the MOS to eliminate overshoot/undershoot on the output voltage. |
| US08294438B2 |
Circuit and method for phase shedding with reverse coupled inductor
In some embodiments, a regulator with a reverse coupled inductor is provided. It can operate in both a multi-phase and a phase shed mode. When in the phase shed mode, it has circuitry to provide a low resistance path for induced current. |
| US08294434B2 |
Constant current output control type switching regulator
A constant current output control type switching regulator that reduces the number of parts, resolves the loss of the current running in the resistor, and eliminates the need to change the time constant of the integrator due to changing the inductor value. The switching regulator creates the adjustment reference voltage by multiplying the proportion of Vout/Vin by the reference voltage, and when the clock signal is high, the current sense voltage is sampled when the current of the initial current value runs in the switching transistor, and when the clock signal is low, the potential difference between the adjustment reference voltage and the sampled current sense voltage is added to the adjustment reference voltage and creates the second reference voltage; and with the signal CPOUT controls the operation of the transistors upon execution of PWM control. |
| US08294432B2 |
Power converter
A power converter includes an inverter circuit for superimposing a generated voltage on an AC input voltage, a diode bridge full-wave rectifying circuit connected to the inverter circuit, smoothing capacitors connected between DC output terminals of the rectifying circuit, short-circuit switches connected to the rectifying circuit, a rectification mode changing circuit connected to the rectifying circuit, a short-circuit switch control circuit for maintaining the short-circuit switches in an on state in a short-circuit phase range, a rectification mode control circuit for maintaining the rectification mode changing circuit in an off state in the short-circuit phase range and an inverter control circuit for PWM-controlling the inverter circuit so that an output voltage of the rectifying circuit follows a target output voltage when the rectification mode changing circuit is in the off state. |
| US08294429B2 |
Robust digital voltage regulator
A system and method are disclosed for regulating a generator controlled power signal. An exemplary embodiment of the system may include both a digital voltage regulator and an analog voltage regulator and a selector switch configured to switch modulation control between the digital and analog voltage regulators. A watchdog detection circuit may be included for detecting an upsetting event in the digital voltage regulator and may trigger switching of the generator excitation input voltage modulation from the digital voltage regulator to the analog voltage regulator. An exemplary embodiment of the method may include modulating the generator excitation input voltage using the digital voltage regulator, detecting an occurrence of an upsetting event in the digital voltage regulator, disabling the digital voltage regulator, and switching modulation of the generator excitation input voltage to the analog voltage regulator. |
| US08294425B2 |
Charging apparatus and charge control method
A charging apparatus able to safely and reliably secure capacity is provided. The charging apparatus comprises: a charging current configuration unit that configures a set value for the charging current flowing to the battery; a charging current controller that controls the charging current on the basis of the set value configured by the charging current configuration unit; a cell voltage detector that detects the cell voltages applied to each cell; and a voltage determining unit that determines whether or not at least one of the cell voltages detected by the cell voltage detector has exceeded a threshold voltage. If it is determined by the voltage determining unit that at least one of the cell voltages has exceeded the threshold voltage, then the charging current configuration unit switches the set value to a smaller value. |
| US08294424B2 |
Monitoring battery cell voltage
An apparatus includes battery gauge circuitry implemented on an integrated circuit. The battery gauge circuitry includes a plurality of switches that individually open in response to a voltage reduction on a battery cell associated with a respective one of the switches. The battery gauge circuitry also includes a logic device that determines if at least one of the switches is open. The battery gauge circuitry also includes a register that stores data that indicates if at least one switch is open. The battery gauge circuitry also includes a controller that initiates halting power delivery to a load if at least one of the switches is open. The controller also identifies the open switch. |
| US08294422B2 |
Battery protection circuit device
A protection circuit device for a battery having secondary batteries connected in series. A reference voltage circuit generates a reference voltage and a voltage detection circuit for detecting a voltage of one of the secondary batteries and comparing the detected voltage with the reference voltage generated by the reference voltage circuit to thereby detect an over-charge state and an over-discharge state of the one of the secondary batteries. Each of the reference voltage circuit and the voltage detection circuit has a power supply terminal connected to a positive electrode of the one of the secondary batteries and has a ground terminal connected to a negative electrode of the one of the secondary batteries. A withstand voltage of elements forming the reference voltage circuit and the voltage detection circuit is set to be lower than an overall voltage of the secondary batteries. |
| US08294419B2 |
Electrical powered vehicle
A secondary self-resonant coil is installed at substantially the central region of the bottom face of the vehicle body, receiving electric power from a power feeding apparatus in a non-contact manner by resonating with a primary self-resonant coil of a power feeding apparatus provided external to the vehicle, via an electromagnetic field. In a power reception mode from the power feeding apparatus, high voltage is generated at the wire end of the secondary self-resonant coil, causing generation of a high electric field around the wire end. In order to keep the wire end distant from an ECU that is an electric apparatus located closest to the secondary self-resonant coil, the secondary self-resonant coil is arranged such that the wire end is located at a side (−Y direction) opposite to the side (+Y direction) where the ECU is deviated relative to the bilateral symmetric axis of the vehicle body. |
| US08294418B2 |
Power transfer device and method
The present invention provides a power transfer device for charging a wireless communication device having a communication bandwidth, and an associated method of transferring power. The device and method of the invention use a spread-spectrum technique to reduce or minimize interference signals within the communication bandwidth and within the power transfer device. |
| US08294416B2 |
Method and device for controlling the operating point of a battery
Disclosed is a method for controlling the operating point (AP, AP1, AP2) of a battery (1), such as a lithium ion battery, a nickel metal hydride battery or a lithium polymer battery. The charging state (SoC1, SoC2) of the battery (1) is recorded as a state variable which determines the current operating point (AP1, AP2) of the battery (1). The current operating point (AP1, AP2) is set by a corresponding set value (SoCAP1, SoCAP2) for the charging state (SoC1, SoC2) which is continuously adjusted depending on the temperature (T) and/or on the age state (SoH) of the battery. |
| US08294413B2 |
Induction motor control systems and methods
A control system is provided for an inverter assembly associated with an induction motor. The system includes a current determination module configured to generate q- and d-axis current commands based on a torque command. The current determination module is further configured to generate the q-axis current command based on an observed flux linkage and a flux linkage command. The system further includes a motor current control module coupled to the current determination module and configured to generate q- and d-axis voltage commands based on the q- and d-axis current commands generated by the current determination module and a PWM modulator coupled to the motor current control module configured to generate duty cycle signals for operating the inverter assembly based on the q- and d-axis voltage commands generated by the motor current control module. |
| US08294411B2 |
Sensorless induction motor control device having function of correcting slip frequency of motor
A sensorless induction motor control device with a function of correcting a slip frequency wherein a slip frequency estimation unit estimates the slip frequency from at least one kind of current flowing through the motor. A voltage command value calculation unit calculates a D-phase voltage command value and a Q-phase voltage command value which are used for controlling a voltage applied to the motor using a Q-phase current command value calculated based on a difference between a speed estimation value, which is calculated using an estimation value of the slip frequency, and an externally supplied speed command value. An ideal voltage command value determination unit determines an ideal voltage command value using the speed command value and the Q-phase current command value. An actual voltage command value calculation unit calculates an actual voltage command value using the D-phase voltage command value and the Q-phase voltage command value. and A slip frequency correction unit compares the ideal voltage command value with the actual voltage command value and changes the estimation value of the slip frequency to make it smaller if the actual voltage command value is smaller than the ideal voltage command value. |
| US08294404B2 |
Method and arrangement to adjust an air-gap
The electrical machine includes a movable part and a static part. The movable part rotates in relation to the static part around a dedicated rotary axis. An air-gap is located between the rotating and the static part of the machine. A device is positioned and used to measure the spacing of the air-gap. The static part and/or the movable part is coupled with an actuating-unit, which changes the relative position of the static part in relation to the movable part to adjust the spacing of the air-gap. |
| US08294402B2 |
Bridge rectifier circuit
A bridge rectifier circuit, which takes control of a current flowing through an armature winding of a motor-generator and a battery, includes rectifier elements each made of a MOSFET; phase current detection means that detect the amount and the direction of current flowing between the drain and the source of the FET; and a control means that takes on/off control of the FET by applying a control voltage between the gate and the source thereof; wherein when the phase current detection means detect a reverse current flowing through the FET exceeding a first predetermined value, the control means applies a control voltage between the gate and the source of the FET so as to turn on the FET. |
| US08294399B2 |
Motor controller and electric tool having the same
A motor controller comprises a processor selectively outputting an on-signal to either one of an upper arm switching element and a lower arm switching element based upon a detected position by the position sensor, gate drivers inputting a driving voltage to the gates of the switching elements by shifting a level of the on-signal from the processor to the upper arm switching element and a bootstrap capacitor configured to be charged while the upper arm switching element is turned off and to behave as a voltage supply for the gate driver while the upper arm switching element is turned on. The processor is configured to reduce a set duty ratio when the set duty ratio is equal to or larger than a predetermined value (e.g. 80 percents) and a rotational position of the motor does not change for a first predetermined time. This motor controller can prevent the switching element from a burnout even if the motor is locked. |
| US08294391B2 |
Moving body system and method of determining initial position of moving body
In a moving body system, a movable element of a linear motor is provided on a moving body, and stationary elements of the linear motor and position sensors are provided on the ground. The stationary elements are arranged between the position sensors to enable determination of a rough position of the movable element based on a change of inductance resulting from interaction with a magnet array. An initial position of the moving body when a power supply for the moving body system is turned on is determined based on the rough position of the movable element relative to the stationary element and a signal from the position sensor. |
| US08294387B2 |
Backlight device and display device using the same for adjusting color tone of illumination light
A backlight device (2) that emits illumination light toward the exterior includes a white light-emitting diode (4) that emits white light, and a LED lighting circuit (lighting control section) (12) configured to be capable of controlling a lighting drive of the light-emitting diode (4) by using PWM dimming. The LED lighting circuit (12) adjusts a color tone of the illumination light by modifying ON time of a duty ratio by PWM dimming and a value of supply current to be supplied to the light-emitting diode (4). |
| US08294386B2 |
Light emitting device with light emitting cells arrayed
The present invention relates to a light emitting device. The light emitting device according to the present invention comprises a light emitting cell block having a plurality of light emitting cells; and a bridge rectifying circuit connected to input and output terminals of the light emitting cell block, wherein the bridge rectifying circuit includes a plurality of diodes between nodes. In manufacturing an AC light emitting device with a bridge rectifying circuit built therein, the present invention can provide a light emitting device capable of enhancing the reliability and luminance of the light emitting device by setting the size of diodes of the bridge rectifying circuit to be a certain size and controlling the number thereof. |
| US08294384B2 |
Dimming electronic ballast with preheat current control
An electronic ballast is capable of realizing high frequency lighting of a discharge lamp and switching between at least two lighting modes with different light outputs. The ballast includes a preheating circuit having a winding component connected in parallel with a main resonant circuit with a lamp current flowing therein for the discharge lamp. A constant preheating current for the lamp filaments is supplied from a secondary winding of the winding component during lighting of the discharge lamp and a path of a current flowing on a primary winding side of the winding component is switched by a switch according to the lighting mode. |
| US08294380B2 |
Method of forming a flash controller for a camera and structure therefor
In one embodiment, a flash controller for a camera is configured with a plurality of flash control channels that each control a value of a current through a light source. The value and timing of the current is controlled responsively to control words received by the plurality of flash control channels. |
| US08294378B2 |
Controlling a brightness of a lamp
A process for controlling a brightness of a lamp includes, in at least one aspect, detecting input to control a brightness of a fluorescent lamp operated by a driving signal, and in response to detecting the input, modifying the driving signal to control the brightness of the fluorescent lamp, wherein modifying the driving signal comprises alternately applying a first duty cycle and a second duty cycle to the driving signal, wherein the first duty cycle and the second duty cycle are substantially complementary to each other. |
| US08294373B2 |
Illumination apparatus and control device for controlling the illumination apparatus
An illumination apparatus is provided. The apparatus includes a power supply unit, a switch unit, a bulb, a wireless unit, and a control unit. The power supply unit is for supplying power. The switch unit is for opening or closing a circuit between the power source unit and the bulb. The wireless unit is for receiving wireless signals from an external control device, and generating a first control signal when receiving the wireless signals. The control unit is for generating a close signal according to the first control signal. The switch unit closes the circuit between the power source unit and the bulb according to the close signal to enable the bulb to keep emitting light; and opens the circuit between the power source unit and the bulb if no receiving the close signal, thereby keeping the bulb extinguishing. A related control device for controlling the apparatus is also provided. |
| US08294371B2 |
LED traffic signal with synchronized power pulse circuit
An improved LED traffic signal is provided. The LED traffic signal suitably includes a housing with an opening, a printed circuit board coupled to the housing, and a power supply system coupled to the printed circuit board. The power supply system includes a power supply module that receives an AC input voltage from an AC input line and transforms the AC input voltage into a DC voltage with a regulated current to power the LED load, and a synchronized power pulse circuit connected to the power supply that generates a synchronized power pulse representing a power consumption substantially equivalent to that of a halogen or incandescent traffic signal. |
| US08294364B2 |
Plasma display panel and method of manufacturing the same
A plasma display panel is disclosed. In one embodiment, the plasma display panel includes a first member, which is a base substrate for forming a phosphor layer, having at least one inclined surface. Also a method of manufacturing the plasma display panel is disclosed. In one embodiment, both the first member and a second member formed on the first member are manufactured using a photolithography method using different exposure masks. Accordingly, the plasma display panel may be manufactured having increased reliability and productivity and a method of manufacturing the plasma display panel is provided. |
| US08294363B2 |
Light-emitting device with improved brightness control and narrow frame and electronic apparatus with the light-emitting device
The invention provides a light-emitting device and an electronic apparatus, which are capable of preventing reduction of the amount of current flowing through light-emitting elements and which have an excellent display characteristic. Cathode wiring lines connected to a cathode are provided to surround an effective area outside the effective area where a plurality of pixels having light-emitting elements are provided. First to third power source lines connected to pixel electrodes are provided between the cathode wiring lines and the effective area. |
| US08294360B2 |
Light-emitting element and display panel
A light-emitting device includes a transparent or semitransparent first electrode, a second electrode that forms a pair with the first electrode and reflects light, and organic semiconductor layers, which include a photoelectric converting layer that emits light by recombining holes removed from one of the first electrode and the second electrode with electrons removed from the other of the first electrode and the second electrode, wherein the organic semiconductor layers include between the first electrode and the photoelectric converting layer a light extraction improving layer, which contains at least silver or gold in part as a component, partially reflects light, and has transparency. |
| US08294357B2 |
Wavelength conversion element and light emitting device
A wavelength conversion element, including: a substrate; and a ceramic layer formed on the substrate, the ceramic layer being obtained by sintering a ceramic precursor; wherein the ceramic precursor is a compound selected from the group composed of alkoxysilane and a compound having a plurality of siloxane structures; a phosphor and particles of an oxide are mixed with the ceramic precursor; the phosphor has particle diameters within a range of from 1 μm to 50 μm and a concentration of the phosphor in the ceramic layer is equal to or more than 40 wt % and less than 95 wt %; and the particles of the oxide have primary particle diameters within a range of from 0.001 μm to 30 μm and a concentration within a range of from 0.5 wt % to 20 wt % in the ceramic layer. |
| US08294356B2 |
Light-emitting element lamp and lighting equipment
The present invention provides a light-emitting element lamp 1 capable of preventing a temperature rise of a substrate 9, on which light-emitting elements 4 are mounted, by effectively utilizing a thermally conductive casing 2 and a thermally conductive cover 5. The light emitting element lamp 1 includes a thermally conductive casing 2, a light source part 3, a thermally conductive cover 5, and an insulative cover 6. The thermally conductive casing 2 includes an irradiation opening 2b, is formed so as to be widened toward the irradiation opening 2b, has its outer circumferential surface exposed outwardly, and has a substrate mounting part 2c secured on its inner circumferential surface. The light source part 3 has a substrate 9 having the light-emitting elements 4 mounted thereon and causes the substrate 9 to be thermally coupled to and attached to the substrate mounting part 2c of the thermally conductive casing 2. The thermally conductive cover 5 is thermally coupled to and connected to the outer circumferential surface of the thermally conductive casing 2 in a surface-contacted state. The insulative cover 6 has one end side thereof connected to the thermally conductive cover 5, and the cap 7 is connected to the other end side thereof. The lighting circuit 12 controls lighting of the light-emitting elements 4 accommodated in the insulative cover 6. |
| US08294348B2 |
Field emission electrode, method of manufacturing the same, and field emission device comprising the same
Provided are a field emission electrode, a method of manufacturing the field emission electrode, and a field emission device including the field emission electrode. The field emission electrode may include a substrate, carbon nanotubes formed on the substrate, and a conductive layer formed on at least a portion of the surface of the substrate. Conductive nanoparticles may be attached to the external walls of the carbon nanotubes. |
| US08294346B2 |
Open-chamber multi-spark plug
An internal combustion engine radio frequency spark plug including two plasma-generating electrodes, separated by an insulator, that constitute respectively an outer shell enclosing the insulator and a central electrode housed in a central bore of the insulator. The spark plug includes a deep opening over the entire circumference of the shell, forming a heat-exchanger chamber inside the spark plug shell, opening outwards. |
| US08294344B2 |
Spark plug and weld metal zone
A spark member (70) is formed by joining a noble metal member (71) and an intermediate member (75) and is provided in a spark discharge gap between a center electrode and a ground electrode (30). A bottom surface (80) of the intermediate member (75) is resistance-welded to an inner surface (33) of the ground electrode (30), and a weld metal zone (73) is formed in the region of joint therebetween. As viewed on the section of the spark member (70) which contains a centerline (Q), the weld metal zone (73) is reliably formed within the range of the length (D) of a columnar portion (76) as measured along a direction orthogonal to the projecting direction of the spark member (70) and has a length (d) of at least 0.1 times (10% of) the length (D). |
| US08294338B2 |
Piezoelectric resonator element with a plurality of grooves, piezoelectric resonator, and acceleration sensor
A piezoelectric resonator element includes: a resonating arm extending in a first direction and cantilever-supported; a base portion cantilever-supporting the resonating arm; and an excitation electrode allowing the resonating arm to perform flexural vibration in a second direction that is orthogonal to the first direction. In the piezoelectric resonator element, the resonating arm includes an adjusting part adjusting rigidity with respect to a bend in a third direction that is orthogonal to the first and second directions. |
| US08294337B2 |
Flexural vibration piece, flexural vibrator, and electronic device
A flexural vibration piece includes a base, and a vibrating arms extending therefrom, each pair of vibrating arms has a first groove formed in the extension direction of the vibrating arm in one main surface following the direction in which the pair of vibrating arms are aligned, and a second groove formed side by side to the first groove in another main surface, the sum of the depths of the first and second groove portions is greater than the interval between the one main surface and the other main surface, and a mass portion is provided on each of the pair of vibrating arms, on the one main surface which is the opening side of the first grooves formed toward the outer sides opposite the inner sides on which the vibrating arms face each other. |
| US08294334B2 |
Ultrasonic motor
In an ultrasonic motor, an elliptical vibration is generated by combining a longitudinal primary resonance vibration resulting from an expansion and a contraction of a vibrator in a direction of a central axis and a torsional secondary resonance vibration or a torsional tertiary resonance vibration resulting from twisting around the central axis. A dimension ratio of a rectangle of the vibrator is chosen such that a resonance frequency of the longitudinal primary resonance vibration and a resonance frequency of the torsional secondary resonance vibration or the torsional tertiary resonance vibration match. The vibrator includes a plurality of regions in a surface orthogonal to the central axis, and deformations of the regions adjacent to each other along the direction of the central axis are mutually different. The vibrator expands and contracts in a direction orthogonal to a polarization direction thereof. |
| US08294331B2 |
Acoustic wave guide device and method for minimizing trimming effects and piston mode instabilities
An acoustic wave device operable as a piston mode wave guide includes electrodes forming an interdigital transducer on a surface of the piezoelectric substrate, wherein each of the plurality of electrodes is defined as having a transversely extending center region and transversely opposing edge regions for guiding an acoustic wave longitudinally through the transducer. A Silicon Oxide overcoat covers the transducer and a Silicon Nitride layer covers the Silicon Oxide overcoat within only the center and edge regions. The thickness of the Silicon Nitride layer is sufficient for providing a frequency modification to the acoustic wave within the center region and is optimized with a positioning of a Titanium strip within each of the opposing edge regions. The Titanium strip reduces the acoustic wave velocity within the edge regions with the velocity in the edge regions being less than the wave velocity within the transducer center region. |
| US08294325B2 |
Stator core for dynamo-electric machine and manufacturing method therefor
A claw-pole type dynamo-electric machine, from which an improvement in productivity of stator winding can be expected, has such as a structure that the whole stator wiring is covered with a magnetic body, and thereby the inductance increases to pose the problem of decreasing a power factor. Disclosed is a stator core of a dynamo-electric machine in which a plurality of stator cores of respective phases are arranged independently in the direction of the rotating shaft of a rotor, the magnetic poles of the stator cores are arranged in the shape of a wave in the circumferential direction of the rotating shaft of a rotor, slots extending in the direction of the rotating shaft are formed between respective magnetic poles, and the stator winding can be arranged in a slot formed on the side of the inner end face of the magnetic pole arranged in the shape of a wave and in the axial direction of the rotating shaft. |
| US08294321B2 |
Brushless machine having ferromagnetic side plates and side magnets
An apparatus is provided having a cylindrical stator and a rotor that is spaced from a stator to define an annular primary air gap that receives AC flux from the stator. The rotor has a plurality of longitudinal pole portions disposed parallel to the axis of rotation and alternating in polarity around a circumference of the rotor. Each longitudinal pole portion includes portions of permanent magnet (PM) material and at least one of the longitudinal pole portions has a first end and an opposing second end and a side magnet is disposed adjacent the first end and a side pole is disposed adjacent the second end. |
| US08294316B2 |
Electrical power generation apparatus for contra-rotating open-rotor aircraft propulsion system
An electrical power generation apparatus is embedded in a contra-rotating propulsion system that includes overlapping first and second shafts operatively connected for counter-rotation about a common axis. The electrical power generation apparatus includes a winding mounted to one of the shafts and a field array mounted to the other of the shafts adjacent to the winding. Relative rotation of the winding and the field array induces electrical current in the winding. |
| US08294315B2 |
Inner-rotor brushless motor
An inner-rotor brushless motor includes a holding member configured to hold a stator core. The holding member includes a mounting surface disposed perpendicular to a shaft and brought into contact with a mating member in which the inner-rotor brushless motor is installed; bent portions integrated with the mounting surface, bent upward so as to be substantially perpendicular to the mounting surface, and configured to hold the outer circumferential surface of the stator core; and mounting flanges used for fastening the motor to the mating member. The mounting surface, the bent portions, and the mounting flanges are integrated with each other. |
| US08294310B2 |
Motor with reduction gear mechanism
A motor 10 with reduction gear mechanism has a first worm 15 and a second worm 15′ having mutually opposite screw torsion directions; a first counter gear 30 including a first large-diameter gear 31 meshing with the first worm 15 and a first small-diameter gear 35 rotating as one piece with the first large-diameter gear 31; a second counter gear 30′ including a second large-diameter gear 31′ meshing with the second worm 15′ and a second small-diameter gear 35′ rotating as one piece with the second large-diameter gear 31′; and an output gear 40 meshing with both the small-diameter gears 35, 35′; wherein a first device 50 for applying a force to press the first counter gear 30 towards a gear case 21 is arranged between the tip of the first small-diameter gear 35 and a gear case cover 29, and a second device 50′ for applying a force to press the second counter gear 30′ towards the gear case 21 is arranged between the tip of the second small-diameter gear 35′ and the gear case cover 29. |
| US08294309B2 |
Electrical rotating machine
A direction in which cooling air generated by a cooling fan flows to be discharged is perpendicular or nearly perpendicular to a direction in which diffusers are inclined. Thus, airflow resistance is increased by the diffusers, and the cooling air cannot be efficiently discharged from discharge ports provided circumferentially in an outer peripheral portion of a housing. Further, a stator coil cannot be sufficiently cooled. An electrical rotating machine includes: a rotor having a cooling fan on an end face of the rotor; a stator that is arranged opposite the rotor and has a stator coil with a rotation clearance provided between the stator and the rotor; a housing that holds the rotor and the stator; a plurality of intake ports that are provided in a side wall portion of the housing; a plurality of discharge ports that are provided circumferentially in an outer peripheral portion of the housing; and a plurality of diffusers that are provided circumferentially on an inner wall surface of a corner portion of the housing, the diffusers inclining toward the side opposite to a rotational direction of the rotor. |
| US08294307B2 |
Apparatus and method for voltage controlling used in a portable electronic device
An apparatus for voltage controlling used in a portable electronic device includes an HDMI connector, a detector and a voltage selector. The HDMI connector is to establish a connection with an external device. The detector is to detect whether the connection is established by detecting a voltage of a hot plug detect pin of the HDMI connector and to further compare the voltage to a threshold voltage so as to generate a control signal accordingly. The voltage selector is to select one of a first voltage and a second voltage based on the control signal and to further output the selected voltage to a power pin of the HDMI connector. In the apparatus, the control signal orders the voltage selector to select the second voltage if the voltage is not lower than the threshold voltage, and to select the first voltage otherwise. |
| US08294305B1 |
Modular charge close trip device
A modular charge, close, trip device with a charge portion having a charging arm operated by a motor is described herein. A close trip portion can include at least one solenoid that can be mounted on a bracket that can be mounted to a charging arm. The solenoid can have a plunger for engaging buttons on equipment enabling the closing or tripping of switch gear. Magnets can be used to affix the charge portion and the close trip portion to metal surrounding equipment to be charged, closed, or tripped. The modular components can each be operated independently by a remote switch operator, enabling the operator to maintain a position outside an arc flash hazard zone. |
| US08294294B2 |
Snap-mounting type remote control switch with dual function of wired and wireless remote control
A snap-mounting type remote control switch possesses dual function of wired remote control and wireless remote control, which structure at least comprising an electric cable having three sets of leads, and a PC board having a MCU, a RF receiver and a power control circuit; wherein the MCU is for executing control of the power control circuit under wireless remote control mode according to RF control signal(s) received by the RF receiver to enable the power supplied from an electric power source to appear as an output through one or more sets of leads of the electric cable in the form of positive voltage or negative voltage; particularly the snap-mounting type remote control switch being mounted on a control panel of a vehicle is provided for a driver of the vehicle in application of wired or wireless remotely controlling a rotatable lamp fastened on the vehicle to adjust illumination angle in both vertical and horizontal direction. |
| US08294293B2 |
High-voltage electrical component unit for vehicles
Provided is a high-voltage electrical component unit for vehicles, including: an electrical storage device; a power control block disposed above the electrical storage device for controlling input-output power of the electrical storage device; and a power distribution block disposed across both side portions of the electrical storage device and the power control block for electrically connecting the electrical storage device and the power control block, the electrical storage device, the power control block and the power distribution block being fastened to one another, wherein a temporarily fastening section is provided at a separately-provided conductive functional component which electrically connects a connection terminal of the power distribution block and a connection terminal of the power control block, the temporarily fastening section engaging to both the power control block and the power distribution block to hold relative positions thereof. |
| US08294290B2 |
Immersed magnet ring secured to radially outermost ends of hydraulic turbine blades and gap between rotor and stator filled with water
“IMPROVEMENT IN ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT GENERATOR OF ELECTRICAL POWER”, the invention herein refers to improvements in electrical power generating equipment which, due to the construction adopted, allows simplified maintenance at reduced frequency; in addition to useful application in several types of hydro electrical power plants, namely: micro, mini and small sized hydroelectric power plants. |
| US08294287B2 |
Electrical power generator
Systems and methods are disclosed relating to a system including a launch tube and a generator connected with the launch tube. The generator uses multiphase materials (MPM) and compressed air to convert kinetic energy of the MPM into electrical energy. |
| US08294278B2 |
Methods for pitch reduction
An integrated circuit described herein includes a substrate and a plurality of lines overlying the substrate. The lines define a plurality of first trenches and a plurality of second trenches. The plurality of first trenches extend into the substrate a distance different than that of the plurality of second trenches. Adjacent pairs of lines are separated by a first trench in the plurality of first trenches, and each pair of lines comprises a first line and a second line defining a corresponding second trench in the plurality of second trenches. |
| US08294272B2 |
Power module
A power module includes a pair of power devices that are stacked with a plate-shaped output electrode arranged therebetween, and an N-electrode and a P-electrode that are stacked with the pair of power devices arranged therebetween. The output electrode is anisotropic such that the thermal conductivity in a direction orthogonal to the stacking direction is greater than the thermal conductivity in the stacking direction. Also, the output electrode extends in the orthogonal direction from a stacked area where the pair of power devices are stacked. The N-electrode and the P-electrode extend in the orthogonal direction while maintaining an opposing positional relationship. |
| US08294265B1 |
Semiconductor device for improving electrical and mechanical connectivity of conductive pillers and method therefor
A semiconductor device has a semiconductor die having a first surface and a second surface wherein at least one bond pad is formed on the first surface. A passivation layer is formed on the first surface of the semiconductor device, wherein a central area of the at least one bond is exposed. A seed layer is formed on exposed portions of the bond pad and the passivation layer. A conductive pillar is formed on the seed layer. The conductive pillar has a base portion wherein the base portion has a diameter smaller than the seed layer and a stress relief portion extending from a lateral surface of a lower section of the base portion toward distal ends of the seed layer. A solder layer is formed on the conductive pillar. |
| US08294263B2 |
Light-emitting diode packaging structure and module and assembling method thereof
A light-emitting diode packaging structure comprises a light-emitting diode and first and second metal plates on which the light-emitting diode is mounted. The light-emitting diodes includes first and second electrode leads, the second electrode lead having first and second contact surfaces on an outer edge of the second electrode lead. The first metal plate includes at least one clamping portion that clamps and fixes the first electrode lead on the first metal plate. The second metal plate includes at least first and second clamping portions. The first contact surface of the second electrode lead contacts the first clamping portion, and the second contact surface of the second electrode lead contacts the second clamping portion, such that the light-emitting diode is fixed on the second metal plate in at least two dimensions parallel to a primary surface of the second metal plate on which the light-emitting diodes is mounted. |
| US08294262B2 |
LED chip package
A LED chip package including a two-phase-flow heat transfer device, at least one LED chip, a metal lead frame and a package material. The two-phase-flow heat transfer device has at least one flat surface. The LED chip is directly or indirectly bonded or adhered to the flat surface of the two-phase-flow heat transfer device. Heat generated by the LED chip can be easily conducted away from the LED chip by the two-phase-flow heat transfer device such as a heat pipe, a vapor chamber and the like so as to prevent heat from accumulating in the LED chip thereby extending the service duration of the LED chip and to prevent the LED chip from deterioration of the light emitting performance caused by the accumulation of heat. |
| US08294259B2 |
Interconnect pattern for transceiver package
In one embodiment, signaling and ground contacts are located in at least two parallel, rectilinear rows along at least one edge of an interconnect package such as a BGA package. In one row, each of a plurality of ground contacts is located between two pairs of contacts for receiving differential signals. In the second row, each of a plurality of ground contacts is located between two pairs of contacts for transmitting differential signals and the ground contacts in the second row are offset by one column from the ground contacts in the first row. As a result, the ratio of signaling pairs to ground contacts is 2:2. Additional pairs of rows may also be used. In other embodiments, signaling and ground contacts are located in three parallel, rectilinear rows along at least one edge of the package. |
| US08294256B2 |
Chip package structure and method of making the same
Methods and structures related to packaging a chip are disclosed. In one embodiment, a chip package structure includes: (i) a chip having a plurality of first and second contact pads thereon; (ii) a lead frame having a plurality of pins for external connection to the package structure, where the chip is disposed on the lead frame; (iii) a plurality of first bonding wires for connecting the first contact pads to the lead frame; and (iv) a plurality of second bonding wires for connecting the second contact pads to the plurality of pins on the lead frame. |
| US08294255B2 |
Semiconductor package
The semiconductor package includes a printed circuit board, a first semiconductor chip, and a second semiconductor chip. The printed circuit board includes a slot. The first semiconductor chip is mounted on the printed circuit board to cover a first part of the slot. The second semiconductor chip is mounted on the printed circuit board to cover a second part of the slot separate from the first part. The first semiconductor chip is substantially coplanar with the second semiconductor chip. |
| US08294253B2 |
Semiconductor device, electronic device and method of manufacturing semiconductor device, having electronic component, sealing resin and multilayer wiring structure
A semiconductor device includes: an electronic component including an electrode pad forming face on which electrode pads are formed, a back face opposite to the electrode pad forming face; a sealing resin including a first face provided on the electrode pad forming face side and a second face provided on the back face side, and provided around the electronic component to seal up a side face of the electrode component; a multilayer wiring structure which is provided on the first face, and in which insulating layers, a wiring pattern and external connecting pads are stacked on each other; and a conductive member which is provided in a through-hole passing through the sealing resin and the insulating layer. The wiring pattern is directly connected to the electrode pads and the external connecting pads, and includes a wiring provided in the insulating layers. The conductive member is connected to the wiring. |
| US08294252B1 |
Stacked semiconductor substrates
A semiconductor system in a package in which at least first and second semiconductor substrates are mounted one above the other on a package substrate. The first substrate is mounted on the package substrate with its active (or front) side facing the package substrate. A plurality of through-silicon-vias (TSVs) extend through one or more peripheral regions of the first substrate; and a redistribution layer is located on the back side of the first substrate and connected to the TSVs. The second substrate is mounted on the first substrate and electrically connected to circuits in the active side of the first substrate through the redistribution layer and the TSVs. Illustratively, one of the substrates is an FPGA and one or more of the other substrates stores the configuration memory and/or other functional memory for the FPGA. Advantageously, design costs are reduced by using pre-existing designs and modifying them as needed to provide TSVs along the periphery of the circuit. |
| US08294249B2 |
Lead frame package
A lead frame package is disclosed where transmission signals are coupled into a die from a pair of lead frames through bonding wires that are separated by no more than three times a diameter of one of the bonding wires. In some embodiments, pairs of lead frames carrying differential transmission signals can be shielded by adjacent pairs of ground and power leads that are coupled into the die through bonding wires that are also separated by no more than three times a diameter of one of the bonding wires. |
| US08294248B2 |
Chip on leads
Described herein are microelectronic packages including a plurality of bonding fingers and multiple integrated circuit chips, at least one integrated circuit chip being mounted onto the bonding fingers. According to various embodiments of the present invention, mounting the integrated circuit chip onto the bonding fingers may reduce the pin-out count by allowing multiple integrated circuit chips to be interconnected within the same microelectronic package. Other embodiments may be described and claimed. |
| US08294247B2 |
High-power device having thermocouple embedded therein and method for manufacturing the same
Provided is a high-power device having a thermocouple (thermoelectric couple) for measuring the temperature of a transistor constituting a high-power device. The high-power device includes a heating element, a thermocouple formed adjacent to the heating element, and a dielectric body formed between the heating element and the thermocouple. |
| US08294243B2 |
Lateral bipolar transistor with compensated well regions
Conduction between source and drain or emitter and collector regions is an important characteristic in transistor operation, particularly for lateral bipolar transistors. Accordingly, techniques that can facilitate control over this characteristic can mitigate yield loss by promoting the production of transistors that have an increased likelihood of exhibiting desired operational performance. As disclosed herein, well regions are established in a semiconductor substrate to facilitate, among other things, control over the conduction between the source and drain regions of a lateral bipolar transistor, thus mitigating yield loss and other associated fabrication deficiencies. Importantly, an additional mask is not required in establishing the well regions, thus further mitigating (increased) costs associated with promoting desired device performance. |
| US08294240B2 |
Through silicon via with embedded decoupling capacitor
A semiconductor die, having a substrate, includes a through silicon via. The through silicon via includes a decoupling capacitor having a first co-axial conductor, a second co-axial conductor, and a co-axial dielectric separating the first co-axial conductor from the second co-axial conductor. The decoupling capacitor is configured to provide local charge storage for components on the semiconductor die. |
| US08294239B2 |
Effective eFuse structure
An electrically programmable fuse (eFuse) comprises a semiconductor layer, a silicide layer overlying the semiconductor layer, and first and second contact structures electrically coupled to the silicide layer. The first contact structure is configured to function as an anode and the second contact structure is configured to function as a cathode. The eFuse further comprises a back-gate structure disposed underneath the semiconductor layer in a back-gate structure region proximate the second contact structure, the back-gate structure region excluding a region proximate the first contact structure. Responsive to (i) a programming voltage potential supplied between the first and second contact structures and (ii) a voltage potential supplied to the back-gate structure, silicide of the silicide layer operates to migrate, with an enhanced migration, into the semiconductor layer from the cathode to the anode with an absence of silicide residue in at least the back-gate structure region of the semiconductor layer between the first and second contact structures. |
| US08294238B2 |
Nonvolatile semiconductor memory device with reduced size of peripheral circuit area
A peripheral circuit area is formed around a memory cell array area. The peripheral circuit area has element regions, an element isolation region isolating the element regions, and field-effect transistor formed in each of the element regions and including a gate electrode extending in a channel width direction, on a semiconductor substrate. An end portion and a corner portion of the gate electrode are on the element isolation region. A radius of curvature of the corner portion of the gate electrode is smaller than a length from the end portion of the element region in the channel width direction to the end portion of the gate electrode in the channel width direction, and is less than 85 nm. |
| US08294237B2 |
Semiconductor structural element
The semiconductor component is intended for a sensor, in particular for a pressure sensor or differential pressure sensor, and includes a semiconductor substrate (1) in or on which electronic components (3) are formed and connected. The semiconductor substrate (1) is provided with an electrically insulated layer, and a metal-containing amorphous protective layer is formed from two metal-containing layers which have different chemical compositions and are vapor-deposited in succession. |
| US08294235B2 |
Edge termination with improved breakdown voltage
A MOSFET switch which has a low surface electric field at an edge termination area, and also has increased breakdown voltage. The MOSFET switch has a new edge termination structure employing an N-P-N sandwich structure. The MOSFET switch also has a polysilicon field plate configuration operative to enhance any spreading of any depletion layer located at an edge of a main PN junction of the N-P-N sandwich structure. |
| US08294230B2 |
Surface profile sensor and method for manufacturing the same
A surface profile sensor includes an interlayer insulating film provided with a planarized upper surface formed above a semiconductor substrate, a detection electrode film formed on the interlayer insulating film, an upper insulating film formed on the detection electrode film and the interlayer insulating film and including the surface on which a silicon nitride film is exposed, and a protection insulating film deposited on the upper insulating film and made of a tetrahedral amorphous carbon (ta-C) film including a window formed on the detection electrode film. |
| US08294228B2 |
Magnetic tunnel junction having coherent tunneling structure
A magnetic tunnel junction includes an amorphous ferromagnetic reference layer having a first reference layer side and an opposing second reference layer side. The first reference layer side has a greater concentration of boron than the second reference layer side. A magnesium oxide tunnel barrier layer is disposed on the second side of the amorphous ferromagnetic reference layer. The magnesium oxide tunnel barrier layer has a crystal structure. An amorphous ferromagnetic free layer is disposed on the magnesium oxide tunnel barrier layer. |
| US08294226B2 |
Polythiophene-based large surface distributed pressure sensors
The present invention relates to large surface distributed pressure sensors comprising at least two flexible substrates, at least of one of these being entirely or partially coated by a layer of polythiophene containing repetitive structural units with formula (I), wherein R1 and R2 are independently a C1-C12 alkyl group or they form a C1-C12 1,n-alkylene group, with n=1-12, optionally substituted by a C1-C12 alkyl group, C2-C12 alkene, vinylene, benzyl, phenyl group, a halogen atom, or by an ester, amine, amide or ether functional group, optionally substituted by a C1-C12 alkyl group; and one or more insulating spacers. Said sensors are flexible and easy to manufacture and they may present different symmetric, simple or multilayer configurations, as desired. |
| US08294225B2 |
Ultrasonic transducer and manufacturing method
This invention provides a technique whereby, even if a step is produced by splitting a lower electrode into component elements, resistance increase of an upper electrode, damage to a membrane and decrease of dielectric strength between an upper electrode and the lower electrode, are reduced. In an ultrasonic transducer comprising plural lower electrodes, an insulation film covering the lower electrodes, plural hollow parts formed to overlap the lower electrodes on the insulation film, an insulation film filling the gaps among the hollow parts, an insulation film covering the hollow parts and insulation film, plural upper electrodes formed to overlap the hollow parts on the insulation film and plural interconnections joining them, the surfaces of the hollow parts and insulation film are flattened to the same height. |
| US08294224B2 |
Devices and methods to improve carrier mobility
Electronic apparatus and methods of forming the electronic apparatus include a silicon oxynitride layer on a semiconductor device for use in a variety of electronic systems. The silicon oxynitride layer may be structured to control strain in a silicon channel of the semiconductor device to modify carrier mobility in the silicon channel, where the silicon channel is configured to conduct current under appropriate operating conditions of the semiconductor device. |
| US08294221B2 |
Semiconductor memory device
According to one embodiment, a semiconductor memory device includes a plurality of memory cell blocks, a plurality of first wirings, a plurality of second wirings, and a contact. Each of the memory cell blocks includes a plurality of memory cell units. Each of the plurality of memory cell units includes a plurality of memory cells and is provided in a first direction at a prescribed spacing. The plurality of memory cell blocks is arranged in a second direction intersecting with the first direction. The plurality of first wirings extends in the second direction and is provided in the first direction at a prescribed spacing. The plurality of second wirings is provided at least one of above and below the first wiring. The contact is provided at both end portions of the second wiring in the second direction and connects the first wiring to the second wiring. A width dimension of the second wiring along the first direction is larger than a width dimension of the first wiring along the first direction. |
| US08294218B2 |
Method of fabricating an integrated circuit with gate self-protection, and an integrated circuit with gate self-protection
An integrated circuit with gate self-protection comprises a MOS device and a bipolar device, wherein the integrated circuit further comprises a semiconductor layer with electrically active regions in which and on which the MOS device and the bipolar device are formed and electrically inactive regions for isolating the electrically active regions from each other. The MOS device comprises a gate structure and a body contacting structure, wherein the body contacting structure is formed of a base layer deposited in a selected region over an electrically active region of the semiconductor layer, and the body contacting structure is electrically connected with the gate structure. The base layer forming the body contacting structure also forms the base of the bipolar device. The present invention further relates to a method for fabricating such an integrated circuit. |
| US08294217B2 |
Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing semiconductor device
The semiconductor device includes a first transistor including a first impurity layer containing boron or phosphorus, a first epitaxial layer formed above the first impurity layer, a first gate electrode formed above the first epitaxial layer with a first gate insulating film formed therebetween and first source/drain regions, and a second transistor including a second impurity layer containing boron and carbon, or arsenic or antimony, a second epitaxial layer formed above the second impurity layer, a second gate electrode formed above the second epitaxial layer with a second gate insulating film thinner than the first gate insulating film formed therebetween, and second source/drain regions. |
| US08294215B2 |
Low voltage power supply
This invention provides a structure for low-voltage power supply in high-voltage devices or IC's made on a semiconductor substrate of a first conductivity type. The structure comprises a heavily doped semiconductor region of the first conductivity type between, but not contacted with, two semiconductor regions of the second conductivity type. When the two semiconductor regions of the second conductivity type have reverse-biased voltage with respect to substrate, the depletion region of substrate reaches the heavily doped semiconductor region of the first conductivity type, the heavily doped semiconductor region of the first conductivity type constructs a terminal of low-voltage power supply and any one of the semiconductor region of the second conductivity type constructs another terminal. The heavily doped semiconductor region is used as one terminal of a primary low-voltage power supply and any other region is used as another terminal of it. Thus, the cost of a low-voltage power supply can be reduced and the electrical performances be improved. |
| US08294213B2 |
Semiconductor photodiode device and manufacturing method thereof
A semiconductor photodiode device includes a semiconductor substrate, a first buffer layer containing a material different from that of the semiconductor substrate in a portion thereof, a first semiconductor layer formed above the buffer layer and having a lattice constant different from that of the semiconductor substrate, a second buffer layer formed above the first semiconductor layer and containing an element identical with that of the first semiconductor layer in a portion thereof, and a second semiconductor layer formed above the buffer layer in which a portion of the first semiconductor layer is formed of a plurality of island shape portions each surrounded with an insulating film, and the second buffer layer allows adjacent islands of the first semiconductor layer to coalesce with each other and is in contact with the insulating film. |
| US08294211B2 |
Semiconductor transistor device structure with back side gate contact plugs, and related manufacturing method
A method of fabricating a semiconductor device with back side conductive plugs is provided here. The method begins by forming a gate structure overlying a semiconductor-on-insulator (SOI) substrate. The SOI substrate has a support layer, an insulating layer overlying the support layer, an active semiconductor region overlying the insulating layer, and an isolation region outboard of the active semiconductor region. A first section of the gate structure is formed overlying the isolation region and a second section of the gate structure is formed overlying the active semiconductor region. The method continues by forming source/drain regions in the active semiconductor region, and thereafter removing the support layer from the SOI substrate. Next, the method forms conductive plugs for the gate structure and the source/drain regions, where each of the conductive plugs passes through the insulating layer. |
| US08294210B2 |
High voltage channel diode
A channel diode structure having a drift region and method of forming. A charge balanced channel diode structure having an electrode shield and method of forming. |
| US08294209B2 |
Semiconductor memory device and method of manufacturing the same
A semiconductor memory device includes a plurality of active pillars protruding from a semiconductor substrate, a first gate electrode disposed on at least one sidewall of the active pillar, a first gate insulating layer being disposed between the active pillar and the first gate electrode, a second gate electrode disposed on at least one sidewall of the active pillar over the first gate electrode, a second gate insulating layer being disposed between the active pillar and the second gate electrode, first and second body regions in the active pillar adjacent to respective first and second respective electrodes, and first through third source/drain regions in the active pillar arranged alternately with the first and second body regions. |
| US08294206B2 |
Integrated circuit device and method for its production
An integrated circuit device includes a semiconductor body fitted with a first electrode and a second electrode on opposite surfaces. A control electrode on an insulating layer controls channel regions of body zones for a current flow between the two electrodes. A drift section adjoining the channel regions comprises drift zones and charge compensation zones. A part of the charge compensation zones includes conductively connected charge compensation zones electrically connected to the first electrode. Another part includes nearly-floating charge compensation zones, so that an increased control electrode surface has a monolithically integrated additional capacitance CZGD in a cell region of the semiconductor device. |
| US08294205B2 |
Semiconductor device and method of forming semiconductor device
A semiconductor device includes a first semiconductor pillar, a first insulating film covering a side face of the first semiconductor pillar, a first electrode covering the first insulating film, a second semiconductor pillar, a second insulating film covering a side face of the second semiconductor pillar, and a second electrode covering the second insulating film. The top level of the second electrode is higher than the top level of the first electrode. |
| US08294203B2 |
Contacting and filling deep-trench-isolation with tungsten
Electrically isolated, deep trench isolation (DTI) structures, are formed in a wafer, and a portion of the DTI structures are converted to electrically connected structures to provide a shielding function, or to provide connection to deep buried layers. In one aspect, DTI structures include a polysilicon filling over a liner layer disposed on the inner surface of a deep trench, the polysilicon is removed by isotropic etching, and the deep trench is re-filled with a conductive material. Alternatively, the polysilicon filling remains and a contact is formed to provide an electrical connection to the polysilicon. In another aspect, a deep trench is disposed in the wafer such that a lower portion thereof is located within a deep buried layer, and after the polysilicon is removed, an anisotropic etch removes a portion of the deep trench liner from the bottom of the deep trench, thereby allowing a tungsten deposition to make electrical contact with the deep buried layer. |
| US08294201B2 |
High-k gate dielectric and method of manufacture
A device and method of formation are provided for a high-k gate dielectric and gate electrode. The high-k dielectric material is formed, and a silicon-rich film is formed over the high-k dielectric material. The silicon-rich film is then treated through either oxidation or nitridation to reduce the Fermi-level pinning that results from both the bonding of the high-k material to the subsequent gate conductor and also from a lack of oxygen along the interface of the high-k dielectric material and the gate conductor. A conductive material is then formed over the film through a controlled process to create the gate conductor. |
| US08294199B2 |
Nonvolatile semiconductor memory device and method for manufacturing the same
According to one embodiment, a nonvolatile semiconductor memory device includes first and second stacked structures, first and second semiconductor pillars, first and second memory units, and a semiconductor connection portion. The stacked structures include electrode films and first inter-electrode insulating films alternately stacked in a first direction. The second stacked structure is aligned with the first stacked structure in a second direction perpendicular to the first. The first and second semiconductor pillars pierce the first and second stacked structures, respectively. The first and second memory units are provided between the electrode films and the semiconductor pillar, respectively. The semiconductor connection portion connects the first and second semiconductor pillars and includes: an end connection portion; and a first protrusion having a side face continuous with a side face of the first semiconductor pillar. The semiconductor connection portion does not include a portion smaller than a diameter of the first semiconductor pillar. |
| US08294197B2 |
Program/erase schemes for floating gate memory cells
A flash memory cell includes a substrate, a blocking layer over the substrate, a floating gate over the blocking layer, a retention layer over the floating gate, a control gate over the retention layer, a tunneling layer over the control gate, a top gate over the tunneling layer, and a voltage source electrically coupled between the top gate and the control gate. Various charge tunneling mechanisms may be used for charges to tunnel through the retention layer. |
| US08294194B2 |
Nonvolatile semiconductor memory device and manufacturing method of the same
According to one embodiment, a nonvolatile semiconductor memory device includes memory transistors, an interlayer insulating film, a peripheral transistor and a sidewall. The memory transistors are formed on a semiconductor substrate. Each of the memory transistors includes a first stack gate which includes a floating gate electrode, a second gate insulating film, and a control gate electrode. The interlayer insulating film is formed between the first stack gates. The interlayer insulating film includes a first air gap. The peripheral transistor is formed on the substrate. The peripheral transistor includes a second stack gate which includes a first gate electrode, a third gate insulating film, and a second gate electrode. The sidewall is formed on a side surface of the second stack gate and includes a second air gap. An upper end of the second air gap is located at a position lower than the third gate insulating film. |
| US08294192B2 |
Use of dilute steam ambient for improvement of flash devices
A flash memory integrated circuit and a method for fabricating the same. A gate stack includes an initial oxide layer directly in contact with a silicon layer, defining an oxide-silicon interface therebetween. Additional oxide material is formed substantially uniformly along the oxide-silicon interface. Polysilicon grain boundaries at the interface are thereby passivated after etching. The interface can be formed between a tunnel oxide and a floating gate, and passivating the grain boundaries reduces erase variability. Oxide in an upper storage dielectric layer is enhanced in the dilute steam oxidation. The thin oxide layers serve as diffusion paths to enhance uniform distribution of OH species across the buried interfaces being oxidized. |
| US08294191B2 |
Multi-layer memory device including vertical and U-shape charge storage regions
According to one embodiment, a nonvolatile semiconductor memory device includes a first and a second stacked structure, a first and a second semiconductor pillar, a semiconductor connection portion, a first and a second connection portion conductive layer, a first and a second pillar portion memory layer, a first and a second connection portion memory layer. The first and second stacked structures include electrode films and inter-electrode insulating films alternately stacked in a first direction. The second stacked structure is adjacent to the first stacked structure. The first and second semiconductor pillars pierce the first and second stacked structures, respectively. The semiconductor connection portion connects the first and second semiconductor pillars. The first and second pillar portion memory layers are provided between the electrode films and the semiconductor pillar. The first and second connection portion memory layers are provided between the connection portion conductive layers and the semiconductor connection portion. |
| US08294190B2 |
Semiconductor device and method for manufacturing the same
A semiconductor device including a semiconductor substrate, a tunnel insulation film provided on the surface of the semiconductor substrate, charge trap states at which an electron potential energy is higher than a Fermi level of the semiconductor substrate being provided at part of the tunnel insulation film at least in the vicinity of an interface with the semiconductor substrate, and at least one charge storage layer being provided on the tunnel insulation film, charges supplied from the semiconductor substrate via the tunnel insulation film being accumulated in the charge storage layer. |
| US08294189B2 |
Memory device and fabrication method thereof
A memory device is disclosed, comprising a substrate, and a capacitor with a specific shape along an orientation parallel to a surface of the substrate, wherein the specific shape includes a curved outer edge, a curved inner edge having a positive curvature, a first line and a second line connecting the curved outer edge with the curved inner edge. A word line is coupled to the capacitor. In an embodiment of the invention, the capacitor is a deep trench capacitor with a vertical transistor. In another embodiment of the invention, the capacitor is a stacked capacitor. |
| US08294188B2 |
4 F2 memory cell array
An integrated circuit including a memory cell array comprises active area lines, bitlines, the bitlines being arranged so that an individual one intersects a plurality of the active area lines to form bitline-contacts, respectively, the bitlines being arranged at a bitline pitch, wordlines being arranged so that an individual one of the wordlines intersects a plurality of the active area lines, and an individual one of the wordlines intersects a plurality of the bitlines, the wordlines being arranged at a wordline pitch, wherein neighboring bitline-contacts, each of which is connected to one of the active area lines, are connected with different bitlines, and the bitline pitch is different from the wordline pitch. |
| US08294185B2 |
Solid-state imaging device
A solid-state imaging device includes: a photoelectric conversion portion that receives an incident light from a back surface side of a silicon layer to perform photoelectric conversion on the incident light; and a pixel transistor portion that outputs signal charges generated in the photoelectric conversion portion towards a front surface side of the silicon layer, wherein a gettering layer having internal stress is provided on the front surface side of the silicon layer at a position to overlap the photoelectric conversion portion on a plan view layout thereof. |
| US08294183B2 |
Semiconductor substrate, method of fabricating the same, semiconductor device, and method of fabricating the same
The present invention provides a fabrication method of a semiconductor substrate, by which a planar GaN substrate that is easily separated can be fabricated on a heterogeneous substrate, and a semiconductor device which is fabricated using the GaN substrate. The semiconductor substrate comprises a substrate, a first semiconductor layer arranged on the substrate, a metallic material layer arranged on the first semiconductor layer, a second semiconductor layer arranged on the first semiconductor layer and the metallic material layer, and voids formed in the first semiconductor layer under the metallic material layer. |
| US08294179B1 |
Optical device structure using GaN substrates and growth structures for laser applications
An optical device has a structured active region configured for selected wavelengths of light emissions. |
| US08294178B2 |
Light emitting device using compound semiconductor
There is provided a light emitting device using a compound semiconductor, which can improve electrical characteristics and internal quantum efficiency by maximizing the recombination rate of electrons and holes in an active layer. The light emitting device using a compound semiconductor includes a substrate; a compound semiconductor layer formed on the substrate, the compound semiconductor layer comprising an active layer; and a current spreading layer formed on at least one of the top and bottom surfaces of the active layer, the current spreading layer allowing electrons or holes to be uniformly spread into the active layer. |
| US08294177B2 |
Light emitting device utilizing a LED chip
A light emitting device (1) includes a LED chip (10) as well as a mounting substrate (20) on which the LED chip (10) is mounted. Further, the light emitting device (1) includes a cover member (60) and a color conversion layer (70). The cover member (60) is formed to have a dome shape and is made of a translucency inorganic material. The color conversion layer (70) is formed to have a dome shape and is made of a translucency material (such as, a silicone resin) including a fluorescent material excited by light emitted from the LED chip (10) and emitting light longer in wavelength than the light emitted from the LED chip (10). The cover member (60) is attached to the mounting substrate (20) such that there is an air layer (80) between the cover member (60) and the mounting substrate (20). The color conversion layer (70) is superposed on a light-incoming surface or a light-outgoing surface of the cover member (60). |
| US08294172B2 |
Method of fabricating vertical devices using a metal support film
A method of fabricating semiconductor devices, such as GaN LEDs, on insulating substrates, such as sapphire. Semiconductor layers are produced on the insulating substrate using normal techniques. Trenches that define the boundaries of the individual devices are formed through the semiconductor layers and into the insulating substrate, beneficially by inductive coupled plasma reactive ion etching. A first support structure is attached to the semiconductor layers. The hard substrate is then removed, beneficially by laser lift off. A second supporting structure, preferably conductive, is substituted for the hard substrate and the first supporting structure is removed. Individual devices are then diced, beneficially by etching through the second supporting structure. A protective photo-resist layer can protect the semiconductor layers from the attachment of the first support structure. A conductive bottom contact (possibly reflective) can be inserted between the second supporting structure and the semiconductor layers. |
| US08294170B2 |
Light emitting device and method of fabricating the same
Disclosed are a light emitting device and a method of fabricating the same. The light emitting device includes a substrate; first and second light emitting cells, each including a first semiconductor layer, an active layer, and a second semiconductor layer; and a connector located between the first and second light emitting cells and the substrate, to electrically connect the first and second light emitting cells to each other. The connector extends from the second semiconductor layer of the first light emitting cell, across the substrate, and through central regions of the second semiconductor layer and active layer of the second light emitting cells, to contact the first semiconductor layer of the second light emitting cell. |
| US08294169B2 |
Light-emitting diode
This invention provides a light-emitting diode (LED). The LED is electrically connected with a circuit board. The LED includes a light-emitting chip, an encapsulating element, a lead, and a heat insulating element. The encapsulating element encapsulates the light-emitting chip. The lead is coupled with the light-emitting chip and the circuit board. The lead and the encapsulating element form a first connecting place. The lead and the circuit board form a second connecting place. The heat insulating element is disposed between the first connecting place and the second connecting place. |
| US08294168B2 |
Light source module using quantum dots, backlight unit employing the light source module, display apparatus, and illumination apparatus
A light source module using quantum dots, a backlight unit employing the light source module, a display apparatus, and an illumination apparatus. The light source module includes a light emitting device package including a plurality of light emitting device chips, and a quantum dot sealing package disposed on the light emitting device package in a light emitting direction, and converts wavelengths of light emitted from the light emitting device chips to generate wavelength-converted light. |
| US08294166B2 |
Transparent light emitting diodes
A transparent light emitting diode (LED) includes a plurality of III-nitride layers, including an active region that emits light, wherein all of the layers except for the active region are transparent for an emission wavelength of the light, such that the light is extracted effectively through all of the layers and in multiple directions through the layers. Moreover, the surface of one or more of the III-nitride layers may be roughened, textured, patterned or shaped to enhance light extraction. |
| US08294164B2 |
Light-emitting device using clad layer consisting of asymmetrical units
The present invention relates to a light-emitting device using a clad layer consisting of asymmetric units, wherein the clad layer is provided by repeatedly stacking a unit having an asymmetric energy bandgap on upper and lower portions of an active layer, and the inflow of both electrons and holes into the active layer is arbitrarily controlled through the clad layer, so that the internal quantum efficiency can be improved. The light-emitting device using the clad layer consisting of the asymmetric units according to the present invention is characterized in that the clad layer is provided on at least one of the upper and lower portions of the active layer and consists of one or plural units, wherein the unit has a structure in which the first to nth unit layers (n is a natural number equal to or greater than three) having different energy bandgaps are sequentially stacked and has an asymmetric energy band diagram. |
| US08294163B2 |
Optoelectronic component with three-dimension quantum well structure and method for producing the same
An optoelectronic component with three-dimension quantum well structure and a method for producing the same are provided, wherein the optoelectronic component comprises a substrate, a first semiconductor layer, a transition layer, and a quantum well structure. The first semiconductor layer is disposed on the substrate. The transition layer is grown on the first semiconductor layer, contains a first nitride compound semiconductor material, and has at least a texture, wherein the texture has at least a first protrusion with at least an inclined facet, at least a first trench with at least an inclined facet and at least a shoulder facet connected between the inclined facets. The quantum well structure is grown on the texture and shaped by the protrusion, the trench and the shoulder facet. |
| US08294162B2 |
LED device and LED lighting apparatus
An LED device and an LED lighting apparatus using the same can include a casing including a cavity and at least one pair of LED chips including a first and second LED chips. The LED chips can be adjacently located in the cavity, and an encapsulating resin including a phosphor can be disposed in the cavity so as to encapsulate the LED chips. A light-emitting surface of the first LED chip can be covered with a transparent resin, and therefore color temperatures of light emitted from the first and second LED chips can be located on a substantially black body due to a difference between their distances to the encapsulating resin. Thus, the LED lighting apparatus using the LED device can selectively emit white light having a preferable color temperature that is close to a natural color between the color temperatures by adjusting current applied to the LED chips. |
| US08294150B2 |
Panel structure including transistor and connecting elements, display device including the same, and methods of manufacturing panel structure and display device
Provided may be a panel structure, a display device including the panel structure, and methods of manufacturing the panel structure and the display device. Via holes for connecting elements of the panel structure may be formed by performing one process. For example, via holes for connecting a transistor and a conductive layer spaced apart from the transistor may be formed by performing only one process. |
| US08294148B2 |
Thin film transistors using thin film semiconductor materials
The present invention generally comprises TFTs having semiconductor material comprising oxygen, nitrogen, and one or more element selected from the group consisting of zinc, tin, gallium, cadmium, and indium as the active channel. The semiconductor material may be used in bottom gate TFTs, top gate TFTs, and other types of TFTs. The TFTs may be patterned by etching to create both the channel and the metal electrodes. Then, the source-drain electrodes may be defined by dry etching using the semiconductor material as an etch stop layer. The active layer carrier concentration, mobility, and interface with other layers of the TFT can be tuned to predetermined values. The tuning may be accomplished by changing the nitrogen containing gas to oxygen containing gas flow ratio, annealing and/or plasma treating the deposited semiconductor film, or changing the concentration of aluminum doping. |
| US08294145B1 |
Organic light emitting diode device
An organic light emitting diode device is disclosed. The organic light emitting diode device includes a substrate, a first electrode layer, a first insulating layer, at least one controlling electrode layer, a second insulating layer, at least one light emitting layer, a third insulating layer, and a second electrode layer. The first electrode layer is formed on the substrate and includes a first area and a second area adjacent to the first area. The first insulating layer, the controlling electrode layer, and the second insulating layer are sequentially formed on the first area. The light emitting layer is formed on the second area. The second electrode layer is formed on the light emitting layer. In the present invention, the controlling electrode layer controls a recombination region of electron-hole pair so as to achieve an objective of adjusting a color temperature. |
| US08294144B2 |
Organic transistor
In order to attain high mobility, large on/off current ratio and excellent storage stability to organic transistor comprising an organic semiconductor layer, the organic semiconductor layer comprises at least one compound represented by the general formula (1): (wherein each of X1 to X4 represents independently a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a straight, branched or cyclic alkyl group, a straight, branched or cyclic alkoxy group, a straight, branched or cyclic alkoxyalkyl group, or an unsubstituted or substituted aryl group, A represents an unsubstituted or substituted thiophene ring, B represents an unsubstituted or substituted benzene ring, or an unsubstituted or substituted thiophene ring). |
| US08294137B2 |
Twin-drain spatial wavefunction switched field-effect transistors
A field-effect transistor is provided and includes source, gate and drain regions, where the gate region controls charge carrier location in the transport channel, the transport channel includes a asymmetric coupled quantum well layer, the asymmetric quantum well layer includes at least two quantum wells separated by a barrier layer having a greater energy gap than the wells, the transport channel is connected to the source region at one end, and the drain regions at the other, the drain regions include at least two contacts electrically isolated from each other, the contacts are connected to at least one quantum well. The drain may include two regions that are configured to form the asymmetric coupled well transport channel. In an embodiment, two sources and two drains are also envisioned. |
| US08294136B2 |
Nitride-based semiconductor light emitting element
The purpose of the present invention is to obtain a nitride-based semiconductor light emitting element capable of improving light emission efficiency by reducing sheet resistance and a forward voltage of a translucent electrode including indium cerium oxide. The nitride-based semiconductor light emitting element of the present invention is has a translucent electrode including indium cerium oxide; and cerium oxide is contained in a ratio of 10 to 20 wt % with respect to a whole of the indium cerium oxide. |
| US08294130B2 |
Methods and systems for optimizing the alignment of optical packages
A method for optimizing the alignment of an optical package includes directing a beam spot of a laser along a folded optical path and onto a waveguide portion of a wavelength conversion. The output intensity of the wavelength conversion device is measured as a position of an adjustable optical component is adjusted about a first scanning axis and a second scanning axis thereby traversing the beam spot along a first and second scan lines on the waveguide portion of the wavelength conversion device. The change in the output intensity of the wavelength conversion device is then determined based on the adjusted position of the adjustable optical component. The adjustable optical component is then positioned on the first scanning axis and the second scanning axis based on the determined changes in the output intensity of the wavelength conversion device such that the output intensity of the wavelength conversion device is maximized. |
| US08294126B2 |
Apparatus for sterilising containers
An apparatus (1) for sterilizing containers (10), comprising a treatment head (5) which has an exit window (8) through which charge carriers can pass, comprising a charge carrier generation source which generates charge carriers, and comprising an acceleration device (6) which accelerates the charge carriers in the direction of the exit window (8). According to the invention, the cross section of the treatment head (5) is dimensioned such that the treatment head (5) can be guided through the mouth of the container (10), and the acceleration device (6) accelerates the charge carriers in such a way that the charge carriers exiting from the exit window (8) can be aimed preferably directly onto an inner wall (15) of the container (10). |
| US08294125B2 |
High-sensitivity and high-throughput electron beam inspection column enabled by adjustable beam-limiting aperture
One embodiment relates to an electron-beam apparatus for defect inspection and/or review of substrates or for measuring critical dimensions of features on substrates. The apparatus includes an electron gun and an electron column. The electron gun includes an electron source configured to generate electrons for an electron beam and an adjustable beam-limiting aperture which is configured to select and use one aperture size from a range of aperture sizes. Another embodiment relates to providing an electron beam in an apparatus. Advantageously, the disclosed apparatus and methods reduce spot blur while maintaining a high beam current so as to obtain both high sensitivity and high throughput. |
| US08294121B2 |
Fixing instrument
Fixtures according to the present invention include fixing surfaces in the same shape as end surfaces of a device under test which is to be measured while an electromagnetic wave to be measured at a frequency equal to more than 0.01 [THz] and equal to or less than 100 [THz] is irradiated on the device under test. The end surfaces are fixed to the fixing surfaces. When a refractive index of the fixtures is n0, and a refractive index of the device under test is n1, a relationship n1−0.1≦n0≦n1+0.1 holds. The fixtures do not cover a side surface of the device under test. The fixtures are rotated about a straight line orthogonal to the fixing surfaces as a rotational axis. |
| US08294119B2 |
Planar electronebulization sources modeled on a calligraphy pen and the production thereof
The invention concerns an electrospray source having a structure comprising at least one flat and thin tip (3) in cantilever in relation to the rest (1) of the structure, the tip (3) being provided with a capillary slot (5) formed through the complete thickness of the tip and which ends up at the end (6) of the tip (3) to form an ejection orifice of the electrospray source, the source comprising means of supplying (4) the capillary slot (5) with liquid to be nebulised and means of applying an electrospray voltage to the liquid.The invention further concerns a method of manufacturing said electrospray source. |
| US08294110B2 |
Method for improved correction of SiPM non-linearity in multiplexed radiation detectors
A system and method for determining correction factors used to determine energy of an event detected by a gamma ray detector having nonlinear photosensors arranged over a scintillation array of crystal elements, the gamma ray detector using optical multiplexing or analog electronic multiplexing. The method includes acquiring, for each nonlinear photosensor, a signal value generated by the nonlinear photosensor in response to receiving scintillation light emitted by a crystal in the array of crystal elements in response to arrival of a gamma ray; and determining a relative position of the event, the relative position being one of a predetermined number of cell locations, the predetermined number of cell locations being greater than a number of crystal elements in the array of crystal elements; and determining, for each cell location, a correction factor based on an average total signal value and a predetermined energy value of the gamma ray. |
| US08294106B2 |
Terahertz antenna module
In a terahertz antenna module 1, a photoconductive antenna element 17 is fixed to a wiring board 9, and electrically connected to an electric signal input/output pin 24 of an electric signal input/output port 23 via a signal electrode of the wiring board 9. Further, a buffer member 7, a hemispherical lens 8, a photoconductive antenna element 17, and the wiring board 9 are disposed in a recess 3 of a container 2 in this order from an opening 6 side of the container 2, and by attaching a cover 25 to the container 2, the wiring board 9, the photoconductive antenna element 17, and the hemispherical lens 8 are pressed against the buffer member 7. Further, the wiring board 9 is positioned by the recess 4 and the hemispherical lens 8 is positioned by the buffer member 7 so that the optical axis OA of the hemispherical lens 8 passes just through a photoconductive antenna part of the photoconductive antenna element 17. |
| US08294104B2 |
System for detecting and locating water in a sandwich-type structure for aircrafts
A system for detecting and locating water in a sandwich-type structure for aircrafts, the system including means for heating the water contained in an intermediate layer of the sandwich-type structure, and means for recording at least one image of a surface of the sandwich-type structure, the image showing particular regions of the surface, corresponding to the presence of water in the intermediate layer. The means for heating the water include a device for emitting microwaves inside the sandwich-type structure, at a frequency essentially equal to the resonance frequency of the water molecules. The invention also relates to a method implemented by the system. |
| US08294101B2 |
Net solar radiometer with thermally balanced spectral response
Disclosed is a net radiometer that measures the net difference between incoming solar and outgoing terrestrial radiant flux energy in the combined short-wave and long-wave far infrared spectral range. In accordance with principles of the invention, a balanced net radiometer can be constructed where each thermal absorber is formed from two separate pieces joined together to form a single thermal mass. Within each thermal absorber, each piece is coated with a separate surface coating of different spectral sensitivity. By constructing an absorber from two separate pieces, it is possible to apply spectral coatings with different curing characteristics, to thermal absorber that acts as a single thermal mass. The pieces within each thermal absorber are sized in a proportion that thermally balances the absorber's thermal sensitivity between short-wave and long-wave far infrared radiant energy. |
| US08294100B2 |
Imaging apparatus and methods
Imagers, pixels, and methods of using the same are disclosed for imaging in various spectra, such as visible, near infrared (IR), and short wavelength IR (SWIR). The imager may have an imaging array having pixels of different types. The different types of pixels may detect different ranges of wavelengths in the IR, or the SWIR, spectra. The pixels may include a filter which blocks some wavelengths of radiation in the IR spectrum while passing other wavelengths. The filter may be formed of a semiconductor material, and therefore may be easily integrated with a CMOS pixel using conventional CMOS processing techniques. |
| US08294099B2 |
On-wafer butted microbolometer imaging array
An apparatus and method for assembling a large microbolometer infrared imaging array from sub-arrays, including the step of forming a sub-array assembly of independent imaging arrays on the silicon wafer as the imaging sensor is being processed, whereby seams or gaps in a resulting image are avoided. |
| US08294098B2 |
Transmission electron microscope micro-grid
A transmission electron microscope (TEM) micro-grid includes a grid, a carbon nanotube film structure and two electrodes electrically connected to the carbon nanotube film structure. |
| US08294094B1 |
Method and apparatus for reducing substrate edge effect during inspection
An apparatus and method are introduced in this invention to reduce the edge effect of a substrate that causes image variation or distortion due to applied substrate bias. An edge plate with an edge effect eliminator are provided such that substrate is inspected by a charged particle beam can capture images without distortion at substrate edge. |
| US08294091B2 |
Methods and apparatus for performing gas and liquid mass spectrometry
Embodiments of the present invention feature devices and methods for performing gas chromatography and liquid chromatography with mass spectrometry. The device and method feature a removable housing which housing contains the gas samples when the mass spectrometry receives gas samples. The device fits an atmospheric pressure ionization housing and upon removal, the atmospheric pressure ionization housing receives liquid samples. |
| US08294090B1 |
Substrate for MALDI-TOF MS and mass spectrometry method using the same
Disclosed is a MALDI-TOF MS plate with which mass spectrometry may be performed with high reproducibility, and mass spectrum may easily be obtained even when the sample is a macromolecular substance such as a protein or nucleic acid, as well as mass spectrometry by MALDI-TOF MS using the plate. The MALDI-TOF MS plate has nanodot regions having a surface formed of a material which easily adsorbs nucleic acids and/or proteins, to which regions a test sample is attached. The mass spectrometry of a nucleic acid or protein is carried out by performing MALDI-TOF MS using this plate and using the nucleic acid or protein as a test sample. |
| US08294088B2 |
Gas electron multiplier detector
A mass spectrometer is disclosed comprising a Gas Electron Multiplier ion detector. The ion detector comprises three gas electron multiplier stages GEM1, GEM2, GEM3 wherein a counter electrode (12) is arranged adjacent the first electron multiplier stage GEM1. |
| US08294087B2 |
Mechanical holder for surface analysis
A mechanical holder that provides for a confined sampling region for extraction and removal of chemical substances contained in a dried blood spot or other spot of sample is described herein. |
| US08294086B2 |
Multiplexing daughter ion spectrum acquisition from MALDI ionization
The invention relates to the measurement of daughter ion spectra of analyte substances that are ionized by means of matrix-assisted laser desorption. The invention shows how to record several daughter ion spectra from several parent ions per single pulse of laser light, that is per desorption event, by spatially splitting the ion beams or by temporally sequencing the spectral measurement; the various parent ions are selected one after another by switching the parent ion selector several times. Summing up corresponding individual daughter ion spectra from many pulses of laser light leads to several sum spectra being recorded practically synchronously with the same series of laser light pulses, with correspondingly reduced sample consumption and shortened data acquisition time. |
| US08294085B2 |
Mass spectrometric analyzer
A mass spectrometric analyzer and an analysis method based on the detection of ion image current are provided. The method in one embodiment includes using electrostatic reflectors or electrostatic deflectors to enable pulsed ions to move periodically for multiple times in the analyzer, forming time focusing in a portion of the ion flight region thereof, and forming an confined ion beam in space; enabling the ion beam to pass through multiple tubular image current detectors arranged in series along an axial direction of the ion beam periodically, using a low-noise electronic amplification device to detect image currents picked up by the multiple tubular detectors differentially, and using a data conversion method, such as a least square regression, to acquire a mass spectrum. |
| US08294082B2 |
Probe with a virtual marker
A probe for use in a coordinate digitizing system includes an indicator, such as a pointing tip or crosshairs, and a marker, the location of which can be determined by a marker tracking system relative to a coordinate system. The probe is configured to effectively place the marker's virtual image—as seen by the tracker—at the same location as the indicator without blocking a user's view of the indicator. |
| US08294080B2 |
Viewing apparatus capable of moving a subject within the field of view of the center of the viewed image
A viewing apparatus comprises one or more optical elements, which may be moved in order to redirect light entering the viewing apparatus such that a subject in any part of the field of view may be relocated to the center of the viewed image without moving the viewing apparatus itself. The viewing apparatus further comprises a relay lens group which conditions the light into a quasi-collimated state before it enters the optical elements allowing a more compact device to be produced. The viewing apparatus may additionally include a zoom lens mechanism to enable the viewed image to be enlarged. |
| US08294079B2 |
Diode, photodetector circuit including same, and display device
Each of even-numbered photodiodes 1 and 2 for constituting a diode of the present invention (i) has regions (regions 1a through 1c and regions 2a through 2c) whose sizes in a certain direction are identical to sizes of regions of a reference diode 5, and (ii) has a channel width equal to ½ of a channel width W of the reference diode 5. The regions 1a through 1c and the regions 2a through 2c are arranged so as to (i) extend parallel to the certain direction which is provided parallel to a channel length L of the reference diode 5, and so as to be (ii) line-symmetric or point-symmetric to each other as a whole. The photodiodes 1 and 2 are electrically connected to each other in series so as to carry out an equivalent operation to that of the reference diode 5. Employing of the photodiodes 1 and 2 provides a configuration of diodes each having an identical characteristic and occupying a reduced area on a substrate. |
| US08294073B1 |
High angular rate imaging system and related techniques
An imaging device includes a sensor to locate and track an object of interest; an imaging camera having a plurality of detectors juxtapositionally aligned to increase the field of regard of an image of interest and a plurality of corresponding illuminators, each illuminator co-aligned with the field of view of a corresponding detector; and a digital processor connected to the sensor to receive tracking signals indicative of the track of the object of interest and connected to the imaging camera to provide a control signal to the imaging camera to activate each one of the detectors when the object of interest is within the field of view of a detector. |
| US08294071B2 |
Microwave irradiation apparatus
In a microwave irradiation apparatus, an applicator portion has an interior space for housing an object to be irradiated. A first microwave irradiation system outputs a first microwave to the interior space in a first mode so as to generate a large electric field and a small magnetic field at a specific place of the interior space. A second microwave irradiation system outputs a second microwave having a polarization plane crossing a polarization plane of the first microwave to the interior space in a second mode so as to generate a large magnetic field and small electric field at the specific place of the interior space. |
| US08294068B2 |
Rapid thermal processing lamphead with improved cooling
Embodiments of a lamphead and apparatus utilizing same are provided herein. In some embodiments, a lamphead for use in thermal processing may include a monolithic member having a plurality of coolant passages and a plurality of lamp passages and reflector cavities, wherein each lamp passage is configured to accommodate a lamp and each reflector cavity is shaped to act as a reflector or to receive a replaceable reflector for the lamp, and wherein the plurality of coolant passages are disposed proximate to the plurality of lamp passages; and at least one heat transfer member extending from the monolithic member into each coolant passage. In some embodiments, the lamphead may be disposed in an apparatus comprising a process chamber having a substrate support, wherein the lamphead is positioned to provide energy to the substrate support. |
| US08294067B2 |
Computer component testing system and temperature control device thereof
A computer component testing system is used to test a temperature operating range of components of a computer. The computer component testing system includes a power supply, a voltage dividing circuit, an amplifier circuit, a heat generator, a temperature control cabinet to receive the computer and the heat generator, and a temperature tester. The temperature of the component of the computer changes via adjusting the variable resistor to change heat generated by the heat generator, to make the component of the computer be in different temperatures. If the computer changes to a second state from the first state in a temperature, the temperature is determined to be an end temperature of the temperature operating range of the component. |
| US08294065B2 |
Stainless steel wire with flux core for welding zinc coated steel sheets
A stainless steel wire having a flux core for welding zinc-based alloy coated steel sheet having an outer metal sheath coating a core of flux wherein in total having in mass (%) as percentage to the total mass of the wire: C: 0.01-0.05%, Si: 0.1-1.5%, Mn: 0.5-3.0%, Ni: 7.0-10.0%, Cr: 26.0-30.0%, wherein an F value defined as a function of the above components ranges from 30 to 50, the flux further having a slag formation agent in mass (%) as percentage to the total mass of the wire: TiO2: 0.6-2.6%, SiO2: 1.8-3.8%, ZrO2: 1.0-3.5%, and optionally Al2O3: 0.1-1.0%, wherein the slag formation agent in total is less than 10%, and the wire further containing Fe and residual impurities. |
| US08294062B2 |
Laser beam positioning systems for material processing and methods for using such systems
Laser beam positioning systems for material processing and methods for using such systems are disclosed herein. One embodiment of a laser-based material processing system, for example, can include (a) a radiation source configured to produce a laser beam and direct the beam along a beam path, and (b) a laser beam positioning assembly in the beam path. The laser beam positioning assembly can include a first focusing element, first and second reflective optical elements, and a second focusing element. The first focusing element can focus the laser beam to a first focal point between the first and second reflective optical elements. The first and second reflective optical elements can direct the laser beam toward a material processing area while the laser beam has a decreasing or increasing cross-sectional dimension. The second focusing element can focus the laser beam and direct the beam toward the material processing area. |
| US08294057B2 |
Electrode for switch and vacuum switch, and method of manufacturing electrode for switch or vacuum switch
An object of the invention is to provide a vacuum switch which can achieve a reduction of an electric loss and an improvement of a heat transmission performance by preventing an air gap portion from being generated between an electrode and a conductor rod and preventing the electrode and the conductor rod from generating any positional displacement. An electrode for a switch in accordance with the invention is provided with the conductor rod, a contact point electrode inserted to the conductor rod, and a coupling plate fixing both the elements to an outer side in a diametrical direction of the conductor rod and the contact point electrode, thereby fixing both the elements. |
| US08294054B2 |
Draining device for air control equipment
A draining device for air control equipment has a bottom shell, a top shell, a knob, a switch and a connecting device. The bottom and top shells are connected to each other. The top shell has two inclined recesses. The knob is mounted through the top shell and has two sliding protrusions mounted in the inclined recesses and two tabs. The switch is mounted in the bottom shell and has a button. The connecting device has a connecting tube, a flange and an end protrusion. The connecting tube is mounted through the top shell. The flange is formed around the connecting tube and is mounted across the tabs. The end protrusion abuts the button. When the knob is rotated, the sliding protrusions move along the inclined recesses to force the knob moving downward. Therefore, the end protrusion pushes the button to turn on the switch. |
| US08294052B2 |
Electrical appliance housing
An electrical appliance housing including a hard plastic housing body defining a switch-actuating aperture. The aperture is sealed with a soft plastic membrane. An actuating button is fastened to a hard plastic base that is bonded to the membrane. |
| US08294044B2 |
Electromagnetic isolation chamber with unimpeded hand entry
An Electronic Isolation Chamber With Unimpeded Hand Entry is disclosed. The somewhat “open” appearance of the Electromagnetic Isolation Chamber goes contrary to teachings in the art of RF shielding and enclosures. A sleeve through an aperture in the chamber is worn by an operator, and with the placement of an operator's arm there through, the electromagnetic shielding is completed and the volume contained within the chamber is electromagnetically isolated from the environment exterior to the chamber. This novel arrangement allows an operator to work with bare hands, thus providing more tactile interaction with a device under test and also reducing the tendency for shorting that is present when wearing conductive gloves. A shielded window and an interior light may be included to facilitate viewing of a device within the chamber during operation of the device. The chamber provides an inexpensive, fully shielded environment for the testing, tuning, adjusting, or repair of RF transmitting or receiving devices such as computers, wireless devices, cellular telephones, and the like. |
| US08294043B2 |
Integrated connector shield ring for shielded enclosures
Methods and apparatus for shielding enclosures having connector apertures result in effective electromagnetic isolation of the electromagnetic environment internal to a shielded enclosure from the external environment. Embodiments of the present invention may also accommodate the effective implementation of a low cost filter pin connector. An integrated shield ring may create an EMI doghouse with a metal ring that attaches onto a bulkhead board mounted connector that is bonded to a circular chassis ground plane on a printed wiring board (PWB) assembly. |
| US08294040B2 |
Porous film and multilayer assembly using the same
[Object] To provide a multilayer assembly that excels in pore properties, is flexible, and is satisfactorily handled and processed; and a method of producing the multilayer assembly.[Solving Means] A multilayer assembly includes a base and, arranged on at least one side thereof, a porous layer and has a large number of continuous micropores with an average pore diameter of 0.01 to 10 μm. The multilayer assembly suffers from no interfacial delamination between the base and the porous layer when examined in a tape peeling test according to the following procedure: Tape Peeling Test A 24-mm wide masking tape [Film Masking Tape No. 603 (#25)] supplied by Teraoka Seisakusho Co., Ltd. is applied to a surface of the porous layer of the multilayer assembly and press-bonded thereto with a roller having a diameter of 30 mm and a load of 200 gf to give a sample; and the sample is subjected to a T-peel test with a tensile tester at a peel rate of 50 mm/min. |
| US08294039B2 |
Surface finish structure of multi-layer substrate and manufacturing method thereof
A surface finish structure of multi-layer substrate and manufacturing method thereof. The surface finish structure of the present invention includes a bond pad layer, at least one cover metal layer and a solder mask. The cover metal layer covers the bond pad layer. The solder mask has a hole to expose the cover metal layer. The present invention can form the cover metal layer to cover the bond pad layer and then forms the solder mask. Thereafter, the hole is made to the solder mask at the position of the cover metal layer to expose thereof. Because the bond pad layer is embedded in a dielectric layer of the multi-layer substrate, adhesion intensity between the bond pad layer and the dielectric layer can be enhanced. Meanwhile, contact of the bond pad layer with the solder can be prevented with the cover metal layer. |
| US08294033B2 |
Circuit board and method of producing a circuit board
A rigid circuit board is provided which contains at least one integral limb shaped to provide predetermined movement at a free end of the limb in at least two mutually perpendicular planes. The rigid circuit board provides a rewiring structure at a low cost and is adaptable for use in a wide range of applications. |
| US08294029B2 |
Expandable electric cord and production method thereof
An expandable electric cord having a core portion, a conductor portion and a sheath portion; wherein the core portion is an elastic cylinder having an elastic body and an intermediate layer covering the outer periphery thereof. The conductor portion contains a conductor wire having narrow stranded wires, with the conductor wire being coiled and/or braided around the outer periphery of the elastic cylinder, and the sheath portion is an outer sheath layer having an insulator that covers the outer periphery of the conductor portion. |
| US08294028B2 |
Power supply socket panel
A power supply socket panel comprises a panel enclosure, at least one movable connector, a panel supporter and at least one elastic foot. The panel supporter is mounted to the movable connector, and together they are secured to a power supply socket or switch. The panel enclosure is secured to the panel supporter through the movable connector and the elastic foot is mounted between the panel supporter and the movable connector. During disassembly, the connection component is pressed with hard tools such as a small screwdriver so that the elastic foot is in a compressed state, allowing the panel enclosure to separate from the connection component. In this way, the panel enclosure can be removed. This panel is characterized by a simple structure and convenient assembly/disassembly. |
| US08294023B2 |
Radioisotope power source
A radioisotope power sources that includes radioisotope nanoparticles and scintillator materials. An embodiment of the radioisotope power source includes radioisotope nanoparticles suspended within a polycrystalline scintillator; additional polycrystalline scintillator at least partially surrounding the polycrystalline scintillator with the radioisotope nanoparticles; and a photovoltaic device in light communication with the surrounding polycrystalline scintillator. A system that employs the radioisotope power source and a method of generating an electrical current are also disclosed. The present invention has been described in terms of specific embodiment(s), and it is recognized that equivalents, alternatives, and modifications, aside from those expressly stated, are possible and within the scope of the appending claims. |
| US08294022B2 |
Photovoltaic array with minimally penetrating rooftop support system
A photovoltaic array including a plurality of photovoltaic assemblies and a plurality of mounting units. The mounting units each include an elongate rail and a plurality of leg assemblies. The rail is sized and configured to maintain a portion of at least two of the photovoltaic assemblies, with the leg assemblies extending from the rail in a spaced-apart fashion and terminating in a foot for placement against a rooftop structure for minimally penetration installation. Further, at least one of the leg assemblies can include a retractable leg. When the photovoltaic array is installed to a rooftop structure including a membrane intermittently secured to a rooftop deck, the retractable leg accommodates upward billowing of the membrane under windy conditions. |
| US08294019B2 |
Fluid user interface such as immersive multimediator or iinput/output device with one or more spray jets
A fluid user interface is presented for applications such as immersive multimedia. In one embodiment, one or more sprays or jets create an immersive multimedia environment in which a participant can interact within the immersive multimedia environment by blocking, partially blocking, diverting, or otherwise engaging with a fluid, to create computational input. When the fluid is air, a keyboard can be implemented on cushions of air coming out of various nozzles or jets. When the fluid is water, the invention may be used in environments such as showers, baths, hot tubs, waterplay areas, gardens, and the like to create a fun, playful, or wet user-interface. In some embodiments, the spraying is computationally controlled, so that the spray creates a tactile user-interface for the control of such devices as new musical instruments. These may be installed in public fountains to result in a fluid user interface to music by playing in the fountains. The invention may also be used in a setting like a karaoke bar, in which participants perform music by playing in a fountain while they sing. Small self contained embodiments of the invention may exist as pool toys, bath toys, or decorative fountains that can sit on desk tops, or the like. |
| US08294016B2 |
Computer aided system for teaching reading
A method of teaching reading includes displaying, by an application executing on a computing device, a singing exercise configured to allow a user to sing along as a song is played. Lyrics of the song are displayed as the song plays, thus allowing the user to read the lyrics as the user sings along to the song. An audio input is monitored as the song is played. A score representing how accurately the audio input matches the song is calculated. The score is provided to the user. A series of target pitch lines representative of target pitches on the display and a target pitch area encompassed about each target pitch line may be displayed. A pitch tracking line from the audio input may be computed and displayed. |
| US08294015B2 |
Method and system for utilizing a gaming instrument controller
Methods and systems for utilizing a gaming instrument controller are described. In one embodiment, a musical interaction recording of a song may be accessed. The musical interaction recording may include a backing audible portion of the song and a user reproduction indication associated with the song. The user reproduction indication may be presented in synchronization with the song. A plurality of musical note selections may be received from a gaming instrument controller based on the presenting of the user reproduction indication. A plurality of musical notes for the song may be generated based on the receiving of the plurality of musical note selections. The backing audible portion and the plurality of musical notes may be reproduced. |
| US08293996B1 |
Soybean variety XB36J10
A novel soybean variety, designated XB36J10 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety XB36J10, cells from soybean variety XB36J10, plants of soybean XB36J10, and plant parts of soybean variety XB36J10. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety XB36J10 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic, mutant trait, and/or native trait into soybean variety XB36J10, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety XB36J10. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety XB36J10 are further provided. |
| US08293995B1 |
Soybean variety XBP49005
A novel soybean variety, designated XBP49005 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety XBP49005, cells from soybean variety XBP49005, plants of soybean XBP49005, and plant parts of soybean variety XBP49005. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety XBP49005 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic, mutant trait, and/or native trait into soybean variety XBP49005, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety XBP49005. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety XBP49005 are further provided. |
| US08293989B1 |
Soybean variety XBP00801
A novel soybean variety, designated XBP00801 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety XBP00801, cells from soybean variety XBP00801, plants of soybean XBP00801, and plant parts of soybean variety XBP00801. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety XBP00801 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic, mutant trait, and/or native trait into soybean variety XBP00801, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety XBP00801. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety XBP00801 are further provided. |
| US08293987B1 |
Soybean variety XBP56002
A novel soybean variety, designated XBP56002 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety XBP56002, cells from soybean variety XBP56002, plants of soybean XBP56002, and plant parts of soybean variety XBP56002. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety XBP56002 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic, mutant trait, and/or native trait into soybean variety XBP56002, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety XBP56002. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety XBP56002 are further provided. |
| US08293986B1 |
Soybean variety XBP45002
A novel soybean variety, designated XBP45002 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety XBP45002, cells from soybean variety XBP45002, plants of soybean XBP45002, and plant parts of soybean variety XBP45002. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety XBP45002 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic, mutant trait, and/or native trait into soybean variety XBP45002, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety XBP45002. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety XBP45002 are further provided. |
| US08293985B1 |
Soybean variety XB56X10
A novel soybean variety, designated XB56X10 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety XB56X10, cells from soybean variety XB56X10, plants of soybean XB56X10, and plant parts of soybean variety XB56X10. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety XB56X10 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic, mutant trait, and/or native trait into soybean variety XB56X10, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety XB56X10. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety XB56X10 are further provided. |
| US08293984B1 |
Soybean cultivar 06JR212793
The present invention is in the field of soybean cultivar 06JR212793 breeding and development. The present invention particularly relates to the soybean cultivar 06JR212793 and its progeny, and methods of making 06JR212793. |
| US08293982B1 |
Soybean variety RJS38002
According to the invention, there is provided a novel soybean variety designated RJS38002. This invention thus relates to the seeds of soybean variety RJS38002, to the plants of soybean RJS38002 to plant parts of soybean variety RJS38002 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing plants of the soybean variety RJS38002 with another soybean plant, using RJS38002 as either the male or the female parent. |
| US08293981B2 |
Soybean cultivar S070163
A soybean cultivar designated S070163 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar S070163, to the plants of soybean S070163, to plant parts of soybean cultivar S070163, and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing soybean cultivar S070163 with itself or with another soybean variety. 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. This invention also relates to soybean cultivars, or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean variety S070163, to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar S070163, 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 the cultivar S070163 with another soybean cultivar. |
| US08293980B2 |
Lettuce varieties and method of production
Lettuce varieties ISI 43630 and ISI 43637 are described. Both ISI 43630 and ISI 43637 are red leaf lettuce varieties. |
| US08293978B2 |
Marchantiales-derived unsaturated fatty acid synthetase genes and use of the same
A Δ5 fatty acid desaturase gene, a Δ6 fatty acid desaturase gene, and a Δ6 fatty-acid-chain elongase gene are isolated from a single species of Marchantiales. By introducing these genes into higher plants, transformed plants which can produce arachidonic acid and eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) are obtained. |
| US08293977B2 |
Transgenic plants and methods for controlling bolting in sugar beet
This invention relates to the field of sugar beet bolting and flowering control, specifically methods and transgenic sugar beet plants for suppressing the vernalization response. In particular, the present invention includes sugar beet plants and methods for modulating sugar beet vernalization by over expression of an FLC gene or by suppressing AGL20 gene expression. |
| US08293974B2 |
Use of double stranded RNA hairpin duplexes in gene silencing
A DNA polynucleotide is described herein having a modified sequence of a target gene, wherein any one type of nucleotide in the target gene sequence has been chemically modified to another type of nucleotide; and a complementary sequence of the unmodified target gene; wherein either one of the modified sequence or the complementary sequence is in a reverse orientation to the other sequence; and wherein the RNA sequence transcribed from the DNA polynucleotide forms a duplex between the modified sequence and the complementary sequence so that a long double stranded RNA (IdsRNA) duplex forms between the modified and complementary sequences with base pair mismatches where the nucleotides have been modified, the IdsRNA duplex being capable of inhibiting expression of the target gene. RNA polynucleotides and IdsRNA duplexes transcribed by the DNA polynucleotide are also described, as is a method for producing the IdsRNA duplexes. These IdsRNA duplexes can be used in gene silencing. |
| US08293973B2 |
UDP-xylose synthases (UXS) polynucleotides, polypeptides and uses thereof
The present disclosure concerns methods and compositions relating to UXS polypeptides and/or nucleic acids encoding UXS polypeptides. In certain claims, the methods and compositions are of use to improve digestibility and/or ease of grain processing. Such improvements relate to a modulation in arabinoxylan and/or hemicellulose content in transgenic plants. Such plants can, for example, comprise one or more nucleic acid sequences that inhibit expression of one or more UDP-Xylose Synthase (UXS) genes. |
| US08293969B2 |
Absorbent product
An absorbent product has a top sheet, an absorbent core and a back sheet. The absorbent core includes 40% by weight or more of high absorbent resin powder and it is possible to slim down the absorbent core while keeping a sufficient amount of absorption to thereby achieve slimming down of the absorbent product. A top sheet lower part contacting the high absorbent resin powder in the absorbent core includes hydrophilic fibers having water retention characteristics, and moisture is temporarily retained in the top sheet lower part before reaching the absorbent core and rapidly disperses in a range facing the absorbent core of the top sheet lower part. As a result, it is possible to reliably absorb the moisture of excrement in the absorbent core and to simplify a structure of the absorbent product. |
| US08293967B2 |
Disposable absorbent articles having a windowed sensor
A disposable absorbent article suitable for receiving and containing bodily exudates, the article comprising a front region, a back region and a crotch region disposed between said front and back region, each region having two opposing longitudinal edges, and wherein said article further comprises a window on any one of said regions for viewing a sensor suitable for measuring a condition selected from the group consisting of temperature, dehydration, rash, pH, analyte levels, humidity, and combinations thereof and wherein the sensor is placed adjacent to and facing said window placed adjacent to and facing said window. |
| US08293966B2 |
Feminine hygiene pad
A feminine hygiene pad having at least a top and bottom layer comprised of the same varying solid colors which match the color of undergarments and/or outerwear of a user to further mask the existence of the pad. The top layer of the feminine hygiene pad may also include a small center area devoid of color in order to detect saturation. |
| US08293963B2 |
Process for the crystallization separation of P-xylene
Provided is a process for crystallization separating p-xylene, comprising: a) feeding a mixed xylenes stream comprising greater than or equal to 60% by weight, of p-xylene, such as 60% to 98% by weight of p-xylene, to a crystallization unit to perform cooling crystallization, to obtain a slurry comprising p-xylene crystals; and b) feeding the slurry to a filtration and purification unit, to obtain a mother liquor, washings, and p-xylene, wherein the filtration and purification unit uses a simulated moving bed or a combination of multiple moving beds. |
| US08293962B2 |
Process for producing a gasoline blending component and a middle distillate by adjusting a level of a halide containing additive during alkylation
A process for producing a gasoline blending component and a middle distillate, comprising adjusting a level of a halide containing additive provided to an ionic liquid alkylation reactor to shift selectivity towards heavier products, and recovering a low volatility gasoline blending component and the middle distillate. |
| US08293957B2 |
Oligo-tetracenes, production and use thereof
Described are oligotetracenes of formula I which may either be unsubstituted or carry one or more substituents R and R′ which are selected from the group comprising halogen, CN, alkyl or alkoxy radicals containing 1 to 18 carbon atoms, aryl radicals containing up to 10 carbon atoms which may also contain one or more heteroatoms, and/or fluorinated or perfluorinated alkyl or alkoxy radicals containing 1 to 18 carbon atoms, where n is an integer from 1 to 20, preferably 1 to 6, very particularly preferably 1 or 2, and X stands for a single bond, an alklyene group containing 1 to 6 carbon atoms, a hydrocarbon chain having one or more conjugated double bonds, an aryl group, or a system composed of one or more condensed aromatic rings. In the oligotetracenes according to the invention, one or more of the condensed aromatic six-atom rings may be substituted by a five-atom ring which may also contain a heteroatom. Also described is a method for preparing the referenced oligotetracenes, and use thereof as semiconductors in organic field-effect transistors (OFET's), organic light-emitting diodes (OLED's), sensors, and organic solar cells. |
| US08293956B2 |
Gasoline compositions
A gasoline composition is provided containing: (a) a gasoline base fuel; and (b) a terpene composition in an amount in the range of from 0.1 to 40% vol. based on total gasoline composition, said terpene composition comprising at least 60% wt. pinenes and having an acidity of at most 0.05 mgKOH/g. |
| US08293955B2 |
Production process for 1,2,3,4-tetrachlorohexafluorobutane and refining process
The production process for 1,2,3,4-tetrachlorohexafluorobutane of the present invention is characterized in that 1,2,3,4-tetrachlorobutane is reacted with fluorine in the presence of a solvent containing hydrogen fluoride. The 1,2,3,4-tetrachlorobutane may be obtained by chlorination of 3,4-dichlorobutene-1. Further, the present invention provides as well a process of refining 1,2,3,4-tetrachlorohexafluorobutane obtained in the manner described above. According to the present invention, 1,2,3,4-tetrachlorohexafluorobutane which is useful, for example, as a synthetic raw material for hexafluoro-1,3-butadiene used as an etching gas for semiconductors can industrially efficiently be produced by using 1,2,3,4-tetrachlorobutane which is a by-product of chloroprene and which has so far been disposed. |
| US08293951B2 |
Method for producing 1,2-propandiol by hydrogenation in at least three successive reactors
The present invention relates to a process for preparing 1,2-propanediol, in which a glycerol-containing stream, especially a stream obtained on the industrial scale in the production of biodiesel, is subjected to a hydrogenation in an at least three-stage reactor cascade. |
| US08293949B2 |
Process for producing low color glycols
The present invention provides a process for producing low color glycols that comprises altering at least one condition of a reaction component and/or process stream within the process to be unfavorable for the formation of at least one color-producing contaminant intermediate. As such, such intermediates may be reduced in concentration, or even eliminated entirely, from glycols produced by the process. Since they are not present, or are present in reduced number, the intermediates cannot form color-producing contaminants in the glycols, and low color glycols are provided to the customer. Any condition that can discourage the formation of color forming contaminant intermediates can be adjusted, although conditions that can be adjusted by materials or equipment already utilized in the process, e.g., temperature, pressure, pH, concentration of a color-forming contaminant precursor, the presence of one or more solvents or catalysts favorable for the production of the color-producing contaminant or contaminant intermediate, and the like, are preferred. |
| US08293947B2 |
Method for the preparation of therapeutically valuable triphenylbutene derivatives
The present invention concerns a method for the preparation of therapeutically valuable triphenylbutene derivatives, especially ospemifene or fispemifene. |
| US08293946B2 |
Dialdehyde compound, preparation method thereof, and synthetic method of carotenoids using the same
The novel C dialdehyde compound which can be efficiently utilized in the synthesis of carotenoid compounds based on the sulfone chemistry, the preparation method of the same, and the expeditious and practical synthetic processes for lycopene and β-carotene by the use of the above novel compound are disclosed. The syntheses of lycopene and β-carotene are characterized by the processes of the coupling reaction between two equivalents of geranyl sulfone or cyclic geranyl sulfone and the above C dialdehyde, the functional group transformation reactions of the diol in the resulting C 40 coupling products to X's (either halogens or ethers), and the double elimination reactions of the functional groups of the benzenesulfonyl and X to produce the fully conjugated polyene chain of the carotenoids. |
| US08293942B2 |
Reagents and method for measuring hydroxyl number in polyols
A pyridine-free esterification reagent for anhydride method to determine the hydroxyl number of polyols is provided. The reagent includes an anhydride, an oxometallic complex having a formula of MOmLn, and a neutral or slightly acidic solvent, wherein M includes transition metals of IVB, VB, or VIB group, L includes (OTf), X, and m and n are an integer greater than or equal to 1, wherein X is halogen, and R, R′, R″, and R′″, independently, are alkyl, aryl, or heterocyclic groups containing nitrogen, oxygen, phosphorus, or sulfur heteroatoms. The invention also provides a method to determine the hydroxyl number of polyols. |
| US08293938B2 |
Alkylphosphonous acids, salts and esters, methods for the production thereof, and use of the same
The invention relates to alkylphosphonous acids, salts and esters of formula (I) A-P(═O)(OX)—H (I) wherein A is C2-C20alkyl, C2-C20alkylene, and C8-C20 alkaryl are optionally substituted, and X is H, alkyl, aryl, alkylaryl, alkenyl, substituted alkyl, aryl, alkaryl, alkenyl, ammonium, primary, secondary, tertiary, quaternary alkyl and/or aryl ammonium, an alkali metal, an alkaline earth metal, a metal of the third and fourth main group and the second, fourth and eight sub-group or a metal of the lanthanoid group. The invention also relates to methods for producing same and to the uses of said compounds. |
| US08293935B2 |
Carboxylic acid recovery and methods related thereto
A method of producing an alkyl ester of a carboxylic acid is provided, the method comprising: adding an alkanol and a mineral acid to a carboxylic acid salt to provide a carboxylic acid/alkanol solution and a precipitated mineral acid salt; separating the mineral acid salt from the carboxylic acid/alkanol solution; esterifying the carboxylic acid; and isolating an alkyl ester of the carboxylic acid. |
| US08293934B2 |
Isocyanates and aromatic hydroxy compounds
An object of the present invention is to provide a process for producing isocyanates, which are industrially useful compounds, without using phosgene, and to provide a process for chemically recycling waste polycarbonate resin. The present invention discloses a process enabling isocyanate compounds to be produced without using phosgene as a raw material by subjecting a carbamic acid ester compound obtained by a reaction between an aromatic polycarbonate resin and an amine compound to a thermal decomposition reaction, while at the same time disclosing a process enabling chemical recycling of aromatic polycarbonate resin by recovering a divalent aromatic hydroxy compound forming aromatic polycarbonates. |
| US08293933B2 |
Method of producing substance immobilizing carrier
The object of the present invention is to inexpensively produce a carrier having a hydrophilic spacer, for immobilizing biological materials, etc., which has been very expensive so far. The present invention relates to a method of producing a substance immobilizing carrier, in which carboxyl groups or active ester groups are positioned on a support, which is characterized by including: a functional group-introducing step in which a functional group is introduced on a surface of a support; a hydrophilic compound binding step in which a hydrophilic compound having a binding group that can bind with the functional group and a hydroxyl group, is bound to the functional group through binding between the functional group and the binding group; a carboxyl group-forming step in which a carboxyl group is formed through ring-opening half-esterification between a cyclic acid anhydride and a hydroxyl group on the bound hydrophilic compound; and, if necessary, an active esterification step in which the carboxyl group formed in the carboxyl group forming step is converted into an active ester. |
| US08293926B2 |
Method of producing optically active 4-amino-3-substituted phenylbutanoic acid
The present invention provides a method of producing a compound (IIa) or a compound (IIb), provides a method of producing a compound (IIIa) or a compound (IIIb), provides a method of producing a compound (Va) or its salt or a compound (Vb) or its salt, provides a method of producing a compound (IIIa) or a compound (IIIb), further, provides a method of producing a compound (Va) or its salt or a compound (Vb) or its salt including these production methods. |
| US08293925B2 |
Pyrrolidinone carboxamide derivatives
Pyrrolidinone carboxamide compounds are provided that are useful for inhibiting the binding of ligands to the ChemR23 receptor. |
| US08293923B2 |
Indazole derivatives as modulators of interleukin-1 receptor-associated kinase
The present invention relates to modulators of IRAK kinases of formula (I) and provides compositions comprising such modulators, as well as methods therewith for treating IRAK-mediated or IRAK-associated conditions or diseases. |
| US08293919B2 |
Antibacterial sulfone and sulfoxide substituted heterocyclic urea compounds
The present invention provides novel sulfone and sulfoxide substituted heterocyclic urea compounds having useful antibacterial activity. Use of these compounds as pharmaceutical compositions and methods of production are provided. |
| US08293917B2 |
Pyrazole compounds as CCR1 antagonists
Disclosed are compounds of the formula (I) which block the interaction of CCR1 and its ligands and are thus useful for treating a variety of diseases and disorders that are mediated or sustained through the activity of CCR1 including autoimmune diseases, such as rheumatoid arthritis and multiple sclerosis. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds, methods of using these compounds in the treatment of various diseases and disorders, processes for preparing these compounds and intermediates useful in these processes. |
| US08293916B2 |
Diazole derivatives
The present invention relates to diazole derivatives of the general formula wherein A, E, R1, R2 and R3 are as defined in application and pharmaceutical compositions containing them. The invention also relates to use of such compounds for the treatment of diseases mediated by the metabotropic glutamate receptors (mGluR), such as anxiety, chronic and acute pain, protection against liver damage, urinary incontinence, obesity, Fragile-X and autism, Alzheimer's disease, epilepsy, schizophrenia, ischemia, Huntington's chorea, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), dementia caused by AIDs, and Parkinson's disease. |
| US08293912B2 |
Process for producing cisatracurium compounds and associated intermediates
The present invention provides processes for producing isoquinolinium compounds, and for converting them into cisatracurium salts, e.g., cisatracurium besylate |
| US08293904B2 |
Electrochemical affinity biosensor system and methods
The present invention provides novel osmium-based electrochemical species for the detection of wide variety of analytes using immunological techniques. The present invention also provides diagnostic kits and test sensors supporting electrode structures that can be used with the osmium-based electrochemical species. The test sensor can be fabricated to support interdigitated arrays of electrodes that have been designed to provide amplification of the electrical signal amplification desired to analyze analytes that may be present at low concentrations. |
| US08293901B2 |
MAPK/ERK kinase inhibitors
Compounds of the following formula are provided for use with MEK (I): wherein the variables are as defined herein. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions, kits and articles of manufacture comprising such compounds; methods and intermediates useful for making the compounds; and methods of using said compounds. |
| US08293900B2 |
Acylated spiropiperidine derivatives as melanocortin-4 receptor modulators
Certain novel N-acylated spiropiperidine derivatives are ligands of the human melanocortin receptor(s) and, in particular, are selective ligands of the human melanocortin-4 receptor (MC-4R). They are therefore useful for the treatment, control, or prevention of diseases and disorders responsive to the modulation of MC-4R, such as obesity, diabetes, nicotine addiction, alcoholism, sexual dysfunction, including erectile dysfunction and female sexual dysfunction. |
| US08293899B2 |
Process for reducing 3-heteroaryl-3-oxopropionic acid derivatives
The present invention relates to a process for preparing stereoisomerically enriched 3-heteroaryl-3-hydroxycarboxylic esters by reducing 3-heteroaryl-3-oxocarboxylic esters in the presence of ruthenium-containing catalysts. |
| US08293895B2 |
Carbapenem derivatives
The present invention relates to novel carbapenem derivatives and belongs to pharmaceutical field. Specifically, the present invention relates to the compounds as represented by formula (1), pharmaceutically acceptable salts, hydrolysable esters, isomers and intermediates thereof, wherein R1, R2, R3, R4 are described as in the description. The present invention also relates to the processes for the preparation of these compounds, to the pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds, and to their use for the manufacture of a medicament for the treatment and/or prevention of infectious diseases. |
| US08293891B2 |
4 (pyrrolopyridinyl)pyrimidin-2-ylamine derivatives
Compounds of the formula (I), in which R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5 have the meanings indicated in claim 1, are inhibitors of cell proliferation/cell vitality and can be employed for the treatment of tumors. |
| US08293890B2 |
Hyaluronic acid based copolymers
Hyaluronic acid (HA) conjugates or crosslinked HAs compositions for coating an implantable device are provided. The implantable device can be used for treating a disorder such as atherosclerosis, thrombosis, restenosis, high cholesterol, hemorrhage, vascular dissection or perforation, vascular aneurysm, vulnerable plaque, chronic total occlusion, claudication, anastomotic proliferation for vein and artificial grafts, bile duct obstruction, ureter obstruction, tumor obstruction, and combinations thereof. |
| US08293887B2 |
SiRNA targeting beta secretase (BACE)
Efficient sequence specific gene silencing is possible through the use of siRNA technology. By selecting particular siRNAs by rational design, one can maximize the generation of an effective gene silencing reagent, as well as methods for silencing genes. Methods, compositions, and kits generated through rational design of siRNAs are disclosed including those directed to nucleotide sequences for BACE. |
| US08293886B2 |
Sensizitation of cancer cells to therapy using sina targeting genes from the 1P and 19Q chromosomal regions
The invention relates to the identification of genes involved in resistance of cancer cells to therapy, to short nucleic acid molecules which inhibit the expression of these genes by RNA interference and to their use as adjuvant in cancer therapy, to sensitize cancer cells to conventional anticancer agents; the short nucleic acid molecules are double-stranded short interfering nucleic acid molecules including a sense and an antisense region, wherein the sense region includes a nucleotide sequence that is selected from the group consisting of: the sequences SEQ ID NO: 15, 11, 13, 14, 30, 31, 38, 46, 64 and 70 and the sequences having at least 70% identity, preferably at least 80% identity, more preferably at least 90% identity with the sequences, and the antisense region includes a nucleotide sequence that is complementary to the sense region. |
| US08293883B2 |
Engineered anti-IL-23P19 antibodies
Engineered antibodies to human IL-23p19 are provided, as well as uses thereof, e.g., in treatment of inflammatory, autoimmune, and proliferative disorders. |
| US08293882B2 |
Anti-tissue factor antibodies and compositions
Isolated anti-tissue factor antibodies, immunoglobulins, cleavage products and other specified portions and variants thereof having enhanced ADCC activity, as well as anti-tissue factor antibody compositions, encoding or complementary nucleic acids, vectors, host cells, compositions, formulations, devices, transgenic animals, transgenic plants, and methods of making and using thereof. The antibodies of the invention bind human tissue factor and demonstrate enhanced ADCC activity. Accordingly, the antibodies can be used in a variety of methods for diagnosing, treating, and/or preventing diseases involving tissue factor, where enhanced ADCC activity is desirable such as cancer. |
| US08293881B2 |
Isolated nucleic acid encoding a truncated ActRIIB fusion protein
In certain aspects, the present invention provides compositions and methods for modulating (promoting or inhibiting) growth of a tissue, such as bone, cartilage, muscle, fat, brown fat and/or neuronal tissue and for treating metabolic disorders such as diabetes and obesity, as well as disorders associated with any of the foregoing tissue. |
| US08293880B2 |
Prognostic panel for urinary bladder cancer
The present invention relates to methods of prognosing urothelial carcinoma. In one embodiment, the present invention provides a method of prognosing urothelial carcinoma by determining expression levels of JUN, MAP2K6, STAT3 and/or ICAM1. In another embodiment, the present invention provides an single prognostic panel made up of eight gene markers. In another embodiment, the present invention provides a single prognostic panel made up of eleven gene markers. |
| US08293879B2 |
Methods of using chimeric receptors to identify autoimmune disease
The present invention provides methods and compositions useful in the diagnosis and management of autoimmune diseases. In particular, the present invention provides improved methods and compositions for the diagnosis and management of Graves' disease. The methods of the present invention not only avoids the need for radioactivity and are much simpler, economical, and rapid than methods traditionally used for the diagnosis of Graves' disease, but also improve upon the sensitivity and detection abilities of previous luciferase-based autoantibody detection assays. |
| US08293878B2 |
Methods and compounds useful for the preparation of sodium glucose co-transporter 2 inhibitors
Methods of synthesizing sodium glucose co-transporter 2 inhibitors, as well as compounds useful therein, are disclosed. Particular inhibitors are compounds of formula I. |
| US08293875B2 |
Insulin-like growth factor II (IGF-II) binding factors
This invention relates to modified IGF-II binding domains of the Insulin-like Growth Factor 2 Receptor (IGF2R) which have enhanced binding affinity for IGF-II relative to the wild type IGF-II binding domain. Suitable IGF-II binding domains may be modified, for example, by substituting residue E1544 for a non-acidic residue. These modified domains may be useful in the sequestration of Insulin-like Growth Factor II (IGF-II), for example, in the treatment of cancer. |
| US08293868B2 |
Insecticidal polypeptides and methods of use thereof
A family of insecticidal polypeptides expressed in the venom gland of spiders of the genera Atrax and Hadronyche have been described. Also included are polynucleotides and expression vectors encoding the polypeptides and insect viruses and cells expressing the polypeptides. Transgenic plants and insects expressing the insecticidal polypeptides are also described. The insecticidal polypeptides may be employed in methods and compositions for treating insects, insect larvae, and plants. |
| US08293862B2 |
Polyester polymerization catalyst, polyester produced by using the same, and a process for producing polyester
The present invention provides processes for producing polyester. In one of the embodiments, the invention provides a process for producing polyester, comprising adding a catalyst in a polycondensation reaction, esterification reaction or transesterification reaction between components comprising at least a polyfunctional alcohol and at least a polyfunctional carboxylic acid or ester-forming derivative of a polyfunctional carboxylic acid to produce the polyester; and obtaining the polyester, wherein the polymerization catalyst comprises an aluminum substance and a phosphorus compound, wherein the aluminum substance is selected from the group consisting of aluminum hydroxide and aluminum alkoxides, and wherein the phosphorus compound has an aromatic ring structure. |
| US08293860B2 |
Non-thermofusible phenol resin powder, method for producing the same, thermosetting resin composition, sealing material for semiconductor, and adhesive for semiconductor
Disclosed is a non-thermofusible phenol resin powder having an average particle diameter of not more than 20 μm and a single particle ratio of not less than 0.7. This non-thermofusible phenol resin powder preferably has a chlorine content of not more than 500 ppm. This non-thermofusible phenol resin powder is useful as an organic filler for sealing materials for semiconductors and adhesives for semiconductors. The non-thermofusible phenol resin powder is also useful as a precursor of functional carbon materials such as a molecular sieve carbon and a carbon electrode material. |
| US08293856B2 |
Process for preparing olefin polymer using mixed catalyst
[Problem] To efficiently obtain an α-olefin polymer having a high melting point and a high molecular weight. [Solution to Problem] The process for preparing an olefin polymer of the present invention is a process for preparing an olefin polymer, comprising polymerizing at least one monomer selected from α-olefins of 2 or more carbon atoms, wherein the polymerization is carried out at a temperature of not lower than 40° C. in the presence of a catalyst comprising a transition metal compound component (A) which comprises two or more kinds of transition metal compounds (a) represented by the following formula [A1] and an organometallic compound component (B) which comprises an organometallic compound (b), propylene is contained in the monomer, and the olefin polymer is an olefin polymer whose weight-average molecular weight (Mw) and number-average molecular weight (Mn), as determined by gel permeation chromatography (GPC), satisfy the relationship of 1≦(Mw/Mn)≦3, and which has a melting point (Tm), as determined by DSC, of not lower than 150° C. and an intrinsic viscosity ([η]) of not less than 1.5 dl/g. |
| US08293854B2 |
Synthesis of chabazite-containing molecular sieves and their use in the conversion of oxygenates to olefins
In a method of synthesizing a silicoaluminophosphate molecular sieve having 90%+CHA framework type character, a reaction mixture is prepared comprising first combining a reactive source of aluminum with a reactive source of phosphorus to form a primary mixture that is aged. A reactive source of silicon and a template for directing the formation of the molecular sieve can then be added to form a synthesis mixture. Crystallization is then induced in the synthesis mixture. Advantageously, (i) the source of silicon comprises an organosilicate, (ii) the source of phosphorus optionally comprises an organophosphate, and (iii) the crystallized silicoaluminophosphate molecular sieve has a crystal size distribution such that its average crystal size is not greater than 5 μm. The molecular sieve can then preferably be used in a hydrocarbon (oxygenates-to-olefins) conversion process. |
| US08293852B2 |
Preparation method of quick oil-absorbent materials
This invention relates to an oil-absorbent polymer and the preparation method thereof, and disclosed a preparation method of quick oil absorbent material, which comprises: (1) Mixing and stirring well monomer A, vinyl monomer, initiator and vesicant to form a copolymerization system, wherein the amount of monomer A is in the range of approximately 10-50 wt %, the amount of vinyl monomer is in the range of approximately 48-88 wt %, the amount of initiator is in the range of approximately 0.01-5 wt %, the amount of vesicant is in the range of approximately 1-5 wt %; (2) And then immersing fiber carriers into the liquid of above-said copolymerization system to adsorb the liquid on the fiber carriers, then heating the fiber carriers under a temperature between 60˜80° C. for 1˜4 hours to synthesize polymers on the fiber carriers. The quick oil absent material is less dense than water, and has both high adsorption capacity and high adsorption rate, meanwhile it can be repeatedly used and the absorbed valuable oils can be regenerated to reduce cost effectively. |
| US08293850B2 |
Continuous process for solid phase polymerisation of polyesters
A process for the solid phase continuous polymerization of polyester in order to achieve a molecular weight increase, measurable by the intrinsic viscosity IV increase of the polyester, wherein the use of at least a reactor (15) is provided, the reactor (15) being cylindrical, rotary around its own central axis (S), substantially horizontal, slightly inclined so as to produce the polymerization of the polyester granules passing through the reactor by gravity thanks to the inclination and the rotation of the reactor (15), inside the reactor there being produced a purge gas flow having the same or the opposite direction with respect to the flow of the polyester granules. |
| US08293849B2 |
Silicone composition for sealing light emitting element, and light emittying device
A silicone composition for sealing a light emitting element includes: (A) a vinyl group-containing organopolysiloxane having a three-dimensional network structure represented by an average unit formula: (SiO4/2)a(ViR2SiO1/2)b(R3SiO1/2)c (where Vi represents a vinyl group, R's are identical or different substituted or unsubstituted monovalent hydrocarbon groups other than alkenyl groups, and a, b, and c are positive numbers satisfying that a/(a+b+c) is 0.2 to 0.6 and b/(a+b+c) is 0.001 to 0.2); (B) an organohydrogenpolysiloxane which has at least two hydrogen atoms, each hydrogen atom being bonded to a silicon atom per molecule, the organohydrogenpolysiloxane being contained in such an amount that an amount of a hydrogen atom bonded to a silicon atom is 0.3 to 3.0 mol per 1 mol of a vinyl group bonded to a silicon atom in the component (A); and (C) a hydrosilylation catalyst (catalytic amount), wherein a coefficient of linear expansion of the composition after curing is 10×10−6 to 290×10−6/° C. It is possible to obtain a cured product whose residual stress with a support substrate is reduced and which has long-term satisfactory and stable adhesiveness. |
| US08293842B2 |
Process for forming polymer blends
A method for forming a polymer blend, the method comprising charging to a reactive extruder a first polymer and a second polymer to form an initial blend, where the first polymer is a propylene-based elastomer including up to 35% by weight ethylene-derived units and a heat of fusion, as determined according to DSC procedures according to ASTM E-793, of less than 80 J/g and a melt temperature of less than 110° C., where the second polymer is a propylene-based polymer having a melt temperature in excess of 110° C. and a heat of fusion in excess of 80 J/g. |
| US08293837B2 |
Pigment dispersion, and ink composition, curable composition and curable ink composition produced with pigment dispersion
The present invention provides a pigment dispersion, including: (a) a pigment; and (b) a polymer compound as a dispersant for the pigment (a), wherein the polymer compound includes a urethane bond in a main chain, includes a pendant moiety containing a skeleton which is the same as a partial skeleton of the pigment (a), and further includes, at a side chain, at least one polymer chain selected from the group consisting of a polyester chain, a poly(meth)acrylate chain, and a polyalkylene oxide chain, and wherein the molecular weight of the skeleton which is the same as a partial skeleton of the pigment (a) is from 20 to 70% of the molecular weight of the pigment (a). |
| US08293832B2 |
Conjugated diene polymer, conjugated diene polymer composition, and method for producing conjugated diene polymer
A conjugated diene polymer obtained by reacting one end of a conjugated diene polymer having a monomer unit based on a conjugated diene and a monomer unit based on a compound represented by Formula (1) with a compound represented by Formula (2) wherein the content of the monomer unit based on the compound represented by Formula (1) is 0.01 to 20% by weight relative to 100% by weight of the total amount of the monomer unit in the conjugated diene polymer: wherein R11, R12, R21-R25,A, m and n are as defined in the specification. |
| US08293830B2 |
Silicone resin composites for high temperature durable elastic composite applications and methods for fabricating same
This invention relates to composites for use in high temperature elastic composite applications. Most particularly, this invention relates to elastic composites formed with a silanol-silanol condensation reaction mixture of silsesquioxane silicone resins thermally stabilized by boron nitride, silica and boron oxide additives as their matrix. The polymer matrix composite comprise a matrix of cured high, intermediate and optionally low molecular weight silicone resins including boron nitride and silica additives and reinforcing material. |
| US08293829B2 |
Colloidal dispersions of inorganic particles in liquid phases comprising ampholytic copolymers
Colloidal dispersions of inorganic particles in a liquid phase include ampholytic copolymers containing at least one macromolecular chain B and a moiety A bonded to a single end thereof and in which the macromolecular chain B includes cationic units Bc, deriving from cationic monomers Bc and the moiety A is a polymeric or non-polymeric group containing at least one anionic or potentially anionic group; such dispersions may have a positive zeta potential within a pH ranging from 1 to 11. |
| US08293826B2 |
Aliphatic polyester resin composition
An aliphatic polyester resin composition of improved moisture resistance formed by adding a phosphoric or phosphorous acid ester having a basicity of at most 1.4 of a saturated aliphatic alcohol having 8-24 carbon atoms. |
| US08293822B2 |
Rubber-metal composite and pneumatic tire using the same
The present technology provides a rubber-metal composite having high water resistant adhesion strength and a pneumatic tire using the same by providing a rubber-metal composite having metal reinforcing cords embedded in a rubber composition including from 0.05 to 10 parts by mass of a benzothiazole anticorrosive and/or a benzotriazole anticorrosive per 100 parts of a diene rubber. The present technology also provides a pneumatic tire using the rubber-metal composite. |
| US08293821B1 |
Composite wood adhesive
An improved composite wood adhesive extender, a method of producing the extender, and an adhesive mixture including the extender are provided, wherein the extender has performance satisfactory to the manufacturing needs of composite and ply wood products, while also extending the adhesive at a reasonable cost. The adhesive mixture may comprise a primary and secondary extender. The primary extender is composed of a wood-based product. The secondary extender of the present invention is composed of an amylaceous material comprising 100% substantially uncooked flour or starch, or an amylaceous material comprising 100% substantially uncooked flour or starch blended with a high fiber by-product. Alternatively, the secondary extender is composed of pre-gelatinized flour or starch and a mixture of pre-gelatinized flour or starch with flour comprising an advantageous quantity of raw starch. The secondary extender may substitute for about 25-40% of the primary extender on about a 1:1 ratio basis. |
| US08293820B2 |
Cationic electrodeposition coating composition and articles coated with the electrodeposition coating
A cationic electrodeposition coating composition comprising a cationic resin (A) and a blocked polyisocyanate (B) obtained by reaction between a polyisocyanate compound (b1) with two or more isocyanate groups, castor oil (b2) and a blocking agent (b3). The cationic electrodeposition coating composition has excellent throwing power, suitability for electrodeposition onto hot dip galvanized steel sheets, finished appearance and corrosion resistance. |
| US08293810B2 |
Rapid prototyping resin compositions
A resin composition suited for rapid prototyping is provided comprising (I) an actinic energy radiation-curable silicone composition, (II) an actinic energy radiation-sensitive polymerization initiator, and (III) an actinic energy radiation absorber. The resin composition experiences little viscosity buildup and maintains fluidity during long-term storage at elevated temperature, and is effective in rapid prototyping or shaping by stereolithography using any actinic energy radiation. |
| US08293805B2 |
Tracking feedstock production with micro scale gas-to-liquid units
A method of tracking production from an NG source that includes the steps of providing one or more micro-scale GTL units, feeding NG from the source to the micro-scale GTL units, operating the micro-scale GTL units and adjusting the number of micro-scale GTL units employed to track or match the production from the source is provided. In some aspects of the invention, the micro-scale GTL unit includes both syngas manufacture and liquid product synthesis. The liquid product synthesis step may produce methanol, mixed higher carbon number alcohols, dimethyl ether, Fischer-Tropsch liquids, and/or any combination of these products. |
| US08293803B2 |
Retinoid compounds and their use
The invention relates to retinoid compounds of the formula (I): wherein V is a hydrophobic group; W is a non-polyenic linker; and X is a polar group comprising a hydrogen bond donor; or a salt thereof, and to the use of such compounds in the control of cell differentiation. |
| US08293802B2 |
Gentle-acting skin-disinfectants and hydroalcoholic gel formulations
Antimicrobial compositions having synergistic combinations of octoxyglycerin and at least one other antimicrobial agent in formulations which are more effective than prior art compositions without causing increased irritation to the skin of the average user. In certain embodiments, skin irritation may be minimized by low concentrations of antimicrobials and/or the presence of soothing compounds such as zinc. Preferred embodiments include combinations of octoxyglycerin, a quaternary compound, and at least one other antimicrobial agent. Without being bound to any particular theory, it is hypothesized that the unexpected antimicrobial effectiveness of combinations of octoxyglycerin may result from an enhancement of the permeability of microbes to antimicrobials caused by octoxyglycerin. Hydroalcoholic gel composition containing alcohol, water, hydrogel, and emollient or emulsifier, wherein the composition has a viscosity of below 2000 centipoises at between 20 and 40° C. This skin-friendly hydroalcoholic gel composition, which can be further combined with silicone polymer, emollient solvent, thickening agent and antimicrobial agent, enhances rapid and long-term antimicrobial efficacy. |
| US08293799B2 |
Osmotic device containing a venlafaxine salt and a salt having an ion in common
The osmotic devices of the present invention include a single core comprising a salt of a drug and an osmotic salt, wherein the drug salt and the osmotic salt have a common ion. The release rate of the active drug is reduced, and the release profile of the active drug is modified, from a first order release profile to a zero order, pseudo-zero order, or sigmoidal release profile, by increasing the amount of the sodium chloride in the core of the device. In one embodiment the sodium chloride is used to modify a controlled release profile to a delayed and controlled release profile. |
| US08293791B2 |
Method of neuroprotection by pharmacological inhibition of AMP-activated protein kinase
A method of neuroprotection which comprises administration of an AMPK inhibitor to a patient who is experiencing or has experienced a stroke, the compound being an AMPK inhibitor. Treatments with these agents significantly reduce the size of infarcts, and therefore minimize the loss of brain tissue and neurons. Thus, function can be preserved after stroke or ischemic injury in the brain. Similarly, neuronal loss can be minimized in degenerative diseases that cause neuronal compromise by perturbing energy utilization and availability in neurons. |
| US08293784B2 |
α-amino acid derivatives for improving solubility
The invention relates to the use of α-amino acid derivatives for improving the solubility of sparingly soluble substances in water or aqueous solutions, and to mixtures and preferred compositions. |
| US08293783B2 |
Use of artemisinin derivatives for the treatment of asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
Artesunate is a derivative of artemisinin isolated from a Chinese herb Artemisia annua L. It is used clinically for the treatment of malaria. We investigated potential anti-inflammatory actions of artemisinin derivatives. artemisinin derivatives significantly inhibited OVA-induced signs, symptoms and parameter of airway disorders Taken together, our results clearly demonstrate anti-inflammatory effects of artemisinin derivatives. Artemisinin derivatives can be used to complement or to replace oral steroids during asthma exacerbation treatment. Further artemisinin derivatives can be used as an anti-inflammatory agent for controlling airway disorders. |
| US08293782B2 |
Compound, probe containing the novel compound, and fluorescence-imaging contrast agent containing the novel compound or the probe
A compound represented by Formula (1) below, where n is 2 or 3; a is an integer of 1 to 4 and b is an integer of 3 and 5 to 10, or a is 5 and b is an integer of 1 to 10; R1 to R8 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or a sulfonate that is any one of sodium sulfonate, potassium sulfonate, ammonium sulfonate, triethylammonium sulfonate, pyridinium sulfonate, lysine sulfonate, and arginine sulfonate; and R9 to R12 each independently represent a substituted or unsubstituted C1-C3 alkyl group. |
| US08293780B1 |
Anti-cancer agents based on 6-trifluoromethoxybenzimidazole derivatives and method of making
The present disclosure relates to novel compounds having the structural Formulas (1a,1b), stereoisomers, tautomers, racemics, prodrugs, metabolites thereof, or pharmaceutically acceptable salt and/or solvate thereof as chemotherapy agents for treating of cancer, particularly androgen-independent prostate cancer. The disclosure also relates to methods for preparing said compounds, and to pharmaceutical compositions comprising said compounds. |
| US08293778B2 |
Heterocyclic antiviral compounds
The present invention relates to a method of treating an HIV-I infection with a compound according to formula I where R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, are as defined herein. |
| US08293777B2 |
Angiotensin II receptor antagonists
A compound having the structure wherein R is an angiotensin receptor antagonist active group, and Y is Y is selected from the group consisting of R1 is selected from the group consisting of —O—C1-6 alkyl, —O-aryl, —O-heteroaryl, —O—C3-8 cycloalkyl, —C1-6 alkyl, -aryl, -heteroaryl, and —C3-8 cycloalkyl; R2 and R3 are independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen and C1-4 alkyl, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or hydrate thereof, which is useful for treating hypertension. |
| US08293774B2 |
Optically active (R)-aryloxypropionic acid amides and herbicidal composition comprising same
The present invention relates to an optically active (R)-aryloxypropionic acid amide compound which has high selectivity and safety for protecting a crop such as rice, wheat, barley and soy bean, and exhibits excellent herbicidal activity against weeds, and a herbicidal composition comprising the same. |
| US08293773B2 |
1, 2, 3-triazole derivatives as new cannabinoid-1 receptor antagonists
The present invention relates to 1,2,3-triazole derivatives which can be used as cannabinoid CB1 receptor antagonists. In addition, the compound of the 1,2,3-triazole derivatives in the present invention can be formulated into a pharmaceutical composition for treating indications relative to signal transduction of CB1 receptors. |
| US08293772B2 |
Triazole substituted aminobenzophenone compounds
The invention relates to novel compounds according to formula Ia and Ib, said compounds being useful, e.g. in the treatment of inflammatory, ophthalmic diseases, or cancer. |
| US08293770B2 |
Pyrrolidine derivatives as NK-3 receptor antagonists
The present invention relates to a compound of formula I wherein Ar1, Ar2, R1, R2, R3, n, o, and p are as described herein or to a pharmaceutically active salt, to all stereoisomeric forms, including individual diastereoisomers and enantiomers as well as to racemic and non-racemic mixtures thereof. Compounds of the invention are high potential NK-3 receptor antagonists for the treatment of depression, pain, psychosis, Parkinson's disease, schizophrenia, anxiety and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). |
| US08293769B2 |
CSF-1R inhibitors, compositions, and methods of use
Benzoxazole and benzothiazole compounds and their oxides, esters, prodrugs, solvates, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof are disclosed. Compositions of the compounds, either alone or in combination with at least one additional therapeutic agent, with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, and uses of the compounds, either alone or in combination with at least one additional therapeutic agent are also disclosed. The embodiments are useful for inhibiting cellular proliferation, inhibiting the growth and/or metathesis of tumors, treating or preventing cancer, treating or preventing degenerating bone diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis, and/or inhibiting molecules such as CSF 1R. |
| US08293768B2 |
Organic compounds
The present invention provides heterocyclic derivatives that modulate the activity of stearoyl-CoA desaturase. Methods of using such derivatives to modulate the activity of stearoyl-CoA desaturase and pharmaceutical compositions comprising such derivatives are also encompassed. |
| US08293765B2 |
Injectable depot formulation comprising crystals of iloperidone
An injectable depot formulation comprising crystals having structure (I) wherein R is (FII) and the X50 value of the crystals is from 1 to 200 microns. Depot formulations containing crystals of iloperidone or its metabolites have the following advantages: (i) release of the crystals in plasma can be correlated with the size of the crystals; (ii) absorption of the crystals in plasma can be correlated with the size of the crystals; (iii) the particle size of the crystals can be controlled by crystal engineering and/or milling; and (iv) the crystals are stable upon storage, and stable to sterilization procedures, such as gamma irradiation. |
| US08293764B2 |
Compositions and methods for disruption of BRCA2-Rad51 interaction
Contemplated compounds disrupt interaction between BRCA2 and RAD51, likely by binding to RAD51. Based on the crucial role of the BRCA2-RAD51 complex formation in DNA repair and the role of RAD51 in the control of entry into S-phase from G1, numerous compositions and methods are presented. Among other advantageous uses, contemplated compounds may be employed as protective agents for non-neoplastic cells in chemotherapy before exposure of the cells to a chemotherapeutic drug, and/or as DNA-damage sensitizer for neoplastic cells. |
| US08293757B2 |
5-(4-(haloalkoxy)phenyl) pyrimidine-2-amine compounds and compositions as kinase inhibitors
The invention provides compounds of formula (1) and pharmaceutical compositions thereof, which are useful as protein kinase inhibitors, as well as methods for using such compounds to treat, ameliorate or prevent a condition associated with abnormal or deregulated kinase activity. In some embodiments, the invention provides methods for using such compounds to treat, ameliorate or prevent diseases or disorders that involve abnormal activation of c-kit, PDGFRα, PDGFRβ, CSF1R, AbI, BCR-AbI, CSK, JNK1, JNK2, p38, p70S6K, TGFβ, SRC, EGFR, trkB, FGFR3. Fes, Lck, Syk, RAF, MKK4, MKK6, SAPK2β, BRK, Fms, KDR, c-rapor b-raf kinases. |
| US08293756B2 |
Pharmaceutical compositions comprising nilotinib hydrochloride monohydrate
A pharmaceutical composition, especially capsules, comprising granules containing nilotinib or a salt thereof with at least one pharmaceutically acceptable excipient. The granules may be produced by a wet granulation process. |
| US08293755B2 |
Treatment of statin side effects using uridine derivatives
The invention relates generally to treatment of muscle pain and/or fatigue and to methods of treatment of side effects of statin therapy which involve the administration of uridine, biological precursors or derivatives or uridine or salts, esters, tautomers or analogues thereof, which are collectively referred to as uridine related compounds. The invention is also directed to compositions, uses and combination packs or kits related to the treatment method. |
| US08293753B2 |
Substituted 2-carboxamide cycloamino ureas
The present invention relates to compounds of formula I and salts thereof, wherein the substituents are as defined in the description, to compositions and use of the compounds in the treatment of diseases ameliorated by inhibition of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase. |
| US08293750B2 |
Pyrazines as delta opioid receptor modulators
Disclosed are compounds, compositions and methods for treating various diseases, syndromes, conditions and disorders, including pain. Such compounds are represented by Formula I as follows: wherein R1, R2, R3, L, X, and Y are defined herein. |
| US08293744B2 |
Heterocyclic fused cinnoline M1 receptor positive allosteric modulators
The present invention is directed to heterocyclic fused cinnoline 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. |
| US08293741B2 |
Intraocular implants and methods for improving vision
Biocompatible intraocular implants include an alpha-2 adrenergic receptor agonist and a polymer associated with the alpha-2 adrenergic receptor agonist to facilitate release of the alpha-2 adrenergic receptor agonist into an eye for an extended period of time. The alpha-2 adrenergic receptor agonist may be associated with a biodegradable polymer matrix, such as a matrix of a two biodegradable polymers. The implants can be placed in an eye to treat one or more ocular conditions, such as an ocular vasculopathy or glaucoma, among others or to improve vision in a normal eye. |
| US08293736B2 |
Purine compounds selective for PI3K P110 delta, and methods of use
The invention provides compounds having the general formula: and stereoisomers, tautomers, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein R1, R2, R3, R4 and n are defined herein, compositions including the compounds and method of using the compounds to treat a disease or disorder mediated by the p110 delta isoform of PI3 kinase selected from immune disorders, cancer, cardiovascular disease, viral infection, inflammation, metabolism/endocrine function disorders and neurological disorders. |
| US08293734B2 |
Nitroimidazooxazine and nitroimidazooxazole analogues and their uses
The current invention pertains to nitroimidazooxazine and nitroimidazooxazole analogues, their methods of preparation, and uses of the compounds as treatment for Mycobacterium tuberculosis, for use as anti-tubercular drugs, for use as anti-protozoal agents with unexpectedly high potency against Trypanosoma cruzi or Leishmania donovani, and for the treatment of other microbial infections. |
| US08293733B2 |
Oil dispersions of nAChR binding neonicotinoids
Selective insect neonicotinoids is a class of pesticide active ingredients that share some characteristics in their chemical structures and bind to the nAChR acetylcholine receptors. Formulation of such compounds in oil suspension or oil dispersion is challenging due to their electrostatic interactions of the heteroatoms in oily media, that lead to irreversible flocculation or diminished homogeneicity and bleeding of such oil dispersions. Imidacloprid, Thiamethoxam, Thiachloprid, Nitenpyram, Acetamiprid, Clothianidin and Dinetofuran and derivatives thereof with nAChR binding ability are successfully formulated in oil suspension with the use of certain copolymeric anionic fatty-acid based dispersants, sorbitan derivatives, ionic surfactants, other non-ionic surfactants and inorganic polyvalent cationic salt dispersed in the oil. The formulations this way produced show excellent storage stability properties regarding physiochemical parameters, including stability of the neonicotinoid active ingredient, reduced bleeding, and complete redispersibility. Further, they show excellent biological efficacy due to the reduced and homogeneous particle size below 2 μm when diluted—emulsified—in water. |
| US08293728B2 |
Methods of treating hypertriglyceridemia
In various embodiments, the present invention provides methods of treating and/or preventing cardiovascular-related disease and, in particular, a method of blood lipid therapy comprising administering to a subject in need thereof a pharmaceutical composition comprising eicosapentaenoic acid or a derivative thereof. |
| US08293727B2 |
Methods of treating hypertriglyceridemia
In various embodiments, the present invention provides methods of treating and/or preventing cardiovascular-related disease and, in particular, a method of blood lipid therapy comprising administering to a subject in need thereof a pharmaceutical composition comprising eicosapentaenoic acid or a derivative thereof. |
| US08293719B2 |
iRNA agents targeting VEGF
The features of the present invention relate to compounds, compositions and methods useful for modulating the expression of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), such as by the mechanism of RNA interference (RNAi). The compounds and compositions include iRNA agents that can be unmodified or chemically-modified. |
| US08293710B2 |
Method for treating wounds using an EGF-like domain of thrombomodulin
The invention relates to a method for treatment of wound healing, comprising administering to a patient in need of such treatment with an effective amount of a polypeptide comprising amino acid sequence or a conservative variant thereof having EGF-like domain of thrombomodulin. The invention also relates to a composition for the use of accelerating wound healing, comprising a polypeptide comprising amino acid sequence or a conservative variant thereof having EGF-like domain of thrombomodulin. |
| US08293704B2 |
Crystalline form of linaclotide
The present invention relates to crystalline forms of linaclotide, as well as to various methods and processes for the preparation and use of the crystalline forms. |
| US08293699B2 |
Hard surface cleaning composition with hydrophilizing agent and method for cleaning hard surfaces
A composition for cleaning or rinsing hard surfaces in an aqueous or aqueous/alcoholic medium including at least one organophosphorus material for contributing to said surfaces antideposition and/or antiadhesion properties with regard to soiling substances capable of being deposited on the surfaces. |
| US08293696B2 |
Alkaline composition comprising a chelant mixture, including HEIDA, and method of producing same
Compositions, such as alkali builder compositions for the laundry industry, are provided and include water, an alkali metal hydroxide component, a chelating component and a hydroxyethyliminodiacetic acid (HEIDA) component. Methods for producing such compositions are also disclosed. |
| US08293693B2 |
Conductive lubricant composition
The present invention provides a conductive lubricant composition, characterized in that the composition contains a lubricating base oil (A) other than a silicone oil, and a non-metallic antistatic agent (B), and exhibits a kinematic viscosity of 25 mm2/s or less at 40° C., a viscosity index of 100 or higher, a flash point of 150° C. or higher, and a volume resistivity of 1×1010Ω·cm or less at 25° C.The invention also provides a bearing oil formed from the lubricant composition. |
| US08293686B2 |
Emulsified polymer drilling fluid and methods of preparation
A water-based polymer drilling fluid, containing effective quantities of surfactants having HLB numbers equal to or greater than approximately 7, emulsifies oil and bitumen contained in oil sand cuttings, resulting in the oil and bitumen being dispersed into the mud as an emulsion. This eliminates or significantly reduces the ability of the oil, bitumen, and cuttings to clog the well or stick to drill string components when drilling a well through oil-bearing sands, particularly sands containing highly viscous oil or bitumen. The emulsification process separates the sand particles from the oil and bitumen, such that the sand particles can be removed when the mud is run through a conventional shale shaker or other suitable apparatus. |
| US08293682B2 |
Growth regulators for gramineous weeds
The invention provides a growth regulator for gramineous weeds, particularly those growing in turf, which comprises, as an active ingredient, cytokinin and/or an ethylene-producing substance in combination with cytokinin; and a method for regulating the growth of gramineous weeds with the relevant growth regulator more economically with ease. |
| US08293680B2 |
Fungicidal mixtures of triticonazole and difenoconazole
Fungicidal mixtures comprising, as active components: 1) triticonazole of the formula I and 2) difenoconazole of the formula II in a synergistically effective amount, and also compositions comprising these mixtures. |
| US08293673B2 |
Process for preparing 4-aminodiphenylamine
A complex base catalyst comprising tetraalkyl ammonium hydroxide and tetraalkyl ammonium salt for the condensation reaction of aniline and nitrobenzene. |
| US08293668B2 |
Dielectric ceramic composition
Dielectric ceramic composition comprising a barium titanate including barium titanate having hexagonal structure as a main component, and an element “M”, an effective ionic radius of the “M” is within ±20% with respect to an effective ionic radius of 12-coordinated Ba2+ or with respect to an effective ionic radius of 6-coordinated Ti4+, an ionic valence of the “M” is larger than that of the Ba or Ti. |
| US08293665B2 |
Antiballistic article
An antiballistic article comprising a plurality of fabric layers of fibers with a strength of at least 1100 MPa according to ASTM D-885 is proposed, whereby there are at least two groups of areas with different textile densities within at least one fabric layer. Areas of a first group have a textile density of 8% to 31% according to Walz and areas of a second group have a textile density of 32% to 80% according to Walz. |
| US08293664B1 |
Process for producing polyvinyl alcohol articles
A process for producing a polyvinyl alcohol film or fabric having a modified non-porous surface which can be used to form disposable protective clothing, wraps, and articles similar to TYVEK® by impinging steam on at least one surface. |
| US08293662B2 |
Method of manufacturing semiconductor device, apparatus for manufacturing same, and storage medium
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes steps of: generating positively or negatively charged fine bubbles having substantially zero buoyancy in a coating solution as an insulating film forming material; coating the coating solution including the bubbles on a substrate to form a coating film; and baking the coating film by heating the substrate before the bubbles are removed to obtain a porous low dielectric constant insulating film. |
| US08293661B2 |
Semiconductor device and manufacturing method thereof
One embodiment of the present invention is to achieve high mobility in a device using an oxide semiconductor and provide a highly reliable display device. An oxide semiconductor layer including a crystal region in which c-axis is aligned in a direction substantially perpendicular to a surface is formed and an oxide insulating layer is formed over and in contact with the oxide semiconductor layer. Oxygen is supplied to the oxide semiconductor layer by third heat treatment. A nitride insulating layer containing hydrogen is formed over the oxide insulating layer and fourth heat treatment is performed, so that hydrogen is supplied at least to an interface between the oxide semiconductor layer and the oxide insulating layer. |
| US08293660B2 |
Method of manufacturing semiconductor device
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes forming a photoresist pattern on an insulating film formed on a semiconductor substrate by applying a photoresist on the insulating film; processing the insulating film by removing an unnecessary portion of the insulating film by wet etching; and implanting ions into the insulating film before and/or after forming the photoresist pattern. In implanting the ions, the depth of a damaged region formed in the insulating film by implanting the ions is changed in accordance with the presence or absence of the photoresist pattern. |
| US08293659B2 |
Method for fabricating dielectric layer with improved insulating properties
A method for fabricating a dielectric layer with improved insulating properties is provided, including: providing a dielectric layer having a first resistivity; performing a hydrogen plasma doping process to the dielectric layer; and annealing the dielectric layer, wherein the dielectric layer has a second resistivity greater than that of the first resistivity after annealing thereof. |
| US08293658B2 |
Reactive site deactivation against vapor deposition
Methods and structures relating to the formation of mixed SAMs for preventing undesirable growth or nucleation on exposed surfaces inside a reactor are described. A mixed SAM can be formed on surfaces for which nucleation is not desired by introducing a first SAM precursor having molecules of a first length and a second SAM precursor having molecules of a second length shorter than the first. Examples of exposed surfaces for which a mixed SAM can be provided over include reactor surfaces and select surfaces of integrated circuit structures, such as insulator and dielectric layers. |
| US08293655B2 |
Dry etching method
In a dry etching method, a silicon substrate is mounted on an electrode arranged in a processing chamber; a plasma is generated by discharging an etching gas in the processing chamber; a radio frequency power for attracting ions from the plasma is supplied to the electrode; and the silicon substrate is etched by the plasma. A pressure inside the processing chamber is set as 1 mTorr to 100 mTorr, and the etching is carried out while satisfying the following equation: yM≧2.84*10−3x+0.28, where yM is a power density of the radio frequency power per unit area of the electrode and x is the pressure inside the processing chamber. |
| US08293650B2 |
Phase change memory device in which a phase change layer is stably formed and prevented from lifting and method for manufacturing the same
A phase change memory device includes a semiconductor substrate having a plurality of phase change cell regions; a lower electrode formed in each of the phase change cell regions on the semiconductor substrate; an insulation layer formed on the semiconductor substrate to cover the lower electrode and defined with a contact hole which exposes the lower electrode; a heater formed in the contact hole; a conductive pattern formed on the insulation layer to be spaced apart from the heater; a phase change layer formed on the heater, the conductive pattern, and portions of the insulation layer between the heater and the conductive pattern; and an upper electrode formed on the phase change layer. This phase change memory device allows the phase change layer to be stably formed and prevents the phase change layer from lifting. |
| US08293649B2 |
Release accumulative charges on wafers using O2 neutralization
A method of forming an integrated circuit structure on a wafer includes providing an etcher having an electrostatic chuck (ESC); and placing the wafer on the ESC. The wafer includes a conductive feature and a dielectric layer over the conductive feature. The method further includes forming and patterning a photo resist over the wafer; and etching the dielectric layer to form a via opening in the wafer using the etcher. An ashing is performed to the photo resist to remove the photo resist. An oxygen neutralization is performed to the wafer. A de-chuck step is performed to release the wafer from the ESC. |
| US08293645B2 |
Method for forming photovoltaic cell
A photovoltaic cell manufacturing method is disclosed. Methods include manufacturing a photovoltaic cell having a selective emitter and buried contact (electrode) structure utilizing nanoimprint technology. The methods include providing a semiconductor substrate having a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface; forming a first doped region in the semiconductor substrate adjacent to the first surface; performing a nanoimprint process and an etching process to form a trench in the semiconductor substrate, the trench extending into the semiconductor substrate from the first surface; forming a second doped region in the semiconductor substrate within the trench, the second doped region having a greater doping concentration than the first doped region; and filling the trench with a conductive material. The nanoimprint process uses a mold to define a location of an electrode line layout. |
| US08293644B2 |
Methods of manufacturing a semiconductor memory device
Methods of forming a semiconductor include forming an insulation layer over a semiconductor substrate in which a first region and a second region are defined. A storage node contact (SNC) that passes through the insulation layer is formed and is electrically connected to the first region. A conductive layer that passes through the insulation layer is deposited and is electrically connected to the second region on the insulation layer and the SNC. A bit line is formed by removing an upper portion of the conductive layer, an upper portion of the insulation layer and an upper portion of the SNC until the SNC and the conductive layer are electrically separated from each other, wherein the bit line is a remaining part of the conductive layer. |
| US08293643B2 |
Method and structure of forming silicide and diffusion barrier layer with direct deposited film on silicon
A semiconductor device or a photovoltaic cell having a contact structure, which includes a silicon (Si) substrate; a metal alloy layer deposited on the silicon substrate; a metal silicide layer and a diffusion layer formed simultaneously from thermal annealing the metal alloy layer; and a metal layer deposited on the metal silicide and barrier layers. |
| US08293640B2 |
Semiconductor structure and manufacturing method thereof
A semiconductor structure and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The method includes the following steps. Firstly, a semiconductor substrate having an active surface and a back surface is provided. The active surface is opposite to the back surface, and the semiconductor substrate includes at least one grounding pad disposed on the active surface. Secondly, at least one through silicon via is formed through the semiconductor substrate from the back surface to the active surface thus exposing the grounding pad. Then, a conductive layer is formed on the back surface of the semiconductor substrate and filled into the through silicon via to electrically connect to the grounding pad and the semiconductor substrate. |
| US08293636B2 |
Conductive connection structure with stress reduction arrangement for a semiconductor device, and related fabrication method
A semiconductor device disclosed herein includes a conductive connection structure having a stepped profile that serves as a stress relief feature. The conductive connection structure includes a stress buffer arrangement for a contact pad. The stress buffer arrangement has a stepped via that terminates at the contact pad, and the stepped via has a plurality of inwardly sloped and concentric sections in a stacked orientation. The connection structure also includes underbump metallization overlying at least a portion of the contact pad and lining the stepped via, and a conductive connection element coupled to the underbump metallization. The conductive connection element fills the lined recess. |
| US08293628B2 |
Strain-controlled atomic layer epitaxy, quantum wells and superlattices prepared thereby and uses thereof
Processes for forming quantum well structures which are characterized by controllable nitride content are provided, as well as superlattice structures, optical devices and optical communication systems based thereon. |
| US08293627B2 |
Method for manufacturing a mono-crystalline semiconductor layer on a substrate
The described system relates to a method for forming a layer of a mono-crystalline semiconductor material on a substrate, comprising providing a substrate, growing epitaxially a template comprising at least one monolayer of a semiconductor material on the substrate, thereafter depositing an amorphous layer of the semiconductor material on the template; performing a thermal treatment or a laser anneal, thereby converting substantially all of the amorphous layer of the semiconductor material into a mono-crystalline layer of the semiconductor material. According to an embodiment, the semiconductor material is Ge and the substrate is a Si substrate. The template is preferably a few monolayers thick. |
| US08293625B2 |
Structure and method for hard mask removal on an SOI substrate without using CMP process
A hard mask material is removed from an SOI substrate without using a chemical mechanical polish (CMP) process. A blocking material is deposited on a hard mask material after a deep trench reactive ion etch (RIE) process. The blocking material on top of the hard mask material is removed. A selective wet etching process is used to remove the hard mask material. Trench recess depth is effectively controlled. |
| US08293624B2 |
Large area nanoenabled macroelectronic substrates and uses therefor
A method and apparatus for an electronic substrate having a plurality of semiconductor devices is described. A thin film of nanowires is formed on a substrate. The thin film of nanowires is formed to have a sufficient density of nanowires to achieve an operational current level. A plurality of semiconductor regions are defined in the thin film of nanowires. Contacts are formed at the semiconductor device regions to thereby provide electrical connectivity to the plurality of semiconductor devices. Furthermore, various materials for fabricating nanowires, thin films including p-doped nanowires and n-doped nanowires, nanowire heterostructures, light emitting nanowire heterostructures, flow masks for positioning nanowires on substrates, nanowire spraying techniques for depositing nanowires, techniques for reducing or eliminating phonon scattering of electrons in nanowires, and techniques for reducing surface states in nanowires are described. |
| US08293617B2 |
Gap processing
Among various methods, devices, and apparatuses, a number of methods are provided for forming a gap between circuitry. One such method includes depositing a first oxide precursor material on at least two conductive lines having at least one gap between the at least two conductive lines, and forming a breadloaf configuration with the first oxide precursor material on a top of each of the at least two conductive lines that leaves a space between a closest approach of at least two adjacent breadloaf configurations. The method also includes depositing a second oxide precursor material over the first oxide precursor material, where depositing the second oxide precursor material results in closing the space between the closest approach of the at least two adjacent breadloaf configurations. |
| US08293609B2 |
Method of manufacturing a transistor device having asymmetric embedded strain elements
Semiconductor transistor devices and related fabrication methods are provided. An exemplary transistor device includes a layer of semiconductor material having a channel region defined therein and a gate structure overlying the channel region. Recesses are formed in the layer of semiconductor material adjacent to the channel region, such that the recesses extend asymmetrically toward the channel region. The transistor device also includes stress-inducing semiconductor material formed in the recesses. The asymmetric profile of the stress-inducing semiconductor material enhances carrier mobility in a manner that does not exacerbate the short channel effect. |
| US08293607B2 |
Doped graphene films with reduced sheet resistance
Techniques for increasing conductivity of graphene films by chemical doping are provided. In one aspect, a method for increasing conductivity of a graphene film includes the following steps. The graphene film is formed from one or more graphene sheets. The graphene sheets are exposed to a solution having a one-electron oxidant configured to dope the graphene sheets to increase a conductivity thereof, thereby increasing the overall conductivity of the film. The graphene film can be formed prior to the graphene sheets being exposed to the one-electron oxidant solution. Alternatively, the graphene sheets can be exposed to the one-electron oxidant solution prior to the graphene film being formed. A method of fabricating a transparent electrode on a photovoltaic device from a graphene film is also provided. |
| US08293605B2 |
Methods for fabricating a CMOS integrated circuit having a dual stress layer (DSL)
Methods are provided for fabricating a CMOS integrated circuit having a dual stress layer without NiSi hole formation. One method includes depositing a tensile stress layer overlying a semiconductor substrate. A portion of the tensile stress layer is removed, leaving a remaining portion, before applying a curing radiation. A curing radiation is then applied to the remaining portion; and a compressive stress layer is deposited overlying the semiconductor substrate and the remaining portion. |
| US08293601B2 |
Method of manufacturing a non-volatile semiconductor storage device
A non-volatile semiconductor storage device has a plurality of memory strings with a plurality of electrically rewritable memory cells connected in series. Each of the memory strings includes: a memory columnar semiconductor extending in a direction perpendicular to a substrate; a tunnel insulation layer contacting the memory columnar semiconductor; a charge accumulation layer contacting the tunnel insulation layer and accumulating charges; a block insulation layer contacting the charge accumulation layer; and a plurality of memory conductive layers contacting the block insulation layer. The lower portion of the charge accumulation layer is covered by the tunnel insulation layer and the block insulation layer. |
| US08293600B2 |
Thermally stabilized electrode structure
Memory devices and methods for manufacturing are described herein. A memory device as described herein includes a first electrode layer, a second electrode layer, and a thermal isolation structure including a layer of thermal isolation material between the first and second electrode layers. The first and second electrode layers and the thermal isolation structure define a multi-layer stack having a sidewall. A sidewall conductor layer including a sidewall conductor material is on the sidewall of the multi-layer stack. The sidewall conductor material has an electrical conductivity greater than that of the thermal isolation material. A memory element including memory material is on and in contact with the second electrode layer. |
| US08293594B2 |
Method for manufacturing a display device having oxide semiconductor layer
An object is to improve the aperture ratio of a semiconductor device. The semiconductor device includes a driver circuit portion and a display portion (also referred to as a pixel portion) over the same substrate. The driver circuit includes a channel-etched thin film transistor for driver circuit and a driver circuit wiring formed using metal. Source and drain electrodes of the thin film transistor for the driver circuit are formed using a metal. A channel layer of the thin film transistor for the driver circuit is formed using an oxide semiconductor. The display portion includes a bottom-contact thin film transistor for a pixel and a display portion wiring formed using an oxide conductor. Source and drain electrode layers of the thin film transistor for the pixel are formed using an oxide conductor. A semiconductor layer of the thin film transistor for the pixel is formed using an oxide semiconductor. |
| US08293589B2 |
Wire bond encapsulant control method
A method of depositing encapsulant on a line of wire bonds to a die is described, the die having a back surface in contact with the support structure and an active surface opposing the back surface, the active surface having electrical contact pads and functional elements spaced from the contact pads. The method involves the steps of providing a die mounted to the support structure, positioning a barrier between the contact pads and the functional elements, the barrier being proximate to, but spaced from the active surface, depositing a bead of encapsulant onto the electrical contact pads while the barrier remains stationary such that the barrier prevents the encapsulant from contacting the functional elements, removing the barrier when the bead of encapsulant has been deposited. The fluidic resistance generated by the gap between the barrier and the active surface means that the amount of encapsulant that flows into the gap and onto the active surface is almost constant. The reduced flow variations make the encapsulant front closely correspond to the shape of the barrier. Greater control of the encapsulant front allows the functional elements of the active surface of the die to be closer to the contact pads. |
| US08293585B2 |
Solid-state imaging device and method for making the same
A solid-state imaging device includes a semiconductor substrate, one or more wiring interlayer films disposed on or above the semiconductor substrate, and one or more metal wires embedded in the wiring interlayer films. The one or more wiring interlayer films are composed of a diffusion preventing material that prevents the diffusion of the metal wire. |
| US08293581B2 |
Semiconductor chip with protective scribe structure
Apparatus and methods pertaining to die scribe structures are disclosed. In one aspect, a method of manufacturing is provided that includes fabricating an active region of a semiconductor die so that the active region has at least one corner. A scribe structure is fabricated around the active region so that the scribe structure includes at least one fillet. |
| US08293579B2 |
Semiconductor element, method of manufacturing semiconductor element, multi-layer printed circuit board, and method of manufacturing multi-layer printed circuit board
A transition layer 38 is provided on a die pad 22 of an IC chip 20 and integrated into a multilayer printed circuit board 10. Due to this, it is possible to electrically connect the IC chip 20 to the multilayer printed circuit board 10 without using lead members and a sealing resin. Also, by providing the transition layer 38 made of copper on an aluminum pad 24, it is possible to prevent a resin residue on the pad 24 and to improve connection characteristics between the die pad 24 and a via hole 60 and reliability. |
| US08293578B2 |
Hybrid bonding techniques for multi-layer semiconductor stacks
A circuit arrangement and method utilize hybrid bonding techniques that combine wafer-wafer bonding processes with chip-chip and/or chip-wafer bonding processes to form a multi-layer semiconductor stack, e.g., by bonding together one or more sub-assemblies formed by wafer-wafer bonding together with other sub-assemblies and/or chips using chip-chip and/or chip-wafer bonding processes. By doing so, the advantages of wafer-wafer bonding techniques, such as higher interconnect densities, may be leveraged with the advantages of chip-chip and chip-wafer bonding techniques, such as mixing and matching chips with different sizes, aspect ratios, and functions. |
| US08293574B2 |
Semiconductor device having a plurality of semiconductor constructs
A semiconductor device includes a plurality of semiconductor constructs, each of the semiconductor constructs including a semiconductor substrate and external connection electrodes provided on an upper surface of the semiconductor substrate. The semiconductor substrates of the semiconductor constructs are different in a planar-size. The plurality of semiconductor constructs are stacked from bottom to top in descending order of planar-sizes of the semiconductor substrates included in the plurality of semiconductor constructs. An insulating film at least is provided around one semiconductor construct disposed on the top of the plurality of semiconductor constructs and on another semiconductor construct disposed under the one semiconductor construct. Each of the upper surfaces of the plurality of external connection electrodes is exposed from the one semiconductor construct and from the insulating film. |
| US08293572B2 |
Injection molding system and method of chip package
The injection molding system comprises a substrate, an inner cover, a molding tool, and a bottom plate. The substrate is used to locate at least one semiconductor device under molding and the inner cover with at least one first injection via, cavity and runner placed over the substrate. In addition, the molding tool includes at least one second injecting via aligned with the runner and the bottom plate is placed under the substrate. Furthermore, a filling material is filled into the cavity and runner of the inner cover during molding. In order to avoid overflowing the filling material, the system further comprises an O-ring placed between the molding tool and the inner cover. The inner radius of the O-ring corresponds with the inner radius of the injection via and is aligned with it. |
| US08293569B2 |
Organic thin film transistor array panel and method of manufacturing the same
An organic thin film transistor (“TFT”) array panel includes a substrate, a gate line extending in a first direction, a data line extending in a second direction, intersecting with and insulated from the gate line, a source electrode connected to the data line, a drain electrode facing the source electrode, a pixel electrode connected to the drain electrode, and an organic semiconductor connected to the source electrode and the drain electrode, the organic semiconductor made of an organic material with photosensitivity. |
| US08293568B2 |
Crystalline silicon PV cell with selective emitter produced with low temperature precision etch back and passivation process
A method of forming a selective emitter in a photovoltaic (PV) crystalline silicon semiconductor wafer involves forming a mask on a front side surface of the wafer to create masked and unmasked areas on the front side surface. A first silicon oxide layer is electrochemically formed at the unmasked areas of the front side surface such that the silicon oxide layer extends into an emitter of the wafer at least as far as a dead zone therein. The mask is removed and the first silicon oxide layer is etched back until substantially all of the first silicon oxide layer is removed. A second silicon oxide layer is then electrochemically formed on the front side surface such that the second silicon oxide layer has sufficient thickness to passivate the front side surface. |
| US08293567B2 |
CIGS solar cell having thermal expansion buffer layer and method for fabricating the same
A copper/indium/gallium/selenium (CIGS) solar cell including a thermal expansion buffer layer, and a method for fabricating the same are provided. The thermal expansion buffer layer is configured between an alloy thin film layer and a CIGS thin film layer. The thermal expansion buffer layer is deposited by executing a thin film deposition process with a continuous sputtering machine bombarding a cuprous sulphide (Cu2S) or cuprous selenide (Cu2Se) target. Then, a CIGS thin film is further provided on the thermal expansion buffer layer. Finally, a thermal treatment is conducted for melting to integrate the copper ingredients of different thin film layers, thus improving the bondability between the thin film layers and preventing the cracking or the peeling off of the thin film layers caused by the thermal expansion difference. |
| US08293561B2 |
Image pickup device and image pickup system
There is provided an image pickup device, including a photoelectric conversion element converting light into charges, a transfer gate for transferring the converted charges to a floating node, a source follower transistor for outputting a signal based on a voltage of the floating node to a signal line, and a clip circuit clipping the signal line at a first voltage and a second voltage. |
| US08293556B2 |
Fabricating method for micro gas sensor and the same
There are provided a micro gas sensor and a method for fabricating the same that comprises a micro heater formed inside a polysilicon membrane by doping impurities into a specific region of the polysilicon membrane positioned under a gas sensing substance, thereby improving thermal structural stability and making it easy to form the gas sensing substance. The micro gas sensor comprises: a micro heater formed by doping impurities into polysilicon vapor-deposited on a substrate on which a first insulating layer is formed; a polysilicon membrane for decreasing a heat loss of the micro heater; a power electrode for supplying power and a temperature measurement electrode for measuring a temperature, positioned at both ends of the micro heater; a second insulating layer formed on the micro heater; a sensing substance formed on the second insulating layer, for sensing a gas; and a sensing electrode for measuring a change in properties of the sensing substance. The method for fabricating a micro gas sensor comprises steps of: forming polysilicon on a substrate on which a first insulating layer is formed; forming a micro heater by doping impurities into the polysilicon; forming electrodes at both ends of the micro heater; forming a second insulating layer on the micro heater; forming a sensing substance on the second insulating layer; and forming a sensing electrode on the sensing substance. |
| US08293555B2 |
Semiconductor light-emitting device, surface-emission laser diode, and production apparatus thereof, production method, optical module and optical telecommunication system
A semiconductor light-emitting device has a semiconductor layer containing Al between a substrate and an active layer containing nitrogen, wherein Al and oxygen are removed from a growth chamber before growing said active layer and a concentration of oxygen incorporated into said active layer together with Al is set to a level such that said semiconductor light-emitting device can perform a continuous laser oscillation at room temperature. |
| US08293546B2 |
Integrated circuit system with sub-geometry removal and method of manufacture thereof
A method of manufacture of an integrated circuit system includes: forming reticle data; detecting a sub-geometry, a singularity, or a combination thereof in the reticle data; applying a unit cell, a patch cell, or a combination thereof for removing the sub-geometry, the singularity, or the combination thereof from the reticle data; and fabricating an integrated circuit from the reticle data. |
| US08293545B2 |
Critical dimension for trench and vias
Test structures including test trenches are used to define critical dimension of trenches in a via level of an integrated circuit to produce substantially the same depth. The trenches are formed at the periphery of the IC to serve as guard rings. |
| US08293538B2 |
System and method for coding information on a biosensor test strip
The present invention provides a test strip for measuring a concentration of an analyte of interest in a biological fluid, wherein the test strip may be encoded with information that can be read by a test meter into which the test strip is inserted. |
| US08293537B2 |
Systems and methods for hemoglobin analysis
At least one embodiment of a stabilizing system includes a stabilizing agent present in an amount or concentration sufficient to completely or substantially prevent or reduce degradation or inactivation of a glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c) in a body fluid and a detection agent capable of detecting the HbA1c. |
| US08293536B2 |
Reagent, reagent kit and analyzing method
A method for analyzing platelet is described. In the method, a measurement sample is prepared by mixing a sample and a dye for staining platelet. The dye is selected from the group consisting of Capri blue, Nile blue and brilliant cresyl blue. By irradiating cells in the measurement sample with light, scattered light and fluorescence emitted from the cells is measured. The platelet is detected on the basis of the scattered light and the fluorescence.A reagent kite and a reagent are also described. |
| US08293533B2 |
Site-specific integration and stacking of transgenes in soybean via DNA recombinase mediated cassette exchange
A targeting method is described that allows precise cassette replacement at a previously characterized genetic locus. A target DNA construct containing a pair of incompatible FRT sites flanking a target cassette was introduced into soybean by regular biolistic transformation. Transgenic events containing a single complete copy of the target site were then selected and retransformed with a donor DNA construct containing the identical pair of incompatible FRT sites flanking a donor cassette. Precise DNA cassette exchange happened between the target cassette and the donor cassette via recombinase mediated cassette exchange (RMCE) so that the donor cassette was introduced at the exact genomic site previously occupied by the target cassette. Through repeated RMCE using additional incompatible FRT sites, multiple groups of transgenes can be stacked at the same genomic locus. |
| US08293530B2 |
Method and apparatus for manufacturing plasma based plastics and bioplastics produced therefrom
A method of making a bioplastic, and a bioplastic produced thereby, by using human plasma in which human plasma is clotted, either dried through its gel phase or dried and powdered, and processed into a bioplastic with the addition of at least one plasticizer followed by forming and heating to form a final bioplastic construct. |
| US08293529B2 |
Method for inducing differentiation of pluripotent stem cells into cardiomyocytes
The present invention provides a method for inducing differentiation of cardiomyocytes efficiently and selectively from stem cells.A method for inducing differentiation of cardiomyocytes from pluripotent stem cells, which comprises: (i) culturing the pluripotent stem cells in a culture medium containing no substance that promotes activation of the canonical Wnt signaling pathway during the time period between initiation of differentiation induction and 24 hours before the period of elevated canonical Wnt gene expression; and then (ii) culturing the pluripotent stem cells in a culture medium containing a substance that promotes activation of the canonical Wnt signaling pathway during a time period of 24 to 96 hours, starting from 24 to 0 hours before the period of elevated canonical Wnt gene expression. |
| US08293523B2 |
Agitator for a fermenter, fermenter and method for operating a fermenter
An agitator for a fermenter, a fermenter and method of operating a fermenter are provided. The agitator has an agitator shaft which stands roughly vertically in the fermenter. Because of this, the substrate in the fermenter is circulated in horizontal planes. This allows the formation of several layered decomposition zones. In addition, the agitator is preferably designed so that it may be removed upwards from the fermenter during continuing operation. This means that it is not necessary to empty the fermenter for maintenance work on the agitator. |
| US08293521B2 |
Method of dispensing nonvolatile liquid in reaction vessel and reaction vessel processing apparatus
It is intended to easily dispense a minute amount of nonvolatile liquid. In a preferred embodiment, in dispensing of mineral oil (nonvolatile liquid), dispensing is conducted in the condition that the amount of air contained in a tip (70) is small by aspirating a larger amount of mineral oil (40) than a single dispensing amount in the tip (70) of a nozzle (28). |
| US08293519B2 |
Microarray devices having controllable reaction volume
This invention relates generally to the field of microarray chips and uses thereof. In particular, the invention provides a microarray reaction device that can be used in assaying the interaction between various moieties, e.g., nucleic acids, immunoreactions involving proteins, interactions between a protein and a nucleic acid, a ligand-receptor interaction, and small molecule and protein or nucleic acid interactions, etc. Articles of manufacture and kits comprising the microarray reaction device and assaying methods using the microarray reaction device are also provided. |
| US08293515B2 |
Salmonella bacteriophage and antibacterial composition comprising the same
Disclosed herein is a novel bacteriophage which has specific bactericidal activity against one or more Salmonella bacteria selected from the group consisting of Salmonella Enteritidis, Salmonella Typhimurium, Salmonella Gallinarum, and Salmonella Pullorum without affecting beneficial bacteria, in addition to showing excellent tolerance to acid, heat and desiccation. The novel bacteriophage can be widely used as an active ingredient for therapeutic agents, animal feeds or drinking water, cleaners and sanitizers for preventing and treating the infectious diseases caused by Salmonella Enteritidis, Salmonella Typhimurium, Salmonella Gallinarum or Salmonella Pullorum including salmonellosis, Salmonella food poisoning, Fowl Typhoid, and Pullorum disease or for controlling the salmonella bacteria. |
| US08293513B2 |
Histone deacetylase inhibitors
Novel histone deacetylase inhibitors, including novel fluorescent histone deacetylase inhibitors, are described. Methods for making and using the same, e.g., to treat cancer, are provided. |
| US08293508B2 |
Methods for producing ethanol from carbon substrates
The present invention provides means for the production of desired end-products of in vitro and/or in vivo bioconversion of biomass-based feed stock substrates, including but not limited to such materials as starch and cellulose. In particularly preferred embodiments, the methods of the present invention do not require gelatinization and/or liquefaction of the substrate. In particularly preferred embodiments, the present invention provides means for the production of ethanol. |
| US08293506B2 |
L-cysteine-producing bacterium and a method for producing L-cysteine
The present invention provides a bacterium belonging to the family Enterobacteriaceae, which is able to produce L-cysteine and has been modified to increase the activity of the protein encoded by the dsbA gene. This bacterium is cultured in a medium, and L-cysteine, L-cystine, a derivative or precursor thereof or a mixture thereof can be collected from the medium. |
| US08293505B2 |
L-amino acid-producing microorganism and a method for producing an L-amino acid
An L-amino acid is produced by culturing a microorganism which belongs to the family Enterobacteriaceae and is able to produce an L-amino acid, wherein the bacterium has been modified to enhance orotate phosphoribosyltransferase activity is enhanced, in a medium to produce and cause accumulation of an L-amino acid in the medium or cells, and collecting the L-amino acid from the medium or the cells. |
| US08293492B2 |
Lenalidomide and thalidomide immunoassays
Novel conjugates and immunogens derived from lenalidomide and antibodies generated by these immunogens are useful in immunoassays for the quantification and monitoring of thalidomide and lenalidomide in biological fluids. |
| US08293489B2 |
Methods for detection of biological substances
Methods and compositions are provided for detection of biological substances in nasal specimen. |
| US08293484B2 |
Method and device for protein delivery into cells
Methods for performing surface-mediated protein delivery into living cells, and fabricating protein-transfected cell cluster arrays are provided. The method comprises providing a protein-containing mixture; depositing said protein-containing mixture onto a surface at defined locations; affixing the protein-containing mixture to the surface as microspots; and plating cells onto the surface in sufficient density and under conditions for the proteins to be delivered into the cells. The protein-containing mixture comprises any suitable amino acid sequence, including peptides, proteins, protein-domains, antibodies, or protein-nucleic acid conjugates, etc., with a carrier reagent. Protein-transfected cell arrays may be used for rapid and direct, screening of protein or enzymatic functions or any given intracellular protein interaction in the natural environment of a living cell, as well as for high-throughput screening of other biological and chemical analytes, which affect the functions of these proteins. |
| US08293481B2 |
Biomarkers for chronic vascular dysfunction
Materials and methods for using biomarkers to determine prognosis and response to treatment in subjects having chronic vascular dysfunction. |
| US08293480B2 |
Transgenic non-human animals for producing chimeric antibodies
The invention relates to transgenic non-human animals capable of producing heterologous antibodies and methods for producing human sequence antibodies which bind to human antigens with substantial affinity. |
| US08293479B2 |
Use of parathyroid hormone-related protein(PTHRP) in the diagnosis and treatment of chronic lung disease and other pathologies
This invention pertains to the discovery that Parathyroid Hormone-related Protein (PTHrP) can be detect and/or stage, and/or treat chronic lung diseases. In particular, it was discovered that PTHrP levels in broncho-alveolar lavage are indicative of lung “health” and “disease”, and can be used to predict lung disease in patients at risk of chronic lung disease and/or to evaluate the efficacy of a ventilation regime. |
| US08293474B2 |
Oligonucleotides and use thereof for determining deletion in HBV Pre-S region
This invention provides combinations of novel oligonucleotides and their use in detecting a deletion(s) in the Pre-S region of HBV. Such a deletion(s) is associated with an increased risk of developing cirrhosis or hepatocellular carcinoma. |
| US08293469B2 |
Biomarkers downregulated in prostate cancer
Biomarkers are identified by analyzing gene expression data using support vector machines (SVM), recursive feature elimination (RFE) and/or linear ridge regression classifiers to rank genes according to their ability to separate prostate cancer from normal tissue. Proteins expressed by identified genes are detected in patient samples to screen, predict and monitor prostate cancer. |
| US08293466B2 |
Sequences diagnostic for shrimp pathogens
Primers have been isolated that are diagnostic for the detection of the white spot syndrome virus (WSSV). The primers are based on a new portion of the WSSV genome and may be used in primer directed amplification or nucleic acid hybridization assay methods. |
| US08293459B2 |
Photo-curable transfer sheet, process for the preparation of optical information recording medium using the sheet, and optical information recording medium
The present invention provides a photo-curable transfer sheet by which an optical information recording medium (e.g., DVD) having small thickness and high capacity can be advantageously prepared, and which is improved in transferring property of pits and the like and curing property. The photo-curable transfer sheet has a photo-curable transfer layer comprising a photo-curable composition deformable by application of pressure, wherein the photo-curable composition comprises a polymer having a glass transition temperature of not less than 80° C. and a reactive diluent having a photopolymerizable functional group. The invention also provides a process for the preparation of an optical information recording medium using the sheet, and the optical information recording medium. |
| US08293457B2 |
Substrate having film pattern and manufacturing method of the same, manufacturing method of semiconductor device, liquid crystal television, and EL television
The invention provides a manufacturing method of a substrate having a film pattern including an insulating film, a semiconductor film, a conductive film and the like by simple steps, and also a manufacturing method of a semiconductor device which is low in cost with high throughput and yield. According to the invention, after forming a first protective film which has low wettability on a substrate, a material which has high wettability is applied or discharged on an outer edge of a first mask pattern, thereby a film pattern and a substrate having the film pattern are formed. |
| US08293455B2 |
Mandrel
Pixel wells and a grid of electrical lines including electrical bridges are formed using an ultraviolet transparent mandrel having a three-dimensional surface and an integrated mask. |
| US08293451B2 |
Near-infrared absorbing film compositions
A curable liquid formulation containing at least (i) one or more near-infrared absorbing triphenylamine-based dyes, and (ii) one or more casting solvents. The invention is also directed to solid near-infrared absorbing films composed of crosslinked forms of the curable liquid formulation. The invention is also directed to a microelectronic substrate containing a coating of the solid near-infrared absorbing film as well as a method for patterning a photoresist layer coated on a microelectronic substrate in the case where the near-infrared absorbing film is between the microelectronic substrate and a photoresist film. |
| US08293443B2 |
Black toners containing infrared transmissive and reflecting colorants
A toner formulation is disclosed comprising a binder and an IR absorbing black pigment at a concentration of 0.25-2.0% by weight, including one or more infrared transmissive pigments, wherein the infrared transmissive pigments are configured to provide a black color. Such toner formulation may provide a response to a toner patch sensor to indicate a mass per unit area of 0.1-1.5 mg/cm2 or a reflectance relative to a substrate to define a reflectance ratio that varies relative to L* values for the toner over the range L*=0-50 or a bulk reflectivity of greater than 6.0% for a portion of the wavelength range of 850-2000 nanometers. |
| US08293442B2 |
Resin particle, toner, and image forming method and process cartridge using the same
Disclosed is a resin particle having a volume average particle diameter of 10 nm to 500 nm, obtained by polymerizing an addition polymerizable monomer containing a silsesquioxane (a) represented by Formula (I) or by copolymerizing the silsesquioxane (a) with an addition polymerizable monomer (b), where R1 to R7 each independently represent a group selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, alkyl having 1 to 40 carbon atoms, substituted or unsubstituted aryl, and substituted or unsubstituted arylalkyl; any hydrogen in the alkyl group is optionally substituted by fluorine and any —CH2— is optionally substituted by —O—, —CH═CH—, cycloalkylene or cycloalkenylene; any hydrogen in alkylene in the arylalkyl group is optionally substituted by fluorine and any —CH2— is optionally substituted by —O— or —CH═CH—; and A1 represents an addition polymerizable functional group. |
| US08293441B2 |
Pigment preparations based on dioxazines
The invention relates to a pigment preparation characterized by a content of a) a dioxazine compound of Formula (I) as the basic pigment; and b) a dioxazine compound of the general Formula (II) as a pigment dispersing agent Q-[Y—X]m (II), wherein Q represents an m-valent group of the basic pigment of Formula (I), Y represents —(CR1R2)x—, in which X is 1 to 6, and R and R2 independently of one another represent hydrogen or C1 to C4 alkyl, X represents an imidazole group which is linked via a carbon atom to the Y bridging element, m has a numerical value between 1 and 4; and c) a resin component from the group of abietic acid, dehydroabietic acid, dihydroabietic acid tetrahydroabietic acid, levopimaric acid, dextropimaric acid, isodextropimaric acid, colophony resin, partially hydrogenated colophony resin, resin soaps of the aforementioned acids, and mixtures thereof. |
| US08293439B2 |
Electrophotographic photorecptor, method of manufacturing electrophotographic photorecptor, image forming apparatus, and process cartridge
An electrophotographic photoreceptor including a conductive substrate, a photosensitive layer, and a surface layer, which satisfies the following inequations: 0.005 |
| US08293437B2 |
Light shading structure, and color filter substrate, active device array substrate, liquid crystal display panel thereof
A color filter substrate including a substrate, a light shading structure, and a plurality of color filter units is provided. The substrate has a display region and a non-display region. The light shading structure disposed on the substrate includes a black matrix layer and a light shading layer, wherein the black matrix layer is disposed on the substrate and defines a plurality of sub-pixel regions in the display region, and covers the non-display region adjacent to the edge of the display region; the light shading layer is disposed on the black matrix layer of the non-display region adjacent to the edge of the display region and has at least one channel. The color filter units are correspondingly disposed in the sub-pixel regions. |
| US08293434B2 |
Method for forming convex pattern, exposure apparatus and photomask
The present invention is a photomask 3 for exposing a substrate coated with a positive photosensitive material. At least a first mask pattern group 16 and a second mask pattern group 17 are formed on a transparent substrate at a predetermined arrangement pitch. The first mask pattern group 16 has first light shielding patterns 20 arranged at an interval corresponding to two types of convex pattern forming portions of different heights on the substrate, in which the first light shielding patterns 20 each have a substantially same area as a cross sectional area of a convex pattern. The second mask pattern group 17 has a second light shielding pattern 22 and an opening pattern 23, in which the second light shielding pattern 22 has a predetermined area and corresponds to a higher convex pattern forming portion among the two types of convex pattern forming portions, and the opening pattern corresponds to a lower convex pattern forming portion. This enables top parts of a plurality of types of convex patterns of different heights to be shaped substantially hemispherical. |
| US08293428B2 |
Gas diffusion electrode material and production method thereof
A gas diffusion electrode material of the present invention includes: a porous body (1) formed of continuous and discontinuous polytetrafluoroethylene microfibers (2) and having three-dimensionally continuous micropores (4); and a conductive material (3) supported on the porous body (1). Moreover, a density of the polytetrafluoroethylene microfiber (2) is lower in a surface region (1A) of a cross section of the porous body (1) than in an intermediate region (1B) of the cross section. In accordance with the present invention, the polytetrafluoroethylene having the predetermined three-dimensional structure is used, and so on. Therefore, it is possible to provide a gas diffusion electrode material excellent in power generation characteristics and durability. |
| US08293426B2 |
Cassettes for solid-oxide fuel cell stacks and methods of making the same
Solid-oxide fuel cell (SOFC) stack assembly designs are consistently investigated to develop an assembly that provides optimal performance, and durability, within desired cost parameters. A new design includes a repeat unit having a SOFC cassette and being characterized by a three-component construct. The three components include an oxidation-resistant, metal window frame hermetically joined to an electrolyte layer of a multi-layer, anode-supported ceramic cell and a pre-cassette including a separator plate having a plurality of vias that provide electrical contact between an anode-side collector within the pre-cassette and a cathode-side current collector of an adjacent cell. The third component is a cathode-side seal, which includes a standoff that supports a cathode channel spacing between each of the cassettes in a stack. Cassettes are formed by joining the pre-cassette and the window frame. |
| US08293424B2 |
Flow field unit for a fuel cell stack
The invention relates to a repeating unit for a fuel cell stack comprising a membrane electrode assembly and a flow field designed to supply an active surface of the membrane electrode assembly with gas and comprising at least a gas passage orifice. According to the invention it is contemplated that a gas-tight gas flow barrier is disposed between the active surface and the gas passage orifice so that gas passing through the first gas passage orifice flows around the gas flow barrier, wherein the projection of the gas flow barrier towards the periphery of the active surface is at least half as long as the projection of the gas passage orifice towards the periphery of the active surface. |
| US08293422B2 |
Fuel cell system
A fuel cell system (1) is provided, especially for a motor vehicle, with a fuel cell stack (2), which has a plurality of fuel cell elements (3). The elements (3) are stacked up one upon the other in which an electrolyte separates an anode space from a cathode space. A risk of damage is reduced during heating by a bracing housing (4), which accommodates the fuel cell stack (2) in its interior (5) and which has a pot part (6) and a cover part (7), which are or can be prestressed (with compressive force) towards one another by means of pulling elements (8) and which are supported in the interior (5) by mutually opposite front sides (10) of the fuel cell stack (2). |
| US08293416B2 |
Fuel cell system
A fuel cell system includes at least: a hydrogen generator (4) which is supplied with a raw material to generate a fuel gas containing hydrogen; a humidifier (5) which is supplied with the fuel gas, generated in the hydrogen generator, to humidify the fuel gas by utilizing heat energy and an off gas supplied thereto; and a fuel cell (8) which is supplied with the fuel gas humidified in the humidifier and an oxidizing gas to generate electric power while discharging the heat energy and the off gas, and further includes a condenser (6) which cools down steam of the off gas, discharged from the fuel cell, by heat exchange with a cooling medium to convert the steam into condensed water, and supplies the condensed water to the humidifier to humidify the fuel cell. With this, the present invention provides a durable, reliable, and cheap fuel cell system capable of adequately and surely humidifying the fuel gas supplied to a polymer electrolyte fuel cell by a simple configuration using the humidifier without disposing a particular exclusive auxiliary device. |
| US08293415B2 |
Solid oxide fuel cell device and system
The invention provides tubular solid oxide fuel cell devices and a fuel cell system incorporating a plurality of the fuel devices, each device including an elongate tube having a reaction zone for heating to an operating reaction temperature, and at least one cold zone that remains at a low temperature below the operating reaction temperature when the reaction zone is heated. An electrolyte is disposed between anodes and cathodes in the reaction zone, and the anode and cathode each have an electrical pathway extending to an exterior surface in a cold zone for electrical connection at low temperature. In one embodiment, the tubular device is a spiral rolled structure, and in another embodiment, the tubular device is a concentrically arranged device. The system further includes the devices positioned with their reaction zones in a hot zone chamber and their cold zones extending outside the hot zone chamber. A heat source is coupled to the hot zone chamber to heat the reaction zones to the operating reaction temperature, and fuel and air supplies are coupled to the tubes in the cold zones. |
| US08293414B2 |
Electric system for fuel cell, fuel cell vehicle, and method of supplying electric power
An electric system has a fuel cell for generating electric power by being supplied with a reactive gas, an electric storage device having a voltage lower than a voltage output from the fuel cell, a first power supply line connected to the fuel cell, a second power supply line connected to the electric storage device, a first electric accessory serving as at least part of a fuel cell accessory for operating the fuel cell, a first DC-to-DC converter for performing bidirectional voltage conversion between the first power supply line and the second power supply line and a second DC-to-DC converter for lowering a voltage for supply electric power to the first electric accessory. |
| US08293412B2 |
Enhanced efficiency of a combined SORFC energy storage and fuel generation system
A fuel cell system includes a solid oxide reversible fuel cell (SORFC) stack that is adapted to generate an exhaust stream containing hydrogen and water vapor from an outlet of the SORFC stack when the SORFC stack is operated in an electrolysis mode, a polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) hydrogen pump that is adapted to separate at least a portion of the hydrogen contained in the exhaust stream, a first conduit that is adapted to provide the exhaust stream from the outlet of the SORFC stack into an inlet of the PEM hydrogen pump, and a second conduit that is adapted to provide at least a portion of remaining exhaust stream from an outlet of the PEM hydrogen pump into an inlet of the SORFC stack. |
| US08293411B2 |
Production process of difluorophosphate, nonaqueous electrolytic solution and nonaqueous electrolytic secondary battery
To provide a technique for simply and easily producing a high-purity difluorophosphate and provide a production process of an electrolytic solution using the obtained difluorophosphate, an electrolytic solution and a secondary battery.A process for producing a difluorophosphate, comprising the following step (1) or (2): (1) reacting (A) at least one member selected from the group consisting of oxoacids, oxoacid anhydrides and oxyhalides of phosphorus with (B) a hexafluorophosphate in the presence of hydrogen fluoride, or (2) reacting at least one halide selected from the group consisting of alkali metal halides, alkaline earth metal halides, aluminum halides and onium halides with difluorophosphoric acid in the presence of a hexafluorophosphate. Also, a nonaqueous electrolytic solution containing the obtained difluorophosphate, and a nonaqueous electrolytic secondary battery containing the nonaqueous electrolytic solution. |
| US08293402B2 |
Battery with circuit board and lead terminals
A protective circuit board, including a mounting board and a plurality of lead terminals disposed at one side of the mounting board, wherein the lead terminals include a first terminal in contact with one side surface of the mounting board, and a second terminal bent at an angle with respect to the first terminal. |
| US08293400B2 |
Battery including opening closure member with case contact part and case inside part
A battery includes a power generation element, a case member that accommodates the power generation element, and an opening closure member that closes the case member. The opening closure member includes a case contact part for contacting an elongated opening edge of the case member around an entire periphery thereof, and a case inside part projecting toward an inside of the case member from a portion of a surface of the opening closure member on the case member side internally of the case contact part. The case inside part has two narrower portions positioned at both ends of the case inside part in a longitudinal direction of the elongated opening edge of the case member and spaced from an inner surface of the side of the case member, and a wider portion positioned between the two narrower portions and contacting an inner surface of the side of the case member. |
| US08293397B2 |
Battery assembly
A battery assembly includes single-battery cells, and thermally-conductive members. The thermally-conductive members are formed of a soft material as a plated configuration. The soft material exhibits thermal conductivity and electric insulatability. The single-battery cells, and the thermally-conductive members are adhered to each other, and are disposed one after another alternately in a row, thereby interposing the thermally-conducive members between the single-cell batteries. The thermally-conductive members include a radiation surface respectively from which heat that the single-battery cells produce radiates. The single-battery cells are cooled indirectly by cooling the radiation surfaces of the thermally-conductive members. |
| US08293392B2 |
Battery holder for a battery array, and battery array
A battery holder having plates disposed between parallel oriented batteries, and holds batteries in specified positions. The battery holder is provided with L-shaped holders each having the form of a first plate and a second plate connected at a right angle corner and having an L-shaped lateral cross-section, and flat-plate holders that connect with the L-shaped holders and have an overall planar form. The L-shaped holder has connecting holes on the outside of the corner between the first plate and second plate. Further, the outer edge of the first plate opposite the corner is provided with first connecting tabs that can connect with connecting holes of another L-shaped holder. The flat-plate holder is provided with second connecting tabs on at least one side edge that connect with connecting holes of an L-shaped holder. |
| US08293391B2 |
Battery
A battery (100) includes a flat wound electrode body (10) that is obtained by winding a first electrode sheet (20) and a second electrode sheet (30) in a flat shape via separator sheets (40a, 40b). The first electrode sheet (20) is disposed in the flat wound electrode body (10) so as to be wound on the outer peripheral side with respect to the second electrode sheet (30). The first electrode sheet (20) is wound so as to enfold a winding end portion (38) of the second electrode sheet (30). A winding end portion (28) of the first electrode sheet (20) is disposed so as to pass either of the straight portions (12a, 12b) or rounded portions (14a, 14b) where the winding end portion (38) of the second electrode sheet (30) is disposed and reach the next straight portion (12a, 12b) or pass through the next straight portion. |
| US08293386B2 |
Al-Ti-Ru-N-C hard material coating
A monolayer or multilayer nitridic or carbonitridic hard material coating contains Al and Ti and at least one of the layers comprises the composition (AlxTiyRuzMev) (NaC1-a), with 0.45≦x≦0.75, 0.20≦y≦0.55, 0.001≦z≦0.10. 0≦v≦0.20, 0.8≦a≦1.1. Me is selected from the group of elements including Si, B, W, Mo, Cr, Ta, Nb, V, Hf, Zr. The Ru-containing hard material coating has a decreasing hardness shifted towards the higher temperature range and therefore an improved wear resistance. |
| US08293385B2 |
Organic electronic devices using phthalimide compounds
Organic electronic devices comprising a phthalimide compound. The phthalimide compounds disclosed herein are electron transporters with large HOMO-LUMO gaps, high triplet energies, large reduction potentials, and/or thermal and chemical stability. As such, these phthalimide compounds are suitable for use in any of various organic electronic devices, such as OLEDs and solar cells. In an OLED, the phthalimide compounds may serve various functions, such as a host in the emissive layer, as a hole blocking material, or as an electron transport material. In a solar cell, the phthalimide compounds may serve various functions, such as an exciton blocking material. Various examples of phthalimide compounds which may be suitable for use in the present invention are disclosed. |
| US08293383B2 |
Benzo[a]fluoranthene compound and organic light emitting device using the same
There is provided a benzo[a]fluoranthene compound represented by the formula (I): wherein: at least one R11 to R22 represents Rm represented by the formula (i): Rm=—Ar1—X1 (i) wherein: Ar1 represents any one of the following groups (i-a) to (i-c): (i-a) a substituted or unsubstituted phenylene group, (i-b) a substituted or unsubstituted monocyclic heterocyclic group, and (i-c) a composite substituent formed of two substituents selected from substituents corresponding to the groups (i-a) and (i-b); and X1 represents a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group having 2 or more carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted alkenyl group, or a substituted or unsubstituted alkynyl group; and R11 to R22 none of which is represented by Rm each represent a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom or the like, and R11 to R22 none of which is represented by Rm may be identical to or different from each other. |
| US08293381B2 |
Anthracene derivative and organic electroluminescent device using the same
An anthracene derivative and an organic electroluminescent device using the same are provided. More specifically, provided are an anthracene derivative represented by Formula 1: wherein each R1 is aryl; and each R2 is independently C6-C20 aryl or C3-C19 heteroaryl, which are unsubstituted or substituted with one or more substituents selected from the group consisting of C1-C10 alkyl, C1-C10 alkoxy, cyano, C1-C10 alkylamino, C1-C10 alkylsilyl, halogen, C6-C10 aryl, C6-C10 aryloxy, C6-C10 arylamino, C6-C10 arylsilyl, C3-C19 heteroaryl and hydrogen; and an organic electroluminescent device using the same. The present invention can provide an organic electroluminescent device having excellent power and luminance efficiencies in conjunction with a long service life. |
| US08293379B2 |
Quenchable steel sheet having high hot press workability and method of manufacturing the same
The quenchable steel sheet has an alloy composition including carbon (C) in an amount of 0.15˜0.30 wt %, silicon (Si) in an amount of 0.05˜0.5 wt %, manganese (Mn) in an amount of 1.0˜2.0 wt %, boron (B) in an amount of 0.0005˜0.0040 wt %, sulfur (S) in an amount of 0.003 wt % or less, phosphorus (P) in an amount of 0.012 wt % or less, one or more selected from among calcium (Ca) in an amount of 0.0010˜0.0040 wt % and copper (Cu) in an amount of 0.05˜1.0 wt %, two or more selected from among cobalt (Co), zirconium (Zr) and antimony (Sb), and iron (Fe). Alloy elements are controlled to increasing hot ductility and enabling pressing at 600˜900° C. so that a tensile strength of 1400 MPa or more and an elongation of 8% or more are obtained after pressing. |
| US08293376B2 |
Metal-coated steel strip
A steel strip having a metal coating on at least one surface of the strip. The coating includes an aluminum-zinc-silicon alloy containing magnesium and has small spangles. The magnesium concentration is between 1 and 5% by weight. |
| US08293375B2 |
Heat sealable multilayer film
At heat sealable multilayer film includes a cohesive failure heat seal layer (1) that includes a resin composition including 75 to 85 wt % of a propylene polymer (A) and 15 to 25 wt % of an ethylene polymer (B) (based on the total of (A) and (B) of 100 wt %), and a support layer (2) including a propylene block copolymer (C). The heat sealable multilayer film can package oil-rich contents to be retort sterilized without separation (delamination) of a cohesive failure heat seal layer due to penetration of oil from the contents and have appropriate heat seal strength and excellent easy openability, and can be opened with stable peel conditions. |
| US08293373B2 |
Oxygen-absorbing resin composition, oxygen-absorbing shaped article, packaging material and packaging container
[PROBLEMS] To provide: an oxygen-absorbing resin composition which needs no transition metal compound, exhibits excellent oxygen absorbability at room temperature, produces little unpleasant odor during the absorption of oxygen, and enables to produce a molded article having excellent transparency; an oxygen-absorbing molded article comprising the oxygen-absorbing resin composition; and a packaging material and a packaging container each comprising the molded article. [MEANS FOR SOLVING PROBLEMS] Disclosed is an oxygen-absorbing resin composition comprising: a resin composition (A) which comprises an oxygen-absorbing resin (A1) having a cycloene structure in the molecule and a softening agent (A2) and has a glass transition temperature of −30 to +30° C.; and a resin (B) having an oxygen permeability of 100 to 500 cc 20 μm/m2 day atm (25° C., 65% RH), wherein the resin composition (A) is dispersed in the resin (B). The softening agent (A2) is preferably liquid paraffin or polybutene. The resin (B) is preferably a (terephthalic acid)/(cyclohexanedimethanol) copolymer polyester or a polyamide resin. |
| US08293366B2 |
Cosmetic
Provided is a cosmetic including silicone microparticles, in which the silicone microparticles include 100 parts by mass of silicone elastomer spherical microparticles having a volume average particle diameter within a range from 0.1 to 100 μm, and 0.5 to 25 parts by mass of a polyorganosilsesquioxane that coats the surface of the silicone elastomer spherical microparticles, and the silicone elastomer is capable of absorbing not less than 200 parts by mass of a polymethylsiloxane having a viscosity at 25° C. of not more than 10 mm2/s per 100 parts by mass of the silicone elastomer. Even if containing a silicone oil, the cosmetic exhibits favorable feelings upon use, with no spreading difficulties, stickiness, greasiness, or oily film feeling or the like. |
| US08293365B2 |
Liquid crystal display panel and conductive adhesive, conductive particles and method of manufacturing thereof
The present invention relates to a conductive particle, a conductive adhesive with the conductive particles, a LCD panel with the conductive adhesive, a method of manufacturing of the conductive particle and a method of manufacturing of the conductive adhesive. The conductive particle comprising an outer coating layer of graphite and an inner core of an organic resin enclosed by the outer coating layer, and therefore the conductive particles can have good conductivity as well as good strength and elasticity. |
| US08293359B2 |
Multilayer CVD-coating and tool with such a coating
A multi-layer CVD coating has at least one coating layer made of a metallic hard material layer X having a thickness of 10 to 90 nm, and at least one additional coating layer made of a metallic hard material layer Y doped with boron, having a boron content of 0.005 to 5 At. % and a thickness of 10 to 90 nm. At least one coating layer X adjoins a coating layer Y. The novel coatings exhibit significantly improved wear resistance. |
| US08293355B2 |
Glossy paper
In the present glossy paper, an opposite surface of a glossed and smooth image formation surface is rough-surfaced. Therefore, the glossy paper do not adhere together even under the high-temperature and high-humidity environment. In fact, the present invention provides glossy paper which can advantageously achieve a continuous paper feeding in the image forming apparatus regardless of the use environment conditions. |
| US08293351B2 |
Semiconductive rubber belt, and process for producing the same
An object of the present invention is to provide a semiconductive rubber belt wherein a variation in the electric resistance is decreased, in particular, in the belt circumferential direction so that high-quality images can be formed, and a process for producing the same. In order to achieve the object, in a case where on any single straight line extended in the belt circumferential direction, the maximum value of the molecular orientation ratio correction value MOR-C of the semiconductive rubber belt, the minimum value thereof, and the average thereof are set to satisfy a specified relationship. |
| US08293348B2 |
Multilayered laminate film
There is provided a multilayer laminate film with easy unsealability, heat resistance and easy cuttability, having a seal layer (A) and a base material layer (B), the multilayer laminate film containing the seal layer (A) and the base material layer (B) composed of a mixture of 10-50 parts by weight of high-density polyethylene and 50-90 parts by weight of polypropylene, laminated on the seal layer (A) in one layer or two or more layers, wherein the base material layer (B) is composed of one member selected from the group consisting of (a) an ethylene/butene copolymer with a density of 0.93 g/cm3-0.94 g/cm3, polymerized using a multisite catalyst, (b) high-density polyethylene with a density of 0.945 g/cm3-0.965 g/cm3 and (c) an ethylene/propylene block or random copolymer, further wherein the layer thickness of the seal layer (A) is 1 μm-20 μm while the layer thickness of the base material layer (B) is 20 μm-100 μm, as well as a packaging container and packaging bag employing it as a lid material. |
| US08293347B2 |
Packaging with water soluble barrier layer
The invention provides a packaging material which comprises a polymeric base component and a barrier component which coats and lines a surface of the base component, the barrier component inhibiting migration of gases, vapors and liquids through the base component. The barrier component comprises a polymeric layer comprising at least two different polymeric species which are polar and which are water soluble. The different species have different chemical compositions and are complementary in that they are bound together physically by interpolymer complexation to form an interpenetrating physical network. The invention also provides a process for producing the packaging material which comprises coating at least one surface of the base component with the barrier component and causing the complementary species to interact together physically by interpolymer complexation to form an interpenetrating physical network. |
| US08293339B2 |
Droplet bilayers
The invention provides methods and apparatuses for making an artificial, amphiphilic bilayer using aqueous micro-droplets (1-1,000 um dia) in a water-immiscible solvent, wherein immediately surrounding each droplet is a monolayer of amphiphilic molecules; the general method comprising: juxtapositioning the droplets with a focused laser beam such that the monolayers merge to create a bilayer of the amphiphilic molecules between the droplets. |
| US08293338B2 |
Applying a transparent protective coating to marked media in a print engine
A method of applying a protective coating over ink printed media in a digital printing engine whereby horizontally discharging ink jet nozzles arranged in a vertical array, discharging a protective coating onto the marked surface of media disposed on a belt in vertical disposition. The coated media is then transported vertically to an adjacent source of ultraviolet radiation for curing the protective coating. |
| US08293337B2 |
Multiplexed electrospray deposition method
Multiplexed electrospray deposition apparatus capable of delivering picoliter volumes of one or more substances is disclosed. The apparatus may include a unitary planar dispenser etched from a silicon wafer through microfabrication or micromachining technology. The apparatus may be used as a deposition tool for making protein microarrays in a noncontact mode. Upon application of potential difference in the range of 7-9 kV, the substances may be dispensed directly, not through a collimating mask, onto a substrate with microhydrogel features functionalized with an anchoring agent. |
| US08293335B2 |
Yttria-coated ceramic components of semiconductor material processing apparatuses and methods of manufacturing the components
Yttria-coated ceramic components of semiconductor material processing apparatuses include a substrate and at least one yttria-containing coating on the substrate. The components are made by applying a first yttria-containing coating on a ceramic substrate, which can be a green body of the ceramic material. The coated green body is sintered. The first yttria-containing coating can be treated to remove attached yttria particles resulting from the sintering. In another embodiment, a second yttria-containing coating can be thermally sprayed on the first yttria-containing coating to cover the particles. |
| US08293334B2 |
Preliminary metallizing treatment of zinc surfaces
The invention relates to a method for a preliminary metallizing treatment of galvanized or zinc alloy-coated steel surfaces or joined metallic parts that at least partly have zinc surfaces, in a surface treatment encompassing several process steps. In the disclosed method, metallic coats of especially a maximum of 100 mg/m2 of molybdenum, tungsten, cobalt, nickel, lead, tin, and/or preferably iron are produced on the treated zinc surfaces. Another embodiment of the invention relates to an uncoated or subsequently coated metallic part which has been subjected to the disclosed preliminary metallizing treatment as well as the use of such a part for making bodies during the production of automobiles, building ships, in the construction industry, and for manufacturing white products. |
| US08293329B2 |
Organic vapor jet printing system
An organic vapor jet printing system includes a pump for increasing the pressure of an organic flux. |
| US08293325B2 |
Polymer injection method for blocking piping in dikes and dams
A polymer injection method and apparatus for blocking piping in dikes and dams, uses non-water reacted two-component polymeric material to produce a hydra-insensitive expanding polymer for blocking piping channel. A transferring device is provided to the method, which includes an injection gun, an injector, and a hollow tube, wherein the injection gun connects with an entrance end of the hollow tube through the injector, and an outlet end of the hollow tube inserts into the entrance of the piping channel. The two components of the polymeric material are respectively transported to the injection gun, and are mixed and injected from the gun with high pressure, through the injector, to the hollow tube, and then pushed into the piping channel. Under the chemical reaction, the mixed material expands inside the receiver and becomes foamed solid from liquid, and then the polymer receiver inflates and blocks the piping channel quickly. |
| US08293321B2 |
Coating compositions having improved early hardness
A fast hardening clear coating composition for repairing a clear coat/color coat finish or a pigmented mono-coat of a vehicle comprising a film forming binder and an organic liquid carrier, where the binder contains a hydroxyl polymer component comprising (A) hydroxyl-containing acrylic polymer, (B) at least one hydroxyl-terminated component selected from the group consisting of (1) an organic diol having the formula where R1 and R2 are individually selected from the group of hydrogen and an alkyl group having 1, 3-5 carbon atoms and (2) a hydroxyl terminated reaction product of trimethylol propane and a lactone; (C) an organic polyisocyanate crosslinking component, at least portion of which comprises a trimer of isophorone diisocyanate or hexamethylene diisocyanate and the composition further contains, a curing catalyst, of a dialkyl tin aliphatic carboxylate, a tertiary aliphatic mono or diamine, an aliphatic carboxylic acid, and optionally, a zinc or calcium organic acid salt in an effective amount such that the coating composition on curing at ambient temperatures is in a water spot free and sufficiently hard state for sanding or buffing within about 2 hours after application or on cool down when baked under normal conditions. |
| US08293317B2 |
Puffed protein based snack food
A food product and method are provided. The food product is a crisp expanded proteinacious food product characterized by an absence of objectionable protein fiber formation. The product is puffed to provide a low density while providing a good eating texture. The product may be coated to provide additional flavors and/or nutrients. |
| US08293313B2 |
Microfoamed fruit or vegetable puree and method for preparing same
The invention concerns a microfoamed fruit or vegetable puree containing native defatted soluble seric proteins and optionally a texturing agent, the overrun being not more than 50%, the average diameter of the bubbles being less than 200 μm and the microfoamed fruit or vegetable purée being stable for at least 28 days at a temperature ranging between 1 and 10° C. The invention also concerns a method for preparing same. |
| US08293312B2 |
Concentrated tomato products
A tomato composition obtained from tomato juice having the following composition in percentage by weight: dry residue>20% up to 99%, water<80% down to 1%; 100% being the sum of the two components, wherein the among of water insoluble solids in the dry residue ranges in percentage by weight from 18% to 70%. |
| US08293311B2 |
Refrigeration-temperature spreadable butter-based product
A method of forming a butter product comprises forming a primary oil-in-water emulsion by dispersing liquefied stearine butterfat in a butter serum, the liquefied stearine butterfat forming stearine globules within the butter serum. The primary oil-in-water emulsion is dispersed into an olein butterfat component forming an oil-in-water-in-oil emulsion, and the oil-in-water-in-oil emulsion being cooled to form the butter product which is spreadable at a temperature of less than about 45° F. |
| US08293301B2 |
Process for manufacturing a sweetener and use thereof
Highly purified Stevioside and Rebaudioside A were prepared from sweet glycoside extracts obtained from Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni leaves. The resulting sweeteners are suitable as non-calorie, non-cariogenic, non-bitter, non-lingering sweeteners, which may be advantageously applied in foods, beverages, and milk products. |
| US08293299B2 |
Containers and methods for dispensing multiple doses of a concentrated liquid, and shelf stable Concentrated liquids
Containers and methods are provided for dispensing a liquid concentrate utilizing one or more desirable properties including a generally consistent discharge across a range of squeeze forces, a generally consistent discharge with the same force without significant dependence on the amount of liquid concentrate in the container, a substantially dripless or leak proof outlet opening, a jet that minimizes splashing when the liquid concentrate impacts a target liquid, and a jet that maximizes mixing between the liquid concentrate and the target liquid to produce a generally homogenous mixture without the use of extraneous utensils or shaking. Also provided are liquid beverage concentrates that can be cold filled during packaging while maintaining shelf stability for at least about three months at ambient temperatures. Concentrates are provided having low pH, with or without alcohol, and with buffers to allow for increased acid content at a selected pH. |
| US08293298B2 |
Adding an additive to a meat product
Method and device for treating meat products, in particular slaughtered poultry or parts thereof, in which an additive is added to the meat products.The meat products are mounted on product holders and conveyed an additive-adding device that treats the meat products with an additive. Thereafter, the meat products are further conveyed to a massaging device that massages the meat products. |
| US08293294B2 |
Cosmetic composition comprising an aqueous extract of Chrysophyllum cainito
The invention relates to the field of cosmetics, especially relating to products for controlling skin aging. The invention especially relates to a cosmetic composition including an aqueous fruit extract of Chrysophyllum cainito. |
| US08293287B2 |
Use of a Brassocattleya marcella Koss orchid extract as an active agent to prevent or delay the appearance of signs of cutaneous aging
The present invention describes the use of an extract from the Brassocattleya marcella Koss orchid, in a cosmetic composition or for the preparation of a cosmetic composition, as a hydrating and/or anti-aging agent designed to prevent or delay the appearance of signs of intrinsic or extrinsic aging of the skin, or to delay these effects. |
| US08293277B2 |
Controlled-release nanoparticulate compositions
Described are controlled release nanoparticulate formulations comprising a nanoparticulate agent to be administered and a rate-controlling polymer which functions to prolong the release of the agent following administration. The novel compositions release the agent following administration for a time period ranging from about 2 to about 24 hours or longer. |
| US08293276B2 |
Drug loaded polymeric nanoparticles and methods of making and using same
The present disclosure generally relates to methods of making nanoparticles having about 0.2 to about 35 weight percent of a therapeutic agent; and about 10 to about 99 weight percent of biocompatible polymer such as a diblock poly(lactic)acid-poly(ethylene)glycol. |
| US08293274B2 |
Intestinal absorptive anti-tumor agent
An objective of the present invention is to provide intestinal absorptive antitumor agents with an excellent intestinal absorptive effect by using injectable antitumor agents. In the intestinal absorptive pharmaceutical agents of the present invention, antitumor components that can be used only as injections are supported by hydroxyapatite particles. |
| US08293273B2 |
Controlled release and taste masking oral pharmaceutical composition
Controlled release and taste masking compositions containing one or more active principles inglobated in a three-component matrix structure, i.e. a structure formed by successive amphiphilic, lipophilic or inert matrices and finally inglobated or dispersed in hydrophilic matrices. The use of a plurality of systems for the control of the dissolution of the active ingredient modulates the dissolution rate of the active ingredient in aqueous and/or biological fluids, thereby controlling the release kinetics in the gastrointestinal tract. |
| US08293267B2 |
Method for preparing an antimicrobial cotton of cellulose matrix having chemically and/or physically bonded silver and antimicrobial cotton prepared therefrom
There is provided a method for preparing a natural cellulose-OAg matrix having antimicrobial activity without leaching silver from the cellulose-OAg matrix. The method comprises: introducing silver ions (Ag+) into a natural cellulose matrix by dipping the natural cellulose matrix in an AgCl-dissolved NH4OH solution; and substituting hydrogen (H) of hydroxyl group (—OH) in natural cellulose with Ag+ by drying the silver ion-infused natural cellulose matrix, thus to form a natural cotton-OAg complex. The cellulose-OAg matrix prepared in the method may be useful to continuously maintain antimicrobial activity by maintaining an effective concentration of silver, which does not have cytotoxicity to human skin, and chemically bonded silver is not leached during the rehydration due to the chemical bond between the silver and the cellulose matrix. |
| US08293265B2 |
Process for manufacturing chewable dosage forms for drug delivery and products thereof
A palatable, soft chewable medication vehicle for delivery of a pharmaceutically acceptable active ingredient, such as a drug, to an animal or human subject. The soft chews contain only food grade or better inactive ingredients, and preferably do not contain ingredients of animal origin. Processes for manufacturing the soft chews do not require the generation of heat during mixing of active and inactive ingredients, provide stable concentrations of the active ingredient, and produce chews of consistent weight and texture. |
| US08293261B2 |
Intravascular implant
The invention has for its object the provision of an intravascular implant that has mechanical characteristics and physiological characteristics and is very low in cell cytotoxicity and provides an intravascular implant having an implant body made of a metal material that contains gadolinium and magnesium and is free of yttrium. |
| US08293259B2 |
Granular turf safe mesotrione compositions
A composition comprising herbicidal mixtures of mesotrione impregnated into or coated on the surface of a granular substrate material such as a fertilizer granule and/or a solid inert carrier material is provided for use to control weeds in turfgrasses without causing damage to the grass and methods for the use thereof. |
| US08293257B2 |
Oily dispersion and cosmetic material incorporating this oily dispersion
An oily dispersion of an inorganic microparticle oxide powder that exhibits excellent texture has superior compatibility with other cosmetic material components. The oily dispersion contains only two components of a dispersion medium and a surface-treated inorganic microparticle oxide powder, wherein the dispersion medium is an oil, the surface-treated inorganic microparticle oxide powder is a powder surface-treated with branched fatty acid containing isostearic acid as a primary constituent component or a metal salt containing isostearic acid as a primary constituent component at an amount of 1 to 30% by weight with respect to the powder as a base material, and the surface-treated inorganic microparticle oxide powder has a solid concentration of 25% by weight or more and a viscosity of 2,000 mPa·s or less at 25° C. in the preparation of the oily dispersion. |
| US08293256B2 |
Sulfamide derivatives and cosmetic use thereof
The present invention relates to the cosmetic use of a compound of formula (I) and also the cosmetically acceptable salts thereof, solvates thereof and isomers thereof, for non-therapeutic skincare. The invention also relates to compounds of general formula (II) |
| US08293255B2 |
Polyglutamic acids functionalised by histidine derivatives and hydrophobic groups and the uses thereof, in particular for therapeutic purposes
The invention relates to novel biodegradable materials based on modified polyamino acids and suitable, in particular, for vectoring active substance(s) (AS). Said invention also relates to novel pharmaceutical, cosmetic, dietary or plant protective compositions which are based on said polyamino acids.The aim of said invention is to provide a novel polymer raw material usable for vectoring the AS and capable to optimally meet all specification in this area: biocompatibility, biodegradability, ability to become easily associated with many active substances or to solubilize them and to release said active substances in vivo. The aim is attained to 30 carbon atoms.Said polyglutamates modified by histidine derivatives are soluble with pH lower than 5 and are easily and economically convertible into active substance vectorization particles which are able to form stable aqueous colloidal suspensions. On the contrary, said modified polyglutamates are insoluble in water with a physiological pH (7.4), and thereby have to be precipitated on an injection site in the case of a subcutaneous injection. |
| US08293253B2 |
Compositions for controlled delivery of pharmaceutically active compounds
The invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions that provide sustained-release of a pharmaceutically active compound and to methods of treating or preventing a condition in an animal by administering the pharmaceutical compositions to the animal by injection. When the pharmaceutical compositions are administered to an animal by injection, they form a drug depot that releases the pharmaceutically active compound over time. The pharmaceutical compositions can also be administered orally. |
| US08293252B2 |
Universal tumor cell vaccine for anti cancer therapeutic and prophylactic utilization
A universal tumor vaccine bearing antigens characteristic of each of a wide variety of tumors that may afflict a patient being treated comprises at least two different allogeneic cells that display a multiplicity of tumor associated antigens and also have been modified to inhibit the expression of a natively produced immunosuppressive agent such as TGFβ. |
| US08293249B2 |
Nucleic acid and amino acid sequences relating to Streptococcus pneumoniae for diagnostics and therapeutics
The invention provides isolated polypeptide and nucleic acid sequences derived from Streptococcus pneumoniae that are useful in diagnosis and therapy of pathological conditions; antibodies against the polypeptides; and methods for the production of the polypeptides. The invention also provides methods for the detection, prevention and treatment of pathological conditions resulting from bacterial infection. |
| US08293247B2 |
Modified influenza virus for monitoring and improving vaccine efficiency
The immunogenicity of the influenza virus hemagglutinin (HA) molecule may be increased by substitutions of amino acids in the HA sequence. The substitution of specific HA residues, such as asparagine at position 223 of H5 HA, increase the sensitivity of the hemagglutinin inhibition (HI) assay by altering receptor specificity and/or antibody-antigen binding. HA molecules containing such substitutions will be useful in the development of diagnostic reference viruses and improved influenza vaccines. |
| US08293246B2 |
Uses of red yeast rice in treating dengue virus infection
This invention provides a method of using red yeast rice fermented product to treat a subject having a disease caused by dengue virus. In one embodiment, the red yeast rice is prepared with the yeast Monascus purpureus. |
| US08293244B2 |
Phosphotriesterase from agrobacterium radiobacter p230
The present invention provides enzymes capable of hydrolysing organophosphate (OP) molecules. In particular, the invention provides a phosphotriesterase enzyme identified from an Agrobacterium radiobacter strain isolated from soil that hydrolyses OP pesticides, and the gene encoding that enzyme. The invention also provides mutants of the identified phosphotriesterase enzyme which have altered substrate specificity. The use of these enzymes in bioremediation strategies is also provided. |
| US08293242B2 |
Ultra-high yield of alpha-1-anti-trypsin
The instant invention provides novel and effective methods of isolating alpha-1-antitrypsin from cryo-poor plasma and formulating it into therapeutic products. This invention achieves higher yields and a superior quality of alpha-1-antitrypsin. Alpha-1-antitrypsin is isolated from cryo-poor plasma, using one or more salts selected from a group comprising sodium citrate, sodium acetate, sodium gluconate, ammonium sulfate, sodium chloride, sodium sulfate and ammonium chloride in two fractionation steps, followed by diafiltration to remove those salts employed. |
| US08293240B2 |
Method of treating drug-resistant cancer
Systems and methods for treating inflammatory and proliferative diseases, and wounds, using as a pharmacon a UCP and/or Fas antibody or other inhibitor, or combination thereof, and a therapeutically acceptable amount of a fatty acid metabolism inhibitor and/or a therapeutically acceptable amount of a glucose metabolism inhibitor, optionally in combination with one or more chemotherpeutic agents. In preferred embodiments, the invention combines an antibody against UCP and/or Fas antigen with an oxirane carboxylic acid, represented by etomoxir, and/or with a 2-deoxyglucose compound, represented by 2-deoxy-D-glucose. The systems and methods of the invention can be used to treat drug-resistant or multi-drug resistant cancers. |
| US08293239B2 |
Methods of treating chronic pain
The invention relates to an anti-CGRP antibody for use in the prevention and/or treatment of chronic pain and/or symptoms of chronic pain, and to a method of treating and/or preventing chronic pain and/or symptoms of chronic pain using an anti-CGRP antibody. |
| US08293236B2 |
Use of modulators of compounds of TGF-β superfamily to regulate hepcidin-mediated iron metabolism
The present invention provides new systems and strategies for the regulation of iron metabolism in mammals. In particular methods of using agonists and antagonists of TGF-β superfamily members to modulate the expression or activity of hepcidin, a key regulator of iron metabolism, are described. The inventive methods find applications in the treatment of diseases associated with iron overload, such as juvenile hemochromatosis and adult hemochromatosis, and in the treatment of diseases associated with iron deficiency, such as anemia of chronic disease and EPO resistant anemia in end-stage of renal disease. The present invention also relates to screening tools and methods for the development of novel drugs and therapies for treating iron metabolism disorders. |
| US08293233B2 |
Method for isolation of soluble polypeptides
Polypeptides with desirable biophysical properties such as solubility, stability, high expression, monomericity, binding specificity or non-aggregation, including monomeric human VHs and VLs, are identified using a high throughput method for screening polypeptides, comprising the steps of obtaining a phage display library, allowing infection of a bacterial lawn by the library phage, and identifying phage which form larger than average plaques on the bacterial lawn. Sequences of monomeric human VHs and VLs are identified, which may be useful for immunotherapy or as diagnostic agents. Multimer complexes of human VHs and VLs are also identified. The VHs and VLs identified may be used to create further libraries for identifying additional polypeptides. Further, the VHs and VLs may be subjected to DNA shuffling to select for improved biophysical properties. |
| US08293228B2 |
Variant form of urate oxidase and use thereof
The present invention relates to genetically modified proteins with uricolytic activity. More specifically, the invention relates to proteins comprising truncated urate oxidases and methods for producing them, including PEGylated proteins comprising truncated urate oxidases. |
| US08293225B2 |
Method and device for synovial cell-charged collagen membrane or gel
An implant for repair of a cartilaginous defect in a subject includes a collagen matrix charged with synovial cells. A method preparing an implant for repair of a cartilaginous defect in a subject includes obtaining a fluid containing synovial cells and charging the synovial cells to the matrix. A device for preparing a cell-charged implant includes a first chamber and a second chamber, the first and second chambers being separated by a membrane and a perforated filter. The membrane is adapted to collect cells from a cell-containing fluid introduced into the first chamber and the perforated filter is adapted to permit passage or diffusion of the fluid through the second chamber. A method for preparing a cell-charged implant utilizes the device. |
| US08293224B2 |
Attenuated uracil auxotroph of an apicomplexan and use thereof
Uracil auxotroph mutants of apicomplexans are provided which lack a functional carbamoyl phosphate synthase II (CPSII) enzyme. Also provided are T. gondii autoxtroph mutants which express exogenous antigens, and methods of protecting an animal against a T. gondii and non-T. gondii disease. |
| US08293223B2 |
Treatment of organ injuries and burns using placental stem cells
The present invention provides a method of extracting and recovering embryonic-like stem cells, including, but not limited to pluripotent or multipotent stem cells, from an exsanguinated human placenta. A placenta is treated to remove residual umbilical cord blood by perfusing an exsanguinated placenta, preferably with an anticoagulant solution, to flush out residual cells. The residual cells and perfusion liquid from the exsanguinated placenta are collected, and the embryonic-like stem cells are separated from the residual cells and perfusion liquid. The invention also provides a method of utilizing the isolated and perfused placenta as a bioreactor in which to propagate endogenous cells, including, but not limited to, embryonic-like stem cells. The invention also provides methods for propagation of exogenous cells in a placental bioreactor and collecting the propagated exogenous cells and bioactive molecules therefrom. |
| US08293222B2 |
Silicone-modified wax-containing composition and cosmetic preparation containing the composition
A composition for cosmetic preparation and a cosmetic preparation including the composition are provided. The composition includes a silicone-modified wax having a melting point of 100° C. or above and an unctuous agent having a melting point of 80° C. or below. The composition is prepared by cooling after dissolving and mixing the silicone-modified wax and the unctuous agent at temperature equal to or higher than the melting point of the silicone-modified wax. The composition has a smooth feel and a glossy surface and can be blended in a cosmetic preparation without being heated at 100° C. or above. |
| US08293221B2 |
Enzymatic peracid generation formulation
Disclosed herein are multi-component formulations for enzymatically producing aqueous solutions of peroxycarboxylic acids suitable for use in, e.g., disinfectant and/or bleaching applications. The multi-component peroxycarboxylic acid formulations comprise at least one carbohydrate esterase family 7 enzyme having perhydrolytic activity. |
| US08293219B2 |
Use of long carbon chain quaternary ammonium salt phosphoric acid ester as conditioner for hair
Use of long carbon chain quaternary ammonium salt phosphoric acid ester of formula (I) as conditioner for hair. |
| US08293214B2 |
Targeting and therapeutic compounds and gas-filled microvesicles comprising said compounds
New targeting or therapeutic compounds which can be incorporated into a composition of gas-filled microvesicles. The invention further relates to gas-filled microvesicles for diagnostic and/or therapeutic use comprising said compounds and to their method of use. The new compounds are compounds of formula M-S-T, wherein: M represents a component capable of associating with an envelope of a gas-filled microvesicle; T represents a component comprising a targeting ligand or a therapeutic agent; and S represents a component comprising at least two bissulfone groups. |
| US08293213B2 |
Method and apparatus for thrombus removal using magnetic particles
A method and system for affecting a thrombus after ischemic stroke. The method may include injecting a plurality of magnetic particles into a bloodstream and moving or distorting a thrombus formed or lodged in the bloodstream using a magnetic force to manipulate the magnetic particles. The method may include conjugating ferromagnetic particles, paramagnetic particles, or superparamagnetic particles to a thrombus-specific attachment agent such as an anti-fibrin antibody, and injecting the conjugated particles into the bloodstream. Thereafter, the thrombus may be agitated, broken apart, or dissolved using a magnetic field to exert a magnetic force on the conjugated particles. The method may also include injecting a thrombolytic agent into the bloodstream to interact with and further dissolve the thrombus. |
| US08293212B2 |
Inhibitor screening method and atopic dermatitis like symptom inducing method which utilizes induction of production of interleukin 18 by keratinocyte and utilization of same
The present invention provides methods which use induction phenomenon of production of interleukin 18 (IL-18) from keratinocyte (KC), and their usages. The methods are preferably applicable for understanding of pathogenic mechanisms of atopic dermatitis (AD) and AD-like symptoms, and for development of therapeutic drugs for AD and AD-like symptoms. For example, by applying, on skin of mice or the like, protein A (SpA) derived from Staphylococcus aureus, or transplanting, on mice, a skin graft which has developed an inflammatory skin disease like AD, it is possible to reproduce elevation of IgE to high level in serum, which elevation is generated in an AD-like lesion. As a result, it is possible, for example, to screen for an inhibitor which inhibits induction of production of IL-18 from KC. |
| US08293211B2 |
CB1 receptor antagonists and uses thereof
Neutral antagonists of the CB1 cannabinoid receptor, means for identifying neutral antagonists of the CB1 cannabinoid receptor, and uses thereof. Antagonists of the CB1 cannabinoid receptor can be used to prevent, treat or reduce the severity of various medical conditions and symptoms, including, but not limited to obesity, appetite disorder, another metabolic disorder, drug addiction and/or mental illness. Administering neutral CB1 cannabinoid receptor antagonists in place of or in combination with known CB1 cannabinoid receptor antagonists or inverse CB1 cannabinoid receptor agonists in an individual or animal to treat a medical condition with a reduction of unwanted side effects. A method of detecting a neutral CB1 cannabinoid receptor antagonist, including identifying a candidate compound; subjecting the candidate compound to one or more of a cAMP assay, CB1 competitive binding assay, food intake assay, thermoregulation assay, or emesis assay; and selecting the compound if it exhibits neutral antagonist activity. |
| US08293195B2 |
Split flow contactor
Systems and methods for contacting a liquid, gas, and/or a multi-phase mixture with particulate solids. The system can include a body having a first head and a second head disposed thereon. Two or more discrete fixed beds can be disposed across a cross-section of the body. One or more unobstructed fluid flow paths can bypass each fixed bed, and one or more baffles can be disposed between the fixed beds. |
| US08293192B2 |
Dispensing nozzle tip
An upper end 3 of a nozzle tip 2 is adapted to have an inside diameter dimension smaller than an outside diameter of a lower portion of a barrel 4, so that nozzle tips 2 are not piled up. An upper curved surface 11, which is curved in an outer direction of the nozzle tip 2 starting with a boundary portion between the barrel 4 and a leading end opening 5 of the nozzle tip 2 and the leading end opening 5, is formed. A lower curved surface 12 is formed continuously from the upper curved surface 11 to be curved in an inner direction. An angle formed between a line tangent to a boundary portion 13 between the upper curved surface 11 and the lower curved surface 12 and a center axis of the nozzle tip 2 is adapted to fall within a range between 45° and 20°. |
| US08293191B2 |
Method for transferring droplet
The invention provides a method in which an annular or spiral droplet holder formed of wire is used to hold a droplet in a state of being hung therefrom or being contained therein. A means for moving the droplet holder is added to the droplet holder to enable droplet transfer. To merge two droplets, they are brought into contact. To drip the droplet held by a droplet holder formed of wire, the droplet holder is deformed using an external force. A light path which passes through a droplet is set to enable optical measurement. The present invention enables inexpensive, simple droplet transfer. An inexpensive, simple configuration for handling droplets in the fields of chemical analysis, biochemical analysis, and automatic blood analysis can be realized according to the present invention. |
| US08293190B2 |
Polymer compound for biomedical use and biochip substrate using such a polymer compound
A biochip substrate capable of realizing the high detection accuracy by restricting a nonspecific adsorption or bonding of a substance to be detected, when used for a detection or analysis of protein, nucleic acids and the like. The biochip substrate is for fixing a biologically active substance on a surface of a solid substrate, and characterized in that it has a layer comprising a polymer compound obtained by copolymerizing an ethylenically unsaturated polymerizable monomer having an alkylene glycol residue, an ethylenically unsaturated polymerizable monomer having a functional group for fixing a biologically active substance and an ethylenically unsaturated polymerizable monomer having a cross-linkable functional group, on the surface of the substrate. |
| US08293189B2 |
Test strip designed to improve spreadability of blood
Disclosed is a test strip for measuring medical data, in which a hydrophilic material is introduced to improve the spreadability of blood. Having the structure comprising a blood-filtering layer designed to filter off either or both of erythrocytes and low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol from an applied blood sample; a reaction layer in which the blood sample free of erythrocytes and/or low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol is reacted with an reagent, and a hydrophilic material, intercalated between the blood-filtering layer and the reaction layer, for uniformly spreading the blood sample filtered through the filtering layer, the blood-filtering layer and the reaction layer being stacked between the lower support and the upper cover, the test strip prevents the infiltration of erythrocytes into the reaction layer and improves the spreadability of blood to reduce measurement errors, thus bringing about higher reproducibility. |
| US08293188B2 |
Detection of adulterated samples
In some embodiments, the present invention pertains to a method for detecting an adulterant in a biological sample. A combination of a biological sample, an agent for detecting the adulterant and an ionic moiety capable of undergoing reduction by gaining electrons is provided in an assay medium. The combination is incubated under conditions sufficient for the ionic moiety to undergo reduction and for the agent for detecting the adulterant to interact with the adulterant. The reduction of the ionic moiety enhances the detection of the adulterant as a result of increasing the sensitivity of the agent for detecting the adulterant. The extent of interaction between the agent for detecting the adulterant and the adulterant is measured and is related to the presence or absence of the adulterant in the biological sample. |
| US08293187B2 |
Device and method for direct measurement of isotopes of expired gases
The invention provides a device including a chamber wherein the chamber including a rigid enclosure; a rigid lid for the enclosure; a gasket between the lid and the enclosure to allow for an airtight seal between the enclosure and the gasket upon closure of a latch connecting the enclosure and the lid; a port for airtight attachment of a syringe, and a port for airtight insertion of a gas sensor. The device can further include a gas sensor and one or more syringes for attachment to the device by a three-way stopcocks. The device is appropriately sized for use with the subject of interest. The invention also provides methods for use of the device. |
| US08293184B2 |
Falling film plasma reactor
A falling film plasma reactor (FFPR) provides a number of benefits for the treatment of process gases. The falling film plasma reactor uses high voltage alternating current or pulsed direct current which is applied to radially separated electrodes to thereby create a dielectric breakdown of the process gas that is flowing within the large radial gap between the two electrodes. Typical plasma reactors often utilize fixed dielectric construction which can result in potential failure of the device by arcing between the electrodes as portions of the dielectric fail. Such failures are prevented by using a dielectric liquid that constantly flows over the electrodes, or over a fixed dielectric barrier over the electrodes. |
| US08293182B2 |
Integrated SCR and AMOx catalyst systems
Catalysts and catalytic articles for treating exhaust gas streams are described. In one or more embodiments, a catalyst system includes a first zone to abate nitrogen oxides by selective catalytic reduction, a second zone to oxidize ammonia and a third zone to oxidize carbon monoxide and hydrocarbons. Methods for treating the exhaust gas stream are also provided. Methods of making and using such catalysts and catalytic articles are also described. |
| US08293181B2 |
Tubular flow reactor and method for producing resin particle using the same
Provided is a tubular flow reactor containing: a cylindrical channel; a mixing shaft which is concentric with the cylindrical channel; and a mixing blade attached to the mixing shaft, wherein the tubular flow reactor satisfy the following requirements: t<2C and t/2C |
| US08293180B2 |
Apparatus for distinguishing liquid reducing agent and exhaust emission control apparatus of engine
An apparatus for distinguishing a liquid reducing agent which judges empty with a higher precision than heretofore is provided. The apparatus for distinguishing a liquid reducing agent is provided with a concentration sensor and a liquid-level sensor in storage tank of liquid reducing agent, and is characterized in that empty is judged by utilizing the liquid-level based on the liquid-level sensor in addition to the concentration based on the concentration sensor (step 3 and step 5). Even if a bubble is adhering to the concentration sensor and an erroneous signal indicative of empty is output although the residual quantity of liquid reducing agent is sufficient, the liquid-level sensor does not output a signal indicative of empty. Consequently, erroneous judgment is prevented and accurate judgment can be made as compared to heretofore. |
| US08293176B2 |
Photo-acoustic detection device and method
An example method for detecting an analyte in a sample of a bodily fluid includes the steps of exposing the bodily fluid sample to electromagnetic energy to cause a thermoelastic expansion in the analyte, and detecting a photoacoustic signal in the sample that results from the thermoelastic expansion. |
| US08293175B2 |
Assay system
An assay apparatus comprising: i) an assay cartridge (52, 53) comprising at least one well (57-62) and a pipette (50) positionable in at least one said well; ii) a holder arranged to receive said cartridge; iii) drive means operable to position said pipette in selected wells of said cartridge; iv) a gas pressure applicator couplable to said pipette whereby to cause liquid flow through said membrane; and v) a radiation detector operable to detect radiation from a well of said cartridge or from said pipette. |
| US08293174B2 |
Prion deactivating composition and methods of using same
The disclosed invention relates to prion deactivating compositions and methods for using the same. The prion deactivating composition may comprise at least one prion denaturing agent and at least one prion deactivating enzyme. The invention relates to a method of cleaning and/or sterilizing a material contaminated with infectious proteins. |
| US08293173B2 |
Electron beam sterilization apparatus
Improved electron beam sterilization apparatus and shielding techniques for use in are provided. A controller modulates an electron beam when sterilizing an interior to an object to ensure that adequate dose is received. Sterilization carousels are configured with input/discharge feeds to reduce the possibility of humans being exposed to dangerous levels of radiation. The system reduces the amount of shielding required to thereby lower cost of installation. |
| US08293165B2 |
Resin forming method and resin forming apparatus
A resin forming method and a resin forming apparatus for obtaining a resin formed product, by filling a cavity of a rubber-made mold with a thermoplastic resin, and cooling the thermoplastic resin. When filling the cavity with the thermoplastic resin, an electromagnetic wave generator is used, and electromagnetic waves having an intensity peak in a wavelength region of 0.78 to 2 μm are irradiated to the thermoplastic resin from the surface of the mold, and thereby the thermoplastic resin is heated selectively from the mold. The thermoplastic resin is an ABS resin which either a noncrystalline thermoplastic resin, or is a rubber modified thermoplastic resin. |
| US08293163B2 |
Electrically driven injection molding system with dual-driving function and injection molding method using the system
An electrically-driven injection molding system with a dual-driving function comprises an electric apparatus with a dual-driving function, a plasticizing unit, an injection unit, an injection carriage, a guide frame, and a base, wherein the electric apparatus with a dual-driving function is connected with the plasticizing unit and the injection unit, the guide frame is connected with the electric apparatus with a dual-driving function and the injection unit, and the electric apparatus with a dual-driving function, the plasticizing unit, the injection unit, the injection carriage, and the guide frame are installed on the integral base. An injection molding method is realized using the system. The system has an obviously simplified and compact structure, thus reducing the manufacturing cost, lowering the energy consumption, obviously extending the service life of the motors and ball screws, and making easy to popularize. The system provides some new ideas and innovation for developing next generation of the electrically-driven injection molding machines. |
| US08293162B2 |
Method and apparatus for producing molded product
A method for producing a molded product consisting of a resin polymerized by a melt polycondensation reaction, comprising continuous feeding of a prepolymer in molten state from a prepolymer feeding port to a polymerization reactor, discharging from holes of a porous plate, followed by polymerization while dropping along a supporting substrate under reduced pressure, and molding by transferring to at least one molding machine in molten state without solidification, wherein transfer pressure to said molding machine is controlled so as to maintain at an arbitrary pressure from 0.1 to 100 MPa (absolute pressure). |
| US08293161B2 |
Apparatus for fabricating flat panel display device method of fabricating the same and method of fabricating flat panel display device using the same
An apparatus for fabricating a flat panel display device includes a device that applies a flowable material on a substrate; a soft mold having a base surface, a groove part recessed in relation to the base surface, and a protruding part protruding from the base surface, the soft mold applying a pressure on the flowable material for forming a multi-stepped profile pattern in the flowable material. |
| US08293151B2 |
Triuranium disilicide nuclear fuel composition for use in light water reactors
The present invention relates to nuclear fuel compositions including triuranium disilicide. The triuranium disilicide includes a uranium component which includes uranium-235. The uranium-235 is present in an amount such that it constitutes from about 0.7% to about 5% by weight based on the total weight of the uranium component of the triuranium disilicide. The nuclear fuel compositions of the present invention are particularly useful in light water reactors. |
| US08293149B2 |
Photosensitive resin composition for color filter and color filter using the same
Disclosed are a photosensitive resin composition for a color filter and a color filter using the same. The photosensitive resin composition for a color filter may include (A) a copolymer including a structural unit represented by the following Chemical Formula 1, wherein the substituents of Chemical Formula 1 are the same as defined in the specification; (B) an acrylic-based photopolymerizable monomer; (C) a photopolymerization initiator; (D) a pigment; and (E) a solvent. |
| US08293143B2 |
Method of preparing a thin ceramic composition with two materials, the composition thus obtained and the constituent electrochemical cell and membrane
A method to prepare a thin ceramic or metallic solid-state composition comprising three phases: a material (A), a material (B), and pores, wherein the porous matrix of material (A) has a porosity gradient in the range of about 0% to about 80%, and wherein the pores are partially or completely filled with material (B). Various compositions and methods of use for the prepared composition are also disclosed. |
| US08293142B2 |
Composition containing fine silver particles, production method thereof, method for producing fine silver particles, and paste having fine silver particles
A composition containing fine silver particles which have a uniform particle size, can form a fine drawing pattern, and have a small environmental impact, a method for producing that composition, a method for producing fine silver particles, and a paste having fine silver particles are provided. The fine silver particles are produced by carrying out a fluid preparation step of preparing a reduction fluid, a silver reaction step, and a filtration/washing step. The reaction step is carried out by adding an aqueous silver nitrate fluid to a reduction fluid whose temperature has been increased to a range between 40 and 80° C. The aqueous silver nitrate fluid is added at a stretch. The composition containing fine silver particles is produced by dispersing the composition containing the fine silver particles in a polar fluid. |
| US08293138B2 |
Partially sulfonated polybenzimidazole based polymer, method for preparing the same, MEA for fuel cell using the polybenzimidazole based polymer and method for preparing the same
A partially sulfonated polybenzimidazole based polymer for fuel cell membrane is prepared by copolymerizing monomers of 3,3′-diaminobenzidine, isophthalic acid and 5-sulfoisophthalic acid to obtain a partially sulfonated polybenzimidazole, and doping the partially sulfonated polybenzimidazole with inorganic acid. |
| US08293136B2 |
High-intensity, persistent photoluminescent formulations and objects, and methods for creating the same
Disclosed are photoluminescent formulations, comprising an effective amount of photoluminescent phosphorescent materials, which exhibit high luminous intensity and persistence. Also disclosed are photoluminescent objects formed by applying at least one photoluminescent layer, formed from photoluminescent formulations, to preformed articles. Further disclosed are methods for creating photoluminescent objects. |
| US08293133B2 |
Porous solids, selective separations, removal of sulfur compounds, adsorption
Crystals of [VOBDC](H2BDC)0.71 were synthesized hydrothemally. The guest acid molecules were removed by heating in air to give high quality single crystals of VOBDC. VOBDC was observed to show crystal-to-crystal transformations on absorption of the guest molecules aniline, thiophene and acetone from the liquid phase. Accurate structural data of the guest molecules and framework deformations were obtained from single crystal X-ray data. VOBDC was also shown to absorb selectively thiophene and dimethyl sulphide from methane. |
| US08293132B2 |
Phenalkamine and salted amine blends as curing agents for epoxy resins
The invention relates to a curing agent for epoxy resins, comprising a phenalkamine blended with a salted polyamine or a salted polyamine-epoxy adduct to form a curing agent for an epoxy resin, wherein at least one-third of the primary amine groups of the salted polyamine or the salted polyamine-epoxy adduct are blocked. |
| US08293129B2 |
Method for manufacturing piezoelectric element
A manufacturing method of the present invention comprises the step of epitaxially growing a PZT layer on a first electrode layer, and the step of processing the PZT layer to a desired shape using an etching solution after the growing step. The etching solution contains at least one acid from among hydrochloric acid and nitric acid in a concentration CHCl+3.3CHNO3 ranging from 1 wt % to 10 wt %, CHCl and CHNO3 denoting, respectively, a weight concentration of the hydrochloric acid and nitric acid relative to a weight of the etching solution; and at least one fluorine compound from among ammonium fluoride and hydrogen fluoride, such that a weight concentration of fluorine derived from ammonium fluoride and hydrogen fluoride ranges from 0.1 wt % to 1 wt % relative to the weight of the etching solution. |
| US08293124B2 |
Method of multi-stage substrate etching and terahertz oscillator manufactured using the same method
A method of multi-stage substrate etching is provided. The method comprises the steps of: forming a first mask pattern on one surface of a first substrate; forming a hole by etching the first substrate using the first mask pattern as an etching mask; forming a second mask pattern on one surface of a second substrate; forming a hole by etching the second substrate to a predetermined depth using the second mask pattern as an etching mask; bonding the first and second substrates together such that an etched surface of the first substrate faces an etched surface of the second substrate; forming a third mask pattern on the second substrate; and forming a hole passing through the second substrate by etching the second substrate using the third mask pattern as an etching mask, whereby it is prevented the occurrence of a radius of curvature in the bottom surface and the overhang structure occurring on a step surface, so that etching quality is improved, a precise bonding between the substrates is obtained using the alignment key positioned on each substrate, and a multi-layer process is carried out. |
| US08293118B2 |
Device and method for treatment of canals
A method of treating an agricultural-water canal to decompose organic debris in the agricultural-water canal is disclosed. The method provides a controlled delivery of biocide particles to the surface of water by entraining biocide particles in a gaseous stream and then scattering the biocide particles across the surface of the water by propelling the biocide-laden gaseous stream to the surface of the water, whereat the biocide particles are released from the gaseous stream. A device for implementing the method is also disclosed. The device includes a gas blower, a feed hopper and a port which is adapted to direct and propel the biocide-laden gaseous stream to the surface of water in the agricultural-water canal. |
| US08293116B2 |
Liquid accelerator apparatus
An apparatus and a method is disclosed to filter liquids, such as water, waste water, agricultural liquids or other industrial liquids. The apparatus and the method rely on a novel technology where an acceleration apparatus facilitates generating energy that fractures the bonds between organic and inorganic particles and water molecules to allow a media to collect the organic and inorganic particles. |
| US08293114B2 |
Heat exchanger and method for heat exchanging
A method for exchanging heat between an effluent fluid and a blood fluid and a heat exchanger for heat exchange. The heat exchanger comprises a first and a second fluid circuit extending through the heat exchanger. The heat exchanger further comprises a stack of fluid plates and a membrane arranged between each of the fluid plates where one interspace is formed between each fluid plate and membrane. The first and the second fluid circuit is each constituted by a passage extending through the fluid plates and membranes and along the fluid plates and membranes in at least two interspaces According to the method for heat exchanging an effluent fluid is passed through the first fluid circuit and a blood fluid is passed through the second fluid circuit such that the effluent fluid is passed along one side of a membrane and simultaneously the blood fluid is passed along the other side of the membrane. Heat is thus exchanged between the effluent fluid and the blood fluid over the membrane. |
| US08293113B2 |
Heat exchanger and method for heat exchanging
A method for exchanging heat between an effluent fluid and a treatment fluid and a heat exchanger for heat exchange as well as an arrangement and a kit comprising a heat exchanger. The heat exchanger comprises a first and a second fluid circuit extending through the heat exchanger. The heat exchanger further comprises a stack of fluid plates and a membrane arranged between each of the fluid plates where one interspace is formed between each fluid plate and membrane. The first and the second fluid circuit is each constituted by a passage extending through the fluid plates and membranes and along the fluid plates and membranes in at least two interspaces. According to the method for heat exchanging an effluent fluid is passed through the first fluid circuit and a treatment fluid is passed through the second fluid circuit such that the effluent fluid is passed along one side of a membrane and simultaneously the treatment fluid is passed along the other side of the membrane. Heat is thus exchanged between the effluent fluid and the treatment fluid over the membrane. |
| US08293106B2 |
Filter element and methods of manufacturing and using same
A coreless and spirally wound non-woven filter element is provided. The filter element includes at least one band of base media having a selected porosity and an interlay having a different porosity within at least one band of base media. The presence of the interlay in the filter element can create additional surface area within the contiguous construction of a filter element for filtration. This interlay can also create the ability to change direction of flow and to increase the deposition of specifically sized contaminants. |
| US08293105B2 |
Contaminant adsorption filtration media, elements, systems and methods employing wire or other lattice support
A contaminant adsorption is provided that includes a self-assembled monolayers on mesoporous supports (SAMMS) on a lattice support structure such as sintered metal wire mesh. Individual wire fibers of the sintered wire mesh may have a film coating of mesoporous material that is functionalized for a target metal. The mesh material is formed into filtration elements with or without particulate filtration media. Systems employing such filtration elements in one or multiple stages are also disclosed with an optional acid was stripping system for regenerating SAMMS and to facilitate reclamation of contaminants that can be refined into usable commercial materials. |
| US08293101B2 |
Methods and apparatus for centrifugal liquid chromatography
Apparatus and methods related to centrifugal liquid chromatography are described. An angular velocity can be simultaneously imparted to a large number of chromatographic enclosures. Via centrifugal forces, a mobile phase fluid including a sample can be driven through a stationary phase within the chromatographic enclosure to perform a chromatographic separation process on components of the sample. The use of centrifugation as a driving force can allow significantly smaller stationary phase particles to be employed as compared to high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). Further, for an equivalent chromatographic separation process, the use of centrifugation can provide much greater separation efficiencies than HPLC. |
| US08293098B2 |
Infiltration/inflow control for membrane bioreactor
A wastewater treatment system comprising: a first treatment zone (11) fluidly connected to one or more further treatment zones (12-14), a membrane module (16) comprising a filter membrane is positioned in or fluidly connected to the further treatment zone; and a gravity settling device (15) fluidly connected to the first treatment zone (11) to receive overflow therefrom. A method of treating wastewater comprising flowing wastewater through one or more treatment zones (11-14) to produce a fluid product which is passed through a filter membrane (16) to produce a concentrated mixed liquor and a filtrate; returning at least a portion of the concentrated mixed liquor to at least one of the treatment zones (11); when the flow of wastewater water exceeds a predetermined level, flowing a portion of the returned mixed liquor to a gravity settling device (15) and clarifying the mixed liquor within the gravity settling device (15). |
| US08293093B2 |
Process for cooper electrowinning and electrorefining
A method of electrowinning or electrorefining copper from a copper electrolyte solution which contains chloride ions, the method comprising the steps of: (a) forming a polyacrylamide solution by dissolving polyacrylamide, having a molecular weight range of 5,000 to 20,000,000 Daltons, in an acidic medium and under conditions to form a polyacrylamide block copolymer having blocks of carboxyl groups dispersed along the polymer backbone; (b) introducing the polyacrylamide solution into an electrolytic cell containing the copper electrolyte solution at a polyacrylamide concentration of 0.01-10 mg/L; and (c) electroplating copper from the copper electrolyte solution to form a copper cathode. |
| US08293092B2 |
Alkaline electroplating bath having a filtration membrane
There is described an alkaline electroplating bath for depositing zinc alloys on substrates having an anode and a cathode, wherein the anode region and the cathode region are separated from each other by a filtration membrane. |
| US08293089B1 |
Portable dual field gradient force multichannel flow cytometer device with a dual wavelength low noise detection scheme
Systems and methods for combining dielectrophoresis, magnetic forces, and hydrodynamic forces to manipulate particles in channels formed on top of an electrode substrate are discussed. A magnet placed in contact under the electrode substrate while particles are flowing within the channel above the electrode substrate allows these three forces to be balanced when the system is in operation. An optical detection scheme using near-confocal microscopy for simultaneously detecting two wavelengths of light emitted from the flowing particles is also discussed. |
| US08293075B2 |
Method for the continuous separation by distillation of mixtures that contain morphonline (MO), monoaminodiglycol (ADG), ammonia and water by means of distillation
Processes for the continuous fractional distillation of a mixture containing morpholine (MO), monoaminodiglycol (ADG), ammonia and water from a reaction of diethylene glycol (DEG) with ammonia, the process including: (i) separating off ammonia from the mixture at a top of a first distillation column K10; (ii) feeding a bottom fraction from K10 to a second distillation column K20, in which water and an organic product are separated off at the top at a temperature at the top in the range from 45 to 198° C. and a pressure in the range from 0.1 to 15 bar; (iii) feeding a bottom fraction from K20 to a third distillation column K30, wherein the column K30 is a dividing wall column (DWC)which preferably has a dividing wall (DW) in the longitudinal direction of the column to form an upper combined column region (1), a lower combined column region (6), an inflow part (2,4) having an enrichment section (2) and a stripping section (4), and also an offtake part (3,5) having an enrichment section (3) and a stripping section (5), with the bottoms from K20 being fed in in the upper or middle third of the inflow part (2,4), based on the number of theoretical plates of the inflow part, ADG and organic products having a boiling point of >190° C. (1.013 bar) being discharge at the bottom, organic products having a boiling point of ≦128° C. (1.013 bar) being discharge at a top and MO being discharge from the middle or lower third of the offtake part (3,5) (side offtake), based on the number of theoretical plates of the offtake part. |
| US08293073B2 |
Modified vinylamine/vinylformamide polymers for use as creping adhesives
This invention is method of creping a paper web comprising a) applying to a rotating creping cylinder an adhesive composition having a pH of about 6.5 to about 8 and comprising one or more vinylamine/N-vinyl formamide polymers composed of about 10 to about 99 mole percent vinylamine monomer and about 90 to about 1 mole percent N-vinylformamide monomer; b) pressing the paper web against the creping cylinder to effect adhesion of the paper web to the creping cylinder; and c) dislodging the paper web from the creping cylinder with a doctor blade. |
| US08293072B2 |
Belt-creped, variable local basis weight absorbent sheet prepared with perforated polymeric belt
An absorbent sheet of cellulosic fibers with upper and lower sides includes (i) a plurality of fiber-enriched hollow domed regions on the upper side of the sheet having a relatively high local basis weight, (ii) connecting regions of relatively lower local basis weight forming a network interconnecting the relatively high local basis weight domed regions of the sheet, and (iii) transition areas with upwardly and inwardly inflected consolidated fibrous regions transitioning from the connecting regions into the domed regions. |
| US08293067B2 |
Microwave plasma processing device and gate valve for microwave plasma processing device
A gate valve includes a plate-shaped valve element which is rectangular-shaped to suit the shape of an opening of a processing chamber and has a size larger than the opening. A hermetically sealing member to perform hermetic sealing by abutting on and being pressed against an outer side of the processing chamber is provided in the valve element. A microwave reflecting mechanism which is formed in a groove shape so as to surround a periphery of the hermetically sealing member is provided at an outer peripheral portion of the hermetically sealing member. |
| US08293066B2 |
Apparatus and methods for transporting and processing substrates
There is described apparatus and methods for transporting and processing substrates including wafers as to efficiently produce at reasonable costs improved throughput as compared to systems in use today. A key element is the use of a transport chamber along the sides of processing chambers for feeding substrates into a controlled atmosphere through a load lock and then along a transport chamber as a way of reaching processing chambers and then out of the controlled atmosphere following processing in the processing chambers. |
| US08293060B2 |
Laser beam welding method and mounting structure for welding light-absorption resin member and translucent resin member
A method for laser beam welding includes: forming a triangle protrusion on a light-absorption resin member; pressing a top of the protrusion on a translucent resin member; contacting the top of the protrusion and a part of the light-absorption resin member on the translucent resin member; irradiating a laser beam on the protrusion through the translucent resin member; and welding the translucent resin member to the light-absorption resin member with melted resin of the protrusion. The protrusion has a height, which provides to set deformation of the translucent resin member within a limit of a tensile strength of the translucent resin member, and the deformation of the translucent resin member is caused by the pressing the top of the protrusion. |
| US08293059B2 |
Method for generating a glass ceramic composite structure
A method for making glass ceramic composite structures, wherein a first and at least a second glass component, with an intermediate layer of a joining solder consisting of glass placed between them, are assembled to form a raw composite structure, wherein the joining solder has a radiation absorption capacity higher than the components to be joined, and wherein the raw composite structure is irradiated with energy, for example IR energy, at least in the area of the joining solder until the joining solder has softened sufficiently to bond together the components and the joining solder to produce a composite glassy structure. Thereafter a ceramization treatment is performed. |
| US08293057B2 |
Double laser drilling of a printhead integrated circuit attachment film
A method of fabricating an apertured polymeric film. The method comprising the steps of: (a) masking a polymeric film with a first mask having first laser transmission zones defined therein; (b) laser-ablating first apertures through the polymeric film using the first mask; (c) masking the film with a second mask having second laser transmission zones defined therein, each second zone being aligned with a corresponding first aperture, and each second zone having greater perimeter dimensions than the corresponding first aperture; and (d) reaming the first apertures by laser-ablating the polymeric film using the second mask, the reamed first apertures defining second apertures in the film. |
| US08293055B2 |
Manufacturing method of a vehicular interior part
A manufacturing method of a vehicular interior part in which a cover member is attached to a base material, comprising the steps of forming a skin material, comprising a plurality of skin pieces sewn together, in accordance with a surface shape of said base material; and forming said cover member by attaching a soft material to a backside of said skin material after forming said skin material in accordance with said surface shape of said base material; and attaching said cover member to said base material. |
| US08293054B2 |
Method of customizing an article and apparatus
A method of applying graphics to a set of articles with a graphic transfer assembly is disclosed. The method includes a step of selecting an article from a set of articles comprising different types of articles. After selecting a last that may be associated with the article, the last may be attached to a last assembly of the graphic transfer assembly. With the article attached to the graphic transfer assembly, a deformable membrane may apply graphics to curved portions of the article. |
| US08293052B2 |
Polymer film stretching method
A front end portion of a following film is superimposed on a rear end portion of a preceding film to form a superimposed portion, and is joined thereto by a double-sided adhesive tape. The length of the double-sided adhesive tape in a film conveyance direction is shorter than that of the superimposed portion. The double-sided adhesive tape adheres to the rear end portion with leaving a rear space from a rear edge, and to the front end portion with leaving a front space from a front edge. The length of the rear space in the film conveyance direction is a maximum shrinkage of a first area, being a part of the front end portion superimposed on the rear space, or more. Likewise, the length of the front space in the film conveyance direction is a maximum shrinkage of a second area or more. |
| US08293050B2 |
Method and device for manufacturing bead
In a bead manufacturing method and bead manufacturing device, a former rotatably supported on a support base and pivotably holds opposite end portions of a plurality of elastically deformable spring members arranged on an outer circumference thereof with gaps in a circumferential direction for annularly winding a bead filler around the spring members, an actuation mechanism is provided for curving the spring members in the radial directions of the former, and a bead core holding portion is arranged at one end side of the former for holding a bead core. When the spring members are elastically deformed outward in the radial directions of the former to a semicircular shape, the bead filler annularly wound around the spring members are raised up to fixedly fit a short bottom side thereof on the outer circumference of the bead core held at one end side of the former. |
| US08293040B2 |
Homogeneous mesoporous nanoenergetic metal oxide composites and fabrication thereof
The invention provides homogeneous mesoporous metal oxide nanoenergetic composites. A composite of the invention has a regular and uniform nanostructure of metal oxide, which is structured by a surfactant. Metal fuel nanoparticles are homogenously distributed through the regular and uniform nanostructure. The invention further provides methods for making homogeneous metal oxide nanoenergetic composites. A method of the invention forms a metal oxide nanostructure via a sol-gel process with surfactant templating. Metal nanoparticles into the metal oxide nanostructure via wet impregnation. |
| US08293038B2 |
Ferritic stainless steel casting and sheet and method for producing the same
The present invention provides a ferritic stainless steel casting and a sheet thereof excellent in deep drawability, punch stretchability and ridging resistance and a method for producing the casting and the sheet. In the present invention, a chemical composition is controlled so that the amounts of C, N, Si, Mn, P and Ti may be reduced to the utmost for securing high workability and, on the basis of the chemical composition, the roping and ridging of a steel sheet product is reduced by adding Mg, thus dispersing Mg containing oxides that accelerate the formation of nuclei for solidification and, resultantly, suppressing the development of coarse columnar crystals in a casting. The present invention is characterized in that the average composition of the Mg containing oxides dispersing in a casting satisfies the following expressions <2> and <3>, 17.4(Al2O3)+3.9(MgO)+0.3(MgAl2O4)+18.7(CaO)≦500 <2>, (Al2O3)+(MgO)+(MgAl2O4)+(CaO)≧95 <3>. |
| US08293035B2 |
Treatment method, system and product
A process for treating a workpiece having the steps of: altering the temperature of a workpiece surface wherein at least one condition selected from the group of: thermal treatment rate, relative motion between the surface and said thermal treatment rate, coolant flow rate onto said surface, heating flow rate onto said surface and the relative speed between the heating means or the cooling means and the surface is controllable; simultaneously measuring temperatures at a plurality of locations over the surface of the workpiece; determining an average temperature of the temperatures measured; comparing the average temperature to preselected minimum and maximum temperatures for the workpiece; and automatically adjusting at least one of, the controllable conditions if said average temperature is not between the preselected minimum and maximum temperatures for the workpiece. A system for performing a thermal treatment process and the resulting product are also provided. |