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| US08477086B2 |
Organic electroluminescence display
In an organic EL display, correction is made for a difference in screen luminance between the case of measuring characteristics of OLED elements, and the case of not measuring the characteristics of the OLED elements. A data line for feeding image data items, and a detection line for measuring the characteristics of the OLED elements are connected to respective pixels. Detection of the characteristics of the OLED elements is executed by utilizing a specified period of a frame period. Because an image-displaying period is limited in a frame where measurement of the characteristics of the OLED element 11 is executed, the luminance undergoes deterioration. In order to prevent the deterioration of the luminance, an analog-to-digital converter ADC causes γ characteristic of the OLED elements in the frame where measurement of the characteristics of 11 is executed to be varied by the agency of a signal from a timing controller Tcon to the analog-to-digital converter ADC, thereby increasing luminance intensity of light emission of the OLED elements. |
| US08477084B2 |
Organic electroluminescence display and method of driving the same
An organic electroluminescence display has data, gate, and signal lines arranged on a substrate. Pixel regions are defined by the gate and signal lines. Switching elements provided in the pixel regions are electrically connected to the signal lines and the gate lines. Switching blocks open and close an electrical connection between the signal lines and the pixels. A driving unit drives the switching elements by supplying scanning signals to the gate lines. The driving unit also supplies a first control signal before the scanning signals are supplied and a second control signal when the scanning signals are supplied. The second control signal makes the switching blocks sequentially conductive, during which time image signals are supplied to the data lines. The first control signal permits the signal lines to be set at a predetermined voltage. |
| US08477083B2 |
Gamma variation using illumination intensity
A gamma variation of image intensity is created by varying the illumination intensity during a pulse width modulated display time period. During the pulse width modulated display time period a ramp signal may be compared with the image data to determine when pixel electrodes of the pixel array are switched. The illumination intensity may be varied in concert with ramp signal to produce a quadratic variation of displayed intensity on image data value. The illumination source could be an LED illumination source and intensity of the LED illumination source could be controlled using pulse width modulation. |
| US08477082B2 |
System and method for implementing a remote display using a virtualization technique
The present disclosure relates to a system and method for operating the display hardware of a wireless device from a media device. In one embodiment, the system may comprise a wireless device that includes a processor, a memory, display hardware, and a slave node adapted to communicate with the display hardware; and a removable media device that includes a memory, a processor, and a master node adapted to communicate with the slave node of the wireless device. In another embodiment, the method may comprise emulating a hardware interface on a removable media device; mapping display hardware of a wireless device to the interface; mapping a processor of the media device to the display hardware; wrapping and sending display hardware commands from a master node of the media device to a slave node of the wireless device; and executing the commands on the display device. |
| US08477079B2 |
Multiple-cavity antenna
An antenna for a Radio-Frequency IDentification (RFID) system is disclosed that comprises a resonant structure, an RFID load element, and a floating coupling element. One of the two terminals of the RFID load element is connected directly to the resonant structure, and the other terminal is connected to the floating coupling element. The floating coupling element is electrically isolated from the resonant structure; its presence provides an improved impedance match to the RFID load element. |
| US08477077B1 |
Antenna coupler mechanism systems and methods
Systems and methods are provided for an antenna coupler mechanism. The antenna coupler mechanism includes a bottom plate that includes a first conductor that is configured to couple energy into a nearby structure. A first tuning leg is connected in parallel with the bottom plate by a first set of electrical connections. The first tuning leg includes a second conductor and is configured to accept a radio frequency device in series with the second conductor. A second tuning leg is connected in parallel with the bottom plate by a second set of electrical connections. The second tuning leg includes a third conductor and a capacitor connected in series. |
| US08477076B1 |
Antenna coupler mechanism
Systems and methods are provided for an antenna coupler mechanism. The antenna coupler mechanism includes a first tuning leg configured to accept a radio frequency device. The first tuning leg includes a first inductive circuit element that is connected in series with the radio frequency device. The antenna coupler mechanism further includes a second tuning leg, which includes a second inductive circuit element and a capacitive circuit element connected in series. A bottom plate is connected in parallel with the first tuning leg and in parallel with the second tuning leg. The bottom plate comprises a third inductive circuit element and is configured to couple energy into a nearby structure. |
| US08477069B2 |
Portable electronic device and antenna thereof
An antenna is provided. The antenna includes a radiator, a feed conductor and a ground conductor. The radiator includes a body and a parasitic element. An aperture is formed on the body, and the body encloses the aperture. The parasitic element is connected to the body and extended into the aperture, wherein the parasitic element is connected to the body at a parasitic location. The feed conductor is connected to the body, wherein a signal, fed to the body by the feed conductor, travels on the body, and passes the parasitic location to the parasitic element. The ground conductor is connected to the body. |
| US08477060B2 |
Programming a remote control using removable storage
A method and system for programming, using a removable storage, a remote control apparatus providing universal remote control functionality is disclosed. A removable storage module may be introduced into the remote control apparatus. Programming codes for a remote-controlled device controllable by the remote control apparatus may be transferred from the removable storage module. Executable code for configuring the remote control apparatus may also be transferred. The programming codes may be assigned to control elements of the remote control apparatus. The remote control apparatus may be configured to use at least one of the programming codes to remotely control the remote-controlled device. |
| US08477057B2 |
Systems, methods, and apparatus for sensing AC voltage
Certain embodiments of the invention may include systems, methods, and apparatus for sensing AC voltage. According to an example embodiment of the invention, a method is provided for sensing AC voltage. The method includes providing a voltage sensing circuit in communication with an AC power source; rectifying an AC signal from the AC power source with rectifier circuitry of the voltage sensing circuit; applying a first voltage to an analog-to-digital (A-to-D) converter circuit, wherein the first voltage is across a second resistive element of a first half cycle voltage divider comprising a first resistive element and the second resistive element and in communication with a positive DC output of the rectifier circuitry; and analyzing the first digital voltage value and the second digital voltage value by a processor to determine a voltage of the AC power source. |
| US08477056B2 |
Method, system, and apparatus for interpolating an output of an analog-to-digital converter
A system, method, and apparatus is disclosed for interpolation of an output of an analog to digital converter (ADC) to enable operation of the ADC at a sampling rate that is independent of the sampling rate for a DSP core so as to efficiently enable operation at higher date rates. According to one of the embodiments, an interpolation circuit is coupled between the ADC and DSP core and receives a first plurality of samples of data at the first data rate from the ADC and supplies a plurality of samples of second data at a second data rate to the DSP core; the second data rate being less than the first data rate. According to one of the embodiments, the interpolation circuit includes a memory and a FIR filter circuit having filter tap coefficient values selected to provide attenuation at high frequencies to reduce aliasing noise. |
| US08477054B2 |
Method and device for phase and/or pulse-width modulation
The present invention relates to a device (2000) and a method for encoding an input signal (102) into a digital pulse-width and/or phase modulated output signal (162). The present invention also relates to a transmission method, a power amplifier and a transmitter. With the aid of a mapping process comprising at least three-stages, a sequence of output pulses (162) is generated which corresponds on average over time to a theoretical, previously computed target pulse. In this way, the device (2000) or the method can be digitally implemented and a large part (100, 110) of the device (2000) can also be operated at a clock rate that is substantially lower than a clock rate of the output signal generator (200, 220). |
| US08477051B2 |
Variable-length code decoding apparatus, decoding system, and variable-length code decoding method
A variable-length code decoding apparatus has a first-table storing part to store a first table, a second-table storing part to store a second table, a priority determining part to read out by priority a combination of zero information that is stored in the second table and corresponds a combination of variable-length codes having the largest number of codes, whereas if variable-length codes included in the input bitstream is not stored in the second table but stored in the first table, to read out zero information, and a decoding part to generate the decoded data based on the zero information or the combination of zero information read out by the priority determining part. |
| US08477049B2 |
Efficiently embedding information onto a keyboard membrane
Methods and systems for efficiently embedding information in a keyboard membrane. Information can be embedded in the keyboard membrane by integrating an information embedding circuit with a switch matrix used to identify location of a key press event. The information is embedded by either hardwiring a column to a selected row, or a row to a selected column. In order to access the embedded information, the row (column) is asserted resulting in the hardwired column (row) to also be asserted. The identification of the asserted column (row) is used to point to the embedded information. |
| US08477046B2 |
Sports telemetry system for collecting performance metrics and data
Systems and methods for collecting sports data include measuring, at one or more sensor modules mounted, affixed, or embedded on at least one sports participant, data corresponding to identification, movement, position, or condition of the at least one sports participant; measuring, at one or more sensor modules mounted, affixed, or embedded in a sports object, data corresponding to identification, movement, position, or condition of the sports object; and broadcasting, from one or more telemetry modules mounted, affixed, or embedded on the sports object or on the at least one sports participant, signals carrying the data corresponding to identification, movement, position, or condition of the sports object or signals carrying the data corresponding to identification, movement, position, or condition of the at least one sports participant. In one embodiment, predictive action cameras are controlled to aim at an anticipated or predicted position of a sports participant or sports object. |
| US08477037B2 |
Animal training apparatus having multiple receivers and method of controlling the same
An animal training apparatus with multiple receiver control function is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a single transmitter and multiple receivers corresponding to the respective animals. The transmitter includes a plurality of level adjustment switches for setting shock levels of the respective receivers. When the volume of a level adjustment switch corresponding to a desired receiver is changed, a transmitter control unit stores a shock level data into a memory. An ID code corresponding to the receiver is attached to the shock level data of a selected receiver. The shock level data with the ID code is transmitted to the receivers. The receivers receive an RF signal that includes the ID code and shock level data, and generate electrical shock to be applied to the animal when the received ID code is identical to a stored ID code. |
| US08477034B2 |
Information providing system and information providing method
An information providing system includes a portable terminal, and a server that provides the portable terminal with information of an arrival time of the portable terminal at a destination. The portable terminal comprises an RFID tag to which identification information of the destination and identification information of a departure place are written; and a communication unit that transmits the destination identification information, the departure place identification information, and information of a departure time which is a current time to the server when triggered by the departure place identification information written in the RFID tag. The server comprises an arrival time deriving unit that derives the arrival time at the destination using the departure place identification information, the destination identification information, and the departure time information transmitted from the portable terminal; and a communication unit that transmits the information of the arrival time at the destination to the portable terminal. |
| US08477029B2 |
Modular attribute sensing device
A modular device for determining attributes of a substance stored in a container having a sensing module, a transmitter module and a power source module. The sensing module is capable of sensing attributes of a substance and providing an output. The transmitter module is configured to transmit an output of the at least one sensing module when operably coupled to the sensing module. The power source module is capable of being operably connected to the sensor module and the transmitter module to power the sensor module and the transmitter module. |
| US08477028B2 |
Misplaced device recovery
Methods, articles, and systems for enabling the return of a misplaced device to a rightful user of the misplaced device are described herein. The misplaced device is configured to communicate with a misplaced device server, indicating to the misplaced device server that the misplaced device has been found. The misplaced device server is configured to provide the misplaced device and a returning user currently in possession of the misplaced device with information describing how to return the misplaced device to the rightful user. The misplaced device server is also configured to communicate with the rightful user, indicating to the rightful user that the misplaced device has been found. |
| US08477025B2 |
Vehicle with warning device
The present invention relates to a vehicle, in particular a lorry or bus, provided with a device for issuing, in the event of the vehicle turning off, an acoustic warning signal in the direction of a warning region next to the vehicle, comprising: —at least one sound source for generating an acoustic warning signal; —at least one sound director, which is connected to the sound source, for sending the acoustic warning signal to the warning region in substantially one or more preferred directions with respect to the vehicle and attenuating the acoustic warning signal outside the warning region in the remaining directions with respect to the vehicle, —control means for switching on the sound source when the vehicle turns off or is about to turn off; wherein the sound director has at least one outlet which is formed at a distance from the vehicle wall such that the warning signal is amplified in the one or more preferred directions as a result of interference as a consequence of reflection against the vehicle wall. |
| US08477024B2 |
Systems and methods for indicating the presence of a child in a vehicle
Systems and methods which provide for an alarm or notification that a child is in a car seat. The systems generally determine if a child is in the seat and that the seat, and therefore the vehicle, is not in motion. Upon detecting both situations, the notification or alarm is activated. |
| US08477021B2 |
Worksite proximity warning and collision avoidance system
A proximity warning and collision avoidance for a machine on a worksite operating near obstacles is disclosed. The proximity warning system includes an operator interface including first group of visual indicators including a low level indicator and a high level indicator, a second group of visual indicators including a low level indicator and a high level indicator, an audio indicator operable at a first volume and at a second volume, and operator inputs configured to receive selections from an operator. The proximity warning system is configured to provide both low level and high level alarms to an operator when an obstacle approaches or enters a safe zone, and when the machine approaches and enters a hazard zone. |
| US08477020B2 |
Remote ignition, theft detterence, and records keeping system for a vehicle
Disclosed is a key-less ignition system for a vehicle. The system allows a user to automatically start the engine of a vehicle via a push button and a remote passive transponder. The system finds particular application in conjunction with smaller vehicles such as motorcycles. In one specific embodiment of the invention, the system is used in connection with an anti-theft device, such as a wheel lock. In yet another embodiment of the invention, the key-less ignition system is used in connection with a records management system, whereby service technicians can remotely retrieve maintenance records relating to the vehicle. |
| US08477016B2 |
Method for identifying tags using adaptive binary tree splitting technique in RFID system and RFID system therefore
The RFID system includes an RFID reader for sending information selected from among collision type information, idle type information, and readable type information, to all of the RFID tags depending on the number of signals in the corresponding time slot, and RFID tags for performing functions, in which, when information, indicating that a current time slot is a collision type, is fed back from the RFID reader, each of RFID tags selects one arbitrary value of either 0 or 1 and is assigned a time slot, in which a corresponding RFID tag will send a signal to the RFID reader, based on the selected value, a single tag group that caused a collision is divided into two sub-groups depending on the assigned time slots, and tags of the sub-groups send signals, including IDs thereof, to the RFID reader in different time slots for the respective sub-groups. |
| US08477015B1 |
System and method for using an input data signal as a clock signal in a RFID tag state machine
A system and method is disclosed for using an input data signal as a clock signal in a state machine of a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag. An output of a demodulator in the RFID tag is directly coupled to a clock input of the command state machine in the RFID state machine. The command state machine receives an edge detect signal directly from the input data signal and then immediately generates backscatter signals to begin a backscatter process. The edge detect signal may comprise a rising edge of a data symbol of the RFID protocol. The immediate initiation of the backscatter process reduces latency of the backscatter process in the RFID state machine. |
| US08477014B2 |
Radio communication apparatus, information processing system, program and radio communication method
There is provided a radio communication apparatus capable of communicating with a base station of radio communication and moved with movement of a movable body, including: a storage unit having position information of unknown base stations whose base station identification information attached to the base station is unknown recorded therein; a notification unit that notifies the movable body or an operation subject of the movable body of the position information of the unknown base stations recorded in the storage unit; a communication unit that receives a radio signal containing the base station identification information from the base stations including the unknown base stations; and a recording unit that records the base station identification information contained in the radio signal received by the communication unit in the storage unit. |
| US08477013B2 |
Method and system for performing mobile RFID asset detection and tracking
Systems and methods of using RFID tags and a mobile RFID reader device for determining a geographic position of assets within a prescribed region is provided. A method of inferring the geometric location of assets within a prescribed region comprises the steps of moving a mobile RFID reader through said prescribed region; wirelessly detecting, by the mobile RFID reader, a first RFID location transponder while moving through said prescribed region; wirelessly detecting, by the mobile RFID reader, at least one RFID asset tracking transponder while moving through said prescribed region; wirelessly detecting, by the mobile RFID reader, a second RFID location transponder while moving through said prescribed region; and determining the geographic location of assets associated with said at least one detected RFID asset tracking transponder based upon said detected first and second RFID location transponders and a known position and identification code of said first and second RFID location transponders. |
| US08477012B2 |
Biometric authentication apparatus
An apparatus acquires information on a user's finger veins for personal authentication and includes: guides which form a space to put the user's finger in and block external light to come into the space sideways; a door assembly which closes when the user's finger is not in place and opens downward by a pushing force of the user's finger when the user's finger is in place, and blocks external light from above the space; a light source section disposed on a surface of the door assembly surface for irradiating the user's finger with light; a filter located at a space bottom and having a reflective surface for reflecting external light coming into the space or light from the light source section; and an imaging unit located under the filter for taking an image of veins of the user's finger exposed to the light emitted from the light source section. |
| US08477009B2 |
Asset security system and associated methods for selectively granting access
An automated asset management and security system for providing selective authorized access to an asset disposed within or associated with a remotely located lockable device, including: a control console, including: a processor executing one or more algorithms operable for identifying a user, authorizing a predetermined level of access based upon the identity of the user, receiving a command from the user to provide access to the asset disposed within or associated with the remotely located lockable device, and generating a corresponding command for the lockable device; and a communications channel for delivering the corresponding command to the lockable device; wherein the lockable device includes: a controller having a unique address executing one or more algorithms for implementing the corresponding command; and an actuation mechanism operable for selectively providing access to the asset disposed within or associated with the lockable device responsive to the corresponding command. |
| US08477007B2 |
Appliance and a consumable holder in a network
A network includes a client and an appliance configured to perform an operation cycle on an article using a consumable. Information associated with the consumable can be exchanged between the appliance and the client across the network. |
| US08477004B2 |
Magnet pole for magnetic levitation vehicles, and method for the production thereof
A magnet pole for magnetic levitation vehicles includes an iron core (1) having an upper pole surface (2), a lower contact surface (3) for a magnet rear side (4) and a circumferential surface (5) disposed between the pole surface (2) and the contact surface (3). A coil (6) is applied onto the circumferential surface (5) of the iron core (1). An intermediate layer is made of an electrically insulating material, which is disposed between the circumferential surface (5) and the coil (6). A protective layer (9) encapsulates the coil (6). At least the pole surface (2) of the iron core (1) is made of a hard material and abuts the circumferential surface (5) in a lower region of the iron core (1). The protective layer (9) contains a section (15) made of an elastic material in a region adjacent to the circumferential surface (5). |
| US08476998B2 |
Electromagnetic trip device for an electric switch apparatus, electric switch apparatus comprising one such trip device
An electromagnetic trip device comprising a shell and a moving core sliding due to the action of a coil, the shell comprising a radial surface having an opening through which the moving core passes, superposition of a radial crown of the moving core and the radial surface forming a magnetic flux transfer surface enabling flow of an axial magnetic flux. The trip device comprises intercalary adjustment means of said transfer surface respectively positioned between the moving core and the opening, said intercalary adjustment means comprising two calibrated elements adjoined surface against surface and being respectively formed by an alternation of magnetic sectors and non-magnetic sectors; movement of a calibrated element with respect to the other enabling a variation of said transfer surface to be obtained. |
| US08476995B2 |
RF MEMS switch device and manufacturing method thereof
The present invention relates to an RF MEMS switch device comprising: a substrate; a bias electrode positioned on the substrate and supplying bias voltage; a pair of signal electrodes positioned to be spaced-apart each other on the substrate and transmitting an RF signal from one side to the other side; a dielectric layer formed on upper part of the pair of signal electrodes to be overlapped with the pair of signal electrodes; a membrane electrode formed on the dielectric layer to be overlapped with the pair of signal electrodes and the dielectric layer; a bias line connecting between the membrane electrode and the bias electrode; at least one pooling electrode formed to be overlapped with the membrane electrode and having the dielectric layer be interposed therebetween; and a pooling line connecting any one of the pair of signal electrodes and the pooling electrode, and manufacturing method thereof. |
| US08476986B2 |
Device comprising a controlled matching stage
A device includes a matching stage coupled between a first signal terminal and a second signal terminal. A signal path extends between the first signal terminal and the second terminal. An adjustable impedance element is connected to the signal path. A detection circuit is coupled to the signal path and configured to derive matching information. A control circuit is coupled between the detection circuit and the adjustable impedance element. The control circuit is configured to control the adjustable impedance element. |
| US08476985B2 |
Method and arrangement for generating a frequency-modulated signal
In order to generate a broadband, frequency-modulated output signal, of which the carrier frequency is adjustable within a wide frequency range, a frequency-modulated signal is generated on an arbitrary, fixed carrier frequency, which is then converted into IQ signals, and the IQ signals generated in this manner are combined with the desired carrier frequency by IQ modulation to form the frequency-modulated output signal. By preference, the generated IQ signals are low-pass filtered before the IQ modulation. |
| US08476980B2 |
High frequency power amplifier
A power amplifier includes an amplifying circuit, and first through third transmission lines. The amplifying circuit amplifies an input signal having a fundamental frequency to generate a first amplified signal and a second amplified signal whose phase is opposed to the first amplified signal. The first transmission line adds a first group of phases, different in correspondence with a frequency, to the first amplified signal by using a left-handed material to generate a first transmission signal. The second transmission line adds a second group of phases, different in correspondence with a frequency, to the second amplified signal by using a right-handed material to generate a second transmission signal. The third transmission line overlaps the first and the second transmission signals to generate an output signal. The first and the second group of phases include a phase difference configured to weaken a second harmonic and a third harmonic. |
| US08476977B2 |
LCD driving circuit using operational amplifier and LCD display apparatus using the same
In an operational amplifier, a control unit switches an operation mode between first and second operation modes. A first output drive stage circuit section is configured to amplify a first input signal differentially-amplified by a first or a second input differential stage circuit section to output as a first drive voltage, similar to a second output drive stage circuit section. First and second power supplies: supply voltages in a first voltage range to the first differential stage circuit section and the first output drive stage circuit section in the first operation mode, supply voltages in the first voltage range to the second differential stage circuit section and the first output drive stage circuit section in the second operation mode, similar to third and fourth power supplies. The drive voltage on each of the first and second output nodes is fed back. |
| US08476976B2 |
Multi-stage amplifier
There is disclosed a power supply stage, and a corresponding method, comprising: a plurality of amplifiers for amplifying an input signal, each amplifier receiving a power supply voltage; a common selection means for selecting one of a plurality of power supply voltages in dependence on a reference signal representing a desired power supply voltage; and a plurality of adjusting means, corresponding to the plurality of amplifiers, adapted to generate an adjusted selected power supply voltage for a respective amplifier tracking the reference signal in dependence on the one selected power supply voltage and the reference signal. |
| US08476973B2 |
Switch device and layout design method for switch device
A switch device includes a plurality of differential switches formed in a semiconductor substrate. Each of the plurality of differential switches includes first and second differential transistors. The plurality of differential switches are placed in such a manner that the first differential transistors are adjacent to each other and the second differential transistors are adjacent to each other. |
| US08476972B2 |
Method and apparatus for amplifying a time difference
A time amplifier circuit has first and second inverters and first and second pull-down paths. Each inverter includes a first NMOS transistor and a first PMOS transistor. A source of the first NMOS transistor is coupled to a ground node directly or through a first additional NMOS transistor having a gate coupled to a respective input node. The first and second inverters are coupled to first and second input nodes and to first and second output nodes, respectively. The first pull-down path is from the first output node to the ground node and is enabled in response to the first input signal and the second output signal being high. The second pull-down path is from the second output node to ground and is enabled in response to the second input signal and the first output signal being high. |
| US08476968B2 |
Filter system capable of automatically adjusting bandwidth and method of automatically adjusting bandwidth of a filter
A filter system capable of automatically adjusting bandwidth includes a filter and an adaptive unit. The filter is used for filtering a digital signal to generate an output signal to an application unit. The adaptive unit is used for generating an adjustment signal to the filter according to the digital signal and the output signal. The filter dynamically adjusts bandwidth of the filter according to the adjustment signal. |
| US08476967B2 |
Constant current circuit and reference voltage circuit
Provided is a constant current circuit and a reference voltage circuit with improved line regulation without needing a start-up circuit. The constant current circuit includes: a constant current generation circuit including NMOS transistors and a resistor; a current mirror circuit including a pair of depletion mode NMOS transistors, for allowing a current of the constant current generation circuit to flow; and a feedback circuit for maintaining constant voltages of source terminals of the pair of depletion mode NMOS transistors. |
| US08476966B2 |
On-die voltage regulation using p-FET header devices with a feedback control loop
The invention relates to a voltage regulator circuit for providing voltage to an integrated circuit chip, comprising a reference voltage generator providing a reference voltage, a pFET header device having a plurality of pFET fingers, wherein each pFET finger in the plurality of pFET fingers is adapted for providing a different pFET output voltage to the integrated circuit chip, and a pFET control device for switching the plurality of pFET fingers depending on a comparison between the reference voltage and the pFET output voltage. The voltage regulator circuit allows for dynamically switching on or off the pFET fingers based on the output of the comparison of the reference voltage and the pFET output voltage, and thus allows for dynamically switching on or off, respectively, at least partly the integrated circuit chip. |
| US08476960B1 |
Identifying circuit
An identifying circuit is connected between a Universal Serial Bus (USB) interface and a controller. The identifying circuit includes first to fourth electronic switches. When a power adapter connects to the USB interface, the first and fourth electronic switches are not turned on, and the second and third electronic switches are turned on. An identification pin of the controller receives a low level signal and determines that the power adapter connects to the USB interface. When a computer connects to the USB interface, the first and fourth electronic switches are turned on, and the second and third electronic switches are not turned on. The identification pin receives a high level signal and determines that the computer is connected to the USB interface. |
| US08476959B2 |
Radio frequency switch circuit
An RF switch circuit includes an RF switch including a first NMOS switch formed on a chip substrate, a switch controller including a second NMOS switch and a PMOS switch formed on the substrate, for controlling the RF switch, and a limiter including a deep N-type well diode formed on the substrate, for limiting an RF signal level transferred from the RF switch to the switch controller through the substrate. The first NMOS switch includes a first N-type terminal formed on a deep N-type well substrate formed on the substrate, for receiving a driving power through a first floating resistor, a P-type terminal for receiving a body power through a second floating resistor, and two second N-type terminals for receiving a gate power through a third floating resistor. The P-type and two second N-type terminals are formed on a P-type substrate formed on the deep N-type well substrate. |
| US08476955B2 |
Data and power system based on CMOS bridge
A signal processing circuit is provided that includes a CMOS bridge rectifier circuit having a first input terminal and a second input terminal for receiving a rectangular wave form that includes a data sequence. A first output terminal and a second output terminal provides a rectified dc output voltage. A first data output terminal is connected to one of the first and the second input terminals, and a second data output terminal is connected to one of the first and the second output terminals, wherein the data output terminals provide an output signal representative of the data sequence. A substantially resistive load may be operatively coupled between the first and second voltage output terminals, the resistive load without a discrete parallel capacitor. |
| US08476951B2 |
Latch circuit with single node single-event-upset immunity
A latch circuit, such as a memory cell or a flip-flop, that is immune to single-event upset at any single node. The latch circuit includes two banks of four logic gates each. The output of each logic gate in the first bank is connected to inputs of two logic gates in the second bank, and the output of each logic gate in the second bank is connected to inputs of two logic gates in the first bank. Each logic gate includes a logic function receiving an input node and an enable signal, such as a load signal. The interconnection of the logic gates corrects single-event upset at any one of the nodes. In the memory cell arrangement, redundant data paths are used to produce two input nodes provides single-event upset immunity at those input nodes. A layout of the latch circuit that ensures that random ionization affects only a single node is also disclosed. |
| US08476949B2 |
Edge-triggered flip-flop design
An edge triggered flip-flop circuit is disclosed with a clock signal, an input signal, a switch module using the clock signal for defining a data passing window, and a latch module for receiving the input signal during the data passing window. |
| US08476948B2 |
Reduced area schmitt trigger circuit
A Schmitt trigger circuit includes a first inverter having an input coupled to an input terminal; a second inverter having an input coupled to the input terminal; a first transistor having a source coupled to VDD, a drain coupled to an output of the first inverter, and a gate coupled to an output terminal; a second transistor having a source coupled to ground, a drain coupled to an output of the second inverter, and a gate coupled to the output terminal; a third transistor having a source coupled to VDD, a drain coupled to the output terminal, and a gate coupled to the output of the first inverter; and a fourth transistor having a source coupled to ground, a drain coupled to the output terminal, and a gate coupled to the output of the second inverter. |
| US08476946B2 |
Delay lock loop with a charge pump, loop filter, and method of phase locking of a delay lock loop
A delay lock loop includes a phase frequency detector, a loop filter, and a voltage controlled delay circuit. The phase frequency detector is used for outputting an upper switch signal or a lower switch signal according to a reference clock and a feedback clock. The loop filter includes a first capacitor, a second capacitor, and a first switch. The first capacitor is charged or discharged and the first switch is turned off during a phase tracking period. The first capacitor and the second capacitor are charged or discharged and the first switch is turned on during a phase locking period. The voltage controlled delay circuit is used for outputting the feedback clock according to the reference clock and a control voltage outputted by the loop filter. |
| US08476942B2 |
Summation circuit in DC-DC converter
An integrated circuit includes a saw-tooth generator including a saw tooth node configured to have a saw-tooth voltage generated thereon; and a first switch having a first end connected to the saw tooth node. The integrated circuit further includes a second switch coupled between an output node and an electrical ground, wherein the first switch and the second switch are configured to operate synchronously. A first current source is connected to the saw tooth node. A second current source is connected to the output node. |
| US08476940B2 |
Stress reduced cascoded CMOS output driver circuit
An output driver circuit includes first, second, third, and fourth transistors having a common current path, wherein a gate of the first transistor receives a first switching signal, a gate of the second transistor receives a first reference voltage, a gate of the third transistor receives a second reference voltage, and a gate of the fourth transistor receives a second switching signal, and wherein a first capacitor is coupled between the gate of the first transistor and the gate of the third transistor, a second capacitor is coupled between the gate of the second transistor and the gate of the fourth transistor, and an output signal is provided at a node coupling the second and third transistors. |
| US08476936B2 |
Sensor connection circuit
A circuit for converting the state of a sensor into a signal interpretable by an electronic circuit, including: a comparator of the voltage level of an input terminal with respect to a reference level, the sensor being intended to be connected between a terminal of application of a first power supply voltage and the input terminal; a current-limiting element between said input terminal and the ground; and a switching element in series with the current source and intended to be controlled by a pulse train. |
| US08476935B2 |
Comparator with self-limiting positive feedback
A method and circuit for attenuating positive feedback in a comparator in one embodiment includes an amplifier configured to compare a first input signal with a second input signal and to provide an output based upon the comparison, a non-linear function with a first input operably connected to an output of the amplifier, and a feedback loop operably connected to the output of the non-linear function and to a second input of the non-linear function, the feedback loop including a feedback limiting circuit configured to attenuate a feedback signal to the second input of the non-linear function. |
| US08476934B2 |
Circuitry and method for differential signal detection with integrated reference voltage
Differential signal detection circuitry with an integrated reference voltage. The reference voltage is added as an offset to the output voltage, and its integration ensures that variations in the reference voltage closely track variations in the signal. Accordingly, the detection threshold for the signal being detected remains more consistent over variations in the circuit manufacturing process, power supply voltage and operating temperature. |
| US08476932B2 |
Multiplex gate driving circuit
A multiplex gate driving circuit includes plural driving modules. In comparison with the prior art, each driving stage of the driving module has less number of transistors. From the first to the seventh example, each driving stage is implemented by only four transistors. In the eighth example and the ninth example, each driving stage is implemented by only two transistors. In other words, the driving stage of the multiplex gate driving circuit has less number of transistors, thereby reducing the layout area of the invisible zone of the LCD panel. |
| US08476930B2 |
Level shifter with embedded logic and low minimum voltage
In one embodiment, a level shifter circuit may include a shift stage that also embeds transistors that implement a logic operation on two or more inputs to the level shifter. At least one of the inputs may be sourced from circuitry that is powered by a different power supply than the level shifter and circuitry that receives the level shifter output. Additionally, the level shifter includes one or more dummy transistors that match transistors the perform the logic operation, to improve symmetry of the level shifter circuit. In some embodiments, certain design and layout rules may be applied to the level shifter circuit to limit variation in the symmetry over various manufacturing variations. |
| US08476929B2 |
Semiconductor device
In the case where data is rewritten in a delay period of a signal in a flip flop and a shift register which use an inverted clock signal, current inhibiting charging may flow, whereby data cannot written quickly, so that charging is not completed, which makes operation unstable. In view of the above, a flip flop and a shift register without using an inverted clock signal, which have high stability are provided. Current inhibiting charging of a node where that current inhibiting charging flows is cut off at the time of rewriting data so that data is rewritten quickly. |
| US08476920B2 |
Detecting counterfeit products
In some embodiments an indication of an intended use of a logic device is stored in a register of the logic device, and any further programming of the register is prevented. Other embodiments are described and claimed. |
| US08476919B2 |
Prober unit
A prober unit in which probes are brought into contact with to-be-tested semiconductor chips to establish electrical connection between the semiconductor chips and a test unit via the probes. A probe assembly and a plurality of wiring boards are prepared, the probe assembly being constituted by integrated regularly-arranged multiple probe groups including output terminals connected directly to the probes, and each of the wiring boards including wiring adhering to a surface of a non-conductive film; and an n-th row of an output terminal group of the probe assembly is brought into contact with a land group provided at an end of an n-th wiring board, and a wiring terminal provided at the other end of the n-th wiring board is connected to one of a wiring board of the test unit and a connector to establish electrical connection between the to-be-tested semiconductor chips and the test unit. |
| US08476918B2 |
Apparatus and method for wafer level classification of light emitting device
The present disclosure provides a semiconductor test system. The semiconductor test system includes a wafer stage to hold a wafer having a plurality of light emitting devices (LEDs); a probe test card operable to test each test field of the wafer; and a light detector integrated with the probe test card to collect light from a LED of the wafer. |
| US08476917B2 |
Quiescent current (IDDQ) indication and testing apparatus and methods
An embodiment of an electronic device includes a logic circuit, a switching element, and a quiescent current (IDDQ) evaluation circuit. The logic circuit is coupled to a first ground node. The switching element is coupled between the first ground node and a second ground node. The switching element is configurable in an electrically non-conductive state when the electronic device is in an IDDQ evaluation state, and in an electrically conductive state when the electronic device is not in the IDDQ evaluation state. When the electronic device is in the IDDQ evaluation state, the IDDQ evaluation circuit is configured to provide a first output signal when an IDDQ indicating voltage across the first and second ground nodes exceeds a reference voltage. Other embodiments include methods for producing an indication of IDDQ in an electronic device and methods for fabricating an electronic device with the capability of producing an IDDQ indication. |
| US08476915B2 |
Apparatus and method for determining the type of electromagnetic wave generating source
An apparatus for determining a type of an electromagnetic wave generating source, including: a measurement unit that measures electromagnetic field strength at first and second measurement points at vertically different respective distances from a main surface of an object to be measured; a calculation unit that calculates an attenuation amount of the electromagnetic field strength between the first and second measurement points using measured values of the electromagnetic field strength measured by the measurement unit; and a determination unit that determines whether the generating source is the electric current source or the magnetic current source by judging which one of a reference value of an electric current source and a reference value of a magnetic current source is close to a value of the attenuation amount calculated by the calculation unit. |
| US08476914B2 |
Concentrator photovoltaic measuring device
A concentrator photovoltaic measuring device includes a platform, an enclosing mask, a converging lens, a concentration unit, a first temperature regulation unit, a second temperature regulation unit, a temperature detection unit, a data transmission unit, and an electricity transmission unit. With its temperature regulation function, the concentrator photovoltaic measuring device simulates the effect of seasonal temperature variation on the energy conversion efficiency of a solar cell, so as to be effective in measuring the energy conversion efficiency of the solar cell in real environment and environment having a specific variable. Also, the concentrator photovoltaic measuring device accommodates a single solar cell, so as to be capable of measuring the single solar cell. |
| US08476913B2 |
Improvements relating to the testing of an earth connection
A device (10) is disclosed that is suitable for testing an earth connection (30) that is isolated from a mains electricity supply. The device (10) comprises means (14, 40) for electrically connecting the device (10) to the earth connection (30), and means (16, 32) for electrically connecting the device (10) to an electrically conductive item (20) having a capacitance relative to an adjacent surface of the earth that is within a pre-determined range of capacitances. Furthermore, the device (10) includes means for generating an AC signal and delivering the AC signal to the electrically conductive item, and means for determining whether the resistance between the earth connection (30) and earth reference potential is less than a maximum earth resistance value. This determination is achieved by comparing the frequency of the generated AC signal with a pre-determined range of frequencies. |
| US08476910B2 |
Capacitive sensor having calibration mechanism and capacitive sensing method
A capacitive sensor with a calibration mechanism is provided. The capacitive sensor includes a set of sensing capacitors to generate a capacitance variation, a subtraction circuit and an integration circuit. The subtraction circuit includes a first capacitor array to generate offset-adjusting charges and a second capacitor array to generate subtraction charges according to an initial offset and a sensitivity of the sensing capacitors respectively. The integration circuit includes two input ends, wherein one of them is connected to the sensing capacitors and the subtraction circuit. During a sensing period, the integration circuit performs integration according to the capacitance variation and performs cancellation of the effect of the initial offset according to the offset-adjusting charges to generate an integration output signal that is continuously subtracted by the subtraction charges during a computing period to generate a subtraction count. A capacitive sensing method is disclosed herein as well. |
| US08476909B2 |
Current calibration method and associated circuit
A current calibration method and the associated control circuit are provided. The method includes: providing a predetermined voltage to the differential output for obtaining an accurate current passing through the panel resistor during a calibration procedure and, providing a driving current to the differential output according to the accurate current during a normal operation procedure. |
| US08476908B2 |
Signal capture system and test apparatus including the same
A signal capture system for capturing a signal and storing the captured signal in a storage apparatus in real time, and a test apparatus including the signal capture system. The signal capture system includes a printed circuit board; a socket that is connected to the printed circuit board and on which a reference memory component is mounted; and an interposer that is mounted on the printed circuit board, is connected to the socket, an external apparatus, and a storage apparatus, receives first signals from the reference memory component and transmits the received first signals to the external apparatus and the storage apparatus, and receives second signals from the external apparatus and transmits the received second signals to the reference memory component and the storage apparatus, wherein a shape of the socket is defined according to a type of the reference memory component. |
| US08476901B2 |
Directed-energy systems and methods for disrupting electronic circuits
Disclosed are directed-energy systems and methods for disrupting electronic circuits, especially those containing semiconductors. A directed-energy system can include a charged particle generator configured to generate plural energized particles and a charge transformer configured to receive the plural energized particles that include charged particles and to output energized particles that include particles having substantially zero charge. The charged particle generator can be configured to direct the plural energized particles through the charge transformer in a predefined direction. A method for disrupting electronic circuits can include generating plural energized particles, directing the plural energized particles to an incident surface of a charge transformer and transforming the plural energized particles within the charge transformer. The transformed particles can be at substantially zero charge. The method can further include generating a wavefront at an exit surface of the charge transformer including the transformed particles and impinging an electronic circuit with the wavefront. |
| US08476898B2 |
Rope tester detection plate
In order to examine abnormality in shape of an outer circumference of a wire rope, the rope tester device includes a comb-shaped detection plate having a curved test edge portion extending along at least one portion of an outer circumference of a substantially circular sectional configuration of the wire rope and a testing recessed portion for receiving the wire rope in the vicinity of or in contact with the test edge portion, and a support device for rotatably supporting the detection plate in the vicinity of or in contact with the wire rope for permitting the rotation of the detection plate when the detection plate receives a force from an abnormal portion of the wire rope to relieve the force. A test string is disposed in an opening of the testing recessed portion for testing a surface that is not in the vicinity of or in contact with the test edge portion. |
| US08476892B2 |
Core recognition system and core recognition method
An object of the invention is to prevent a human error, greatly reducing man-hours and to securely identify a core. To achieve the object, a request for a serial number is first made via a conductor of a core from a recognition unit that functions as a master to a recognition unit that functions as a slave. Next, the recognition unit as the slave reads a serial number for an IC tag and transmits the serial number via the conductor of the core. The recognition unit as the master receives the serial number transmitted from the recognition unit as the slave and collates the serial number and a serial number stored in an IC tag. It is ascertained by the collation that the conduction of the core is correctly made and it is displayed on a display of the recognition unit as the master and others that no disconnection on the way and no error in selecting an end of wiring are caused. |
| US08476891B2 |
Constant current circuit start-up circuitry for preventing power input oscillation
Provided is a constant current circuit capable of low current consumption operation, which is prevented from repeating a start-up state and a zero steady state and entering an oscillating state when power is activated. When power is activated, until a node (A) reaches a start-up state, an excitation current is continued to be supplied to a node (B), to thereby reliably start up the constant current circuit in a short period of time without repeating the start-up state and the zero steady state. |
| US08476889B2 |
Piezoelectric transformer driving device controlled by variable reference voltage values and image forming device
A piezoelectric transformer driving device includes a piezoelectric transformer for outputting an alternating high voltage, a switching control part configured to control the control frequency of the control signal, a reference voltage waveform generation part configured to switch between a first voltage value, a second voltage value and a third voltage value, a monitor voltage generation part configured to generate a monitor voltage waveform based on the high voltage output from the piezoelectric transformer, and a comparison part configured to compare the reference voltage waveform with the monitor voltage waveform to generate a comparison result, and configured to supply the comparison result to the switching control part. |
| US08476884B2 |
Method for controlling a multiphase interleaving converter and corresponding controller
A method is provided for controlling a converter of the multiphase interleaving type. According to the method, there is detected when a change of the load applied to an output terminal of the converter occurs. All the phases of the converter are simultaneously turned off, and a driving interleaving phase shift is recovered so as to restart a normal operation of the converter. A controller for carrying out such a method is also provided. |
| US08476877B2 |
Fuel cell system and power management method thereof
A fuel cell system and a power management method thereof are provided. The fuel cell system includes a fuel cell power generation part, a switch circuit, a load supply circuit, a status detector, an electronic load circuit, and a control circuit. An input terminal and an output terminal of the switch circuit are respectively coupled to the power generation part and the load supply circuit. The status detector is coupled to a node between the power generation part and the input terminal to detect an output voltage of the power generation part. The electronic load circuit is coupled to a node between the power generation part and the input terminal to perform a current-sinking operation. The control circuit is for generating a first and a second control signals respectively for switching the on-off states of the switch circuit and controlling the current-sinking value of the electronic load circuit. |
| US08476875B2 |
TV set top box with an improved ability to survive a transient signal
A set top box used in a satellite TV system includes a diode coupled in a particular way to better protect an adjustable linear regulator used in the set top box from transient voltages as may result from lighting or the like. |
| US08476874B2 |
Systems and methods for synchronized control of electrical power system voltage profiles
Disclosed herein are various embodiments of systems and methods for controlling a voltage profile delivered to a load in an electric power system. According to various embodiments, an electric power system may include an electric power line, a variable tap transformer, and a capacitor bank. The variable tap transformer may include a plurality of tap positions. A tap change controller may be coupled with the variable tap transformer and may control the tap positions of the variable tap transformer. A capacitor bank controller may be coupled with the capacitor bank and may selectively couple the capacitor bank to the electric power line. The tap change controller and the capacitor bank controller may share system information related to the voltage profile along the electric power line and to change the voltage profile along the line using the variable tap transformer and the capacitor bank depending on the system information. |
| US08476868B2 |
Ambulatory infusion device with variable energy storage testing and method for testing an energy storage
Included are embodiments of an ambulatory infusion device. Some embodiments include an energy storage for storing electrical energy utilized for powering the ambulatory infusion device. The energy storage may serve as a primary power source of the ambulatory infusion device. Also included is a dosing unit with an electrically powered actuator and an electronic controller, where the electronic controller controls operation of the electrically powered actuator. Some embodiments also include a testing unit for testing the energy storage. The testing unit may be configured to repeatedly carry out a test during operation of the ambulatory infusion device. Additionally, the test may include determining a control variable, the control variable being indicative of a capability of the energy storage for further powering the ambulatory infusion device. |
| US08476866B2 |
Battery charger capable of notifying a user of a power connection state thereof
A battery charger for charging a detachably attached battery pack by supplying an electric power from an external power source, the battery charger includes a notification unit for notifying a user of a charging operation by turning on or flickering a light-emitting member. The notification unit notifies the user of a power connection state of the battery charger by turning on or flickering the light-emitting member immediately after the battery charger is electrically connected to the external power source without attaching the battery pack thereto, and the notification unit turns off the light-emitting member after a predetermined period of time lapses and keeps the light-emitting member in an off-state until the battery pack is attached to the battery charger. |
| US08476863B2 |
Energy storage and charging system for a vehicle
In a vehicle charging system, conservation of energy may be achieved by an energy-routing device that selectively routes electrical energy generated from moving air to an energy-storage device, to an energy-dissipation device, or to both. The determination of where to route the electrical energy may be based on sensor measurements of voltage, current, and temperature. A processor may use measurements of sensors within the system to determine whether the energy-storage device may safely or efficiently store additional electrical energy. |
| US08476862B2 |
Power supply controller
In a system comprising a fuel and a rotating electrical machine, damage of a switching element is prevented when the rotating electrical machine becomes a locked state. In a power controller, it is monitored whether the rotating electrical machine is in the locked state or not. When the rotating electrical machines is judged to be in the locked state, a command for dropping output voltage is given to the fuel cell. Thus, inverter input voltage can be dropped, loss power of the switching element in the rotating electrical machine is dropped and damage can be suppressed. The rotating electrical machine is monitored to cancel the locked state or not while dropping of inverter input voltage is controlled. When the locked state is judged to be canceled, control of the fuel cell is returned to a state of regular operation control. |
| US08476859B2 |
DC power for SGCT devices using a high frequency current loop with multiple current transformers
Motor drives and switch driver power systems are presented in which high frequency AC current (IHF) is provided through one or more cables (202) magnetically coupled with local driver current transformers (240), and the transformer secondary currents are converted to provide DC power to switch drivers of an active power converter stage (110a, 110b) in the motor drive. |
| US08476857B2 |
Device for supplying energy to a long stator winding having multiple winding sections
A device for supplying energy to a long stator winding having multiple winding sections. The device includes an energy source, a supply line connected to the energy source, section switches that are connected to the supply line and that each have a connection for connecting the switch to one winding section each. The device is configured to enable reactive (idle) power compensation independently of the closed-loop control of the energy source. The device for the reactive power compensation is configured to adjust the impedance of the device. |
| US08476856B2 |
Three-phase AC motor drive control device
A three-phase AC motor drive control device has a phase command calculation unit. When driving a three-phase AC motor by a three-phase alternating square-wave voltage that is converted in power according to a switching command corresponding to one cycle of the electrical angle obtained from a rotational position of the rotor of the three-phase AC motor, the phase command calculation unit performs a torque feedback calculation based on a torque deviation, obtains, based on this calculation result, a phase command that is the lead or lag angle amount of a phase to be corrected, and stores and updates this obtained phase command. To generate the switching command, the three-phase AC motor drive control device outputs a pulse pattern to an inverter, the pulse pattern being shifted in phase by the amount of the phase command with respect to the basic phase of the three-phase alternating square-wave voltage uniquely determined with respect to the one cycle of the electrical angle. |
| US08476849B2 |
Multisensory control of a patient-lifting-device
Systems, methods and apparatus are provided through which in some multisensory implementations, a patient-lifting-device is controlled by voice recognition, keyboard text input, synaptic control and/or a tongue tactile input commands. |
| US08476848B2 |
Lamp lighting device and filament lamp
For providing a lamp lighting device and a filament lamp wherein a wire breakage of the filament lamp can be detected without an excessive consumption of power while the device as a whole is not enlarged, a filament lamp is provided comprising a light emission tube having at least one sealing portion and in the interior of which at least one filament is arranged, internal leads connected to both ends of said filament, metal foils for power supply provided in said at least one sealing portion of the light emission tube and connected to said internal leads, and external leads connected to said metal foils for power supply; wherein a metal foil for detection is provided in said sealing portion and is connected to one of a said internal lead and a said metal foil for power supply, and an external detection lead is provided at said metal foil for detection. |
| US08476845B2 |
Brightness control for lighting fixtures
A brightness controller determines a lowest dimmer setpoint and an average power to a light source at the lowest dimmer setpoint. An average power supplied to the light source is set based on a setting of the dimmer relative to the average power at the lowest dimmer setpoint. |
| US08476844B2 |
Light emitting diode (LED) lighting system providing precise color control
A lighting apparatus comprising a white LED and a RGB LED disposed on a mounting and at least partially enclosed by a housing. The RGB LED produces red, green and blue components of light. A white LED driver controls current to the white LED and a RGB LED driver controls current to the RGB LED. A lighting system including the lighting apparatus and a system controller having a memory in which preset lighting programs are stored. A method for method for providing wash lighting comprising the steps of emitting a current color and intensity from a white LED and from a RGB LED, receiving data representing a change of color and intensity from the current color and intensity for at least the RGB LED and emitting white light that is on the Planckian locus in the CIE 1931 chromaticity diagram. |
| US08476840B2 |
LED lighting device and lighting equipment
An LED lighting device includes light emitting diode, a current control circuit having a first series circuit of first and second switching elements, a second series circuit of third and fourth switching elements, and a condenser, which is configured so that the first and second series circuits are parallel connected and the condenser is connected between a connection point of the first and second switching elements and a connection point of the third and fourth switching elements, and a control circuit for alternatively on-off controlling a pair of the first and fourth switching elements and a pair of the second and third switching elements. |
| US08476838B2 |
Light source lighting circuit and lamp system for vehicle
A lighting circuit includes: a countercurrent prevention unit including a first control terminal and a second control terminal, the countercurrent prevention unit transmitting a first current or a second current; and a current controller including: a common terminal connected to the first control terminal and the second control terminal; and a switching terminal connected to the first control terminal, the current controller providing a first driving current or a second driving current from the common terminal to the light source. The countercurrent prevention unit further includes: a first rectifier, wherein voltage at the first control terminal is provided to the switching terminal through the first rectifier; a first P-FET provided between the first control terminal and the common terminal; a second P-FET provided between the second control terminal and the common terminal; and a second rectifier provided between the second P-PET and the common terminal. |
| US08476837B2 |
Transistor ladder network for driving a light emitting diode series string
Ladder network circuits for controlling operation of a string of light emitting diodes (LEDS). The circuits include a number of sections connected in series. Each section includes one or more LED junctions, a variable resistive element coupled to the LED section, and a switch coupled to the variable resistive element and the LED section for controlling activation of the LED. The sections can include a transistor coupled between the switch and variable resistive element. The series of sections are connected to an AC power source, rectifier, and dimmer circuit. When receiving power from the power source, the sections activate the LEDs in sequence throughout the series of the sections. The dimmer circuit controls activation of a selection of one or more of the sections in order to activate in sequence the LEDs in only the selected sections, providing for both dimming and color control of the LEDs. |
| US08476835B1 |
Audio controlled light formed christmas tree
A Christmas tree decorative enhancing system provides a lighting display that is choreographed to an audio file and respective output. Each of a series of light strands are in signal communication with a respective output port on a controller. The controller integrates a storage device reader, a digital audio decoding integrated circuit, an operational controller data file decoding circuit, an output controller circuit, and a power regulation circuit. An audio data file is merged with an operational controller data file and stored in a portable digital data storage device. The controller decodes the merged file, generates an audio output signal, and drives the output controller circuit to illuminate one or more light strands in a choreographed manner in concert with the audio output. Two or more systems can be in wireless, signal communication to operate in tandem. The system can be provided using the light strands to form a tree-shape, or the lights can be placed into an existing tree. |
| US08476828B2 |
Electro-optical device, electronic device, and illumination apparatus including a panel having an electro-optical layer
An electro-optical device includes a display panel having an electro-optical layer, a first resin film stacked on the display panel to cover a first surface on the side of a display area of the display panel, and a second resin film stacked on the display panel to cover a second surface opposite the first surface, and at least one reinforcing member disposed on at least one of the first resin film and the second resin film. |
| US08476827B2 |
Light emitting element, light emitting device and electric appliance using the same
It is an object of the present invention to provide a light emitting element with low drive voltage. In addition, it is another object to provide a light emitting device having the light emitting element. Further in addition, it is another object to provide an electric appliance which has a light emitting element with low drive voltage. A light emitting element of the present invention comprises a pair of electrodes, a layer containing a light emitting element and a layer containing a mixture material which contains a conductive material formed from an inorganic compound and an insulating material formed from an inorganic compound, which are interposed between the pair of electrodes, wherein the layer containing the mixture material has a resistivity of 50,000 to 1,000,000 ohm cm, preferably, 200,000 to 500,000 ohm cm. The drive voltage of the light emitting element can be lowered with the foregoing structure. |
| US08476824B2 |
Active matrix organic electroluminescent device and method of manufacture thereof
An active matrix organic electroluminescent device includes a thin-film transistor, an organic electroluminescent device, and a spacer layer deposited between the thin-film transistor and the organic electroluminescent device, wherein the spacer layer is made of adhesive for a dual curing system selected from the group consisting of ultraviolet curing-thermal curing, ultraviolet curing-microwave curing, ultraviolet curing-anaerobic curing, and ultraviolet curing-electron beam curing system. The present invention solves the poor adhesiveness between the thin-film transistor and the organic electroluminescent device, and improves the moisture and oxygen proof ability. The preparation method is simple, effective, and able to lower the cost and difficulty, and greatly improve the yield rate of the device. |
| US08476820B2 |
Solid state lighting compositions and systems
The present invention relates to lighting technologies and, in particular, to solid state lighting technologies. In one embodiment, the present invention provides a lighting apparatus comprising a first electrode, a radiation transmissive second electrode, and a composite layer disposed between the first and second electrode, the composite layer comprising at least one electric field concentrator and at least one phosphor disposed in a radiation transmissive dielectric material. |
| US08476817B2 |
Spark plug
The present invention provides a spark plug which is capable of suppressing a occurrence of crack and separation by determining a structural configuration of a melting portion formed in a junction portion between a discharge portion and a pedestal portion which form an ignition portion that protrudes from a ground electrode. In a profile line shape of a cross section including a center axis P of an ignition portion 80, an exposure surface 88 of a melting portion 83 connects a side surface 82 of a discharge portion 81 and a side surface 85 of a pedestal portion 84. Further, an exterior angle θ formed between an imaginary line Q, which passes through a boundary position X1 between the melting portion 83 and the pedestal portion 84 and a boundary position X2 between the melting portion 83 and the discharge portion 81, and the center axis P at a node C, satisfies 135°≦θ≦175°. Furthermore, a proportion T/S of a forming depth T of the melting portion 83 to an outside diameter S of the discharge portion 81 satisfies T/S≧0.5. |
| US08476816B2 |
Spark plug and method for manufacturing a spark plug
A spark plug includes an inner conductor, an ignition tip connected to the inner conductor, an insulator surrounding the inner conductor and having a front end and a rear end, a spark plug body having a front end and a rear end, and at least one ground electrode connected to the front end of the spark plug body. The spark plug has a longitudinal direction extending parallel to the inner conductor. The spark plug body comprises a passage extending in the longitudinal direction and in which the insulator is disposed. A sleeve composed of metal is disposed between the insulator and the spark plug body. The sleeve is tightly connected to the insulator and the spark plug body and is referred to below as the “first sleeve”. At least one second sleeve is disposed at a distance from the first sleeve) and, in fact, between the first sleeve and the rear end of the insulator. The second sleeve is connected to the insulator and touches the spark plug body in the passage thereof. |
| US08476807B2 |
Rigid dual-servo nano stage
The present invention relates to a stage, particularly to, a stage which is able to move minutely, having a rigidity-improved transfer part. A stage includes a work table on which a working object is placed, a motor configured to provide a rotational force, a shaft rotated by the motor to transfer the work table, a linear moving part configured to be expandable to linearly move the shaft in an axial direction, the linear moving part having a hollow to insert an end of the shaft therein, and an expanding part configured to be expandable as far as the shaft is moved by the linear moving part. |
| US08476806B2 |
Piezoelectric actuator module
Disclosed herein is a piezoelectric actuator module. The piezoelectric actuator module includes a flat plate, two or more elastic members, and a piezoelectric element. The elastic members are provided on each of opposite ends of the plate in a longitudinal direction thereof and protrude perpendicularly from the plate in such a way that a first end of each of the elastic members is coupled to an electronic device. The piezoelectric element is provided on a first surface of the plate and transmits vibrating force to the electronic device. The piezoelectric actuator module includes a plate having on opposite ends thereof two or more elastic members, thus being capable of controlling vibrating force by changing the length of the plate and the number of the elastic members, in addition to reliably supporting piezoelectric elements provided on the plate. |
| US08476804B2 |
Piezoelectric MEMS element, voltage control oscillator, communication apparatus, and method of manufacturing piezoelectric drive type MEMS element
A piezoelectric drive type MEMS element includes: a first substrate including, in a portion thereof, a movable part which is driven by a piezoelectric drive section to be displaced in a convex shape, a movable electrode being provided on a surface of the movable part; and a second substrate which is bonded to the first substrate and supports a fixed electrode facing the movable electrode via a prescribed gap, wherein the piezoelectric drive section includes a piezoelectric film provided on a region of the first substrate which forms the movable part as a portion of the movable part, and a pair of electrodes disposed so as to sandwich the piezoelectric film. |
| US08476799B2 |
Pulsed multi-rotor constant air gap motor cluster
Electric motor cluster consisting of several stator sections each possessing a minimum of two salient pole projections, wound with power windings, and each section containing a single rotor. Each individual motor is angularly displaced one from the other, while mounted within a common housing, and geared together such that each motor section contributes to the rotation of a common output shaft. Each motor comprises at least one stator and one rotor section, such that each rotor section is associated with a specific stator section. The lateral axis of each rotor section is disposed at an oblique angle with respect to the axis of the shaft for that particular motor. |
| US08476790B2 |
Control device of power supply circuit
An ECU executes a program including a step of turning on an SMRP and an A-SMRP if an ignition switch is turned on; a step of detecting voltage values VB(1) and VB(2) of running batteries when VH is detected and if VH is higher than 180 V; a step of detecting that SMRP connected to the running battery is welded, if VB(1) is higher than 150 V; and a step of detecting that A-SMRB connected to the running battery is welded, if VB(2) is higher than 150 V. |
| US08476789B2 |
Power transmitting apparatus, power receiving apparatus, and power transmission system
A power transmitting apparatus has a power transmitting apparatus side active electrode provided within the casing thereof along a seat. A power transmitting apparatus side passive electrode is exposed on a backrest. A power receiving apparatus has a power receiving apparatus side active electrode formed along the bottom surface thereof. A power receiving apparatus side passive electrode is formed on the outer surface of the casing of the power receiving apparatus. By mounting the power receiving apparatus on a mounting portion of the power transmitting apparatus, the power receiving apparatus side active electrode faces the power transmitting apparatus side active electrode with a dielectric layer therebetween, and the power receiving apparatus side passive electrode is directly electrically connected to the power transmitting apparatus side passive electrode. |
| US08476785B2 |
Power supply apparatus for vehicle and method of controlling power supply apparatus for vehicle
When a change in an output voltage of a main power supply is a decrease, and a degree of the decrease is larger than a reference value, a power supply control portion decreases a boosted voltage of a voltage-boosting circuit according to the degree of the decrease. When the change in the output voltage of the main power supply is an increase, and a degree of the increase is larger than the reference value, the power supply control portion increases the boosted voltage of the voltage-boosting circuit according to the degree of the increase. |
| US08476781B2 |
Rotating electric machine, wind power generation system and method of manufacturing rotating electric machine
This rotating electric machine is so formed that the length from an end portion of a rotor core closer to a rotating shaft support portion to a portion first coming into contact with the rotating shaft support portion when a rotating shaft portion is inserted into the rotating shaft support portion is larger than the length from an end portion of the rotating shaft support portion closer to a stator to an end portion of a stator core opposite to the rotating shaft support portion. |
| US08476779B2 |
Method of reducing torsional oscillations in the power train of a wind turbine
The present invention refers to a method of reducing torsional oscillations in the power train of a wind turbine in the event of grid loss. According to the method, after the grid loss, a braking torque is applied to the power train during a period of time and said period of time is determined as a function of the torsional resonance frequency of the power train. |
| US08476777B2 |
Starter mounted on vehicle having idle-stop apparatus
A starter includes an electromagnetic solenoid that generates force for pushing a pinion gear 6 to a ring gear side, and an electromagnetic switch that opens and closes a motor contact point. When idle-stop is performed, an ECU energizes a solenoid coil of the electromagnetic solenoid during inertial rotation until the ring gear stops rotating. After rotation of an engine is stopped, the ECU stops energizing the solenoid coil. As a result, in the starter, the pinion gear can mesh with the ring gear that is rotating by inertia without use of the rotational force of a motor. The meshed state can be maintained even after energization of the solenoid coil is stopped. |
| US08476776B2 |
Semiconductor module, method for fabricating the semiconductor module, and mobile apparatus
A semiconductor module manufacturing method includes a step of bonding a semiconductor wafer, which has a plurality of semiconductor elements each of which has an element electrode formed thereon, on an expansible first insulating resin layer; a step of dicing the semiconductor wafer; a step of expanding the first insulating resin layer to widen a gap between semiconductor elements; a pressure-bonding step of pressure-bonding a metal plate whereupon an electrode is arranged and the semiconductor elements with the widened gaps in between, by having a second insulating resin layer in between, and electrically connecting the electrode and the element electrodes; a step of forming a wiring layer which corresponds to each semiconductor element by selectively removing the metal plate and forming a plurality of semiconductor modules connected by the first insulating resin layer and the second insulating resin layer; and a step of separating the semiconductor modules by cutting the first insulating resin layer and the second insulating resin layer. |
| US08476772B2 |
Semiconductor device and method of forming base substrate with recesses for capturing bumped semiconductor die
A semiconductor device has a base substrate with recesses formed in a first surface of the base substrate. A first conductive layer is formed over the first surface and into the recesses. A second conductive layer is formed over a second surface of the base substrate. A first semiconductor die is mounted to the base substrate with bumps partially disposed within the recesses over the first conductive layer. A second semiconductor die is mounted to the first semiconductor die. Bond wires are formed between the second semiconductor die and the first conductive layer over the first surface of the base substrate. An encapsulant is deposited over the first and second semiconductor die and base substrate. A portion of the base substrate is removed from the second surface between the second conductive layer down to the recesses to form electrically isolated base leads for the bumps and bond wires. |
| US08476771B2 |
Configuration of connections in a 3D stack of integrated circuits
There is provided a connection configuration for a multiple layer chip stack having two or more strata. Each of the two or more strata has multiple circuit components, a front-side and a back-side. The connection configuration includes a connection pair having as members a front-side connection and a backside connection unconnected to the front-side connection. The front-side connection and the backside connection are co-located with respect to each other on a given stratum from among the two or more strata, and are respectively connected to different ones of the multiple circuit components on the given stratum. At least one of the front-side connection and the backside connection is also connected to a particular one of the multiple circuit components on an adjacent stratum to the given stratum from among the two or more strata. |
| US08476770B2 |
Apparatus and methods for forming through vias
Methods and apparatus for forming through vias in an integrated circuit package are disclosed. An apparatus is disclosed, having a substrate having one or more bond pad terminals for receiving electrical connections on at least one surface; an encapsulation layer covering the at least one surface of the substrate and having a first thickness; a plurality of through vias extending through the encapsulation layer and positioned in correspondence with at least one of the one or more bond pad terminals; conductor material disposed within the plurality of through vias to form electrical connectors within the plurality of through vias; and at least one external terminal disposed on a surface of the encapsulation layer, electrically coupled to one of the one or more bond pad terminals by an electrical connector in at least one of the plurality of through vias. Package arrangements and methods for the through vias are disclosed. |
| US08476768B2 |
System on a chip with interleaved sets of pads
A system on a chip (SOC) includes a physical interface having first and second sets of interface pads. Interface pads from the first set are interleaved with interface pads from the second set. Additionally, the SOC is arranged for operation with a superset die having first and second personalities and has a physical interface with interface pads. The SOC uses a first number of interface pads in the first personality and a second number of interface pads in the second personality, where the first number is greater than the second number. A switch switches signals between the superset die and the physical interface and, in the second personality, switches signals to the physical interface so that interface pads in the second number of interface pads are interleaved with interface pads not in use in the second personality. |
| US08476758B2 |
Airgap-containing interconnect structure with patternable low-k material and method of fabricating
The present invention provides a method of fabricating an airgap-containing interconnect structure in which a patternable low-k material replaces the need for utilizing a separate photoresist and a dielectric material. Specifically, this invention relates to a simplified method of fabricating single-damascene and dual-damascene airgap-containing low-k interconnect structures with at least one patternable low-k dielectric and at least one inorganic antireflective coating. |
| US08476757B2 |
Flip chip interconnect method and design for GaAs MMIC applications
A monolithic microwave integrated circuit (MMIC) flip chip interconnect is formed by coating an active side of the chip with a dielectric coating, such as benzocyclobutene (BCB), that inhibits deposition of metal plating materials. A portion of the dielectric coating is removed to expose bond pads on the active side of the chip, stud bumps are bonded to the bond pads, and the active side is then plated with first and second consecutive metal plating materials, such as nickel and gold, respectively, that do not adhere to the dielectric coating. The chip is then oriented such that the plated stud bumps on the active side of the chip face bond pads on a substrate, and the stud bumps on the chip are bonded to the bond pads on the substrate. |
| US08476756B2 |
Semiconductor device and heat sink with 3-dimensional thermal conductivity
A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor element having a rectangular two-dimensional geometry and serving as a heat source, a first heat sink section including the semiconductor element mounted thereon, and a second heat sink section joined to an opposite side of the first heat sink section that includes the semiconductor element. A relation among directional components of thermal conductivity is K1yy≧K1xx>K1zz, where directional components of a three-dimensional thermal conductivity of the heat sink section in X, Y, and Z directions are determined as Kxx, Kyy, and Kzz. A relation among directional components of a thermal conductivity of the second heat sink section is K2zz≧K2yy>K2xx or K2yy≧K2zz>K2xx, where the directional components of the thermal conductivity of the second heat sink section in X, Y, and X directions are determined as K2xx, K2yy, and K2zz. |
| US08476750B2 |
Printed circuit board having embedded dies and method of forming same
A package includes a printed circuit board (PCB) having a first side and a second side and a thickness between the first side and the second side and a stacked die including a top die mounted on a bottom die, the bottom die being at least partially embedded in the PCB. Also a method of forming a package that includes forming an opening in a top surface of the PCB layer, placing a stacked die including a top die stacked on a bottom die into the opening, laminating the PCB layer to form a laminate layer, and forming an electrical connection with the stacked die. |
| US08476747B2 |
Leadframe, leadframe type package and lead lane
A leadframe for a leadframe type package includes a chip base, and leads constituting lead lanes. One lead lane includes a pair of first differential signal leads, a pair of second differential signal leads, a pair of third differential signal leads between which and the pair of first differential signal leads is arranged the pair of second differential signal leads and a first power lead arranged between the pair of first and second differential signal leads. One of the pairs of differential signal leads has half-duplex transmission mode and two of the other pairs of differential signal leads have full-duplex transmission mode. |
| US08476746B2 |
Package structure enhancing molding compound bondability
A leadframe enhancing molding compound bondability includes a chip base and a pin holder. The chip bases includes a chip pad and a support, wherein the chip pad includes a side protrusion extending out of the support, and the side protrusion has a lower surface, and the support has a sidewall, and wherein the lower surface and the sidewall interconnect at an intersection line, and the lower surface is formed upwardly with a recess. Further, a pin holder includes a pin stand and a seat, wherein the pin stand has an edge portion extending out of the seat, the edge portion has a lower surface, the seat has a sidewall, and the lower surface and the sidewall interconnect at a crossing line. The lower surface of the pin stand is formed upward with a recess. As such, the bondability between the leadframe and the molding compound can be greatly enhanced. |
| US08476744B2 |
Thin film transistor with channel including microcrystalline and amorphous semiconductor regions
A thin film transistor with favorable electric characteristics is provided. The thin film transistor includes a gate electrode, a gate insulating layer, a semiconductor layer which includes a microcrystalline semiconductor region and an amorphous semiconductor region, an impurity semiconductor layer, a wiring, a first oxide region provided between the microcrystalline semiconductor region and the wiring, and a second oxide region provided between the amorphous semiconductor region and the wiring, wherein a line tangent to the highest inclination of an oxygen profile in the first oxide region (m1) and a line tangent to the highest inclination of an oxygen profile in the second oxide region (m2) satisfy a relation of 1 |
| US08476742B2 |
Fluid ejection device comprising substrate contact via
Edges of a first conductive layer (104) and a silicate glass layer (106) extend adjacent one another along a via (164) extending to a semiconductor substrate (41). An electrical conductor (112/114) extends through the via (164) into contact with the semiconductor substrate (41). |
| US08476740B2 |
Sheet for protecting surface of semiconductor wafer, semiconductor device manufacturing method and semiconductor wafer protection method using sheet
To provide a semiconductor wafer surface protection sheet having good adhesion to irregularities on a patterned surface of a semiconductor wafer and having good peelability after wafer grinding. Specifically, a semiconductor wafer surface protection sheet is provided that includes a base layer having a tensile elasticity at 25° C., E(25), of 1 GPa or more; a resin layer A that satisfies the condition EA(60)/EA(25)<0.1, where EA(25) is a tensile elasticity at 25° C. and EA(60) is a tensile elasticity at 60° C., the EA(60) ranging from 0.005 MPa to 1 MPa; and a resin layer B having a tensile elasticity at 60° C., EB(60), of 1 MPa or more and having a thickness of 0.1 μm to less than 100 μm, the EB(60) being larger than the EA(60) of the resin layer A. |
| US08476739B2 |
Graphene grown substrate and electronic/photonic integrated circuits using same
A graphene-on-oxide substrate according to the present invention includes: a substrate having a metal oxide layer formed on its surface; and, formed on the metal oxide layer, a graphene layer including at least one atomic layer of the graphene. The graphene layer is grown generally parallel to the surface of the metal oxide layer, and the inter-atomic-layer distance between the graphene atomic layer adjacent to the surface of the metal oxide layer and the surface atomic layer of the metal oxide layer is 0.34 nm or less. Preferably, the arithmetic mean surface roughness Ra of the metal oxide layer is 1 nm or less. |
| US08476736B2 |
Low leakage diodes
A diode includes an anode of a first conductivity type; a first cathode of the first conductivity type; and a second cathode of a second conductivity type opposite the first conductivity type. A lightly-doped region of the first conductivity type is under and vertically overlaps the anode and the first and the second cathodes. The portion of the lightly-doped region directly under the second cathode is fully depleted at a state when no bias voltage is applied between the anode and the second cathode. |
| US08476732B2 |
Semiconductor device
This specification discloses a semiconductor device having higher electric strength.The semiconductor device disclosed in this specification has a semiconductor element region, a peripheral termination region, a peripheral electrode, an insulating film, and an intermediate electrode. A semiconductor element is formed within the semiconductor element region. The peripheral termination region is formed around the semiconductor element region and formed of a single conductive type semiconductor. The semiconductor element region and the peripheral termination region are exposed at one surface of a semiconductor substrate. The peripheral electrode is formed on a surface of the peripheral termination region and along a circumference of the semiconductor substrate. The insulating film is formed on the surface of the peripheral termination region and between the semiconductor element region and the peripheral electrode. The intermediate electrode is formed on the insulating film. A thickness of the insulating film under the intermediate electrode is larger at a side of the peripheral electrode than at a side of the semiconductor element region. |
| US08476731B2 |
Nitride semiconductor diode
In a Schottky electrode formation region on a nitride semiconductor, the total length of junctions of Schottky electrodes and a surface of a nitride semiconductor layer is longer than the perimeter of the Schottky electrode formation region. The total length is preferably 10 times longer than the perimeter. For example, the Schottky electrodes are formed concentrically and circularly. |
| US08476725B2 |
High density photodiodes
The present invention is a front-side contact, back-side illuminated (FSC-BSL) photodiode arrays and front-side illuminated, back-side contact (FSL-BSC) photodiode arrays having improved characteristics, including high production throughput, low-cost manufacturing via implementation of batch processing techniques; uniform, as well as high, photocurrent density owing to presence of a large continuous homogeneous, heavily doped layer; and back to front intrachip connections via the homogenous, heavily doped layers on the front and back sides of the substrate. |
| US08476722B2 |
Magnetic memory device
A magnetic memory device is provided. The magnetic memory device includes a first vertical magnetic layer and a second vertical magnetic layer on a substrate, a tunnel barrier layer between the first vertical magnetic layer and the second vertical magnetic layer, and an exchange-coupling layer between a first sub-layer of the first vertical magnetic layer and a second sub-layer of the first vertical magnetic layer. |
| US08476720B2 |
Systems and methods for vertically stacking a sensor on an integrated circuit chip
A sensing unit package with reduced size and improved thermal sensing capabilities. An exemplary package includes a printed circuit board with a plurality of electrical traces, an application-specific integrated circuit (Analog ASIC) chip, and a micromachined sensor formed on a microelectromechanical system (MEMS) die. The Analog ASIC chip is electrically and mechanically attached to the printed circuit board. The MEMS die is in direct electrical communication with only a portion of the electrical traces of the printed circuit board and is mechanically and thermally attached directly to the Analog ASIC chip. A thermally conducting compound is located between the MEMS die and the Analog ASIC chip. One or more solder balls electrically attach the Analog ASIC chip to the printed circuit board and one or more solder traces electrically attach the MEMS die to the printed circuit board. |
| US08476719B2 |
Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same
Oxygen is released from the insulating layer, whereby oxygen deficiency in the oxide semiconductor layer and an interface state between the insulating layer and the oxide semiconductor layer can be reduced. Accordingly, a semiconductor device where reliability is high and variation in electric characteristics is small can be manufactured. |
| US08476718B2 |
Semiconductor device including a gate insulating film having a metal oxide layer having trap levels
A semiconductor device includes a MISFET comprising: a semiconductor layer including a semiconductor region formed therein; a gate insulating film formed above the semiconductor region, and including a metal oxide layer containing a metal and oxygen, the metal contained in the metal oxide layer being at least one selected from Hf and Zr, the metal oxide layer further including at least one element selected from the group consisting of Ru, Cr, Os, V, Tc, and Nb, the metal oxide layer having sites that capture or release charges formed by inclusion of the element, density of the element in the metal oxide layer being in the range of 1×1015 cm−3 to 2.96×1020 cm−3, the sites being distributed to have a peak closer to the semiconductor region than to a center of the metal oxide layer; and a gate electrode formed on the gate insulating film. |
| US08476716B2 |
Band edge engineered Vt offset device
Band edge engineered Vt offset devices, design structures for band edge engineered Vt offset devices and methods of fabricating such structures is provided herein. The structure includes a first FET having a channel of a first compound semiconductor of first atomic proportions resulting in a first band structure and a first type. The structure further includes a second FET having a channel of a second compound semiconductor of second atomic proportions resulting in a second band structure and a first type. The first compound semiconductor is different from the second compound semiconductor such that the first FET has a first band structure different from second band structure, giving rise to a threshold voltage different from that of the second FET. |
| US08476711B2 |
System for protection against electrostatic discharges in an electrical circuit
A gate controlled fin resistance element for use as an electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection element in an electrical circuit has a fin structure having a first connection region, a second connection region and a channel region formed between the first and second connection regions. Furthermore, the fin resistance element has a gate region formed at least over a part of the surface of the channel region. The gate region is electrically coupled to a gate control device, which gate control device controls an electrical potential applied to the gate region in such a way that the gate controlled fin resistance element has a high electrical resistance during a first operating state of the electrical circuit and a lower electrical resistance during a second operating state, which is characterized by the occurrence of an ESD event. |
| US08476707B2 |
Method for manufacturing semiconductor device
A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device comprises including a insulating pattern and a silicon film over a SOI substrate, thereby increasing a reduced volume of a floating body after forming a floating body fin transistor so as to secure a data storage space. The method comprises: forming a insulating pattern and a first silicon film over an upper silicon film of a SOI substrate; and forming a fin structure in the first silicon film. |
| US08476706B1 |
CMOS having a SiC/SiGe alloy stack
A delta doping of silicon by carbon is provided on silicon surfaces by depositing a silicon carbon alloy layer on silicon surfaces, which can be horizontal surfaces of a bulk silicon substrate, horizontal surfaces of a top silicon layer of a semiconductor-on-insulator substrate, or vertical surfaces of silicon fins. A p-type field effect transistor (PFET) region and an n-type field effect transistor (NFET) region can be differentiated by selectively depositing a silicon germanium alloy layer in the PFET region, and not in the NFET region. The silicon germanium alloy layer in the PFET region can overlie or underlie a silicon carbon alloy layer. A common material stack can be employed for gate dielectrics and gate electrodes for a PFET and an NFET. Each channel of the PFET and the NFET includes a silicon carbon alloy layer, and is differentiated by the presence or absence of a silicon germanium layer. |
| US08476703B2 |
Three-dimensional semiconductor device structures and methods
A three-dimensional semiconductor device includes a first semiconductor device, a second semiconductor device, and a patterned conductive layer disposed between the first and the second semiconductor devices. The first semiconductor device has a first plurality of terminals on a front side of the first semiconductor device and a first metal substrate on its back side, wherein one of the first plurality of terminals in the first semiconductor device is electrically coupled to the first metal substrate. The second semiconductor device has a second plurality of terminals on a front side of the second semiconductor device and a second metal substrate on its back side, wherein the second semiconductor device further includes a second metal substrate on its back side. The patterned conductive layer includes a plurality of conductive regions. Each of the conductive regions is bonded to a conductor coupled to one of the first plurality of terminals and another conductor coupled to one of the second plurality of terminals. |
| US08476701B2 |
Semiconductor device with gate electrode including a concave portion
A semiconductor device includes a transistor that has a trench formed in an element forming region of a substrate, a gate insulating film formed on side faces and a bottom face of the trench, a gate electrode formed on the gate insulating film so as to bury the trench, a source region formed on one side in the gate longitude direction, which is formed on the surface of the substrate, and a drain region formed on the other side in the gate longitude direction. Here, the gate electrode is formed so as to be exposed also on the substrate outside the trench, and the gate electrode is disposed so as to cover upper portions of both ends of the trench and so as to form at least one concave portion having a depth reaching the substrate in a center portion. |
| US08476698B2 |
Corner layout for superjunction device
A superjunction device and methods for layout design and fabrication of a superjunction device are disclosed. A layout of active cell column structures can be configured so that a charge due to first conductivity type dopants balances out charge due to second conductivity type dopants in a doped layer in an active cell region. A layout of end portions of the active cell column structures proximate termination column structures can be configured so that a charge due to the first conductivity type dopants in the end portions and a charge due to the first conductivity type dopants in the termination column structures balances out charge due to the second conductivity type dopants in a portion of the doped layer between the termination column structures and the end portions. |
| US08476696B2 |
Nonvolatile semiconductor memory device and method of manufacturing the same
A nonvolatile semiconductor memory device comprises: element isolation insulating films formed in a semiconductor substrate in a first direction; and element regions formed in a region sandwiched by the element isolation insulating film, with MONOS type memory cells. The MONOS type memory cell comprises: a tunnel insulating film disposed on the element region; a charge storage film disposed continuously on the element regions and the element isolation insulating films. The charge storage film comprises: a charge film disposed on the element region and having a certain charge trapping characteristic; and a degraded charge film disposed on the element isolation insulating film and having a charge trapping characteristic inferior to that of the charge film. The degraded charge film has a length of an upper surface thereof set shorter than a length of a lower surface thereof in a cross-section along the first direction. |
| US08476693B2 |
Nonvolatile semiconductor memory and method for manufacturing the same
In one embodiment, a nonvolatile semiconductor memory includes a memory cell array, a first silicon nitride film and a second silicon nitride film. The memory cell array includes NAND cell units. Each of the NAND cell units has memory cell transistors, a source-side select gate transistor and a drain-side select gate transistor. The source-side select gate transistors is disposed in such a manner as to face each other and the drain-side select gate transistors is disposed in such a manner as to face each other. The first silicon nitride film is present in a region between the source-side select gate transistors and is disposed at a position lowest from the upper surface of the semiconductor substrate. The second silicon nitride film is formed in a region between the drain-side select gate transistors and is disposed at a position lowest from the upper surface of the semiconductor substrate. |
| US08476692B2 |
Semiconductor devices and methods of manufacturing the same
Provided are a semiconductor device and a method of manufacturing the semiconductor device. The semiconductor device includes a charge storage pattern formed on a substrate; a dielectric pattern formed on the charge storage pattern; a first conductive pattern including silicon doped with a first impurity of a first concentration, the first conductive pattern being disposed on the dielectric pattern; and a second conductive pattern including metal silicide doped with a second impurity of a second concentration, the second conductive pattern being disposed on the first conductive pattern. The first concentration may be higher than the second concentration. |
| US08476689B2 |
Super CMOS devices on a microelectronics system
A low cost IC solution is disclosed in accordance with an embodiment to provide Super CMOS microelectronics macros. Hereinafter, the Super CMOS or Schottky CMOS all refer to SCMOS. The SCMOS device solutions with a niche circuit element, the complementary low threshold Schottky barrier diode pairs (SBD) made by selected metal barrier contacts (Co/Ti) to P- and N- Si beds of the CMOS transistors. A DTL like new circuit topology and designed wide contents of broad product libraries, which used the integrated SBD and transistors (BJT, CMOS, and Flash versions) as basic components. The macros are composed of diodes that are selectively attached to the diffusion bed of the transistors, configuring them to form generic logic gates, memory cores, and analog functional blocks from simple to the complicated, from discrete components to all grades of VLSI chips. Solar photon voltaic electricity conversion and bio-lab-on-a-chip are two newly extended fields of the SCMOS IC applications. |
| US08476687B2 |
Low impedance transmisson line
Transmission lines employing transmission line units or elements within integrated circuits (ICs) are well-known. Typically, different heights for these transmission line units can vary the characteristics of the cell (and transmission line), and there is typically a tradeoff between impedance and space (layout) specifications. Here, a transmission line is provided, which is generally comprised of elements of the same general width, but having differing or tapered heights that allow for impedance adjustments for high frequency applications (i.e., 160 GHz). For example, a transmission line that is coupled to a balun, with the transmission line units decreasing in height near the balun's center tap to adjust the impedance of the transmission line for the balun, is shown. |
| US08476686B2 |
Memory device and method for making same
An embodiment relates to a memory cell comprising a programmable resistance memory element electrically coupled to a heterojunction bipolar transistor. |
| US08476685B2 |
Image sensor and method for fabricating the same
An image sensor includes a trench formed by a shallow trench isolation (STI) process, a channel stop layer formed over a substrate in the trench, an isolation structure filled in the trench, and a photodiode formed in the substrate adjacent to a sidewall of the trench. In more detail of the image sensor, a trench is formed in a substrate through a STI process, and a channel stop layer is formed over the substrate in the trench. An isolation structure is formed in the trench, and a photodiode is fanned in the substrate adjacent to a sidewall of the trench. |
| US08476681B2 |
Photosensitive imaging devices and associated methods
Backside illuminated photosensitive devices and associated methods are provided. In one aspect, for example, a backside-illuminated photosensitive imager device can include a semiconductor substrate having multiple doped regions forming a least one junction, a textured region coupled to the semiconductor substrate and positioned to interact with electromagnetic radiation, and a passivation region positioned between the textured region and the at least one junction. The passivation region is positioned to isolate the at least one junction from the textured region, and the semiconductor substrate and the textured region are positioned such that incoming electromagnetic radiation passes through the semiconductor substrate before contacting the textured region. Additionally, the device includes an electrical transfer element coupled to the semiconductor substrate to transfer an electrical signal from the at least one junction. |
| US08476680B2 |
Semiconductor device and method for manufacturing the same
A semiconductor device includes: a semiconductor substrate; a gate electrode formed on the semiconductor substrate with a gate insulating film interposed therebetween; a side wall spacer formed on a side wall of the gate electrode; source/drain regions formed in opposing portions of the semiconductor substrate with the gate electrode and the side wall spacer interposed therebetween; and a stress-applying insulating film covering the gate electrode, the side wall spacer, and an upper surface of the semiconductor substrate. A gate-length-direction thickness of an upper portion of the side wall spacer is at least larger than a gate-length-direction thickness of a middle portion thereof. |
| US08476677B2 |
Semiconductor device
An aspect of the present invention inheres in a semiconductor device includes a semiconductor region, a source electrode and a drain electrode, which are provided on a main surface of the semiconductor region, a gate electrode exhibiting normally-off characteristics, the gate electrode being provided above the main surface of the semiconductor region while interposing a p-type material film therebetween, and being arranged between the source electrode and the drain electrode, and a fourth electrode that is provided on the main surface of the semiconductor region, and is arranged between the gate electrode and the drain electrode. |
| US08476675B2 |
Semiconductor device and method of manufacture thereof
A semiconductor device (10) comprising a bipolar transistor and a field 5 effect transistor within a semiconductor body (1) comprising a projecting mesa (5) within which are at least a portion of a collector region (22c and 22d) and a base region (33c) of the bipolar transistor. The bipolar transistor is provided with an insulating cavity (92b) provided in the collector region (22c and 22d). The insulating cavity (92b) may be provided by providing a layer (33a) in the collector region (22c), creating an access path, for example by selectively etching polysilicon towards monocrystalline, and removing a portion of the layer (33a) to provide the cavity using the access path. The layer (33a) provided in the collector region may be of SiGe:C. By blocking diffusion from the base region the insulating cavity (92b) provides a reduction in the base collector capacitance and can be described as defining the base contact. |
| US08476672B2 |
Electrostatic discharge protection device and method for fabricating the same
The present invention provides an ESD protection device comprising a SCR structure that is a transverse PNPN structure formed by performing a P-type implantation and an N-type implantation in an N-well and a P-well on a silicon substrate, respectively, wherein a P-type doped region in the N-well is used as an anode, and N-type doped region in the P-well is used as a cathode, characterized in that, N-type dopants are implanted into the N-well to form one lead-out terminal of a resistor, P-type dopants are implanted into the P-well to form another lead-out terminal for the resistor, and the two leading-out terminals are connected by the resistor. |
| US08476670B2 |
Light emitting devices and methods of manufacturing the same
Light emitting devices and methods of manufacturing the light emitting devices. The light emitting devices include a silicon substrate; a metal buffer layer on the silicon substrate, a patterned dispersion Bragg reflection (DBR) layer on the metal buffer layer; and a nitride-based thin film layer on the patterned DBR layer and regions between patterns of the DBR layer. |
| US08476665B2 |
Display device
The present invention provides a display device. The display device comprises first and second wirings, first and second transistors, an insulating film over the first and second transistors, a first electrode over the insulating film, a light emitting layer over the first electrode, and a second electrode over the light emitting layer. The gate electrode of the first transistor is formed in a different layer from the first wiring. One of a source electrode and a drain electrode of the first transistor is electrically connected to a gate electrode of the second transistor. The first wiring is parallel to the second wiring. |
| US08476663B2 |
Semiconductor light emitting component and method for manufacturing the same
A method for manufacturing a semiconductor light emitting component is disclosed in the present invention. First, a substrate is provided and an epitaxial structure is formed thereon, wherein a first surface of the epitaxial structure contacts the substrate. The epitaxial structure includes a first type doped layer, a light emitting portion and a second type doped layer. A first electrode is then formed on a second surface of the first type doped layer. Subsequently, a functional structure is formed on the first electrode using an in-situ method. Afterwards, the substrate is removed to expose the epitaxial structure. Finally, an etching step is performed to etch the exposed epitaxial structure, so as to expose at least a portion of the first electrode. |
| US08476661B2 |
Light emitting element
The present invention provides a light emitting element, which includes a light emitting diode (LED) chip and a wavelength-converting layer arranged on a surface of the LED chip, the wavelength-converting layer to convert a wavelength of light emitted from the LED chip, wherein at least a portion of the wavelength-converting layer has a width greater than the width of the surface of the LED chip. |
| US08476659B2 |
Light emitting device
The present disclosure relates to methods for performing wafer-level measurement and wafer-level binning of LED devices. The present disclosure also relates to methods for reducing thermal resistance of LED devices. The methods include growing epitaxial layers consisting of an n-doped layer, an active layer, and a p-doped layer on a wafer of a growth substrate. The method further includes forming p-contact and n-contact to the p-doped layer and the n-doped layer, respectively. The method further includes performing a wafer-level measurement of the LED by supplying power to the LED through the n-contact and the p-contact. The method further includes dicing the wafer to generate diced LED dies, bonding the diced LED dies to a chip substrate, and removing the growth substrate from the diced LED dies. |
| US08476656B2 |
Light-emitting diode
A light-emitting diode includes a circuit board, a pair of electrodes provided on the circuit board, at least one light-emitting diode element electrically connected to the pair of electrodes, a central electrode for heat-dissipation, provided between the pair of electrodes on the circuit board, and a heat-dissipation plate disposed on the central electrode for heat-dissipation and including a reflection surface. The central electrode for heat-dissipation includes an upper central electrode disposed on the upper surface of the circuit board and a lower central electrode disposed on the lower surface of the circuit board and the upper central electrode thermally connected to the lower central electrode. |
| US08476654B2 |
Display device
The present invention provides a display device using a copper wiring and having high display properties in which without preventing a higher aperture ratio of the pixel, coloring of a screen due to reflected light of external light produced within the display device can be prevented. The display device according to the present invention is a display device including a plurality of pixel regions, wherein each of the pixel regions includes a copper wiring containing copper or an alloy thereof, and a red-colored layer and a colored layer of another color; and an area of the copper wiring is smaller in the pixel region including the red-colored layer than in the pixel region including the colored layer of another color, the area of the copper wiring reflecting incident light entering from the display surface side of the display device. |
| US08476647B2 |
Silicon-germanium, quantum-well, light-emitting diode
A silicon-germanium, quantum-well, light-emitting diode. The light-emitting diode includes a p-doped portion, a quantum-well portion, and an p-doped portion. The quantum-well portion is disposed between the p-doped portion and the n-doped portion. The quantum-well portion includes a carrier confinement region that is configured to facilitate luminescence with emission of light produced by direct recombination with a hole confined within the carrier confinement region. The p-doped portion includes a first alloy of silicon-germanium, and the n-doped portion includes a second alloy of silicon-germanium. |
| US08476644B2 |
Optoelectronic component and method for the manufacture of a plurality of optoelectronic components
An optoelectronic component with a semiconductor body includes an active region suitable for generating radiation, and two electrical contacts arranged on the semiconductor body. The contacts are electrically connected to the active region. The contacts each have a connecting face that faces away from the semiconductor body. The contact faces are located on a connection side of the component and a side of the component that is different from the connection side is mirror-coated. A method for the manufacture of multiple components of this sort is also disclosed. |
| US08476641B2 |
Semiconductor memory device
A switching resistance RAM that is highly integrated as well as reduced in a read-out time is realized. There is formed an NPN type bipolar transistor BT composed of a collector layer made of an N-well 11, a base layer made of a P+ type Si layer 12A formed in a surface of the N-well 11, and an emitter layer made of an N+ type Si layer 15 formed in a surface of the P+ type Si layer 12A. Also, there are formed a word line WL0 electrically connected to the N+ type Si layer 15 and bit lines BL1-BL4 intersecting with the word line WL0. Also, there are formed a plurality of switching layers 14 formed on a surface of the P+ type Si layer 12A, each being electrically connected to corresponding each of the bit lines and switching between an ON state and an OFF state and an electric potential fixing line 19A to fix the P+ type Si layer 12A at a predetermined electric potential. |
| US08476640B2 |
Solid state lighting devices and associated methods of manufacturing
Solid state lighting devices and associated methods of manufacturing are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a solid state light device includes a light emitting diode with an N-type gallium nitride (GaN) material, a P-type GaN material spaced apart from the N-type GaN material, and an indium gallium nitride (InGaN) material directly between the N-type GaN material and the P-type GaN material. At least one of the N-type GaN, InGaN, and P-type GaN materials has a non-planar surface. |
| US08476639B2 |
Group III nitride semiconductor and group III nitride semiconductor structure
There is provided a surface treatment method of a group III nitride semiconductor including: providing a group III nitride semiconductor including a first surface having a group III polarity and a second surface opposing the first surface and having a nitrogen polarity; and irradiating a laser beam onto the second surface to change the nitrogen polarity of the second surface to the group III polarity. |
| US08476638B2 |
Plasma CVD apparatus
An object of the present invention is to provide a technique for manufacturing a dense crystalline semiconductor film without a cavity between crystal grains. A plasma region is formed between a first electrode and a second electrode by supplying high-frequency power of 60 MHz or less to the first electrode under a condition where a pressure of a reactive gas in a reaction chamber of a plasma CVD apparatus is set to 450 Pa to 13332 Pa, and a distance between the first electrode and the second electrode of the plasma CVD apparatus is set to 1 mm to 20 mm; crystalline deposition precursors are formed in a gas phase including the plasma region; a crystal nucleus of 5 nm to 15 nm is formed by depositing the deposition precursors; and a microcrystalline semiconductor film is formed by growing a crystal from the crystal nucleus. |
| US08476636B2 |
Poly-Si thin film transistor and method of manufacturing the same
Provided may be a Poly-Si thin film transistor (TFT) and a method of manufacturing the same. The Poly-Si TFT may include a first Poly-Si layer on an active layer formed of Poly-Si and doped with a low concentration; and a second Poly-Si layer on the first Poly-Si layer and doped with the same concentration as the first Poly-Si layer or with a higher concentration than the first Poly-Si layer, wherein lightly doped drain (LDD) regions capable of reducing leakage current may be formed in inner end portions of the first Poly-Si layer. |
| US08476634B2 |
Display device and method of manufacturing the same
A display device includes a flexible panel and a cover member. The flexible panel includes a first substrate and a second substrate. The first substrate includes a first support layer in which an organic insulation layer and an inorganic insulation layer are stacked thereon, and a thin-film transistor and a pixel electrode disposed on the first support layer. The second substrate is opposite to the first substrate. The second substrate includes an organic insulation layer and a second support layer on which the inorganic insulation layer is deposited. The cover member covers an outer surface of the flexible panel. Thus, a display device is manufactured by using a support layer on which an organic insulation layer and an inorganic insulation layer are coated as a base substrate, so that defects generated in a manufacturing process may be prevented. |
| US08476622B2 |
Active matrix organic light emitting diode
Disclosed are an active matrix organic light emitting diode and a method for manufacturing the same. The active matrix organic light emitting diode includes: a substrate; a black matrix formed above a part of the substrate; at least one thin film transistor formed above the black matrix; a passivation film formed to entirely cover the at least one thin film transistor; a planarizing layer formed above the passivation film; a color filter formed above an upper part of the planarizing layer opposite to the position where the at least one thin film transistor is formed; and an organic light emitting diode formed above the color filter. |
| US08476620B2 |
Organic light-emitting diode luminaires
There is provided an organic light-emitting diode luminaire. The luminaire includes a patterned first electrode, a second electrode, and a light-emitting layer therebetween. The light-emitting layer includes a first plurality of pixels having an emission color that is blue; a second plurality of pixels having an emission color that is green, the second plurality of pixels being laterally spaced from the first plurality of pixels; and a third plurality of pixels having an emission color that is red-orange, the third plurality of pixels being laterally spaced from the first and second pluralities of pixels. The additive mixing of all the emitted colors results in an overall emission of white light. |
| US08476619B2 |
Semiconductor device and method for fabricating the same
A semiconductor device includes a gate formed over a substrate, organic semiconductor pattern interposed between the substrate and the gate, junction regions formed in the substrate on both sides of the gate, and junction patterns formed over the junction regions to contact the organic semiconductor patterns. |
| US08476617B2 |
Graphene-containing semiconductor structures and devices on a silicon carbide substrate having a defined miscut angle
A semiconductor structure having a high Hall mobility is provided that includes a SiC substrate having a miscut angle of 0.1° or less and a graphene layer located on an upper surface of the SiC substrate. Also, provided are semiconductor devices that include a SiC substrate having a miscut angle of 0.1° or less and at least one graphene-containing semiconductor device located atop the SiC substrate. The at least one graphene-containing semiconductor device includes a graphene layer overlying and in contact with an upper surface of the SiC substrate. |
| US08476613B2 |
Reproducible resistance variable insulating memory devices and methods for forming same
The present invention relates to the use of a shaped bottom electrode in a resistance variable memory device. The shaped bottom electrode ensures that the thickness of the insulating material at the tip of the bottom electrode is thinnest, creating the largest electric field at the tip of the bottom electrode. The arrangement of electrodes and the structure of the memory element makes it possible to create conduction paths with stable, consistent and reproducible switching and memory properties in the memory device. |
| US08476610B2 |
Composite segment collimators for SPECT without dead zones
A multi-view composite collimator includes a first parallel collimator segment having a plurality of collimator channels oriented at a first slant angle and a second parallel collimator segment adjacent to the first parallel collimator segment having a plurality of collimator channels oriented at a second slant angle different from the first slant angle and a bridging collimating element is provided between the first and second parallel collimator segments, wherein radiation can pass through the bridging collimating element. |
| US08476609B2 |
Extreme ultraviolet light source device, laser light source device for extreme ultraviolet light source device, and method for controlling saturable absorber used in extreme ultraviolet light source device
An EUV light source of the present invention is capable of using a saturable absorber stably and continuously in a high heat load state. A saturable absorber (SA) device is disposed on a laser beam line to absorb feeble light, such as self-excited oscillation light, parasitic oscillation light or return light. SA gas from an SA gas cylinder and buffer gas from a buffer gas cylinder are mixed to be a mixed gas. The mixed gas is supplied to an SA gas cell via a supply pipeline, and absorbs the feeble light included in the laser beam. The mixed gas is exhausted via an exhaust pipeline, and is sent to a heat exchanger. The mixed gas, cooled down by a heat exchanger, is sent back to the SA gas cell by a circulation pump. |
| US08476605B2 |
Scintillator panel, method of producing scintillator panel, radiation image detector and method of producing radiation image detector
A scintillator panel which has achieved enhanced sharpness and sensitivity is disclosed, comprising on a first support a phosphor layer comprising phosphor columnar crystals formed by a process of vapor phase deposition and containing a parent component of cesium iodide (CsI) and an activator of thallium (Tl), and the phosphor layer comprising a first layer of a CsI layer which is in the bottom portion of the phosphor layer and does not contain any activator of thallium, and on the first layer, a second layer of a CsI—Tl layer which contains the activator of thallium and exhibits not more than 32% of a coefficient of variation of concentration of thallium in the direction of thickness. |
| US08476604B2 |
Filters for use in dosimetry
Described is an optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) sensor comprising one or more cylindrical cup-shaped filters. |
| US08476603B2 |
In-situ plant analysis apparatus, method for tracking the state or evolution of a culture and method for managing vegetable processing
A device for analyzing plants, by luminous excitation and fluorescence measurement, can be used on site without preparation of the plants. The device evaluates the content of a compound in the skin or epidermis of a plant. The geometry of the device is characterized by a direction of the excitation light rays and a direction of the fluorescence light rays which are non-collinear with each other. The device includes several sets of emitters of different wavelengths, each including several emitters, and makes it possible to measure a plurality of excitation-fluorescence combinations. A method for evaluating and monitoring the development and maturity of a crop, as well as a method for monitoring and controlling plant treatment are also described. |
| US08476602B2 |
Magnet for ion beam irradiation apparatus equipped with protective member that covers plurality of magnetic field concentrating members
A magnet used in an ion beam irradiation apparatus includes a pair of magnetic poles arranged facing each other on an inner side of the magnet across an ion beam; a plurality of magnetic field concentrating members that are arranged on each of the opposing surfaces of the magnetic poles and that perform a function of trapping electrons between the magnetic poles; and a protective member that covers opposing surfaces of the magnetic field concentrating members. |
| US08476597B2 |
Radiation image detecting device and control method thereof
When all TFTs are turned on, an electric signal is compared with a first threshold value. If the electric signal is equal to or more than the first threshold value, a first judgment unit judges that X-ray irradiation has been started. A second judgment unit compares second and third threshold values with a first-order differentiation value of an electric signal that is outputted in a state of turning off all the TFTs. If the first-order differentiation value is within or out of a range defined by the second and third threshold values throughout a verification period, the second judgment unit verifies that the judgment of the first judgment unit is correct. When the judgment of the first judgment unit is verified to be correct, the TFTs are kept turned off, and an FPD continuously carries out charge accumulation operation for capturing an X-ray image. |
| US08476595B2 |
Liquid xenon gamma ray imager
A gamma ray imager includes a chamber containing a scintillation liquid such as xenon and several mutually optically isolated interaction modules immersed in the scintillation liquid within the chamber. Multiple photodetectors optically coupled to the modules separately detect scintillation light resulting from gamma ray interactions in the modules. Charge readout devices coupled to the modules provide time projection chamber-class detection of ionization charges produced by gamma ray interactions within the modules. A signal processor connected to the multiple photodetectors and charge readout devices analyzes signals produced by gamma ray interactions within the modules and calculates from the signals gamma ray energy and gamma ray angle. The calculations use Compton scattering formula inversion and also use anti-correlation of prompt scintillation light signals from gamma ray interactions and charge signals from gamma ray interactions. |
| US08476591B2 |
Radiation sensor device and method
A radiation sensor device including an integrated circuit chip including a radiation sensor on a surface of the integrated chip, one or more electrical connections configured to connect between an active surface of the integrated circuit chip and a lead frame, a cap attached to said integrated circuit chip spaced from and covering said radiation sensor, the cap having a transparent portion defining a primary lens transparent to the radiation to be sensed, a secondary lens disposed in a recess proximate and spaced from said primary lens transparent to the radiation to be sensed, and an air gap between said primary lens and said secondary lens. |
| US08476587B2 |
Ion source with surface coating
A mass spectrometer includes an Electron Impact (“EI”) or a Chemical Ionisation (“CI”) ion source, and the ion source includes a first coating or surface. The first coating or surface is formed of a metallic carbide, a metallic boride, a ceramic or DLC, or an ion-implanted transition metal. |
| US08476578B2 |
Rotary encoder and rotation mechanism including the same
A rotary encoder includes two first detection units disposed at positions that are symmetrical about a rotation axis, each of the first detection units outputting an incremental signal, and second detection unit that outputs an absolute signal φA. The rotary encoder includes a storage unit that stores a plurality of formulas for correcting errors of the incremental signals, the formulas being different from each other in accordance with the signal φA, and the errors being generated due to eccentricity; a calculation unit that calculates a corrected phase φI by performing operation on the incremental signals by using one of the formulas corresponding to the signal φA; and a generation unit that generates a rotation angle of the scale on the basis of the phase φI and the signal φA. |
| US08476577B2 |
Optical encoder
A miniaturized optical encoder capable of obtaining a sufficient amount of light in the light receiving element is provided. An optical encoder 1 includes a scale 2 having scale markings 21 and a readhead 3 having a light source 31 that emits light to the scale 2, a scale-side lens 32 that transmits the light emitted from the light source 31 to the scale 2, and a light receiving element 33 that receives the light that has been reflected by the scale 2 and that has passed through the scale-side lens 32. The light source 31 is arranged between the scale-side lens 32 and the light receiving element 33, and a distance between the light source 31 and the scale-side lens 32 is set to be a focal distance fs of the scale-side lens 32. An optical axis Lsrc of the light source 31 is matched with an optical axis Ls of the scale-side lens 32 in a reading direction of the scale markings 21 and is separated from an optical axis Ls of the scale-side lens 32 by a predetermined distance D in a direction perpendicular to the reading direction of the scale markings 21. |
| US08476576B2 |
Optical device having partially butt-coupled light sensor
An optical device includes a light-transmitting medium positioned on a base. The light-transmitting medium defines a waveguide. The optical device also includes a light sensor. The light sensor includes a light-absorbing medium positioned on the base. A portion of the waveguide ends at a facet such that a first portion of a light signal being guided by the wavegide passes through the facet and a second portion of the light signal bypasses the facet and remains in the light-transmitting medium. The light-absorbing medium is positioned on the light-transmitting medium such that the light-transmitting medium is between the light-absorbing medium and the base. Additionally, the light-absorbing medium is positioned on the light-transmitting medium such that the light-absorbing medium receives the first portion of the light signal that passes through the facet. Further, the light-absorbing medium is configured such that the second portion of the light signal is coupled into the light-absorbing medium from the light-transmitting medium. |
| US08476575B2 |
Method of forming an imaging device
A method, apparatus, and system that provides a holographic layer as a micro-lens array and/or a color filter array in an imager. The method of writing the holographic layer results in overlapping areas in the hologram for corresponding adjacent pixels in the imager which increases collection of light at the pixels, thereby increasing quantum efficiency. |
| US08476573B2 |
Photoelectric conversion film-stacked type solid-state imaging device and method of manufacturing the same
According to one embodiment, a solid-state imaging device with a plurality of light-receiving layers for acquiring different color signals stacked one on top of another in the optical direction. Each of the light-receiving layers includes a photoelectric conversion part that receives light entering the back side of the layer and generates signal charges and a read transistor that is provided on the front side of the layer and reads the signal charges generated at the photoelectric conversion part. A semiconductor layer is stacked via an insulating film on the front side of the top layer of the plurality of light-receiving layers. At the semiconductor layer, there is provided a signal scanning circuit which processes a signal read by each of the read transistors and outputs a different color signal from each of the light-receiving layers to the outside. |
| US08476569B2 |
Image projection device having a deflection section with a deflection control section for distortion correction and speed correction
An object is to provide a image projection device which has a small size but can project an image having a high image quality. To achieve the object, in an image projection device, a reflection part which reflects a light flux from a light source is, while being rotated around a first axis by non-resonance driving, rotated by resonance driving around a second axis which is substantially perpendicular to the first axis, and thereby the light flux is deflected in a two-dimensional direction. By controlling the rotation of the reflection part, a correction for suppressing an image distortion along one scanning direction on a projection surface, and a correction for keeping substantially constant a scanning speed of the light flux along the other scanning direction on the projection surface, are performed. Here, the relationship of 10°<θ<70° is satisfied, where θ represents an angle of inclination of the light flux, which is projected to the projection surface, toward the other scanning direction relative to a normal line of the projection surface, in a case where the reflection part is in a central position of the rotations around the first and second axes. |
| US08476567B2 |
Active pixel with precharging circuit
An active pixel including a precharge circuit for a sample and hold (S/H) stage and methods of operating the same are provided. In addition to the precharge circuit and S/H stage, the pixel may include a sensor circuit to generate a signal in response to electromagnetic radiation received on a photodetector included therein, and a multiplexer circuit. The S/H stage may include a switching-element to couple the signal from the sensor circuit to a capacitor element in the S/H stage to read-out and store the signal. The multiplexer circuit may include a switching-element coupled to an output node of the capacitor element to couple the signal to a column. The precharge circuit may include a switching-element coupled between the output node of the capacitor element and the column to precharge the capacitor element to a fixed voltage applied to the column when the S/H stage is not reading-out the signal. |
| US08476565B2 |
Outdoor lighting fixtures control systems and methods
One embodiment of the invention relates to a system for operating a plurality of streetlights in response to motion from a vehicle. The system includes a sensor associated with at least one of the streetlights and configured to detect the presence of a moving vehicle and to provide a signal representative of the moving vehicle. The system further includes a radio frequency transceiver associated with each of the streetlights. The system yet further includes processing electronics configured to receive the signal representative of the moving vehicle from the sensor and to cause the radio frequency transceiver to transmit a command to one or more of the plurality of the streetlights to change lighting states along a pathway for the vehicle. |
| US08476559B2 |
Tunnel furnace for the temperature treatment of goods
Tunnel kilns serve for the thermal treatment of products in a continuous operation within a production process. The tunnel kilns are usually made up of a number of identical kiln segments, each segment having a blower, heating elements for heating up the fresh air and a common exhaust air line. For the treatment of the products, they are made to pass by either on the suction side or the pressure side of the blower. To reduce the overall volume of such kilns and to save energy, it is proposed to arrange the blower inside the kiln in such a way that it produces a circulatory flow transversely to the direction of continuous transport and to transport the products to be dried through the circulatory flow parallel to one another in the direction of continuous transport both on the pressure side and on the suction side of the blower. These kilns are preferably used in the production of catalytic converters for automotive exhaust for which a catalyst layer applied to monolithic honeycomb bodies has to be dried and calcined. |
| US08476553B2 |
Method of dividing workpiece
A method of dividing a workpiece includes: forming a pre-machining alteration region in the inside of a region in which no device is formed; detecting the position of the pre-machining alteration region through infrared imaging by imaging means, to thereby recognize a deviation between the pre-machining alteration region and a planned dividing line as machining position correction information; and forming a main machining alteration region by utilizing the machining position correction information, whereby the workpiece can be accurately divided along the planned dividing lines into individual devices. |
| US08476551B2 |
Laser cutting apparatus
An exemplary cutting apparatus for cutting components from a sprue includes a sprue retainer, a laser cutting unit, and a rotating driving unit. The sprue retainer has a supporting surface. The supporting surface defines a receiving hole, and grooves extending across the entire supporting surface. The grooves are in communication with the receiving hole. The laser cutting unit is disposed above the sprue retainer and is configured for emitting a laser beam to cut the sprue carried on the sprue retainer. The sprue retainer is coupled to the rotating driving such that the rotating driving unit is capable of driving the sprue retainer to rotate. |
| US08476550B2 |
Manufacturing method of hermetically sealed container
A manufacturing method of a hermetic container includes steps of bonding a frame member to a first substrate, by pressing the first substrate and the second substrate to each other by an electrostatic force generated between a first electrode and a second electrode by applying a potential difference between the first electrode and the second electrode, and softening and melting the bonding material. Additional steps include cooling and solidifying the bonding material by simultaneously heating the bonding material with a local heating unit and moving the local heating unit, and increasing the potential difference between the first electrode and a segment of the second electrode, which is in a position at which the segment is heated by the local heating unit. |
| US08476549B2 |
Method for bonding a seal member and dissimilar materials made from metals
A method of bonding dissimilar metals, a bonding structure formed by such a method and a bonding apparatus for performing such a method. The resulting bond is capable of preventing corrosion (e.g., electric corrosion) resulting from contact of the dissimilar metals and obtains a dissimilar material joint exhibiting anti-corrosive property and bonding strength at low costs. The method includes overlapping two materials made from dissimilar metals having a seal material interposed therebetween and discharging the seal material from a bonding interface and bonding the two materials in direct contact with each other. |
| US08476543B2 |
Low profile switch
An electromechanical switch includes a contact assembly and a linkage assembly. |
| US08476542B2 |
Input device
A flat-type input unit capable of outputting information regarding a position where a finger touches as coordinate data is provided in a casing of an input device. A main-switch unit and sub-switch units operated by the flat-type input unit are also provided in the casing. When ON output signals are simultaneously supplied from the main-switch unit and one of the sub-switch units, the flat-type input unit determines a position where the finger touches by performing a detection operation. It can be determined on the basis of the position whether the main-switch unit or the sub-switch unit is controlled. Moreover, since pressing any position of the flat-type input unit can cause the main-switch unit to supply an ON output signal, a confirmation input can be performed easily with the ON output signal supplied from the main-switch unit. |
| US08476540B2 |
Shelter for portable electrical inlets/outlets
A shelter for protecting a portable electrical inlet/outlet (PEIO) includes a base and a cover. In some examples, the base includes a platform to support a body of the PEIO, and the platform is configured to segregate the PEIO body from water that may accumulate. In some examples, the cover configured to mate with the base to substantially enclose the platform. Upon being inserted into the shelter, the PEIO may be protected from unwanted elements, such as rain, snow, unintended contact by humans or animals, or the like. |
| US08476538B2 |
Wiring substrate with customization layers
One or more customization layers can be added to a wiring substrate. The customization layers can provide customized electrical connections from electrical contacts of the base wiring substrate to electrical contacts at an outer surface of the customization layers, which can allow the contacts at the outer surface of the customization layers can be in a different pattern than the contacts at the surface of the base wiring substrate. The customization layers can comprise electrically insulating material, electrically conductive via structures through the insulating material, electrically conductive traces, electrically conductive jumpers electrically connecting two traces without contacting a trace disposed between the two traces, and/or other such elements. A jumper can be formed by making a relatively small deposit of electrically insulating material between the two traces to be connected and then making a relatively small deposit of electrically conductive material on parts of the two traces and the insulating material. Via structures can be coupled to traces and an insulating material can be cast around the via structures. Alternatively, via structures can be formed in openings with sloped side walls in an insulating layer. |
| US08476536B2 |
Wiring substrate and method for manufacturing the same
A wiring substrate has pads formed from a plurality of metal layers and vias connected to the pads. The plurality of metal layers have a metal layer exposed through the wiring substrate, and a first metal layer which is interposed between the metal layer and the vias and which prevents diffusion of metal included in the vias into the metal layer. A second metal layer which is less subject to oxidation than the first metal layer is provided between the vias and the first metal layer, and the vias are connected to the second metal layer. |
| US08476532B2 |
Multilayer flexible printed circuit board and electronic device
A multilayer flexible printed circuit board disclosed in the present application is a multilayer flexible printed circuit board in which a ground layer, an insulating layer and a signal wiring layer in which signal wiring is formed are laminated in sequence, with the multilayer flexible printed circuit board including a protruding portion protruding laterally, and a ground that is electrically connected to the ground layer being formed on at least one surface of the protruding portion, in order to have shielding properties that can cope with high speed signal transmission performed via the signal wiring layer. |
| US08476530B2 |
Self-aligned nano-scale device with parallel plate electrodes
A contiguous deep trench includes a first trench portion having a constant width between a pair of first parallel sidewalls, second and third trench portions each having a greater width than the first trench portion and laterally connected to the first trench portion. A non-conformal deposition process is employed to form a conductive layer that has a tapered geometry within the contiguous deep trench portion such that the conductive layer is not present on bottom surfaces of the contiguous deep trench. A gap fill layer is formed to plug the space in the first trench portion. The conductive layer is patterned into two conductive plates each having a tapered vertical portion within the first trench portion. After removing remaining portions of the gap fill layer, a device is formed that has a small separation distance between the tapered vertical portions of the conductive plates. |
| US08476526B2 |
Device for electric field control
A device for controlling an electric field at a high voltage component including a resistive layer for field control, an insulating layer arranged on the resistive layer and a semi-conducting or conducting layer arranged on the insulating layer. The three layers meet at a triple point where the insulating layer ends. An interface between the resistive layer and the insulating layer makes in the triple point an angle to the semi-conducting or conducting layer of 60°-120°. |
| US08476525B1 |
Electrical device mounting assembly for angled mounting of high and low voltage components
An electrical device mounting assembly for recessed mounting of high and low voltage components in order to provide electrical power and low voltage signals to a television or home entertainment center is provided. Mounting surfaces are provided within the mounting assembly to recess electrical components therein and behind the wall surface. The assembly includes a mounting frame for receipt of mounting devices such as high voltage boxes and low voltage mounting plates. The mounting devices are secured at an angle with respect to the mounting frame, thereby minimizing the depth of the mounting frame while providing sufficient space for recessing plug ends of electrical cords and terminal ends of signal cables within the wall. The electrical device mounting assembly provides a recessed area on a wall for mounting all the various electrical and signal hookups for a television or home entertainment system. |
| US08476523B2 |
Solar panel ready tiles
A roofing tile solar power generation system includes an array of solar panel ready tiles installed upon the roof of a house and that delivers power to a central control unit and that may be controlled either locally by a computing system or remotely via a server. The solar panel ready tiles include a solar panel ready tile body having a cavity to receive a solar panel and electrical connects to service same. The solar panel ready tile includes communication pathway connection plugs. The cavity receives a solar panel. A cover may protect the solar panel or the cavity prior to installation of the solar panel. The solar panel ready system may also optionally have sub-panel control system, consisting of one or more of their own power bus interface, communication interface, memory, power status indicators and lighting modules, plurality of sensors and a processing unit. |
| US08476517B2 |
Variable timing reference methods of separating and mixing audio tracks from original, musical works
The teachings described herein are generally directed to a system, method, and apparatus for separating and mixing tracks within music. The system can have components that include a processor, an input device, a database, a transformation module, an emulation recording module, an integration engine, an output module, and an output device, wherein each component is operable in itself to perform it's function in the system and operable with other system components to provide a system to a listener of music. |
| US08476516B2 |
Finger positioner for musicians
The invention relates to a finger positioner that facilitates playing musical instruments. The finger positioner comprises a wedge (1), which is positioned between two adjacent fingers of the fretting hand and in parallel to said fingers so that the wedge spreads the bent fingers in the area of the distal phalanges of the fingers, wherein the narrowly tapering end of the wedge points at the palm and wherein at least one pin (2; 3; 7) is provided, which penetrates the wedge in the transverse direction and lies against the inside of two adjacent fingers and thus holds the wedge in the correct position. In order to avoid tilting, the wedge is approximately as long as the fingers or is held in position by a further pin. The longitudinal section of the wedge (1) can be bent similar to the fingers of the fretting hand. The pins (2; 3; 7) can be straight or slightly bent and protrude from both sides of the wedge (1) by approximately half a finger width. |
| US08476515B2 |
Locking mechanism for percussion musical instrument
A high hat cymbal has a magnetic clutch that engages the top cymbal and allows it to be controlled by a standard high hat foot pedal. When the drummer's foot is removed from the high hat foot pedal, the magnetic clutch strikes a mechanical arm, which causes the magnetic clutch to disengage without any action, required on the part of the drummer. The top cymbal can be re-engaged by the magnetic clutch so that the high hat foot pedal can now be operated again, simply by depressing the high hat foot pedal. A trip bar may be provided to provide for automatic disengagement of the clutch mechanism. |
| US08476514B2 |
Percussion device
The present invention is a percussion device to be utilized with a percussion tool, such as a drum stick. The percussion device comprises a support structure and a percussion accessory. The device provides for creating musical sounds in addition to the sounds created by the percussion tool. |
| US08476513B2 |
Key cup adjustment device for a wind instrument
A key cup adjustment device for a wind instrument has a hinge rod and a key cup assembly. The key cup assembly is mounted on the hinge rod and has at least one solid arm, a key cup, at least one adjusting arm and at least one abutting unit. The at least one solid arm is mounted securely between the hinge rod and the key cup. The at least one adjusting arm is mounted securely on the at least one solid arm and corresponds to the key cup. The at least one abutting unit is connected to the at least one adjusting arm and can be adjusted to abut the key cup. Therefore, the key cup can close a corresponding tone hole tightly and pitches produced by wind instruments are accurate. |
| US08476510B2 |
Compositions comprising and methods for forming functionalized carbon-based nanostructures
The present invention generally relates to compositions comprising and methods for forming functionalized carbon-based nanostructures. |
| US08476508B1 |
Hybrid corn variety 980006
The invention provides seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated 980006. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety 980006, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety 980006 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety 980006. |
| US08476507B2 |
Plants and seeds of hybrid corn variety CH638220
According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH638220. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH638220, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH638220 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH638220. |
| US08476505B1 |
Inbred corn line SSH88
An inbred corn line, designated SSH88, the plants and seeds of the inbred corn line SSH88, methods for producing a corn plant, either inbred or hybrid, produced by crossing the inbred corn line SSH88 with itself or with another corn plant, and hybrid corn seeds and plants produced by crossing the inbred line SSH88 with another corn line or plant and to methods for producing a corn plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic corn plants produced by that method. This invention also relates to inbred corn lines derived from inbred corn line SSH88, to methods for producing other inbred corn lines derived from inbred corn line SSH88 and to the inbred corn lines derived by the use of those methods. |
| US08476503B1 |
Inbred maize variety PH179D
A novel maize variety designated PH179D and seed, plants and plant parts thereof. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprise crossing maize variety PH179D with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH179D through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. Hybrid maize seed, plant or plant part produced by crossing the variety PH179D or a locus conversion of PH179D with another maize variety. |
| US08476500B2 |
Inbred tetraploid watermelon line 4XASSS4
A tetraploid watermelon inbred 4XASSS4 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds and plants of tetraploid watermelon inbred 4XASSS4, the methods of propagating the tetraploid inbred 4XASSS4 through seeds and tissue culture. The invention also relates to methods of producing the triploid seedless watermelon seeds and plants by crossing inbred 4XASSS4 with diploid watermelon inbreds, and to the triploid plants produced therefrom. The invention further relates to the methods of developing new tetraploid lines by using tetraploid inbred 4XASSS4 as breeding material, and to tetraploid watermelon seeds and plants produced therefrom. |
| US08476495B2 |
Lettuce cultivar Bolsachica
A lettuce cultivar, designated Bolsachica, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of lettuce cultivar Bolsachica, to the plants of lettuce cultivar Bolsachica and to methods for producing a lettuce plant by crossing the cultivar Bolsachica with itself or another lettuce cultivar. The invention further relates to methods for producing a lettuce plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic lettuce plants and plant parts produced by those methods. This invention also relates to lettuce cultivars or breeding cultivars and plant parts derived from lettuce cultivar Bolsachica, to methods for producing other lettuce cultivars, lines or plant parts derived from lettuce cultivar Bolsachica and to the lettuce plants, varieties, and their parts derived from the use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid lettuce seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar Bolsachica with another lettuce cultivar. |
| US08476489B1 |
Maize variety hybrid X08B846
A novel maize variety designated X08B846 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof, produced by crossing Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. proprietary inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprises crossing hybrid maize variety X08B846 with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X08B846 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. This invention relates to the maize variety X08B846, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X08B846. This invention further relates to methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X08B846. |
| US08476488B1 |
Maize variety hybrid X85B697
A novel maize variety designated X85B697 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof, produced by crossing Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. proprietary inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprises crossing hybrid maize variety X85B697 with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X85B697 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. This invention relates to the maize variety X85B697, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X85B697. This invention further relates to methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X85B697. |
| US08476485B2 |
Non-human animal model for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) with loss-of-TDP-43 function
A non-human animal model for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is disclosed. The animal model comprises a rodent whose spinal cord motor neurons have a loss of TAR-DNA binding protein-43 (TDP-43) function and phenotypes exhibit ALS-like symptoms. A method for identifying a candidate agent for treating, preventing and/or inhibiting ALS associated with a loss-of-function of TDP-43 is also disclosed. |
| US08476470B2 |
Process for production of bicyclo[2.2.2]octylamine derivative
The present invention herein provides a process for production of a bicyclo[2.2.2]octylamine derivative which may be used as an intermediate for preparation of medical and pharmaceutical products. The process is quite efficient and can produce the derivative in a large-scale while using mild reaction conditions.The process for producing a bicyclo[2.2.2]octylamine derivative comprises the steps of subjecting, to ring-formation, a compound represented by the following general formula (1): [wherein R1 represents an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, which may have a substituent; an arylmethyl group which may have a substituent; or an arylethyl group which may have a substituent], and a compound represented by the following general formula (2): R2—NH2 (2) [wherein R2 represents an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, which may have a substituent; an aralkyl group which may have a substituent; a hydroxyl group; an alkyloxy group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, which may have a substituent; or an aralkyloxy group which may have a substituent], and then reducing the resulting product. |
| US08476468B2 |
Removal of extraneous metals from silicon compounds by adsorption and/or filtration
The invention relates to a process for treating a composition containing silicon compounds, especially organosilanes and/or inorganic silanes, and at least one extraneous metal and/or a compound containing extraneous metal, wherein the composition is contacted with at least one adsorbent and/or a first filter and then a composition in which the content of the extraneous metal and/or of the compound containing extraneous metal has been reduced is obtained. The invention further relates to the use of organic resins, activated carbon, silicates and/or zeolites and/or else of at least one filter with small pore sizes to reduce the level of the compounds mentioned. |
| US08476462B2 |
Sulfonyl cyanine dyes and derivatives
Fluorescent cyanine and squaraine dyes are described that can be conjugated to analyte molecules of interest such as peptides, proteins, nucleic acids, RNA, DNA, carbohydrates, polymers and small molecules via a sulfonyl or sulfonamide substituent. The new dyes are made via a novel cyanine dye activation procedure that converts the normally stable, water solubilizing sulfonate substituents into a reactive sulfonyl halides. The sulfonyl halides may be directly conjugated to analytes or can be further converted to more stable reactive sulfonamide handles or to water soluble sulfonamides. The general structure of the new dyes is given below where the central linker is an unsaturated carbon chain or an unsaturated chain containing a squaraine moiety. |
| US08476460B2 |
Process for preparation of low molecular weight molybdenum succinimide complexes
Disclosed is a process for preparing a molybdated succinimide complex, the process comprising: (a) reacting an alkyl or alkenyl succinimide of a polyamine of formula I or formula II or mixtures thereof: wherein R is an about C12 to C30 alkyl or alkenyl group, R′ is a straight or branched-chain alkylene group having 2 to 3 carbon atoms, x is 1 to 11, and y is 1 to 10, with an α,β-unsaturated mono-carboxylic acid or carboxylic acid ester, in a charge mole ratio of the α,β-unsaturated mono-carboxylic acid or carboxylic acid ester to the succinimide of formula I or formula II or mixtures thereof of about 0.1:1 to about 6:1, and wherein the reaction temperature is no greater than about 135° C.; and (b) reacting the succinimide product of step (a) with an acidic molybdenum compound to provide the molybdated succinimide complex, wherein the molybdated succinimide complex prepared is a liquid at room temperature. |
| US08476455B2 |
1-N-phenyl-amino-1h-imidazole derivatives and pharmaceutical compositions containing them
The invention relates to the compounds of formula (I): in which R1, R2, R3, R4, Q and Z are as defined in the specification. The invention also relates to the pharmaceutical compositions containing these compounds. |
| US08476444B2 |
Base generator
A photosensitive resin composition which is excellent in resolution, low in cost, and usable in a wide range of structures of polymer precursors each of which is reacted into a final product by a basic substance or by heating in the presence of a basic substance. The photosensitive resin composition includes a base generator which has a specific structure and generates a base by exposure to electromagnetic radiation and heating, and a polymer precursor which is reacted into a final product by the base generator and by a basic substance or by heating in the presence of a basic substance. |
| US08476443B2 |
Fluorescent dyes
The present invention provides dyes and labeled reagents that may be used in the detection or quantification of desirable target molecules, such as proteins, nucleic acids and cellular organelles. Dyes are provided that may be used free in solution where the binding of the dye to the target molecule provides signal generation. Dyes provided in this invention can comprise reactive groups that may be used to attach the dyes to probes that will bind to desirable target molecules. The novel dyes of the present invention have been substituted with specific groups to provide beneficial properties. |
| US08476440B2 |
Process for preparing an intermediate to mu opioid receptor antagonists
The invention provides an efficient method for preparing 3-endo-(8-azabicyclo[3.2.1]oct-3-yl)benzamide by hydrogenation, under controlled conditions, of an amino-protected 3-(8-azabicyclo[3.2.1]oct-2-en-3-yl)benzamide intermediate in which the amino-protecting group is removable by catalytic hydrogenation. |
| US08476437B2 |
Process for preparation of (2R)-4-oxo-4-[3-(trifluoromethyl)-5,6-dihydro [1,2,4]-triazolo[4,3-a]pyrazin-7(8H)-yl]-l-(2,4,5-trifluorophenyl)butan-2-amine and new impurities in preparation thereof
The present invention relates to synthesis of β-amino acid derivatives of formula (I) and its salts of formula (Ia) by a novel process. The process comprises the reduction of a protected or unprotected prochiral β-amino acrylic acid or derivative there of, by using borane containing reducing agents at atmospheric pressure. The resulting racemic β-amino compound is resolved to a pure stereoisomer of formula (I), specifically to (2R)-4-oxo-4-[3-Ctrifluoromethyl)-5,6-dihydrol[1,2,4]triazolo[4,3-alpyrazin-7(8H)-yl]-1-(2,4,4-trifluorophenyl)butan-2-amine. In an embodiment the invention disclosed polymorphic forms of formula (I), phosphate salt of formula (I) and also a Dibenzoyl-L-tartaric acid salt of formula (I). |
| US08476436B1 |
Method for enhancing luminescence intensity of clytin-II
A method for enhancing a luminescence activity of clytin-II is provided. A codon-optimized nucleic acid is used for coding the apo-clytin-II protein, and the luminescent activity of the clytin-II is remarkably enhanced when comparing with the conventional use of the wild-type clytin-II. |
| US08476433B2 |
Agent exhibiting the properties of a cognitive function promoter (embodiments)
The present invention relates to the field of chemical-pharmaceutical industry and medicine. An agent, exhibiting the properties of a cognitive function promoter, was selected from 1,3-dimethyl-5-[(4-pyridylamino)methylene]barbituric acid and 4-amino-1-(3-nitro-2-oxo-1-pheny-1,2-dihydro-1,6-naphthyridin-5-yl)pyridinium chloride. The compounds, that are proposed as agents, exhibit potent biological activity. |
| US08476429B2 |
Tri-, tetra-substituted-3-aminopyrrolidine derivative
An intermediate for production of a quinolone synthetic antibacterial agent and a therapeutic agent for an infection which exhibit broad spectrum and strong antibacterial activity for both Gram positive and Gram negative bacteria. |
| US08476423B2 |
Antisense oligonucleotides for inducing exon skipping and methods of use thereof
An antisense molecule capable of binding to a selected target site to induce exon skipping in the dystrophin gene, as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 1 to 202. |
| US08476416B2 |
Modulation of immunostimulatory activity of immunostimulatory oligonucleotide analogs by positional chemical changes
The invention relates to the therapeutic use of oligonucleotides or oligonucleotide analogs as immunostimulatory agents in immunotherapy applications. The invention provides methods for enhancing the immune response caused by immunostimulatory oligonucleotide compounds. |
| US08476414B2 |
Substrates and internal standards for mass spectrometry detection
An inventive substrate is provided which includes a substrate compound of formula A—B1—B2—B3: wherein A is a sugar moiety; B1 is a linker moiety allowing the conjugation of moiety A and the remaining structure of the substrate; B2 contains a permanently charged element such as a quaternary ammonium group so as to increase proton affinities and ionization efficiencies for mass spectrometry detection efficiencies analysis; and B3 of various carbon length conferring specificities to targeted enzymes. Also provided is a process to detect lysosomal diseases by contacting a sample with the inventive substrate along with an internal standard which is isotope-labeled analog of the product cleaved by a targeted enzyme upon the substrate. |
| US08476412B2 |
Selective heated extraction of proteins from intact freshwater algal cells
Methods for selective extraction and fractionation of algal proteins from an algal biomass or algal culture are disclosed. A method of selective removal of products from an algal biomass provides for single and multistep extraction processes which allow for efficient separation of algal proteins. These proteins can be used as renewable sources of proteins for animal feedstocks and human food. Further, lipids remaining in the algal biomass after extraction of proteins can be used to generate renewable fuels. |
| US08476408B2 |
Unacylated ghrelin and analogs as therapeutic agents for vascular remodeling in diabetic patients and treatment of cardiovascular disease
The present invention relates to a method for treating a cardiovascular disease, for increasing the number of circulating angiogenic cells (CAC) and/or improving the function of CAC and a method for improving vascular remodeling and/or neovascularisation. The method comprises administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of unacylated ghrelin or a polypeptide comprising the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 1 or a fragment or analog thereof having the biological activity of SEQ ID NO: 1; and to pharmaceutical compositions comprising unacylated ghrelin or a polypeptide comprising the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 1 or a fragment or analog thereof having the biological activity of SEQ ID NO: 1. |
| US08476401B2 |
Resist polymer, process for production thereof, resist composition, and process for production of substrated with patterns thereon
A resist polymer (Y′), which is used as a resist resin in DUV excimer laser lithography, electron beam lithography, and the like, contains a polymer (Y) comprising: a constituent unit (A) having a lactone skeleton; a constituent unit (B) having an acid-eliminable group; a constituent unit (C) having a hydrophilic group; and a constituent unit (E) having a structure represented by the following formula (1), wherein a content of the constituent unit (E) is 0.3 mol % or more based on the total number of the constituent units of the resist polymer (Y′): in the formula (1), L is a divalent linear, branched, or cyclic C1-20 hydrocarbon group which may have a substituent and/or a heteroatom; R11 is a g-valent linear, branched, or cyclic C1-20 hydrocarbon group which may have a substituent and/or a heteroatom; and g represents an integer of 1 to 24. |
| US08476396B2 |
Allophanate modified polyisocyanates
A composition that includes isocyanate group containing compounds that include on average i) a NCO functionality less than or equal to 3.5; and ii) from 1.5 to 8 percent by weight, based on the isocyanate containing compound, of allophanate groups; and which is substantially free of uretdione groups. The composition can be used in two component elastomeric coating compositions that include a component A the above-described composition and a component B that includes a compound containing one or more functional groups that are reactive with isocyanate groups. The elastomeric coating compositions can be used to coat substrates. |
| US08476395B2 |
Polypropylene composition with improved optics for film and moulding applications
The present invention relates to a polypropylene composition comprising a propylene homopolymer or a propylene random copolymer having at least one comonomer selected from alpha-olefins with 2 or 4-8 carbon atoms and a comonomer content of not more than 8.0 wt %, wherein the propylene homo- or copolymer is polymerized in the presence of a Ziegler-Natta catalyst, and the polypropylene composition has a MWD of 2.0 to 6.0 and an MFR (2.16 kg/230° C.) of 4.0 g/10 min to 20.0 g/10 min, characterized in that the polypropylene composition has not been subjected to a vis-breaking step, the use of the inventive polypropylene composition for the production of a film and/or injection molded articles, a process for preparing a film wherein the inventive polypropylene composition is formed into a film, and wherein the polypropylene composition has not been subjected to a vis-breaking step and a film comprising the inventive polypropylene composition. |
| US08476394B2 |
Polymer resins having improved barrier properties and methods of making same
A polymeric resin having a lower molecular weight (LMW) component and a higher molecular weight (HMW) component and the resin having a density of from about 0.955 g/cc to about 0.967 g/cc, a melt index of from about 0.5 dg/min to about 4.0 dg/min, and a zero shear viscosity of from about 3.0×103 Pa-s to about 4.0×104 Pa-s. A method comprising providing a catalyst system comprising at least one transition metal complex, an activator support, and a cocatalyst; contacting the catalyst system with an olefin under conditions suitable to form a polyolefin, wherein the polyolefin has a HMW component and a LMW component; and recovering the polyolefin, wherein the polyolefin has a melt index of from about 0.5 dg/min to about 4.0 dg/min, and a zero shear viscosity of from about 3.0×103 Pa-s to about 4.0×104 Pa-s. |
| US08476393B2 |
Ethylene/α-olefin interpolymers containing low crystallinity hard blocks
The invention is related to an ethylene/α-olefin interpolymer having at least a hard segment and at least a soft segment. The soft segment contains a higher amount of comonomers than the hard segment. The hard segment has low crystallinity. The copolymer has a number of unique characteristics disclosed herein. ethylene/α-olefin interpolymers containing low crystallinity hard blocks. |
| US08476391B2 |
Anionic water-in-water polymer dispersion, method for the production thereof and its use
The invention relates to a method for producing anionic water-in-water polymer dispersions containing at least one finely dispersed, water-soluble and/or water-swellable polymer A and a continuous aqueous phase. This phase has a partial quantity of at least one polymeric dispersing agent B in which monomers dispersed in this aqueous phase are subjected to a radical polymerization, and after the polymerization is completed, the reaction mixture is subsequently diluted with the remaining amount of dispersing agent B. The invention also relates to the polymer dispersions obtained according to the method and to their use, particularly in the paper industry. |
| US08476389B2 |
Silicone hydrogel, lens for eye and contact lens
The present invention provides transparent silicone hydrogels with high acrylamide monomer content and an excellent balance between moisture content.The silicone hydrogels may be obtained by polymerizing a monomer mix containing a plurality of monomers, wherein the monomer mix comprises about 30 to about 98% by weight of at least one type of silicone monomer which is, and about 1 to about 50% by weight of at least one type of non-silicone type (meth)acrylamide monomer containing two or more hydroxyl groups within a molecule; wherein the weight percents are based upon the total amount of monomer components and polymer components in the monomer mix. |
| US08476388B2 |
Polymeric acid catalysts and uses thereof
Polymers useful as catalysts in non-enzymatic saccharification processes are provided. Provided are also methods for hydrolyzing cellulosic materials into monosaccharides and/or oligosaccharides using these polymeric acid catalysts. |
| US08476381B2 |
Method for producing crystalline polyoxyalkylene polyol, and resin obtained by using the same as raw material
The present invention has its object to produce a highly reactive crystalline polyoxyalkylene polyol with a very high isotacticity at low cost, and provide polyurethane resins, and polyester resins which are excellent in sharp meltability. The present invention relates to a method for producing a crystalline polyoxyalkylene polyol having a number average molecular weight of 500 to 20,000 including performing ring-opening polymerization of an alkylene oxide (a) in the presence of a salen complex (B), the crystalline polyoxyalkylene polyol (A), and a polyurethane resin and a polyester resin produced by the crystalline polyoxyalkylene polyol (A). |
| US08476380B2 |
Room temperature curable silicon group-containing polymer composition
Room temperature curable silicon group-containing polymer compositions comprising (A) a reactive silicon group-containing polymer obtained through a reaction between a polyoxypropylene polyol and a y-isocyanate propyltrialkoxysilane, (B) a curing catalyst, and (C) amino group-substituted alkoxysilane or a hydrolyzed and condensed product of an amino group-substituted alkoxysilane. |
| US08476376B2 |
Heat-curing powder-lacquer compositions yielding a matte surface after curing of the coating, as well as a simple method for production of same
The invention relates to heat-curing powder-lacquer compositions exhibiting a matte surface after curing of the coating, as well as to a simple method for production of the same. |
| US08476374B2 |
Activated silane compound, rubber composition using the same and tire
The present invention relates to an activated silane compound obtained by reacting a hydrocarbyloxysilane compound with an organic metal compound in an organic solvent, and enhancing interaction of silica with carbon black and improving the fracture characteristic, the abrasion resistance and the low heating property provide an activated silane compound which can be reduced in a blending amount, a rubber composition prepared by blending it as a silane coupling agent and a pneumatic tire prepared by using the above rubber composition, which is excellent in a durability, a low heating property and the like. |
| US08476373B2 |
Branched and star-branched styrene polymers, telomers, and adducts, their synthesis, their bromination, and their uses
New branched or star-branched styrene polymeric, telomeric, and monomeric product distributions, their preparation, their use as raw materials for bromination to produce flame retardants, the flame retardants themselves, and their use as flame retardants in various polymeric substrates are described. |
| US08476371B2 |
Interpolymer resin particles
Interpolymer resin particles that include from about 20% to about 60% by weight based on the weight of the particles of uncross-linked polyolefin resin particles having a VICAT softening temperature greater than 85° C. and from about 40% to about 80% by weight based on the weight of the interpolymer particles of polymerized vinyl aromatic monomer composition particles that have been polymerized in the uncross-linked polyolefin resin particles to form an interpenetrating network of polyolefin resin particles and polystyrene particles. The interpolymer resin particles have a gel content ranging from about 0 to about 1.5% by weight based on the weight of the interpolymer resin particles, a VICAT softening temperature ranging from about 90° C. to about 115° C., and a melt index value ranging from about 0.2 to about 35.0 g/10 minutes (Condition G). |
| US08476366B2 |
Block compositions in thermoplastic vulcanizate applications
Embodiments of the invention provide block composites and their use in thermoplastic vulcanizate compounds. |
| US08476365B2 |
Method for gas phase polymerization
Disclosed is a catalyst injection nozzle that comprises an outer tube with an open end, a nozzle tip with a diameter connected to the outer tube open end, an orifice connected to the nozzle tip internal to the outer tube, an internal mixing zone connected to the orifice internal to the outer tube, an inner tube residing within the outer tube further comprising an open end connected to the internal mixing zone, where a steady-state, uniform two-phase flow regime between an atomizing gas and at least one liquid catalyst feed does not form in the internal mixing zone at an atomizing gas to liquid catalyst feed flow ratio of about 0.05 to about 10. |
| US08476364B2 |
Polymer manufacturing process
Embodiments relate to a relatively rapid transesterification process including transesterifying condensation polymers such as polyethylene terephthalate (PET), or other polyesters used in commerce, with a modifying monomer mix containing other monomers to manufacture new polymers containing the pre-condensed moieties. The process preferably only involves transesterification as a reaction mechanism. The process preferably produces a rapid buildup of molecular weight and/or polymer uniformity by the high temperature transesterification of the condensation polymer with the modifying monomer mixture. The process can be performed in any suitable vessel including an extrusion line, and it has the advantage of greatly reduced cycle times over currently used condensation polymer utilization processes such as the recycling of PET into other materials. |
| US08476361B2 |
Fine pattern transfer material
A transfer material that can favorably form a fine pattern by nanoimprinting. The nanoimprinting transfer material is a fine pattern resin composition that includes an organosilicon compound and a metal compound of a metal from groups 3 through 14 of the periodic table. |
| US08476356B2 |
(Per)fluoroelastomeric compositions
A (per)fluoroelastomeric composition curable by peroxidic way comprising for 100 phr of (per)fluoroelastomer: as filler, from 2 to 70 phr of carbon black having a surface area between 25 and 35 m2/g; as crosslinking agent, from 0.5 to 10 phr of a bis-olefin having general formula: wherein: R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, equal to or different from each other, are H or C1-C5 alkyls; Z is selected between a linear or branched C1-C18 alkylene or cycloalkylene radical, optionally containing oxygen atoms, preferably at least partially fluorinated, or a (per)fluoropolyoxyalkylene radical. |
| US08476355B2 |
Long glass fiber reinforced resin composite and method for preparing the same
A long glass reinforced resin composite of the present invention may comprise two kinds of thermoplastic matrix resin (a1, a2) which have different viscosities and a long glass fiber (B). The method of preparing the long glass reinforced resin composite comprises preparing a LFT (Long fiber thermoplastic) master-batch composition by impregnating the long glass fiber (B) of continuous phase into the low viscosity thermoplastic resin (a2), and compounding the LFT (Long fiber thermoplastic) master-hatch composition with high viscosity thermoplastic resin. The long glass fiber reinforced resin composite of the present invention has excellent mechanical properties such as impact strength, tensile strength, and flexural modulus. |
| US08476353B2 |
Amorphous polyamide resin composition and molded product
Provided are an amorphous polyamide resin composition having high transparency, and is excellent in heat resistance and stiffness, and a molded product thereof. The glass filler contains, expressed in terms of oxides by mass %, 68 to 74% of silicon dioxide (SiO2), 2 to 5% of aluminum oxide (Al2O3), 2 to 5% of boron oxide (B2O3), 2 to 10% of calcium oxide (CaO), 0 to 5% of zinc oxide (ZnO), 0 to 5% of strontium oxide (SrO), 0 to 1% of barium oxide (BaO), 1 to 5% of magnesium oxide (MgO), 0 to 5% of lithium oxide (Li2O), 5 to 12% of sodium oxide (Na2O), and 0 to 10% of potassium oxide (K2O), where a total amount of lithium oxide (Li2O), sodium oxide (Na2O), and potassium oxide (K2O) is 8 to 12%. |
| US08476350B2 |
Triglyceride plasticizer and process of making
Provided are compositions, processes for making, and processes for using triglycerides as plasticizers. Triglyceride plasticizers can be produced by recovery of linear or branched C4 to C10 aldehydes from a hydroformylation product, oxidation to the acid with oxygen and/or air, recovery of the resulting acid, and esterification with glycerol, wherein the total carbon number of the triester groups is from 20 to 25 for greater than or equal to 45 wt % of the plasticizer. Such plasticizers can be phthalate-free and provide outstanding properties including a suitable melting or glass transition or pour point, low volatility, increased compatibility, and excellent low temperature properties in a range of polymeric resins. |
| US08476348B2 |
Protein-free natural rubber, latex thereof, and method for manufacturing said rubber and latex
Provided is a protein-free natural rubber for which the risk of inducing allergic reactions is extremely low. Also provided are a latex of said rubber and a method for efficiently manufacturing said rubber and latex. In the provided manufacturing method, a urea compound, a surfactant, and a polar organic solvent are added to a natural rubber latex, and the proteins in said latex are denatured and then removed. This results in a protein-free rubber latex having a nitrogen content of at most 0.001% as measured by an RRIM test. Also, the amount of protein in a solid rubber obtained by drying the provided natural rubber latex is at most 0.5 μg/g as measured by an improved Lowry method. |
| US08476345B2 |
Use of oily soft waxes as hydrophobizing agents in timber products, timber products thus produced, and processes for introducing soft waxes into timber products
An aqueous wax dispersion comprising a soft wax having an oil content of greater than 20 wt % and from 0.5 wt % to 10 wt % urea for use as a hydrophobizing agent in the production of timber products. The soft wax has a softening point of less than 65° C. and is solid at about 10° C. and below. |
| US08476343B2 |
Toy putty material compositions
A putty material primarily used as a toy which is solid and capable of flowing for forming, preferably by manual manipulation, onto various pleasing shapes. This putty material is used primarily by children as an amusement device. The putty material is formed from a homogeneous mixture of primarily water, polyvinyl alcohol, gum, polyethylene terephthalate (PET) and a small amount of borax wherein the ratio by weight of borax to polyvinyl alcohol is preferably in the range of between 1:12 to 1:22. The toy modeling composition can be formed opaque or translucent and can be dyed, particularly when clear, to create various overall artistic effects, and glitter can be applied on the paste to create unusual aesthetic effects, particularly when using white glitter. Coloration can be applied to the materials with translucent ink or with a marker. |
| US08476339B2 |
Method and apparatus for making composite solid surface article and composite solid surface article containing large particles
A method and apparatus for producing a composite solid surface article are disclosed. The method includes feeding a first composition toward a mixing point and feeding solid particles toward the mixing point. The method further includes mixing at the mixing point the first composition and the solid particles fed to the mixing point to form a second composition, and transferring the second composition away from the mixing point. The method further comprises polymerizing the polymerizable compound in the second compound so as to form a curable composition comprising the solid particles. The apparatus includes a solid particle feeder, a slurry feeder and a blender configured to blend and transfer a mixture of the solid surface forming slurry and solid particles away from the blending area. The composite solid surface article produced using the method and apparatus contain particles with a size greater than 5 mm. |
| US08476338B2 |
Dental curable composition and composite resin using the same
The present invention provides a dental curable composition exhibiting both excellent light diffusion and excellent transparency, and having high mechanical strength and surface smoothness and gloss after polishing as a cured product as well as good handling properties as a paste. The present invention is a dental curable composition including: a polymerizable monomer (A) having a refractive index of 1.52 to 1.58 after polymerization; inorganic particles (B) having a refractive index of 1.43 to 1.50; and inorganic particles (C) having a refractive index of 1.52 to 1.58. The inorganic particles (B) are aggregates of inorganic fine particles having an average primary particle size of 2 to 50 nm, and the content of the inorganic particles (B) is 0.1 to 10% by weight. |
| US08476336B2 |
Ophthalmologic composition and ophthalmologic lens
The invention relates to an ophthalmologic composition including a dye of the general formula I in which R1=substituted or unsubstituted hydrocarbon radical, R2=substituted or unsubstituted hydrocarbon radical with at least one polymerizable double bond, R3═H or substituted or unsubstituted hydrocarbon radical, R4═H, electron-withdrawing substituent or substituted or unsubstituted hydrocarbon radical and X═O, S, NH or NR5, wherein R5 is a substituted and/or unsubstituted hydrocarbon radical. Moreover, the invention relates to another ophthalmologic composition and an ophthalmologic lens. |
| US08476333B2 |
Photocurable composition
The present invention relates to a photocurable composition which exhibits excellent adhesiveness not only to thermoplastic resins such as PET and polyimide but also to adherends of metal oxides such as IZO and metals such as gold, more particularly to a photocurable composition which comprises a urethane oligomer (A) having two or more allyl ether and/or vinyl ether groups and a polythiol (B) having two or more thiol groups. |
| US08476331B2 |
Photosensitive resin composition and preparation method
A photosensitive resin composition comprises: 0.01 wt %-10 wt % of reflective particles; 0 wt %-12 wt % of pigment; 1 wt %-10 wt % of dispersant; 1.5 wt %-5 wt % of dispersion resin; 2 wt %-25 wt % of optically active polymer; 1 wt %-22 wt % of optical active monomer; 0.4 wt %-5 wt % of epoxy resin; 5 wt %-85 wt % of solvent; 0.1 wt %-3 wt % of photoinitiator; and 0.01 wt %-3.5 wt % of additives. |
| US08476328B2 |
Polishing pad
A method for manufacturing a polishing pad that has high level of optical detection accuracy and is prevented from causing slurry leak from between the polishing region and the light-transmitting region includes preparing a cell-dispersed urethane composition by a mechanical foaming method; placing a light-transmitting region at a predetermined position on a face material or a belt conveyor, continuously discharging the cell-dispersed urethane composition onto part of the face material or the belt conveyor where the light-transmitting region is not placed; placing another face material or belt conveyor on the discharged cell-dispersed urethane composition; curing the cell-dispersed urethane composition to form a polishing region including a polyurethane foam, so that a polishing sheet is prepared; applying a coating composition containing an aliphatic and/or alicyclic polyisocyanate to one side of the polishing sheet and curing the coating composition to form water-impermeable film; and cutting the polishing sheet. |
| US08476327B2 |
Extruded polymer foam process with staged forming
Prepare an extruded polymeric foam by extruding a foamable polymer composition through a foaming die and allowing the foamable polymer composition to expand into a polymer foam as it travels through and is constrained in its thickness dimension by at least two constraining sections, the first having opposing essentially parallel forming plates and the second constraining section having forming plates spaced further apart than the first constraining section. |
| US08476325B2 |
Styrene-modified polyethylene-based resin beads, styrene-modified polyethylene-based expandable resin beads, production method therefor, pre-expanded beads and expanded molded article
A method for producing styrene-modified polyethylene-based resin beads, including the steps of: dispersing 100 parts by weight of polyethylene-based resin beads which contain an inorganic nucleating agent and have a melting point of 95° C. to 115° C., 20 parts by weight or more and less than 300 parts by weight of a styrene-based monomer and a polymerization initiator into an aqueous suspension containing a dispersant; impregnating the polyethylene-based resin beads with the styrene-based monomer under heating the resulting dispersion at such a temperature that the styrene-based monomer does not substantially polymerize; and performing polymerization of the styrene-based monomer at a temperature of (T)° C. to (T+25)° C. (where T° C. is a melting point of the polyethylene-based resin beads.) |
| US08476324B2 |
Method for manufacturing anion exchange resin, anion exchange resin, method for manufacturing cation exchange resin, cation exchange resin, mixed bed resin, and method for manufacturing ultrapure water for washing electronic component material
A method for manufacturing an anion exchange resin, in which remaining of impurities and generation of decomposition products are suppressed and leachables are reduced, the method including the following steps (1-a) to (1-e) of: (1-a) obtaining a cross-linked copolymer by copolymerizing a monovinyl aromatic monomer and a cross-linkable aromatic monomer; (1-b) specifying the content of a specific leachable compound to be 400 μg or less relative to 1 g of the cross-linked copolymer; (1-c) haloalkylating the cross-linked copolymer so as to introduce 80 percent by mole or less of haloalkyl group relative to the monovinyl aromatic monomer; (1-d) removing a specific leachable compound from the haloalkylated cross-linked copolymer; and (1-e) subjecting the haloalkylated cross-linked copolymer to a reaction with an amine compound. |
| US08476323B2 |
Fluorocarbon polymer material and method for synthesizing
The invention relates to a fluorocarbon polymer material comprising a backbone with the following unit: wherein: Z is a quaternary ammonium group, Y1 and Y2 are each independently an oxygen heteroatom or a sulphur heteroatom, A is a fluorinated or perfluorinated straight chain having from 2 to 6 carbon atoms, R1 represents a phenyl or aryl group or a —CR2R3— group, and R4 is selected from the group consisting of a hydrogen atom, a straight or branched, cyclic or acyclic, alkyl or halogenated alkyl group, and a group represented by the following formula: m is an integer comprised between 0 and 10, preferably between 0 and 3; m′, n and r are integers, each independently equal to 0 or 1; and s is equal to 0 or 1, provided that when s is equal to 0, then R4 is different from the hydrogen atom. |
| US08476322B2 |
Microphase-separated structure membrane and process for producing the same
Provided is a microphase-separated structure membrane including a block copolymer in which a hydrophilic polymer component and a hydrophobic polymer component are coupled to each other via a structural unit having a reactive group, an electron acceptor or electron donor, or a dye. In the microphase-separated structure membrane, a cylinder structure composed of the hydrophilic polymer component lies in a matrix composed of the hydrophobic polymer component and is oriented in the direction perpendicular to the membrane surface, and the structural unit having a reactive group, an electron acceptor or electron donor, or a dye lies between the matrix and the cylinder structure. |
| US08476321B2 |
Fischer-Tropsch catalyst
The present invention is directed to a catalyst suitable for catalyzing a Fischer-Tropsch reaction, said catalyst comprising cobalt metal supported on zinc-oxide and an amount of zirconium(IV)oxide and/or aluminum oxide of between 0.5 and 2.5 wt. % calculated as metal, based on the weight of the calcined catalyst. |
| US08476318B2 |
Polyethylene glycol esters and cosmetic and/or dermatological preparations
The invention relates to polyethylene glycol esters and blends of the polyethylene glycol esters with polyethylene glycol ethers, together with in particular cosmetic and/or dermatological preparations containing them, methods for the production thereof and use thereof. |
| US08476316B2 |
3-methanesulfonylpropionitrile for treating inflammation and pain
The present invention relates to purified 3-methanesulfonylpropionitrile or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and a method for preparing such compound. The compound has at least 90% (w/w) purity. The present invention is also directed to a pharmaceutical composition comprises the purified compound and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. The present invention is further directed to a method for treating inflammation, inflammatory-related disorders, or pain, by administering 3-methanesulfonylpropionitrile or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate thereof to a subject in need thereof. |
| US08476312B2 |
Composition comprising (−)-Δ9-trans-tetrahydrocannabinol
A composition comprising a tetrahydrocannabinol compound, a solvent and an acid, wherein the tetrahydrocannabinol compound may be Δ8 tetrahydrocannabinol, (−)-Δ9-trans-tetrahydrocannabinol or a side chain alkyl derivative of either compound, the solvent may be an oil or C1-C4 alcohol (e.g. sesame oil or ethanol), and the acid may be an organic acid or a mineral acid. |
| US08476311B2 |
Composition for treating influenza A (H1N1) virus and a preparation method therefor
New pharmaceutical compositions extracted from Ferula assa-foetida are confirmed to effectively treat influenza A (H1N1) virus. The extraction method of the new pharmaceutical compositions mainly includes steps of (a) extracting F. assa-foetida with methanol to obtain a crude extract; (b) fractioning the crude extract with n-hexane-methanol to obtain a methanol extract; (c) fractioning the methanol extract with chloroform-water to obtain a chloroform extract; and (d) chromatographing the chloroform extract to obtain the pharmaceutical compositions, which can be further fractioned and chromatographed to obtain various sesquiterpene coumarins. |
| US08476310B2 |
Docetaxel formulations with lipoic acid
Pharmaceutical formulations comprising docetaxel, solubilizer, and α-lipoic acid, wherein the formulation is substantially free of polysorbates and polyethoxylated castor oil. The solubilizer may comprise glycofurol, acetic acid, benzyl alcohol, or ethanol. The α-lipoic acid, at certain concentrations, may impart stability and prevent degradation of docetaxel while the formulations are in storage. The formulations may be combined with a diluent, which comprises one or more hydrotropes such as tocopherol polyethylene glycol succinate and polyethylene glycol. The formulations combined with the diluent also exhibit stability after storage. Methods of administering docetaxel comprise preparing the formulation comprising docetaxel, solubilizer, and α-lipoic acid; mixing the formulation with a diluent; diluting the resulting formulation in saline, water for injection, or the like; and then injecting the formulations into patients in need thereof. |
| US08476303B2 |
N-aminopyrrolylmethyltetrahydropyridines as anti-cancer agents
The compounds herein disclosed are N-aminopyrrolylmethyltetrahydropyridine analogs that have modifications on the phenyl rings by introducing groups with various electronic properties. These derivatives of N-aminopyrrolylmethyltetrahydropyridines have been shown to have anti-proliferative activity against cells. In particular, the compounds have been found to be effective in inhibiting the proliferation of cancer cells, such as cancer cells that originated in breast tissue. Additionally, it has been shown that the novel compounds have IC50 values against the breast cancer cells that are 6-10-fold less than the IC50 of tamoxifen. |
| US08476300B2 |
Selective estrogen receptor modulator for the treatment of osteoarthritis
The present invention is directed to a compound of the formula (A): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof; and also to compounds of formula (I): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. |
| US08476299B2 |
Crystalline form of a biphenyl compound
The invention provides a crystalline 1,2-ethanedisulfonic acid salt of biphenyl-2-ylcarbamic acid 1-[2-(2-chloro-4-{[(R)-2-hydroxy-2-(8-hydroxy-2-oxo-1,2-dihydroquinolin-5-yl)ethylamino]methyl}-5-methoxyphenylcarbamoyl)ethyl]piperidin-4-yl ester or a solvate thereof. This invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising such a salt or prepared using such a salt; processes and intermediates for preparing such a salt; and methods of using such a salt to treat a pulmonary disorder. |
| US08476295B2 |
Bridged bicyclic RHO kinase inhibitor compounds, composition and use
The present invention is directed to synthetic bridged bicyclic compounds that are inhibitors of rho-associated protein kinase. The present invention is also directed to pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. The invention is additionally directed to a method of preventing or treating diseases or conditions associated with cytoskeletal reorganization. The method comprises administering to a subject a therapeutically effective amount of a Rho kinase inhibitory compound of Formula I, wherein said amount is effective to influence the actomyosin interactions, for example, by leading to cellular relaxation and alterations in cell-substratum adhesions. In one embodiment, the method treats increased intraocular pressure, such as primary open-angle glaucoma. In another embodiment, the method treats diseases or conditions of the lung associated with excessive cell proliferation, remodeling, inflammation, vasoconstriction, bronchoconstriction, airway hyperreactivity and edema. |
| US08476293B2 |
Tricyclic compound and use thereof
The present invention relates to the compound represented by formula (I): (wherein, all the symbols have the same meaning as that of the specification), a salt thereof, a solvate thereof or a prodrug thereof. Since the compound of the present invention has an anti stress action, it is useful for preventive and/or therapeutic agent for a disease caused by stress, especially a digestive system disease caused by stress and is superior to oral absorption. |
| US08476292B2 |
Amide and carbamate derivatives of N-{2-[4-amino-2-(ethoxymethyl)-1H-imidazo[4,5-c] quinolin-1-Yl]-1,1-dimethylethyl}methanesulfonamide and methods
Amide and carbamate derivatives N-{2-[4-amino-2-(ethoxymethyl)-1H-imidazo[4,5-c]quinolin-1-yl]-1,1-dimethylethyl}methanesulfonamide, pharmaceutical compositions containing these compounds, methods of making the compounds, and methods of use of these compounds in modulating the immune system, for inducing cytokine biosynthesis in animals and in the treatment of diseases including viral and neoplastic diseases, are disclosed. |
| US08476291B1 |
Opioid salts and formulations exhibiting anti-abuse and anti-dumping properties
A drug substance with a pharmaceutically acceptable organic acid addition salt of an opioid wherein said organic acid is selected from Structure A: wherein R1-R4 are independently selected from H, alkyl or substituted alkyl of 1-6 carbons, adjacent groups may be taken together to form a cyclic alkyl, cyclic alkyl-aryl, or cyclic aryl moiety; R5 is selected from H, or an alkali earth cation; R6 and R7 are independently selected from H, alkyl of 1-6 carbons, an alkali earth cation, and aryl of 6 to 12 carbons, in a number sufficient to complete the valence bonding of X, and wherein X is selected from nitrogen, oxygen or sulfur; and wherein the drug substance has a morphology selected from amorphous and crystalline. |
| US08476287B2 |
3-hydroxy-5-arylisothiazole derivative
[Problem]To provide a GPR40 activating agent having, as an active ingredient, a novel compound having a GPR40 agonist action, a salt of the compound, a solvate of the salt or the compound, or the like, particularly, an insulin secretagogue and a prophylactic and/or therapeutic agent against diabetes, obesity, or other diseases.[Means of solving the problem]A compound of Formula (I): (where n is 0 to 2; p is 0 to 4; j is 0 to 3; k is 0 to 2; a ring A is an aryl group which is optionally substituted with L or a heterocyclic group which is optionally substituted with L; a ring B is a benzene ring, a pyridine ring, or a pyrimidine ring; X is O, S, —NR7—; and R1 to R7 are specific groups),a salt of the compound, or a solvate of the salt or the compound. |
| US08476286B2 |
Quinazoline derivatives which promote the release of parathyroid hormone
Use of compound of formula (I), wherein, is, or, and wherein the symbols are as defined, or a pharmaceutically-acceptable and -cleavable ester, or acid addition salt thereof, for the preparation of a medicament for promoting the release of parathyroid hormone, e.g. for preventing or treating bone conditions which are associated with increased calcium depletion or resorption or in which stimulation of bone formation and calcium fixation in the bone is desirable. |
| US08476280B2 |
Compositions and methods for combating lower urinary tract dysfunctions with delta opioid receptor agonists
Compositions and methods for treatment of a urinary tract dysfunction by administering to a subject in need of such treatment a pharmaceutical composition including a delta opioid receptor agonist in an amount effective to reduce the effects of the urinary tract dysfunction. The compositions may further include an additional active agent that is used to treat urinary tract dysfunctions, e.g., alpha-adrenergic agonists, anticholinergics, alpha-adrenergic antagonists and tricyclic antidepressants. |
| US08476270B2 |
Dihydropyrido[4,3-b]pyrazine-3-ones as modulators of toll-like receptors
The present invention relates to novel dihydropyrido[4,3 -b]pyrazin-3(4H)-ones of the general formula: useful as modulators of toll-like receptors, and to pharmaceutical compositions containing them. |
| US08476269B2 |
Pyridine and pyrazine derivative for the treatment of CF
The present invention provides pyridine and pyrazine derivatives which restore or enhance the function of mutant and/or wild type CFTR to treat cystic fibrosis, primary ciliary dyskinesia, chronic bronchitis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, asthma, respiratory tract infections, lung carcinoma, xerostomia and keratoconjunctivitis sire, or constipation (IBS, IBD, opioid induced). Pharmaceutical compositions comprising such derivatives are also encompassed. |
| US08476268B2 |
Pyrrolidine-1,2-dicarboxamide derivatives
The present invention relates to a compound of formula (I) or a salt thereof, wherein the substituents are as defined in the description, to compositions and use of the compounds in the treatment of diseases ameloriated by inhibition of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase. |
| US08476267B2 |
Imidazo-, pyrazolopyrazines and imidazotriazines and their use
The invention relates to substituted imidazo-, pyrazolopyrazines and imidazotriazines and processes for their preparation, and their use for the manufacture of medicaments for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of diseases, in particular of hematological disorders, preferably of leukopenias and neutropenias. |
| US08476266B2 |
Phenylacetic acid compound
A compound represented by formula (I), wherein R1 represents a hydrogen atom, etc., R2 and R3 each independently represents a hydrogen atom, optionally oxidized C1-4 alkyl group or optionally protected hydroxyl group, or R2 and R3 taken together represent optionally oxidized C2-5 alkylene group, R4 represents an optionally oxidized C1-6 alkyl group, etc., R5 represents an optionally oxidized C1-6 alkyl group, etc., R6 represents an optionally oxidized C1-6 alkyl group, etc., m represents 0 or an integer from 1 to 3, n represents 0 or an integer from 1 to 4, and i represents 0 or an integer from 1 to 7. |
| US08476264B2 |
N-(3-(2-amino-6,6-difluoro-4,4A,5,6,7,7A-hexahydro-cyclopenta[E][1,3]oxazin-4-yl)-phenylamides as BACE1 inhibitors
The present invention provides N-(3-(2-amino-6,6-difluoro-4,4a,5,6,7,7a-hexahydro-cyclopenta[e][1,3]oxazin-4-yl)-phenyl)-amides of formula I having BACE1 inhibitory activity, their manufacture, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use as therapeutically active substances. The active compounds of the present invention are useful in the therapeutic and/or prophylactic treatment of e.g. Alzheimer's disease. |
| US08476263B2 |
Prodrugs of 2,4-pyrimidinediamine compounds and their uses
The present disclosure provides prodrugs of biologically active 2,4-pyrimidinediamine compounds, compositions comprising the prodrugs, intermediates and methods for synthesizing the prodrugs and methods of using the prodrugs in a variety of applications. |
| US08476262B2 |
Cyanopyrroles
This invention provides a progesterone receptor antagonist of formula 1 having the structure wherein, T is O, S, or absent; R1, and R2 are each, independently, hydrogen, alkyl, substituted alkyl; or R1 and R2 are taken together form a ring and together contain —CH2(CH2)nCH2—, —CH2CH2CMe2CH2CH2—, —O(CH2)pCH2—, —O(CH2)qO—, —CH2CH2OCH2CH2—, or —CH2CH2NR7CH2CH2—; n=1-5; p=1-4; q=1-4; R3 is hydrogen, OH, NH2, alkyl, substituted alkyl, alkenyl, substituted alkenyl, alkynyl, substituted alkynyl, or CORA; RA is hydrogen, alkyl, substituted alkyl, alkoxy, substituted alkoxy, aminoalkyl, or substituted aminoalkyl; R4 is hydrogen, halogen, CN, NH2, alkyl, substituted alkyl, alkoxy, substituted alkoxy, aminoalkyl, or substituted aminoalkyl; R5 is hydrogen, alkyl, or substituted alkyl; R6 is hydrogen, alkyl, substituted alkyl, or CORB; RB is hydrogen, alkyl, substituted alkyl, alkoxy, substituted alkoxy, aminoalkyl, or substituted aminoalkyl; R7 is hydrogen or alkyl; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. |
| US08476256B2 |
Diazonamide analogs
Novel diazonamide analogs having anti-mitotic activity, useful for the treatment of cancer and other proliferative disorders are provided. |
| US08476255B2 |
Histone deacetylase inhibitors
Provided herein are novel, stilbene like compounds of the general formula (I), their derivatives, analogs, tautomeric forms, stereoisomers, polymorphs, hydrates, metabolites, prodrugs, solvates, pharmaceutically acceptable salts and compositions thereof. These compounds can inhibit HDACs and are useful as a therapeutic or ameliorating agent for diseases that are involved in cellular growth such as malignant tumors, autoimmune diseases, skin diseases, infections, inflammation, etc. |
| US08476251B2 |
Skin care compositions comprising substituted diamines
Skin care compositions comprising certain substituted diamines, which are particularly beneficial for skin lightening and achieving evenness of color, especially for face and underarm skin. |
| US08476249B2 |
Method of treating thrombocytopenia
Invented is a method of treating thrombocytopenia in a human, in need thereof which comprises the in vivo administration of a therapeutically effective amount of a peptide or a non-peptide TPO receptor agonist and an anti-clotting agent or agents, and optional further active ingredients, to such human. |
| US08476247B2 |
Method of reducing intraocular pressure in humans
Provided herein is a method of reducing intraocular pressure (IOP) in humans using N6-cyclopentyladenosine (CPA), CPA derivatives or prodrugs or enhanced cornea permeability formulations of CPA. In one embodiment, the invention is directed to CPA derivatives or prodrugs that are permeable to the cornea. In another embodiment, the invention is directed to uses of certain compounds in human subjects for reducing and/or controlling elevated or abnormally fluctuating IOPs in the treatment of glaucoma or ocular hypertension (OHT). |
| US08476241B2 |
Effective treatment of esophogeal adenocarcinoma using triciribine and related compounds
The inventors have determined, contrary to the prior art and experience, how to successfully use triciribine to treat esophogeal adenocarcinoma by one or a combination of (i) administering triciribine only to patients which according to a diagnostic test described below, exhibit enhanced sensitivity to the drug; (ii) use of a described dosage level that minimizes the toxicity of the drug but yet still exhibits efficacy; or (iii) use of a described dosage regimen that minimizes the toxicity of the drug. |
| US08476240B2 |
Histidine related compounds for identifying and blocking amyloid beta ion channels
The present disclosure relates to amyloid beta (Aβ) channels and the diseases and disorders caused by abnormal activity in these channels, such as Alzheimer's disease, Lewy body dementia, inclusion body myositis, or cerebral amyloid angiopathy. The disclosure provides compositions and methods that block Aβ channel activity and/or reduce Aβ-induced toxicity in a cell. Compositions comprised of compounds having histidine coordinating capacity are used in methods to prevent, reduce, or eliminate damage caused by Aβ ion channels. |
| US08476239B2 |
Stable protein formulations
The present invention relates generally to stable formulations comprising CTLA4Ig molecules, including lyophilized, and liquid formulations for administration via various routes including, for example, routes such as intravenous (IV) and subcutaneous (SC) for treating immune system diseases and tolerance induction. |
| US08476238B2 |
Uses of an immunomodulatory protein (GMI) from Ganoderma microsporum
The invention provides a method for inhibiting EGF receptor activity comprising contacting an EGF receptor with an immunomodulatory protein (GMI) from Ganoderma microsporum, or a recombinant thereof. Also provided is a method for treating invasion and metastasis of cancer cells, comprising administering an effective amount of an immunomodulatory protein (GMI) from Ganoderma microsporum, or a recombinant thereof, to a subject in need of such treatment. |
| US08476234B2 |
Long-acting coagulation factors and methods of producing same
Polypeptides and polynucleotides encoding same comprising at least one carboxy-terminal peptide (CTP) of chorionic gonadotrophin attached to a carboxy terminus of a coagulation factor and not to an amino terminus are disclosed. Pharmaceutical compositions comprising the polypeptides and polynucleotides of the invention and methods of using same are also disclosed. |
| US08476228B2 |
Insulin derivatives
The present invention relates to insulin derivatives having a side chain attached either to the α-amino group of the N-terminal amino acid residue of the B chain or to the ε-amino group of a Lys residue present in the B chain of the parent insulin via an amide bond which side chain comprises at least one aromatic group; at least one free carboxylic acid group or a group which is negatively charged at neutral pH, a fatty acid moiety with 4 to 22 carbon atoms in the carbon chain; and possible linkers which link the individual components in the side chain together via amide bonds. |
| US08476227B2 |
Methods of activating a melanocortin-4 receptor pathway in obese subjects
Methods and therapeutics are provided for treating metabolic disorders by activation of melanocortin signaling pathways. Generally, the methods and therapeutics can induce activation of melanocortin receptor signaling to increase energy expenditure and induce weight loss. In one embodiment, a method for performing a diagnostic procedure can be chosen, energy expenditure then assess in light of the diagnostic procedure and a definitive procedure(s) can be selected dependent on the outcome of the energy assessment. In another embodiment, a diagnostic procedure can be chosen to activate melanocortin receptor pathways, energy expenditure can be assessed and a definitive procedure(s) can be chosen that selectively and optimally activate melanocortin receptor pathways. |
| US08476226B2 |
DIG-10 insecticidal cry toxins
DIG-10 Cry toxins, polynucleotides encoding such toxins, use of such toxins to control pests, and transgenic plants that produce such toxins are disclosed. |
| US08476219B2 |
Laundry scent additive
A laundry scent additive having polyethylene glycol and perfume. The laundry scent additive enables consumers to control the amount of scent imparted to their laundry. |
| US08476216B2 |
Colored speckles having delayed release properties
This invention relates to non-bleeding and controlled color-releasing speckles for use in granular laundry detergents and other consumer products. The speckles are comprised of a salt or salt-containing carrier, a coloring agent, and a water-insoluble (or minimally water-soluble) salt coating. |
| US08476213B1 |
Scrub bars and methods for making same
Scrub bars and methods for making scrub bars are disclosed. In some embodiments, the scrub bars comprise multiple layers. |
| US08476211B2 |
Porous, dissolvable solid substrates and surface resident starch perfume complexes
The present invention relates to personal care compositions, especially those personal care compositions in the form of a personal care article that is a porous dissolvable solid substrate. The porous dissolvable solid substrate has a surface resident coating comprising the starch perfume complex that can provide a consumer benefit. |
| US08476210B2 |
Composition for compressor working fluid for applications with soluble gas or gas condensates
A composition of compressor working fluid including a dissolved gas or a condensate from a dissolved gas, and a base fluid including at least a first base stock and a second base stock, wherein the viscosity difference between the first base stock and the second base stock is greater than 125 cSt, Kv 100° C. A composition of compressor working fluid including a dissolved gas or a condensate from a dissolved gas, and a base fluid including a first base stock and a second base stock, wherein the viscosity difference between the first and second base stock is greater than 40 cSt, Kv 100° C., and wherein the first and second base stocks are each polyglycol or polyalkylene glycol base derived from propylene oxide. A method of achieving favorable viscosity index for a compressor working fluid. A method of reducing dilution from gas being compressed for a compressor working fluid. |
| US08476209B2 |
Aminic antioxidants to minimize turbo sludge
A turbo-charged, sump-lubricated internal combustion engine which is susceptible to contamination of lubricant with liquid fuel, is lubricated with a lubricant which contains an amount of an aminic antioxidant, optionally in the absence of a phenolic antioxidant, thereby reducing the deterioration of said lubricant and formation of turbo sludge. |
| US08476207B2 |
Quaternary ammonium salt detergents for use in lubricating compositions
A quaternary ammonium salt detergent made from the reaction product of the reaction of: (a) a hydrocarbyl substituted acylating agent and a compound having an oxygen or nitrogen atom capable of condensing with said acylating agent and further having a tertiary amino group; and (b) a quaternizing agent suitable for converting the tertiary amino group to a quaternary nitrogen and the use of such quaternary ammonium salt detergents in a lubricating composition, a fuel composition. |
| US08476205B2 |
Chromium HVI-PAO bi-modal lubricant compositions
The invention relates to oil compositions containing chromium catalyzed high viscosity index polyalphaolefins (HVI-PAO). In one embodiment the oil formulation comprises a chromium catalyzed HVI-PAO with a viscosity greater than 125 cSt kv 100° C. and a viscosity index greater than 100, a second base stock with a viscosity of at least 2 cSt kv 100° C. and less than 60 cSt kv 100° C. wherein the second base stock is at least 120 cSt kv 100° C. less than the chromium HVI-PAO, an ester with a viscosity of at least 2 and less than 6, the ester chosen from the group consisting of monoester, di-octyl sebacate and any combination thereof comprising more than 10 weight percent and less than 30 weight percent of the oil formulation, the oil formulation having a viscosity index of greater than 180. |
| US08476204B2 |
Lubricant and use of a lubricant
A Lubricant comprises a carboxylic-acid-amide which is based on aliphatic unbranched, alicyclic and/or aromatic chains with chain length from 2 to 60 carbon atoms. |
| US08476202B2 |
Carboxylic acid and oxidizer clean-up compositions and associated methods of use in subterranean applications
Methods of reducing the viscosity of a viscosified treatment fluid; providing a clean-up composition comprising a carboxylic acid; a chlorite-based breaker system comprising an alkali metal compound and an activator wherein the activator comprises a metal and an amine. Placing a viscosified treatment fluid in a subterranean formation via a well bore penetrating the subterranean formation; first contacting the viscosified treatment fluid with the chlorite-based breaker; and then contacting the viscosified treatment fluid with the clean-up composition; and, allowing the viscosity of the viscosified treatment fluid to reduce. |
| US08476201B2 |
Drilling fluids having reduced sag potential and related methods
Invert emulsion drilling fluids that have extended emulsion stability and reduced sag potential are described herein. The drilling fluids comprise an invert emulsion, a weighting agent, and a plurality of colloidal particles. The invert emulsion comprises an oleaginous fluid continuous phase, an aqueous fluid internal phase, and a surfactant. At least a portion of the plurality of colloidal particles interact with the surfactant to form an associative supporting structure that inhibits sag of the weighting agent. In some embodiments, the weighting agent comprises barite particles, particularly barite particles that are less than about 45 μm in size. Methods for placing the invert emulsion drilling fluids in a subterranean formation via a wellbore are also disclosed. |
| US08476195B2 |
Uses of thaxtomin and thaxtomin compositions as herbicides
There is a need for a selective, low-risk herbicide that can be used to control weeds in cereal cultures and turf. The present invention discloses that a bacterial secondary metabolite, thaxtomin and optionally another herbicide is an effective herbicide on broadleaved, sedge and grass weeds. Thaxtomin A and structurally similar compounds can be used as natural herbicides to control the germination and growth of weeds in cereal, turf grass, Timothy grass and pasture grass cultures with no phytotoxicity to these crops. As a natural, non-toxic compound, thaxtomin can be used as a safe alternative for weed control in both conventional and organic farming and gardening systems. |
| US08476188B2 |
Cloth-like radioactive material adsorbent and its manufacturing method
A renewable adsorbent enabling to adsorb cesium selectively and efficiently, and to reuse cesium by eluting adsorbed cesium, and its manufacturing method are provided. Polyethylene (PE)/polypropylene (PP) based non-woven fabric may be exposed with electron beam, PE/PP based non-woven fabric to which electron beam was exposed is contacted to the monomer solution containing acrylonitrile (AN), dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO), Tween80 (polyoxyethylene sorbitan monooleate) as a surfactant, and AMP (ammonium molybdophosphate n-hydrate) as an inorganic ion exchanger, and then the inorganic ion exchanger (AMP) is supported directly by the non-ionic graft chain. |
| US08476185B2 |
Apparatus and method for manufacturing manganese oxide-titania catalyst
Disclosed are an apparatus and method for preparing a manganese oxide-titania catalyst. The apparatus for preparing a manganese oxide-titania catalyst includes: a vaporizer vaporizing a manganese precursor and a titanium precursor; a carrier gas supply line supplying a carrier gas, which carries precursor vapors vaporized by the vaporizer to a reactor, to the vaporizer; an oxygen supply line supplying an oxygen source to the reactor; the reactor reacting the precursor vapors with the oxygen source to synthesize a manganese oxide-titania catalyst; and a collector condensing and collecting the manganese oxide-titania catalyst synthesized in the reactor. And, the method for preparing a manganese oxide-titania catalyst includes: 1) vaporizing a manganese precursor and a titanium precursor; 2) carrying precursor vapors (vapors of the manganese precursor and the titanium precursor) and an oxygen source to a reactor; 3) reacting the precursor vapors and the oxygen source to synthesize a manganese oxide-titania catalyst; and 4) condensing and collecting the manganese oxide-titania catalyst. According to the present disclosure, mass production of manganese oxide-titania catalysts with high decomposition efficiency of organic compounds can be prepared through fewer and continuous processes. |
| US08476184B2 |
Bulk catalyst composition and a process preparing the bulk catalyst composition
The invention relates to a bulk catalyst composition comprising metal oxidic particles comprising one or more Group VIII metals and two or more Group VIB metals, which bulk catalyst composition comprises first metal oxidic particles comprising one or more first Group VIII metals and one or more first Group VIB metals and separately prepared second metal oxidic particles comprising one or more second Group VIII metals and one or more second Group VIB metals, wherein the composition of Group VIB and Group VIII metals in the first and second metal oxidic particles are different, wherein the first and second oxidic bulk particles-are separately shaped to separate first and second shaped bulk catalyst particles, which are combined, preferably into a homogeneous blend, to form the bulk catalyst composition. The invention further relates to a process for the preparation of the bulk catalyst composition and to hydroprocessing a hydrocarbon feed using the bulk catalyst composition. |
| US08476164B1 |
Method of manufacturing semiconductor device with silicide
A method of manufacturing semiconductor device is provided. A substrate at least with a patterned silicon-containing layer on the substrate and spacers adjacent to the patterned silicon-containing layer is provided. A metal layer is formed on the substrate and covers the patterned silicon-containing layer and spacers. Then, a capping layer is formed on the metal layer. A first rapid thermal process is performed to at least make a portion of the metal layer react with the substrate around the spacers to form transitional silicides. The capping layer and the unreacted portions of the metal layer are removed. A first nitride film with a first tensile stress S1 is formed on the substrate. A second rapid thermal process is performed to transfer the transitional silicide to a silicide and transfer the first nitride film to a second nitride film with a second tensile stress S2, wherein S2>S1. |
| US08476159B2 |
Substrate structure with compliant bump and manufacturing method thereof
A substrate structure with compliant bump comprises a substrate, a plurality of bumps, and a metallic layer, wherein the substrate comprises a surface, a trace layer, and a protective layer. The trace layer comprises a plurality of conductive pads, and each of the conductive pads comprises an upper surface. The protective layer comprises a plurality of openings. The bumps are formed on the surface, and each of the bumps comprises a top surface, an inner surface and an outer surface and defines a first body and a second body. The first body is located on the surface. The second body is located on top of the first body. The metallic layer is formed on the top surface, the inner surface, and the upper surface. |
| US08476149B2 |
Method of manufacturing single crystal silicon wafer from ingot grown by Czocharlski process with rapid heating/cooling process
A silicon wafer produced from a silicon single crystal ingot grown by Czochralski process is subjected to rapid heating/cooling thermal process at a maximum temperature (T1) of 1300° C. or more, but less than 1380° C. in an oxidizing gas atmosphere having an oxygen partial pressure of 20% or more, but less than 100%. The silicon wafer according to the invention has, in a defect-free region (DZ layer) including at least a device active region of the silicon wafer, a high oxygen concentration region having a concentration of oxygen solid solution of 0.7×1018 atoms/cm3 or more and at the same time, the defect-free region contains interstitial silicon in supersaturated state. |
| US08476146B2 |
Reducing wafer distortion through a low CTE layer
Provided is a method of fabricating a semiconductor device. The method includes forming a first layer on a first side of a first silicon wafer. The first silicon wafer has a second side opposite the first side. The first layer has a coefficient-of-thermal-expansion (CTE) that is lower than that of silicon. The method includes bonding the first wafer to a second silicon wafer in a manner so that the first layer is disposed in between the first and second silicon wafers. The method includes removing a portion of the first silicon wafer from the second side. The method includes forming a second layer over the second side of the first silicon wafer. The second layer has a CTE higher than that of silicon. |
| US08476145B2 |
Method of fabricating a semiconductor device and structure
A method to fabricate a semiconductor device, including the sequence of: implanting one or more regions on a semiconductor wafer forming a doped layer; performing a first transfer of the doped layer onto a carrier; and then performing a second transfer of the doped layer from the carrier to a target wafer; and then etching said one or more regions of the doped layer to form transistors on the doped layer. |
| US08476144B2 |
Method for providing a continuous motion sequential lateral solidification for reducing or eliminating artifacts in edge regions, and a mask for facilitating such artifact reduction/elimination
An arrangement, process and mask for implementing single-scan continuous motion sequential lateral solidification of a thin film provided on a sample such that artifacts formed at the edges of the beamlets irradiating the thin film are significantly reduced. According to this invention, the edge areas of the previously irradiated and resolidified areas which likely have artifacts provided therein are overlapped by the subsequent beamlets. In this manner, the edge areas of the previously resolidified irradiated areas and artifacts therein are completely melted throughout their thickness. At least the subsequent beamlets are shaped such that the grains of the previously irradiated and resolidified areas which border the edge areas melted by the subsequent beamlets grow into these resolidifying edges areas so as to substantially reduce or eliminate the artifacts. |
| US08476142B2 |
Preferential dielectric gapfill
Aspects of the disclosure pertain to methods of preferentially filling narrow trenches with silicon oxide while not completely filling wider trenches and/or open areas. In embodiments, dielectric layers are deposited by flowing a silicon-containing precursor and ozone into a processing chamber such that a relatively dense first portion of a silicon oxide layer followed by a more porous (and more rapidly etched) second portion of the silicon oxide layer. Narrow trenches are filled with dense material whereas open areas are covered with a layer of dense material and more porous material. Dielectric material in wider trenches may be removed at this point with a wet etch while the dense material in narrow trenches is retained. |
| US08476138B2 |
Semiconductor memory device and a method of manufacturing the same, a method of manufacturing a vertical MISFET and a vertical MISFET, and a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device and a semiconductor device
Vertical MISFETs are formed over drive MISFETs and transfer MISFETs. The vertical MISFETs comprise rectangular pillar laminated bodies each formed by laminating a lower semiconductor layer (drain), an intermediate semiconductor layer, and an upper semiconductor layer (source), and gate electrodes formed on corresponding side walls of the laminated bodies with gate insulating films interposed therebetween. In each vertical MISFET, the lower semiconductor layer constitutes a drain, the intermediate semiconductor layer constitutes a substrate (channel region), and the upper semiconductor layer constitutes a source. The lower semiconductor layer, the intermediate semiconductor layer and the upper semiconductor layer are each comprised of a silicon film. The lower semiconductor layer and the upper semiconductor layer are doped with a p type and constituted of a p type silicon film. |
| US08476136B2 |
Method and a structure for enhancing electrical insulation and dynamic performance of MIS structures comprising vertical field plates
In an MIS structure a field plate electrode is incorporated below a buried gate electrode by using an insulating oxide layer, which is formed concurrently with the gate dielectric layer. In order to obtain superior dynamic behavior and enhanced dielectric strength the oxidation behavior of the field plate electrode is modified, for instance by incorporating a desired high concentration of arsenic. |
| US08476115B2 |
Semiconductor device and method of mounting cover to semiconductor die and interposer with adhesive material
A semiconductor device has an interposer with a die attach area interior to the interposer and cover attach area outside the die attach area. A channel is formed into a surface of the interposer within the cover attach area. A dam material is formed over the surface of the interposer within the cover attach area between the channel and edge of the interposer. A semiconductor die is mounted to the die attach area of the interposer. An adhesive material is deposited in the cover attach area away from the channel and dam material. A cover, such as a heat spreader or shielding layer, is mounted to the die and interposer within the cover attach area. The cover presses the adhesive material into the channel and against the dam material to control outward flow of the adhesive material. Alternatively, ACF can be formed over the interposer to mount the cover. |
| US08476109B2 |
Semiconductor workpiece carriers and methods for processing semiconductor workpieces
Semiconductor workpiece carriers and methods for processing semiconductor workpieces are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a semiconductor workpiece carrier assembly includes (a) a support structure having an opening sized to receive at least a portion of a semiconductor workpiece, and (b) a replaceable carrier positioned at the opening. The replaceable carrier includes a base and an adhesive layer on the base. The base has a surface, and the adhesive layer covers only a section of the surface of the base. The adhesive layer releasably attaches the replaceable carrier to the support structure. |
| US08476108B2 |
Method and apparatus for manufacturing semiconductor device
A method and apparatus for manufacturing a semiconductor device is disclosed, which is capable of realizing an extension of a cleaning cycle for a processing chamber, the method comprising preheating a substrate; placing the preheated substrate onto a substrate-supporting unit provided in a susceptor while the preheated substrate is maintained at a predetermined height from an upper surface of the susceptor provided in a processing chamber; and forming a thin film on the preheated substrate, wherein a temperature of the preheated substrate is higher than a processing temperature for forming the thin film in the processing chamber. |
| US08476101B2 |
Method of fabricating patterned CZT and CdTe devices
A method of making a semiconductor radiation detector includes the steps of providing a semiconductor substrate having front and rear major opposing surfaces, forming a solder mask layer over the rear major surface, patterning the solder mask layer into a plurality of pixel separation regions, and after the step of patterning the solder mask layer, forming anode pixels over the rear major surface. Each anode pixel is formed between adjacent pixel-separation regions and a cathode electrode is located over the front major surface of the substrate. The solder mask can be used as a permanent photoresist in developing patterned electrodes on CdZnTe/CdTe devices as well as a permanent reliability protection coating. The method is very robust and ensures long-term reliability, outstanding detector performance, and may be used in applications such as medical imaging and for demanding other highly spectroscopic applications. |
| US08476098B2 |
Method for fabricating solar cell comprising condenser lens and photoelectric conversion element
The purpose of the present invention is to provide a method for disposing a photoelectric conversion element accurately on the focal point of a condenser lens.The method of the present invention comprises a step of forming a focal point on the reverse surface of the condenser lens to be a hydrophilic region, a step of removing the remained photoresist to obtain the condenser lens having the reverse surface where the hydrophilic region is surrounded by a water-repellent region formed of the fluoroalkylsilane film and a step of disposing the photoelectric conversion element on the hydrophilic region to obtain the solar cell comprising the condenser lens and the photoelectric conversion element. |
| US08476097B2 |
Method for manufacturing and scribing a thin-film solar cell
A method for manufacturing a thin-film solar cell includes providing a first conducting layer on a substrate that has an area at least 0.75 m2. The first conducting layer is located in a deposition portion of the area. An ultraviolet laser beam is applied through a lens to the first conducting layer. Portions of the first conducting layer are scribed form a trench through the layer. The lens focuses the beam and has a focal length at least 100 mm. The focused beam includes an effective portion effective for the scribing and an ineffective portion ineffective for the scribing. The substrate sags and the first conducting layer remains in the effective portion of the focused beam across the area during the step of applying. One or more active layers are provided on the first conducting layer. A second conducting layer is provided on the one or more active layers. |
| US08476094B2 |
Method for making light emitting diode
A method for making light emitting diode, the method includes the following steps. First, a substrate having an epitaxial growth surface is provided. Second, a carbon nanotube layer is suspended above the epitaxial growth surface. Third, a first semiconductor layer, an active layer and a second semiconductor layer are grown on the epitaxial growth surface in that order. Fourth, a portion of the second semiconductor layer and the active layer is etched to expose a portion of the first semiconductor layer. Fifth, a first electrode is prepared on the first semiconductor layer and a second electrode is prepared on the second semiconductor layer. |
| US08476091B2 |
Methods of selectively applying luminous material to light emitting devices based on measured output thereof
A light emitting apparatus is fabricated by measuring light output of a semiconductor light emitting device, and selectively applying luminous material to the light emitting device based on the measured output of the light emitting device. An amount of luminous material, different compositions of luminous material and/or different doping levels of luminous material may be selectively applied based on the measured output of the light emitting device. |
| US08476090B2 |
Method forming a semiconductor light emitting device with perforations formed within
A circuit board for a light emitting diode package improved in heat radiation efficiency and a manufacturing method thereof. In a simple manufacturing process, insulating layers are formed by anodizing on a portion of a thermally conductive board body and plated with a conductive material. In the light emitting diode package, a board body is made of a thermally conductive metal. Insulating oxidation layers are formed at a pair of opposing edges of the board body. First conductive patterns are formed on the insulating oxidation layers, respectively. Also, second conductive patterns are formed in contact with the board body at a predetermined distance from the first conductive patterns, respectively. The light emitting diode package ensures heat generated from the light emitting diode to radiate faster and more effectively. Additionally, the insulating layers are formed integral with the board body by anodizing, thus enhancing productivity and durance. |
| US08476085B1 |
Method of fabricating dual trench isolated epitaxial diode array
The present invention discloses a method of fabricating dual trench isolated epitaxial diode array. This method starts with the formation of heavily-doped first conductivity type regions and heavily-doped second conductivity type regions on the substrate, followed by epitaxial growth, then the formation of the isolations between diode array word lines by deep trench etch and the formation of the isolations between bit lines vertical to deep trenches by shallow trench etch, and finally the formation of separate diode array cells in the regions enclosed by deep and shallow trench isolations by ion implantation. This invention also provides a method of preventing the crosstalk current between adjacent word lines and bit lines of epitaxial diode arrays isolated by foregoing dual shallow trenches. This invention can be used for diode-driven, high-density, large-capacity memory, such as phase change random access memory, resistive memory, magnetic memory and ferroelectric memory; the method thereof is completely compatible with conventional complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) process, and because the diode arrays can be formed before the formation of peripheral circuits, no drift of peripheral circuits will be caused by the thermal process thereof, thereby solving the technical challenge of fabricating high-density, large-capacity embedded phase change random access memory. |
| US08476080B2 |
Tapered cuvette and method of collecting magnetic particles
A vessel for use in clinical analysis including an open top, a closed bottom, and at least four tapered sides. A method for collecting magnetic particles in a fluid comprising the steps of providing a magnet and a vessel containing magnetic particles in a fluid, attracting the magnetic particles to the magnet, and moving the magnetic particles with the magnet out of the fluid. |
| US08476069B2 |
Cells useful for immuno-based botulinum toxin serotype A activity assays
The present specification discloses clonal cell lines susceptible to BoNT/A intoxication, methods of producing such clonal cell lines, and methods of detecting Botulinum toxin serotype A activity using such clonal cell lines. |
| US08476064B2 |
Inhibition assay method and device for detection of antibiotics
An aspect of the disclosure is a method and device for the detection of antibiotics in a sample. Embodiments include a microbial culture with growth indicators and sensitivity adjustment reagents. Adjustment reagents include a variety of antibiotic binders that can be added to microbial culture to reduce sensitivity to certain antibiotics. Some embodiments include multiple buffers with a variety of pKa ranges. Some embodiments also include a complete self-contained apparatus for sampling and testing. |
| US08476062B2 |
Biosensor method and system based on feature vector extraction
A system for biosensor-based detection of toxins includes providing at least one time-dependent control signal generated by a biosensor in a gas or liquid medium, and obtaining a time-dependent biosensor signal from the biosensor in the gas or liquid medium to be monitored or analyzed for the presence of one or more toxins selected from chemical, biological or radiological agents. The time-dependent biosensor signal is processed to obtain a plurality of feature vectors using at least one of amplitude statistics and a time-frequency analysis. At least one parameter relating to toxicity of the gas or liquid medium is then determined from the feature vectors based on reference to the control signal. |
| US08476059B2 |
Sucrose feedstock utilization for oil-based fuel manufacturing
The invention provides methods of manufacturing oils and oil-based products such as transportation fuels, industrial chemicals, edible oils, lubricants and plastics using sugar cane, sugar beets, and cane/beet agricultural processing byproducts as a feedstock for bioproduction processes. The disclosed processes utilize oil-bearing microbes as a conversion technology to convert chemical energy produced by sugar cane and sugar beets into energy-containing oils and oil derivatives. Also provided herein are oil-bearing microbes containing one or more exogenous sucrose utilization genes. |
| US08476057B2 |
Antagonistic bacteria for preventing and eliminating the bacterial wilt of continuous cropping tobacco and their microbial organic fertilizer
The present invention relates to the antagonistic bacteria that are used to prevent and eliminate tobacco bacterial wilt and their microbial organic fertilizer, which belong to the technology for agricultural intensive production. The present invention separates two antagonistic bacteria (Brevibacillus brevis NJL-25 and Bacillus cereus NJL-14) that have remarkable antagonistic action against the pathogens of tobacco bacterial wilt. Microbial organic fertilizer is produced from these antagonistic bacteria and organic compost. Wherein, the content of each of NJL-25 and NJL-14 is above 1×1010 cfu/g, the content of total nitrogen is 4˜5% (above 90% of the nitrogen is organic nitrogen), the content of total nitrogen-phosphorus-kalium nutrient is 6˜10% and the content of organic matter is 30˜35%. As indicated by experiments, after the microbial organic fertilizer is applied into soil, it will enable rapid multiplication of the antagonistic bacteria into a dominant microflora in the soil and achieve more than 97.6% of biocontrol rate of tobacco bacterial wilt in the soil suffering from tobacco bacterial wilt. If the microbial organic fertilizer is applied in the soil without continuous cropping obstacle in a long time, it can prevent the occurrence of the bacterial wilt of continuous cropping tobacco to a great extent. |
| US08476056B2 |
Thermotolerant actinomadura strain capable of degrading polyesters
A new thermotolerant Actinomadura sp., which is capable of degrading polyesters, is provided. Compositions comprising the species for use in degrading polyesters are also provided. The invention also relates to methods for degrading polyesters by using the strain and the composition. |
| US08476054B2 |
Thrombin-like enzyme of Agkistrodon acutus
A thrombin-like enzyme isolated from Agkistrodon acutus venom, comprising an alpha subunit having the sequence of SEQ ID No. 1 and a beta subunit having the sequence of SEQ ID No. 2, which are linked by seven disulfide bonds, is provided. The hemocoagulase of Agkistrodon acutus in the present invention is a serine proteinase having a molecular weight of 29.3-29.5 kD and an isoelectric point of 5.5, and is able to hydrolyze the alpha chain of human fibrinogen. The invention also provides methods of purifying the thrombin-like enzyme from snake venom, which comprise removing insoluble substance by pretreatment, conducting twice of anion-exchange column chromatography, collecting active eluting peak, dialyzing, ultra-filtrating and desalinating so as to obtain a snake venom thrombin-like enzyme. |
| US08476052B2 |
Enzyme for the production of long chain peracid
The present invention provides methods and compositions comprising at least one perhydrolase enzyme for cleaning and other applications. In some embodiments, the present invention provides methods and compositions for generation of long chain peracids. Certain embodiments of the present invention find particular use in applications involving cleaning, bleaching and disinfecting. |
| US08476050B2 |
Conjugate preparation methods and related kit
Methods for preparing conjugates including enzyme conjugates and especially alkaline phosphatase (ALP) conjugates, and a kit are provided. The methods include: blocking an amino group on a molecule surface of a first substance to be conjugated containing an amino group and a carboxyl group (for example, an enzyme) with a carboxyl compound; adding a carbodiimide to activate the first substance to be conjugated with the amino group blocked; inactivating or removing the carbodiimide; and adding a second substance containing an amino group (for example, a substance to be labeled). Conjugates (for example, enzyme conjugates) are obtained. |
| US08476047B2 |
Extraction solvents derived from oil for alcohol removal in extractive fermentation
In an alcohol fermentation process, oil derived from biomass is hydrolyzed into an extractant available for in situ removal of a product alcohol such as butanol from a fermentation broth. The glycerides in the oil can be catalytically (e.g., enzymatically) hydrolyzed into free fatty acids, which form a fermentation product extractant having a partition coefficient for a product alcohol greater than a partition coefficient of the oil of the biomass for the product alcohol. Oil derived from a feedstock of an alcohol fermentation process can be hydrolyzed by contacting the feedstock including the oil with one or more enzymes whereby at least a portion of the oil is hydrolyzed into free fatty acids forming a fermentation product extractant, or the oil can be separated from the feedstock prior to the feedstock being fed to a fermentation vessel, and the separated oil can be contacted with the enzymes to form the fermentation product extractant. The fermentation product extractant can be contacted with a fermentation broth for in situ removal of a product alcohol. |
| US08476045B2 |
Methods of using improved polymerases
This invention provides for methods of sequencing and performing polymerase reactions using an improved generation of nucleic acid polymerases. The improvement is the fusion of a sequence-non-specific nucleic-acid-binding domain to the enzyme in a manner that enhances the processivity of the polymerase. |
| US08476043B2 |
Inhibitors for the soluble epoxide hydrolase
Inhibitors of the soluble epoxide hydrolase (sEH) are provided that incorporate multiple pharmacophores and are useful in the treatment of diseases. |
| US08476042B2 |
Bacillus strain for increased protein production
The present invention provides host cells that have been genetically manipulated to have an enhanced capacity to produce proteins of interest. In particular, the invention relates to modified Bacillus sp. Host cells that have at least one inactivated phr gene. The enhanced production of proteins of interest by the modified Bacillus sp. Host cells is further increased in modified Bacillus sp. Host cells that overexpress YmaH. Methods for producing proteins of interest in the modified host cells are also provided. |
| US08476040B2 |
Eukaryotic signal sequences for polypeptide expression and polypeptide display libraries
The present invention generally relates to methods and compositions for expressing proteins or polypeptides in prokaryotic hosts using eukaryotic signal sequences. |
| US08476039B2 |
Hot spring bacterial strain BKH1 and protein isolated therefrom, concrete compositions, and uses thereof
Disclosed is a Thermoanaerobacter sp. bacterial strain (BKH1) isolated from a hot spring, a purified protein (bioremediase) isolated from bacterial strain BKH1, as well as concrete compositions comprising BKH1 and/or the protein, and methods of using the protein and/or composition. Also disclosed are nucleic acids encoding the protein isolated from BKH1, as well as expression vectors, host cells, cell lines, and methods for generating and purifying the bioremediase protein. |
| US08476034B2 |
Methods and compositions for assaying homocysteine
This invention relates generally to the field of homocysteine detection. In particular, the invention provides a method for determining homocysteine presence or concentration in samples, which method comprises: contacting a sample containing or suspected of containing Hcy with a Hcy co-substrate and a Hcy converting enzyme in a Hcy conversion reaction to form a Hcy conversion product and a Hcy co-substrate conversion product; and assessing the Hcy co-substrate conversion product to determine the presence, absence and/or amount of the Hcy in the sample. The Hcy co-substrate conversion product may be assessed directly, or it may be assessed by further conversion of the Hcy co-substrate conversion product into another material by the action of one or more additional enzymes. A kit for assaying homocysteine based on the same principle is also provided. |
| US08476033B2 |
Glycodelin monoclonal antibodies and methods for their use in the detection of ovarian cancer
Compositions and methods for diagnosing ovarian cancer in a patient and for identifying patients with an increased likelihood of having ovarian cancer are provided. The compositions include novel monoclonal antibodies, and variants and fragments thereof, that specifically bind to glycodelin. Monoclonal antibodies having the binding characteristics of a glycodelin antibody of the invention and monoclonal antibodies that bind to a glycodelin epitope of a disclosed antibody are further provided. Hybridoma cell lines that produce a glycodelin monoclonal antibody of the invention are also disclosed herein. Kits comprising one or more of the disclosed glycodelin monoclonal antibodies and for practicing the methods of the invention are further provided. Polypeptides comprising the amino acid sequence for a glycodelin epitope of a disclosed monoclonal glycodelin antibody and methods of using these polypeptides in the production of glycodelin antibodies are also encompassed by the present invention. |
| US08476031B2 |
Methods for protein labeling based on acyl carrier protein
A method for labeling acyl carrier protein (ACP) fusion proteins with a wide variety of different labels is disclosed. The method relies on the transfer of a label from a coenzyme A type substrate to an ACP fusion protein using a holo-acyl carrier protein synthase (ACPS) or a homologue thereof. The method allows detecting and manipulating the fusion protein, both in vitro and in vivo, by attaching molecules to the fusion proteins that introduce a new physical or chemical property to the fusion protein. Examples of such labels are, among others, spectroscopic probes or reporter molecules, affinity tags, molecules generating reactive radicals, cross-linkers, ligands mediating protein-protein interactions or molecules suitable for the immobilization of the fusion protein. |
| US08476029B2 |
MCPP immunoassay
The invention describes a practical and robust multi-antibody approach to the sensitive immunodetection and determination of the drug of abuse m-chlorophenyl piperazine (mCPP). The invention also describes methods and kits for mCPP detection in an in vitro sample. |
| US08476023B2 |
Methods relating to aromatase inhibitor pharmacogenetics
Methods for aiding in determining therapeutic efficacy of an aromatase inhibitor in a subject are provided according to embodiments of the present invention which include detecting expression and/or function of at least one UDP-glucuronosyltransferase having activity to modify at least one aromatase inhibitor and/or metabolite of the aromatase inhibitor by glucuronidation, wherein detection of expression and/or function of the UDP-glucuronosyltransferase is correlated with therapeutic efficacy of the aromatase inhibitor in the subject. Detection of UDP-glucuronosyltransferase expression and/or function includes detection of a UDP-glucuronosyltransferase gene deletion polymorphism in the subject. |
| US08476022B2 |
Method of making an array of nucleic acid colonies
A method of making an array of nucleic acid colonies, by (a) providing a substrate having a patterned surface of features, wherein the features are spatially separated from each other on the surface of the substrate; (b) contacting the substrate with a solution of different target nucleic acids to seed a subset of the features that contact the solution, wherein each feature in the subset is seeded with a single nucleic acid from the solution, wherein a plurality of the features that contact the solution are not seeded with a nucleic acid from the solution; (c) amplifying the nucleic acids to form a nucleic acid colony at each of the features in the subset; and (d) repeating steps (b) and (c) to increase the number of the features on the surface that have a nucleic acid colony, thereby making an array of nucleic acid colonies. |
| US08476019B2 |
Enhanced gene expression in algae
The invention provides a system of enhancing the expression of transgenes in algae. Transgenes are engineered to have a binding site for certain proteins in proximity to their promoter, for example a LexA binding site. The algae is also engineered to express a nucleosome alteration protein fused to a protein with affinity to the DNA binding site acting in coordination. An example is a LexA-p300 fusion protein, where the p300 is derived from Chlamydomonas. The LexA binding domain guides the p300 to the binding site and the p300 loosens the nucleosome structure by acetylating histones within proximity of the transgene, thus remodeling the local chromatin structure to allow for high-level expression. |
| US08476015B2 |
Method for separating and detecting an analyte
A method for separating and analyzing an analyte is provided which comprises, in a first position, transferring a liquid sample to a multiwell plate with a pipette tip, replacing the tips in the tip rack in the same position, and re-using the pipette tips for aspirating and dispensing liquid. |
| US08476014B2 |
Probe and method for DNA detection
A hybridization probe containing two linear strands of DNA lights up upon hybridization to a target DNA using silver nanoclusters that have been templated onto one of the DNA strands. Hybridization induces proximity between the nanoclusters on one strand and an overhang on the other strand, which results in enhanced fluorescence emission from the nanoclusters. |
| US08476011B1 |
Construction and use of catalogued nucleic acid libraries that contain advantageously adjusted representations of defined components
A process for constructing a catalogued nucleic acid library in which the proportional representation of the constituents is adjusted to advantage through the use of disclosed technologies for positive and negative selection. The resultant benefit is that significantly fewer library constituents will need to be screened in order to identify a potentially desired constituent. Moreover, library constituents that previously would have been essentially “lost” are now recoverable. Preferred embodiments of this invention include the cataloguing, normalization, and enrichment of library constituents. By way of example, but not limitation, this technology is serviceable for constructing a library that contains an adequate representation of desirable constituents that (1) are initially found in low-copy numbers within a sample source or (2) originate from an organism that is problematic to culture. Applicable uses of this invention include any library-screening endeavor previously hindered by logistical impediments.By expanding previous logistical frontiers this invention allows for a novel generation of previously unattainable molecules—particularly molecules that are “unclonable” from conventional, unadjusted libraries—to now be detected, cloned, manipulated, expressed, studied, and used. By disclosing the construction and screening of high yielding nucleic acid libraries from mixed and uncultivated organisms, the instant technology eclipses former boundaries in the area of biological discovery and enables the full breadth of biological diversity to be accessed in the search for previously undiscovered genes and gene products. The benefits of the present invention are seen to extend to areas of diagnosis, medicine, agriculture, manufacturing, and academia. |
| US08476005B2 |
Microfluidic embedded polymer NEMS force sensors
A method of screening one or more cells is described; the method includes: (i) providing one or more cells to a nanoelectromechanical system (NEMS) force sensor; (ii) applying at least one reagent to the one or more cells; and (iii) observing a response of the one or more cells to the reagent with the force sensor, thereby screening the one or more cells. |
| US08476001B2 |
Pattern forming method
A pattern forming method, includes: (i) a step of applying a resist composition whose solubility in a positive tone developer increases and solubility in a negative tone developer decreases upon irradiation with an actinic ray or radiation, the resist composition containing a resin capable of increasing a polarity by the action of an acid; (ii) an exposure step; (iii) a step of performing development by using a negative tone developer to form a resist pattern; and (iv) a step of causing a crosslinked layer-forming material to act on the resist pattern to crosslink the resin constituting the resist pattern and the crosslinked layer-forming material, thereby forming a crosslinked layer. According to the present invention, a method for forming a pattern having an effectively micro-dimensioned trench or hole pattern without generation of a scum is provided. |
| US08475996B2 |
Photosensitive resin composition
There is provided a photosensitive resin composition comprising:(a) 100 parts by weight of a polyorganosiloxane obtained by a method of combining at least one silanol compound represented by the following formula (1): R12Si(OH)2 (1) {the groups in the formula being defined in the claims}, at least one alkoxysilane compound represented by the following formula (2): R2aR3bSi(OR4)4-a-b (2) {the groups in the formula being defined in the claims} and a catalyst, and polymerizing them without active addition of water; (b) 1-50 parts by weight of a photopolymerization initiator; (c) 40-600 parts by weight of a fluorene compound represented by the following formula (3): {the groups in the formula being defined in the claims}; and (d) 20-300 parts by weight of a compound other than component (c), having one or two (meth)acryloyl groups in the molecule. |
| US08475993B2 |
Toner and method for producing the same
A method for producing a decolorable toner comprising: forming particles containing a color former compound, a color developing agent, and a binder resin; forming first aggregated particles by aggregating and fusing the particles containing the color former compound, the color developing agent, and the binder resin in a dispersion medium; and forming second aggregated particles by aggregating and fusing the first aggregated particles and a binder resin in a dispersion medium. |
| US08475992B2 |
Toner comprising polyester, process for making the toner and uses thereof
A process for preparing a toner comprising a binder resin and a colorant, wherein the binder resin comprises a polyester resin having an acid value (AV) greater than 5 mg KOH/g, the process comprising: providing an aqueous dispersion of self-dispersed polyester resin particles and associating the polyester resin particles by means of a change in the pH of the dispersion. |
| US08475989B2 |
Carrier, method for preparing the carrier, developer using the carrier, developer container, and image forming method and process cartridge using the developer
The carrier is used for a two-component developer for developing an electrostatic latent image, and includes a particulate magnetic core material; and a cover layer located on a surface of the core material and including a crosslinked material and barium sulfate. The cover layer is formed by applying a coating medium including barium sulfate, a copolymer including a unit (A) having a specific acrylic siloxane structure including a tris(trialkylsiloxy)silanyl group and a unit (B) having a specific acrylic silicone structure having a crosslinking ability, and a condensation reaction catalyst, heating the applied medium to a temperature of from 100° C. to 230° C. so that the copolymer is hydrolyzed to produce a material having a silanol group, and the material and the catalyst are subjected to a condensation reaction to form the crosslinked material. |
| US08475987B2 |
Yellow toner
A yellow toner is provided which can form high-quality images and has high offset resistance and excellent charging performance while being a capsule-type toner having excellent low-temperature fixability. The yellow toner satisfies, in DSC measurement, 40.0≦Tg(0.5)≦60.0 and 2.0≦Tg(4.0)−Tg(0.5)≦10.0, wherein when the concentration of the yellow toner in an ethyl acetate dispersion is Cy1 (mg/ml) and the light absorbance at a wavelength of 422 nm of the dispersion is A(ethyl acetate)422, the relationship between Cy1 and A(ethyl acetate)422 satisfies A(ethyl acetate)422/Cy1<0.45, and when the concentration of the yellow toner in a chloroform solution is Cy2 (mg/ml) and the light absorbance at a wavelength of 422 nm of the solution is A(chloroform)422, the relationship between Cy2 and A(chloroform)422 satisfies 6.00 |
| US08475986B2 |
Toner
The invention is to provide a toner with a small difference of charging properties and an excellent cleaning property. The toner includes toner particles of cylindrical bodies. |
| US08475983B2 |
Imaging members having a chemical resistive overcoat layer
The presently disclosed embodiments are directed to imaging members used in electrostatography. More particularly, the embodiments pertain to electrophotographic imaging members which have an added-on protective overcoat layer formulated to comprise of a novel A-B diblock copolymer comprising two segmental blocks of a bisphenol polycarbonate and an organic acid terminal which provides chemical vapor contaminant resistive property. The overcoat layer may further be formulated to include small quantity of charge transport compound. The present embodiments provide superior copy printout quality. |
| US08475980B2 |
Methods of forming semiconductor devices using photolithographic shot grouping
A method of forming a semiconductor device can include determining a shot set including a plurality of shots, based on a final pattern used to form a mask. Shots included in the plurality shots can be classified as being in a first pass shot set or in a second pass shot set, where each can include a plurality of non-directly neighboring shots. A first pass exposure can be performed to radiate a reticle to provide the first pass shot set and a second pass exposure can be performed to radiate the reticle to provide the second pass shot set. |
| US08475975B2 |
Method of recording data in an optical data storage medium and an optical data storage medium
In accordance with one aspect of the present invention, a method for recording holographic data in an optical data storage medium is provided. The method includes (i) providing an optical data storage medium including: (a) a thermoplastic polymer matrix, (b) a latent acid generator, (c) a non-linear sensitizer, and (d) a reactant including a latent chromophore. The method further includes (ii) irradiating a volume element of the optical data storage medium with an interference pattern, said interference pattern including an incident radiation having a wavelength and an intensity sufficient to cause upper triplet energy transfer from the non-linear sensitizer to the latent acid generator, thereby generating an acid, wherein the latent acid generator is substantially non-responsive to said incident radiation. The method furthermore includes (iii) reacting at least one protected chromophore with the acid generated to form at least one chromophore, thereby causing a refractive index change within the volume element; and (iv) producing within the irradiated volume element refractive index variations corresponding to the interference pattern, thereby producing an optically readable datum. An optical data storage medium is also provided. |
| US08475974B2 |
Membrane electrode assembly and fuel cell
A membrane electrode assembly includes an electrolyte membrane, anode catalyst layers, and cathode catalyst layers provided counter to the anode catalyst layers, respectively. An insulating layer is provided on the electrolyte membrane between adjacent anode catalyst layers. An insulating layer is provided on the electrolyte membrane between adjacent cathode catalyst layers. The resistivity of the insulating layer is preferably identical to or higher than that of the electrolyte membrane. |
| US08475973B2 |
Mechanically joined bipolar plates and method therefor
Exemplary embodiments include a product and a method of a bipolar plate assembly having a pair of plates, the bipolar plate assembly being a part of a fuel cell stack. The pair of plates may be joined together at their respective borders by a mechanical forming process. |
| US08475971B2 |
Membrane treatment method
A method of enhancing electrical performance of a membrane for a fuel cell is disclosed. The method includes providing a perfluorosulfonic acid (PFSA) ionomer in an aqueous hydroxylated hydrocarbon aqueous solution. The PFSA dispersion or solution has an acid number the same or higher than an acid number of the membrane. The membrane is immersed in the solution such that the high acid number PFSA dispersion diffuses into the membrane. After immersion, the removed membrane is then dried under tension. |
| US08475964B2 |
Membrane-electrode assembly, fuel cell, and fuel cell system
A membrane electrode assembly includes solid polymer electrolyte membrane, an anode, and cathode. The cathode has a stacked body formed of a catalyst layer and a gas diffusion layer. The catalyst layer, which contains catalyst metal-supporting carbon particles and an ion conductor, further contains a mesoporous humidity control agent whose amount of water adsorption rises steeply as a relative humidity increases in a specific relative humidity region. |
| US08475959B2 |
Lithium doped cathode material
Lithium dopant is introduced into lithium rich high capacity positive electrode active materials as a substitution for manganese within the complex metal oxides. In some embodiments, the lithium doped compositions can be written in a two component notation as x.Li2MnO3.(1−x)LiNiu+ΔMnu−Δ−dLidCowO2, where d ranges from about 0.004 to about 0.25 and 2u+w is approximately equal to 1. The materials are believed to form a layer-layer composite crystal structure that has very good cycling properties at high voltages, although the materials exhibit significant first cycle irreversible capacity loss. |
| US08475958B2 |
Nickel hydrogen storage battery and method for manufacturing negative electrode thereof
A nickel hydrogen storage battery is provided which includes an electrode assembly formed by winding spirally a strip-like negative electrode (4) and a strip-like positive electrode with a separator interposed therebetween, the strip-like negative electrode (4) having a mixture layer containing a hydrogen storage alloy disposed on a core material. The electrode assembly is contained in a bottomed cylindrical container such that the negative electrode (4) forms the outermost peripheral portion. A portion corresponding to an outermost peripheral portion (5) of the negative electrode is a thin portion, and the thin portion is bent in advance in the winding direction of the electrode assembly to form an arc shape. In this manner, when the spirally wound electrode assembly is configured, the outermost peripheral portion of the negative electrode is prevented from peeling from the electrode assembly, and thus the insertability into the bottomed cylindrical container is improved. |
| US08475957B2 |
Negative electrode structure for non-aqueous lithium secondary battery
The present invention relates to a negative electrode structure for use in a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery and a method of making such negative electrode structure. The negative electrode structure comprises: a monolithic anode comprising a semiconductor material, and a uniform ion transport structure disposed at the monolithic anode surface for contacting a non-aqueous electrolyte, wherein the uniform ion transport structure serves as a current collector and the negative electrode structure does not contain another current collector. The present invention also relates to a battery comprising the negative electrode structure of the present invention, a cathode, and a non-aqueous electrolyte. |
| US08475951B2 |
Battery unit for vehicles
A battery unit for vehicles comprises a plurality of battery, bus bars, and insulating plates. The plurality of batteries is installed with the terminals facing in the same direction, where the direction to which the pairs of terminals are facing is arranged in the same direction and the batteries are electrically connected by the bus bars. A refrigerant flows in the direction to which the pairs of terminals are connected, and cools the terminals and the bus bars. The insulating plates are disposed between the bus bars connected with different batteries. In addition, the insulating plates and are disposed extending in the direction to which the pairs of terminals are connected. |
| US08475940B2 |
Anthracene derivative and light-emitting device
According to the invention, there is provided a compound represented by a formula (1) below: wherein X represents a residue derived from an aryl ring or a heteroaryl ring, or a single bond, Ar1 and Ar2 respectively represent a phenyl group or heteroaryl group, Ar3 represents a group having 60 or less carbon atoms, the group represents a structure in which six or less aryl or heteroaryl groups which may have one or more substituents are conjugatedly linked, or the same group as a substituent at the ninth or tenth position on the anthracene ring, and n represents an integer of 0 or 1. |
| US08475935B2 |
Anthracene derivative, and light-emitting material, light-emitting element, light-emitting device, and electronic device using the same
Novel anthracene derivatives, novel materials capable of blue light emission with high color purity, and a light-emitting element, a light-emitting device, and an electronic device using any of the novel materials. The anthracene derivative represented by general formula (1) is provided. With the anthracene derivative, a light-emitting element with high emission efficiency can be provided. With the anthracene derivative, a light-emitting element emitting blue light with high color purity can be provided. In the formula, A1 represents a substituted or unsubstituted phenyl group, B1 represents any of an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms or a substituted or unsubstituted phenyl group, α represents any of a substituted or unsubstituted phenylene group or a substituted or unsubstituted biphenyl-4,4′-diyl group, and R1 to R9 individually represent any of hydrogen, an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, or a substituted or unsubstituted phenyl group. |
| US08475933B2 |
Interpolymers suitable for multilayer films
The present invention relates to compositions and processes of making and using interpolymers having a controlled molecular weight distribution. Multilayer films and film layers derived from novel ethylene/α-olefin interpolymers are also disclosed. |
| US08475932B2 |
Compositions of organic acid modified ionomers filled with silica
Disclosed is a composition comprising, or produced from, an organic acid-modified ionomer and silica filler having oil absorption greater than 100 g oil/100 g silica. Also disclosed are articles produced from the composition such as golf balls. |
| US08475931B2 |
Polarizer protective film, polarizing plate, and image display apparatus
Provided are a polarizer protective film containing a (meth)acrylic resin as a main component and being excellent in adhesion with a polarizer, a polarizing plate including the polarizer protective film and a polarizer which are unlikely to peel off from each other, and an image display apparatus of high quality using the polarizing plate. The polarizer protective film of the present invention includes a coating layer containing a (meth)acrylic resin (B) as a main component on at least one surface of a film containing a (meth)acrylic resin (A) as a main component. |
| US08475930B2 |
Composite coated metal sheet, treatment agent and method of manufacturing composite coated metal sheet
A composite coated metal sheet comprising a coated film having a low environmental impact prepared free from hexavalent chromium, and having good corrosion resistance equivalent to that provided by chromate treatment and excellent adhesiveness between the coated film and a resin layer formed on the coated film. Also, a treatment agent and a method of manufacturing the composite coated metal sheet with the treatment agent is described. The composite coated metal sheet comprises a coated film formed on a surface of a plated metal sheet or metal sheet, the coated film contains an oxide and/or a hydroxide of metal other than chromium, and an organic component comprising modified and/or unmodified functional group(s). |
| US08475926B2 |
Intermediate transfer member and imaging apparatus and method
An intermediate transfer member for electrophotography includes a substrate and a non-ceramer polyurethane compliant layer. Disposed directly on the compliant layer is an outermost surface layer consisting essentially of a non-particulate, non-elastomeric ceramer or fluoroceramer and nanosized inorganic particles that are distributed within the non-particulate ceramer or fluoroceramer in an amount of at least 5 and up to and including 50 weight % of the outermost surface layer. This intermediate transfer member can be incorporated into a suitable imaging apparatus for forming a toned image on a receiver element. |
| US08475923B2 |
Heat transfer film, semiconductor device, and electronic apparatus
A heat transfer film includes a heat transfer layer formed of a first constituent material containing C (carbon) for transferring heat in an in-plane direction thereof and a layer thickness direction thereof; and a strain relaxation layer formed of a second constituent material and laminated on the heat transfer layer for relaxing a strain in the heat transfer layer. The first constituent material includes a graphite, and the second constituent material includes an amorphous material. |
| US08475917B2 |
Fluororubber-metal laminate sheet
A fluororubber-metal laminate sheet, which comprises a metallic sheet and a vulcanized fluorocarbon layer, provided on the metallic sheet by applying thereto a fluororubber composition comprising (A) 100 parts by weight of a polyol-vulcanizable fluororubber, (B) 10-50 parts by weight of amorphous graphite, (C) 1-15 parts by weight of a phenol resin, (D) 1-4 parts by weight of a silane coupling agent, (E) 0.5-8 parts by weight of a polyol-based vulcanizing agent, and (F) 0.5-6 parts by weight of a vulcanizing accelerator, followed by vulcanization of the fluororubber composition to form laminate, where the metallic sheet is free from either a chromating treatment or a chromating substitute treatment, is distinguished in characteristics such as sealability, compression resistance, air-heated aging resistance, anti-freezing liquid resistance, oil resistance, sticking resistance, abrasion resistance, etc. |
| US08475916B2 |
Antireflection film and method for manufacturing the same
An antireflection film that requires neither a special vacuum chamber nor other expensive instruments and can be formed on a substrate of any size, and a method for manufacturing such an antireflection film are provided. The antireflection film is configured as follows: to the surface of a substrate coated with a film composed of a first film compound having a first functional group, is bound and fixed a layer of transparent fine particles through a bond formed by a coupling reaction between the first functional group and a first coupling reactive group of a first coupling agent that forms a film coating each of the transparent fine particles. Furthermore, alternating layers that consist of transparent fine particles each coated with a film composed of a film compound reactive with the first coupling reactive group and the reactive transparent fine particles may be bound and fixed thereonto. |
| US08475913B2 |
Titanium/titanium alloy-and-resin composite and method for making the same
A titanium/titanium alloy-and-resin composite includes a titanium/titanium alloy substrate, a nano-porous oxide film formed on the substrate, and resin compositions coupled to the surface of the nano-porous oxide film. The nano-porous oxide film has nano pores and includes at least two layers of different three dimensional meshed structures. The resin compositions contain crystalline thermoplastic synthetic resins. A method for making the titanium/titanium alloy-and-resin composite is also described. |
| US08475911B2 |
Device housing and manufacturing method for fabricating the same
A device housing and a manufacturing method for fabricating the device housing are provided. The device housing includes a transparent substrate, a first decorative coating formed on the transparent substrate, a second decorative coating formed on the first decorative coating and the transparent substrate, and a third decorative coating formed on the first decorative coating and the second decorative coating. The first decorative coating has a grid pattern appearance. The second decorative coating is light reflective. The third decorative coating has a color that contrasts against the first decorative coating. |
| US08475904B2 |
Hollow article with covering
A hollow article is provided having a first wall, a second wall and a plurality of edge walls interconnecting the first wall and second wall. A covering is bonded to the hollow article, wherein the covering is bonded to the first wall, and is dimensioned to partially wrap around the hollow article. |
| US08475903B2 |
Information recording/reproducing device
According to one embodiment, an information recording/reproducing device includes a recording layer, and a recording circuit configured to record information by generating a phase change in the recording layer while applying a voltage to the recording layer. The recording layer comprises a compound including at least one type of cationic element, and at least one type of anionic element, at least the one type of cationic element is a transition element including a d orbital incompletely filled with electrons, and the average shortest distance between adjacent cationic elements is 0.32 nm or less, and the recording layer is provided with a material selected from (i) AxMyX4 (0≦x≦2.2, 1.8≦y≦3), (ii) AxMyX3 (0≦x≦1.1, 0.9≦y≦3), and (iii) AxMyX4 (0≦x≦1.1, 0.9≦y≦3). |
| US08475901B2 |
Secure pharmacy dispensing uni-form for digital printers
A method and resulting multi-layered media product including a printed layer and a liner layer having inner surfaces adhered together with a clear poly material sandwiched therebetween. The multi-layered media product includes a first section separable from a remainder of the product and containing printed indicia thereon, a second section separable from a remainder of the product and having a removable printed label thereon, and a third section convertible to an envelope. The third section contains printed indicia on one side thereof and a window of the clear poly material on another side thereof. In operation, the sections of the multi-layered media product are separated and a labeled container can be placed in the envelope and the envelope sealed to prevent tampering. |
| US08475899B2 |
Process for producing broader molecular weight distribution polymers with a reverse comonomer distribution and low levels of long chain branches
The present invention provides a polymerization process which is conducted by contacting an olefin monomer and at least one olefin comonomer in the presence of hydrogen and a metallocene-based catalyst composition. Polymers produced from the polymerization process are also provided, and these polymers have a reverse comonomer distribution, low levels of long chain branches, and a ratio of Mw/Mn from about 3 to about 6. |
| US08475894B2 |
Engineered molded fiberboard panels, methods of making the panels, and products fabricated from the panels
A honeycomb-shaped panel is formed from a plurality of generally sinusoidally shaped strips of molded fiberboard material each having spaced, oppositely directed flat peaks, the peaks of adjacent strips being secured together to form a plurality of hexagonally shaped cells extending perpendicular to the surfaces of the sheet. The strips may be cut from a single sheet of corrugated fiberboard sheet material and then secured together to form the honeycomb panel, or a plurality of such panels may be secured together face to face with their ribs aligned to form a stack, and selected cuts may be made through the secured, stacked panels to form a plurality of honeycomb panels of desired surface shape and height dimensions. The strips forming the cells are substantially rigid and resistant to collapse of the cells, and form a substantially rigid core when assembled between two flexible fiberboard skins, while the panel is bendable to adopt a desired panel curvature. |
| US08475889B2 |
Liquid-crystalline medium
Disclosed are a liquid-crystalline medium of negative dielectric anisotropy based on a mixture of polar compounds, which contains at least one compound of formula IA and at least one compound of formulae IB, IC and/or ID and the use thereof for an active-matrix display, in particular based on the ECB, PALO, FFS or IPS effect. |
| US08475886B2 |
Methods for producing surfaces that resist non-specific protein binding and cell attachment
A method is disclosed herein for treating a polymeric surface to resist non-specific binding of biomolecules and attachment of cells. The method includes the steps of: imparting a charge to the polymeric surface to produce a charged surface; exposing the charged surface to a nitrogen-rich polymer to form a polymerized surface; exposing the polymerized surface to an oxidized polysaccharide to form an aldehyde surface; and exposing the aldehyde surface to a reducing agent. Advantageously, a method is provided which produces surfaces that resist non-specific protein binding and cell attachment and that avoids the use of photochemical reactions or prior art specially designed compounds. |
| US08475884B2 |
Coatings with organic polymeric fillers for molded SMC articles
Filler particles of a moisture-permeable, organic polymeric material are used in a polymeric coating composition, and this composition can be applied to a surface of a molded, fiber-reinforced polymeric material, such as sheet molding compound (SMC), to enable the electrostatic application of a layer of a powder primer to the same surface overlying the polymeric coating. And, when the molded SMC is heated to cure the powder primer layer, the out-gassing of moisture from the heated SMC does not result in defects on the surface of the molded SMC. |
| US08475877B2 |
Method for counteracting curling tendency of gas barrier film, method for producing gas barrier film, and method for producing electronic device
A method for counteracting the curling tendency of a gas barrier film having a tendency to curl up with a support side thereof facing inside, comprising (1) heating the gas barrier film from the support side thereof to thereby control the support temperature to fall between Tg and Tg+40° C., and (2) conveying the film in the roller circumferential direction within one second after the temperature of the support has reached Tg, while a part of the gas barrier layer of the gas barrier film is kept in contact with a film surface center part noncontact roller wherein Tg means the glass transition temperature of the support. |
| US08475874B2 |
Method for continuously operating acid or alkaline zinc or zinc alloy baths
The invention provides a process for depositing metallic layers from acidic or alkaline zinc or zinc alloy baths containing organic additives selected from brighteners, surfactants and complexing agents, a soluble zinc salt and optionally further metal salts selected from Fe, Ni, Co, Sn salts, wherein the bath can be purified continuously so that the process can be operated without interruption, as well as apparatus for carrying out this process. |
| US08475868B2 |
Foam-like structures based on reactive composite materials
Articles having porous or foam-like elements are provided. The design, fabrication and structures of the articles exploit properties of reactive composite materials (RCM) and their reaction products. In particular, fluids generated by reacting RCM are utilized to create or fill voids in the porous or foam-like elements. |
| US08475867B2 |
Method for forming electrical traces on substrate
A method for forming electrical traces on a substrate includes the steps of: providing a substrate; printing an ink pattern using an ink on the substrate, the ink including a aqueous medium containing silver ions and a heat sensitive reducing agent; heating the ink pattern to reduce silver ions into silver particles thereby forming an semi-finished traces; and forming a metal overcoat on the semi-finished traces by electroless plating thereby obtaining patterned electrical traces. |
| US08475865B2 |
Food emulsion
Aspects of the invention relate to a food emulsion, such as a water-in-oil emulsion. In some aspects the fat phase of the emulsion has a first fat and a second fat, where the melting point of the second fat is lower than that of the first fat. The first fat can exist in several crystal forms, but is present in the emulsion substantially in a single crystal form. The emulsion may be useful as a filling for confectionery compositions. Other aspects relate to confectionery compositions incorporating the emulsions, and to methods of making the emulsions. |
| US08475857B2 |
Method for the energy-saving control of a food processing process or a processing chamber cleaning process and cooking device used therefor
Computer-implemented systems and methods are provided for the energy-saving control of at least one process in a food processing device including a processing chamber, at least one processing device, and a control or regulating device. The control or regulating device can reduce the duration of at least the first process step or the duration of regulation in the first processing step or switch off the processing device during at least a part of the processing step to save energy, based on at least one first variable relating to the climate in the processing chamber or at least one second variable relating to the processing device or at least one third variable relating to the food item to be processed or at least one fourth variable relating to a degree of soiling of the processing chamber, during at least one second processing step directly after the first processing step. |
| US08475855B2 |
Confectionery product
A confectionery product comprises first and second confectionery mass layers arranged in contact with each other as a laminate. At least one of the inner surfaces of the first and second confectionery mass layers is provided with at least one depression, and preferably a plurality of depressions arranged in a regular two-dimensional array. The inner surfaces of the confectionery mass layers define at least one pocket in the confectionery product, the or each pocket being located in an area corresponding to a respective depression. The pockets may provide aeration on a macro scale, and they may be at least partially filled with a liquid, semi-solid or solid material. |
| US08475854B2 |
Liquid flow control and beverage preparation apparatuses, methods and systems
Apparatuses, methods and systems for liquid flow control and beverage preparation are disclosed. The apparatuses, methods and systems of the present invention include liquid flow control and beverage preparation capsules, pods, cartridges, pouches, systems, and modules for controlling and directing flow streams of liquid through a beverage preparation process. The apparatuses, methods and systems of the present invention may be used in combination with or included as an integral assembly of any apparatus, method or system for liquid dispension. |
| US08475845B2 |
Method of particle formation
A method of co-formulating two or more pharmaceutically active compounds into a particulate product including contacting a dense, supercritical or near-critical fluid With a suspension of a first active compound in a medium that is miscible with the dense fluid and a solution of a second active compound in a solvent that is miscible with the dense fluid. The product may be the first active agent coated with the second active agent. The method may use coaxial nozzles for the fluid, media or solvents. The method may be applied to production of dry powders for inhalation including beta-agonists and corticosteroids. Apparatus for use in the method comprising means for streams of solvents, media and dense fluids to enter a precipitation chamber at substantially the same point and means for collection of particles under gravity in one or more collection chambers. |
| US08475841B2 |
Controlled release metformin formulations
Sustained release pharmaceutical formulations comprising an antihyperglycemic drug or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof are disclosed. The formulations provide therapeutic plasma levels of the antihyperglycemic drug to a human patient over a 24 hour period after administration. |
| US08475837B2 |
Abuse potential reduction in abusable substance dosage form
The potential for substance abuse involving residual amounts of abusable substances remaining in used skin-worn patches is reduced by the provision of a system and method for combining the abusable substance with a separate anti-abuse substance agent as part of a removal or disposal procedure. |
| US08475828B2 |
Medical apparatus and method for producing same
A medical device that includes at least one antibiotic in a macromolecular substance that swells upon contact with a solvent. Also, a method for preparing an antibiotic-containing medical device that involves contacting a medical device having at least a portion of the surface formed from a swellable macromolecular substance, with a solvent that swells the macromolecular substance, contacting the swollen macromolecular substance with at least one antibiotic, and removing the solvent from the swollen macromolecular substance. |
| US08475827B2 |
Tissue implants for implantation and methods for preparing the same
A method is provided for preparing a tissue implant for implantation. The method includes treating a pericardium tissue material, which has been harvested from a donor and rendered essentially acellular, with a chlorine dioxide treatment solution; and thereafter treating the pericardium tissue material with an antioxidant solution, which comprises ascorbic acid or a salt thereof. |
| US08475822B2 |
Room temperature-curable polymers
Methods of making room temperature-curable polymers. Reactants include siloxane-terminated polymers and silanols. The reactants are mixed, and the polymerization allowed to proceed in air at room temperature. The polymers are exceptionally useful because they allow for the incorporation into the polymers themselves of one or more therapeutic compounds. Thus, medical devices from which controlled drug release is desirable (for either local or systemic delivery) can be coated with therapeutic compound-containing polymers of the invention. In a preferred embodiment, a polymer of poly(MPCw:LAMx:HPMAy:TSMAz) where w, x, y, and z represent the molar ratios of monomers used in the feed for preparing the polymer; MPC represents the unit 2-methacryoyloxyethylphosphorylcholine, LMA represents the unit lauryl methacrylate, HPMA represents the unit 2-hydroxypropyl methacrylate, and TSMA represents the unit 3-trimethoxysilylpropyl methacrylate is reacted with polydimethylsiloxane. In another preferred embodiment, a therapeutic compound is incorporated into the polymer, such as dexamethasone. |
| US08475820B2 |
Method of manufacturing an implantable device
Described herein are implantable devices, formulations and methods of making implantable devices for the release of a polypeptide from an implantable device, and methods of use thereof. |
| US08475818B2 |
Local topical administration formulations containing indoxacarb
The present invention provides formulations and methods useful in the control of ectoparasites on a domestic animal, using a formulation comprising Indoxacarb and a veterinarily acceptable carrier that is applied topically to 10% or less of the total surface area of a domestic animal. Other embodiments include these formulations also including one or more additional pesticides such as fipronil. |
| US08475816B2 |
Emulsion lipstick composition
The present invention is directed to a hydrating and moisturizing solid emulsion lipstick composition, capable of imparting enhanced shine and coverage, containing: (a) at least one polyamine; (b) at least one polar modified polymer; (c) water; (d) at least one non-volatile solvent; (e) at least one wax having a high melting point; and (e) optionally, at least one colorant. |
| US08475808B2 |
Immunogenic reagents from west nile virus
Recombinant production of immunogenic West Nile Virus (WNV) proteins is described. These proteins, heterodimers comprising the proteins, fusions thereof, polynucleotides encoding the proteins, and combinations thereof, as well as antibodies produced therefrom, can be used in immunogenic compositions for preventing, treating and diagnosing WNV infection. Also described are highly sensitive ELISA and strip immunoassay methods for detecting the presence of WNV in biological samples. |
| US08475807B2 |
Avian influenza virus live attenuated vaccine and uses thereof
Described in this application are attenuated strains of avian influenza virus containing temperature sensitive mutations in addition to a genetic tag in the PB1 gene. The attenuated viruses are useful as avian and mammalian vaccine for protective immunity against homologous and heterologous lethal challenges with influenza virus. A genetically modified avian influenza virus backbone is described which can be used as a master donor strain for the generation of live attenuated vaccines for epidemic and pandemic influenza. |
| US08475804B2 |
Compositions and methods for treatment of filovirus-mediated diseases
The invention features compositions, methods, and kits useful for the treatment of filovirus-mediated diseases, e.g., hemorrhagic fever caused by Ebola virus, in an animal. |
| US08475799B2 |
HIV-1 GP41 neutralization domain and use thereof
The invention relates to isolated monoclonal antibodies which specifically bind to the C-terminal heptad repeat region of gp41 (HR2) and neutralize an HIV-1 primary isolate. |
| US08475798B2 |
Monoclonal antibodies recognizing a coagulase-negative staphylococcal protein
Monoclonal antibodies which can bind to the SdrF protein of Staphylococcus epidermidis are provided which can be useful in the treatment and protection against infection from staphylococcal bacteria such as Staphylococcus epidermidis. The monoclonal antibodies of the invention are advantageous in that they can also recognize binding domains and subdomains of the S. epidermidis SdrF protein in addition to the protein itself. Suitable compositions and passive vaccines based on the monoclonal antibodies of the invention, as well as methods for their use, are also provided. |
| US08475788B2 |
Methods of treating spinal cord injury and minimizing scarring
The invention is directed to methods of promoting the healing of spinal cord injury. The invention is further directed to methods of minimizing the extent of scarring following spinal cord injury. Such methods utilize novel compositions, including but not limited to extraembryonic cytokine secreting cells (herein referred to as ECS cells), including, but not limited to, amnion-derived multipotent progenitor cells (herein referred to as AMP cells) and conditioned media derived therefrom (herein referred to as amnion-derived cellular cytokine solution or ACCS), each alone or in combination with each other and/or other agents. |
| US08475783B2 |
Apparatus and method for generating carbon dioxide as an attractant for biting arthropods
Disclosed and claimed herein is a device and method for generating carbon dioxide as an attractant for biting arthropods in combination with a trap, comprising: a reaction chamber charged with an aqueous acid solution when in use; a gas outlet from the reaction chamber connecting between the reaction chamber and the trap; a feeder reservoir containing a powder when in use, said powder comprising a bicarbonate salt; and means for controllably adding the powder to the reaction chamber; whereby carbon dioxide is generated in the reaction chamber, passed through the outlet and into the trap. |
| US08475781B2 |
Cyclodextrin-based polymers for therapeutics delivery
The present invention relates to novel compositions of therapeutic cyclodextrin containing polymeric compounds designed as a carrier for small molecule therapeutics delivery and pharmaceutical compositions thereof. These cyclodextrin-containing polymers improve drug stability and solubility, and reduce toxicity of the small molecule therapeutic when used in vivo. Furthermore, by selecting from a variety of linker groups and targeting ligands the polymers present methods for controlled delivery of the therapeutic agents. The invention also relates to methods of treating subjects with the therapeutic compositions described herein. The invention further relates to methods for conducting pharmaceutical business comprising manufacturing, licensing, or distributing kits containing or relating to the polymeric compounds described herein. |
| US08475774B2 |
Sunscreen compositions comprising an ultraviolet radiation-absorbing polymer
Aqueous compositions including a discontinuous oil phase containing an ultraviolet radiation-absorbing polymer stabilized in a continuous aqueous phase, an oil-gelling polymer, and which are substantially free of non-polymeric ultraviolet radiation-absorbers. |
| US08475773B2 |
Oral hygiene method and formula
The present invention generally relates to oral compositions such as toothpastes, toothpowders, liquid dentrifices, mouthwashes, rinses, dental floss, denture cleansers, chewing gums, lozenges and the like. In particular, it relates to such oral compositions that include cesium and rubidium salts. In one aspect of the present invention, a composition for oral use is provided. The composition includes a cesium or rubidium salt and water having a surface tension ranging between 45 and 70 dynes per cm2. In another aspect of the present invention, a method for improving oral hygiene in a mammal is provided. The method involves taking a volume of a solution into the mammal's mouth, where the solution includes a cesium or rubidium salt and water having a surface tension ranging between 45 and 70 dynes per cm2, swishing the solution around and expelling the solution. |
| US08475772B2 |
Peptide-based oral care surface reagents for personal care
Peptides have been identified that bind to tooth enamel. Compositions and methods comprising peptide-based oral care reagents having at least one tooth enamel-binding peptide and an oral care benefit agent are provided to adhere the benefit agent to the oral surface. |
| US08475770B2 |
Foamable suspension gel
The present subject matter provides foamable suspension gels that foam after release from a container. The foamable suspension gels contain at least one pharmaceutically active agent that is sparingly soluble to insoluble in water, a second pharmaceutically active agent, and optionally a third active agent. |
| US08475766B2 |
Dual specificity antibodies and methods of making and using
Antibodies having dual specificity for two different but structurally related antigens are provided. The antibodies can be, for example, entirely human antibodies, recombinant antibodies, or monoclonal antibodies. Preferred antibodies have dual specificity for IL-1α and IL-1β and neutralize IL-1α and IL-1β activity in vitro and in vivo. An antibody of the invention can be a full-length antibody or an antigen-binding portion thereof. Methods of making and methods of using the antibodies of the invention are also provided. The antibodies, or antibody portions, of the invention are useful for detecting two different but structurally related antigens (e.g., IL-1α and IL-1β) and for inhibiting the activity of the antigens, e.g., in a human subject suffering from a disorder in which IL-1α and/or IL-1β activity is detrimental. |
| US08475765B2 |
Hydroxyalkyl starch derivatives
The present invention relates to a method of producing a hydroxyalkyl starch derivative comprising reacting hydroxyalkyl starch of formula (I) at its reducing end which is not oxidized prior to said reaction, with a compound of formula (II) R′NH—R″ (II) wherein R1-R2 and R3 are independently hydrogen or a linear or branched hydroxyalkyl group, and wherein either R′ or R″ or R′ and R″ comprise at least one functional group X capable of being reacted with at least one other compound prior to or after the reaction of (I) and (II), as well as to the hydroxyalkyl starch derivative as such, obtainable by said method, and to a pharmaceutical composition comprising said hydroxyalkyl starch derivative. |
| US08475764B2 |
Labelled adrenomedullin derivatives and their use for imaging and therapy
The present invention relates to an adrenomedullin derivative including an adrenomedullin peptide, or a fragment thereof chelated or otherwise bound to at least one active agent. Examples of active agents include a paramagnetic element, a radioactive element and a fibrinolytic agent, among others. Paramagnetic agents have a distribution that is relatively easily shown through Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI). Radioactive agents have applications in imaging and delivery of radiations, depending on the specific element included in the active agent. Delivery of fibrinolytic agents mainly to a specific organ, such as for example to the lungs, allows to substantially improve the specificity and efficacy of thrombolytic therapy by allowing local delivery of the fibrinolytic agent, thereby reducing the risks of major bleeding in the therapy of the organ. If the organ is the lungs, a non-limiting example of pathology treatable with the fibrinolytic agent is pulmonary embolus. |
| US08475759B2 |
Effervescent composition for improved carbon dioxide generation in insect monitor devices
The present invention relates to a chemical composition and method of generating carbon dioxide for use with an insect monitor and/or capture device comprising: i) an effervescent agent; ii) a solid acid; iii) a deliquescent agent; and optionally iv) an anti-clumping agent. |
| US08475757B2 |
Agents for carbon dioxide capture, agents for amine stabilization and methods of making agents for carbon dioxide capture and amine stabilization
Amine stabilizing agents containing an azeotrope comprising water, an alcohol, and sodium hydride. Amine stabilizing agents containing water and a liquid silica hydroxide compound. Methods of making of amine stabilizing agents where solid silicon rock and sodium hydroxide are mixed with an ammonium/water solution to produce a green liquid in a first stage of the reaction. Alcohol is added and the alcohol fraction is separated from the non-alcohol fraction to produce an alcohol fraction product and a bottom fraction that is not soluble in alcohol or organics. The agents can be added to amines for stabilizing amines in anime processing of gases, in CO2 capture, in CO2 abatement systems and in other systems where amines are utilized to remove contaminants. |
| US08475754B2 |
Apparatus and method for purifying exhaust gases for combustion engines
An engine exhaust gas purification device comprising control unit having successively arranged switching device (1), counter-current heat exchanger (3) and at least one exhaust gas purification component (2). The switching device (1) has a first position where a flow path (6) of the exhaust gas to the exhaust gas purification component (2) is opened and a second position where a flow path (6) of the exhaust gas to the exhaust gas purification component (2) is blocked and the exhaust gas flows along a further flow path (7) where the exhaust gas is heated and conveyed, via a flow path (20) of the exhaust gas purification component (2), and exits the exhaust gas purification unit (5) through outlet channels (4) of the counter-current heat exchanger (3). The switching device, the exhaust gas purification component, the counter-current heat exchanger and the flow paths are integrated in a compact exhaust gas treatment unit. |
| US08475753B2 |
Exhaust-gas aftertreatment system with catalytically active wall-flow filter with storage function upstream of catalytic converter with identical storage function
The present invention relates to an exhaust-gas aftertreatment system which comprises a preferably catalytically active particle filter (wall-flow filter) which is followed in turn by a throughflow monolith (flow-through monolith) which is preferably provided with a catalytically active function. Both components have the same storage functions for gaseous substances present in the exhaust gas of internal combustion engines. The system is suitable in particular for the simultaneous removal of particles and pollutants from the exhaust gas of both predominantly lean-operated internal combustion engines and also of internal combustion engines operated predominantly with a stoichiometric air/fuel mixture. Likewise described is a process for the production and the use of such a system for exhaust-gas aftertreatment. |
| US08475752B2 |
NOx adsorber catalyst with superior low temperature performance
The lean NOx trap catalyst composition of the present invention comprises distinct layers, or zone configuration or multi-brick arrangement. The top layer, front zone or front brick is free of any alkali or alkaline earth NOx trapping components. The under layer, rear zone or rear brick may contain any desirable NOx trapping component in contact with a precious metals group catalyst (e.g., Pt). Catalysts of this invention show wide temperature operation window with superior low temperature performance. |
| US08475749B2 |
Process for recovery of noble metals from functionalised, noble metal-containing adsorption materials
A method recovers noble metals from noble metal-containing compositions and includes steps of (i) providing a noble metal-containing composition containing an adsorption agent that is based on an inorganic material and is functionalized by organic groups and has at least one noble metal adsorbed to it, and (ii) ashing of the noble metal-containing composition provided in step (i) in order to adjust a residual carbon content of at most 10% by weight, relative to the total weight of the noble metal-containing composition after ashing, to obtain an ashed composition. |
| US08475746B2 |
Uranium ion exchange adsorption method using ultrasound
Disclosed herein is a uranium ion exchange adsorption method using ultrasound. The method includes placing a slurry obtained by mixing uranium ions, sulfuric acid and an ion exchange resin into a reaction bath, and stirring the slurry in the reaction bath while simultaneously applying ultrasound to the reaction bath to allow the uranium ions to be adsorbed to the ion exchange resin through ion exchange adsorption. The method has an improved ion exchange adsorption rate of the uranium ions. |
| US08475745B2 |
Apparatus for hydroprocessing hydrocarbons
An apparatus and process is disclosed for hydroprocessing hydrocarbon feed in a hydroprocessing unit and hydrotreating a second hydrocarbon. The hydrotreating effluent is mixed with hydroprocessing effluent and together fractionated. |
| US08475740B2 |
Liquid dispensing apparatus
A liquid dispensing apparatus is provided which makes it possible to correctly and easily detect a dispensing operation judgment failure with high accuracy without particularly using a complicated detection mechanism or means. The liquid dispensing apparatus includes a nozzle which sucks a solution in a cassette and dispenses the sucked solution into another cassette; and a cassette holder which holds the another cassette, and the nozzle is used as a first electrode and the cassette holder as a second electrode. Further, the liquid dispensing apparatus has measurement means for measuring a capacitance between the first and second electrodes during a solution dispensing operation. |
| US08475739B2 |
Systems and methods for fluid handling
Systems and methods are provided for sample processing. A device may be provided, capable of receiving the sample, and performing one or more of a sample preparation, sample assay, and detection step. The device may be capable of performing multiple assays. The device may comprise one or more modules that may be capable of performing one or more of a sample preparation, sample assay, and detection step. The device may be capable of performing the steps using a small volume of sample. |
| US08475734B2 |
Filtering apparatus for filtering a fluid
A filtering apparatus for filtering a fluid includes a filter element for filtering the fluid and an adhesive capillary structure for generating capillary forces. The adhesive capillary structure is attached to the filter element by using an adhesive property of the adhesive capillary structure. The adhesive capillary structure is preferentially made of a double-sided tape, which is adhesive on two sides. The filtering apparatus further includes a filtering location where the filter element is located, and a detection location where a property of the fluid is detectable. The capillary structure is formed such that the filtered fluid is guided from the filtering location to the detection location. |
| US08475732B2 |
Analyte measurement devices and systems, and components and methods related thereto
In some aspects, a modular analyte measurement system having a replaceable strip port module is provided to permit contaminated modules to be replaced. Some aspects of the present disclosure relate to barriers for strip ports or the sealing of strip ports and/or analyte measurement devices to maintain a clean strip port and/or enable the strip port to be cleaned for reuse. Cleaning tools are also provided. Also provided are strip port interfaces that guide fluid away from the strip port opening, as well as absorptive elements that prevent fluid from entering a strip port. Analyte measurement devices with gravity sensors or accelerometers are also provided, along with methods related thereto. Also provided is a docking station that serves as an information server and provides storage and recharging capabilities. |
| US08475728B2 |
Device for mixing gas and for distributing the resulting mixture to the inlet of a catalytic reactor
A device for mixing and distributing two gases upstream of the catalytic zone of a reactor by producing a homogeneous mixture and a profile of velocities which are as flat as possible. The device uses a plurality of internal chambers (I) enclosed in an external chamber (II), the external chamber communicating with each of the internal chambers via orifices pierced in the wall of said internal chambers (I) at a well-defined height. The external chamber (II) is provided with a perforated plate placed at a distance H2 from the inlet pipe for said chamber (II). The device is applied to the inlet of an autothermal reactor. |
| US08475727B2 |
Pressure and temperature control system for at least one chemical reactor
This invention relates to a new system for controlling temperature and pressure in, at least, one chemical reactor, characterized in that it includes, at least, the following devices: a) a deposit with at least one pressure regulation device; b) a connecting duct between said deposit and the reactor; c) a device for injecting condensates into the reactor. Moreover, the invention relates to the use of said control system to control the pressure and temperature of at least one chemical reactor, being especially applicable to a chemical reactor in which a hydrothermal biomass carbonization reaction takes place. |
| US08475724B2 |
Method and apparatus for plasma-treating porous body
A method for plasma-treating a porous body, comprising the steps of generating plasma using an inert gas or a mixed gas of an inert gas and a reactive gas, (a) blowing the resultant plasma gas to the porous body at a flow rate per a unit area of the porous body of 0.002 to 2 L/minute/cm2, (b) sucking the porous body in a plasma gas atmosphere, or (c) sucking the porous body while blowing the plasma gas to the porous body at said flow rate, thereby treating the plasma the surfaces and pores of said porous body with plasma. |
| US08475722B2 |
Hydrogen generation device and method of using same
The present invention provides a hydrogen generation device using a photocatalyst to generate hydrogen from liquid water or water vapor and a method of using the same. The hydrogen generation device of the present invention has a water channel through which liquid water or water vapor flows, and which has an outer circumferential wall made at least in part of a transparent material; a hydrogen channel through which hydrogen flows and which is located at the inner circumference side of the water channel; a hydrogen separating membrane forming at least part of a wall between the water channel and hydrogen channel, separating hydrogen from the liquid water or water vapor in the water channel, and providing the hydrogen to the hydrogen channel; and a photocatalyst layer arranged on least at part of the water channel-side surface of the hydrogen separating membrane. |
| US08475716B2 |
Chemical and biological sensors, systems and methods based on radio frequency identification
An embodiment of the invention described herein is directed to a detection system utilizing at least one radiofrequency identification (RFID) sensor comprising: an RFID sensor comprising: a substrate; an antenna; a sensor material selected to be sensitive to one of chemical or biological environment; and a reader, wherein said reader is configured to measure a signal in the form of a complex impedance from said RFID tag wherein said signal comprises a plurality of frequencies and a frequency shift of the maximum of the imaginary part of the complex impedance, a frequency shift of the minimum of the imaginary part of the complex impedance, a frequency shift of the maximum of the real part of the complex impedance, and changes in magnitude of the real part of the complex impedance; and, wherein said complex impedance is related to a nature and a concentration of analyte species derived from multivariate analysis. |
| US08475714B2 |
Method and system for selective ultraviolet disinfection
According to embodiments of the invention, a selective ultraviolet disinfection method is provided. The method includes selecting operating parameters for an ultraviolet disinfection process of flowing liquid carrying first and second types of entities to affect the first type of entities while the second type of entities remains intact, illuminating the liquid with ultraviolet light according to the operating parameters and continuously adjusting the operating parameters based on real-time measurements of ultraviolet transmission and flow rate of the liquid. |
| US08475709B2 |
Powder metal polymer composites
A method for producing a composite part is provided. The method comprises compacting a powder composition comprising a lubricant into a compacted body; heating the compacted body to a temperature above the vaporization temperature of the lubricant such that the lubricant is substantially removed from the compacted body; subjecting the obtained heat treated compacted body to a liquid polymer composite comprising nanometer-sized and/or micrometer-sized reinforcement structures; and solidifying the heat treated compacted body comprising liquid polymer composite by drying and/or by at least one curing treatment. |
| US08475700B2 |
Oriented polymer composition with a deoriented surface layer
Prepare an oriented polymer composition that is cavitated, has cross sectional dimensions all at least three millimeters and at least one de-oriented surface layer having a thickness of at least 80 microns and at least 50 microns less than half the thickness of the oriented polymer composition, the de-oriented surface layer having a lower degree of polymer orientation than a 100 micron thick portion of the oriented polymer composition adjacent to and below the de-oriented surface layer by sufficiently heat treating a surface of a cavitated oriented polymer composition. |
| US08475697B2 |
Method to manufacture reinforcement insertion type mascara brush and manufacturing for transfer mold
A transfer molding box and a method to produce a plurality of brushes with an applicator is provided. The transfer molding box includes a pressing plate 30, an upper molding box 10 where at least a brush molding groove is formed and a lower molding box 20 where at least another brush molding groove corresponding to the brush molding groove of the upper molding box is formed and placed under the upper molding box 10. A wick 1 is settled in horizontal direction between the brush molding groove of the upper molding box and the brush molding groove of the lower molding box. Further material inserting portion 11 and a projected pressing portion 31 which has corresponding shape to the material inserting portion 11 are provided at the top of the upper molding box 10 and at the top of the lower molding box 20, respectively. |
| US08475691B2 |
UV-absorbers for ophthalmic lens materials
Novel UV absorbing monomers are disclosed. The UV absorbers are particularly suitable for use in intraocular lens materials. |
| US08475688B2 |
Lithium batteries using poly(ethylene oxide)-based non-aqueous electrolytes
Lithium-air cells using poly(ethyleneoxide) (PEO) siloxane-based or poly(ethyleneoxide) phosphate-based electrolytes may be prepared and exhibit improved charge carrying capacity. Such PEO silioxanes and phosphates generally have the formulas Ia, Ib, Ic, Id, IIa, IIb, IIc, where: |
| US08475687B2 |
Hydrogen storing carbon material
Provided is a hydrogen-storing carbon material with improved hydrogen storage capacity. The hydrogen-storing carbon material has a total pore volume of 0.5 cm3/g or more, and a ratio of a total mesoporous volume to a total microporous volume per unit weight of 5 or more. In addition, the hydrogen-storing carbon material may have a nitrogen content of 0.5 wt % or more and less than 20 wt %. In addition, the hydrogen-storing carbon material may have a stable potential of −1.28 V or more when a cathode current with respect to the hydrogen-storing carbon material is held at 1,000 mA/g in electrochemical measurement by chronopotentiometry involving using the hydrogen-storing carbon material in a working electrode in a three-electrode method. |
| US08475684B2 |
Composite oxide for hydrocarbon reforming catalyst, process for producing the same, and process for producing syngas using the same
A composite oxide for a hydrocarbon reforming catalyst which maintains the catalytic activity at a high level over a long period of time, a process for producing the catalyst, and a process for producing syngas using the catalyst, are provided. The composite oxide for a hydrocarbon reforming catalyst is obtained by a process including preparing a mixed solution for impregnation which contains catalytic active components of Co, or Co and Ni, one or more oxidation resistance enhancing components selected from the elements of Group 3B and the elements of Group 6A of the Periodic Table, and one or more additive metal components selected from Ca and Mg; impregnating a carrier formed from a porous molded body selected from magnesia and a composite of magnesia and calcia, with the mixed solution for impregnation; drying the impregnated carrier; and calcining the dried carrier in an oxidizing atmosphere. |
| US08475680B2 |
Luminescent material and light-emitting device
A luminescent material which is featured in that it exhibits an emission peak at a wavelength ranging from 490 to 580 nm as it is excited by light having a wavelength ranging from 250 to 500 nm and that it has a composition represented by the following general formula (2): (M1-xRx)a2AlSib2Oc2Nd2 (2) (In the general formula (2), M is at least one metallic element excluding Si and Al, R is a luminescence center element, and x, a2, b2, c2 and d2 satisfy the following relationships: 0 |
| US08475679B2 |
Liquid crystal composition and liquid crystal display device
The invention is to provide a liquid crystal composition that satisfies at least one of characteristics such as a high maximum temperature of a nematic phase, a low minimum temperature of a nematic phase, a small viscosity, a suitable optical anisotropy, a large negative dielectric anisotropy, a large specific resistance, a high stability to ultraviolet light and a high stability to heat, or that is suitably balanced regarding at least two of the characteristics; and is to provide a AM device that has a short response time, a large voltage holding ratio, a large contrast ratio, a long service life and so forth, wherein the liquid crystal composition has negative dielectric anisotropy and includes a two-ring compound having a large negative dielectric anisotropy and having at least three fluorines or chlorines at the lateral positions as a first component, a specific compound having a large negative dielectric anisotropy as a second component, a specific compound having a small viscosity as a third component, and a specific compound having a large negative dielectric anisotropy as a fourth component, and the liquid crystal display device contains this composition. |
| US08475675B2 |
Polymer dispersions for fire prevention and firefighting
The present invention relates to water-in-oil polymer dispersions comprising of a continuous organic phase and therein finely dispersed and cross-linked, water-swellable polymerizates, where these have a residual monomer content of less than 1,000 ppm. The present invention relates further to a process for the production of polymer dispersions according to the invention. In addition, the present invention relates to devices for fire prevention and firefighting and to the use of the polymer dispersions according to the invention. |
| US08475674B2 |
High-temperature selective dry etch having reduced post-etch solid residue
Methods of dry etching silicon-containing dielectric films are described. The methods include maintaining a relatively high temperature of the dielectric films while etching in order to achieve reduced solid residue on the etched surface. Partially or completely avoiding the accumulation of solid residue increases the etch rate. |
| US08475670B2 |
Method for manufacturing a patterned magnetic media with offset data and servo regions
A method for manufacturing a patterned magnetic media. The method allows both a data region and a servo region to be patterned without the patterning of one region adversely affecting the patterning of the other region. The method results in a patterned data region a patterned servo region and intermediate regions between the servo and data regions. The intermediate regions, which are most likely, but not necessarily, asymmetrical with one another indicate that the method has been used to pattern the media. |
| US08475662B2 |
Modified HIMS process
The present invention relates to a process for separating at least one first material from a mixture comprising this at least one first material and at least one second material using magnetic particles with which the at least one first material agglomerates. |
| US08475658B2 |
Water purification device for arsenic removal
Arsenic is removed from water and other aqueous feeds by (1) treating the feed with a compound containing cerium in the +4 oxidation state, preferably cerium dioxide, to oxidize arsenic in the +3 oxidation state to arsenic in the +5 oxidation state and (2) removing the arsenic in the +5 oxidation state from the aqueous phase, normally by contacting the treated feed with alumina or other precipitating agent containing cations in the +3 oxidation state. |
| US08475656B1 |
Floating surface skimmer
A floating skimmer that is adapted to float on the surface of the water to collect surface debris. The skimmer comprises an inlet connected to a substantially tubular body having an intake port. The substantially tubular body connects to a conduit assembly having an outlet port connecting to the hose of an external suction pump. The conduit assembly may have a plurality of ports such as an intake pipe for connection to an underwater vacuum and a tubing input assembly. The tubing input assembly connects to flexible inlet tubes of various lengths to allow the flow of water and debris from various depths of the pool into the skimmer. In operation, the debris collected from the various intake pipes and ports is removed from the skimmer through suction provided from the external suction pump. This skimmer allows debris to be collected from the surface of the pool as well as from various depths in the pool. |
| US08475652B2 |
Method for purification of uncatalyzed natural fuels from metal ions by means of at least one hemeprotein and use of the at least on hemeprotein
A method for purification of uncatalyzed natural fuels in liquid state from metal ions by removing at least one compound selected from the group consisting of natural occurring contaminating porphyrins, metalloporphyrins, chlorins and naturally occurring degradations products of these compounds, such as petroporphyrins, containing said metal ions from the fuels. At least one hemeprotein in apo-form selected from the group consisting of globins, peroxidases, pyrrolases and cytochromes having high affinity for porphyrins is added to the fuels. The hemeprotein is mixed with the fuels in such a way that the porphyrins is bounded to the hemeprotein. The hemeprotein with bound contaminating porphyrins is removed so as to obtain purified fuels. The invention relates also to the use of at least one hemeprotein selected from the group consisting of globins, peroxidases, pyrrolases and cytochromes having high affinity for porphyrins for the purification of uncatalyzed natural fuels in liquid state from metal ions. |
| US08475651B2 |
Systems, methods, and catalysts for producing a crude product
Contact of a crude feed with one or more catalysts produces a total product that includes a crude product. The crude product is a liquid mixture at 25° C. and 0.101 MPa. The one or more catalysts may include a catalyst that has a median pore diameter of at least 90 Å. One or more properties of the crude product may be changed by at least 10% relative to the respective properties of the crude feed. |
| US08475650B2 |
Pre-passivation process for a continuous reforming apparatus, and passivation process for a continuous reforming apparatus during the initial reaction
The present invention relates to a pre-passivation process for a continuous reforming apparatus prior to the reaction, or a passivation process for a continuous reforming apparatus during the initial reaction, comprising loading a reforming catalyst into the continuous reforming apparatus, starting the gas circulation and raising the temperature of a reactor, injecting sulfide into the gas at a reactor temperature ranging from 100-650° C., controlling the sulfur amount in the recycle gas within a range of 0.5-100×10−6 L/L so as to passivate the apparatus. |
| US08475649B2 |
Magnetic removal of material from a mixture based on sulfided diluent in the mixture
Methods and apparatus relate to processing of petroleum with a bed having a sorbent based diluent that the petroleum contacts upon passing through the bed. Magnetic properties of the sorbent and any other material, such as zeolite, used in the bed enable separation of such bed constituents based on a sulfided form of the sorbent being magnetic in contrast to a non-sulfided form of the sorbent being non-magnetic. Dividing the bed constituents into first and second portions by magnetic separation facilitates in selective replacing and/or regenerating the first portion independent of the second portion. |
| US08475646B2 |
Biosensor, thin film electrode forming method, quantification apparatus, and quantification method
Methods are disclosed for measuring substrate content in a specimen using a biosensor that includes two pairs of electrodes in a specimen supply path, where the methods include the steps of: (a) a first detecting step for detecting an electrical change in the first pair of electrodes; (b) a second detecting step for detecting an electrical change in the second pair of electrodes after the first detecting step; (c) a judging step for judging a shortage of specimen amount that is needed for measurement, when an electrical change is not detected in the second detecting step within a prescribed period of time after the first detecting step; (d) an indicating step for indicating a shortage of the specimen amount; and (e) a stopping step for stopping measurement of substrate content in the specimen once the shortage of specimen amount is indicated in the indicating step. |
| US08475645B2 |
Cooling water circulation apparatus and method of removing scale from cooling water circulation apparatus
A cooling water circulation apparatus is capable of limiting attachment of microorganisms and scale in an environmentally friendly manner. An electrolytic device 10 is provided on a cooling water circulation route R1. In the arrangement, mineral contents such as calcium ions and magnesium ions contained in cooling water W are deposited as scale S on an electrode 12A or 12B in an electrolytic step, thereby enabling the mineral contents to be removed from the cooling water W. Even if the hardness of the cooling water W is increased by evaporation of the water with elapse of time, the hardness can be reduced by the electrolytic processing. Thus, the deposition of the scale S in the circulation route R1 can be reduced. Further, the scale S deposited on the electrode 12A or 12B can be easily separated by operating while reversing the polarities of the electrodes 12A and 12B at predetermined time intervals. |
| US08475643B2 |
Anodic oxidation method and production for titanium oxide coating and method of supporting catalyst
To provide an anodic oxidation method, a titanium oxide film manufacturing method and a catalyst carrying method which is suitable, for example, for anodic oxidation of aluminum, titanium and catalyst carrying on the surface of alumite (registered trademark), capable of generating an oxide film at a low cost and rapidly by eliminating the use of a strongly acid or strongly basic electrolytic solution and using a carbonated water as an electrolytic solution, capable of controlling the sealing treatment of oxide film through a simple method, capable of effecting the oxide film dyeing and catalyst carrying rationally and easily, and capable of effecting the catalyst carrying safely and surely without eroding a base material.An object (3) to be treated is electrolyzed in an electrolytic solution received in a treatment vessel (1) serving the object (3) as an anodic electrode.It is an anodic oxidation method in which an oxide film is generated on the surface of the object (3).A carbonated water of a predetermined acid concentration generated by dissolving a pressurized carbon dioxide in a predetermined quantity of water (7) is used as the electrolytic solution. |
| US08475642B2 |
Systems and methods for monitoring plating and etching baths
Methods and systems for monitoring electrolyte bath fluids are provided. The electrolyte bath fluids can be electroplating, electroless plating or etching solutions. The monitoring systems employ microfluidic devices, which have built in microfluidic channels and microfabricated thin-film electrodes. The devices are configured with fluid pumps to control the movement and mixing of test fluids through the microfluidic channels. The microfabricated thin-film electrodes are configured so that the plating or etching bath fluid composition can be characterized by electrochemical measurements. The monitoring methods and system provide faster measurement times, generate minimal waste, and occupy dramatically reduced physical space compared to conventional bath-monitor systems. The monitoring systems and method also provide low-cost system and methods for measuring or monitoring electroless plating bath rates. |
| US08475640B2 |
Method for multiplexed capillary electrophoresis signal cross-talk correction
The present invention provides a simple method to correct cross-talk, after the data have been generated. Adjacent signals are simply subtracted from the original observed signal with a repeating process. The data processing is stopped when a predefined condition is met. By this technique, cross-talk can be reduced from >5% to less than 0.1%. And as an additional advantage, this method provides a way to correct the cross-talk without the need to know which peaks are caused by the adjacent capillary signal. |
| US08475637B2 |
Electroplating apparatus with vented electrolyte manifold
Embodiments related to increasing a uniformity of an electroplated film are disclosed. For example, one disclosed embodiment provides an electroplating apparatus comprising a plating chamber, a work piece holder, a cathode contact configured to electrically contact a work piece, and an anode contact configured to electrically contact an anode disposed in the plating chamber. A diffusing barrier is disposed between the cathode contact and the anode contact to provide a uniform electrolyte flow to the work piece, and electrolyte delivery and return paths are provided for delivering electrolyte to and away from the plating chamber. Additionally, a vented electrolyte manifold is disposed in the electrolyte delivery path immediately upstream of the plating chamber, the vented electrolyte manifold comprising one or more electrolyte delivery openings that open to the plating chamber and one or more vents that open to a location other than the plating chamber. |
| US08475635B2 |
Processes and device for the deposition of films on substrates
Deposition processes and devices for the fabrication of multilayer systems to better control the energy contribution at different stages of the deposition. This is achieved by depositing films by sputtering in a scheme providing for thermalized particles. Thermalized particles are obtained by choosing the working gas pressure and the distance between target and substrate to result in a mean free path of particles smaller than the distance between target and substrate or to result in a product of pressure and distance being larger than 2.0 cmPa. |
| US08475633B2 |
Production method for a nanopatterned epoxy substrate
Provided is a method for preparing an epoxy substrate having a nanopattern, including: (a) forming a titanium oxide film by anodizing a titanium substrate; (b) obtaining a titanium substrate having a concave shape formed on the surface by removing the titanium oxide film from the titanium substrate on which the titanium oxide film has been formed; (c) coating an epoxy resin onto the titanium substrate on which the concave shape has been formed; and (d) obtaining an epoxy substrate having a nanopattern of convex surfaces by removing the titanium substrate. |
| US08475630B2 |
Retention systems and methods for papermaking
Compositions and methods of producing an optically-enhanced paper-based material are disclosed. The composition can include an optical brightening agent and an additive having an aromatic portion, where the aromatic portion is associated with an optical brightening agent. The paper-based material can exhibit a higher capacity for the optical brightening agent relative to a paper-based material that lacks the additive. Techniques for increasing optical brightening agent retention in a paper-based material are also disclosed. The techniques include using an additive having an aromatic portion, where the aromatic portion associates with an optical brightening agent so that the retention of the optical brightening agent is improved. |
| US08475629B2 |
Coating compositions comprising alkyl ketene dimers and alkyl succinic anhydrides for use in paper making
Additives for paper making are disclosed herein. Specifically, the additives are wax-free alternatives to conventional coatings, including ASA, AKD and optionally an acrylic containing composition. Other additives may be included in the coating, such as cationic particles or compositions. The coatings may be used at a variety of points during the paper making process, including on the calender stack and in the wet end. |
| US08475627B2 |
Process of treating a lignocellulosic material
A process of treating a lignocellulosic material includes a pre-extraction step in which hemicellulose is extracted from the lignocellulosic material. In one embodiment, the pre-extraction step involves contacting the lignocellulosic material with an aqueous solution under conditions that release acidic material from the lignocellulosic material into the aqueous solution, and the aqueous solution includes a basic material that at least partly neutralizes the acidic material so that the aqueous solution at the end of the pre-extraction step has a pH within a range of from 4.5 to 11. The process also includes a pulping step, after the pre-extraction step, in which the lignocellulosic material is separated into pulp. The process further includes an adsorption step, after the pulping step, in which hemicellulose is adsorbed on the pulp. |
| US08475625B2 |
Apparatus for etching high aspect ratio features
Embodiments of the invention provide a method and apparatus, such as a processing chamber, suitable for etching high aspect ratio features. Other embodiments include a showerhead assembly for use in the processing chamber. In one embodiment, a processing chamber includes a chamber body having a showerhead assembly and substrate support disposed therein. The showerhead assembly includes at least two fluidly isolated plenums, a region transmissive to an optical metrology signal, and a plurality of gas passages formed through the showerhead assembly fluidly coupling the plenums to the interior volume of the chamber body. |
| US08475621B2 |
Adhesion promotion to difficult substrates for hot melt adhesives
Hot melt adhesive compositions which have enhanced adhesion to difficult substrates, particularly at refrigerator/freezer temperatures or at elevated temperatures. The inventive compositions require a base polymer comprising at least one metallocene ethylene-containing polymer or at least one non-metallocene, amorphous, propylene containing polymer; a tackifier; an optional wax; and an adhesion promoting additive comprising at least one semi-crystalline polymer having a weight average molecular weight of about 30,000 daltons or less. It has been found that the adhesion promoting additive of this invention enhances the adhesion properties of a hot melt adhesive composition having a metallocene ethylene-containing base polymer or non-metallocene, amorphous, propylene containing base polymer, particularly at elevated temperatures or at low refrigerator and freezer temperatures where other conventional adhesives have been unsuccessful. |
| US08475620B2 |
Bag member for compression prebonding, holding tool for producing laminated glass, and device of producing laminated glass and method of producing the same
A holding tool 2 for use in producing of laminated glass includes a frame 3, a bag member 4 and a supporting member 6b for suspending the bag member 4 from the frame 3. The bag member 4 is made of a film with flexibility and airtightness, is provided with a sealable opening and has evacuating ports 7a and 7b in the vicinity of an periphery of a flat shape thereof having the periphery sealed. The frame 3 has a first frame member 3w and a second frame member 3y opposing each other and disposed outside the periphery of the bag member 4, and the bag member 4 is suspended by the supporting member 6b movably against the frame 3 on a holding face formed at least by the first frame member 3w and the second frame member 3y inside an area formed by connecting ends of these frame members. |
| US08475619B2 |
Process for improving the adhesion of a UV-crosslinkable material to a substrate
The invention relates to a process for improving the adhesion of a layer made of a material that is crosslinkable by exposure to UV rays to a substrate, and also to a process for manufacturing a transistor comprising at least one step of performing such a process.This process for improving the adhesion of a layer made of a material M to the surface of a substrate S is characterized in that: the material M is a material that is crosslinkable by exposure to UV rays, and in that it comprises the following steps: a) deposition, on at least one surface of the substrate S, of a nonpolymerized polymerizable composition P, comprising at least one molecule F comprising a first reactive group F1 that is capable of reacting, by exposure to UV rays, with a reactive group M1 of the surface of the material M, and a second reactive group F2 that is capable of forming bonds with the material(s) constituting the surface of the substrate S, b) deposition, onto the layer of the nonpolymerized composition P obtained in step a), of a layer made of a noncrosslinked material M, and c) exposure to UV rays of the three-layer structure obtained in step b). The invention finds application in particular in the field of manufacturing transistors. |
| US08475617B2 |
Device for production of drip irrigation tubes
A device for producing a drip irrigation tube comprising an extrusion apparatus for extruding a tube body made from a thermoplastic synthetic material is provided. Metering elements are inserted in the extruded tube body and connected to the tube body. A calibrating device adjusts the tube body to the desired outer shape, and a cooling device cools the tube body. Outlet holes are made in the tube body in the vicinity of the metering elements to permit the passage of water from the tube body during use. A control unit for controlling the device for making outlet holes is provided, and a sensor which upon lifting of the roller during passage of a metering element emits a signal to the control unit which emits a signal to the device for making outlet holes. |
| US08475616B2 |
Reactors for forming foam materials from high internal phase emulsions, methods of forming foam materials and conductive nanostructures therein
An RF inductor such as a Tesla antenna splices nanotube ends together to form a nanostructure in a polymer foam matrix. High Internal Phase Emulsion (HIPE) is gently sheared and stretched in a reactor comprising opposed coaxial counter-rotating impellers, which parallel-align polymer chains and also carbon nanotubes mixed with the oil phase. Stretching and forced convection prevent the auto-acceleration effect. Batch and continuous processes are disclosed. In the batch process, a fractal radial array of coherent vortices in the HIPE is preserved when the HIPE polymerizes, and helical nanostructures around these vortices are spliced by microhammering into longer helices. A disk radial filter produced by the batch process has improved radial flux from edge to center due to its area-preserving radial vascular network. In the continuous process, strips of HIPE are pulled from the periphery of the reactor continuously and post-treated by an RF inductor to produce cured conductive foam. |
| US08475612B2 |
Method for molecular adhesion bonding with compensation for radial misalignment
A method for bonding a first wafer on a second wafer by molecular adhesion, where the wafers have an initial radial misalignment between them. The method includes bringing the two wafers into contact so as to initiate the propagation of a bonding wave between the two wafers while a predefined bonding curvature is imposed on at least one of the two wafers during the contacting step as a function of the initial radial misalignment. |
| US08475611B2 |
Method and device for application of a strip material
The present invention relates to a method and a device for the application of a strip material to a substrate. Particularly, the present invention relates to a automatic application of an elongate strip of elastic material to a substrate. The present invention further relates to a device and a method for applying a seal strip such as a weatherstrip seal to a substrate. The elongate strip is advanced by drive means and positioned on a substrate by means of an application unit. The stress of the elongate strip is controlled by a stress control unit which is positioned in the area between the drive means and the application unit. |
| US08475605B2 |
Surface layer-hardened steel part and method of manufacturing the same
In the steel for a surface layer hardening which is treated with carburizing in a temperature range of 800° C. to 900° C., chemical composition thereof contains, by mass %, C: 0.10% to 0.60%, Si: 0.01% to 2.50%, Mn: 0.20% to 2.00%, S: 0.0001% to 0.10%, Cr: 2.00% to 5.00%, Al: 0.001% to 0.50%, N: 0.0020% to 0.020%, P: 0.001% to 0.050%, and O: 0.0001% to 0.0030%; the remaining portion thereof includes Fe and unavoidable impurities; and the total amount of Cr, Si, and Mn satisfies, by mass %, 2.0≦Cr+Si+Mn≦8.0. |
| US08475601B1 |
Apparatus and process for decontaminating oil boom
A rapid and effective means for decontaminating fouled oil-control booms is provided. The process involves washing the boom with pressured washing fluid, reorienting the boom to facilitate full inspection, and drying the boom. This can be performed in an assembly-line manner, using one or more conveyors to transport the boom sequentially to a washing area, an inspection area, and a drying area. Consequently, contaminated oil-control booms can be cleaned and redeployed rapidly and inexpensively during an oil release accident. |
| US08475598B2 |
Strip process for superalloys
A process for forming a coated substrate comprises providing a nickel base alloy substrate, depositing a chromium coating onto the nickel base alloy substrate and diffusing chromium from said coating into the substrate, applying a MCrAlY coating onto the nickel base alloy substrate and heat treating the substrate with the deposited chromium and the MCrAlY coating so that chromium diffuses into an outer region of the substrate. Further, in accordance with the present invention, a strip process for removing a coating from a substrate broadly comprises the steps of providing a nickel base alloy substrate having chromium diffused into an outer region and a MCrAlY coating deposited over the substrate with the diffused chromium and removing the MCrAlY coating by immersing the nickel base alloy substrate in an acid solution containing a sulfuric acid-hydrochloric acid mixture in water. |
| US08475597B2 |
Process and equipment for sugar crystallization by controlled cooling
A process is proposed for crystallizing, by progressively cooling, in multiple stages arranged in series in a crystallization vessel (10), a descending continuous flow of a saturated sucrose solution at a temperature from about 78° to about 120° C., each stage maintaining the sucrose solution being crystallized at a predetermined temperature, until reaching a temperature from about 25 to 40° C., obtaining substantially pure sucrose crystals. A suspension containing sugar seeds is introduced in the crystallizing equipment, in the first stage, jointly with the saturated sucrose solution of 1.05-1.15. In another embodiment of the invention, the saturated solution is fed and its temperature is controlled, already in the first stage of the vessel (10), to obtain a supersaturation between 1.05 and 1.15, inducing the formation of small crystals used as crystallization seeds. |
| US08475596B2 |
Apparatus to process coating material using flame nozzle and evaporation deposition device having same
An apparatus for processing coating material includes a crucible having a receptacle for receiving coating material, a drive member having a drive shaft, a cover coupled to the drive shaft, and a flame nozzle opposing the receptacle. The cover includes an inner chamber, a first through hole and a number of second through holes. The first through hole and the second through holes communicate with the inner chamber. The cover has a flat surface with the second through holes exposed at the flat surface. The drive shaft drives the cover to rotate between a closed position where the cover covers the receptacle and the flat surface presses against the coating material to flatten the coating material, and an open position where the cover is moved away from the receptacle. The flame nozzle sprays flame from the second through holes through the first through hole to heat the coating material. |