US08767259B2
Methods and systems for maintaining image quality are disclosed. A printing system and method is provided for maintaining image quality, comprising: initially establishing a plurality of image quality threshold standards; assigning an image quality threshold standard from the plurality of image quality threshold standards to an associated image job; comparing the assigned image quality threshold standard of each associated image job to a system check value; and, marking any image jobs having an assigned image quality threshold standard greater than the quality system check value.
US08767258B2
Force K processing is presented to replace gray color values of input data with only levels of black ink/toner when color management is not specified in the print job. A system converts input data of a print job to a CMYK color space of a printer by processing a lookup table of color values for the color space of the input data based on a detected color space of the input data to identify gray color values of the lookup table. The system also determines that these gray color values produce an output in the CMYK color space of the printer that includes one or more of cyan, magenta, and yellow color components. The system replaces the gray color values with black color values and corresponds the black color values of the lookup table with gray color values of the input data for conversion of the input data.
US08767256B2
A method implemented in a print shop management system that includes a data processing apparatus having a non-transitory memory for storing a computer software program and a processor for executing the software program, wherein the program includes a program code configured to cause the data processing apparatus to execute a process for customizing color or black and white (B/W) printing of a document containing color and B/W pages, which process includes the steps of analyzing the document to obtain its original color page data which specifies color pages of the document that are originally set to be printed in color, providing a user interface for editing the color page data of the document by allowing input of individual page numbers designating which color pages of the document will indeed be printed in color, and printing the document according to the edited color page data by printing color pages of the document in color if they are also designated to be printed in color, and printing color pages of the document in black and white if they are not designated to be printed in color.
US08767255B2
A control method of an image forming apparatus which is connected to an external apparatus, supports a resource saving mode, and outputs document data is provided. The control method includes: selecting the document data to be output, selecting an output option to be applied to the selected document data, comparing a resource saving value corresponding to the output option to be applied to the document data and a resource saving set value which is pre-set in the image forming apparatus, displaying at least one suggestion option to save resources of the document data according to a result of comparison, and selecting one of the displayed suggestion option and outputting the document data.
US08767252B2
A method of combining digital image data from two different images in a printer enables improved precision of alignment of the image data. The method includes copying a word of first image data into a memory buffer, shifting a word of image data by a predetermined bit offset, overwriting a portion of the first image data with shifted bits from the second word of image data, and copying the shifted word of image data into the memory buffer. The printer forms a line of a printed image using the first and second image data in the memory buffer.
US08767249B2
Generating a tag layout from a set of tags and an ordering of the set of tags, wherein each tag includes a text label and a size for the text label, is disclosed. The method further includes receiving at least one closed shape corresponding to a space for the tag layout. A processor computes a scale factor for at least one of the closed shape or the size of the text labels in the set of tags to generate the tag layout of the set of tags within the closed shape such that all the tags in the set of tags fit within the closed shape and the tags are placed in the space based at least upon the ordering of the tags in the set of tags.
US08767242B2
An apparatus stores accumulated jobs in a storage area, and outputs a shared job among the accumulated jobs that is set to be shared by plural users. The apparatus includes a job list display unit configured to display a job list generated based on job information of the accumulated jobs; and a job control unit configured to control output of an execution job selected from the job list. The job list display unit displays a shared job included in the job list that is determined as being allowed to be executed in the apparatus based on an allowance condition set when the shared job is set, and the job control unit outputs job data of a shared job selected as the execution job from the displayed job list, in an output format specified at the time of job execution.
US08767239B2
A printing data delivery apparatus includes: a printing-data receiving section configured to receive printing data; a data storing section configured to extract print setting information from the received printing data and store the print setting information; a printing-request receiving section configured to receive a printing job request from a printing apparatus; a reuse determining section configured to perform first determination for determining whether the printing apparatus is an apparatus that performs printing with erasable toner or an apparatus that performs printing with unerasable toner, perform second determination for determining whether the printing data can be printed with the erasable toner, and perform first generation for giving, to the print setting information, information indicating whether it is appropriate to print the printing data in the printing apparatus and generating a printing job; and a printing-data delivery section configured to transmit the printing job to the printing apparatus.
US08767236B2
An image forming apparatus acquires and stores pieces of information indicating respective profiles, selects one profile based on the stored pieces of information, and transmits, to an information processing apparatus, an image reading setting corresponding to the selected profile and identification information for identifying the selected profile. The information processing apparatus changes an image reading setting included in a profile identified based on the transmitted identification information of the image forming apparatus to the transmitted image reading setting, and transmits an image reading instruction based on the changed profile to the image forming apparatus. The image forming apparatus receives the image reading instruction from the information processing apparatus, and reads the image to generate image data.
US08767223B2
Apparatuses, systems and methods are provided for managing information technology devices, and controlling generation of alert notifications in connection therewith.
US08767211B2
An automated analysis method for an impactor used as a measuring transducer for the selective determination of oil mist or aerosols. The process includes the steps of rotating the deflector plate (5) of the measuring transducer (1) about the symmetry axis thereof and of determining the quantity of oil deposited by means of an optical analyzing device from the extinction of a light beam reflected from deflector plate (5) due to the alternation between the background and the pattern produced by the micronozzles (4).
US08767203B2
A plasma generating unit for a process monitoring device includes a hollow first electrode extending in a length direction and a second electrode extending in the length direction and positioned within and displaced from the first electrode with a distance therebetween. The first electrode has an inner diameter and the second electrode has an outer diameter selected to vary the distance between the electrodes in the length direction so that the plasma generating unit generates a plasma by ionizing a gas flowing between the electrodes at a different position in the length direction based on a pressure of the gas.
US08767197B2
An automatic angle adjustment unit (70) engages with and drivers a horizontal adjustment-engagement member (33) and a vertical adjustment-engagement member (37) of an object detection device (D) from the exterior. The unit (70) includes: engagement-drive transmission sections (72 and 73) which removably engages with both adjustment-engagement members (33 and 37), from the front surface, and drives both adjustment-engagement members (33 and 37); clamping section (76) that is removably secured to the object detection device (D); and an adjustment unit control section (80) for performing a control for adjusting a horizontal angle and a vertical angle of an optical system, based on a detection signal level.
US08767195B2
A personal identification system, which uses a vein pattern of a finger, optimizes the amount of light of a light source based on a captured finger image and emphasizes the vein pattern during image processing for identification.
US08767191B2
A distance-measuring device for the contactless measurement of the distance to a target, including a housing; a measuring apparatus which utilizes an optical measuring beam, which is arranged in a housing, and by which the distance to the target can be measured contactlessly; at least one reference stop arranged on the housing and that can be selected by the user in order to carry out the measurement; an operating and input array arranged on the housing and serving to operate at least one measuring apparatus; a visual display arranged on the housing and coupled to the operating and input array to indicate an operating state and/or the measured distance from a selected reference stop to the target. The housing has at least one optical signaler separate from the visual display and unambiguously associated with a reference stop and being activatable whenever that reference stop is selected.
US08767184B2
An optical nanolithography system and a method for optical nanolithography using a tilting transparent medium are disclosed. Initially, a pattern is exposed on a substrate at a first location by sending electromagnetic energy through the tilting transparent medium at a first angle. Then, the angle of the tilting transparent medium is changed to a second angle that is different from the first angle. Next, the pattern is exposed on the substrate at a second location by sending electromagnetic energy through the tilting transparent medium at the second angle. The second location is different from and partially overlaps with the first location. Then, the substrate is developed so that overlapping regions of the substrate exposed by the pattern at the first location and at the second location are developed differently from non-overlapping regions of the substrate exposed by the pattern only at the first location or at the second location.
US08767171B2
A liquid supply system for an immersion lithographic projection apparatus is disclosed in which a space is defined between the projection system, a barrier member and a substrate. The barrier member is not sealed such that, during use, immersion liquid is allowed to flow out the space and between the barrier member and the substrate.
US08767168B2
A lithographic projection apparatus includes a substrate table configured to hold a substrate, a projection system arranged to project a patterned beam of radiation onto the substrate, a liquid supply system configured to supply liquid to a space between the projection system and the substrate, and a residual liquid detector configured to detect liquid remaining on the substrate and/or the substrate table after an exposure is completed.
US08767163B2
A jig for a flexible substrate comprises a glass plate having a concave portion and a plurality of grooves at periphery of the concave portion. The jig further comprises a plurality of fixing elements inserted in the plurality of grooves to fix the flexible substrate to the glass plate.
US08767150B2
A liquid crystal display according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a first substrate, a gate electrode formed on the first substrate, a gate insulating layer formed on the gate electrode, a semiconductor formed on the gate insulating layer, a source electrode and a drain electrode formed on the semiconductor, a second substrate that faces the first substrate, and a light blocking member formed on the second substrate, and the semiconductor includes a metal oxide semiconductor and the light blocking member is not formed in a region corresponding to at least a portion of the semiconductor.
US08767147B2
A liquid crystal display according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes: a first substrate; a first signal line disposed on the first substrate; a thin film transistor connected to the first signal line; a color filter and a light blocking member disposed on the first substrate; a pixel electrode disposed on the color filter and the light blocking member; and a colored member formed on the pixel electrode and disposed on the light blocking member, the colored member having an upper surface that is generally planar with an upper surface of the color filter.
US08767145B1
In accordance with the invention, display systems have a view switch panel placed in front of displaying surface of a display to manipulate lights outputted thereby or incidence ambient lights. The view switch panel comprises a layer of reflective polarizer and a polarization steering layer comprising a layer of liquid crystal and two electrode layers sandwiching the layer of liquid crystal in between, and may further comprise a layer of second polarizer placed on the other side of the polarization steering layer than the layer of reflective polarizer. The view switch panel uses the polarization steering layer to steer polarization of pass-through lights, then direct the lights by reflection or transmission by the layer of reflective polarizer. Two display systems, dual view convertible display making displayed images selectively viewable from either side and mirror view display making selectively front surface either reflective or non-reflective, are described.
US08767144B2
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a light source, a light guide, a display unit and a frame. The light source provides a light beam. The light guide includes a light emitting surface and a light entering surface, wherein the light beam enters the light guide through the light entering surface, and is emitted from the light emitting surface. The display unit is corresponding to the light emitting surface, wherein the light beam is partially emitted from the light guide, passes through the display unit to display an image. The frame covers the display unit and the light guide, wherein the frame has a display portion and a transparent portion, the image is displayed in the display portion, and the light beam is partially emitted from the light guide toward the transparent portion and passes through the transparent portion.
US08767143B2
A backlight unit and a liquid crystal display having the same. The backlight unit includes a lower cover, an interconnection coupling hole, an inverter board, and an interconnection. The lower cover accommodates a printed circuit board, which mounts at least one light emitting diode thereon and is provided at one side thereof with a first connector. The interconnection coupling hole is formed in a bottom surface of the lower cover at a position corresponding to the first connector. The inverter board is disposed on a rear surface of the lower cover to apply a driving voltage to the at least one light emitting diode. The interconnection is provided at one end thereof with a second connector to electrically connect the printed circuit board to the inverter board. A coupling part of the first connector coupled to the second connector is directed to the interconnection coupling hole, so the assembling time of the backlight unit and the liquid crystal display is reduced, thereby improving the productivity of the backlight unit and the liquid crystal display.
US08767141B2
An electronic device display may have a color filter layer and a thin film transistor layer. A layer of liquid crystal material may be interposed between the color filter layer and the thin film transistor layer. A layer of polarizer may be laminated onto the surface of the color filter layer. Laser trimming may ensure that the edges of the polarizer are even with the edges of the color filter layer. The thin film transistor layer may have an array of thin film transistors that control pixels of the liquid crystal material in the display. Driver circuitry may be used to control the array. The driver circuitry may be encapsulated in a planarized encapsulant on the thin film transistor layer or may be mounted to the underside of the color filter layer. Conductive structures may connect driver circuitry on the color filter layer to the thin film transistor layer.
US08767137B2
In a liquid crystal display device, the reduction of power consumption is realized by reddening a backlight while maintaining a white balance. An aperture ratio of a red subpixel and an aperture ratio of a blue subpixel are set such that, in a state where an aperture ratio of a green subpixel in each pixel of a liquid crystal panel is fixed to a desired value, white brightness efficiency takes a maximum value which is set based on a balance between light emission efficiency which is increased corresponding to lowering of a color temperature of the backlight and transmissivity of the pixel which is decreased corresponding to the increase of the aperture ratio of the blue subpixel.
US08767134B2
A photoconductive switching element includes a first electrode, a second electrode that is arranged so as to face the first electrode, and a photoconductive layer that is arranged between the first electrode and the second electrode and realizes conductivity by receiving light. The photoconductive layer includes a first electric charge generating layer and a second electric charge generating layer that generate electric charge when light is received and an electric charge transport layer which is brought into contact with the first electric charge generating layer and the second electric charge generating layer and to which the electric charge can be moved. The first electric charge generating layer and the second electric charge generating layer are arranged at mutually-different positions in a direction perpendicular to a thickness direction of the electric charge transport layer and at mutually-different positions in the thickness direction of the electric charge transport layer.
US08767128B2
An image display device such as LCD television comprises: LUTs (look-up tables) which are tables of correction data for correcting color balance of a displayed image; gain adjustment units for providing gain to input signal values representing brightness levels of red, green and blue colors in image data of the displayed image; and a microcomputer for recalculating the correction data in the LUTs and updating the correction data to the recalculated ones. The microcomputer determines, as adjustment gain values, gain values which are provided to the input signal values by the gain adjustment units and which bring color balance of a white balance adjustment image to a predetermined color balance, and recalculates the correction data in the LUTs based on the correction data and the adjustment gain values. This image display device can increase accuracy of white balance adjustment and reduce time required for the white balance adjustment.
US08767127B2
A system includes a data storage configured to store a model human visual system, an input module configured to receive an original picture in a video sequence and to receive a reference picture, and a processor. The processor is configured to create a pixel map of the original picture using the model human visual system. A first layer is determined from the pixel map. A weighting map is determined from a motion compensated difference between the original picture and the reference picture. A processed picture is then determined from the original picture using the weighting map and the first layer.
US08767126B2
Multi-window display operations may be optimized in an electronic device. The electronic device comprises a screen that may be operable to provide a multi-window display by enabling configuring of a plurality of display regions, where video content corresponding to one or more of the plurality of applications is displayed in each of the plurality of display regions. Optimizing multi-window display operations may comprise monitoring updates of video content for each of the plurality of display regions of the screen, and generating a frame comprising video content for all of the plurality of display regions when one or both of the following occurs: all pending video content updates are completed and a frame generation deadline is reached.
US08767111B2
An object of the present invention is to provide an operation device which has a pushbutton function and a touch switch function, and which offers excellent ease of operation. A hole is provided in a transparent substrate (12) of a touch screen provided on a rear surface of an image capturing device, and a pushbutton (16) serving as a shutter release button is provided. Transparent electrodes (14) are formed around the pushbutton (16) to form a touch switch, and an electrode (20) is formed below the pushbutton (16) to form a pushbutton switch. Metering is performed when the touch switch is turned ON in response to a touch operation of the pushbutton (16), and an image is captured when the pushbutton switch is turned ON in response to a push-down operation of the pushbutton (16).
US08767110B2
A solid-state image pickup device 1 includes a light receiving section 10, a first row selecting section 20, a second row selecting section 30, a first readout section 40, a second readout section 50, and a control section 60. Data of pixel units of rows in the light receiving section 10 selected by the first row selecting section 20 are output by the first readout section 40 to obtain image pickup data, and further, data of the pixel units of rows in the light receiving section 10 selected by the second row selecting section 30 are output by the second readout section 50 to obtain communication data.
US08767107B2
A solid-state imaging device includes a pixel array unit having a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix form which perform a photoelectric conversion, a pixel signal readout unit having a logic unit and performing a readout of a pixel signal from the pixel array unit, a regulator, a first chip, a second chip, and a stacked structure in which both the first chip and the second chip are bonded, wherein the first chip has the pixel array unit disposed therein, and wherein the second chip has at least the logic unit and the regulator disposed therein, wherein the regulator includes a reference voltage generation, a plurality of output stage transistors, and an operational amplifier comparing the reference voltage and a commonized output voltage, and an output path of the output stage transistors are connected to a single node, and then is fed back to the operational amplifier.
US08767105B2
An analog signal chain for a CMOS active pixel sensor imaging system utilizes, for each amplification stage, a plurality of fixed gain amplifiers instead of a single multi-gain amplifier. The fixed gain amplifier corresponding to the desired gain level is selected and powered on and coupled to the input/output signal paths, while the non-selected fixed gain amplifier(s) are powered off and isolated from the input/output signal paths. Each fixed gain amplifier is operated at a gain bandwidth corresponding to the timing requirements of the imaging system and the gain of the amplifier. Thus, each fixed gain amplifier (other than the one corresponding to the maximum gain of a comparable multi-gain amplifier) operates at a lower level of power consumption than the comparable multi-gain amplifier.
US08767103B2
A color filter allows a light signal to pass through by each pixel and be incident on an imaging device. The light signal is inputted through a lens and including one of plural different spectral components. The plural different spectral components include a first spectral component which has a widest frequency bandwidth among the plural different spectral components, a second spectral component corresponding to a predetermined frequency band close to a frequency that causes no chromatic aberration of the lens, and a third spectral component expressed in terms of a linear sum of a value resulting from multiplying the first spectral component by a first weighting factor and a value resulting from multiplying the second spectral component by a second weighting factor.
US08767100B2
An integrated circuit comprises a semiconductor substrate and a color image sensor array on the substrate. The color image sensor array has a first configuration of color pixels for collecting color image data, and at least one crosstalk test pattern on the substrate proximate the color image sensor array. The crosstalk test pattern includes a plurality of color sensing pixels arranged for making color crosstalk measurements. The test pattern configuration is different from the first configuration.
US08767099B2
An imaging technology having high reproducibility of a document and making image correction possible, without being influenced by a way of placing the document or a position of a camera, and irrespective of paper color and despite of damage of a corner portion. By printing positioning symbols on document paper in advance when the document is photographed by a digital camera or a portable phone with a camera, such as a smart phone, and by processing the image based on these positioning symbols, image processing having high reproducibility of the document and making image correction (keystone correction) possible can be implemented irrespective of paper color and despite damage to a corner portion.
US08767092B2
An image restoration device according to the present invention includes: a point spread function storage unit which stores any two PSFs among a first range PSF for restoring a first sweep image serving as a sweep image when a sweep range is a first range; a second range PSF for restoring a second sweep image serving as the sweep image when the sweep range is a second range which excludes the first range; a third range PSF for restoring a third sweep image serving as the sweep image when the sweep range is a third range obtained by combining the first range and the second range; and a PSF calculation unit which performs addition or subtraction on the two PSFs to calculate a remaining one among the first, second, and third range PSFs.
US08767088B2
A white balancing method includes capturing an original image with red (R), green (G) and blue (B) color channels; computing and converting the R, G and B color channels into original color histogram; stretching the original color histograms over the entire grayscale width from 0 to 255 values; and adjusting a color of the original image based on the stretched color histograms to obtain a white balanced image. In the computing and converting the original color histograms, a sampling length follows a formula of spanm=min{(2h, H), (2w, W)}, wherein h=[log2 H]+1, w=[log2 W]+1, H represents a height of the original image, W represents a width of the original image, [ ] is the Gaussian symbol, ( ) is greatest common divisor function, and min{ } means selecting the minimum value. An image capturing device using the white balancing method is also provided.
US08767087B1
Distortions in digital image data, for example, radial falloff and improper white balance, are corrected without introducing artifacts in saturated regions or causing near-saturated regions to become saturated. The approach avoids pushing near-saturated colors into saturation by assuring that the total gain applied to a pixel channel is always less than 1. A spatially adaptive clamp threshold is used to clamp color values for a pixel after the color channel color values have been gain-adjusted. In this manner, saturated pixel color values that have been shifted-down into non-saturated regions are clamped to a maximum valid value and are presented as white in images generated from the gain-adjusted image data. One example embodiment may calculate an adaptive clamp threshold for each pixel in the image data. Another example embodiment may calculate an adaptive clamp threshold for each pixel in a row of pixels in the image data.
US08767080B2
A system, apparatus, or method is provided for imaging and for capturing visuals to provide image manipulation options for increasing resolution of subject images. A system, apparatus or method for increasing resolution of subject images using a camera to deliver unexposed photographic emulsion or a digital image and to generate images of greater resolution by modifying digital images or modifying digital and emulsion images.
US08767077B2
An adder provided in a trigger delay control circuit adds the clock fixed delay value issued by the CPU to the clock timestamp information obtained by a software trigger detection circuit to output a timestamp information including a trigger delay of a fixed time, and a comparator compares the cycle timer value output from the cycle timer operation circuit with the timestamp output from the adder and including the trigger delay of the fixed time to output a trigger signal to the synchronization signal generation circuit for instructing to start exposure when the cycle timer value exceeds the timestamp including the trigger delay of the fixed time.
US08767071B1
A multi-sensor system can be attached to a high voltage power line, draw power from the power line inductively, and convert the power to lower voltages and direct currents for operating cameras, sensors, a processor, and communications equipment that provide persistent intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance capabilities. The multi-sensor system can detect and track targets in detection regions and transmit such detection data and other data from the camera and sensors to a remote operator who can initiate response actions and send control instructions to the multi-sensor system from the remote location.
US08767063B1
A system for monitoring an open hole section of a marine well for shallow-water flow during marine drilling operations. The system for monitoring uses time periods and intervals while mud pumps are turned off. The system uses a video feed, and a processor with data storage containing a discharge category model. The data storage receives a drilling parameter data feed, a seismic profile data feed, a logging while drilling data feed, and a measurement while drilling data feed, which are used to verify a determined discharge category as a baseline discharge category. The system provides an alarm when a discharge emergency is ascertained due to a change in discharge category without an anticipated change, or changes outside acceptable limits.
US08767062B2
A projection unit projects light to a predetermined projection region in which a user's face is supposed to be located. An imaging unit images a region including the projection region projected with light from the projection unit. A proximity detection unit detects that the user's face approaches the projection unit. A first projection control unit causes the projection unit to stop or dim projection of light when the proximity detection unit detects the approach of the user's face.
US08767060B2
An inspection apparatus can include a handset and an elongated inspection tube extending from the handset. For reduction of heat energy radiating from one or more components of the apparatus, the apparatus can include a particularly designed heat sink assembly.
US08767058B2
An image processing apparatus includes a motion vector calculator and an alignment processing unit. The motion vector calculator calculates motion vector information between a fluorescence image of an observed region based on fluorescence generated from the observed region irradiated with excitation light, and a reflected-light image of the observed region based on reflected light from the observed region. The alignment processing unit corrects misalignment of an object between the fluorescence image and the reflected-light image of the observed region based on the motion vector information.
US08767056B2
Document imaging apparatuses, systems, and methods. An apparatus includes a base having a platen on a top surface. The apparatus includes a boom having a first end and a second end. The first end is rotatably connected to the base, and the is boom movable between a first position where the second end is above the platen and a second position wherein the boom is stored within the base. The apparatus includes a camera mount located at the second end of the boom. The camera mount is configured to removably attach to a camera so that the camera is located above the platen and positioned to capture an image of the platen.
US08767053B2
Methods and systems are described for enabling the viewing of positionally and orientationally modified stereoscopic video material using one or more participants with near-to-eye displays with video content appearance altered to accommodate changes in orientation and position of the display.
US08767050B2
A display system and method are provided that enable two-dimensional and/or three-dimensional images to be displayed. One or more light manipulating layers, a pixel array, and an optional backlighting panel are provided. Each light manipulating layer may be a parallax barrier or a lenticular lens. A parallax barrier includes a plurality of barrier elements arranged in a barrier element array. The barrier element array includes a plurality of strips of barrier elements selected to be transparent to form a plurality of non-blocking strips. A lenticular lens includes an array of sub-lenses, and may be elastic. The display system is configured to deliver light from the pixel array or backlighting panel as views to corresponding viewers in a viewing space. The delivered views may include one or more two-dimensional views and/or one or more three-dimensional views.
US08767049B2
In accordance with one embodiment of the present disclosure, a method for deformation mapping of a tissue is provided. The method includes utilizing a device to measure transient three-dimensional deformations in a tissue sample. The device comprises a non-contacting, high-speed stereo imaging apparatus and a mechanism for digital image correlation. The method further includes identifying regions of the tissue that are prone to damage based upon the deformations.
US08767046B2
The present invention relates to a method and device (580) for encoding three-dimensional video data, the device comprising: a first encoder (505) arranged to encode multiple simultaneous views (501) of a scene from different viewpoints; a second encoder (510) arranged to encode depth information of the scene and a third encoder (515) arranged to encode additional information indicative of a relationship between the multiple views and the depth information and a combiner (520) arranged to combine the encoded information into a representation (513) of the three-dimensional video data. The additional information comprises a group classifier indicating whether or not the depth information and at least one of the multiple views correspond to the same source material for, when corresponding, using the depth information and the at least one of the multiple views to render further views of the scene from further different viewpoints. The invention further related to a method and device (585) for decoding three-dimensional video data, as well as a computer program product comprising program instructions for executing a method according to the present invention.
US08767039B2
The present invention discloses a method and an apparatus for shooting a panorama, so as to solve the problems in the prior art that images with high quality cannot be obtained in the shooting process of a panorama and the shot images cannot be directly combined into a panorama without post-shooting processing. The method comprises the steps of: calculating, when previewing an image to be shot which is not the first shot image in a panorama, an overlapping degree of a joining region between the image to be shot and a shot image; and shooting the image to be shot when the overlapping degree reaches a set condition. The present invention also discloses an apparatus for shooting a panorama.
US08767032B2
Methods and devices for controlling room function devices from a single conference unit. A conference unit can be a video conference unit or a speakerphone. Controlled devices may include external loudspeakers, microphones, room function controllers, powered doors, powered windows, powered window shades or blinders, video screens etc. The connections between devices may be wired, wireless, or a combination of both.
US08767029B2
In a light source device including an aperture member that regulates a light beam, |(Pap1−Pap2)/Pap2|<|(P1−P2)/P2| is satisfied where P2 is a light intensity of the light beam entering the aperture member at a time t2 when 2 microseconds have passed since current was applied to the laser, P1 is a light intensity of the light beam entering the aperture member at a time t1 when 40 nanoseconds have passed since a light intensity of the light beam entering the aperture member reached 0.1 time the light intensity P2, Pap2 is a light intensity of the light beam output from the aperture member at the time t2, and Pap1 is a light intensity of the light beam output from the aperture member at a time t1′ when 40 nanoseconds have passed since a light intensity of the light beam output from the aperture member reached 0.1 time the light intensity Pap2.
US08767020B1
Methods and apparatus provide for a moderator that defines an editing space providing access to multiple applications. The moderator associates a first portion of the editing space with a first application and aligns the editing space over a work area of the first application. The moderator creates first content with the first application through the first portion of the editing space, such that the first content is bounded according to the dimension of the first portion of the editing space. The moderator further associates a second portion of the editing space with a second application. The moderator aligns the editing space over a work area of the second application. The moderator creates second content in the second application through the second portion of the editing space as the editing space displays the representation of the saved first content in the first portion of the editing space.
US08767016B2
A virtual reality interaction system and method have access to data in at least a 3D reality map database and at least a social network website database and allowing a user having logged in the virtual reality interaction system with an electronic device in the user's possession to interact with others and move in a 3D reality scenario. The virtual reality interaction system includes a 3D reality map access unit, a login unit, a social network data access unit, and a computation engine unit. The virtual reality interaction system and method enable the user to perform control operation in the 3D reality scenario according to the user's control command and selectively display the user's social network friends in the 3D reality scenario according to the user's social network relationship data. The user interacts with other online users in the 3D reality diversely and simulates operations in the real world.
US08767014B2
A see-through head-mounted display (HMD) device, e.g., in the form of glasses, provides view an augmented reality image including text, such as in an electronic book or magazine, word processing document, email, karaoke, teleprompter or other public speaking assistance application. The presentation of text and/or graphics can be adjusted based on sensor inputs indicating a gaze direction, focal distance and/or biological metric of the user. A current state of the text can be bookmarked when the user looks away from the image and subsequently resumed from the bookmarked state. A forward facing camera can adjust the text if a real word object passes in front of it, or adjust the appearance of the text based on a color of pattern of a real world background object. In a public speaking or karaoke application, information can be displayed regarding a level of interest of the audience and names of audience members.
US08767011B1
An exemplary method includes determining a node having a drawable payload representing a surface portion of a curved three-dimensional model in a three-dimensional environment. The exemplary method also includes determining whether the virtual camera is located within a first substantially conical volume. The exemplary method further includes determining whether the virtual camera is located within a second substantially conical volume. The exemplary method also includes when the virtual camera is determined to be inside the first substantially conical volume and to be outside the second substantially conical volume, culling the node. The exemplary method further includes when the virtual camera is determined to be inside both the first substantially conical volume and the second substantially conical volume, rendering the drawable payload.
US08767006B2
A method of producing a color image comprising providing input image data from an image source such as a camera; generating an at least three-dimensional look-up table of values of input colors and output colors, wherein the values in the lookup table convert the input image color data to output image color data in an image rendering unit; loading the at least three-dimensional look-up table into an image color rendering controller; loading the input image data into the imaging color rendering controller; processing the input image data through the at least three-dimensional look-up table to produce output color values stored at the addresses in the at least three-dimensional look-up table; and outputting the output color values to the image rendering unit to produce an output image that is perceived to have at least one of enhanced brightness, enhanced contrast, or enhanced colorfulness compared to the input image.
US08766992B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide for improved timing control in 2-D image processing to maintain a constant rate of memory fetches and pixel outputs even when the processing operations transition to a new line or frame of pixels. A one-to-one relationship between incoming pixel rate and outgoing pixel rate is maintained without additional clock cycles or memory bandwidth as an improved timing control according to the present invention takes advantage of idle memory bandwidth by pre-fetching a new column of pixel data in a first pixel block of a next line or frame while a new column of an edge pixel block on a current line is duplicated or zeroed out. As the edge pixel block(s) on the current line are processed, the data in the first pixel block of the next line or frame become ready for computation without extra clock cycles or extra memory bandwidth.
US08766989B2
The present invention provides a method and system for coordinating graphics processing units in a single computing system. A method is disclosed which allows for the construction of a list of shared display modes that may be employed by both of the graphics processing units to render an output in a display device. By creating the list of shared commonly supportable display modes, the output displayed in the display device may advantageously provide a consistent graphical experience persisting through the use of alternate graphics processing units in the system. One method builds a list of shared display modes by compiling a list from a GPU specific base mode list and dynamic display modes acquired from an attached display device. Another method provides the ability to generate graphical output configurations according to a user-selected display mode that persists when alternate graphics processing units in the system are used to generate graphical output.
US08766982B2
An animation system can vectorize an image by generating, from an input drawing, a dataset corresponding to vector and digital representations of the input drawing such that a rendering engine could render an image having features in common with the input drawing from the representations, as a collection of strokes and/or objects rather than merely a collection of pixels having pixel color values. A vectorizer might receive an input image, generate a particle clustering data structure from a digitization of the input image, generate a stroke list, wherein strokes in the stroke list correspond to clusters of particles represented in the particle clustering data structure, generate a graph structure that represents connections between strokes on the stroke list, and determine additional characteristics of a stroke beyond the path of the stroke, additional characteristics being stored such that they correspond to strokes. The strokes might be generated using global topology information.
US08766977B2
An apparatus and method for generating a skeleton model using motion data and image data. The apparatus for generating the skeleton model may synchronize the image data and the motion data, and generate a three-dimensional (3D) skeleton model of an entire body of a user using a silhouette extracted from the image data and also using a position or orientation of a joint of the user extracted from the motion data. The skeleton model may be generated using the image data and the motion data, thereby improving accuracy of the skeleton model of the entire body of the user.
US08766975B2
A method for navigation comprises constructing a current map that includes two-dimensional or three dimensional representations of an area, detecting one or more edge features on the current map, and generating a first fine-edge map based on the edge features. The method further comprises retrieving a historical map that includes two-dimensional or three dimensional representations of the area, detecting one or more edge features on the historical map, and generating a second fine-edge map based on the edge features. Thereafter, a coarse version of the current map is generated from the first fine-edge map, and a coarse version of the historical map is generated from the second fine-edge map. The coarse versions of the current and historical maps are then correlated to determine a first position and orientation. The first fine-edge map is then correlated with the second fine-edge map to determine a second, more accurate, position and orientation.
US08766961B2
An exemplary liquid crystal display (LCD) provides data lines, gate lines, and pixel units arranged as a matrix array. A method for driving the LCD includes a step of analyzing and determining polarities of one column of the pixel units as determining pixels, thereby defining a first polarity group and a second polarity group, and a step of sequentially applying corresponding data signals to a part of the whole pixel units that are arranged at same rows with the first polarity group in a part of a period of a frame. Corresponding data signals are sequentially applied to the other part of the whole pixel units that are arranged at same rows with the second polarity group in another part of a period of a frame.
US08766960B2
An image display system is disclosed. A gate driver drives includes a first side driving circuit and a second side driving circuit. The first and the second side driving circuits are disposed on the both sides of the pixel array. A first shift register receives a first shifted signal to generate a second shifted signal such that the gate driver drives a first row of pixels. A second shift register receives a third shifted signal to generate a fourth shifted signal. A third shift register is coupled to the second shift register and receives the fourth shifted signal to generate a fifth shifted signal such that the gate driver drives a second row of pixels. The first and the third shifted signals are simultaneously generated according to a vertical start pulse, and the second and the fourth shifted signals are simultaneously output.
US08766958B2
A gate driving circuit unit, a gate driving circuit and a display device are disclosed. The gate driving circuit unit comprises: a first clock signal control module, an input signal control module, a third clock signal control module and a fourth clock signal control module, wherein the first clock signal control module comprises a driving unit and a clock feed-through suppressing unit. The driving unit transmits a first clock signal to an output port after being switched on. The clock feed-through suppressing unit couples the control end of the driving unit to a signal output interface under control of the first clock signal. The input signal control module provides the driving voltage for the driving unit under control of an input pulse signal. The third clock signal control module provides the shutdown voltage for the driving unit.
US08766947B2
A touch panel and a differential detection method thereof are disclosed. A controller provides a driving signal to the i-th scan electrode. During providing the driving signal to the i-th scan electrode, the controller senses the feature difference value between two neighboring sensing electrodes within the plural sensing electrodes, and senses the feature difference value ΔCi between the k-th sensing electrode within the sensing electrodes and a reference feature value, in which the feature difference values between the j-th sensing electrode and the (j+1)-th sensing electrode is represented by ΔC(i,j). The controller set the feature value of a base sensing point within a plurality of sensing points of the touch panel as a base feature value, and use the base feature value, the feature difference values ΔCi and the feature difference values ΔC(i,j) to calculate the feature values of the sensing points.
US08766940B1
A computing device includes a trackpad, which includes a touch-sensitive surface having a touch-detectable pattern. The touch-detectable pattern includes a first feature, and a second feature having first and second side features. The first and second side features start in proximity of the first feature and are positioned on opposite sides of the first feature.
US08766934B2
A mobile terminal includes at least a display unit, a sensing unit, and a controller. The display unit includes a touch screen and displays at least two three-dimensional (3D) menu icons and each of the at least two 3D menu icons includes at least one menu. The display unit further displays a first menu on a first display surface of each of the at least two 3D menu icons, the first menu on each of the at least two 3D menu icons being different. The sensing unit detects an input for controlling at least one of the at least two 3D menu icons. The controller controls the display unit to display a second menu on a second display surface of each of the at least two 3D menu icons in response to the detected input. Each of the at least two 3D menu icons displayed on the display unit includes at least two display surfaces, each of the at least two display surfaces displaying a different menu.
US08766931B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for digital signal processing (DSP) techniques for generally improving a signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) of capacitive touch sensors.
US08766930B2
Disclosed herein are various embodiments of a capacitive touchscreen system that is capable of sensing simultaneous or near-simultaneous multiple finger touches made on a capacitive touchscreen. In one embodiment, drive-sense circuits operably connected to X and Y lines of the touchscreen may be interchangeably and selectably configured as either sense circuits or drive circuits by a drive/sense processor operably connected thereto.
US08766929B2
This document discloses systems, methods, and articles of manufactures, related to position sensors and uses therefor. Various patterns of drive electrodes and sense electrodes that can be used to in a panel for a position sensor are shown and described. In various examples, the drive electrodes and sense electrodes can be arranged in a grid-like matrix.
US08766915B2
Methods and apparatus for incremental prediction of input device motion. In one embodiment, the input device comprises one or more sensors adapted to output motional data of the input device as measured at a certain period. A prediction of input device motion is generated based upon the last prediction and a weighted error in estimate determined by the sensory output. According to one embodiment, the weight is calculated as a Kalman gain. In one embodiment, once the prediction has been generated, it is provided to a display update algorithm adapted to orient a navigational object upon an associated display screen.
US08766897B2
A matrix substrate having plural switching elements provided in matrix corresponding to intersecting points of scanning lines and signal lines, plural picture element electrodes connected to the switching elements, and horizontal circuits and vertical circuits for inputting the signals to the switching elements comprises a horizontal scanning circuit for sampling a picture data based on digital picture signals, a latch circuit for memorizing the data synchronously with output from the horizontal scanning circuit, a D/A converter for converting the output from the latch circuit into analog signals, plural signal transfer switches provided between the D/A converter and the signal lines, and a selection circuit for selecting at least one of the signal transfer switches. A liquid crystal device comprises the matrix substrate, a counter substrate opposing to the matrix substrate and a liquid crystal material placed between the matrix substrate and the counter substrate.
US08766896B2
A driving circuit for an LCD system is provided. The LCD system includes a common electrode, a display electrode, and a capacitor. An AC voltage output terminal of the driving circuit is coupled to the common electrode via the capacitor. The display electrode and a charging/discharging unit in the driving circuit are respectively coupled to the AC voltage output terminal through a switch. According to requirements to change the electrical polarity of the common electrode, a control unit in the driving circuit turns on/off the two switches respectively so as to charge or discharge the AC voltage output terminal.
US08766892B2
A display device includes a first substrate with pixels for displaying an image and a first wire transmitting a common voltage received from an outside source. A second substrate includes a second wire transmitting the common voltage received from the outside source and a common electrode receiving the common voltage from the first wire and the second wire. Conductive spacers are formed between the first wire and the common electrode in correspondence with a part of an area where the first wire is formed, and electrically connect the first wire to the common electrode.
US08766890B2
This disclosure primarily concerns 3D stereoscopic displays that provide alternately polarized left and right eye images encoded with a modulating LC polarization control panel (PCP) attached to the front of the display. Viewers then wear polarization analyzing eyewear to correctly see the different images. More specifically, the disclosure introduces global LC electrical reset during the addressing of liquid crystal time-sequential stereoscopic displays in order to reduce left/right eye contamination. LC materials in general do not respond fast enough with conventional addressing schemes to provide independent left and right eye images at the desired flicker-free, rate of sixty frames per second per eye. This disclosure and its embodiments may overcome this limitation, and also may address motion blur limitations, by driving pixels to a common LC state as part of the addressing cycle.
US08766887B2
Described is a device comprising: an array of light modulating elements; and one or more processing elements for controlling each of the light modulating elements, wherein the light modulating elements are arranged in a two-dimensional array, and wherein the one or more processing elements are adapted to skip some bit locations and use other bit locations of bit values when performing multiple bit logical and/or arithmetic operations.
US08766885B2
A full color flat panel display module is formed of a matrix of pixels in rows and columns. Each pixel is formed of respective red, green and blue solid state light emitting diodes that can form any color on that portion of a CIE curve that falls within a triangle whose sides are formed by a line on the CIE curve between 430 nm and 660 nm, a line between 660 nm and a point between 500 and 530 nm, and a line between the 500-530 nm point and 430 nm.
US08766884B2
A display module to prevent the leakage current generated between a first electrode layer and a second electrode layer that constitute a pixel via an organic light emitting layer and obtains uniform luminance. An interlayer insulation layer is provided between an edge of a first electrode layer and an organic light emitting layer that constitute the pixel and the distance between the edge and a second electrode layer is secured sufficiently. Further, the interlayer insulation layer ILI is coated with a resin material having fluidity, and flatness is improved as a whole. An aperture that accommodates the organic light emitting layer is formed in this interlayer insulation layer and the coated organic light emitting layer is formed in uniform thickness and through a necessary and sufficient spread.
US08766883B2
The present innovation provides a system for driving an OLED pixel that includes an arrangement for driving the OLED pixel in a voltage mode and an arrangement for driving the OLED pixel in a current mode. The system includes an arrangement for switching between the voltage mode and the current mode. When a selected luminance for the OLED pixel is high, the voltage mode may be selected by the switching arrangement, and when the selected luminance for the OLED pixel is low, the current mode may be selected by the switching arrangement. A driver circuit for an OLED pixel is provided. A method of driving an OLED pixel is provided that includes driving the OLED pixel in a voltage mode when a selected luminance for the OLED pixel is high. A computer-readable medium is provided having stored thereon computer-executable instructions that cause a processor to perform a method when executed.
US08766874B2
Disclosed is an apparatus and methodology for providing an RFID device for integration into a tire. A printed circuit board (PCB) is provided with notches in opposed ends of the PCB that are provided with guide portions as a part of the notches that function as threads to guide an end portion of a matching single pitch helical antenna into appropriately placed vias on the PCB. Threading of the helical antenna is assisted by use of an assembly jig having antenna guiding channels and PCB retaining positioning elements.
US08766869B2
An antenna apparatus includes: a ground substrate; and a loop antenna having first and second polarized wave surfaces, which are perpendicular to the substrate. The substrate provides an antenna, which is excited and vibrated together with the loop antenna. The antenna has a first polarized wave component in parallel to the first polarized wave surface and a second polarized wave component in parallel to the second polarized wave surface. A polarized wave ratio between the first polarized wave component and the second polarized wave component in the substrate is substantially equal to a polarized wave ratio between the first polarized wave surface and the second polarized wave surface in the loop antenna.
US08766868B2
A method (600) and an RF circuit (100, 400, 500) for a wireless communication device that mitigates near electric fields generated by the wireless communication device. At least one resonant structure (108, 408, 408′) can be configured to resonate at or near at least one operating frequency of an antenna (102) of the wireless communication device. The antenna can be a component of the RF circuit. The resonant structure can be electromagnetically coupled to the antenna to mitigate the near electric fields at the operating frequency in order to comply with an applicable hearing aid compatibility (HAC) specification.
US08766867B2
An antenna for MIMO communications includes a ground plane having a planar surface, a first feeding patch spaced apart from and parallel to the ground plane, and a first parasitic patch spaced apart from and parallel to the first feeding patch. The antenna further includes a second feeding patch spaced apart from and parallel to the ground plane and disposed adjacent the first feeding patch, and a second parasitic patch spaced apart from and parallel to the second feeding patch. The first parasitic patch may be capacitively coupled to the first feeding patch, and the second parasitic patch may be capacitively coupled to the second feeding patch. The ground plane may include an isolation notch therein arranged between the first and second feeding patches.
US08766866B2
A log periodic antenna includes first and second transmission lines parallel with each other; and a plurality of broadband radiation elements having first sides electrically connected to the first and second transmission lines, a predetermined angle being defined between the first sides of the broadband radiation elements and the first and second transmission lines, and second sides not electrically connected with the first and second transmission lines, the second sides having radiation surfaces larger than radiation surfaces of the first sides. A plurality of broadband radiation elements electrically connected with the first transmission line and a plurality of broadband radiation elements electrically connected with the second transmission line are positioned to face each other with reference to the first and second transmission lines.
US08766860B2
A housing combination includes a housing, and at least two antenna modules embedded at corners of the housing. Each antenna module includes an antenna carrier and an antenna radiator. The antenna carrier defines a first receiving groove and a second receiving groove opposite to each other. The antenna radiator includes a main portion and a conductive contact. The main portion is received in the first receiving groove, and the conductive contact is received in the second receiving groove. The main portion is embedded in the housing, and the conductive contact is exposed from the housing.
US08766858B2
Electronic devices are provided that contain wireless communications circuitry. The wireless communications circuitry may include radio-frequency transceiver circuitry and antenna structures. The antenna structures may include antennas such as inverted-F antennas that contain antenna resonating elements and antenna ground elements. Antenna resonating elements may be formed from patterned conductive traces on substrates such as flex circuit substrates. Antenna ground elements may be formed from conductive device structures such as metal housing walls. Support and biasing structures such as dielectric support members and layer of foam may be used to support and bias antenna resonating elements against planar device structures. The planar device structures against which the antenna resonating elements are biased may be planar dielectric members such as transparent layers of display cover glass or other planar structures. Adhesive may be interposed between the planar structures and the antenna resonating elements.
US08766856B2
A wideband antenna includes a grounding element electrically connected to a ground, a radiating element, a matching adjustment element electrically connected to the radiating element, a feed-in element electrically connected between the matching adjustment element and the grounding element for receiving feed-in signals, and a shorting element electrically connected between the matching adjustment element and the grounding element. A width of the matching adjustment element is related to a bandwidth of the wideband antenna.
US08766855B2
A microstrip-fed antenna is disclosed having a first dielectric substrate and a second dielectric substrate. The second dielectric substrate is disposed on the first dielectric substrate and the first dielectric substrate has a relative permittivity greater than or equal to the second dielectric substrate. The antenna further includes a microstrip line formed in the second dielectric substrate and a metal layer formed in the second dielectric substrate. The metal layer is positioned between the microstrip line and the first dielectric substrate and includes a slot.
US08766851B2
A butler matrix and a multi-port amplifier having the same, capable of splitting a single input signal into N-signals or combining N-signals into a single output are provided. The hybrids are provided in a predetermined disposition, the input port and the output port of the hybrids are provided in a predetermined direction and the waveguides are provided in a bended structure such that paths for connecting the hybrids have no crossing portion.
US08766844B2
A method and apparatus for operating an analog-digital converter for converting an input signal into a multibit output in one conversion cycle. The method includes loading a capacitor array by applying a given input signal potential, evaluating a sampling potential provided by the capacitor array in a number of consecutive decision steps performed by at least two decision latches and changing the sampling potential by switching the capacitor array for each decision step based on a result of the step of evaluating the sampling potential, where the step of evaluating at least one of the decision latches performs the evaluating for two decision steps.
US08766842B1
An analog to digital detector circuit includes a comparator circuit and a counter that generates a digital counter value. A digital to analog converter receives an inverse of the digital counter value of the counter and generates a first voltage. A variable current source receives the digital counter value of the counter and generates a first current.
US08766837B2
The disclosed device easily and precisely satisfies a requested output range, and is provided with: a ΔΣ-modulator (12) which converts a digital input signal to a pulse signal; an input comparison device (11) which compares an input value that corresponds to the digital input signal, and a pre-set threshold value; and a thinned output control unit (14) which, when the result of the comparison by the input comparison device (11) shows that the input value is less than the threshold value, reduces the output value corresponding to the input value in accordance with the size of the difference between the input value and the threshold value, and sets the output value to 0 when the input value is 0.
US08766836B2
A sigma delta modulator may include a loop filter and an adder configured to accept an output of the loop filter and a dither input signal. The adder may be further configured to combine the output of the loop filter and the dither input signal into a combined output signal. The sigma delta modulator may further include a quantizer configured to accept the combined output signal from the adder, and quantize the combined signal into a quantizer output signal. The sigma delta modulator may further include a first subtractor configured to accept the quantizer output signal and subtract the dither input signal from the quantizer output signal.
US08766823B2
Keyboard configurations are described. In embodiments, a keyboard includes a microcontroller to register key inputs, a memory to store time durations that correspond to the key inputs, and an algorithm that generates an input signature based on the time durations that correspond to the key inputs. The input signature can be used for user authentication and identity theft protection, and/or used to validate users for access to a computer system. The input signature may also include a watermark, a timestamp, or voice stamp for further security. An input system that includes a keyboard can provide multi-modal biometric protection by supplementing keystroke-scans with fingerprint, voice-scan, signature-scan and mouse-scan verification.
US08766816B2
A system 1 for monitoring the area around a vehicle of the present invention capable of visually notifying the passenger in the vehicle 10 of not only the presence but also the kind of an object in images around the vehicle displayed in an HUD 7, for example, according to a difference in the display mode of the presence of the object, wherein the driver of the vehicle 10 is able to recognize which of a human or a four-footed animal the object belongs to, according to either a difference in the design between a first mark M1 and a second mark M2 or a difference in the design between a first frame F1 and a second frame F2 displayed on the HUD 7.
US08766807B2
A microprocessor controlled hazardous condition detection system with volatile and non-volatile memory containing a sensor package and an alarm element associated with the sensor package through a microprocessor, wherein a clean air value is loaded into the volatile memory; where the microprocessor receives periodic readings of predetermined environmental conditions from the sensor package, stores the periodic readings in the volatile memory, calculates an average of a plurality of said periodic readings and generates a new clean air value by shifting the clear air value loaded into said volatile memory by a differential between the calculated average environmental reading and the established clean air value and generates an alarm if the difference exceeds an established threshold.
US08766799B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus for engaging a wireless communication device assembly to a housing. In one aspect including a wireless communication device assembly adapted to engage a knockout hole in a housing after removal of a knockout blank from the knockout hole, the wireless communication device assembly adapted to connect to the base unit and comprising: a housing engagement portion being of dimensions to at least substantially cover any uncovered portions of the knockout; a remote unit portion positioned outside of the housing when the wireless communication device assembly is engaged with the knockout hole, the remote unit portion having a remote unit surface distal from the housing engagement portion; and at least one of: an antenna device to receive wireless communications and a stimulating device that upon actuation of the stimulating device causes the base unit to perform one or more predefined operations.
US08766797B2
Systems, methods, and computer program products are provided for accessing information regarding one or more shipments. There is provided a computer-implemented method for accessing information regarding one or more shipments. The method includes receiving sensor information associated with the one or more shipments at a tracking center. The method also includes analyzing rules associated with a party to determine whether the party is authorized to access the received sensor information. The method further includes restricting the party from accessing the received sensor information based on the analyzed rules.
US08766795B1
An availability notification for a device can be provided to a mobile device. The availability notification can be provided based on a configuration established by a subscriber of a mobile device as well as a characteristic of the mobile device. The subscriber can interact with an interface provided by the network provider to establish the configuration. Additionally, the subscriber can reserve the device via his or her mobile device. For example, a reservation interface may be provided to the subscriber via his or her mobile device that includes reservation options that can be selected by the subscriber to reserve the device. The reservation interface can further include the availability notification that indicates the device is currently available.
US08766783B1
A computer-implemented method of controlling electronics is performed at an apparatus that includes one or more processors, a camera, and a transmitter. In the method, the camera acquires a first image of an electronic device situated within view of the camera and configured for remote control. User input is received specifying a command for the electronic device. Based on the first image, a determination is made that the electronic device is not in a state corresponding to the command. In response to the determination, an instruction corresponding to the command is transmitted to the electronic device using the transmitter.
US08766780B2
A tag includes a processor, a radio frequency transmitter coupled to the processor, and a capacitively driven communication circuitry coupled to the processor. The processor is to energize the capacitively driven communication circuitry to receive a serial set of binary bits via the capacitively driven communication circuitry.
US08766779B2
A system and method of determining a disposition of an electronic device as installed, in-need-of-repair, or in-storage are provided, using Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) devices on the electronic devices and a sensor which detects disposition. Diagnostic test results and locations of installed devices may also be communicated to the RFID associated with the device and provided in a response to an interrogation. Shared memory on the device is integrated with the RFID device to store utilization and health history on the device for later retrieval. The disposition data is provided in a response to an interrogation of each device. Optionally, a communications device on a chassis housing electronic devices provides the disposition and location of all installed devices in response to an interrogation. The device disposition and location information is communicated to the communications device upon installation via a processing unit integral to the chassis.
US08766775B2
In one embodiment, a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) reader circuit includes a Radio Frequency (RF) source, a RF power amplifier coupled to an output of the RF source in a transmitting path, a first RF bandpass filter coupled between the output of the RF source and a mixer module, and a low noise amplifier in a receiving path being coupled to an input of a second RF bandpass filter. The mixer module receives a signal from the first RF bandpass filter and a signal from the second RF bandpass filter, the mixer module multiplies the signal from the first RF bandpass filter with the signal from the second RF bandpass filter to recover the backscatter sidebands in the signal from the second RF bandpass filter, and the first and second RF bandpass filters provide identical or nearly identical delay of signals. Other systems, methods and circuits are also described.
US08766773B2
A method associated with a UWB RFID system provides for receiving a data transmission transmitted using UWB and accessing data within the data transmission using a communications protocol. An initial portion of the data transmission defines a structure of the data transmission such that subsequent data in the data transmission is directly accessible without additional decoding.
US08766763B2
A function control method using boundary definition of present invention includes the steps of, setting a boundary line to virtually partition a given physical space, and controlling a predetermined function of an electronic appliance based on at least one or all of a position of the boundary line, and a shape and a size of a closed loop formed by the boundary line.
US08766761B2
A rocker switch unit (1) with fuse comprising a housing (2); a rocker switch (3) lodged pivotally in the housing (2); at least a fuse lodged in the housing (2) and at least two connection elements (9) for connecting the rocker switch unit (1) with an external apparatus, wherein the two connection elements (9) are connected to each other by the fuse, when rocker switch (3) is in an ON-position. According to the invention the housing (2) provides at least one blind hole (4) for accommodating the fuse, wherein one terminal of the fuse serves as a first connection element for connecting the rocker switch unit (1) with the external apparatus. The rocker switch unit 1 can be used in any apparatus, in a network filter or as IEC entry plug.
US08766743B2
A plurality of power amplifiers are integrated into a semiconductor substrate and coupled to a corresponding first plurality of antennas on an adjacent first microwave substrate. A second microwave substrate carries a second plurality of antennas coupled to a combining network. The second microwave substrate is separated from the first microwave substrate to allow a free space combination of RF energy propagated by the first plurality of antennas.
US08766741B2
A circuit is proposed by means of which a ceramic component having two electrodes can be provided with a uniform, but periodically alternating BIAS voltage. The component has properties dependent on the level of the BIAS voltage and, for the purpose of an increased service life, is connected to a generator for generating a BIAS voltage and to means for periodically reversing the polarity of the BIAS voltage present at the electrodes. In a method for operating the component having variable properties, a uniform BIAS voltage, the polarity of which is periodically reversed, however, is applied to the electrodes, and the service life of the component is thus increased.
US08766738B2
A quadrature out-phasing system comprising: a first baseband signal modifier (6) arranged to receive a first baseband signal component (2) and output a first constant envelope RF carrier (12) and a second constant envelope RF carrier (14); and a second baseband signal modifier (8) arranged to receive a second baseband signal component (4) and output a third constant envelope RF carrier (16) and a fourth constant envelope RF carrier (18). The system may further comprise: a first signal combiner (500) arranged to combine the first constant envelope RF carrier (12) and the second constant envelope RF carrier (14), and arranged to output a first RF PWM signal (94); and a second signal combiner (502) arranged to combine the third constant envelope RF carrier (16) and the fourth constant envelope RF carrier (18), and arranged to output a second RF PWM signal (96).
US08766733B2
A radiofrequency oscillator comprises: a free layer (4), a current injector (6) for injecting spin-polarized current into the free layer, this injector having a spin-polarized current injection face (16) directly in contact with the free layer, a magnetoresistive contact (8) having a measurement face (26) directly in contact with the free layer, in order to form, in combination with the free layer, a tunnel junction for measuring the precession of the magnetization of the free layer, a conducting pad (30) directly in contact with the free layer in order to make an electrical current flow through the injector without passing through the magnetoresistive contact. At least part of the measurement face (26) and part of the injection face (16) are placed facing each other on each side of the free layer (4).
US08766729B2
An apparatus, and an associated method, for synthesizing a discrete-valued oscillating signal. Input parameters are provided that are determinative of the frequency, gain, and phase characteristics of the resultant, oscillating signal. The discrete-valued, oscillating signal is combinable with another signal to form a mixed signal of a desired frequency, gain, and phase characteristic using a single complex multiplication operation.
US08766728B2
A trans-impedance amplifier (TIA) for an optical receiver is disclosed, in which the TIA enhances the dynamic range thereof but suppresses the variation of the input impedance thereof. The TIA enhances the dynamic range by subtracting from the photocurrent input therein, which varies the input impedance. The TIA also provides the variable gain amplifier with a feedback resistor. The variable gain of the amplifier compensates the variation of the input impedance due to the current subtraction.
US08766726B2
An operational amplifier includes an operational amplifier circuit having at least one output node and an output stage coupled to the output node, the output stage containing an output and first MOS transistor employed in a common source amplifier mode, a frequency compensation capacitor coupled between the output of the output stage and the gate of the first transistor circuit by means of a second MOS transistor employed in a common gate amplifier mode. The other node of the capacitor and the output of the output stage are coupled to the amplifier output node with a resistor.
US08766715B2
An amplifier circuit capable of reducing load of a circuit at the previous stage by providing increased input impedance producing less noises. The amplifier circuit includes a fully-differential operational amplifier composed of an inverting input terminal, a non-inverting input terminal receiving a signal different from a signal to be input to the inverting input terminal, an inverting output terminal with the same polarity of the inverting input terminal, and a non-inverting output terminal with reverse polarity; an input impedance element with one end connected to the inverting input terminal; an input impedance element with one end connected to the non-inverting input terminal; and positive feedback impedance elements, with one end of connected to the other end of the input impedance element and the other end connected to the inverting output terminal or to the non-inverting output terminal.
US08766712B2
Apparatus and methods are also disclosed related to tuning a quality factor of an LC circuit. In some implementations, the LC circuit can be embodied in a low-noise amplifier (LNA). A quality factor adjustment circuit can increase and/or decrease conductance across the LC circuit. This can stabilize a parasitic resistance in parallel with the LC circuit. In this way, a gain of the LC circuit can be stabilized.
US08766709B2
A semiconductor integrated circuit includes a first internal voltage generator including a PMOS and a first comparator, and a second internal voltage generator including an NMOS, a second comparator, and a voltage pump generator configured to provide a pumping power voltage to the second comparator. A power control circuit switchably enables an output from the first internal voltage generator during a power-on of the semiconductor integrated circuit and enables an output from the second internal voltage generator after the power-on.
US08766703B1
A sensor circuit performs a method for sensing on-chip characteristics. The method includes generating a first voltage using a drive current through a first set of transistors that are operating in saturation mode and generating a second voltage using subthreshold leakage current from a second set of transistors that are in subthreshold mode. The method further includes comparing the second voltage to the first voltage to sense an on-chip characteristic. The sensed on-chip characteristic can be temperature and/or gate length variation.
US08766691B2
A duty cycle error accumulation circuit includes first to nth delay units and a feedback unit. The first to nth delay units receive a clock signal, a first input signal and a second input signal, respectively, to generate a first output signal and a second output signal by delaying one signal selected from first and second input signals based on a logic level of the clock signal. The feedback unit supplies second input signal to a kth delay unit based on second output signal of a (k+1)th delay unit. The first output signal of the kth delay unit is supplied to the (k+1)th delay unit as first input signal, and the clock signal is supplied to the first delay unit as first input signal and to the nth delay unit as second input signal. The duty cycle error accumulation circuit effectively corrects a duty cycle of a clock signal.
US08766689B2
The present invention relates to a method and device for phase-frequency detection in a phase-lock loop circuit. The method comprises receiving compare edge of a reference clock signal and compare edge of a feedback clock signal, maintaining a phase/frequency detector, PFD, state machine with three PFD states, UP, DOWN, and IDLE, based on the received compare edges of the reference and feedback clock signals, recording current and previous time the state machine stays in UP or DOWN states, generating an UP or DOWN signal based on transition of PFD states and the comparison between recorded current time and recorded previous time; and outputting a digital control signal to a feedback frequency control device based on the UP or DOWN signal. A device and system is arranged to execute the method according to the present invention.
US08766676B2
A down converter has two down converter circuits. The one down converter circuit has a first mixer, a first ½ frequency-divider, and a first PLL. The other down converter circuit has a second mixer, a second ½ frequency-divider, and a second PLL. A difference frequency between a frequency of a local oscillation frequency signal of the second PLL and a frequency of a frequency-divided signal of the first ½ frequency-divider is higher than an upper limit of a receive frequency band of a tuner.
US08766674B1
A high-speed current-mode clock driver includes feedback circuitry to maintain the voltage swing of a biasing node within a defined range. The current-mode clock driver includes a PMOS and an NMOS transistor receiving an oscillating signal at their gate terminals. The drain terminals of the PMOS and NMOS transistors are respectively coupled to input terminals of first and second variable conductivity circuits whose output terminals are coupled to a common node. A control circuit increases the conductivities of the first and second variable conductivity circuits in response to decreases in voltage swing of the common node, and decreases the conductivities of the first and second variable conductivity circuits in response to increases in voltage swing of the common node. The first and second variable conductivity circuits are optionally PMOS and NMOS transistors respectively.
US08766643B2
A method for monitoring the remaining service life of a battery used for operating a field device in automation technology. The present power consumption of the battery is ascertained. Then, during a first phase of life, power consumption of the battery ascertained during operation of the field device is compared with a predetermined threshold value. In the case of exceeding the predetermined threshold value, during a second phase of life, the battery is exposed to defined load spikes at predetermined time intervals. Voltage collapses corresponding to the defined load spikes are detected, and a warning report is generated when the voltage collapses reach a predetermined maximum limit value.
US08766640B2
A tow assembly for an airborne electromagnetic surveying system, including: a transmitter coil frame supporting a transmitter coil, the transmitter coil frame being formed from a plurality of serially connected frame sections forming a loop, the transmitter coil frame having rotating joints at a plurality of locations about a circumference thereof enabling the transmitter coil frame to at least partially bend at the rotating joints; and a suspension assembly for towing the transmitter coil frame behind an aircraft, the suspension assembly being attached to the circumference of the transmitter coil frame at spaced apart locations.
US08766637B2
A standing wave trap for a magnetic resonance tomography system includes a local coil connecting lead and at least one flexible printed circuit board in the local coil connecting lead. The local coil connecting lead is wound.
US08766633B2
The present subject matter relates to methods and apparatus for using hyperpolarization to improve imaging. Am exemplary embodiment, a PASADENA polarizer, is capable of delivering 2.5-5 ml of highly hyperpolarized biological 13C and 15N imaging reagents in less than one minute, and capable of repeated delivery every 5-8 minutes. Exemplary quality control sequences are also provided to create versatile methods, systems, and apparatuses for a variety of biomolecules, capable of undergoing reaction with parahydrogen necessary for effective PASADENA. The subject matter simplifies the technology for routine liquid state generation of hyperpolarized molecules for 13C and 15N subsecond imaging and spectroscopy in vivo and further advance the clinical application of this technology. Methods and systems for providing magnetic shielding are also provided.
US08766625B2
Absolute counters for linear segments or revolutions having a Wiegand element (WE) in the main field between two opposite excitation magnets (EM1, EM2) connected by a common ferromagnetic back connection body (14), and an additional sensor element (SE) for determining the information about the polarity and the position of the excitation magnet, wherein the output signals of the Wiegand element (WE) simultaneously supplies energy for the required counter and logic electronics, as well as having an additional sensor (ZS) for the fine resolution in the frame work of a multi-turn which also lies within the main field between the excitation magnets (EM1, EM2).
US08766624B2
In a position detector having two sensors, a first sensor detects a position indicated by a first indicator by electromagnetic induction and a second sensor detects a position indicated by a second indicator by a detection method other than electromagnetic induction. The position detector reduces adverse effects of the transmission signal supplied to the second sensor on the electromagnetic induction position detection circuit. The position indication state of the first and second indicators is determined based on a signal output from the first sensor according to the position indication by the first indicator on the first sensor and a signal output from the second sensor according to the position indication by the second indicator on the second sensor. According to the determination results of the position indication state, the level of the transmission signal provided to the second sensor to detect the position indication by the second indicator is controlled.
US08766615B2
A DC-DC converter control circuit, to control a DC-DC converter having an inductor and two switching elements, including a first feedback circuit to generate a first feedback voltage indicating a DC component of an inductor current of the inductor based on an output current of the DC-DC converter; a second feedback circuit to generate a second feedback voltage indicating an AC component of the inductor current; a synthesis circuit to add the first and second feedback voltages to generate a third feedback voltage; a comparator to compare the third feedback voltage with a reference voltage to output a control signal; and a driving circuit to control the switching elements. The second feedback voltage is generated based on a difference between input and output voltages of the DC-DC converter when the control signal from the comparator is low and based on the output voltage when the control signal is high.
US08766611B2
A reference voltage generation circuit includes: a bandgap reference circuit, generating a plurality of initial currents with different temperature coefficients; a base voltage generation circuit, combining the initial current into a combined current, and converting the combined current into one or more base voltages; a bias current source circuit, generating one or more bias currents based on at least one of the initial currents; and one or more regulating output circuit, each converting a respective one of the one or more bias currents into an increment voltage and adding the increment voltage to the base voltage to generate a respective output voltage. Each output voltage may have its respective temperature coefficient.
US08766601B2
According to one exemplary embodiment, a multi-mode power management unit (PMU) includes a number of switchable conductive paths, where each of the switchable conductive paths corresponds to at least one of a number of power modes. The multi-mode PMU further includes a shared inductor residing in each of the switchable conductive paths. A current can flow through the shared inductor in a same direction in each of the power modes. The multi-mode PMU further includes a controller configured to set one of the power modes using one of the switchable conductive paths. The power modes can include a battery-to-electronic system power mode and a charge-battery power mode. The power modes can further include a battery-to-electronic system/camera flash power mode, a power port-to-electronic system/battery power mode, and a battery-to-electronic system/backlight LED power mode.
US08766597B2
A battery balancing method and system which includes a plurality of cells connected in series, a balancer for each cell, a monitor configured to determine a state of charge (SOC) of each cell, and a microprocessor. The microprocessor iteratively calculates a SOC error for each cell, based on a theoretical balancing of the Min Q cell and the Max Q cell, until the SOC error is less than or equal to a first threshold; and iteratively re-calculates SOC error based on a net charge or discharge time for each balancer until the SOC error is less than or equal to a second threshold; and when the SOC error is less than or equal to the second threshold, instructs each balancer to physically balance each respective cell based on the respective calculated net charge or discharge time when the second threshold is met.
US08766593B2
An electronic device (200) and method (300) with rollable display is disclosed. The method (300) can include: providing (310) a rollable housing and a controller configured to control the operations of an electronic device, the rollable housing including a rolled position (402) and an unrolled position (212); locating (320) a conductive pattern in proximity to an edge portion of the rollable housing; and enabling (330) a wireless transaction when the rolled housing is scrolled in a rolled position. Advantageously, when in the rolled position (402), the device can be easily placed in proximity to a pad, for simple battery charging and/or data transfer.
US08766581B2
There are provided a power factor correction circuit capable of transferring extra power to a ground before performing switching for a power factor correction to thereby reduce a switching loss generated in switching for a power factor correction, and a power supply device and a motor driving device having the same. The power factor correction circuit includes: a main switch switching input power to adjust a phase difference between a current and a voltage of the input power; and an auxiliary switch switched on before the main switch is switched on, to thereby form a transmission path for extra power of the main switch.
US08766580B2
A method for controlling a discharge pump of a household appliance, including starting a synchronous electric motor that actuates said discharge pump until the synchronism condition is reached, and driving said synchronous electric motor at a steady state through phase control by varying the firing angle (α). In driving said synchronous motor at steady state through phase control, said firing angle (α) is feedback controlled to cancel the phase difference between the mid-point of a zero current plateau of a function of the phase current fed to the electric motor and the zero-crossing point of a counter electromotive force signal (fcem) relative to the same phase. In feedback controlling the firing angle (α), the synchronous electric motor is switched off if the required firing angle (α) exceeds a maximum threshold (αlim), which may result from the operation of the discharge pump in air-water conditions.
US08766574B2
A method and a control device operate a three-phase brushless direct current motor with phase windings that are fed by an inverter connected to a voltage source having a high potential and a low potential. The semiconductor switches of the inverter are arranged in a bridge circuit and are controlled such that current always flows through two phase windings during motor operation. The motor is operated with normal commutation when the rotational speed is greater than or equal to a minimum rotational speed, wherein the angles are shifted by 60°. During start-up operation, up to the minimum rotational speed, a high-potential-side commutation angle of a phase winding is shifted toward a low-potential-side commutation angle of the phase winding by an angle greater than 0° and less than or equal to 60° with respect to the normal commutation.
US08766569B2
A drive device of the present invention includes a pair of drive switches, a first diode, a switching element, a current detection unit, a capacitor, a second diode, and a current control unit. The first diode, the switching element, and the current detection unit are arranged, in this order from one end of an armature in a motor, on a braking current path that is formed of the armature and a field winding in the motor when the pair of drive switches is in a brake position. The second diode is adapted to keep allowing a braking current to flow through the field winding when the switching element is in an off-state by directly connecting a partial path between the switching element and the current detection unit on the braking current path and the other end of the armature.
US08766567B2
A method, system and device for discharging power or validating protective elements of a power source to ensure proper functioning of a tool at various temperatures. The power source communicates with a switch using handshake signals to establish a scheme for power distribution depending on the temperature of the power source. The power source can discharge power at a normal start-up rate or a slower start-up rate depending on the temperature of the power source. Handshake signals can also be used to validate protective elements, where the protective elements respond to wake-up signals with respective handshake signals indicating that the protective elements are functioning property.
US08766564B2
A system for and method of reducing the effects of preheat period variation in shape memory alloy actuation, include sensing the removal of motion delay due to slack, backlash, and/or compliance in the actuator and drive-train of the system, and determining actuator activation, as a result thereof.
US08766561B2
An LED lighting device is provided with output impedance control to stabilize an optical output across a wide current range. A switching power supply generates the output current, with switching control circuitry to determine switching frequency and an ON period for an associated switch, and to turn on/off the switch according to the determined frequency and ON period. An impedance element is coupled across output terminals for the lighting device, with an impedance value set so that a load current is larger than a current flowing to the impedance element at maximum on-duty of the switch and a current flowing to the impedance element is larger than the load current at minimum on-duty. The impedance element may be a variable impedance element, wherein an impedance control circuit adjusts the variable impedance such that an impedance value for minimum on-duty of the switch is smaller than that for a maximum on-duty.
US08766555B2
A lighting apparatus includes: first, second and third groups of solid state light emitters; a first group of lumiphors; at least first, second and third power lines, the first, second and third group of solid state light emitters each being electrically coupled to at least one of the first, second and third power lines. A current controller controls the relative flux ratios of the first, second and third groups, the controller being programmed to, in response to receipt of a command, retrieve a set of data from a look-up table that contains information of the required flux output of each group of LEDs and generate pulse width modulation (PWM) signals to control current supplied to each group to alter the flux output of each group in order to achieve a desired CCT and total flux output.
US08766553B2
A serial-type LED device includes p light source units and a dimming circuit. Each light source unit includes first and second terminals, m light strings and m current balance units. Each light string includes LEDs coupled in series to have a first terminal coupled to the first terminal of a corresponding light source unit and a second terminal coupled to the second terminal of the corresponding light source unit through a corresponding current balance unit. The first terminal of the first light source unit is coupled to a second DC voltage, and the second terminal of the i-th light source unit is coupled to the first terminal of the (i+1)-th light source unit, where m and p are integers greater than or equal to 2 and i is any integer from 1 to (p−1). The dimming circuit coupled to the second terminal of the p-th light source unit controls the second DC voltage according to a current outputted from the p-th light source unit.
US08766552B2
A light generating device includes: an LED module that includes a number of LED groups each of which has a number of LEDs, a memory for storing drive current for a number of LED groups respectively, an LED module driving unit for driving one of the LED groups, a current controller for controlling the drive current flowing to the LED module driving unit to drive the selected LED group, a temperature sensor for sensing heat created from the selected LED group, an operation unit for calculating the correct drive current when LEDs in the selected LED group emit light, and a key input unit for selecting one of the LED groups or a number of LED groups. The light generating device increases the light emission efficiency.
US08766551B2
A projector that outputs a first image and a second image alternately while performing switching between the first image and the second image, includes: a discharge lamp driving section that supplies, to a discharge lamp, a drive current that drives the discharge lamp; a state detecting section that detects a deteriorating state of the discharge lamp; and a control section that controls the discharge lamp driving section, wherein the control section controls the discharge lamp driving section so that the absolute value of the drive current becomes relatively small in a first period and relatively large in a second period and controls the discharge lamp driving section so that the ratio of the absolute value of the drive current in the second period to the absolute value of the drive current in the first period is increased with the progress of the deteriorating state.
US08766546B2
An LED drive device whose power dissipation can be effectively reduced without halting current supply to an LED row as well as an LED illuminating device with the LED drive device incorporated therein. When an LED 21A making up an LED row 3A has developed a short-circuit fault, a voltage corresponding to a forward voltage which has been applied to the faulty LED 21A is impressed additionally to an FET 31A for electric power consumption thereof to increase to not less than a certain value. At this time, a power limiting circuit 6A varies a potential, being a reference value of a constant current circuit 7A, at a connecting point between voltage dividing resistors 46A, 47A and then continues to supply a certain level of a current IF1 to the LED row 3A so as to keep the remaining fault-free LEDs 22A to 26A lighting. Consequently, in the event of a short-circuit fault of the LED 21A, the adverse effect caused by discontinuing the current supply to the LED row 3A can be swept away.
US08766545B2
A selective street light control system includes a module having a lamp and being configured to receive a light sensor connected to a street light. The module may be configured to cause the lamp to illuminate to modulate the light sensor. The street light may be controlled based on the light sensor, and the when the light sensor is modulated by the lamp of the module, the street light is also controlled by the module. The module is a self-contained unit and that may advantageously be easily and cost effectively retrofitted to an existing installation without the need for expensive re-wiring of the existing installation.
US08766535B2
An electro-optical apparatus includes a substrate and multiple pixels formed upon the substrate. The substrate is formed by interleaving multiple strip-shaped tape members configured of a resin.
US08766534B2
An organic electroluminescence element comprising: an anode; a first emitting layer comprising at least a first host material and a first dopant; a second emitting layer comprising at least a second host material and a second dopant; and a cathode in the order mentioned: wherein the energy gap Egh1 of the first host material, the energy gap Egd1 of the first dopant, the energy gap Egh2 of the second host material, and the energy gap Egd2 of the second dopant satisfy the following formulas; and the luminescent intensity I1 at the maximum luminescent wavelength of an emission spectrum derived from the first emitting layer, and the luminescent intensity I2 at the maximum luminescent wavelength of an emission spectrum derived from the second emitting layer satisfy the following formula: Egh1>Egd1 Egh2>Egd2 Egd1>Egd2 I1>3.5×I2.
US08766533B2
A display device includes a light emitting functional layer disposed between a first and second substrates; a first pixel which emits light to the second substrate and has a first pixel electrode disposed between the light emitting functional layer and the first substrate, a second electrode disposed between the light emitting functional layer and the second substrate, and a first reflecting layer disposed between the first pixel electrode and the first substrate; a second pixel which emits light to the first substrate side and has a second pixel electrode disposed between the light emitting functional layer and the first substrate, a second electrode disposed between the light emitting functional layer and the second substrate, and a second reflecting layer disposed between the second electrode and the second substrate; and a driving element which drives the first and second pixel electrodes is disposed above first substrate.
US08766531B1
OLED displays capable of operation at a sunlight readable luminance value are disclosed. Devices as disclosed may be wearable such that the display is flexible and the operating temperature rise due to the display operation is below a threshold. Displays with an operating power consumption density of not more than 65 mW/cm2 when operating at 78 mW/cm2 at 100% full white are also provided.
US08766528B2
There is herein described a phosphor for use in white pc-LED applications. The phosphor has a composition represented by (Y1-x-yGdxCey)3(Al1-zScz)5O12 wherein 0
US08766517B2
The claimed invention was made by, on behalf of, and/or in connection with one or more of the following parties to a joint university corporation research agreement: Princeton University, The University of Southern California, The University of Michigan and Universal Display Corporation. The agreement was in effect on and before the date the claimed invention was made, and the claimed invention was made as a result of activities undertaken within the scope of the agreement.
US08766512B2
Devices having piezoelectric material structures integrated with substrates are described. Fabrication techniques for forming such devices are also described. The fabrication may include bonding a piezoelectric material wafer to a substrate of a differing material. A structure, such as a resonator, may then be formed from the piezoelectric material wafer.
US08766511B2
The disclosure provides in one embodiment a system for monitoring structural health of a structure. The system has a structure to be monitored for structural health. The system further has a distributed network of nanoparticle ink based piezoelectric sensor assemblies deposited onto the structure. Each assembly has a plurality of nanoparticle ink based piezoelectric sensors and a plurality of conductive ink power and communication wire assemblies interconnecting the plurality of sensors. The system further has an ink deposition apparatus depositing the distributed network of nanoparticle ink based piezoelectric sensor assemblies onto the structure. The system further has an electrical power source providing electrical power to the distributed network. The system further has a data communications network retrieving and processing structural health data of the structure via one or more signals from the sensors.
US08766501B2
A direct-current rotating electrical machine, in particular for a motor vehicle starter. The machine includes a stator comprising a magnetized structure with permanent magnetization, extending along a circumference of the stator, a rotor, and a group of brushes arranged to allow the electrical supply of the rotor by switching the electrical current in sections of the rotor. The magnetized structure of the machine includes a plurality of main magnets and a plurality of auxiliary magnets, each arranged between two main magnets. The auxiliary magnets have a smaller angular extent and/or radial thickness than the main magnets. The magnetization vector in at least one of the main and auxiliary magnets varies continuously or in steps, at least locally taking a direction other than radial and orthoradial directions.
US08766499B2
There is provided a vibration motor including: a housing having one open surface; a permanent magnet disposed in an internal space of the housing and interacting with a coil to generate electromagnetic force; an elastic member formed in the housing; a mass member coupled to the elastic member to perform resonant movement through the electromagnetic force; a cover covering the one open surface of the housing; and an extension part extended from the one open surface of the housing in a height direction thereof and compressed with the cover to closely attach the housing and the cover to each other.
US08766495B2
A power generation element includes: a first nnagnetostrictive rod made of a nnagnetostrictive material; a rigid rod made of a magnetic material and disposed in parallel with the first nnagnetostrictive rod, the magnetic material having rigidity and a shape that enable uniform application of a compression or tensile force to the first nnagnetostrictive rod; a first coil wound around the first nnagnetostrictive rod; and two connecting yokes, each of which is provided at one end of each of the first nnagnetostrictive rod and the rigid rod to connect the first nnagnetostrictive rod and the rigid rod; wherein the power generation element generates power through expansion or contraction of the first nnagnetostrictive rod due to vibration in a direction perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the first nnagnetostrictive rod.
US08766489B2
An automatic transfer switch includes first and second inputs inputting first and second voltages; a first output outputting a start signal; a first timer timing a first time after the second voltage is available; a second timer delaying for up to a second time before outputting a transfer signal, the second time being reduced by the first time when the second voltage is available; a transfer mechanism selectively electrically connecting one of the inputs to a second output; and a circuit cooperating with the inputs and the transfer mechanism, causing the start signal to be output responsive to the voltages not being available, and causing the transfer mechanism to electrically connect the second input to the second output in response to the transfer signal.
US08766487B2
A detection method for use in a primary unit of an inductive power transfer system, the primary unit being operable to transmit power wirelessly by electromagnetic induction to at least one secondary unit of the system located in proximity to the primary unit and/or to a foreign object located in said proximity, the method comprising: driving the primary unit so that in a driven state the magnitude of an electrical drive signal supplied to one or more primary coils of the primary unit changes from a first value to a second value; assessing the effect of such driving on an electrical characteristic of the primary unit; and detecting in dependence upon the assessed effect the presence of a said secondary unit and/or a foreign object located in proximity to said primary unit.
US08766482B2
Techniques for wireless power transmission at levels that induce high power transfer and/or high efficiency of coupling.
US08766480B2
The invention relates to a wind power plant (4) which consists of a nacelle (12) arranged on a tower (14), a rotor (28), a generator (16), a power converter (20) on the generator side, a power converter (22) on the network side and a transformer (26), the two power converters (20, 22) being electrically connected to each other on the DC voltage side, and the power converter (22) on the network side being connected on the AC voltage side to a feeding point (8) of a destination network (6) by means of the transformer (26). Every phase module (74) of the power converter (22) on the network side has an upper and lower valve branch (T1, T3, T5; T2, T4, T6) having at least two bipolar subsystems (76) that are connected in series and the power converter (20) on the generator side and the power converter (22) on the network side are interconnected on the DC side by means of a DC cable (72). A corresponding wind farm (2) consists of a plurality of wind power stations (4) and has a flexible design as compared to known DC concepts, the nacelles (12) of every wind power station (4) having a low dead weight.
US08766471B2
A system for recapturing energy from a ship moving through the water utilizes a hydraulic turbine positioned within the ship's hull. Water pushed up from the bow of the ship is fed into a water conducting tube and used to drive the turbine. The turbine may produce electricity for powering on-board systems or may be used to augment the main propulsion system, thereby reducing energy costs for ship operations.
US08766470B2
A system and method for generating energy from tuning the natural frequency of masses relative to a ground plane and an external three. In some embodiments the external three is the action of the waves. The system has a first mass movable relative to the ground plane, wherein the external force induces an oscillation in the first mass relative to the ground plane. A second movable mass is carried by and movable relative to the first movable mass. The second movable mass creates kinetic energy as the result of varying the position of the second movable mass relative to the first mass. The system adjusts or tunes the frequency of various components in relation to the natural frequency of the waves. The energy created by the relative motion can be converted to various forms of energy including electrical energy.
US08766464B2
An integrated circuit device includes a first pad group connected to a first memory pad group arranged along a first chip side of a chip of an image memory stacked on the integrated circuit device, a second pad group connected to a second memory pad group arranged along a third chip side, a control section which controls display of an electro-optical device, and a third pad group from which a data signal and a control signal for display control. The first pad group is arranged along a first side of the integrated circuit device, wherein the second pad group is arranged along a third side facing the first side, and wherein the third pad group is arranged along a second side which intersects with the first side and the third side.
US08766450B2
There is provided a lead pin for a package substrate including: a connection pin being inserted into a hole formed in an external substrate; a head part formed on one end of the connection pin; and a barrier part formed on one surface of the head part in order to block the path of a solder paste so that the solder paste is prevented from flowing so as to cover the upper portion of the head part when the head part is mounted on the package substrate.
US08766448B2
A contact to a semiconductor including sequential layers of Cr, Ti, and Al is provided, which can result in a contact with one or more advantages over Ti/Al-based and Cr/Al-based contacts. For example, the contact can: reduce a contact resistance; provide an improved surface morphology; provide a better contact linearity; and/or require a lower annealing temperature, as compared to the prior art Ti/Al-based contacts.
US08766446B2
A semiconductor memory device comprising a stacked unit, a semiconductor pillar, a charge storage layer, and a non-insulating film. The stacked unit includes first conductive layers and first insulating layers which are stacked alternately. The semiconductor pillar passes through the stacked body and the semiconductor pillar has a tubular structure. The charge storage layer is provided between the semiconductor pillar and each of the first conductive layers. The non-insulating film is provided inside the tubular structure and has a non-insulating member. The first effective impurity concentration of the non-insulating film is lower than a second effective impurity concentration of the semiconductor pillar.
US08766440B2
A wiring board including a built-in semiconductor element includes the semiconductor element, a peripheral insulating layer covering an outer peripheral side surface of the semiconductor element, an upper surface-side wiring provided on an upper surface side of the wiring board, and a lower surface-side wiring provided on a lower surface side of the wiring board. The semiconductor element includes a first wiring structure layer including a first wiring and a first insulating layer alternately provided on a semiconductor substrate, and a second wiring structure layer including a second wiring and a second insulating layer alternately provided on the first wiring structure layer. The upper surface-side wiring includes a wiring electrically connected to the first wiring via the second wiring. The second wiring is thicker than the first wiring and thinner than the upper surface-side wiring. The second insulating layer is formed of a resin material and is thicker than the first insulating layer.
US08766435B2
An integrated circuit package is provided with a thin-film battery electrically connected to and encapsulated with an integrated circuit die. The battery can be fabricated on a dedicated substrate, on the die pad, or on the integrated circuit die itself.
US08766433B2
The invention relates to an electronic chip, comprising: a semiconductor substrate (6) having an active area (8) formed by at least one P doped region and at least one N doped region which form one or more P-N junctions through which most of the useful current flows when said electronic chip is in a conductive state, and at least one channel (44) through which a heat transport coolant can flow, the channel(s) passing through at least said P or N doped region of the active area. Each channel (44) is rectilinear and passes through the substrate (6) in a direction which is collinear with a direction F to the nearest ±45°, where the direction F is perpendicular to the plane of the substrate.
US08766432B2
Methods and resulting devices are disclosed related to attaching a die to a leadframe. One such method includes initially bonding a carrier pad which is pre-coated with a thermosetting first adhesive to the leadframe. The carrier pad can be electrically non-conductive. The first adhesive can be raised to its thermosetting cure temperature by heating the leadframe to a temperature just above the thermosetting cure temperature of the first adhesive. A thermosetting second adhesive which is liquid at room temperature can be applied to a second major surface of the carrier pad, and the die can be placed on the second adhesive and aligned with the leadframe. The second adhesive can be raised to its thermosetting cure temperature to bond the die to the carrier pad, and in turn form a bonded assembly.
US08766430B2
In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, a semiconductor module includes a first semiconductor device having a first plurality of leads including a first gate/base lead, a first drain/collector lead, and a first source/emitter lead. The module further includes a second semiconductor device and a circuit board. The second semiconductor device has a second plurality of leads including a second gate/base lead, a second drain/collector lead, and a second source/emitter lead. The circuit board has a plurality of mounting holes, wherein each of the first plurality of leads and the second plurality of leads is mounted into a respective one of the plurality of mounting holes. At the plurality of mounting holes, a first distance from the first gate/base lead to the second gate/base lead is different from a second distance from the first source/emitter lead to the second source/emitter lead.
US08766427B2
An RF-power device includes a semiconductor substrate having a plurality of active regions arranged in an array. Each active region includes one or more RF-power transistors. The active regions are interspersed with inactive regions for reducing mutual heating of the RF-power transistors in separate active regions. The devices also includes at least one impedance matching component located in one of the inactive regions of the substrate.
US08766420B2
A semiconductor device is configured that two or more semiconductor elements are stacked and mount on a lead frame, the aforementioned lead frame is electrically joined to the semiconductor element with a wire, and the semiconductor element, the wire and an electric junction are encapsulated with a cured product of an epoxy resin composition for encapsulating semiconductor device, and that the epoxy resin composition for encapsulating semiconductor device contains (A) an epoxy resin; (B) a curing agent; and (C) an inorganic filler, and that the (C) inorganic filler contains particles having particle diameter of equal to or smaller than two-thirds of a thinnest filled thickness at a rate of equal to or higher than 99.9% by mass.
US08766413B2
A p anode layer (2) is formed on one main surface of an n− drift layer (1). An n+ cathode layer (3) having an impurity concentration more than that of the n− drift layer (1) is formed on the other main surface of the n− drift layer (1). An anode electrode (4) is formed on the surface of the p anode layer (2). A cathode electrode (5) is formed on the surface of the n+ cathode layer (3). An n-type broad buffer region (6) that has a net doping concentration more than the bulk impurity concentration of a wafer and less than that of the n+ cathode layer (3) and the p anode layer (2) is formed in the n− drift layer (1). The resistivity ρ0 of the n− drift layer (1) satisfies 0.12V0≦ρ0≦0.25V0 with respect to a rated voltage V0. The total amount of the net doping concentration of the broad buffer region (6) is equal to or more than 4.8×1011 atoms/cm2 and equal to or less than 1.0×1012 atoms/cm2.
US08766404B1
Methods include forming a dielectric layer from a first material above a substrate. The dielectric layer is formed such that a preferred crystal direction for at least one electrical property of the first material is parallel to a surface of the dielectric layer. Next, forming a first and second trench within the dielectric layer wherein the first and second trenches have at least one curved portion. Forming a second material within the first trench and a third material within the second trench wherein the first material is different from the second and third materials. The first and second trenches are separated by a distance between 3-20 nm.
US08766403B2
Semiconductor devices having capacitor arrays and methods of forming the same. A semiconductor device is formed including a capacitor array. The capacitor array includes a plurality of operational capacitors formed along a diagonal of the capacitor array. The capacitor array also includes a plurality of dummy capacitors formed substantially symmetrically about the plurality of operational capacitors in the capacitor array. A first operational capacitor is formed at a first edge of the capacitor array. Each one of the plurality of operational capacitors is electrically coupled to a non-adjacent other one of the plurality of operational capacitors.
US08766402B2
A semiconductor device structure a semiconductor substrate having a first conductivity type and a top surface. A plurality of first doped regions is at a first depth below the top surface arranged in a checkerboard fashion. The first doped regions are of a second conductivity type. A dielectric layer is over the top surface. An inductive element is over the dielectric layer, wherein the inductive element is over the first doped regions.
US08766399B2
To improve a performance of a semiconductor device having a capacitance element. An MIM type capacitance element, an electrode of which is formed with comb-shaped metal patterns composed of the wirings, is formed over a semiconductor substrate. A conductor pattern, which is a dummy gate pattern for preventing dishing in a CMP process, and an active region, which is a dummy active region, are disposed below the capacitance element, and these are coupled to shielding metal patterns composed of the wirings and then connected to a fixed potential. Then, the conductor pattern and the active region are disposed so as not to overlap the comb-shaped metal patterns in the wirings in a planar manner.
US08766394B2
An embodiment of the invention relates to a Seebeck temperature difference sensor that may be formed in a trench on a semiconductor device. A portion of the sensor may be substantially surrounded by an electrically conductive shield. A plurality of junctions may be included to provide a higher Seebeck sensor voltage. The shield may be electrically coupled to a local potential, or left electrically floating. A portion of the shield may be formed as a doped well in the semiconductor substrate on which the semiconductor device is formed, or as a metal layer substantially covering the sensor. The shield may be formed as a first oxide layer on a sensor trench wall with a conductive shield formed on the first oxide layer, and a second oxide layer formed on the conductive shield. An absolute temperature sensor may be coupled in series with the Seebeck temperature difference sensor.
US08766392B2
The present invention is directed toward a detector structure, detector arrays, and a method of detecting incident radiation. The present invention comprises a photodiode array and method of manufacturing a photodiode array that provides for reduced radiation damage susceptibility, decreased affects of crosstalk, reduced dark current (current leakage) and increased flexibility in application.
US08766385B2
Filtering matrix structure comprising at least three color filters and a plurality of near Infrared filters, each one of the color filters and the near Infrared filters having an optimum transmission frequency, wherein the filtering matrix structure is made of n metal layers (m1, m2, m3) and n substantially transparent layers (d1, d2, d3) which alternate between a first metal layer (m1) and an nth substantially transparent layer (d3), each of the n metal layers (m1, m2, m3) having a constant thickness and at least one substantially transparent layer having a variable thickness which sets the optimum transmission frequency of each color filter and each near Infrared filter, n being an integer larger than or equal to 2.Application to 3D mapping and imaging.
US08766383B2
A method and system provide a magnetic junction usable in a magnetic device. The magnetic junction includes a pinned layer, a nonmagnetic spacer layer, and a free layer. The nonmagnetic spacer layer is between the pinned layer and the free layer. The magnetic junction is configured such that the free layer is switchable between a plurality of stable magnetic states when a write current is passed through the magnetic junction. At least one of the free layer and the pinned layer include at least one half-metal.
US08766375B2
There are disclosed herein various implementations of composite semiconductor devices with active oscillation control. In one exemplary implementation, a normally OFF composite semiconductor device comprises a normally ON III-nitride power transistor and a low voltage (LV) device cascoded with the normally ON III-nitride power transistor to form the normally OFF composite semiconductor device. The LV device may be configured to include one or both of a reduced output resistance due to, for example, a modified body implant and a reduced transconductance due to, for example, a modified oxide thickness to cause a gain of the composite semiconductor device to be less than approximately 10,000.
US08766374B2
According to one disclosed embodiment, an integrated one-time programmable (OTP) semiconductor device pair includes a split-thickness dielectric under an electrode and over an isolation region formed in a doped semiconductor substrate, where a reduced-thickness center portion of the dielectric forms, in conjunction with the isolation region, programming regions of the OTP semiconductor device pair, and where the thicker, outer portions of the dielectric form dielectrics for transistor structures. In one embodiment, the split-thickness dielectric comprises a gate dielectric. In one embodiment, multiple OTP semiconductor device pairs are formed in an array that minimizes the number of connections required to program and sense states of specific OTP cells.
US08766370B2
The present disclosure provides a semiconductor device that includes a semiconductor substrate having a first region and a second region, a pMOS transistor formed over the first region and an nMOS formed over the second region. The pMOS transistor has a gate structure that includes: an interfacial layer formed over the substrate; a AlOx layer formed over the interfacial layer; and a metal layer including Mo or W formed over the AlOx layer. The nMOS transistor has a gate structure that includes: the interfacial layer formed over the substrate; a DyOx layer formed over the interfacial layer; and the metal layer including Mo or W formed over the DyOx layer.
US08766369B2
The semiconductor device includes a first transistor including a first impurity layer containing boron or phosphorus, a first epitaxial layer formed above the first impurity layer, a first gate electrode formed above the first epitaxial layer with a first gate insulating film formed therebetween and first source/drain regions, and a second transistor including a second impurity layer containing boron and carbon, or arsenic or antimony, a second epitaxial layer formed above the second impurity layer, a second gate electrode formed above the second epitaxial layer with a second gate insulating film thinner than the first gate insulating film formed therebetween, and second source/drain regions.
US08766368B2
Semiconductor devices are provided. The semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate having a cell region and a peripheral region, first and second conductive line extending onto the semiconductor substrate to constitute a peripheral circuit, a first interlayer insulation layer on the first and second conductive lines, a first peripheral interconnection pattern on the first interlayer insulation layer of the peripheral region, a first contact plug disposed in the first interlayer insulation layer, second peripheral interconnection patterns on the second interlayer insulation layer of the peripheral region, a second contact plug disposed in the second interlayer insulation layer to electrically connect the first peripheral interconnection pattern to one of the second peripheral interconnection patterns, and a third contact plug penetrating the first and second interlayer insulation layers to electrically connect the second conductive line to another one of the second peripheral interconnection patterns.
US08766366B2
A method of fabricating a semiconductor device includes forming an interlayer dielectric on a substrate, the interlayer dielectric including first and second openings respectively disposed in first and second regions formed separately in the substrate; forming a first conductive layer filling the first and second openings; etching the first conductive layer such that a bottom surface of the first opening is exposed and a portion of the first conductive layer in the second opening remains; and forming a second conductive layer filling the first opening and a portion of the second opening.
US08766365B2
In an embodiment, a circuit-protection device has first and second circuit-protection units, each comprising first and second nodes. A gate is between the first nodes of first and second circuit-protection units. The first nodes of first and second circuit-protection units are on a common active region.
US08766352B2
A semiconductor device includes a pipe channel layer formed over a substrate, a first vertical channel layer formed over the pipe channel layer to couple the pipe channel layer to a bit line, a second vertical channel layer formed over the pipe channel layer to couple the pipe channel layer to a source line, a multi-layer comprising a charge trap layer and formed to surround the first vertical channel layer, the second vertical channel layer, and the pipe channel layer, an insulating barrier layer formed to surround the multi-layer, a plurality of first conductive layers formed between the pipe channel layer and the bit line, wherein the first vertical channel layer passes through the first conductive layers, and a plurality of second conductive layers formed between the pipe channel layer and the source line, wherein the second vertical layer passes through the second conductive layers.
US08766350B2
A semiconductor device according to an embodiment, includes a plurality of gate structures; a first dielectric film; and a second dielectric film. The first dielectric film crosslinks adjacent gate structures of the plurality of gate structures so as to form a cavity each above and below in a position between the adjacent gate structures. The second dielectric film is formed as if to cover the cavity above the first dielectric film between the adjacent gate structures.
US08766348B2
A non-volatile semiconductor memory device comprises a semiconductor substrate and a plurality of gate structures formed on a cell region of the semiconductor substrate. The plurality of gate structures include a first select-gate and a second select-gate disposed on the cell region, the first select-gate and the second select-gate spaced apart from each other. A plurality of cell gate structures are disposed between the first select-gate and the second select-gate. The first select-gate and an adjacent cell gate structure have no air gap defined therebetween. At least a pair of adjacent cell gate structures have an air gap defined therebetween.
US08766347B2
Some embodiments include capacitors. The capacitors may include container-shaped storage node structures that have, along a cross-section, a pair of upwardly-extending sidewalls. Individual sidewalls may have a narrower segment over a wider segment. Capacitor dielectric material and capacitor electrode material may be along the narrower and wider segments of the sidewalls. Some embodiments include methods of forming capacitors in which an initial container-shaped storage node structure is formed to have a pair of upwardly-extending sidewalls along a cross-section, with the sidewalls being of thickness that is substantially constant or increasing from a base to a top of the initial structure. The initial structure is then converted into a modified storage node structure by reducing thicknesses of upper segments of the sidewalls while leaving thicknesses of lower segments of the sidewalls substantially unchanged. Capacitor dielectric material and capacitor electrode material are formed along the modified storage node structure.
US08766345B2
An on-chip decoupling capacitor is disclosed. One or more carbon nanotubes are coupled to a first electrode of the capacitor. A dielectric skin is formed on the one or more carbon nanotubes. A metal coating is formed on the dielectric skin. The dielectric skin is configured to electrically isolate the one or more carbon nanotubes from the metal coating.
US08766339B2
The present disclosure relates to photodetectors with high efficiency of light detection, and may be used in a wide field of applications, which employ the detection of very weak and fast optical signals, such as industrial and medical tomography, life science, nuclear, particle, and/or astroparticle physics etc. A highly efficient CMOS-technology compatible Silicon Photoelectric Multiplier may comprise a substrate and a buried layer applied within the substrate. The multiplier may comprise cells with silicon strip-like quenching resistors, made by CMOS-technology, located on top of the substrate and under an insulating layer for respective cells, and separating elements may be disposed between the cells.
US08766338B2
An object is to achieve low-power consumption by reducing the off-state current of a transistor in a photosensor. A semiconductor device including a photosensor having a photodiode, a first transistor, and a second transistor; and a read control circuit including a read control transistor, in which the photodiode has a function of supplying charge based on incident light to a gate of the first transistor; the first transistor has a function of storing charge supplied to its gate and converting the charge stored into an output signal; the second transistor has a function of controlling reading of the output signal; the read control transistor functions as a resistor converting the output signal into a voltage signal; and semiconductor layers of the first transistor, the second transistor, and the read control transistor are formed using an oxide semiconductor.
US08766334B2
A semiconductor device of an embodiment includes: a substrate formed of a single-crystal first semiconductor; a gate insulating film on the substrate; a gate electrode including a layered structure of a semiconductor layer formed of a polycrystalline second semiconductor and a metal semiconductor compound layer formed of a first metal semiconductor compound that is a reaction product of a metal and the second semiconductor; and electrodes formed of a second metal semiconductor compound that is a reaction product of the metal and the first semiconductor, and formed on the substrate with the gate electrode interposed therebetween, and an aggregation temperature of the first metal semiconductor compound on the polycrystalline second semiconductor is lower than an aggregation temperature of the second metal semiconductor compound on the single-crystal first semiconductor, and a cluster-state high carbon concentration region is included in an interface between the semiconductor layer and the metal semiconductor compound layer.
US08766330B2
Devices incorporating a single to a few-layer MoS2 channels in combination with optimized substrate, dielectric, contact and electrode materials and configurations thereof, exhibit light emission, photoelectric effect, and superconductivity, respectively.
US08766329B2
A transistor in which an electron state at an interface between an oxide semiconductor film and an underlayer film in contact with the oxide semiconductor film is favorable is provided. A value obtained by dividing a difference between nearest neighbor interatomic distance of the underlayer film within the interface and a lattice constant of the semiconductor film by the nearest neighbor interatomic distance of the underlayer film within the interface is less than or equal to 0.15. For example, an oxide semiconductor film is deposited over an underlayer film which contains stabilized zirconia which has a cubic crystal structure and has the (111) plane orientation, whereby the oxide semiconductor film including a crystal region having a high degree of crystallization can be provided directly on the underlayer film.
US08766324B2
An integrated circuit (IC) chip includes a first memory cell array block having a first metal layer containing at least two power lines, and a second memory cell array block containing at least two power lines independent of each other, wherein all the power lines on the first metal layer serving the first memory cell array block do not extend into the second memory cell array block, and all the power lines on the first metal layer serving the second memory cell array block do not extend into the first memory cell array block.
US08766311B2
According to one embodiment, a semiconductor light emitting device includes a p-type semiconductor layer, an n-type semiconductor layer, a light emitting layer, a p-side electrode and an n-side electrode. The p-type semiconductor layer includes a nitride semiconductor and has a first major surface. The n-type semiconductor layer includes a nitride semiconductor and has a second major surface. The light emitting layer is provided between the n-type semiconductor layer and the p-type semiconductor layer. The p-side electrode contacts a part of the p-type semiconductor layer on the first major surface. The n-side electrode contacts a part of the n-type semiconductor layer on the second major surface. The n-side electrode is provided outside and around the p-side electrode in a plan view along a direction from the p-type semiconductor layer to the n-type semiconductor layer.
US08766308B2
Disclosed is a semiconductor light emitting device. The semiconductor light emitting device includes a first conductive semiconductor layer, an active layer under the first conductive semiconductor layer, a second conductive semiconductor layer under the active layer, a second electrode layer under the second conductive semiconductor layer; and an insulating layer on an outer peripheral surface of at least two layers of the first conductive semiconductor layer, the active layer, and the second conductive semiconductor layer.
US08766302B2
A light emitting device is disclosed. The light emitting device includes an electrode, which includes a reflective electrode layer disposed over a second semiconductor layer and a bonding electrode layer disposed in at least a partial region of an outer side surface of the reflective electrode layer while coming into contact with the second semiconductor layer. Thus, it may be possible to enhance bonding reliability between the electrode and the semiconductor layer.
US08766301B2
A light extracting member for an organic electroluminescent element, to be provided on a side for extracting light emitted by the organic electroluminescent element, wherein a light extracting surface of the member has a concave-convex structure which is configured such that when comparing an intensity of light that enters the member and is output from the light extracting surface with an intensity of light that is output from a flat light extracting surface of a virtual member, a frontal intensity and an integrated intensity of the former are each greater by a factor of 1.3 or more.
US08766300B2
Disclosed is a light emitting device including a light emitting structure including a first conductive semiconductor layer, an active layer and a second conductive semiconductor layer, a first electrode disposed on the first conductive semiconductor layer, a reflective electrode disposed on the second conductive semiconductor layer, a channel layer disposed on the light emitting structure and surrounds the reflective electrode, and a support substrate connected to the channel layer through an adhesive layer.
US08766291B2
The present invention relates to efficient organic light emitting devices (OLEDs). The devices employ three emissive sub-elements, typically emitting red, green and blue, to sufficiently cover the visible spectrum. Thus, the devices may be white-emitting OLEDs, or WOLEDs. Each sub-element comprises at least one organic layer which is an emissive layer—i.e., the layer is capable of emitting light when a voltage is applied across the stacked device. The sub-elements are vertically stacked and are separated by charge generating layers. The charge-generating layers are layers that inject charge carriers into the adjacent layer(s) but do not have a direct external connection.
US08766269B2
It is an object to provide a flexible light-emitting device with high reliability in a simple way. Further, it is an object to provide an electronic device or a lighting device each mounted with the light-emitting device. A light-emitting device with high reliability can be obtained with the use of a light-emitting device having the following structure: an element portion including a light-emitting element is interposed between a substrate having flexibility and a light-transmitting property with respect to visible light and a metal substrate; and insulating layers provided over and under the element portion are in contact with each other in the outer periphery of the element portion to seal the element portion. Further, by mounting an electronic device or a lighting device with a light-emitting device having such a structure, an electronic device or a lighting device with high reliability can be obtained.
US08766268B2
A thin film transistor (TFT) array panel includes: first and second pixel electrodes neighboring each other; a data line extending between the first and the second pixel electrodes; first and second gate lines extending perpendicularly to the data line; a first TFT including a first gate electrode connected to the first gate line, a first source electrode connected to the data line, and a first drain electrode facing the first source electrode and connected to the first pixel electrode; and a second TFT including a second gate electrode connected to the second gate line, a second source electrode connected to the data line, and a second drain electrode facing the second source electrode and connected to the second pixel electrode. The first source electrode has the same relative position with respect to the first drain electrode as the second source electrode with respect to the second drain electrode.
US08766250B2
A thin film transistor including an oxide semiconductor with favorable electrical characteristics is provided. The thin film transistor includes a gate electrode provided over a substrate, a gate insulating film provided over the gate electrode, an oxide semiconductor film provided over the gate electrode and on the gate insulating film, a metal oxide film provided on the oxide semiconductor film, and a metal film provided on the metal oxide film. The oxide semiconductor film is in contact with the metal oxide film, and includes a region whose concentration of metal is higher than that of any other region in the oxide semiconductor film (a high metal concentration region). In the high metal concentration region, the metal contained in the oxide semiconductor film may be present as a crystal grain or a microcrystal.
US08766245B2
A transparent electrode is provided for an organic light emitting diode (OLED) device. The electrode may be made according to a method including: sputter-depositing a first layer of or including indium tin oxide (ITO) on a substrate; sputter-depositing a thin second metallic or substantially metallic layer on the glass substrate over the first layer to form an electrode structure, and heat treating the electrode structure at temperature(s) of at least about 400 degrees C. in order to thermally activate at least the first layer of or including ITO. The electrode structure may then be provided in an OLED device on the light-emitting side of the organic light emitting semiconductor layer.
US08766243B2
A compound represented by the following formula (I), provided that the compound in which all of R1 to R14 are hydrogen atoms is excluded.
US08766242B2
This invention relates to dibenzothiopyran compounds. This invention also relates to layers and devices including at least one of these compounds.
US08766241B2
The present invention relates to an organic light-emitting device capable of suppressing deterioration of organic EL elements at the corners of an emission region.The organic light-emitting device includes a planarization film which planarizes thin film transistors arranged in an emission region where pixels are arranged, an element separation film which defines the pixels formed on the planarization film, a charge transport layer formed on the planarization film in each pixel. The charge transport layer contains any one of alkali metals and alkaline-earth metals and extends to outside of the emission region so as to cover the side surface of a peripheral portion of the planarization film, which is disposed in a peripheral region, the planarization film being formed in the emission region.
US08766233B2
A semiconductor device includes at least first and second electrodes, and a layer including a transition metal oxide layer sandwiched between the first and second electrodes. The transition metal oxide layer includes first and second transition metal oxide layers formed of different first and second transition metals, respectively. The first transition metal oxide layer is provided on the first electrode side, the second transition metal oxide layer is provided on the second electrode side, the first transition metal oxide layer and the second transition metal oxide layer are in contact with each other, the first transition metal oxide layer has an oxygen concentration gradient from the interface between the first transition metal oxide layer and the second transition metal oxide layer toward the first electrode side, and the oxygen concentration at the interface is greater than the oxygen concentration on the first electrode side.
US08766230B2
Non-volatile multi-bit memory with programmable capacitance is disclosed. Illustrative data memory units include a substrate including a source region and a drain region; and a gate stack structure over the substrate and between the source region and drain region. The gate stack structure includes a first solid electrolyte cell and a second solid electrolyte cell. The solid electrolyte cells having a capacitance that is controllable between at least two states. A gate contact layer is electrically coupled to a voltage source. The first solid electrolyte cell and the second solid electrolyte cell separate the gate contact layer from the substrate.
US08766221B1
A system and method are provided for bidirectional communications between a master device and one or more slave devices. Each slave device is coupled to first and second opto-isolators which are effective to provide galvanic isolation of the slave device from the master device. An encoder circuit is coupled between the master device and the first opto-isolators. A decoder circuit is coupled between the master device and the second opto-isolators. The master device generates transmissions to the slave devices along a first low logic path including the encoder and the first opto-isolators, wherein the decoder and the second opto-isolators are non-responsive to signals on the first path. The slave devices generate transmissions to the master device along a second low logic path including the second opto-isolators and the decoder, wherein the encoder and the first opto-isolators are non-responsive to signals on the second path.
US08766216B2
A drawing apparatus include: a charged particle optical system configured to generate M×N charged particle beams; a limiting device configured to limit number of charged particle beams that the charged particle optical system emits toward a substrate; and a controller configured, if an abnormal beam that does not satisfy a use condition is present among the M×N charged particle beams, to control the limiting device such that only m rows, each of the m rows including n charged particle beams that are successive without intervention of the abnormal beam.
US08766212B2
A method to align a discharge axis of a discharge radiation source with respect to optics of the lithographic apparatus includes creating a discharge in a substance in a discharge space between an anode and a cathode to form a plasma so as to generate electromagnetic radiation. The discharge is triggered by irradiating an area on a surface proximate the discharge space with an energetic beam. The position of the area is controlled in response to a property of the radiation in the lithographic apparatus and/or the temperature of a collector of the lithographic apparatus. Controlling the position of the area which is irradiated improves alignment of the discharge axis with the different lithographic modules, such as the contamination barrier, the illumination system, the substrate table and/or the projection system.
US08766207B2
A beam monitoring device, method, and system is disclosed. An exemplary beam monitoring device includes a one dimensional (1D) profiler. The 1D profiler includes a Faraday having an insulation material and a conductive material. The beam monitoring device further includes a two dimensional (2D) profiler. The 2D profiler includes a plurality of Faraday having an insulation material and a conductive material. The beam monitoring device further includes a control arm. The control arm is operable to facilitate movement of the beam monitoring device in a longitudinal direction and to facilitate rotation of the beam monitoring device about an axis.
US08766206B2
A neutron detector includes a coincidence detector to detect coincidence events in which each coincidence event indicates proximity in time of a first signal and a second signal. The first signal indicates detection of at least one of a neutron or a gamma ray, and the second signal indicates detection of a gamma ray by a gamma ray detector. A data processor identifies detection of neutron radiation based on characteristics of an energy spectrum of the gamma rays associated with the second signals that correspond to the coincidence signals.
US08766197B2
Disclosed is a radiation detection element which can inexpensively be manufactured. The detection element including, as a main component, a base resin not containing any fluorescent substance at all is used for radiation measurement.
US08766196B2
A transparent scintillator panel including an extruded scintillation layer comprising a thermoplastic polyolefin and a scintillator material, wherein the transparent scintillator panel has an intrinsic MTF at least 5% greater than the iH50 of a solvent-coated DRZ+ screen. Also disclosed is a scintillation detection system including a transparent scintillator panel comprising an extruded scintillation layer comprising a thermoplastic olefin and a scintillator material; and at least one photodetector coupled to the transparent scintillator panel, wherein at least one photodetector is configured to detect photons generated from the transparent scintillator panel. Further disclosed is a method of making a transparent scintillator panel including providing thermoplastic particles comprising at least one thermoplastic polyolefin and a scintillator material; and melt extruding the thermoplastic particles to form an extruded scintillation layer.
US08766191B2
A Fourier Transfer Infrared (FTIR) spectrophotometer having reduced baseline noise. The system and method include internal or external optical adapters having a moveable beamsplitter for splitting the source light beam into a reference beam and a sample beam, and may include a variable bandpass filter, variable preamplifier and reversed biased photodiodes.
US08766188B2
A photoconductive element for performing at least one of generation and detection of terahertz radiation includes a photoconductive layer formed of a semiconductor material and configured to generate photoexcited carriers by being irradiated with excitation light, and a plurality of electrodes provided on the photoconductive layer. The material of the photoconductive layer is a material that makes a depletion layer produced in the photoconductive layer have a thickness smaller than an optical absorption length of the photoconductive layer for a wavelength of the excitation light. A film thickness of the photoconductive layer is adjusted so that the depletion layer is formed over an entirety in a direction of the film thickness within at least a portion of the photoconductive layer between the plurality of electrodes.
US08766179B2
Disclosed herein is an electrospray ionization source that provides improved temperature control compared to prior sources. A combination of a continuous flow sample design and the use of a long heat shield combine to improve thermal control and reduce memory effects observed with prior designs. The temperature-controlled source is particularly useful for the study of biomolecules, particularly the study of protein aggregation.
US08766174B1
The invention relates to a method and a device for optimization of electric fields in measurement cells of Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometers. The invention is based on the rationale that asymmetric electric fields with uniformly or non-uniformly perturbed field axes can appear in ion cyclotron resonance cells and therefore the axis of the magnetron orbit can become radially displaced. Shifted magnetron orbits negatively affect the cyclotron excitation, deteriorate the FT-ICR signal, increase the intensity of an even-numbered harmonics peak, lead to stronger side bands of the FT-ICR signal, and in extreme cases, cause loss of ions. The present invention helps in probing the shift of the magnetron motion, detecting parameters indicative of the offset of the electric field axis and/or correcting it by trimming it back to the geometric axis of the cell.
US08766170B2
A method for operating tandem ion traps is provided, involving a) accumulating ions in the first ion trap at a first time; b) transmitting a first plurality of ions out of the first ion trap and into the second ion trap at a second time, the first plurality of ions having masses within a first mass range; c) retaining a second plurality of ions in the first ion trap at the second time, the second plurality of ions having masses within a second mass range different from the first mass range; d) transmitting the first plurality of ions out of the second ion trap at a third time; and, e) transmitting the second plurality of ions out of the first ion trap and into the second ion trap at the third time.
US08766162B2
A gesture sensing device includes one or more sensors and a processor for processing sensed voltages output from the sensors based on ambient light and/or reflected light received by the sensors. The processor determines an ambient light level and/or a distance between the target and the sensors such that, if the ambient light level exceeds an ambient light threshold and/or the distance is less than a distance threshold, the processor determines the motion of a target relative to the sensors based on the ambient light instead of the reflected light.
US08766161B2
A single photon detection system and method are disclosed which have a control block for helping to monitor and optimize performance, especially at high detection rates. The system is based on photon detectors constructed with avalanche photodiodes (APD) gated in time to operate in the Geiger mode. An electrical reference frequency is generated which is subtracted from the APD output in order to better isolate the breakdown event. The resulting signal is sampled and analyzed to allow the control unit to optimize the magnitude and phase of the electrical reference frequency. The control unit may also change the gate pulse shape and phase, including by the use of a digital-to-analog converter. The gate pulse can be shifted off an input optical pulse so as to estimate dark count rate, or shifted to measure a reference input signal to estimate detection efficiency.
US08766157B2
A method of operating a CMOS pixel is disclosed. The CMOS pixel includes a photodiode (PPD), a transfer gate coupled to the PPD, and an anti-blooming drain coupled to the transfer gate. A potential barrier is formed between a potential well underlying the PPD and the transfer gate. Charge is accumulated in the potential well in response to electromagnetic radiation during a first integration time. Excess charge is removed from the potential well to the anti-blooming drain that exceeds the first potential barrier. A size of the potential barrier is increased. Charge is accumulated in the potential well during a second integration time.
US08766152B1
The present invention includes, in various aspects and embodiments, a method and apparatus for guiding a laser guided munition to an offset aim point relative to the laser spot. In one aspect, the laser guided munition comprises a propelled explosive ordnance; an optical sensor; means for indicating an offset from a laser designation; and a flight control system. The flight control system is responsive to an output from the optical sensor to: home on the laser designation during the descent of an arcing trajectory for the propelled explosive ordnance; determine that the propelled explosive ordnance traversed a predetermined point in the descending trajectory; and upon traversing the predetermined point, guide the propelled explosive ordnance to the position defined by the offset indicator. In a second aspect, the laser guided munition is deployed as part of a system that also includes a laser designator. The laser designator includes: a laser capable of generating a laser signal; a lens though which a generated laser signal is transmitted; and a diffraction grating capable of diffracting the transmitted laser signal into a laser designation and an optical marker separated from the laser designation. In a third aspect, the invention includes a method for guiding a laser guided munition. The method, comprises: homing on a laser designation during the descent of an arcing trajectory for the laser guided munition; traversing a predetermined point in the descending trajectory; and upon traversing the predetermined point, guiding the laser guided munition to a position offset from the laser designation.
US08766148B2
A baking oven for producing baked molded products. The baking oven has an input station, a baking area and an output station. In addition, the oven has baking plates, which are arranged along a circulation path passing through the baking area, and a conveying device for the baking plates. The baking plates are in the form of susceptor plates, which can be heated inductively without contact. An induction heating device is provided in the baking area. This device includes at least one elongated inductor, which is arranged parallel to the circulation path of the baking plates and extends along the circulation path over a plurality of susceptor plates. The elongated inductor produces a large-area, broad magnetic field, which simultaneously inductively heats a plurality of baking plates in the form of susceptor plates without any contact.
US08766146B2
An apparatus for the inductive heating of oil sand and heavy oil deposits by way of current-carrying conductors is provided. The conductors include individual conductor groups, wherein the conductor groups are designed in periodically repeating sections of defined length defining a resonance length, and wherein two or more of the conductor groups are capacitively coupled. In this way, each conductor can be advantageously insulated and may include a single wire.
US08766145B2
To improve jump characteristic of BaTiO3—(Bi1/2Na1/2)TiO3 material.There is provided a process for producing a semiconductive porcelain composition in which a part of Ba is substituted with Bi—Na, the process including a step of preparing a (BaQ)TiO3 calcined powder (in which Q is a semiconductor dopant), a step of preparing a (BiNa)TiO3 calcined powder, a step of mixing the (BaQ)TiO3 calcined powder and the (BiNa)TiO3 calcined powder, a step of molding and sintering the mixed calcined powder, and a step of heat-treating the obtained sintered body at 600° C. or lower; and a PCT heater employing the element prepared by the above steps.
US08766137B2
An optical transmitting unit transmits a pulsed laser beam oscillated by a pulsed laser beam oscillator to a focusing unit in a laser processing apparatus. A wavelength band expanding unit expands the wavelength band of the pulsed laser beam, and a pulse width expanding unit increases the pulse width of the expanded pulsed laser beam. A focusing lens focuses the expanded pulsed laser beam. An optical fiber transmits the focused pulsed laser beam through a collimating lens and a pulse width compressing unit compresses the pulse width of the collimated pulsed laser beam to restore the original pulse width for transmission.
US08766133B2
A high-energy density beam welding process for two panels includes a step that include placing a metal band on the upper face of at least one panel, in the axis of the desired welded joint before welding the panels, so that the metal band is inserted between the panels and the high-energy density beam during the welding step, and so that the thickness of this metal band integrates all of the geometric faults present on the surface of the welded joint.
US08766130B2
An improved arc extinction apparatus that can be used in an improved DC switch apparatus includes a pair of magnetic field elements in the exemplary form of permanent magnets to apply Lorentz forces to the arcs. The magnetic fields are arranged in the vicinity of the air gaps that form between the ends of a pivoting conductor and a pair of contacts such that the system is optimized to extinguish an arc at one air gap when current is flowing through the conductor in a first direction and is further optimized to extinguish an arc at the other air gap when current is flowing in an opposite direction through the conductor. This is accomplished by providing a magnet at each air gap of the circuit, with the magnetic fields being oriented parallel with the pivot axis and having their north poles pointed in the same direction.
US08766128B2
An Escort-Based Sorting (EBS) mail sorting and distribution center system configured and controlled for optimum mail flow and dispatch, minimal sorting center space usage, and elimination of peripheral storage and retrieval equipment. A plurality of input stations each include a mechanism for loading mailpieces and obtaining mailpiece data. A plurality of sorting banks each having a plurality of sorting modules, each sorting module adapted for the face-to-face conveyance of mailpieces for sorting by transferring select mailpieces from a first to a second conveyance path. The sorting modules define at least one row and a plurality tiers operatively coupled by a plurality of elevators. The elevators move mailpieces to and from tiers of the respective sorting bank. A system controller, operatively coupled to the input stations, sorting banks, and elevators, creates an association between the mailpiece information and the escort device, and sorts and dispatches mailpieces according to a dispatch schedule.
US08766126B2
A push button switch 1 is so constructed as to disengage the movable contacts 55b, 56b from the fixed contacts 55a, 56a through operation of the push button 2 held in the switch case 3. A first leaf spring 550 is provided in the switch case 3 to act as an opening-biasing means to bias the movable contacts 55b, 56b away from the fixed contacts 55a, 56a. The movable contact 55b is disposed at an end of the first leaf spring 550 and adapted to engage with and disengage from the fixed contact 55a. The first leaf spring 550 is adapted to be at a position where the movable contact 55b is open relative to and disengaged from the fixed contact 55a at zero displacement of the first leaf spring 550.
US08766120B2
Provided is a microswitch wherein the versatility of a lever member can be prevented from being reduced while the rigidity of the lever member is improved. The microswitch is provided with a housing containing a switch mechanism, a plunger which transmits power to the switch mechanism, and a lever member, the base end of which is supported by the housing. In the microswitch, the tip end of the plunger abuts with the bottom surface of the lever member at an intermediate position in the longitudinal direction of the lever member, and an object to be detected can abut with the top surface of the lever member on the tip end side of the lever member. Further, a first reinforcement portion is formed on the top surface of the lever member, excluding an object abutment portion with which the object to be detected is to be abutted, and a second reinforcement portion is formed on the bottom surface of the lever member, excluding a plunger abutment portion.
US08766117B2
An improved circuit breaker locking device is provided that is capable of locking any one of a set of push-pull circuit breaker actuators having shaft and top annular flanges of different diameters. The device includes a pair of opposing body sections, each having a proximal and a distal recess arranged in tandem, and an elastic joining member that joins the opposing body sections together. The proximal and distal recesses of the opposing body sections are sized to capture without frictionally gripping the largest diameter cylindrical shaft section and the largest annular flange of the set of actuators when the body sections are joined together around the actuator. The interface between the proximal and distal recesses is sized to interfere with and prevent passage of the smallest annular flange of all of the actuators.
US08766110B2
Bushings, sealing devices, tubing, and methods of installing tubing are provided. One aspect of the invention provides a bushing having one or more axially-extending tongues. Another aspect of the invention provides a sealing device for connecting a length of tubing. The sealing device includes a body member defining a sleeve portion and a bushing arranged to be received in the sleeve portion. The bushing includes one or more tongues adapted and configured to be received over at least one layer of the tubing.
US08766105B2
A conductive Sheet, a method for using conductive sheet, and a capacitive touch panel are provided. A first conductive sheet contains two or more conductive first sense pads and a first connection for electrically connecting the adjacent first sense pads on a first transparent substrate. The first sense pads each contain a combination of two or more small lattices, the first connection contains one or more medium lattices (a first medium lattice to a fourth medium lattice), and the pitch of the medium lattices is n times larger than that of the small lattices (in which n is a real number larger than 1).
US08766104B2
A multi-layer printed circuit board includes a first layer stack and a second layer stack coupled to the first layer stack. The first layer stack includes a first electrically-insulating layer, a second electrically-insulating layer, and a first electrically-conductive layer disposed between the first and second electrically-insulating layers. The second layer includes a third electrically-insulating layer and a second electrically-conductive layer. The first layer stack and/or the second layer stack include a cut-out area defining a void that extends therethrough. The multi-layer printed circuit board further includes a first signal layer disposed in association with the first electrically-insulating layer of the first layer stack or the third electrically-insulating layer of the second layer stack, a second signal layer disposed in association with the second electrically-insulating layer of the first layer stack, and a device at least partially disposed within the cut-out area and electrically-coupled to the first and second signal layers.
US08766103B2
An electronic component includes: a multilayer ceramic substrate that has a penetration electrode formed therein, and has a passive element provided on the upper face thereof; an insulating film that is provided on the multilayer ceramic substrate, and has an opening above the penetration electrode; a first connecting terminal that is provided on the insulating film so as to cover the opening, and is electrically connected to the penetration electrode; and a second connecting terminal that is provided on a region of the insulating film other than the opening region.
US08766102B2
A chip support board structure which includes at least a metal substrate, a block layer, a paddle, an insulation layer, a circuit layer and a solder resist is disclosed. The circuit layer connects with the paddle. The material of the block layer is different from that of the metal substrate and the block layer is provided between the metal substrate and the paddle such that the shape and the depth of the paddle is maintained constant and the problem of different depth and easily peeling off is avoided, thereby improving the yield rate of the chip support board.
US08766095B2
An ignition lead in an engine for conducting a large current and high voltage ignition pulse from an exciter to an igniter, which may then transform the pulse received from the ignition lead into an electrical spark, which ignites a fuel and air mixture in the combustor of the engine. The ignition lead may include a construction for improved electromagnetic shielding.
US08766094B2
A grounding adapter to be used with a cable comprises a central band, a plurality of upper extensions, and a plurality of lower extensions. The central band may include an upper side, an opposing lower side, a left side, and an opposing right side to form a rectangle. The upper extensions may be spaced apart and coupled to the upper side of the central band. The lower extensions may be spaced apart and coupled to the lower side of the central band. Each upper extension and lower extension may have an isosceles triangle shape with a first side and a second side of equal length and a rounded corner therebetween. The lower extensions may be offset from the upper extensions such that a space between any two lower extensions aligns with an upper extension.
US08766087B2
A multilayer window structure for a solar cell comprises one or more layers where the bottom layer has an intrinsic material lattice spacing that is substantially the same as the emitter in the plane perpendicular to the direction of epitaxial growth. One or more upper layers of the window structure has progressively higher band gaps than the bottom layer and has intrinsic material lattice spacing is substantially different than the emitter intrinsic material lattice spacing.
US08766081B2
A first contact and a second contact are provided at each of a plurality of keys, and are successively closed in accordance with a key press operation. On the basis of respective closed sense signals from the first contact and the second contact, a duration from when the first contact is closed until the second contact is closed is counted as a first count value and then a duration after this counting has ended is counted as a second count value. An attainment duration value and the second count value are compared, and when a predetermined condition is satisfied, a control signal is outputted. When this control signal is received, sound emission information instructing an emission of a sound by a sound emission controller is sent. The sound emission information includes touch information based on the first count value.
US08766079B2
A playback apparatus includes: a storage unit storing music data and group identification information for identifying groups in which the music data are arranged in a predetermined unit; a selection unit selecting the group identification information stored in the storage unit; a notification unit notifying the group identification information selected by the selection unit with a sound; and a playback unit playing back the notification of the group identification information in the notification unit and the music data belonging to the group identified by the group identification information selected by the selection unit.
US08766078B2
A music piece order determination device includes a beat information corrector, a correlation value calculator, and a music piece order determiner. The beat information corrector acquires beat position information and a tempo value in a musical composition, and corrects the beat position information such that the tempo value becomes the same value as a reference value. The correlation value calculator calculates a correlation value indicative of a degree of correlation of beat position information between respective musical compositions among a plurality of musical compositions, based on the beat position information. The music piece order determiner determines a music piece order, which is a reproduction order of musical compositions, based on the correlation value between the respective musical compositions.
US08766077B2
A music playing movement display control device 1 includes CPU 11 that creates a time list including respective times and a time in advance of the respective times during a musical performance, based on music playing information. The CPU 11 draws on the display unit 16 a movement image of a finger showing a pressed key position on a keyboard at the respective times and a movement image of a finger showing a pressed key position on a keyboard at the times in advance to the respective times for each of the respective times during a musical performance, based on music playing information, movement information, keyboard data, structure data, and a time list.
US08766067B2
A Zantedeschia variety designated 110224-64275 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of Zantedeschia 110224-64275, the plants of Zantedeschia 110224-64275, plant parts of Zantedeschia 110224-64275, and methods for producing a Zantedeschia plant produced by crossing Zantedeschia 110224-64275 with itself or with another Zantedeschia variety. The invention also relates to methods for producing a Zantedeschia plant containing in its genetic material one or more genes or transgenes and the transgenic Zantedeschia plants and plant parts produced by those methods. This invention also relates to Zantedeschia varieties, or breeding varieties, and plant parts derived from Zantedeschia 110224-64275, methods for producing other Zantedeschia varieties, hybrids, or plant parts derived from Zantedeschia 110224-64275, and to the Zantedeschia plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid Zantedeschia seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing the Zantedeschia 110224-64275 with another Zantedeschia variety.
US08766065B2
A Zantedeschia variety designated 110066-21104 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of Zantedeschia 110066-21104, the plants of Zantedeschia 110066-21104, plant parts of Zantedeschia 110066-21104, and methods for producing a Zantedeschia plant produced by crossing Zantedeschia 110066-21104 with itself or with another Zantedeschia variety. The invention also relates to methods for producing a Zantedeschia plant containing in its genetic material one or more genes or transgenes and the transgenic Zantedeschia plants and plant parts produced by those methods. This invention also relates to Zantedeschia varieties, or breeding varieties, and plant parts derived from Zantedeschia 110066-21104, methods for producing other Zantedeschia varieties, hybrids, or plant parts derived from Zantedeschia 110066-21104, and to the Zantedeschia plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid Zantedeschia seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing the Zantedeschia 110066-21104 with another Zantedeschia variety.
US08766063B1
A wheat variety designated W000582Z2, the plants and seeds of wheat variety W000582Z2, methods for producing a wheat plant produced by crossing the variety W000582Z2 with another wheat plant, and hybrid wheat seeds and plants produced by crossing the variety W000582Z2 with another wheat line or plant, and the creation of variants by mutagenesis or transformation of variety W000582Z2. This invention also relates to methods for producing other wheat varieties or breeding lines derived from wheat variety W000582Z2 and to wheat varieties or breeding lines produced by those methods.
US08766055B1
A novel maize variety designated X18B751 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 X18B751 with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X18B751 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. This invention relates to the maize variety X18B751, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X18B751. This invention further relates to methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X18B751.
US08766050B2
A soybean cultivar designated XB35H12 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar XB35H12, to the plants of soybean cultivar XB35H12, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar XB35H12, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar XB35H12. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. The invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean cultivar XB35H12. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar XB35H12, and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar XB35H12 with another soybean cultivar.
US08766046B2
The invention relates to the soybean variety designated A1026311. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety A1026311. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety A1026311 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety A1026311 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
US08766042B2
The invention relates to the soybean variety designated D6652412. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety D6652412. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety D6652412 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety D6652412 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
US08766041B2
The present invention relates to a molecular marker genetically linked to, and capable of identifying, a genetic locus in the cucumber plant (Cucumis sativus L.) genome conferring a general resistance against tobamoviruses, and especially against two commercially important pathogenic tobamoviruses, i.e., cucumber green mottle mosaic virus (CGMMV) and cucumber fruit mottle mosaic virus (CFMMV). The present invention further relates to methods for providing a cucumber plant (Cucumis sativus L.), plants, plant parts and fruits with resistance against tobamoviruses, and especially against two commercially important pathogenic tobamoviruses, i.e., cucumber green mottle mosaic virus (CGMMV) and cucumber fruit mottle mosaic virus (CFMMV).
US08766030B2
Accelerated dechlorination of soil and water contaminated with chlorinated solvents in situ is achieved by delivering ferric ammonium citrate into the soils and/or water. The induction of ferric ammonium citrate into sulfate-rich reducing conditions initiates a combined abiotic and biotic mechanism for the dechlorination of subsurface contaminants. Initial and rapid removal of chlorinated solvents is achieved by way of reductive transformation, a mechanism utilizing the creation of an iron-bound soil mineral (pyrite) followed by stimulating conditions for enhanced biological natural attenuation.
US08766016B2
Processes for producing 1,3,5-trimethyl-2,4,6-tris(3,5-dialkyl-4-hydroxybenzyl)benzene are provided, in particular such processes that utilize 2,6-di-tert-butylphenol, paraformaldehyde, a secondary amine, mesitylene, and acetic acid.
US08766009B2
A process for preparing ethylamines and monoisopropylamine (MIPA), in which bioethanol is reacted with ammonia in the presence of hydrogen and of a heterogeneous catalyst to give ethylamines, said bioethanol having a content of sulfur and/or sulfur compounds of ≧0.1 ppm by weight (calculated S), and then isopropanol is reacted with ammonia in the presence of the same catalyst and in the presence of hydrogen to give MIPA.
US08766007B2
Provided are alkynyl phenyl derivative compounds, pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and methods of treating ophthalmic diseases and disorders, such as age-related macular degeneration and Stargardt's Disease, using said compounds and compositions.
US08766003B2
The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of iodinated phenols; in particular; it relates to a process including the direct iodination, with suitably activated iodine, of 3,5-disubstituted phenol compounds to the corresponding 3,5-disubstituted-2,4,6-triiodophenols, which are useful intermediates for the synthesis of x-ray contrast media, and to the preparation of the contrast media themselves.
US08766002B2
An improved synthesis method for preparation of iodixanol, and a purification process through macroporous adsorption resin chromatographic column and recrystallization are provided. The synthesis method relates to dimerization of 5-acetamido-N,N′-bis(2,3-dihydroxypropyl)-2,4,6-triiodo-isophthalamide (compound A) to prepare iodixanol, wherein excessive side reactions such as alkylation are effectively inhibited by controlling the pH of the reaction mixture with a boron-containing acidic substance or salts thereof such as boric acid. In this way, the conversion rate of compound A to iodixanol is 85-90%. The iodixanol crude product is purified by a macroporous adsorption resin chromatographic column, obtaining iodixanol product with recovery of 90-95% and purity of 96-98%. The iodixanol crude product is recrystallized in mixed solvent containing 2-methoxyethanol, obtaining iodixanol product with recovery of 90-95% and purity of greater than 99%.
US08765996B2
The invention relates to a process for preparing isocyanates by reacting the corresponding amines with phosgene in the gas phase, if appropriate in the presence of at least one inert medium, the phosgene being passed into a reactor (21) through a first inlet and the amine through a second inlet of an ejector (1). The first inlet and the second inlet open into a mixing zone (17) in which the phosgene and the amine are mixed to give a reaction mixture. The mixing zone (17) is followed downstream by a diffuser (19) in which pressure and temperature of the reaction mixture composed of phosgene and amine are increased.
US08765994B2
The present invention includes the use of pelorol, related compounds and pharmaceutical compositions thereof as modulators of SHIP 1 activity. This invention also provides novel terpene compounds capable of modulating SHIP 1 activity and methods of synthesis thereof.
US08765990B2
Disclosed is a compound represented by formula (1): wherein R1 and R3 each independently represent an alkylene group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms or an arylene group; R2 and R4 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, or an aryl group; and l, n and m each independently represent a natural number of 1 to 3.
US08765983B2
Exemplary methods include centrifuging a wet algal biomass to increase a solid content of the wet algal biomass to between approximately 10% and 40% to result in a centrifuged algal biomass, mixing the centrifuged algal biomass with an amphiphilic solvent to result in a mixture, heating the mixture to result in a dehydrated, defatted algal biomass, separating the amphiphilic solvent from the dehydrated, defatted algal biomass to result in amphiphilic solvent, water and lipids, evaporating the amphiphilic solvent from the water and the lipids, and separating the water from the lipids. The amphiphilic solvent may be selected from a group consisting of acetone, methanol, ethanol, isopropanol, butanone, dimethyl ether, and propionaldehyde. Other exemplary methods include filtering a wet algal biomass through a membrane to increase a solid content of the wet algal biomass to between approximately 10% and 40% to result in a filtered algal biomass.
US08765982B2
A composition is provided that, when utilized in combination with warfarin, greatly improves the anticoagulant effects of warfarin in mammalian subjects. The composition is a compound having a naphthohydroquinone ring system substantially similar to the ring system of the reduced form of vitamin K1 and has the general formula: where R1 and R4 are hydrogen or acyl, R2 is a saturated or unsaturated alkyl group with up to 6 carbons, and R3 is a saturated or unsaturated alkyl group with up to 20 carbons, or R2 and R3 are part of a cyclic or polycyclic ring system.
US08765980B2
A process for the preparation of β,γ-unsaturated-γ, γ-disubstituted esters 1 with high E/Z- and β,γ/α,β-ratios, Formula (1) by reacting at a temperature of between about 130 and 170 degrees centigrade the conjugated malonate Formula (3) with, a group I, II or III metal halide or an organic cation/halide anion pair, an inorganic proton source and a polar solvent.
US08765977B2
A method of diagnostic imaging is disclosed comprising administering a medical formulation to a subject, the formulation comprising a contrast enhancement agent having structure I and salts thereof wherein R1 is independently at each occurrence a hydroxy group, a C1-C3 hydroxyalkyl group, or a C1-C3 alkyl group, and b is 0-4; R2-R7 are independently at each occurrence hydrogen, a C1-C3 hydroxyalkyl group, or a C1-C3 alkyl group, with the proviso that at least one of R1-R7 is a hydroxy group or a C1-C3 hydroxyalkyl group; and wherein Q is one or more charge balancing counterions; and one or more pharmaceutically acceptable carriers and excipients. The subject is subjected to a diagnostic imaging technique such as magnetic resonance imaging. The technique may be used in a variety of diagnostic imaging regimes, such as imaging of circulatory systems, genitourinary systems, hepatobiliary systems, central nervous systems, tumors, and abscesses among others.
US08765960B2
A TARP γ8 dependant AMPA receptor antagonist of the formula: its pharmaceutically acceptable salts, uses, and methods for its preparation are described.
US08765954B2
Compounds and compositions for treating, preventing or managing cancer are disclosed. The compositions provided herein comprise SNS-595 and N-desmethyl-SNS-595. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds and methods of treatment using the compounds and compositions.
US08765952B2
The present invention provides a metal complex containing a cation represented by [(MII)2(MI)2(LC)2(LB)4]2+ [in the aforementioned formula, MII is PtII or PdII, MI is H+, AuI, AgI, CuI, HgI, TlI or PbI, and LC and LB are ligands]. The metal complex of the present invention is useful as a light emitting material of an organic EL device.
US08765948B2
The present invention relates to processes and intermediates for preparing Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone (GnRH) receptor antagonists of structure (VI); and stereoisomers and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof.
US08765941B2
Viruses, and particularly RNA viruses, have high mutation rates. Hence, antiviral agents that have been developed to date targeting protease or reverse transcriptase of viruses have quickly lost their effectiveness and resistant viruses have emerged. Also, in recent years, viral diseases caused by various new viruses such as SARS, avian influenza, and the hepatitis C have become social menaces. Therefore, the development of a novel antiviral agent that can cope with a virus resistant to an existing drug or a new virus and has a wide range of applications has been demanded. The present invention provides a novel anti-RNA viral agent and a method for use thereof. The present invention further provides an anti-RNA viral agent that is also effective against a new virus or a drug-resistant virus, and a method for use thereof.
US08765937B2
A process for the ultrapurification of alginates is provided. In particular, the process may be used for microencapsulation in human cell transplants.
US08765930B2
Double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) induces sequence-specific post-transcriptional gene silencing in many organisms by a process known as RNA interference (RNAi). Using a Drosophila in vitro system, we demonstrate that 19-23 nt short RNA fragments are the sequence-specific mediators of RNAI. The short interfering RNAs (siRNAs) are generated by an RNase III-like processing reaction from long dsRNA. Chemically synthesized siRNA duplexes with overhanging 3′ ends mediate efficient target RNA cleavage in the lysate, and the cleavage site is located near the center of the region spanned by the guiding siRNA. Furthermore, we provide evidence that the direction of dsRNA processing determines whether sense or antisense target RNA can be cleaved by the produced siRNP complex.
US08765928B2
Provided herein are isolated genomic polynucleotide fragments from the from the p15 region of chromosome 11 encoding human and tumor suppressing subtransferable candidate 4 (TSSC4) and methods of use.
US08765916B2
Monoclonal antibodies, or antigen-binding fragments thereof, that bind to ERG, and more specifically, to an epitope formed by amino acids 42-66 of ERG3 are disclosed. The monoclonal antibodies can be non-human antibodies (e.g., rabbit or mouse) or humanized monoclonal antibodies having the CDR regions derived from those non-human antibodies. In other embodiments, the monoclonal antibodies are chimeric, having the light and heavy chain variable regions of a non-human ERG antibody. Methods of using the antibodies to detect ERG, or fusion proteins comprising all or part of an ERG polypeptide, such as an ERG polypeptide encoded by a TMPRSS2/ERG, SLC45A3/ERG, or NDRG1/ERG fusion transcript, are also provided, including methods of detecting ERG or ERG fusion events in a clinical setting. The antibodies can also be used to inhibit the activity of ERG or fusion proteins comprising all or part of an ERG polypeptide, such as an ERG polypeptide encoded by a TMPRSS2/ERG, SLC45A3/ERG, or NDRG1/ERG fusion transcript and to treat malignancies associated with overexpression of ERG or an ERG fusion event, such as prostate cancer, Ewing's sarcoma, acute myeloid leukemia, acute T-lymphoblastic leukemia, endothelial cancer, and colon cancer.
US08765910B2
The invention relates to a method for producing C-terminal amidated dibasic or polybasic peptides, consisting in reacting two peptides in the presence of trypsin biologically active enzymes and, if necessary, in purifying the thus obtainable compounds of formula (I) by means of protein chemistry.
US08765901B2
A spandex comprising a polyurethane or polyurethaneurea reaction product of at least one diisocyanate compound and a poly(tetramethylene-co-ethyleneether) glycol comprising constituent units derived by copolymerizing tetrahydrofuran and ethylene oxide wherein the percentage of ethylene ether moieties is from about 16 to about 70 mole percent with at least one chain extender selected from the group consisting of diamines and diols and at least one chain terminator wherein the spandex is spun at a speed in excess of about 750 meters per minute.
US08765879B2
To provide a modified recycled polyester resin that has stable moldability, is capable of producing as a by-product only a small amount of gel-like material during the process of modification to allow stable cross-linking reaction, and can prevent the possibility of recleavage, and to provide a molded article using the same. The modified recycled polyester resin contains a recycled PET resin having a carboxyl group, and a modifying agent having an epoxy group and an oxazoline group, ends of the carboxyl group of the recycled PET resin being modified with the modifying agent, wherein a mole ratio between the oxazoline group and the epoxy group is within a range of 100:90 to 100:0.01, and an additive amount of the modifying agent is 0.001 to 15 parts by mass with respect to 100 parts by mass of the recycled PET resin.
US08765874B2
Provided are ethylene-based polymer compositions, articles made therefrom, and methods of making the same. Ethylene-based polymer compositions include blends of a linear low density polyethylene prepared with metallocene catalyst and a low density polyethylene. The linear low density polyethylene may optionally have about five mole percent or less of monomer units derived from an alpha-olefin comonomer. Articles composed of such ethylene-based polymer compositions, such as blown films, exhibit favorable physical properties, including excellent optical properties and retained strength i.e., mitigation of expected decline in physical strength due to LDPE addition.
US08765869B2
The present invention relates to olefin polymers having associative groups containing nitrogen heterocyclic compounds, to hot-melt adhesives including such polymers, and to method for producing same. Specifically, the invention relates to a polymer comprising units from ethylene and from a monomer having associative groups, said monomer including a polymerizing reactive group and an associative group containing nitrogen heterocyclic compounds.
US08765863B2
A halogenated elastomer partially functionalized with triethylamine, in a mixture with fiiier and a cure package, suitable for use as an air barrier in an innertube or tire innerliner, is disclosed. The halogenated elastomer can be a polymer comprising C4 to C7 isoolefm derived units, para-alkylstyrene derived units, para-(haloalkylstyrene) derived units, and para-(triethylammoniumalkylstyrene) derived units. The Mooney viscosity of the elastomer can be controlled by the degree of triethylamine functionalization. Also disclosed is a method for making an article using the tri ethy iamine-functionalized elastomer.
US08765850B2
Provided is a polyacetal resin composition obtained from a raw material composition containing a polyacetal resin, a hydrazine derivative, and a compound for lowering the melting point of the hydrazine derivative, wherein a mixture of the hydrazine derivative and the compound satisfies both of the following conditions: T1
US08765840B2
An artificial stone slab comprises a plurality of coated lumps of composite stone material, wherein at least a first set of the plurality of coated lumps are substantially in contact with one another, and wherein at least a second set of the plurality of coated lumps are spaced apart by one or more fillers. An engineered stone slab comprises a plurality of coated lumps of composite stone material, wherein at least a portion of the coated lumps comprise an inner core having a first color and an outer layer having a second, different, color.
US08765838B2
A non-aqueous ink composition for inkjet printing, comprising 5 to 15% by mass of pigment relative to a mass of the non-aqueous ink composition, a pigment dispersant in such an amount that a mass ratio of the pigment dispersant to the pigment ranges from 0.2 to 2.0, and an organic solvent, the pigment dispersant comprising (A) a polyamide having a polyester side chain and/or a copolymer of vinylpyrrolidone and a C10-40 alkene, and (B) an alkyl(alkyl)acrylate copolymer having a C12-25 alkyl group and a nitrogen-containing group in such an amount that a mass ratio of the dispersant (B) to a total of the dispersant (A) and the dispersant (B), (B)/[(A)+(B)], ranges from 0.75 to 0.99. The ink composition has good storage stability and causes no satellite even printed in an environment of a low temperature.
US08765837B2
[Problems] To provide a chemical polymerization type curable composition which can achieve a very large strength of adhesion even without irradiated with light, and is used in the field of dental therapy.[Means for Solution] A dental curable composition comprising (A) a polymerizable monomer component containing an acidic group-containing polymerizable monomer, (B) water, and (C) a chemical polymerization initiator component comprising a radical-generating species and a reactive species that generates radicals upon reacting with the radical-generating species; wherein, the dental curable composition is stored being divided into a plurality of packages, and is polymerized and cured by mixing together the components contained in the packages; and wherein one package (I) among the packages contains the component (A) and the component (B), and, further, contains polyvalent metal ions in an amount of 0.3 to 10 meq per gram of the polymerizable monomer component (A) contained in the package; and the chemical polymerization initiator (C) is stored being divided into at least two packages so that the radical-generating species and the reactive species do not come in contact with each other.
US08765831B2
Provided is a photocurable resin composition, which has sensitivity equal to or greater than existing compositions, has alkali development properties, and which produces a cured product that does not become brittle with changes in temperature, and which also has excellent reliability in terms of water resistance, electrical insulating properties, PCT resistance, and the like. The photocurable resin composition comprises a carboxyl group-containing resin, a photopolymerization initiator, a vinyl group-containing elastomer, and a styryl group-containing compound.
US08765829B2
A phenolic foam is made by foaming and curing a foamable phenolic resin composition that comprises a phenolic resin, a blowing agent, an acid catalyst and an inorganic filler. The blowing agent comprises an aliphatic hydrocarbon containing from 1 to 8 carbon atoms and the inorganic filler is at least one selected from a metal hydroxide, a metal oxide, a metal carbonate and a metal powder. The phenolic foam has a pH of 5 or more. The phenolic foam has a higher pH value compared with conventional phenolic foam and reduces corrosion risk when in contact with metallic materials. The phenolic foam maintains excellent long-term stable thermal insulation performance, low water uptake and fire resistance performance and by using a hydrocarbon blowing agent, does not harm the environment as an ozone depleting or global warming material.
US08765826B2
Expandable composite resin particles for long-term storage, comprising 500 to 5000 ppm of water and 7.5 to 11.0% by weight of pentane in composite resin of polyolefin-based resin and polystyrene-based resin.
US08765824B2
The present invention is directed to a membrane for ethanol and aromatics separation that is stable in an alcohol containing environment. The membrane is a polyether epoxy resin having an aliphatic substituted epoxide. The invention also teaches a method to control the flux and selectivity of the membrane.
US08765823B2
A method for starting up a bubble column slurry bed reactor of the present invention includes, when restarting operation of a bubble column slurry bed reactor for producing hydrocarbons by the Fischer-Tropsch synthesis reaction, feeding a hydroprocessed oil produced in the bubble column slurry bed reactor and hydroprocessed that contains 40% by mass or more of paraffin hydrocarbons having carbon number of 21 or more and that has a peroxide value of 1 ppm or less, to the bubble column slurry bed reactor.
US08765819B2
The present invention relates to the use of low content of benzoic acid and/or sodium salt thereof in combination with one or more organic acid preservatives as active ingredients in the manufacture of a vaginal composition, wherein the composition has weak inhibition effect on normal vaginal lactobacilli while has strong inhibition effect on vaginal fungi and/or pathogenic vaginal lactobacilli, the organic acid preservatives are selected from the group consisting of dehydroacetic acid and/or sodium salt thereof, propionic acid and/or a salt thereof, sorbic acid and/or a salt thereof. The composition of the present invention is particularly useful in inhibiting vaginal fungi, and/or inhibiting pathogenic vaginal lactobacilli, and/or promoting normal vaginal lactobacilli, and/or maintaining normal vaginal acidity, and/or modulating vaginal microecosystem, and/or modulating vaginal microbials, and/or selectively decontaminating vagina.
US08765815B2
Compounds that can be used as openers or blockers of voltage-dependent potassium channels, and which are useful in the treatment of conditions such as central or peripheral nervous system disorders through the modulation of potassium ion flux through voltage-dependent potassium channels and/or depressing or enhancing cortical and/or peripheral neuron activity, compositions containing same and methods utilizing same are disclosed. Also disclosed are modulators of voltage-dependent potassium channels, which exhibit blocking of a TRPV1 channel, and hence are useful in the treatment of TRPV1-related conditions.
US08765809B2
A compound represented by the following formula (I′) wherein X1 is a methylene group, an ethylene group, a trimethylene group or a vinylene group, X2 is a divalent group represented by the following formula A or B, Y is an ethylene group or a vinylene group, m and n are each an integer of 0 to 7, which satisfy m+n=0 to 8, R1 and R2 are each independently a hydrogen atom, a methyl group or an ethyl group, provided that when X1 is a methylene group, then X2 is not a divalent group represented by the formula A, and when X1 is a vinylene group, then X2 is not a divalent group represented by the formula A. The compound is a stable capsinoid derivative, and is useful as an active ingredient of an external blood circulation enhancer or a cosmetic composition, a pharmaceutical composition, or a food composition.
US08765806B2
Provided is a biocidal composition comprising 2,6-dimethyl-m-dioxane-4-ol acetate and an isothiazolinone biocidal compound. The composition is useful for controlling microorganisms in aqueous or water containing systems.
US08765804B2
The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition comprising specific compounds which may be obtained from Leontopodium alpinum Cass. (Edelweiss). A preferred compound is leoligin (=(2S,3R,4R)-4-(3,4-dimethoxybenzyl) -2-(3,4-dimethoxyphenyl)tetrahydrofuran-3-yl]methyl(2Z)-2-methylbut-2-enoat]). Corresponding means and methods in respect of medical uses of the compounds are described. The present invention also provides a medical device comprising, containing or having been contacted with the compound. The compounds provided herein may particularly be used in the treatment of hyperplastic diseases, in particular intimal hyperplasia, e.g. stenosis, restenosis, atherosclerosis and the like. Also envisaged herein is the use of these compounds in the treatment of proliferative diseases, such as leukemia, prostate cancer and lung cancer.
US08765800B2
Crystalline forms of (1r,4r)-6′-fluoro-N,N-dimethyl-4-phenyl-4′,9′-dihydro-3′H-spiro[cyclohexane-1,1′-pyrano[3,4,b]indol]-4-amine, pharmaceutical compositions and medicaments comprising these crystalline modifications, the use of these modifications as well as a process for the enrichment of such crystalline modifications.
US08765794B2
The present disclosure relates to compositions for and methods of repairing the stratum corneum, compositions and methods for inhibiting excessive transepidermal water loss, compositions for and methods of treating skin that is distressed or wounded as a result of a disease or other biological condition or process (as distinguished from wounds resulting from trauma), compositions for and methods of treating chronic wounds, and compositions for the inhibition and treatment of necrosis and extended quiescence that result in cellular necrosis instead of normal proliferation.
US08765791B2
The present invention relates to methods for treating cancer by administering a therapeutically effective amount of compound of formula (I), such as selective NPY5R antagonist MK-0557 (trans-N-[1-(2-fluorophenyl)-3-pyrazolyl]-3-oxospiro[6-azaisobenzofuran-1(3H), 1′-cyclohexane]-4′-carboxamide), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, to a subject in need thereof The methods can further comprise administering a chemotherapeutic agent to the subject in need thereof.
US08765790B2
The present invention relates to compounds useful in therapy, to compositions comprising said compounds, and to methods of treating diseases comprising administration of said compounds. The compounds referred to are positive allosteric modulators (PAMs) of the nicotinic acetylcholine α7 receptor.
US08765789B2
The present invention relates to a compound which has a glucokinase-activating effect and is useful as a therapeutic agent for diabetes mellitus, being represented by a formula (I): [wherein X1 represents a nitrogen atom, sulfur atom, oxygen atom or the like; R1 represents a 6- to 10-membered aryl group, 5- to 7-membered heteroaryl group or the like; D represents an oxygen atom or sulfur atom; R2 and R3 are the same or different, each representing a hydrogen atom, lower alkyl group or the like; a formula (II) represents an optionally substituted 5- to 7-membered heteroaryl group or the like; a formula (III) represents a monocyclic or bicyclic heteroaryl group] or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
US08765787B2
Self-preserving ophthalmic formulations containing norketotifen and methods of making the same and the use thereof in patients suffering from xerophthalmia are disclosed. The methods also comprise administering to the eyes of a mammal in need thereof, self-preserving topical ophthalmic formulations containing norketotifen, free from any added preservative.
US08765781B2
The present invention is a DNA intercalating agent represented by the structure Y—Z—Y, wherein Y is an antitumor bis-carbazole and Z is a linear arrangement of multiple aromatic rings, containing at least two aromatic rings, or at least two alicyclic rings, said rings being linked in a 1,4 or 1,3 manner. Methods of inhibiting cancer cells and treating subjects having cancer with these agents are also provided.
US08765778B2
Disclosed are rifamycin derivatives having antibacterial activities, wherein the compounds have the following general formula: wherein: R is hydrogen or acetyl; R1 and R2 are independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, (C1-4) alkyl, benzyloxy, mono- and di-(C1-3) alkylamino-(C1-4)alkyl, (C1-3)alkoxy, (C1-4) alkyl, hydroxy-methyl, hydroxy-(C2-4)-alkyl, and nitro or R1 and R2 taken together with two consecutive carbon atoms of the pyridine nucleus form a benzene ring optionally substituted by one or two methyl or ethyl groups and R3 is hydroxyalkyl (C1-4). In addition, processes to obtain these compounds are described.
US08765776B2
Provided is an antihypertensive pharmaceutical composition containing Fimasartan, a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, a solvate thereof or a hydrate thereof as an angiotensin II receptor blocker, and Amlodipine, an isomer thereof, a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, a solvate thereof or a hydrate thereof as a calcium channel blocker.
US08765759B2
The present invention is directed to compounds of the formula: (wherein variables A1, A2, A3, G1, G2, G3, G4, J, Ea, Eb, Ec, R6, R7, and Y are as described herein) which are antagonists of CGRP receptors and which are useful in the treatment or prevention of diseases in which CGRP is involved, such as migraine. The invention is also directed to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds and the use of these compounds and compositions in the prevention or treatment of such diseases in which CGRP is involved.
US08765756B2
A plant disease controlling composition, containing a carboxamide compound represented by formula (I): wherein R1 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group and R2 represents a methyl group, a difluoromethyl group or a trifluoromethyl group; and a pyridazine compound represented by formula (II) wherein A1 represents a chlorine atom, a bromine atom, a cyano group or a methyl group, and A2 represents a hydrogen atom or a fluorine atom.
US08765745B2
One aspect of the invention relates to inhibitors that preferentially inhibit immunoproteasome activity over constitutive proteasome activity. In certain embodiments, the invention relates to the treatment of immune related diseases, comprising administering a compound of the invention. In certain embodiments, the invention relates to the treatment of cancer, comprising administering a compound of the invention.
US08765739B2
Compounds of formula [I]: wherein each symbol is as defined in the description, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salts or solvates thereof.
US08765727B2
The present invention relates to macrocyclic compounds of Formula I: or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof or quaternary ammonium salts thereof wherein constituent members are provided hereinwith, as well as their compositions and methods of use, which are JAK/ALK inhibitors useful in the treatment of JAK/ALK-associated diseases including, for example, inflammatory and autoimmune disorders, as well as cancer.
US08765723B2
This invention relates to novel compounds which are derivatives of the phosphodiesterase inhibitor, cilostazol and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. This invention also provides pyrogen-free compositions comprising one or more compounds of the invention and the use of the disclosed compounds and compositions in methods of treating diseases and conditions that are treated by administration of a phosphodiesterase inhibitor, such as cilostazol. The invention also relates to the use of the disclosed compounds and compositions as reagents in analytical studies involving cilostazol.
US08765720B2
The present invention provides a method for treating multiple myeloma in a subject, comprising the step of administering to the subject a combination of COMPOUND 1 and bortezomib. The invention further provides a method for treating multiple myeloma in a subject, comprising the step of administering to the subject a combination of COMPOUND 1 and melphalan.
US08765716B2
A docetaxel inclusion complex having improved water-solubility (up to 15 mg/ml) and stability (stability constant Ka=2056 M−1-13051 M−1), comprises docetaxel and hydroxypropyl-beta-cyclodextrin and/or sulfobutyl-beta-cyclodextrin in a ratio of 1:10-150. The method includes steps as follows: docetaxel dissolved in ethanol is added into water solution of cyclodextrin via stirring, until docetaxel is completely dissolved; said solution is filtered in 0.2-04 μm microporous membrane then ethanol is removed through reduced pressure to obtain the inclusion complex in a liquid form; or ethanol, followed by water is removed through reduced pressure, then dried to obtain the inclusion complex in a solid form.
US08765713B2
A marker for determining sensitivity of a patient to an anti-cancer agent, and novel cancer therapeutic means employing the marker, wherein the marker for determining sensitivity to an anti-cancer agent is a protein or a fragment, where in the protein or a fragment thereof exhibits a peak at m/z of 5,300 to 5,400, a peak at m/z of 6,130 to 6,230, a peak at m/z of 7,000 to 7,080 a peak at m/z of 7,840 to 7,920, a peak at m/z of 8,920 to 9,000, a peak at m/z of 12,440 to 12,560, a peak at m/z of 17,100 to 17,270, a peak at m/z of 18,290 to 18,470, a peak at m/z of 24,660 to 24,750, a peak at m/z of 35,980 to 36,290, a peak at m/z of 8,650 to 8,750, a peak at m/z of 9,100 to 9,200, a peak at m/z of 11,760 to 11,890, the peaks being determined by means of a mass spectrometer.
US08765712B2
The present invention concerns an agent for prevention and treatment of pityriasis.The agent according to the present invention comprises at least one transaminase inhibitor effectively inhibiting the transamination process which is of pathogenetic relevance for the disease, prevents a recurrence of the disease and which protects the human skin flora. Upon release into the environment, no resistances are induced in other fungi.
US08765703B2
Antisense compounds, compositions and methods are provided for modulating the expression of MyD88. The compositions comprise antisense compounds, particularly antisense oligonucleotides, targeted to nucleic acids encoding MyD88. Methods of using these compounds for modulation of MyD88 expression and for treatment of diseases associated with expression of MyD88 are provided.
US08765687B2
This invention provides WT1 peptides and methods of treating, reducing the incidence of, and inducing immune responses against a WT1-expressing cancer, comprising same.
US08765683B2
The present invention is directed to novel therapeutic uses of T-140 analog peptides and compositions comprising same. Specifically, the invention provides compositions and methods useful in cancer therapy.
US08765679B2
The invention relates to isolated peptides derived from Oryza sativa Japonica Group, pharmaceutical compositions comprising same, and uses thereof for treating, preventing, ameliorating, and/or delaying the onset of inflammatory and/or neuroinflammatory and/or autoimmune diseases or conditions and in particular multiple sclerosis. The invention further relates to extracts from Oryza sativa Japonica Group and use thereof as a dietary supplement or in a pharmaceutical composition for treating, preventing, ameliorating, and/or delaying the onset of inflammatory, and/or inflammatory, neuroinflammatory and/or autoimmune diseases or conditions. The peptides and the extract of the invention may be used for treating, ameliorating, and/or delaying the onset or preventing multiple sclerosis.
US08765678B2
A method of treating a disease or condition in which up-regulating GAGs is therapeutically beneficial is disclosed, in particular osteoarthritis and skin diseases. The method comprises locally administering to a subject a therapeutically effective amount of an agent capable of down-regulating activity or expression of a component of the renin-angiotensin system.
US08765672B2
The present invention relates to a method of modulating a release of biomolecules having heparin-binding affinity, and more specifically, to a method of modulating a release of biomolecules having heparin-binding affinity, using thiolated heparin adsorbed on metal surface. According to the present invention, it is possible to modulate various biomolecules having heparin-binding affinity such as growth factors spatiotemporally by external electrical stimulations, without causing cytotoxicity and having deteriorating effects on cell activity. Thus, the present invention can be applied for various biomedical and biotechnical fields including drug delivery, biosensor, and cell culture.
US08765661B2
Provided herein are compositions and methods for preparing foods and beverages that contain additives, such as nutraceuticals, pharmaceuticals, and supplements, such as essential fatty acids, including omega-3 fatty acids, omega-6 fatty acids, conjugated fatty acids, and other fatty acids; phytochemicals, including phytosterols; other oils; and coenzymes, including Coenzyme Q10, and other oil-based additives.
US08765660B1
Methods for removing surfactants from polar solids are described herein. In particular, various embodiments described herein relate to the removal of surfactants from polar solids that involves contacting a surfactant-containing porous polar solid with an extraction agent comprising water, a salt, and, optionally, a polar organic compound. In certain embodiments described herein, the extraction agents are used to remove surfactants from a mesoporous zeolite.
US08765649B2
The present invention provides a lubricating oil composition, comprising: a lubricant base oil having a sulfur content adjusted to 0.1% or less by mass; and (A) one or more alkali metal or alkaline earth metal salicylates in which the ratio of a salicylate constituent having, in the 3- and 5-positions, hydrocarbon groups having 1 to 40 carbon atoms is adjusted to 10% or more by mol and/or (B) one or more alkali metal or alkaline earth metal salicylates in which the ratio of one or more monoalkylsalicylate constituents is adjusted to 85% or more by mol and the ratio of a monoalkylsalicylate constituent having, in the 3-position, a secondary alkyl group having 10 or more and less than 20 carbon atoms is adjusted to 50% or more by mol, the (A) and/or (B) being incorporated into the base oil in an amount of 0.005 to 5% by mass of the total of the composition, and the amount being an amount in terms of the metal element therein. In this way, the oxidation life under the contamination of water content is improved.
US08765647B2
Method and agent for reducing water production from oil and gas wells. The agent comprises polymer, cross-linked particles which are stable in water-free solvents. The particles are manufactured in an oil-in-oil emulsion and are cross-linked with at least one water-stable cross-linker and at least one water-labile cross-linker. The water-labile cross-linker is chosen so that when it is opened or broken in a reaction with water a hydrophilic seat is formed which increases the particle's ability to swell in water. The particles furthermore comprise a controlled amount of an immobilized chemical compound which by means of the reaction between water and reactive groups in the polymer skeleton, become able to form chemical bonds to another particle, to another reactive seat in the same particle or to another compounds thereby increasing the agent's stability in the formation.
US08765642B2
Provided herein is a set of reagents comprising: a plurality of at least three probe libraries, wherein each library of the plurality comprises one or more probe sets that are each specific for a target; and at least one of the libraries comprises a probe set that is present in another of the libraries. The plurality of libraries can be hybridized to spatially separated targets, simultaneously or sequentially. The identity of a spatially separated target can be determined by identifying which combination of the multiple libraries hybridize thereto.
US08765638B2
A herbicide combination comprising of components (A) and (B) exhibit synergistic herbicidal effects, where (A) is one or more herbicides selected from the group consisting of heteroaryloxy- and aryloxy-phenoxypropionic acids, their salts and esters and cyclohexanediones, and (B) is one or more herbicides selected from the group consisting of (B1) herbicides which are selective in rice, mainly against mono-cotyledonous plants, (B2) herbicides which are selective in rice, mainly against dicotyledonous harmful plants and cyperaceae, (B3) herbicides which are selective in rice, mainly against cyperaceae and (B4) herbicides which are selective in rice, mainly against mono-cotyledonous and dicotyledonous plants and cyperaceae.
US08765629B2
The invention relates to a catalyst composition comprising a mixed oxide of vanadium, titanium, and phosphorus. The titanium component is derived from a water-soluble, redox-active organo-titanium compound. The catalyst composition is highly effective at facilitating the vapor-phase condensation of formaldehyde with acetic acid to generate acrylic acid, particularly using an industrially relevant aqueous liquid feed.
US08765621B2
There is provided a dielectric ceramic composition for high-frequency use represented by a composition formula of a(Sn,Ti)O2-bMg2SiO4-cMgTi2O5-dMgSiO3. In the composition formula, a, b, c and d (provided that a, b, c and d are mol %) are within the following ranges: 4≦a≦37, 34≦b≦92, 2≦c≦15 and 2≦d≦15, respectively, and a+b+c+d=100. The dielectric ceramic composition for high-frequency use has a relative permittivity ∈r of 7.5-12.0, a Qm×fo value of not less than 50000 (GHz) and an absolute value of a temperature coefficient τf of resonance frequency fo of not more than 30 ppm/° C.
US08765616B2
Dielectric layers containing a zirconium-doped tantalum oxide layer, where the zirconium-doped tantalum oxide layer can be formed of one or more monolayers of tantalum oxide doped with zirconium, provide an insulating layer in a variety of structures for use in a wide range of electronic devices.
US08765614B2
A method of forming a metal pattern on a display substrate includes blanket depositing a copper-based layer having a thickness between about 1,500 Å and about 5,500 Å on a base substrate, and forming a patterned photoresist layer on the copper-based layer. The copper-based layer is over-etched by an etching composition containing an oxidizing moderating agent where the over-etch factor is between about 40% and about 200% while using the patterned photoresist layer as an etch stopping layer, and where the etching composition includes ammonium persulfate between about 0.1% by weight and about 50% by weight, includes an azole-based compound between about 0.01% by weight and about 5% by weight and a remainder of water. Thus, reliability of the metal pattern and that of manufacturing a display substrate may be improved.
US08765612B2
A double patterning process is described. A substrate having a first area and a second area is provided. A target layer is formed over the substrate. A patterned first photoresist layer is formed over the target layer, wherein the patterned first photoresist layer has openings and has a first thickness in the first area, and at least a portion of the patterned first photoresist layer in the second area has a second thickness less than the first thickness. A second photoresist layer is then formed covering the patterned first photoresist layer and filling in the openings.
US08765607B2
A semiconductor device includes CMP dummy tiles (36) that are converted to active tiles by forming well regions (42) at a top surface of the dummy tiles, forming silicide (52) on top of the well regions, and forming a metal interconnect structure (72, 82) in contact with the silicided well tie regions for electrically connecting the dummy tiles to a predetermined supply voltage to provide latch-up protection.
US08765605B2
A method for manufacturing semiconductor devices includes the steps of annealing an insulating layer and forming a barrier layer including a metal element over the insulating layer. The insulating layer includes a fluorocarbon (CFx) film. The barrier layer is formed by a high-temperature sputtering process after the annealing step.
US08765596B1
Material is removed from a substrate surface (e.g., from a bottom portion of a recessed feature on a partially fabricated semiconductor substrate) by subjecting the surface to a plurality of profiling cycles, wherein each profiling cycle includes a net etching operation and a net depositing operation. An etching operation removes a greater amount of material than is being deposited by a depositing operation, thereby resulting in a net material etch-back per profiling cycle. About 2-10 profiling cycles are performed. The profiling cycles are used for removing metal-containing materials, such as diffusion barrier materials, copper line materials, and metal seed materials by PVD deposition and resputter. Profiling with a plurality of cycles removes metal-containing materials without causing microtrenching in an exposed dielectric. Further, overhang is reduced at the openings of the recessed features and sidewall material coverage is improved. Integrated circuit devices having higher reliability are fabricated.
US08765591B2
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device having metal gate includes providing a substrate having at least a dummy gate, a sacrificial layer covering sidewalls of the dummy gate and a dielectric layer exposing a top of the dummy gate formed thereon, forming a sacrificial layer covering sidewalls of the dummy gate on the substrate, forming a dielectric layer exposing a top of the dummy gate on the substrate, performing a first etching process to remove a portion of the sacrificial layer surrounding the top of the dummy gate to form at least a first recess, and performing a second etching process to remove the dummy gate to form a second recess. The first recess and the second recess construct a T-shaped gate trench.
US08765580B2
A method for fabricating semiconductor devices includes: (a) forming a layered structure that includes a temporary substrate, a plurality of spaced apart sacrificial film regions on the temporary substrate, and a plurality of valley-and-peak areas among the sacrificial film regions; (b) growing laterally and epitaxially an epitaxial film layer over the sacrificial film regions and the valley-and-peak areas, wherein gaps are formed among the epitaxial film layer and the valley-and-peak areas; (c) forming a conductive layer to contact the epitaxial film layer; (d) forming a plurality of grooves to divide the epitaxial film layer and the conductive layer into a plurality of epitaxial structures on the temporary substrate; and (e) removing the temporary substrate and the sacrificial film regions from the epitaxial structures by etching the sacrificial film regions through the gaps and the grooves.
US08765579B2
A semiconductor wafer has a device area where a plurality of semiconductor devices are respectively formed in a plurality of regions partitioned by a plurality of crossing division lines formed on the front side of the semiconductor wafer and a peripheral area surrounding the device area. The back side of the semiconductor wafer corresponding to the device area is ground to thereby form a circular recess and an annular projection surrounding the circular recess. In a chip stacked wafer forming step, a plurality of semiconductor device chips are provided on the bottom surface of the circular recess of the semiconductor wafer at the positions respectively corresponding to the semiconductor devices of the semiconductor wafer. The chip stacked wafer is ground to reduce the thickness of each semiconductor device chip to a finished thickness, and a through electrode is formed in each semiconductor device of the semiconductor wafer.
US08765573B2
A method of forming air gaps between adjacent raised features on a substrate includes forming a carbon-containing material in a bottom region between the adjacent raised features using a flowable deposition process. The method also includes forming a silicon-containing film over the carbon-containing material using a flowable deposition process, where the silicon-containing film fills an upper region between the adjacent raised features and extends over the adjacent raised features. The method also includes curing the carbon-containing material and the silicon-containing material at an elevated temperature for a period of time to form the air gaps between the adjacent raised features.
US08765565B2
According to one embodiment, a nonvolatile memory device includes a selection element layer and a nanomaterial aggregate layer. The selection element layer includes silicon. The nanomaterial aggregate layer is stacked on the selection element layer. The nanomaterial aggregate layer includes a plurality of micro conductive bodies and fine particles dispersed in a plurality of gaps between the micro conductive bodies. At least a surface of the fine particle is made of an insulating material other than silicon oxide.
US08765564B2
A method of forming a variable resistive memory device includes forming a conductive pattern that alternates with a first insulation pattern along a first direction on a substrate that is parallel with a surface of the substrate, forming a preliminary sacrificial pattern on the conductive pattern that contacts a sidewall of the first insulation pattern, etching the conductive pattern using the preliminary sacrificial pattern as an etch masks to form a preliminary bottom electrode pattern, patterning the preliminary sacrificial pattern and the preliminary bottom electrode pattern to form a sacrificial pattern and a bottom electrode pattern that each include at least two portions which are separated from each other along a second direction intersecting the first direction, and replacing the sacrificial pattern with a variable resistive pattern.
US08765560B2
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, the semiconductor device including a MOS transistor, a source electrode and a drain electrode on the MOS transistor each include a first carbon doped silicon layer including carbon at a first carbon concentration and phosphorus at a first phosphorus concentration and a second carbon doped silicon layer over the first silicon carbide layer, which includes phosphorus at a second phosphorus concentration higher than the first phosphorus concentration, and which includes carbon at a second carbon concentration less than or equal to the first carbon concentration.
US08765553B2
Nonvolatile memory has a modified channel region interface, such as a raised source and drain or a recessed channel region.
US08765550B2
In an embodiment of the invention, a method of fabricating a floating-gate NMOSFET (n-type metal-oxide semiconductor field-effect transistor) is disclosed. A silicide blocking layer (e.g. oxide, nitride) is used not only to block areas from being silicided but to also form an insulator on top of a poly-silicon gate. The insulator along with a top electrode (control gate) forms a capacitor on top of the poly-silicon gate. The poly-silicon gate also serves as the bottom electrode of the capacitor. The capacitor can then be used to capacitively couple charge to the poly-silicon gate. Because the poly-silicon gate is surrounded by insulating material, the charge coupled to the poly-silicon gate may be stored for a long period of time after a programming operation.
US08765543B2
A method of making a monolithic three dimensional NAND string includes forming a stack of alternating layers of a first layer and a second layer over a substrate, where the first layer includes a conductive or semiconductor control gate material and the second layer includes an insulating material. The method also includes etching the stack to form at least one opening in the stack, selectively etching the first layer to form first recesses, forming a conductive or semiconductor liner having a clam shape in the first recesses, forming a blocking dielectric over the conductive or semiconductor liner in the first recesses, forming a plurality of discrete charge storage segments separated from each other in the first recesses over the blocking dielectric, forming a tunnel dielectric over a side wall of the discrete charge storage segments exposed in the at least one opening, and forming a semiconductor channel in the opening.
US08765528B2
A method of making a microelectronic package, and a microelectronic package made according to the method. The method includes: bonding and thermally coupling a plurality of IC dies to an IHS panel to yield a die-carrying IHS panel, and mounting the die-carrying IHS panel onto a substrate panel including a plurality of package substrates by mounting perimeter ribs of the IHS panel to a corresponding pattern of sealant on the substrate panel and by mounting each of the plurality of dies to a corresponding one of the plurality of package substrates to yield a combination including the die-carrying IHS panel mounted to the substrate panel. Other embodiments are also disclosed and claimed.
US08765527B1
A method of assembling Redistributed Chip Package (RCP) semiconductor devices. An active die structure is encapsulated in a molding compound with internal electrical contacts of the active die structure positioned at an active face of an encapsulation layer. A dummy die structure is positioned at a back face of the encapsulation layer. A redistribution layer is formed at an active face of the encapsulation layer. The redistribution layer includes a layer of insulating material and redistribution electrical interconnections. The insulating material is built up with grooves along saw streets. External electrical contacts exposed at a surface of the redistribution layer are connected with the redistribution electrical interconnections. The dummy die structure is removed and then the semiconductor devices are singulated.
US08765519B2
A method of forming a phase change material which having germanium and tellurium therein includes depositing a germanium-containing material over a substrate. Such material includes elemental-form germanium. A gaseous tellurium-comprising precursor is flowed to the germanium-comprising material and tellurium is removed from the gaseous precursor to react with the elemental-form germanium in the germanium-comprising material to form a germanium and tellurium-comprising compound of a phase change material over the substrate. Other implementations are disclosed.
US08765517B2
A method of fabricating an image sensor device includes forming an insulating layer on a substrate including a photodiode therein, and forming a wiring structure on the insulating layer. The wiring structure includes at least one wiring layer and at least one insulating interlayer. A cavity is formed extending into the wiring structure over the photodiode to expose a surface of the at least one insulating interlayer. The surface of the at least one insulating interlayer exposed by the cavity is modified to define a hydrophobic surface. Related systems and devices are also discussed.
US08765515B2
A solid state imaging device including: a plurality of sensor sections formed in a semiconductor substrate in order to convert incident light into an electric signal; a peripheral circuit section formed in the semiconductor substrate so as to be positioned beside the sensor sections; and a layer having negative fixed electric charges that is formed on a light incidence side of the sensor sections in order to form a hole accumulation layer on light receiving surfaces of the sensor sections.
US08765512B2
This invention discloses and claims a cost-effective, wafer-level package process for microelectromechanical devices (MEMS). Specifically, the movable part of MEMS device is encapsulated and protected while in wafer form so that commodity, lead-frame packaging can be used. An overcoat polymer, such as, epoxycyclohexyl polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxanes (EPOSS) has been used as a mask material to pattern the sacrificial polymer as well as overcoat the air-cavity. The resulting air-cavities are clean, debris-free, and robust. The cavities have substantial strength to withstand molding pressures during lead-frame packaging of the MEMS devices. A wide range of cavities from 20 μm×400 μm to 300 μm×400 μm have been fabricated and shown to be mechanically stable. These could potentially house MEMS devices over a wide range of sizes. The strength of the cavities has been investigated using nano-indentation and modeled using analytical and finite element techniques. Capacitive resonators packaged using this protocol have shown clean sensing electrodes and good functionality.
US08765511B2
A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device including at least one of the following steps: (1) Forming a lower electrode pattern on/over a substrate. (2) Forming a first interlayer insulating layer on the lower electrode pattern. (3) Forming an upper electrode pattern on the first interlayer insulating layer. (4) Forming a passivation layer on a side of the upper electrode pattern. (5) Forming a second interlayer insulating layer on the upper electrode pattern. (6) Etching the second interlayer insulating layer to form a cavity which exposes the passivation layer. (7) Forming a contact ball in the cavity.
US08765509B2
A method for producing a Group III nitride semiconductor light-emitting device includes an n-type layer, a light-emitting layer, and a p-type layer, each of the layers being formed of Group III nitride semiconductor, being sequentially deposited via a buffer layer on a textured sapphire substrate. A buried layer is formed of Group III nitride semiconductor on the buffer layer, at a temperature lower by 20° C. to 80° C. than the temperature of 1000° C. to 1200° C. when the n-type layer is deposited on the buried layer. The texture provided on the sapphire substrate may have a depth of 1 μm to 2 μm and a side surface inclined by 40° to 80°. A preventing layer may be formed of GaN at 600° C. to 1050° C. so as to cover the entire top surface of the buffer layer.
US08765501B2
Methods of epitaxy of gallium nitride, and other such related films, and light emitting diodes on patterned sapphire substrates, and other such related substrates, are described.
US08765489B2
A method for fabricating a semiconductor device includes forming a magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) element on a substrate, forming a first capping layer along the shape of the MTJ element, forming an insulating layer on the first capping layer, forming a trench exposing a portion of the first capping layer above the MTJ element by selectively etching the insulating layer, forming a second capping layer on sidewalls of the trench, removing the exposed portion of the first capping layer using the second capping layer as an etching mask to expose an upper surface of the MTJ element, and forming a conductive layer in the trench, wherein the conductive layer contacts the upper surface of the MTJ element.
US08765476B2
Methods and systems for efficient automatic slide staining in immunohistochemistry sample processing
Automated sample processing systems may include onboard efficient high-speed mixing of at least two components with an automatic vertical force fluidic turbulent component mixer of which a mixed component may be aspirated and high-speed dispensed in a mixing vial. Other aspects may include single sweep applying a multi-treatment cleaning cycle to at least one slide. A multi-treatment cleaning cycle may include a washing treatment and a drying treatment. In yet other aspects the present invention may include an automated recovery sample processing system with the capability of detecting at least one immediate condition of a fortuitously terminated automatic sample processing run and perhaps even an automatic terminated sample processing run reconstruction calculator.
US08765470B2
Methods and composition for providing induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells are provided. For example, in certain aspects methods including reprogramming B lymphocytes transformed by episomal vectors such as Epstein-Barr virus-based vectors are described. Furthermore, the invention provides induced pluripotent stem cells essentially free of exogenous elements and having B cell immunoglobin variable region rearrangement.
US08765467B2
Methods are provided for producing novel multicellular compositions comprising cancer cells together with pluripotent human stem cells, which are capable of proliferating and differentiating into various normal cell lines and tissue structures. These novel multicellular compositions are useful for investigating the properties of cancer cells in a normal human tissue microenvironment, and for studying interventions that will modulate these properties including devising, testing and screening therapeutic drugs.
US08765464B2
The present invention provide: a novel process for culturing animal cells and a kit for culturing animal cells, in which, even if the number of cells as sampled for biopsy is extremely small, the proliferation can sufficiently be maintained so as to enable to carry out various culture and/or tests, especially anticancer agent sensitivity tests, and the contamination with bacteria can be inhibited without damaging physiological activity of cells, especially sensitivity to anticancer agents. The process for culturing animal cells, according to the present invention, comprises the step of culturing a sample containing animal cells obtained from living body tissue in order to subject the sample to further culture and/or a test, with the process being characterized in that a culture medium is used wherein the culture medium has a proliferating action and physiological activity-retaining action on the animal cells, and further has a killing action and/or multiplication-inhibition action on bacteria.
US08765457B2
A device for assay can evenly develop solution, and performs highly accurate and sensitive measurement. A first device part (10) maintains a second insoluble carrier (12) and a third insoluble carrier (13) in such a manner that they overlap with each other at a detection portion (14) of a first insoluble carrier (11). These three carriers (11), (12) and (13) are housed not in contact with each other. A pressing unit (18) having a pressing surface (18a) that is parallel to the detection portion (14) is provided on an inner surface of the second device part (20) facing the detection portion (14). The pressing surface (18a) is displaced by being pressed toward the detection portion (14), and presses, from the upper side of the first insoluble carrier (11), the second insoluble carrier (12) and the third insoluble carrier (13) onto the first insoluble carrier (11). The first device part (10) and the second device part (20) are joined together.
US08765447B2
A fungal strain Beauveria species bearing accession number MTCC 5184 is disclosed. The process for the preparation of an enzyme mix including at least one enzyme selected from, but not limited to protease, carbohydrase, and lipase from the disclosed Beauveria species and uses of the enzyme mix in various areas also disclosed.
US08765445B2
The present invention provides an equol-producing lactic acid bacteria-containing composition comprising, as an essential component thereof, a lactic acid bacterial strain belonging to the genus Lactococcus having an ability to utilize at least one daidzein compound selected from the group consisting of daidzein glycosides, daidzein, and dihydrodaidzein to produce equol.Such a composition is effective for the prevention and alleviation of malaise inclusive of climacteric disturbance in middle-aged and elderly women for which no effective prophylactic method or alleviating means has heretofore been available.
US08765441B2
The invention provides novel biologically pure cultures of microorganisms high in protease activity and capable of decomposing proteins recalcitrant to proteolysis as contained in garbage, waste water, organic waste liquids, industrial wastes and the like, a protease produced by such microorganisms and capable of decomposing proteins recalcitrant to proteolysis, and a method of utilizing the same. The novel culture is of a soil-derived microorganism belonging to Streptomyces sp., or a strain derived therefrom, which produces a protease capable of efficiently decomposing proteins recalcitrant to proteolysis as contained in waste water, organic waste liquids, industrial wastes and so forth.
US08765439B2
A maltogenic α-amylase from Trichoderma reesei (TrAA) and variants thereof in the presence of a glucoamylase are useful in the production of high-glucose syrups from liquefied starch, where the high-glucose syrups produced thereby contain at least about 97% glucose. In this process, TrAA advantageously suppresses the reversion of glucose to malto-oligosaccharides. Expression hosts and encoding nucleic acids useful for producing TrAA and its variants also are provided.
US08765438B2
Polypeptides with xylanase activity modified to increase bran solubilization and/or xylanase activity. The modification comprises modification of one or more amino acids in position 12 or 13 in combination with one or more further amino acid modifications in position 15, 34, 54, 77, 81, 82, 99, 104, 110, 113, 114, 118, 122, 141, 154, 159, 162, 164, 166, 175 or 179, wherein the positions are determined as the position corresponding the position of Bacillus subtilis xylanase (SEQ ID NO 1).
US08765436B2
Disclosed are mutant DNA polymerases having increased 3′-mismatch discrimination relative to a corresponding, unmodified polymerase. The mutant polymerases are useful in a variety of disclosed primer extension methods. Also disclosed are related compositions, including recombinant nucleic acids, vectors, and host cells, which are useful, e.g., for production of the mutant DNA polymerases.
US08765431B2
Disclosed herein are methods of preparing alkenes from beta-hydroxy or beta-sulfate carboxylic acid or carboxylic acid derivatives using thioesterase and optionally a sulfotransferase.
US08765423B2
It is an object to provide a novel diacylglycerol acyltransferase. The present invention relates to a diacylglycerol acyltransferase, a polynucleotide encoding the same, and so on. The present invention provides a polynucleotide comprising the nucleotide sequence of, e.g., SEQ ID NO: 1 or 4, a polynucleotide encoding a protein consisting of the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2, an expression vector and transformant comprising the polynucleotide, a method for producing a lipid or fatty acid composition using the transformant, or a food, etc. comprising the lipid or fatty acid produced by the method.
US08765421B2
A method for producing coenzyme Q10 by using stock culture from solid phase fermentation. The strain used in this method is Rhodobacter sphaeroides. Strain passaging is carried out by culturing in a slant medium. After steam cooking and air drying, solid medium is subpackaged and sterilized, wherein said solid medium includes solid components and liquid components. The fresh culture of Rhodobacter sphaeroides on the slant medium is added with sterile water, and the resultant bacterial suspension is added into the solid medium, cultured and used as stock culture for primary fermentation. The method of the present invention can enhance the fermentation level of coenzyme Q10, reduce the cascades of fermentation, shorten production cycle, simplify production processes, and lower production cost.
US08765418B2
The present invention provides compositions and methods for the detection and characterization of HPV sequences. More particularly, the present invention provides compositions, methods and kits for using invasive cleavage structure assays (e.g. the INVADER assay) to screen nucleic acid samples, e.g., from patients, for the presence of any one of a collection of HPV sequences. The present invention also provides compositions, methods and kits for screening sets of HPV sequences in a single reaction container.
US08765416B2
The present invention aims to provide a particulate composition containing anhydrous crystalline 2-O-α-D-glucosyl-L-ascorbic acid having a significantly, hardly solidifiable property compared to conventional ones in a grade for use in quasi-drugs; a process for producing the same; and uses thereof. The present invention solves the above object by providing a particulate composition containing anhydrous crystalline 2-O-α-D-glucosyl-L-ascorbic in an amount of over 98.0% by weight but less than 99.9% by weight, on a dry solid basis; or a degree of crystallinity of 90% or higher for anhydrous crystalline 2-O-α-D-glucosyl-L-ascorbic acid; and by providing a process for producing the same and uses thereof.
US08765406B2
The invention provides a chimeric E2 enzyme comprising a Ubc domain fused to a heterologous ubiquitin binding domain (UBD). The chimeric enzymes of the invention may be useful in producing elevated levels of free polyubiquitin.
US08765397B2
A cell dispersion method, a cell dispersing agent and a cell measurement method, each of which can disperse a cell mass while reducing damage to a cell are provided. Upon dispersing a cell mass, a fluororesin particle is used. A cell mass composed of an aggregated of multiple cells is mixed with a fluororesin particle in a liquid medium, thereby separating the cell mass into individual cells to disperse the cells. In addition, the dispersed cells are measured by flow cytometry, thereby carrying out cell measurement.
US08765387B2
Provided are methods and compositions for determining whether an individual has Sjögren's disease (SD). The method entails determining in a biological sample from the individual the presence of antibodies directed to salivary gland protein 1 (SP-I), parotid secretory protein (PSP), carbonic anhydrase 6 (C A6), or determining a combination of the antibodies. Determining that the individual has SD is based on the presence of the antibodies. The method provides for detection of early SD. Kits for antibody detection containing the antigens to which the antibodies of SD patients are directed are also provided.
US08765381B2
The invention relates to methods for pairwise sequencing of a double-stranded polynucleotide template, which methods result in the sequential determination of nucleotide sequences in two distinct and separate regions of the polynucleotide template. Using the methods of the invention it is possible to obtain two linked or paired reads of sequence information from each double-stranded template on a clustered array, rather than just a single sequencing read from one strand of the template.
US08765378B2
A method and assay kit for determination of thymidine kinase (TK) activity in a biological sample, such as blood, serum, plasma, Cerebral Spinal Fluid (CSF), pleural fluid, ascites, tissues, cells and extracts thereof, is described. The method comprises contacting, in a buffer, a Basic Reaction Mixture comprising: solid surface-attached primer and/or template, a modified deoxy nucleoside, such as BromodeoxyUridine, IododeoxyUridine, Fluorodeoxy-Uridine or VinyldexoyThymidine as a kinase enzyme substrate, a phosphate donor, a nucleotide polymerizing enzyme, and a kinase enzyme source devoid of TK activity, such as a yeast extract, with the biological sample. After incubation the amount of modified deoxy nucleoside that has been incorporated into the solid surface-attached primer and/or template, is determined and the TK activity present in the biological sample is directly proportional to the amount of incorporated modified deoxy nucleoside. The method and assay kit are useful in the diagnosing, prognosis monitoring of disease progression and treatment effects of cell-proliferation disorders or diseases, such as cancer, and in the screening of compounds, e.g. new drug candidates, affecting enzymatic pathways, which may obstruct the formation of thymidine phosphates or interfere with nucleic acid synthesis.
US08765367B2
A receptacle having a plurality of interconnected chambers arranged to permit multiple process steps or processes to be performed independently or simultaneously. The receptacles are manufactured to separate liquid from dried reagents and to maintain the stability of the dried reagents. An immiscible liquid, such as an oil, is included to control loading of process materials, facilitate mixing and reconstitution of dried reagents, limit evaporation, control heating of reaction materials, concentrate solid support materials to prevent clogging of fluid connections, provide minimum volumes for fluid transfers, and to prevent process materials from sticking to chamber surfaces. The receptacles can be adapted for use in systems having a processing instrument that includes an actuator system for selectively moving fluid substances between chambers and a detector. The actuator system can be arranged to concentrate an analyte present in a sample. The detector can be used to detect an optical signal emitted by the contents of the receptacle.
US08765360B2
Films for optical use, articles containing such films, methods for making such films, and systems that utilize such films, are disclosed.
US08765347B2
A two-component developing agent includes toner and a carrier including carrier particles. The toner includes a binding resin. The carrier particle includes a porous ferrite core particle and a resin covering layer. The resin covering layer covers the porous ferrite core particle. The resin covering layer includes ferrite particles. An average particle diameter of the ferrite particles ranges from 0.1 to 1.0 μm.
US08765341B2
An electrophotographic photoreceptor includes a conductive substrate, a photosensitive layer that is provided on the conductive substrate, and a surface layer that is provided on the photosensitive layer or is contained in the photosensitive layer, wherein the surface layer is formed of a cured film of a composition including a first reactive charge transport material having a hydroxyl group and a second reactive charge transport material having a methoxy group, and has an elastic deformation ratio R satisfying the following Expression (1): 0.40≦R≦0.51.
US08765337B2
The present invention is to provide a multilayer type electrophotographic photoconductor capable of stably obtaining a high image quality image over a long term by restraining the exposure memory and the photo memory, and an image forming apparatus comprising such a multilayer type electrophotographic photoconductor. A multilayer type electrophotographic photoconductor comprising a charge generating layer containing at least a charge generating agent on a base member directly or via an intermediate layer, and a charge transporting layer containing at least a charge transporting agent and a binder resin formed successively, wherein the light absorption degree at a 680 nm wavelength light beam in the photoconductive layer of the multilayer type electrophotographic photoconductor is of a value of 0.8 or less, and the light absorption degree at a 450 nm wavelength light beam is of a value of 1.0 or more, and an image forming apparatus comprising such a multilayer type electrophotographic photoconductor are provided.
US08765331B2
Extreme ultraviolet lithography (EUVL) masks and methods of manufacturing are provided. A method includes forming a sub-resolution phase shift grating in a multilayer reflective film beneath a border region of an absorber layer of an extreme ultraviolet lithography (EUVL) mask. The sub-resolution phase shift grating reduces a reflectivity of the border region of the mask.
US08765327B2
A fuel cell electrode layer may include a catalyst, an electronic conductor, and an ionic conductor. Within the electrode layer are a plurality of electronic conductor rich networks and a plurality of ionic conductor rich networks that are interspersed with the electronic conductor rich networks. A volume ratio of the ionic conductor to the electronic conductor is greater in the ionic conductor rich networks than in the electronic conductor rich networks. During operation of a fuel cell that includes the electrode layer, conduction of electrons occurs predominantly within the electronic conductor rich networks and conduction of ions occurs predominantly within the ionic conductor rich networks.
US08765322B2
A fuel cell installation includes a support structure and a cell stack assembly that is removably insertable into the support structure from an uninstalled position to an installed position during an installation procedure. The cell stack assembly includes a fitting. An interfacing structure is mounted on one of the support structure in the cell stack assembly. The interfacing structure carries a connector that is configured to receive the fitting in interconnected relationship. At least one of the fitting and the connector floats in a plane relative to the support structure during the installation procedure. In operation, the fitting engages the connector when the cell stack assembly is inserted into the support structure. The fitting is repositioned relative to the connector to ensure that the fitting and connector are aligned with one another and connected upon installation.
US08765319B2
The invention relates to a method and a device for operating a fuel cell system (1) having a recirculation blower (11) disposed in a fuel circuit of the fuel cell system (1) by means of which the fuel (BS) exiting the fuel cell system (1) on the anode side is resupplied, said blower being driven by an air-driven drive turbine (12), wherein the air-driven drive turbine (12) is impacted by compressed air (vL).
US08765317B2
A fuel cell system has a fuel cell stack and a controller. The fuel cell stack is formed by stacking cells. The controller executes first cell voltage recovery processing when the cell voltage of a first cell group, placed at each end of the fuel cell stack, is below a first lower limit voltage threshold and executes second cell voltage recovery processing, which is different from the first cell voltage recovery processing, when the cell voltage of a second cell group, placed at substantially the center of the fuel cell stack, is below a second lower limit voltage threshold.
US08765316B2
A fuel cell system includes a fuel cell, an operation controller and an air-conditioning mechanism. In response to a heating request for the air-conditioning mechanism during ordinary operation where the fuel cell is operated at an operating point on a current-voltage characteristic curve of the fuel cell, the operation controller compares a heat value-based required current value with an output-based required current value. When the output-based required current value is equal to or greater than the heat value-based required current value, the operation controller causes the fuel cell to be operated at an operating point on the current-voltage characteristic curve. When the output-based required current value is smaller than the heat value-based required current value, the operation controller controls the operating point of the fuel cell to an operating point of lower power generation efficiency than that of the operating point on the current-voltage characteristic curve.
US08765315B2
Deterioration at the start-up and deterioration during the leaving period are suppressed in a good balance. As a system shutdown process, a controller (30) causes consumption of the air (oxygen) present in an oxidant electrode of a fuel cell stack (1) (oxygen consumption control). Further, after the termination of the oxygen consumption control, the controller (30) performs control to set a medium pressure hydrogen valve (13) and a hydrogen pressure adjustment valve (14) in a closed state. The controller (30) thereby causes hydrogen to be held in a passage located between the medium pressure hydrogen valve (13) and the hydrogen pressure adjustment valve (14). During a system shutdown period, a predetermined amount of hydrogen (medium pressure hydrogen) held in the hydrogen supply passage (L1) at a position between the medium pressure hydrogen valve (13) and the hydrogen pressure adjustment valve (14) can be supplied to the fuel electrode of the fuel cell stack (1) through a bypass passage (L2).
US08765314B2
A fuel cell system includes a fuel cell; a fuel gas supplying unit supplying the fuel gas into the fuel cell on the anode side thereof; an oxidizing agent gas supplying unit supplying the oxidizing agent gas into the fuel cell on the cathode side thereof; a raw material gas supplying unit supplying the raw material gas into the fuel cell; and a controlling unit controlling the supply of the fuel gas, the oxidizing agent gas and the raw material gas. After switching the output of electric power or the fuel cell off, the fuel gas supplying unit suspends the supply of the fuel gas, the oxidizing agent gas supplying unit suspends the supply of the oxidizing agent gas and the raw material gas supplying unit supplies the raw material gas into the fuel cell to purge the fuel cell on the cathode side.
US08765313B2
A fuel cell system includes a reformer that generates reformed gas using reforming fuel; a fuel cell that generates electric power using the reformed gas generated by the reformer; and a control device. The control device includes a plurality of different stop control modes for stopping operation of the fuel cell system, and selects a specific stop control mode among the plurality of stop control modes, according to the cause of a malfunction of the fuel cell system.
US08765312B2
A load variation detecting section determines whether or not the actual load variation falls below a load variation threshold stored in a memory. If a load variation detecting section determines that a specific time period (for example, one minute) has elapsed since the actual load variation fell below a load variation threshold, a power supply section applies same power to reactors for the respective phases. On the other hand, a heat dissipation property calculating section measures temperature-rise rates of the elements for the respective phases, ranks the rates in order from the one having a higher heat dissipation property, and notifies the priority drive phase determining section of the result. A priority drive phase determining section chooses a phase having the highest heat dissipation property as a priority drive phase.
US08765307B2
Stacked nonaqueous electrolyte battery, manufacturing method thereof and stacking apparatus therefor
A stacked nonaqueous electrolyte battery, a method of manufacturing the battery, and a stacking apparatus for the battery are provided. The stacked nonaqueous electrolyte battery includes a plurality of electrode bodies alternately stacked, each of the electrode bodies including an anode and a cathode laminated through a separator. The separator has a raised edge portion leading along an edge portion of one of the anode and the cathode, and the raised edge portions of the plurality of the separators overlap one another.
US08765299B2
An electrode assembly and a secondary battery including the electrode assembly are disclosed. The electrode assembly includes a first electrode, a second electrode, and a separator disposed between the first and second electrodes. A film is disposed on at least one edge of at least one of the first and second electrodes.
US08765295B2
The electrolyte includes one or more salts and a silane. The silane has a silicon linked to one or more first substituents that each include a poly(alkylene oxide) moiety or a cyclic carbonate moiety. The silane can be linked to four of the first substituents. Alternately, the silane can be linked to the one or more first substituents and one or more second substituents that each exclude both a poly(alkylene oxide) moiety and a cyclic carbonate moiety.
US08765291B2
A rechargeable battery having increased output and capacity, and improved reliability and safety. A rechargeable battery includes: an electrode assembly including a first electrode plate including a plurality of first protrusions extending from an end of the electrode assembly and a second electrode plate including a plurality of second protrusions extending from the end of the electrode assembly, at least one of the plurality of first protrusions or the plurality of second protrusions including a planar portion and a curved portion; a case containing the electrode assembly; and a collector plate coupled to the at least one of the plurality of first protrusions or the plurality of second protrusions and covering at least the curved portion.
US08765286B2
An electrochemical device is disclosed. The device comprises a casing having a recess with an opening on a top face of the recess, a lid configured to block the recess of the casing so that the recess is watertight and airtight, a rechargeable and dischargeable storage element and an electrolytic solution enclosed in the recess, and a separate sheet interposed between the first and second electrode sheets, the separate sheet having a higher liquid absorption section interposed between the first and second electrode sheets, and a lower liquid absorption section continuously connected to the higher liquid absorption section, having a liquid absorption smaller than that of the higher liquid absorption section and extending outwardly with respect to the first and second electrode sheets. The lower liquid absorption section has a thickness greater than that of the higher liquid absorption section.
US08765284B2
A flexible battery includes a first substrate layer with a first cell portion, a second cell portion, and a bridge portion connecting the first and second cell portions. An electrical bridge electrically couples a first electrochemical cell to a second electrochemical cell in series or parallel, and an electrical bridge is flexible and extends across the bridge portion of the first substrate layer. A second substrate layer is connected to the first substrate layer such that both of the first and second electrochemical cells are separately sealed. The flexible battery is configured to be folded over itself along the bridge portion such that the first and second electrochemical cells are arranged in a covering relationship. Optionally, an open gap area is disposed over the bridge portion of the first substrate to facilitate folding the flexible battery over itself along a line extending through the bridge portion.
US08765283B2
A conductive tab includes a battery connecting part contacting a plurality of secondary batteries, a wire connecting part extended from the battery connecting part and connected to a wire, and at least one bending part formed in the battery connecting part. The bending part is coupled to the secondary battery to guide the positions of the secondary batteries. The conductive tab can be exactly welded at a predetermined position of the secondary battery, and prevents conductive tabs from closely adhering to each other during a welding process.
US08765271B2
A light-emitting element material including an ionic iridium complex in which a 4,4′-bipyrimidine structure is coordinated to iridium is provided. Alternatively, a light-emitting element material including an ionic iridium complex represented by the following structural formula (1) is provided. In addition, a light-emitting element including the light-emitting element material is provided.
US08765270B2
Provided is an organic light emitting device having a long continuous driving lifetime. The organic light emitting device includes an anode, a cathode, and an organic compound layer which is sandwiched between the anode and the cathode, in which: one of the anode and the cathode is transparent or semi-transparent; and the organic compound layer contains at least one kind of triazine compound represented by the following general formula (1): ArT)n (1) where n represents an integer of 1 or 2; Ar represents a fused polycyclic aromatic group which has three or more rings and may have a substituent; and T represents a triazine group represented by the following general formula (2): where R1 and R2 each represent a phenyl group or a phenyl group substituted by an alkyl group and may be identical to or different from each other.
US08765268B2
A coated article includes a substrate, a composite layer formed on the substrate, and a chromium-oxygen-nitrogen layer formed on the composite layer. The composite layer includes a plurality of nickel-aluminum-holmium layers and a plurality of iridium layers. Each nickel-aluminum-holmium layer interleaves with one iridium layer. A method for making the coated article is also described.
US08765264B2
Silicone-laminated substrate, including glass cloth, and cured product of silicone resin composition—with which the glass cloth is filled and a surface of the glass cloth is coated. The silicone resin composition includes: (A) an organopolysiloxane having a resin structure of specific siloxane units, (B) an organohydrogenpolysiloxane having a resin structure of specific siloxane units, (C) a platinum group metal-based catalyst, and (D) a filler. The silicone-laminated substrate exhibits excellent mechanical properties, flexibility and workability, has minimal surface tack, and is easy to handle. The silicone-laminated substrate is produced by impregnating a glass cloth with the silicone resin composition dissolved or dispersed in a solvent, subsequently evaporating the solvent from the glass cloth, and subjecting the composition impregnated into the glass cloth to heat-curing under compression-molding conditions. Also, an LED device which includes the silicone-laminated substrate and an LED chip mounted on top of the substrate.
US08765257B2
A heat activated applique for apparel and other textile products, and particularly those made out of stretch fabrics (typically knit or woven fabrics) comprised of synthetic or natural fiber yarns constructed with spandex fibers and yarns. The applique includes an upper stretchable fabric layer bonded to a substrate by a thermoplastic adhesive. The stretchable fabric layer is a knit or woven fabric with spandex and polyester or nylon threads, and the thermoplastic adhesive is a urethane-based thermoplastic adhesive with stretch and recovery characteristics. The applique can be layered to provide a three-dimensional characteristic, embossed or etched to provide a surface texture, and adorned with direct printing or sublimation dye. The applique may be easily heat-sealed to a garment or other textile.
US08765255B2
A garment containing a breathable laminate that is optionally bonded to an outer layer fabric and an optional inner layer fabric. The breathable laminate is constructed from a microporous membrane situated in a face to face relationship with a nanoweb and optionally bonded thereto.
US08765240B2
The invention relates to a molding compound including a polyester resin composition, ABS components, waxes, matting agents and optionally vegetable oil, which is used to produce films with a low luster, improved thermal resistance of the film and/or of the surface structure and an increased shrinking onset temperature, in addition to a modified shrinkage progression in comparison to films without the aforementioned additives. The fraction of the polyester resin composition is between 30 and 97 wt. % and the fraction of the additives between 1.5 and 70 wt. %, in relation to the total weight of the molding compound. The films are used as shrink-wrapping and packaging films and films for furniture and printed circuit boards.
US08765235B2
Provided is a novel polymerizable azomethine compound which has a high Δn and is colorless.The compound is represented by the formula (I). P1 and P2 each are a polymerizable group; m1 and m2 each are an integer of from 1 to 10; R1 and R2 each are an alkyl group having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms, an alkoxy group having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms, an alkoxycarbonyl group having from 2 to 5 carbon atoms, an acyloxy group having from 2 to 5 carbon atoms, an acyl group having from 2 to 4 carbon atoms, an amide group having from 2 to 5 carbon atoms, a cyano group or a halogen atom; n1 and n2 each are an integer of from 0 to 4; R3 is a hydrogen atom, or an alkyl group having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms; Z1 and L1 each are a predetermined divalent group; n is 0, 1 or 2.
US08765232B2
The disclosed invention includes apparatus and methods that may be used for plasma-based deposition of thin layers of material on separate or continuous web substrates at very low temperatures with very low defect density. It achieves superior control of gas phase chemistry by controlling the sequence of introduction of gaseous components. It also has substantially independent control over the rate of chemical processes in the gas and of the amount of power and energy of ion bombardment. Such control enables high quality single and multi-layer films to be deposited cost effectively and uniformly over larger areas under very low temperature conditions.
US08765229B2
A method for producing a porous thin film with variable transmittance, includes placing a polymer into an oven for an drying process to remove water vapor from the polymer and obtain a dry polymer; mixing the dry polymer, a salt and a solvent in accordance with a mixing ratio so as to obtain a first mixed solution; placing the first mixed solution into an ultrasonic vibrator, dissolving the salt to form a second mixed solution; coating the second mixed solution on a glass plate to form a solution thin film; placing solution thin film into an exhaust cabinet to obtain a composite thin film; and washing the composite thin film to remove the salt from the composite thin film to obtain a porous thin film wherein the polymer is a polyacrylonitrile, the salt is a lithium chloride, the porous thin film changes its transmittance via dry and wet state.
US08765228B2
The present invention is directed to a method of mitigating ice build-up on a substrate, such as a wind blade, comprising applying to the substrate curable film-forming compositions comprising isocyanate-functional curing agents, film-forming compositions with functional groups reactive with the isocyanates, and polysiloxanes. The film-forming compositions can be applied directly to the surface of the substrate or onto a primer coat and/or topcoat on the substrate.
US08765222B2
The method according to the present invention includes a first step of supplying the Group V source gas at a flow rate B1 (0
US08765218B2
The presently disclosed embodiments are directed generally to methods for making the core-shell fluorinated particles which are incorporated into the overcoat layers of an electrophotographic imaging member to reduce torque and cleaning failures during the photoreceptor cleaning process. The core-shell fluorinated particles are core-shell fluorinated nano- or micro-particles encapsulated in a melamine shell. The present embodiments also pertain to processes for making the overcoat layer comprising the core-shell fluorinated particles.
US08765217B2
A method of preparing a (meth)acrylate syrup comprises: providing one or more precursors for formation of (meth)acrylate monomer; continuously forming the (meth)acrylate monomer from the one or more precursors thereof; and continuously polymerizing at least the (meth)acrylate monomer to form the (meth)acrylate syrup. The (meth)acrylate syrup is useful in, for example, preparation of adhesives.
US08765215B1
The novel method can produce a grooved profile metalized polymeric film capable of generating a rainbow iridescent effect without mechanically embossing the film. The method calls for applying a thin uniform thickness coating layer of thermally deformable polymer composition on a thermally stable base layer. Process operating conditions are controlled to heat the composite coating layer surface effectively such that light diffraction-scale grooves of about 5,000-10,000 grooves/cm develop in the coating layer. The grooves are created by shocking the coating layer surface with a sudden burst of heat supplied by film metalization after coating layer application.
US08765212B2
Methods for applying fluid materials to a substrate, such as circuit board, while continuously moving the fluid dispenser. Some methods generally involve correcting the dispense location for each of the dispensed amounts of fluid material by executing a statistical comparison of either the predicted and actual landing locations on the substrate, or the predicted and actual positions of the dispenser at each of the dispense locations. Other methods generally involve initiating the dispensing of amounts of the fluid material at dispense locations corrected by a correction factor specified in terms of the servo cycle for the movement of the dispenser or by a correction factor specified in terms of partial servo cycles courtesy of a timer.
US08765211B2
Disclosed herein are methods of treating an article surface. The method comprises delivering a polymer and drug to a medical implant having a porous surface and using at least one particle stream from at least one fluid jet to subsequently remove the polymer from the outer surface of the metal substrate, thereby retaining the therapeutic agent and polymer within the pores of the implant.
US08765201B2
A food product high in calories from fat and carbohydrate is provided. The fat is incorporated in powder for later mixing with an aqueous medium to form a viscous liquid that is stable against phase separation of the oil and water. The product also includes protein and preferably at least one of vitamins and minerals. The food product has a low water activity and is packaged in a sealed container.
US08765196B2
Disclosed is a method for separating and purifying Ginkgolide C from root bark of ginkgo. The method comprises: (1) extracting the root bark of ginkgo with ethanol; (2) concentrating the resulting extract under vacuum to remove ethanol; (3) separating the concentrate by macroporous resin column chromatography; (4) after the concentrate being loaded on the column, washing the column with pure water to remove impurities, and then eluting the column with an ethanol solution; (5) concentrating the eluate under vacuum to dryness to obtain a yellow crude extract; (6) heating the crude extract in water to boiling to form a solution, and then refrigerating the solution; (7) concentrating the supernatant solution and filtering under vacuum to obtain a mixed crude crystal of ginkgolides; (8) dissolving the crude crystal in ethanol to form a supersaturated solution, refrigerating and crystallizing the solution to remove Ginkgolides A and B; (9) concentrating and recrystallizing the mother liquor to obtain a crystal of Ginkgolide C; and (10) recrystallizing the crystal with ethanol several times to obtain a high-purity crystal of Ginkgolide C.
US08765194B2
This invention replaces the practice of utilizing synthesized salicin compounds for use as anti-inflammatory components in topical pain relief compositions through the use of naturally occurring salicin in the form of Salix alba (white willow bark) botanicals. This invention is a compound of naturally occurring botanicals identified in the Natural Pharmacopeia as individually exhibiting anti-inflammatory and/or analgesic properties.
US08765193B2
Provided is a method for protecting an individual against radiation-induced internal damage that comprises administering an effective amount of an oral composition. The oral composition comprises a mixture of Gynostemma pentaphyllum, Crataegus pinnatifida (hawthorn), and Camellia sinensis (green tea) to an individual so that radiation-induced internal damage will be prevented or ameliorated.
US08765190B2
A sterile pharmaceutical composition having as its active principles piperacillin sodium and tazobactam sodium of substantially the same density, mixed with sodium bicarbonate. The mixture is soluble in water to give injectable reconstituted solutions having high stability with time.
US08765185B2
Disclosed are improved granular pharmaceutical preparations, together with improved methods and apparatus for preparation of granules for use in such preparations. Such methods are especially useful for making granules for solid oral dose pharmaceutical preparations, and are particularly suited to the production of granules comprising 5-aminosalicylic acid (5-ASA) for the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease. The granules exhibit a more sharply peaked length distribution, and hence aspect ratio distribution, and have a consequently much sharper dissolution profile after further processing.
US08765180B2
A white coloring composition comprising calcium carbonate as a white pigment. It may be used in the manufacture of food and pharmaceutical products.
US08765178B2
A pharmaceutical formulation having a geometric configuration that affects the release characteristics of active agents contained therein and associated methods are provided. In one aspect, a sustained release oral dosage pharmaceutical tablet may include a first layer having a first active agent, where the first layer is disposed between two adjacent controlled release layers, at least one of the adjacent layers including at least one second active agent. The two adjacent layers are arranged such that they cover a portion of the first layer. The two adjacent layers may be separate layers or they may be joined into a single continuous layer, depending on the overall configuration and geometric design of the oral dosage form.
US08765175B2
Sustained release formulations of nalbuphine or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof; methods for making the sustained release formulations of nalbuphine or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof; and methods for using the sustained release formulations of nalbuphine or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof to treat patients suffering from pain are provided.
US08765167B2
The present invention relates to water-soluble films incorporating anti-tacking agents and methods of their preparation. Anti-tacking agents may improve the flow characteristics of the compositions and thereby reduce the problem of film adhering to a user's mouth or to other units of film. In particular, the present invention relates to edible water-soluble delivery systems in the form of a film composition including a water-soluble polymer, an active component selected from cosmetic agents, pharmaceutical agents, vitamins, bioactive agents and combinations thereof and at least one anti-tacking agent.
US08765166B2
Drug delivery devices comprising a non-bioabsorbable polymer structure configured to support a composition comprising an active agent. The devices include a plurality of portions fused together and a recess configured to support the composition. At least one of the portions includes an impermeable polymer and at least one other portion includes a rate-limiting water-permeable polymer. The rate-limiting water-permeable polymer allows for transportation of the active agent to an exterior of the device.
US08765165B2
The present invention is directed to compositions having at least one neocartilage particle, juvenile cartilage particle or a combination thereof and a matrix, and methods and devices that include the compositions.
US08765164B2
The invention provides high molecular weight, crystalline or semi crystalline biodegradable and biocompatible poly(ester urea) (PEU) polymers useful for making vascular stents and hard tissue replacement implants, such as bone substitutes. The PEU polymers are based on α amino acids and are made by a polycondensation reaction. PEU polymer compositions can contain a therapeutic diol incorporated into the polymer backbone that is released from such an implant in situ. Bioactive agents, such as analgesics, antibiotics, and the like, can also be covalently attached to certain PEU polymers for release into tissue surrounding an implant during biodegradation of the polymer.
US08765155B2
This invention relates to oral care composition, methods of use and methods of manufacture thereof in the form of a toothtape that can be used to brush or clean teeth and the oral cavity. Particularly, the invention relates to a non-traditional dentifrice that comes in the form of a tape that can, for example, adhere to the oral cavity and particularly the teeth and be dispensed for single use.
US08765154B2
The invention relates to transparent softening agents containing: (a) ester quaternaries, which are obtained by reacting alkanolamines with a mixture consisting of fatty acids and of dicarboxylic acids, whereby the resulting esters are optionally alkoxylated and subsequently quaternized in a known manner, and containing; (b) auxiliary agents selected from the group formed by: (b1) fatty acid amidoamines and/or quaternization products thereof; (b2) betaines; (b3) nonionic surfactants; (b4) polyols and/or derivatives thereof; (b5) alcohols and/or; (b6) hydrotropes.
US08765153B2
Levalbuterol L-tartrate affords crystals possessing properties desirable for use in a metered dose inhaler.
US08765149B2
Described are sterile, ready-to-use, pharmaceutical oil-in-water emulsion compositions for parenteral administration comprising: 0.015 to 0.5% wt/vol progesterone; 0.5 to 10% wt/vol oil, wherein the oil comprises at least 85% wt./wt. triglyceride; 0.0425 to 4.1% wt/vol phospholipid; 80-99.4% wt/vol aqueous medium; wherein the composition has an osmolality in the range of 200-1000 mOsm/kg. Also described are methods of making such compositions and method of using such compositions in therapeutic or prophylactic treatment, such as treatments comprising intravenous administration of the pharmaceutical composition.
US08765146B2
The invention provides adenoviral vectors comprising an adenoviral genome comprising heterologous antigen-encoding nucleic acid sequences, such as Plasmodium nucleic acid sequences, operably linked to promoters. The invention further provides a method of inducing an immune response against malaria in a mammal comprising administering the adenoviral vectors to the mammal.
US08765135B2
Conjugated capsular saccharides from meningococcal serogroups C, W135 and Y are safe and immunogenic in humans when combined in a single dose. This effect is retained when a conjugated capsular saccharide from serogroup A is added. These conjugated antigens can be stably combined in a single aqueous dose without the need for lyophilisation. Broad protection against serogroup B infection can be achieved by using a small number of defined polypeptide antigens. These polypeptide antigens can be combined with the saccharide antigens without loss of protective efficacy for any of the five serogroups. Efficacy if retained even if a Hib conjugate is added. The efficacy of a serogroup W135 conjugate is enhanced by addition of protein antigens derived from a serogroup B strain. Addition of a Hib conjugate to meningococcal conjugates enhances the overall activity against meningococcus serogroup W135.
US08765131B2
The invention relates to factor D inhibitors, which bind to factor D and block the functional activity of factor D in complement activation. The inhibitors include antibody molecules, as well as homologues, analogues and modified or derived forms thereof, including immunoglobulin fragments like Fab, F(ab′)2 and Fv, small molecules, including peptides, oligonucleotides, peptidomimetics and organic compounds. A monoclonal antibody which bound to factor D and blocked its ability to activate complement was generated and designated 166-32. The hybridoma producing this antibody was deposited at the American Type Culture Collection, 10801 University Blvd., Manassas, Va. 20110-2209, under Accession Number HB-12476.
US08765123B1
The present invention relates to antimicrobial deoxyribonuclease-based compositions that inhibit growth and proliferation of Staphylococcus aureus bacteria. The present invention also relates to methods of administering the compositions in the treatment and prevention of S. aureus infections. The present invention also relates to methods of administering the compositions in the eradication of S. aureus nasal carriage, in order to prevent the transmission of S. aureus bacteria.
US08765119B2
A method of treating a patient with a neurodegenerative disease, such as ALS, using progenitor cells isolated from human umbilical cord blood. Non-invasive transplantation of aldehyde dehydrogenase (ALDH+) expressing progenitor cells provides cell replacement and protection of motor neurons.
US08765112B2
The invention relates to materials comprising siloxanes, preferably the materials have thermal-responsive properties. In some embodiments, the invention relates to silsesquioxane groups functionalized with polymers. In another embodiment, silsequioxane-polymer conjugates comprise polylactone segments. The silsequioxane-polymer conjugates may be crosslinked together to form a material, and these materials may be functionalized with bioactive compounds so that the materials have desirable biocompatibility or bioactivity when used in medical devices. In further embodiments, the invention relates to composite materials that contain a polymer matrix and aggregates, and in some embodiments, methods of making, and methods of using these materials. Preferably, the aggregates are calcium phosphate aggregates. Preferably, the material is resistant to fracture. In further embodiments, the materials are used in surgical procedures of bone replacement. In further embodiments, the materials contain polyhedral silsesquioxanes and/or biodegradable segments.
US08765111B2
The invention is directed to multi-functional N-maleimidyl polymer derivatives comprising a water soluble and non-peptidic polymer backbone having a terminal carbon, such as a poly(alkylene glycol), the terminal carbon of the polymer backbone being directly bonded to the nitrogen atom of a N-maleimidyl moiety without a linking group therebetween. The invention also provides two methods of preparing such linkerless N-maleimidyl polymer derivatives.
US08765098B2
A composition of matter comprising an amphiphilic star polymer, the star polymer comprising a crosslinked microgel core and 6 or more independent polymer arms covalently linked to the core, the 6 or more arms each comprising a hydrophilic polymer chain segment and a hydrophobic polymer chain segment; wherein each individual metal selected from the group consisting of beryllium, magnesium, calcium, strontium, barium, radium, aluminum, gallium, indium, thallium, germanium, tin, lead, arsenic, antimony, bismuth, tellurium, polonium, and metals of Groups 3 to 12 of the Periodic Table has a concentration in the star polymer of greater than or equal to 0 parts per million and less than or equal to 100 parts per million.
US08765095B2
One aspect of the present invention relates to mesostructured zeolites. The invention also relates to a method of preparing mesostructured zeolites, as well as using them as cracking catalysts for organic compounds and degradation catalysts for polymers.
US08765094B2
The present invention relates to a mesoporous titania bead and the preparation method thereof, wherein said mesoporous titania bead has a diameter of 200-1000 nm, specific surface area of 50-100 m2/g, porosity of 40-60%, pore radius of 5-20 nm, pore volume of 0.20-0.30 cm3/g, and the titania comprised in the bead is anatase titania.
US08765093B2
An object is to provide an expanded graphite sheet at the use stage that can prevent can prevent degradation in product quality and deterioration in product yield by inhibiting the expanded graphite sheet from containing impurities even when the expanded graphite sheet is actually used.An expanded graphite sheet at the use stage in a condition in which the expanded graphite sheet is packed with a packing material and thereafter removed from the packing material, characterized in that all of the amounts of Al, B, Be, Ca, Cu, Fe, Li, Mg, Ni, S, Ti, V, and Zn as determined by an ICP emission spectroscopy method, the amounts of K and Na as determined by an atomic absorption spectrometry method, and the amount of Si as determined by an absorption spectrophotometry method are at a level less than the detection limit.
US08765092B2
A non-stoichiometric perovskite oxide having the general chemical formula LaXMnOY, in which the molar ratio of lanthanum to manganese (“X”) ranges from 0.85 to 0.95, can be used in particle form as an oxidation catalyst to oxidize NO to NO2 in an exhaust aftertreatment system for a hydrocarbon-fueled engine. The oxygen content (“Y”) fluctuates with variations in the molar ratio of lanthanum to manganese but generally falls somewhere in the range of 3.0 to 3.30. The crystal lattice adjustments spurred by the non-stoichiometric molar ratio of lanthanum to manganese are believed responsible for an enhanced NO oxidative activity relative to similar perovskite oxides with a higher molar ratio of lanthanum and manganese.
US08765090B2
A method of preparing a trihalosilane comprising the separate and consecutive steps of (i) contacting a copper catalyst with hydrogen gas and a silicon tetrahalide at a temperature of from 500 to 1400° C. to form a silicon-containing copper catalyst comprising at least 0.1% (w/w) of silicon, wherein the copper catalyst comprises a metal selected from copper and a mixture comprising copper and at least one element selected from gold, magnesium, and platinum; and (ii) contacting the silicon-containing copper catalyst with a hydrogen halide at a temperature of from 100 to 600° C. to form a trihalosilane.
US08765089B2
A process for reducing nitrogen oxides and halogenated organic compounds in an incineration plant having at least one combustion chamber. The process comprises separating out fly ash using a dust collector. Water is added to and hydrochloric acid separated out in a first acid-operated scrubber. Water and ammonia are added so as to separate out sulphur dioxide in a second neutral or slightly acid-operated scrubber so as to form ammonium sulphite, a portion of the ammonium sulphite thereby reacts with oxygen so as to form an aqueous ammonium sulphate/ammonium sulphite solution. The aqueous ammonium sulphate/ammonium sulphite solution is introduced into an oxygen-containing smoke gas downstream of a secondary gas introduction area so as to decompose the ammonium sulphate and ammonium sulphite so as to form ammonia and sulphur dioxide. Ammonia, oxygen and nitrogen oxides are reduced in the smoke gas by selective non-catalytic reduction so as to produce nitrogen and water, the chloride-containing fly ash in the smoke gas reacting with sulphur dioxide, water and oxygen so as to produce sulphates and hydrochloric acid.
US08765088B2
The degradation of an absorbent solution comprising organic compounds having a amine function in aqueous solution is substantially reduced in the presence of a small amount of thiadiazole-derived degradation inhibiting agents defined by the general formula as follows: The absorbent solution is used to deacidize a gaseous effluent.
US08765086B2
A process for removal of H2S and CO2 from an acid gas stream comprising H2S and CO2, the process comprising the steps of: (a) reacting H2S in the acid gas stream with SO2 to form sulphur vapor and water vapor, thereby obtaining a first off-gas stream comprising CO2, water vapor, sulphur vapor, residual SO2 and residual H2S; (b) converting residual SO2 in the first off-gas stream to H2S in a first off-gas treating reactor, thereby obtaining a second off-gas stream depleted in SO2 and enriched in H2S and CO2 compared to the first off-gas stream; (c) contacting the second off-gas stream with an H2S absorbing liquid, thereby transferring H2S from the gas stream to the H2S absorbing liquid to obtain H2S absorbing liquid enriched in H2S and a third off-gas stream enriched in CO2; (d) removing CO2 from the third off-gas stream by contacting the third off-gas stream with CO2 absorbing liquid in a CO2 absorber, thereby transferring CO2 from the third off-gas stream to the CO2 absorbing liquid to obtain CO2 absorbing liquid enriched in CO2 and purified gas.
US08765070B2
A system for rejecting heat from equipment using endothermic isomerization. includes a heat exchanger configured to receive an elevated-temperature process fluid and an isomerization compound capable of endothermic isomerization. When the system is in operation, heat from the elevated temperature process fluid is transferred to the isomerization compound and the isomerization compound endothermically isomerizes to a higher energy state form. A vehicle includes an engine and a body. The body houses a catalytic heat exchanger having an output in fluid communication with the engine, a pump for urging an isomerization compound into the heat exchanger, and a heat sink controller for controlling the pump. A method for rejecting heat from equipment using endothermic isomerization includes providing a compound capable of endothermic isomerization and transferring heat from a process fluid to the compound, such that the compound endothermically isomerizes to a higher energy level isomer.
US08765060B2
A device for detecting an analyte present in a fluid includes a fluorous sensing phase into which the analyte enters selectively in comparison with other components of the fluid.
US08765057B2
The invention discloses an automatic detection instrument for stool specimen, comprising an automatic controller; a dilution device used for adding quantitative diluent into the stool specimen; a stirring and blending device used for stirring and blending the diluted stool specimen; a detecting unit used for detecting the stool specimen, and an aspirating and cleaning device connected with the detecting unit through pipelines and used for transmitting the stool specimen to the detecting unit and cleaning the detecting unit and the connecting pipelines after detection. The detection instrument of the invention can automatically carry out quantitative dilution, physical microscopic examination and partial chemical detection for specimen completely in comparatively sealed pipelines, thereby reducing the link of air contact, reducing the contamination for the environment and laboratory, and improving the work efficiency by using computer software for automatic control.
US08765053B2
A method for producing a Sn based alloy (15) comprising a metal matrix of a metal matrix material, wherein the metal matrix material comprises Sn, and inclusions of a compound material, further referred to as compound inclusions, wherein the compound material contains one element or a combination of elements of the group Ti, V, Zr, Hf, further referred to as dopant, and one or a plurality of other elements, in particular Sn, Cu and/or Nb. Particles of the metal matrix material, further referred to as matrix particles, are mixed with particles of the compound material, further referred to as compound particles, and the matrix particles and the compound particles are compacted during and/or after their mixing. A Sn based alloy containing finer compound inclusion of a dopant can be prepared, in order to produce Nb3Sn superconductor material with a superior current carrying capacity.
US08765048B2
The present invention generally relates to a mold assembly (32, 34) and a method of using the mold for the manufacture of composite parts which, more particularly, are generated from a strengthener in a generally solid phase and a matrix in a generally liquid phase. Various types of molds and processes may be used in order to impregnate a strengthener with a matrix such that a composite part may be manufactured, but the efficiency rate and the duration of the manufacturing process significantly varies depending on the chosen type of mold and process. The present invention relates to a mold assembly and to the manufacture of composites by using the mold assembly which includes the injection of the matrix in the mold assembly containing the strengthener and a deformable member (36) which favors the impregnation of the matrix toward the strengthener.
US08765037B2
An ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer (EVOH) composition preparation process is provided, which comprises the steps of: feeding an EVOH alcohol solution into a tower type apparatus, the EVOH alcohol solution comprising 100 parts by weight of an EVOH and not less than 300 parts by weight of an alcohol having a carbon number of not greater than 4; bringing the EVOH alcohol solution into contact with water, and feeding out a part of the alcohol together with water from the apparatus to provide an EVOH water/alcohol mixture solution comprising 100 parts by weight of the EVOH, 10 to 200 parts by weight of the alcohol and 50 to 200 parts by weight of water; bringing the EVOH water/alcohol mixture solution into contact with water in an agitator container with stirring, and feeding out a part or all of the alcohol together with water from the container to provide an EVOH composition comprising 100 parts by weight of the EVOH, less than 10 parts by weight of the alcohol and 20 to 100 parts by weight of water. This preparation process makes it possible to efficiently replace the alcohol in the EVOH alcohol solution with water to provide a lower water content EVOH composition.
US08765032B2
A process for producing a graphite cage for an anti-friction bearing, which cage holds a plurality of anti-friction elements. A cage injection molding is injected in an injection molding process from a mass which contains carbon mesophase powder, and this cage injection molding is subsequently heat-treated in order to transform the carbon from the mesophase into pure graphite.
US08765030B2
Hydrophobic liquids are microencapsulated by an enteric matrix in an environment substantially free of organic solvents, the process including forming an emulsion of the enteric material and hydrophobic liquid in water, the emulsion titrated with an acid to form a particulate precipitate of the microencapsulated hydrophobic liquid in an enteric matrix.
US08765022B2
Compositions are provided comprising aqueous dispersions of at least one polypyrrole and at least one colloid-forming polymeric acid. The colloid-forming polymeric acid may be fluorinated. The new compositions are useful in electronic devices including organic electronic devices such as organic light emitting diode displays, memory storage, electromagnetic shielding, electrochromic displays, and thin film transistors, field effect resistance devices.
US08765021B2
The present invention relates to an aqueous treatment composition for inhibiting corrosion and acid attack on metallic surfaces that comprises a thiourea organic derivative, a polyalkoxylated terpene nonionic surfactant and an acid. The invention also relates to a process for cleaning industrial metallic equipment, in particular heat exchangers in which a heat transfer fluid, generally based on air or on water, flows, with a view to cleaning them and removing scale and other soiling.
US08765020B2
Mitigating or preventing corrosion of metal may be achieved in systems that are alkaline, such as carbon dioxide capture systems. The method may include adding an additive to a system wherein the system is at an alkaline pH; the system has both O2 and CO2 present; or the system is at an alkaline pH and has both O2 and CO2 present. The additive may be selected from the group consisting of: quaternary aromatic amines; quaternary alkyl substituted aromatic amines; and combinations thereof. The corrosion inhibiting properties of the additives may be increased by use of synergistic combinants. The abstract is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims.
US08765018B2
The invention relates to a method for controlling a hydrocarbon vapor reforming reaction using a combustion chamber containing burners and tubes, said tubes being filled with catalysts and capable of being crossed by a mixture of hydrocarbons and vapor, the burners being arranged so as to transfer their combustion heat to the mixture of hydrocarbons and vapor through the walls of the tubes, wherein the temperature T of the wall of each tube is measured in the downstream part of the tube, and if for at least one tube, the measured temperature“is higher or equal to the MOT (DTT-15° C.), DTT being the design temperature of the measured tube, the functional parameters of the reforming method are then modified so as to decrease the measured temperature T of this tube down to a value lower than the MOT.
US08765015B2
A green phosphor for emitting light, a spectrum of which is sharp, in an ultraviolet and visible light region, which has higher green light brightness than the conventional rare earth-activated sialon phosphor and has higher durability than the conventional oxide phosphor, is provided. The phosphor being characterized in that Al and a metal element M (here, M is Eu) are incorporated into a crystal of a nitride or oxynitride having a β-type Si3N4 crystal structure as a solid solution, the content of oxygen in the crystal does not exceed 0.8% by mass, and the phosphor emits a visible light having a luminescence peak wavelength in the range of 450 nm to 650 nm upon exposure to an excitation source is provided. This luminescence spectrum has a sharp spectrum shape. Further, a manufacturing method of the phosphor, a lighting device and an image display device utilizing the phosphor are also provided.
US08765010B2
A lignocellulosic fibrous composite having one or more solvents and a dried lignocellulosic fiber, wherein the dried lignocellulosic fiber has been processed by ruminant digestion and anaerobic digestion. A method for preparing a lignocellulosic fibrous composite is also disclosed including the steps of providing excrement from an animal which has undergone ruminant digestion, introducing the cow excrement into an anaerobic digester, modifying the cow excrement to a first wet product, and drying the first wet product to, in turn, generate a lignocellulosic fibrous composite.
US08765004B2
Disclosed herein is a chiller apparatus containing a composition comprising from about 6 to about 70 weight percent 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene and from about 30 to about 94 weight percent 1,1,1,2-tetrafluoroethane. Also disclosed herein is a method for producing cooling in a chiller comprising (a) evaporating a liquid refrigerant comprising from about 6 to 70 weight percent 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene and from about 30 to 94 weight percent 1,1,1,2-tetrafluoroethane in an evaporator having a heat transfer medium passing therethrough thereby producing a vapor refrigerant; and (b) compressing the vapor refrigerant in a compressor. Also disclosed herein is a method for replacing a refrigerant in a chiller designed for using HFC-134a or CFC-12 as refrigerant, comprising charging said chiller with a composition comprising a refrigerant consisting essentially of from about 6 to 70 weight percent 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene and from about 30 to 94 weight percent 1,1,1,2-tetrafluoroethane.
US08765000B2
The present disclosure suggests apparatus and methods that can be used to chemically process microfeature workpieces, e.g., semiconductor wafers. One implementation of the invention provides a method in which a surface of a microfeature workpiece is contacted with an etchant liquid. The wall of the processing chamber may be highly transmissive of an operative wavelength range of radiation, but the etchant liquid is absorptive of the operative wavelength range. The etchant liquid is heated by delivering radiation through the wall of a processing chamber. This permits processing chambers to be formed of materials (e.g., fluoropolymers) that cannot be used in conventional systems that must conduct heat through the wall of the processing chamber.
US08764999B2
A method for patterning a substrate is described. The patterning method may include performing a lithographic process to produce a pattern and a critical dimension (CD) slimming process to reduce a CD in the pattern to a reduced CD. Thereafter, the pattern is doubled to produce a double pattern using a sidewall image transfer technique.
US08764998B2
A method for manufacturing a composite substrate that prevents undesirable effects of etching a thin film includes a pattern forming step, an ion implanting step, a bonding step, and a separation step. In the pattern forming step, a pattern region and a reverse pattern region are formed on a principal surface of a functional material substrate. In the ion implanting step, by implanting ions into the functional material substrate, a separation layer is formed inside at a certain distance from the surface of each of the pattern region and the reverse pattern region. In the bonding step, the functional material substrate at the pattern region is bonded to a supporting substrate. In the separation step, the pattern region is separated from the functional material substrate, and the reverse pattern region is made to fall off.
US08764996B2
A method of patterning a first material on a polymeric substrate is described. The method includes providing a polymeric film substrate having a major surface with a relief pattern including a recessed region and an adjacent raised region, depositing a first material onto the major surface of the polymeric film substrate to form a coated polymeric film substrate, forming a layer of a functionalizing material selectively on the raised region of the coated polymeric film substrate to form a functionalized raised region and an unfunctionalized recessed region, and etching the first material from the polymeric substrate selectively from the unfunctionalized recessed region.
US08764993B2
A method of making a porous SiOC membrane is provided. The method comprises disposing a SiOC layer on a porous substrate, and etching the SiOC layer to form through pores in the SiOC layer. A porous SiOC membrane having a network of pores extending through a thickness of the membrane is provided.
US08764985B2
A three-dimensional grid for use as an algal turf growing surface contains a horizontal planar basal net containing a series of horizontal planar members and upwardly directed members.
US08764983B2
A filter element of a filter system for filtering fluids has a filter medium with end faces. Terminal bodies, one each, are connected to one of the end faces of the filter medium, respectively. A support body extends between the terminal bodies. A first terminal body is connected by a toothed connection to the support body for transmitting a torque from the first terminal body onto the support body and from the support body onto the first terminal body.
US08764978B2
A system for treating a substance using a storage vessel and two or more devices disposed in a top of the storage vessel. Each device has: (a) a volute or cyclone head, (b) a throat connected to the volute or cyclone head, (c) a parabolic reflector connected to the throat, (d) a first wave energy source comprising a first electrode within the volute or cyclone head that extends through the outlet into the opening of the throat along the central axis, and a second electrode extending into the parabolic reflector and spaced apart and axially aligned with first electrode, and (e) a second wave energy source disposed inside the throat, embedded within the throat or disposed around the throat. The substance is supplied to the inlet of the volute or cyclone head and is irradiated with one or more wave energies produced by the first and second wave energy sources.
US08764974B2
Disclosed and claimed is a method for improving the froth quality and bitumen recovery in primary bitumen extraction processes by coagulant addition in the underwash feed water. Preferred coagulants are cationic or amphoteric polymers. Coagulant addition in the underwash feed water reduces the solids content reporting to the primary bitumen froth in a primary separation vessel (PSC). This treatment program can also be combined with dispersant addition in the dilution make-up feed water into a PSC. Preferred dispersants are low molecular weight anionic polymers.
US08764971B2
The invention relates to a method for catalytic cracking to maximize the production of diesel base stocks, comprising a cracking reaction step in an upflow fluidized bed reactor (1), a step of separating the cracked hydrocarbons and coked catalyst, a step of fractionating the cracked hydrocarbons and a step of regenerating said coked catalyst, wherein the hydrocarbon feedstock is injected into the upflow reactor on a catalyst partially deactivated by prior coking of at least part thereof in the same upflow reactor, so that the reaction temperature of the effluents leaving said reactor varies from 470 to 600° C.The invention also relates to a device for implementing the cracking method.
US08764965B2
Electrochemical processes to convert alkali sulfates into useful chemical products, such as syngas, alkali hydroxide, and sulfur are disclosed. An alkali sulfate is reacted with carbon to form carbon monoxide and alkali sulfide. In one embodiment, the alkali sulfide is dissolved in water and subjected to electrochemical reaction to form alkali hydroxide, hydrogen, and sulfur. In another embodiment, the alkali sulfide is reacted with iodine to form alkali iodide sulfur in a non-aqueous solvent, such as methyl alcohol. The alkali iodide is electrochemically reacted to form alkali hydroxide, hydrogen, and iodine. The iodine may be recycled to react with additional alkali sulfide. The hydrogen and carbon monoxide from both embodiments may be combined to form syngas. The alkali hydroxide from both embodiments may be recovered as a useful industrial chemical.
US08764960B2
The present invention relates to the manufacturing method of metal clad laminates by forming a conductive layer on a single side or both sides of a material film that is made of an insulating material using the silver complexes having a unique structure and electroplating metals outside of said conductive layer. The present invention can provide the manufacturing method of metal clad laminates, which has a fast operation speed for mass production, simple process steps to minimize defective ratio and cheap production cost.
US08764959B2
A method of manufacturing a sheath for protecting an airfoil component includes the steps of establishing an electro-forming solution having cobalt and phosphorus and electro-forming the sheath with a composition that includes the cobalt and the phosphorus using the electro-forming solution.
US08764957B2
A method of water treatment comprising: providing an electrolysis device comprising an electrolysis vessel; providing feed streams to the first salt water chamber of the vessel, second salt water chamber of the vessel, acidic chamber of the vessel, and alkalic chamber of the vessel, the acidic chamber producing an acidic solution and the alkalic chamber producing an alkalic solution; directing at least a portion of the contents of the first and second salt water chambers into a precipitation tank; directing at least a portion of the alkalic solution into the precipitation tank, thereby increasing the pH in the precipitation tank to produce precipitate; and removing the precipitate from the precipitation tank.
US08764955B2
A gas sensor (200) includes a gas sensor element (10) extending in the direction of an axis O, and a housing (50) made of metal, radially surrounding the gas sensor element, and adapted for inserting at least partially into a sensor-mounting hole (350) of a mounting body (300). The gas sensor (200) further includes a resin member (60, 61) which radially surrounds the housing at least partially and having a contact portion (C) in contact with the housing that is at least partially disposed axially frontward with respect to the outer surface of the mounting body (300) around the sensor-mounting hole, and a heat sink member (80) that is in contact with the housing at an axial position the same as or located frontward of the axial position of the front end of the contact portion.
US08764953B2
The present invention relates to a system comprising a heat source to provide heat at the desired temperature and energy field (e.g. a solar concentrator); an electron source configured and operable to emit electrons; an electric field generator generating an electric field adapted to supply energy sufficient to dissociate gas molecules; and a reaction gas chamber configured and operable to cause interaction between the electrons with the molecules, such that the electrons dissociate the molecules to product compound and ions via dissociative electrons attachment (DEA) within the chamber.
US08764951B2
Conventional electrochromic devices frequently suffer from poor reliability and poor performance. Improvements are made using entirely solid and inorganic materials. Electrochromic devices are fabricated by forming an ion conducting electronically-insulating interfacial region that serves as an IC layer. In some methods, the interfacial region is formed after formation of an electrochromic and a counter electrode layer. The interfacial region contains an ion conducting electronically-insulating material along with components of the electrochromic and/or the counter electrode layer. Materials and microstructure of the electrochromic devices provide improvements in performance and reliability over conventional devices.
US08764950B2
Conventional electrochromic devices frequently suffer from poor reliability and poor performance. Improvements are made using entirely solid and inorganic materials. Electrochromic devices are fabricated by forming an ion conducting electronically-insulating interfacial region that serves as an IC layer. In some methods, the interfacial region is formed after formation of an electrochromic and a counter electrode layer. The interfacial region contains an ion conducting electronically-insulating material along with components of the electrochromic and/or the counter electrode layer. Materials and microstructure of the electrochromic devices provide improvements in performance and reliability over conventional devices.
US08764949B2
When a magnetron is scanned about the back of a target in a selected complex path having radial components, the erosion profile has a form depending upon the selection of paths. A radial erosion rate profile for a given magnetron is measured. Periodically during scanning, an erosion profile is calculated from the measured erosion rate profile, the time the magnetron spends at different radii, and the target power. The calculated erosion profile may be used to indicate when erosion has become excessive at any location prompting target replacement or to adjust the height of the magnetron above the target for repeated scans. In another aspect of the invention, the magnetron height is dynamically adjusted during a scan to compensate for erosion. The compensation may be based on the calculated erosion profile or on feedback control of the present value of the target voltage for a constant-power target supply.
US08764938B1
A method is provided for making “smart” paper and “smart” microfibers by means of nanotechnology layer-by-layer techniques. The method comprises forming an aqueous pulp of lignocellulose fibers and nanocoating it by alternatively adsorbing onto the fibers multiple consecutively-applied layers of organized ultra thin and oppositely-charged polyelectrolytes, at least one of which is an electrically conductive polymer or nanoparticle (or a magnetically active polymer or nanoparticle, or an optically active polymer or nanoparticle), and another one of which has a charge opposite of said electrically conductive polymer or nanoparticle (or magnetically active polymer or nanoparticle, or optically active polymer or nanoparticle), thereby making a modified aqueous pulp of electrically conductive (or magnetically active, or optically active) multi-layer nanocoated lignocellulose fibers. A finished paper is manufactured by drying sheets of the modified fibers and processing the dried sheets to make a smart paper having enhanced electrical conductivity, magnetic and/or optical properties.
US08764937B2
A method and apparatus for conversion of paper residue into a mineral product uses a fluidized bed device with a distribution plate for securing an even distribution and supply of at least combustion air to the bed material and to the paper residue. An air box below the distribution plate supplies combustion air to the bed material and paper residue above the distribution plate. A heat exchanging section receives in separate parts ambient air and flue gases from the fluidized bed device for exchanging heat between flue gases and ambient air. The heat exchanging section is connected to the air box for supplying the heated ambient air to the air box for use as combustion air. A control system is employed for controlling the amount of bed material and the dimension of its particles and is arranged to monitor and maintain a process parameter within a predefined range.
US08764921B2
An apparatus and a process for automatic, continuous production of preforms from dry fabrics containing a thermoplastic binder element by feeding individual layers (7-9) of dry fabrics towards an ultrasonic unit (13), applying ultrasonic energy from said ultrasonic unit (13) to said more than one layers (7-9) of dry fabrics applying pressure to said more than one layers (7-9) of dry fabrics containing a thermoplastic binder element while the binder element is activated by means of said ultrasonic energy in said ultrasonic unit (13), to create a consolidated, stiff laminate (18) and cutting said consolidated, stiff laminate (18) to a preform.
US08764908B2
A method of controlling the operation of a dishwasher having a tub defining a wash chamber and at least one dish rack located within the wash chamber. The dishwasher also has at least one spray arm located in the wash chamber and at least one nozzle located in the wash chamber and configured to provide a spray of liquid toward the dish rack.
US08764906B2
A method and cleaning solution for cleaning electronic substrates, such as a semiconductor wafers, hard disks, photomasks or imprint molds. The method comprises the steps of contacting a surface of the substrate with a cleaning solution comprised of a polyphosphate, and then removing the cleaning solution from the surface. Additional optional steps include applying acoustic energy to the cleaning solution while the cleaning solution is in contact with the surface, and removing the cleaning solution from the surface by rinsing the surface with a rinsing solution with or without the application of acoustic energy. The cleaning solution comprises a polyphosphate, such as any of the water soluble polyphosphates. Depending on the application, the cleaning solution may also comprise a base and/or a quantity of suspended particles. Complexing agents, amines, biocides, surfactants and/or other substances, may also be added to the cleaning solution.
US08764902B2
A film-forming apparatus capable of discharging a feedstock gas and a reactive gas to an inner side of the vacuum chamber by more effectively cooling the gases without mixing them in comparison with the conventional art. A discharge plate having a first face exposed inside the vacuum chamber is provided with a plurality of feedstock gas introduction holes and a plurality of reactive gas introduction holes penetrating the discharge plate. A plurality of grooves having the feedstock gas introduction holes located on the bottom face are formed in the second face opposite to the first face of the discharge plate, a top plate that covers the groove is arranged over the second face, and the feedstock gas through-hole formed in the top plate and the feedstock gas introduction hole are connected to each other with the first auxiliary pipe.
US08764898B2
A water-based non-permanent adhesive solution composition comprised of water, gum arabic powder, sodium benzoate, citric acid and denatured alcohol capable of being applied directly to the thumb and playing fingers for players of stringed instruments including, but not limited to, banjos, steel guitars, and Dobros. When applied to the thumb and playing fingers the solution quickly and safely binds the picks to the skin to prevent the picks from slipping or falling off during prolonged periods of play.
