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US07727918B2	Optical glass An optical glass that contains Si, Al, Mg, and O is provided. The optical glass contains Si in an amount of 40% or more and 60% or less, in cation percent, Al in an amount of 10% or more and 35% or less, in cation percent, and Mg in an amount of 20% or more and 35% or less, in cation percent. In the optical glass, the total amount of Si, Al, and Mg is 99.5% or more, in cation percent. Furthermore, the optical glass contains Fe and Na each in an amount of 0.01 wtppm or less and has a transmittance to a light having a wavelength of 248 nm of 40% or more at a thickness of 5 mm.
US07727917B2	Lithia-alumina-silica containing glass compositions and glasses suitable for chemical tempering and articles made using the chemically tempered glass A glass composition for chemical tempering includes oxides in wt % ranges of: SiO2 60 to 75; Al2O3 18 to 28; Li2O 3 to 9; Na2O 0 to 3; K2O 0 to 0.5; CaO 0 to 3; MgO 0 to 3; ZrO2 0 to 3; where MgO+CaO is 0 to 6 wt %; Al2O3+ZrO2 is 18 to 28 wt %, and Na2O+K2O is 0.05 to 3.00 wt %. The glass has a log 10 viscosity temperature in the temperature range of 1328° F. (720° C.) to 1499° F. (815° C.); a liquidus temperature in the temperature range of 2437° F. (1336° C.) to 2575° F. (1413° C.), and a log 7.6 softening point temperature in the temperature range of 1544° F. (840° C.) to 1724° F. (940° C.). The chemically tempered glass has, among other properties, an abraded modulus of rupture of 72 to 78 KPSI, and a modulus of rupture of 76 to 112 KPSI.
US07727912B2	Method of light enhanced atomic layer deposition A method light enhanced atomic layer deposition for forming a film on a substrate. The method includes disposing the substrate in a process chamber of a light enhanced atomic layer deposition (LEALD) system configured to perform a LEALD process; and depositing a film on the substrate using the LEALD process, where the depositing includes (a) exposing the substrate to a first process material, (b) exposing the substrate to a second process material containing a reducing agent and irradiating the substrate with a first light radiation having either no or at least partial temporal overlap with the exposing of the substrate to the second process material, (c) repeating steps (a) and (b) until the desired film has been deposited. According to one embodiment of the invention, the deposited film can be a TaCN film or a TaC film.
US07727902B2	Composition for forming nitride coating film for hard mask There is provided an underlayer coating that causes no intermixing with photoresist layer, can be formed by a spin-coating method, and can be used as a hard mask in lithography process of manufacture of semiconductor device. Concretely, it is an underlayer coating forming composition used in manufacture of semiconductor device including metal nitride particles having an average particle diameter of 1 to 1000 nm, and an organic solvent. The metal nitride particles contain at least one element selected from the group consisting of titanium, silicon, tantalum, tungsten, cerium, germanium, hafnium, and gallium.
US07727901B2	Preparation of group IV semiconductor nanoparticle materials and dispersions thereof A method of forming an ink, the ink configured to form a conductive densified film is disclosed. The method includes providing a set of Group IV semiconductor particles, wherein each Group IV semiconductor particle of the set of Group IV semiconductor particles includes a particle surface with a first exposed particle surface area. The method also includes reacting the set of Group IV semiconductor particles to a set of bulky capping agent molecules resulting in a second exposed particle surface area, wherein the second exposed particle surface area is less than the first exposed particle surface area. The method further includes dispersing the set of Group IV semiconductor particles in a vehicle, wherein the ink is formed.
US07727900B2	Surface preparation for gate oxide formation that avoids chemical oxide formation A cleaning sequence usable in semiconductor manufacturing efficiently cleans semiconductor substrates while preventing chemical oxide formation thereon. The sequence includes the sequence of: 1) treating with an HF solution; 2) treating with pure H2SO4; 3) treating with an H2O2 solution; 4) a DI water rinse; and 5) treatment with an HCl solution. The pure H2SO4 solution may include an H2SO4 concentration of about ninety-eight percent (98%) or greater. After the HCl solution treatment, the cleaned surface may be a silicon surface that is free of a chemical oxide having a thickness of 5 angstroms or greater. The invention finds particular advantage in semiconductor devices that utilize multiple gate oxide thicknesses.
US07727895B2	Substrate processing system and substrate processing method Disclosed is a substrate processing method that dissolves and deforms a photoresist film having a first pattern formed on a substrate to reshape the resist film into a second pattern During the reflow process, an atmosphere of a thinner vapor-containing gas is established in a processing chamber. A substrate is placed on a temperature adjusting plate. The target temperature of the temperature adjusting plate is set and controlled by a control unit, and the temperature of the temperature adjusting plate is controlled by a temperature regulator based on the target temperature set by the control unit The control unit set and controls the target temperature so that it meets the following requirement: the atmospheric temperature≦the target temperature≦(the atmospheric temperature+2° C.). Due to the above, the reflowing of the resist can be performed stably, while achieving a satisfactory reflow rate although it is somewhat low.
US07727892B2	Method and apparatus for forming metal-metal oxide etch stop/barrier for integrated circuit interconnects Described is a method and apparatus for forming interconnects with a metal-metal oxide electromigration barrier and etch-stop. In one embodiment of the invention, the method includes depositing a metal layer on the top of a planarized interconnect layer, the interconnect layer having an interlayer dielectric (ILD) with a top that is planar with the top of an electrically conductive interconnect. In one embodiment of the invention, the method includes reacting the metal layer with the ILD to form a metal oxide layer on the top of the ILD. At the same time, the metal layer will not be significantly oxidized by the electrically conductive interconnect, thus forming a metal barrier on the electrically conductive interconnect to improve electromigration performance. The metal barrier and metal oxide layer together comprise a protective layer. A second ILD may be subsequently formed on the protective layer, and the protective layer may act an etch-stop during a subsequent etch of the second ILD.
US07727887B2	Method for improved power distribution in a three dimensional vertical integrated circuit A first through via is electrically insulated from surrounding wafer substrate material. A second through via is not electrically insulated from the surrounding wafer substrate material. This configuration is advantageous when the non-insulated via serves as the path for either Vdd or GND. By not insulating the through via, a first supply voltage (Vdd or GND) is allowed to flow through the surrounding wafer substrate material thereby decreasing the resistance of the first supply voltage path.
US07727885B2	Reduction of punch-thru defects in damascene processing A semiconductor device is fabricated while mitigating conductive void formation in metallization layers. A substrate is provided. A first dielectric layer is formed over the substrate. A conductive trench is formed within the first dielectric layer. An etch stop layer is formed over the first dielectric layer. A second dielectric layer is formed over/on the etch stop layer. A resist mask is formed over the device and via openings are etched in the second dielectric layer. The resist mask is removed by an ash process. A clean process is performed that mitigates/reduces surface charge on exposed portions of the etch stop layer. Additional surface charge reduction techniques are employed. The via openings are filled with a conductive material and a planarization process is performed to remove excess fill material.
US07727884B2	Methods of forming a semiconductor device including a phase change material layer A method includes forming a phase change material layer on a substrate using a deposition process that employs a process gas. The process gas includes a germanium source gas, and the germanium source gas includes at least one of the atomic groups “—N═C═O”, “—N═C═S”, “—N═C═Se”, “—N═C═Te”, “—N═C═Po” and “—C≡N”.
US07727880B1	Protective self-aligned buffer layers for damascene interconnects Protective self aligned buffer (PSAB) layers are layers of material that are selectively formed at the surface of metal layers in a partially fabricated semiconductor device. In a Damascene interconnect, PSAB layer typically resides at an interface between the metal layer and a dielectric diffusion barrier layer. PSAB layers promote improved adhesion between a metal layer and an adjacent dielectric diffusion barrier layer. Further, PSAB layers can protect metal surfaces from inadvertent oxidation during fabrication process. A PSAB layer may be formed entirely within the top portion of a metal layer, by, for example, chemically converting metal surface to a thin layer of metal silicide. Thickness of PSAB layers, and, consequently resistance of interconnects can be controlled by partially passivating metal surface prior to formation of PSAB layer. Such passivation can be accomplished by controllably treating metal surface with a nitrogen-containing compound to convert metal to metal nitride.
US07727866B2	Use of chained implants in solar cells The manufacture of solar cells is simplified and cost reduced through by performing successive ion implants, without an intervening thermal cycle. In addition to reducing process time, the use of chained ion implantations may also improve the performance of the solar cell. In another embodiment, two different species are successively implanted without breaking vacuum. In another embodiment, the substrate is implanted, then flipped such that it can be and implanted on both sides before being annealed. In yet another embodiment, one or more different masks are applied and successive implantations are performed without breaking the vacuum condition, thereby reducing the process time.
US07727863B1	Sonic irradiation during wafer immersion Sonic radiation is applied to a wafer portion of the planar surface of a rotating, tilted wafer as it is being immersed into a liquid treatment bath. The portion includes the leading outer edge region of the wafer. The area of the wafer portion is significantly less than the total surface area of the planar wafer surface. Power density is minimized. As a result, bubbles are removed from the wafer surface and cavitation in the liquid bath is avoided. In some embodiments, the liquid bath is de-gassed to inhibit bubble formation.
US07727859B2	Semiconductor device and manufacturing method thereof It is an object of the present invention to provide a semiconductor device in which a barrier property is improved; a compact size, a thin shape, and lightweight are achieved; and flexibility is provided. By providing a stacked body including a plurality of transistors in a space between a pair of substrates, a semiconductor device is provided, in which a harmful substance is prevented from entering and a barrier property is improved. In addition, by using a pair of substrates which are thinned by performing grinding and polishing, a semiconductor device is provided, in which a compact size, a thin shape, and lightweight are achieved. Further, a semiconductor device is provided, in which flexibility is provided and a high-added value is achieved.
US07727841B2	Method of manufacturing semiconductor device with dual gates In a semiconductor device with dual gates and a method of manufacturing the same, a dielectric layer and first and second metallic conductive layers are successively formed on the semiconductor substrate having first and second regions. The second metallic conductive layer which is formed on the first metallic conductive layer of the second region is etched to form a metal pattern. The first metallic conductive layer is etched using the metal pattern as an etching mask. A polysilicon layer is formed on the dielectric layer and the metal pattern. The first gate electrode is formed by etching portions of the polysilicon layer, the metal pattern, and the first metallic conductive layer of the first region. The second gate electrode is formed by etching a portion of the polysilicon layer formed directly on the dielectric layer of the second region.
US07727831B2	Semiconductor device The leakage current generated due to the extension of the depleted layer to the end of the chip is reduced. In MOSFET 100, the depths of the trenches 112 in the gate pad portion 50 and the circumference portion 70 are larger than the depths of the trenches 111 in the cell region 60. Therefore, the depleted layer extending from the cell region 60 along the direction toward the gate pad portion 50 or the direction toward the circumference portion 70 is blocked by the presence of the trench 112. In other words, an extending of the depleted layer can be terminated by disposing the trench 112, so as to avoid reaching the depleted layer to the end of the semiconductor chip. Accordingly, a leakage current generated from the cell region 60 along the direction toward the end of the semiconductor chip can be reduced.
US07727830B2	Fabrication of germanium nanowire transistors In general, in one aspect, a method includes using the Germanium nanowire as building block for high performance logic, memory and low dimensional quantum effect devices. The Germanium nanowire channel and the SiGe anchoring regions are formed simultaneously through preferential Si oxidation of epitaxial Silicon Germanium epi layer. The placement of the germanium nanowires is accomplished using a Si fin as a template and the germanium nanowire is held on Si substrate through SiGe anchors created by masking the two ends of the fins. High dielectric constant gate oxide and work function metals wrap around the Germanium nanowire for gate-all-around electrostatic channel on/off control, while the Germanium nanowire provides high carrier mobility in the transistor channel region. The germanium nanowire transistors enable high performance, low voltage (low power consumption) operation of logic and memory devices.
US07727822B2	Active matrix substrate and liquid crystal display device, production methods thereof and electronic device A layer stack including an operating semiconductor layer and a low resistance semiconductor layer is patterned by using a first mask pattern so as to have an insular shape and then a circumferential sidewall of the layer stack whose top surface is covered by the first mask pattern is oxidized under a condition that at least ends of the first mask pattern which ends contacts the low resistance semiconductor layer are not positioned behind ends of the layer stack which ends contacts the first mask pattern, thereby forming a sidewall oxidized film only on the circumferential sidewall of the layer stack. After the first mask pattern is removed, an electrode/wiring layer is formed on the layer stack by using a second mask pattern, the electrode/wiring layer being electrically connected with the low resistance semiconductor layer and having the same shape as the low resistance semiconductor layer at a region where the insular operating semiconductor layer is formed.
US07727821B2	Image sensing cell, device, method of operation, and method of manufacture An image sensing device can include one or more image sensing cells. Each image sensing cell can have a charge store element formed from a semiconductor material doped to a first conductivity type. The charge store element can be in contact with a channel region formed from a semiconductor material doped to a second conductivity type. The charge store element can have one or more surfaces for exposure to an image source. Each image sensing cell can also include a charge electrode formed from a semiconductor material doped to the first conductivity type that is separated from the charge store element by a semiconductor material doped to the second conductivity type. In addition, one or more current detection electrodes can be included in each image sensing cell. A current detection electrode can pass a current flowing through the channel region in a read operation. Such an image sensing cell can be compact in size and/or have a large image sensing area.
US07727808B2	Ultra thin die electronic package A method for forming an ultra thin die electronic package includes disposing a first polymer film on a first substrate, applying a first adhesive layer to the first polymer film, disposing at least one die on the first adhesive layer, disposing a second polymer film on at least one additional substrate, applying a second adhesive layer to the second polymer film on at least one additional substrate, applying a second adhesive layer to the second polymer film, and attaching the first substrate and the at least one additional substrate via the first adhesive layer and the second adhesive layer such that the at least one die is interspersed between. The method also includes forming multiple vias on a top and/or bottom side of the first and the additional substrate(s), wherein the multiple vias are directly connected to the die, and forming an electrical interconnection between the first substrate, the at least one additional substrate and a die pad of the at least one die.
US07727793B2	Physical quantity sensor and manufacturing method therefor A physical quantity sensor includes a pair of physical quantity sensor chips that are inclined with respect to the bottom of an exterior mold package whose side surfaces are each inclined in a thickness direction by an angle ranging from 0° to 5° and are formed in proximity to the outer ends of the physical quantity sensor chips. It is possible to realize the inclination of stages without using molds, wherein absorption devices are used to absorb prescribed portions related to stages, which rotate about axial lines and are thus inclined with respect to a prescribed base. In manufacturing, a thin metal plate having a plurality of lead frames is placed on a base delimited by a clamp; then, intersecting points of intermediate portions formed between the lead frames are subjected to pressing so as to realize the inclination of stages.
US07727790B2	Method for fabricating light emitting diodes The invention is method for fabricating light emitting diodes. A layered semiconductor structure is provided on a growth substrate. The method includes using a pulsed laser to form an interfacial layer between the layered semiconductor structure and the growth substrate for subsequent substrate detachment and to simultaneously form light extracting elements on the layered semiconductor structure. The method reduces the number of steps required to fabricate a light emitting diode.
US07727785B2	Wafer back side coating to balance stress from passivation layer on front of wafer and be used as die attach adhesive A method for balancing layer-caused compressive or tensile stress in a semiconductor die, die wafer or similar substrate uses a stress-balancing layer (SBL) attached to an opposite side from a stress-causing layer before the semiconductor die or wafer is significantly warped are provided. The SBL may also serve as, or support, an adhesive layer for die attach and be of a markable material for an enhanced marking method.
US07727782B2	Apparatus for improving incoming and outgoing wafer inspection productivity in a wafer reclaim factory An apparatus and method for inspecting wafers at a reclaim factory is described. Embodiments of the invention describe an apparatus in which a wafer ID and wafer thickness may be simultaneously measured. A wafer is placed onto a sloped surface and positioned by aligning a notch in the wafer with a pin located on the surface, and by propping the wafer against a pair of laterally opposite restraints. In one embodiment, a foot-switch is used to trigger the simultaneous wafer ID and wafer thickness measurements.
US07727779B2	Method of fabricating and/or repairing a light emitting device A method of repairing a light emitting device which makes high quality image display possible even if a pin hole is formed during formation of an EL layer is provided. The method of repairing a light emitting device is characterized in that a reverse bias voltage is applied to an EL element at given time intervals to thereby reduce a current flowing into an EL element when the reverse bias voltage is applied to the EL element.
US07727767B2	Method for quantitative analysis of metal element contained in resin material Disclosed is a method for the quantitative analysis of a metal element contained in a resin material, which permits quantitatively analyzing the harmful substance such as lead contained in a resin material, comprising decomposing the resin material within a container having at least the inner surface formed of a glassy carbon in the presence of an aqueous solution of an oxidizing acid, heating the organic residue of the decomposed resin material so as to convert the residue into an ash, and quantitatively measuring the metal element contained in the organic residue converted into the ash.
US07727759B2	Structure for cell culture, cell culture vessel, structure with spheroid, vessel with spheroid, and manufacturing methods thereof By using a microfabrication technique such as nanoimprinting, a structure for cell culture comprising: a concavo-convex structure having a plurality of successive unit structures each formed in a polygonal shape in a planar direction and having a minimum internal diameter of less than or equal to 3 μm, wherein a width between adjoining unit structures is less than or equal to 3 μm, a concavo-convex depth is greater than or equal to 10 nm, and the concavo-convex structure functions as a cell adherence surface. By culturing cells in this structure or a cell culture vessel comprising this structure integrated therein, a structure having a spheroid or a vessel having a spheroid, in which a spheroid with lamellipodia has been formed, can be obtained. Thus, it is possible to produce the structure or the cell culture vessel in which the shape, size and material of the peak-and-valley structure are controlled. Furthermore, a spheroid suitable for, e.g., screening a drug can be easily cultured within a short period of time at a low cost.
US07727758B1	Extraction and brewing machine The present invention relates to an extraction and brewing machine having a tank, a fan assembly, a base aerator, an extractor head, and an extraction assembly. The extraction assembly has a container for being submerged in liquid held within the tank, and an extraction aerator. The container is comprised of a dome and a filter. The dome defines an interior region for vigorous mixing of air, compost and water. The filter can be a mesh bag. The extraction aerator can have openings near the bottom of the bag. The flow of air though the filter causes a current of liquid, air and microorganisms to exit the chamber. The base aerator aerates all the liquid in the tank. The microorganisms in the tea continue to grow and multiply in the tank after extraction from the chamber, and no particles pass the filter that could jam a spray nozzle.
US07727755B2	Enzyme and methodology for the treatment of a biomass An enzyme isolated from an extremophilic microbe, and a method for utilizing same is described, and wherein the enzyme displays optimum enzymatic activity at a temperature of greater than about 80° C., and a pH of less than about 2, and further may be useful in methodology including pretreatment of a biomass so as to facilitate the production of an end product.
US07727754B2	β-glucosidase 5 (BGL5) compositions The present invention provides a novel β-glucosidase nucleic acid sequence, designated bgl5, and the corresponding BGL5 amino acid sequence. The invention also provides expression vectors and host cells comprising a nucleic acid sequence encoding BGL5, recombinant BGL5 proteins and methods for producing the same.
US07727752B2	Kinase and phosphatase assays Compositions, methods, and kits for detecting and monitoring kinase, phosphatase and protein post-translational modification activity are described. The compositions typically include a peptide, a detectable moiety, and a protease cleavage site. Modification of a peptide by a kinase, phosphatase or other protein post-translational modification alters the proteolytic sensitivity of the peptide, resulting in a change of a detectable property of the composition. Panel assays for determining substrates or modulators of kinase, phosphatase or other protein post-translational modification activity are also described.
US07727751B2	Method for the preparation of mycophenolate mofetil by enzyme tranesterification The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) in which an ester of mycophenolic acid (MPA) with a low-molecular-weight aliphatic alcohol is transesterified with N-(2-hydroxyethyl)morpholine in the presence of Candida antarctica lipase, and in which the MPA esterification reaction is carried out in the presence of Candida antarctica lipase using the corresponding alcohol as the solvent.
US07727747B2	Solid or semi-solid state fermentation of xanthan on potato or potato waste The present invention presents a method for the aerobic production of xanthan by bacteria of the genus Xanthomonas on a solid or semi-solid substrate. In the exemplary embodiment of the method, a substrate is provided that has a total solids content of about 6.5% or higher. The substrate is sterilized and cooled. Bacteria of the genus Xanthomonas are inoculated into the substrate and incubated. After incubation, the bacteria are destroyed, the substrate is either diluted or washed, and the xanthan is isolated.
US07727746B2	Upflow reactor for enzymatic hydrolysis of cellulose A process for the enzymatic hydrolysis of cellulose to produce a hydrolysis product from a pre-treated cellulosic feedstock is provided. The process comprises introducing an aqueous slurry of the pre-treated cellulosic feedstock at the bottom of a hydrolysis reactor. Axial dispersion in the reactor is limited by avoiding mixing and maintaining an average slurry flow velocity of about 0.1 to about 20 feet per hour, such that the undissolved solids flow upward at a rate slower than that of the liquid. Cellulase enzymes are added to the aqueous slurry before or during the step of introducing. An aqueous stream comprising hydrolysis product and unhydrolyzed solids is removed from the hydrolysis reactor. Also provided are enzyme compositions which comprise cellulase enzymes and flocculents for use in the process. In addition, a kit comprising cellulase enzymes and flocculent is provided.
US07727736B2	Soluble phospholipids for use in clotting factor assays The present invention provides a soluble phospholipid reagent and assays of clotting activity using the same. The methods of the invention can be used to carry out any clotting assay or other assay of clotting activity that traditionally relies on platelet membranes or synthetic membrane preparation by substituting therefor the soluble phospholipids of the invention. Assay compositions and kits comprising the soluble phospholipids of the invention are also provided.
US07727734B1	Detection and measurement of blood-feeding activity This invention provides compositions and methods for detection of hematophagous ectoparasitic activity in an enclosure or area. The compositions comprise a reagent or reagents which are reactive against antigens or markers as they appear in the excrement or other ectoparasitic materials. Such markers or antigens may be produced by the ectoparasite itself or may have been introduced into the ectoparasite because of its blood feeding activity. The method of the present invention comprises collecting from the enclosure or area, a sample comprising environmental dust or materials and subjecting the sample to tests for detecting the presence of hematophagous ectoparasitic markers, host markers or both.
US07727733B2	Diagnosis of preeclampsia The present invention provides methods and compositions related to the detection and/or monitoring of the levels of angiogenic factors, specifically VEGF, PlGF and sFlt-1, in urine samples obtained from pregnant women and the effects of such levels on the risk of developing complications of pregnancy, including hypertensive disorders such as preeclampsia, in the first, second, and/or third trimester of pregnancy. The present invention also provides kits for identifying and screening patients at risk of developing a complication of pregnancy, such as preeclampsia.
US07727731B2	Potent, selective and non toxic c-kit inhibitors The present invention relates to a screening method allowing the identification and selection of compounds targeting the transphosphorylase (also called phosphotransferase) domain of c-kit, more particularly compounds selected to be potent inhibitors of constitutively activated c-kit, while being unable to inhibit other activation pathways as for example the pathways leading to death of IL-3 dependent cells cultured in presence of IL-3.
US07727729B2	Assays for sensory modulators using a sensory cell specific G-protein alpha subunit The invention identifies nucleic acid and amino acid sequences of a sensory cell specific G-protein alpha subunit that are specifically expressed in sensory cells, e.g., taste cells, antibodies to such G-protein alpha subunits, methods of detecting such nucleic acids and subunits, and methods of screening for modulators of a sensory cell specific G-protein alpha subunit.
US07727728B2	Method for the in vitro titration of an NCTA application thereof in a method for the evaluation and/or monitoring of a biological product production method The invention relates to a method for the in vitro titration of a non-conventional transmissible agent (NCTA), using transgenic cell lines. The invention also relates to: the application of the aforementioned in vitro titration method in a method for the in vitro evaluation and/or monitoring of the effectiveness of a biological production or treatment method or of one or more steps in such a method for the elimination of an NCTA, and to the application thereof in a method for the in vitro evaluation and/or monitoring of a decontamination procedure.
US07727727B2	Pretreatment method for extraction of nucleic acid from biological samples and kits therefor The present invention relates to methods for pretreating biological samples for extraction of nucleic acid therefrom. The present invention employs a combination of at least one protein denaturant with one or more of the following elements to form a reaction mixture for extraction of nucleic acid: (1) at least one aprotic solvent, (2) stepwise heating, and (3) sample dilution.
US07727713B2	Templated molecules and methods for using such molecules The present invention relates to a method for synthesizing templated molecules. In one aspect of the invention, the templated molecules are linked to the template which templated the synthesis thereof. The intion allows the generation of libraries which can be screened for e.g. therapeutic activity.
US07727706B2	Recording method for dye-based recordable optical recording medium A recording method for a dye-based recordable optical recording medium including recording shortest marks on a recording layer containing a dye formed on a substrate having a guide groove using one pulse beam, and recording second shortest marks or still longer marks at a pulse power as high as or lower than that of the shortest marks using one pulse beam of which two sites of the front edge and rear edge of pulse are highly energized for a given length of time, wherein a ratio Pc/W4 during recording of each mark at 12 m/s or more is set within 1.0 to 3.0; or the irradiation time of the cooling pulse Tc after that the pulse is applied with beams when the Pc/W4 ratio is 0.14 or less is set to be as long as or shorter than the basic clock cycle T.
US07727704B2	Positive resist compositions and patterning process In a positive resist composition comprising (A) a resin component which becomes soluble in an alkaline developer under the action of an acid and (B) a photoacid generator, component (A) is a polymer of formula (1) wherein R1 is H, methyl or trifluoromethyl, R2 and R3 are alkyl, R4 is a monovalent hydrocarbon group, X1 is O, S or CH2CH2, X2 is O, S, CH2 or CH2CH2, n is 1 or 2, a1, a2, c, d1 and d2 each are from 0 to less than 1, b is from 0.01 to less than 1, and a1+a2+b+c+d1+d2=1. The resist composition forms a pattern with high rectangularity at an enhanced resolution when processed by ArF lithography.
US07727699B2	Process for producing toner for electrophotography The present invention relates to a process for producing a toner for electrophotography, including: (a) a step of aggregating resin particles containing a resin binder in an aqueous medium; and (b) a step of unifying the aggregated resin particles, the step (a) including: (a-1) a step of adding a monovalent salt as an aggregating agent; and (a-2) a step of adding at least one compound selected from the group consisting of alkylethersulfates represented by the formula (1): R—O—(CH2CH2O)nSO3M (1) wherein R is an alkyl group; n represents an average molar number of addition and is a number of more than 0 and not more than 15 (0
US07727698B2	Image forming method Disclosed is an image forming method comprising developing a latent electrostatic image formed on the surface of a latent electrostatic image bearing body by a developer borne and conveyed by a developer bearing body which is brought into contact with a developer layer control member to control an amount of the developer on the surface of the developer bearing body through a nonmagnetic single-component development system, wherein an acid value (SAV) of the surface of the developer and a total acid value (TAV) of the developer meet the following requirements: 1
US07727697B2	Electrophotographic toner and electrophotographic developer by use thereof An electrophotographic toner is disclosed, meeting the requirement that a ratio of a storage modulus at 60° C. [G′(60)] to a storage modulus at 80° C. [G′(80)], G′(60)/G′(80) is from 1×102 to 1×104; a ratio of a storage modulus at 100° C. [G′(100)] to a storage modulus at 120° C. [G′(120)], G′(100)/G′(120) is from 1 to 10; and a storage modulus at a temperature of from 140 to 160° C., [G′(140-160)] is not less than 102 dyn/cm2.
US07727696B2	Toner compositions A toner having its surface functionalized with alkaline resins is provided, and processes for producing the same.
US07727686B2	Method of making LC polymer film To provide a method of making a film of organic material excellent in moisture barrier property and/or oxygen barrier property and also to provide an electronic device excellent in long term stability, in which the film obtained by such film making method is utilized to form a protective film for protecting an electronic device, and particularly an organic electronic device, to avoid deterioration of the performance, which would otherwise be brought about by moisture and oxygen in the atmosphere. The film is formed by depositing and solidifying, on a substrate, an evaporant formed by irradiating a liquid crystal polymer capable of exhibiting an optical anisotropy with pulsed laser.
US07727681B2	Electron beam processing for mask repair Transmissivity is restored to a gallium stained substrate by directing an electron beam to the substrate in the presence of an etching gas. For higher concentrations of implanted gallium, the transparency can be substantially restored without reducing the thickness of the substrate. For lower doses of implanted gallium, the transmission is restored to 100%, although the thickness of the substrate is reduced. The invention is suitable for use in the repair of photolithography masks.
US07727672B2	Battery, method of manufacturing the same, method of manufacturing weldment, and pedestal A metal plate and an electrode in a polymer lithium ion secondary battery or the like are welded certainly, and it is accomplished to further improve the reliability and the durability thereof. Each of an upper metal plate (7a) and a lower metal plate (9a) on the positive pole/terminal is welded to a pole/terminal of positive electrode (3) so that the pole/terminal of positive electrode (3) may be sandwiched from each of the upper and lower sides. Moreover, each of an upper metal plate (7b) and a lower metal plate (9b) on the negative pole/terminal is welded to a pole/terminal of negative electrode (5) so that the pole/terminal of negative electrode (5) may be sandwiched from each of the upper and lower sides. This eliminates occurrence of poor welding in the electric resistance welding.
US07727667B2	Accumulator device A package case is structured by a plurality of substantially identical and flat frames stacked on one another. Flat laminate cells (accumulator cells) are individually accommodated in the frames and stacked on one another, so that the number of flat laminate cells (accumulator cells) can readily be changed simply by increasing/decreasing the number of frames to be stacked to meet energy needs and the like. The accumulator device is segmented using the plurality of flat frames, so that externally applied impacts can readily be dispersed and the impact transmitted to the flat laminate cells (accumulator cells) can be reduced without reinforcing the accumulator device 1 with more than necessary strength.
US07727650B2	Interconnected, 3-dimensional fuel cell design Fuel cell structure. A plurality of microtubes are electrically inter-connected. Each microtube includes an anode and a cathode layer separated by an electrolyte layer. The plurality of microtubes are arranged in at least two adjacent layers with microtubes in a first layer extending in a first direction and the microtubes in the second layer extending in a second direction, the first and second directions being non-parallel.
US07727647B2	Portable hydrogen fuel container charger A portable fuel cell charger has a water source and an electrolyzer coupled to the water source and adapted to be coupled to a power source. A fuel cell cartridge coupler is coupled to the electrolyzer and is adapted to be coupled to a fuel cell cartridge for providing pressurized hydrogen from the electrolyzer to the fuel cell cartridge.
US07727641B2	Compound for organic electroluminescence and organic electroluminescent device A compound for organic EL includes a polymer molecule having molecules shown in the following Formulae 1 to 5 as constituent units. where R is an alkyl group, an aryl group, or an alkylaryl group, where R′ is hydrogen, an alkyl group, or an alkylaryl group.
US07727637B2	Structure of coating layer for heat-cooker The present invention relates to a coating layer structure for heat-cookers, and more particularly, to a coating layer structure for heat-cookers wherein said structure has been produced by forming an aluminum oxide (Al2O3) layer on the surface of an aluminum heat-cooker by anodic oxidation and then applying thereon either an anion- and far infrared ray-emitting, inorganic ceramic coating agent or a non-stick, inorganic ceramic coating agent, said both coating agents being non-toxic to human body, and whereby said structure, on heating, does not release any carcinogens and increases heat conductivity at the same time, and said structure also has excellent anti-corrosive and anti-abrasive properties.
US07727628B2	Reusable sorbing coalescing agent A particulate reusable sorbing coalescing agent facilitating the separation of a non-aqueous phase from an aqueous phase. The agent has a desired shape and properties, sheared from a block of matrix material and presents a higher coalescing rate relative to existing sorbing coalescing agents. Also, a method of manufacturing the particulate reusable sorbing coalescing agent and a method of use the particulate reusable sorbing coalescing agent are disclosed.
US07727619B2	Developer carrying member and developing apparatus In a developer carrying member used in a developing apparatus by means of which an electrostatic latent image formed on an electrostatic latent image bearing member is developed with a developer to render it visible, the developer carrying member has at least a substrate and a resin coat layer formed on the substrate surface, and the resin coat layer contains at least a binder resin and graphitized particles. The surface of the resin coat layer has an average value A and a standard deviation σ of 100≦A≦800 (N/mm2) and σ<30 (N/mm2), respectively.
US07727615B2	Pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet To provide a pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet according to which air entrapment and blistering can be prevented or eliminated via through-holes, and yet the appearance compares favorably with that of a pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet having no through-holes therein, as a substrate 11 there is used one having a surface roughness (Ra) of not less than 0.03 μm, a lightness (L) in the Lab color system of not more than 60 in the case of having a chroma (C) of not more than 60 and a lightness (L) of not more than 85 in the case of having a chroma (C*) greater than 60, and a contrast ratio of not less than 90%, through-holes 2 passing through the substrate 11 and a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer 12 are made to have a diameter in the substrate 11 and the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer 12 of from 0.1 to 200 μm, a diameter at a surface of the substrate 11 of from 0.1 to 42 μm, and a hole density of from 30 to 50,000 per 100 cm2, in the case that melted portions formed by a laser are present around the through-holes 2 at the surface of the substrate 11, the melted portions are made to have an outside diameter of not more than 50 μm, and in the case that thermally deformed portions are present around the through-holes 2 at the surface of the substrate 11, the thermally deformed portions are made to have an outside diameter of not more than 180 μm.
US07727609B1	Sectional interlocking T-foam impact barrier wall A sports arena-wall impact barrier for athletes comprising TEMPER-FOAM™ (T-foam) which has an impact absorbency factor greater than foam rubber and therefore will result in less injury to players. The players are absorbed into the pad, never contacting the solid wall eliminating injury to hand, wrist, arm shoulder, hip, knees etc. The impact barrier is comprised of overlapping panels of Temper-Foam™ (T-foam) to prevent seam separation under pressure. Preferably, Velcro® serves as the panel bonding element with the sides having a three surface contour comprising two offset substantially perpendicular surfaces with the third substantially parallel extending between the other surfaces interior ends forming a somewhat Z-shape in cross section. Since each perpendicular surface extends only partially between the front and back and that they are offset provides that an impact on the bound seam can not breech to the underlying structure.
US07727603B2	Transfer member of image forming material for electrophotography and member having image recorded thereon using the same A transfer member of an image forming material for electrophotography, the transfer member including a substrate and an image receiving layer disposed on at least one surface of the substrate. The image receiving layer includes at least a releasing material and has a surface resistivity of 1.0×108 to 3.2×1013Ω/□ at 23° C. and 55% RH.
US07727601B2	Method for edge sealing barrier films An edge-sealed, encapsulated environmentally sensitive device. The device includes an environmentally sensitive device, and at least one edge-sealed barrier stack. The edge-sealed barrier stack includes a decoupling layer and at least two barrier layers. The environmentally sensitive device is sealed between an edge-sealed barrier stack and either a substrate or another edge-sealed barrier stack. A method of making the edge-sealed, encapsulated environmentally sensitive device is also disclosed.
US07727596B2	Method for fabricating a composite gas separation module A method for fabricating a composite gas separation module includes depositing a preactivated powder over a porous substrate; depositing a binder metal onto the preactivated powder; and depositing a dense gas-selective membrane to overlie the preactivated powder and binder metal, thereby forming the composite gas separation module. The preactivated powder can be, for example, selected from the group consisting of preactivated metal powders, preactivated metal oxide powders, preactivated ceramic powders, preactivated zeolite powders, and combinations thereof. The preactivated powder can be deposited, for example, from a slurry such as a water-based slurry. In some embodiments, the dense gas-selective membrane is a dense hydrogen-selective membrane.
US07727590B2	Robust filament assembly for a hot-wire chemical vapor deposition system A hot wire chemical vapor deposition apparatus comprises a vacuum chamber, a substrate support member located in the vacuum chamber, a filament assembly support member located in the vacuum chamber, a precursor gas inlet located in the vacuum chamber and a device for providing a clean portion of at least one filament inside the vacuum chamber without breaking vacuum.
US07727587B2	Method of manufacturing honeycomb and foam composite material A composite product is formed from a honeycomb panel having an array of hexagonal tubular cells which clamped between two press plates where a layer of a foaming agent is applied to only the bottom press plate such that the foaming agent expands into the cells. An array of grooves is provided in the top press plate and connected at one or both edges of the plate to a source of vacuum so as to draw air through the grooves and cells. A sheet of a polyethylene material having the characteristics that it is permeable to air, substantially impermeable to liquid and resistant to bonding to the foam is applied onto the press plate to prevent the foam entering the grooves and bonding to the press plate while allowing the air to be drawn from the cells.
US07727582B2	Rubbing method and method and apparatus for producing optical film According to the rubbing method of the present invention, since the support is pressed against the rubbing roller by applying fluid pressure to the backside of the support (web), uniform rubbing can be performed without generating wrinkles on the web. In other words, because the web is pressed by fluid pressure, the web follows the rubbing roller, and the orientation film on the surface of the web can be controlled to the optimal condition upon rubbing treatment without generating wrinkles on the web. With this, defects on the surface caused by poor orientation can be significantly reduced.
US07727580B2	Method of manufacturing electrode for lithium secondary batteries A method of manufacturing an electrode for a lithium secondary battery in which a thin film of active material is deposited on a current collector is provided that eliminates adverse effects on the battery caused by protrusions adhered on an electrode surface. The method of manufacturing an electrode for lithium secondary batteries includes depositing a thin film of active material on a current collector using thin-film deposition equipment as shown in FIG. 1, and performing a compression process after depositing the thin film, whereby the heights of protrusions formed on the electrode surface are reduced.
US07727579B2	Process for the production of highly-textured, band-shaped, high-temperature superconductors The formation of band-shaped HTSL on a metal substrate is disclosed. The HTSL includes at least one buffer layer comprising zirconates and/or rare-earth oxides. The HTSL layer is formed on the buffer layer. The buffer layer has a texturing that in the case of a RHEED measurement results in discrete reflexes and not only in diffraction rings. In particular, the buffer layer may be textured along its interface with the HTSL layer.
US07727575B2	Method for forming inorganic coatings The present invention is directed to a method for forming an inorganic coating on a protein template. The method comprises contacting the template with an anionic polymer interface followed by an inorganic material for a sufficient period of time to allow mineralization of the inorganic material thus forming an inorganic coating on the template. Preferably, the coating is aligned.
US07727571B2	Polymeric antioxidants Antioxidant polymers of the present invention comprise repeat units that include one or both of Structural Formulas (I) and (II): wherein: R is —H or a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, acyl or aryl group; Ring A is substituted with at least one tert-butyl group or substituted or unsubstituted n-alkoxycarbonyl group; Ring B is substituted with at least one —H and at least one tert-butyl group or substituted or unsubstituted n-alkoxycarbonyl group; Rings A and B are each optionally substituted with one or more groups selected from the group consisting of —OH, —NH, —SH, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl or aryl group, and a substituted or unsubstituted alkoxycarbonyl group; n is an integer equal to or greater than 2; and p is an integer equal to or greater than 0. The invention also includes methods of using and preparing these polymers.
US07727568B2	Antimicrobial composition comprising a mixture of lactic acid or a derivative thereof and an inorganic acid The invention relates to an antimicrobial composition comprising a mixture of at least 20 wt. % lactic acid or a derivative thereof and an inorganic acid selected from a nitrogen, sulfur, and phosphorous acid, and mixtures thereof for use in animal nutrition. In one of the embodiments the composition further comprises at least one other acid selected from acetic acid, fumaric acid, gluconic acid, (iso)butyric acid, sorbic acid, (iso)valeric acid, maleic acid, malic acid, capronic acid, benzoic acid, and citric acid. In a special embodiment the composition comprises lactic acid or polylactide, which is attached to a support.
US07727561B2	Composition comprising Xanthoceras sorbifolia extracts, compounds isolated from same, methods for preparing same and uses thereof This invention provides compositions, methods and process of producing extracts and pure compounds from Xanthoceras sorbifolia. The extract comprises saponins and other constituents including alkaloids, coumarins, saccharides, proteins, polysaccharides, glycosides, tannins, acid, flavonoids and others. The composition can be used for treating cancer and other conditions, such as arthritis, rheumatism, poor circulation, arteriosclerosis, Raynaud's syndrome, angina pectoris, cardiac disorder, coronary heart disease, headache, kidney disorder, and impotence; for improving cerebral functions; or for curing enuresis, frequent micturition, urinary incontinence, dementia, weak intelligence and Alzheimer's disease, autism, brain trauma, Parkinson's, cerebral dysfunctions, and treating arthritis, rheumatism, poor circulation, arteriosclerosis, Raynaud's syndrome, angina pectoris, cardiac disorder, headache, dizziness, kidney disorder. This invention provides compounds of oleanene triterpenoidal saponin in nature with the characteristics that at least one angeloyl group attached to Carbon 21 or/and 22, or/and linked to the sugar. The compounds of the present invention have various pharmaceutical and therapeutic applications.
US07727539B2	Polymeric bioresorbable composites containing an amorphous calcium phosphate polymer ceramic for bone repair and replacement A bioresorbable composite of a non-crystalline calcium phosphate ceramic synthesized within an encapsulating microspheres of bioresorbable polymeric material for use in bone repair and replacement is provided. Also provides are methods for producing these composites as well as porous, 3-dimensional scaffold produced by sintering together microspheres of this bioresorbable composite.
US07727537B2	Stabilized compositions for topical administration and methods of making same A stabilizing composition that also enhances permeation is provided for the topical or transdermal administration of an active ingredient. The composition preferably comprises collagen, elastin, sphingoside and cerebroside. Also provided are pharmaceutical or cosmetic formulations comprising an effective amount of an active agent and the stabilizing composition as well as methods of administering active agents topically or transdermally.
US07727529B2	Human monoclonal antibody Fab fragments directed against HCV E2 glycoprotein and endowed with in vitro neutralizing activity The invention refers to a human antibody, or its functional fragments, directed against the HCV E2 glycoprotein, able to have a neutralizing activity in vivo; a composition for anti-HCV therapy comprising in a therapeutically effective amount the antibody; a composition for topical use in gel, creme, ointment and ovule formulations; the use of the antibody for validating anti-HCV vaccines.
US07727522B2	Lentiviral vectors derived from SIVsmm/PBj14, method for their production and uses thereof The invention relates to retroviral vectors (known as lentiviral vectors), which are used to transfer genes into cells that are at cell cycle stage G0, to methods for their production and to the use thereof for transferring genes into mammalian cells. Said vectors are derived from SIVsmmPBj14 (simian immunodeficiency virus) of the sooty mangabey monkey, strain PBj 14.
US07727516B2	Reduction of hair growth A method of reducing hair growth includes topical application of a TRPM8 and/or a TRPA1 agonist, alone or in conjunction with heat.
US07727510B2	Method of and apparatus for simulating a biological heap leaching process A microbiological heap leaching simulation process wherein material, representative of ore in a heap, is microbiologically leached in a housing and the temperature of the material at a plurality of locations in the housing is monitored and controlled to reduce heat loss from the housing.
US07727506B2	Semiconducting aerogels from cahacogenido clusters with broad applications Soluble chalcogenido clusters together with transition metal ions and main group elements are shown to provide gels having interconnected, open frameworks. Following supercritical drying with liquid carbon dioxide, the chalcogels may be converted to aerogels. The aerogels possess high internal surface areas with a broad pore size distribution that is dependent upon the precursors used and the aging conditions applied. Some of the gels are encompassed by formulas such as M4[M′4Qx]n, M4[M′2Qy]n, M4[M′Qx]n, M3[M″Qx]n, or Me2[M′″Qx]n, where M is a divalent, trivalent, or tetravalent metal ion; M′, M″, and M′″ are typically Ge, Sn, P, As, Sb, Mo, or W; and Q is typically S, Se, or Te. Methods of preparing the chalcogenido clusters are also provided.
US07727501B2	Compacted granular potassium chloride, and method and apparatus for production of same Apparatus and method are disclosed for the production of compacted granular potassium chloride with improved handling qualities. A binding ingredient such as sodium hexametaphosphate is blended with the potassium chloride feed material in advance of compaction. The product of this apparatus and method has improved handling, storage, strength and other qualities over compacted granular potassium produced using prior art methods.
US07727498B2	Method for removing soot particles from an exhaust gas, associated collecting element and system A method for removing soot particles from an exhaust gas of an internal combustion engine, especially of a diesel engine, includes feeding the exhaust gas through a collecting element through which the exhaust gas can pass freely but which is provided with a plurality of deflections and/or zones of swirl and calming or stabilization. At least a proportion of the particles are held or swirled around in the collecting element until there is a sufficient probability of reaction with nitrogen dioxide and a majority of the collected particles have been removed. A collecting element has flow channels through which the exhaust gas can pass freely. However, the flow channels are configured in such a way as to form deflections or zones of swirl and calming or stabilization. A system having the collecting element is also provided.
US07727495B2	Catalytic reactor with swirl A catalyst conduit for a catalytic reactor of a turbine combustor, the conduit comprising a tube including an inlet and an outlet, and a wall with an interior surface and an exterior surface. The tube contains a variation in its cross sectional area along at least a portion of its length to change a property of a fluid flowing adjacent the wall of the tube. An oxidation catalyst is deposited on at least a portion of the tube.
US07727493B2	Plate-type heat exchanger A plate-shaped heat exchanger (20, 120) for a heat exchange unit (40) of a chemical reactor (60), that advantageously presents a thermal insulation obtained in an unusually simple and reliable manner, has a substantially flattened box-like structure (22), with a substantially parallelepiped, rectangular configuration, defining an internal chamber (24), and comprises an inlet connection (28) and an outlet connection (29) of a heat exchange operating fluid into and from said chamber (24), and a distributor pipe (10, 110) of said operating fluid inside said chamber (24), extended in said structure (22) at a long side (22a) of it, said distributor pipe (10, 110) comprising a first tube (30, 130) and a second tube (32, 132), positioned one inside the other, between said tubes, respectively external tube (30) and internal tube (32, 132), an interspace (30a) being defined in fluid communication, on one side, with said chamber (24) through a plurality of openings (26) provided in the external tube (30, 130) of said distributor pipe (10, 110), and, on the other side, with the internal tube (32, 132) of the same distributor pipe (10, 110), said internal tube (32, 132) being hydraulically connected to said inlet connection (28) for the heat exchange operating fluid.
US07727492B2	Apparatus for refueling on-board metal hydride hydrogen storage tank An onboard hydrogen storage unit for a hydrogen powered vehicle including one or more hydrogen storage vessels at least partially filled with a hydrogen storage material which stores hydrogen in metal hydride form. During operation of the hydrogen powered vehicle heat is provided to the hydrogen storage material within the one or more hydrogen storage vessels to aid in desorption of hydrogen from the hydrogen storage material. During hydrogen refueling, heat of hydride formation is removed from the hydrogen storage material within the one or more hydrogen storage vessels to aid in absorption of hydrogen into the hydrogen storage material. The heat of hydride formation is removed from the one or more hydrogen storage vessels via a heat transfer fluid circulated and/or cooled by a stream of compressed air.
US07727491B2	Pseudo-isothermal chemical reactor for heterogeneous chemical reactions Pseudo-isothermal chemical reactor for heterogeneous chemical reactions comprising a substantially cylindrical shell closed at the opposite ends by respective bottoms, upper and lower, a reaction zone containing at least one catalytic bed and at least one tubular heat exchanger, intended to be crossed, along a predetermined direction, by an operating heat exchange fluid and embedded in said catalytic bed.
US07727482B2	Method for carrying out chemical reactions in pseudo-isothermal conditions Method for controlling the reaction temperature in a catalytic bed (24) of a reactor (1) in which a chemical reaction takes place in pseudo-isothermal conditions by means of at least one heat exchanger (12), crossed by a respective operating fluid, immersed in the catalytic bed (24).
US07727481B2	Specimen holder having an insert for atomic force microscopy A specimen holder (10) is proposed in order to create a capability for preparing, in a cutting device, in particular a microtome or ultramicrotome, a specimen that is to examined in an AFM. The specimen holder (10) is embodied in several parts. It comprises an insert (12) in which the specimen is secured. Also provided is a receiving ring (14) in which the insert (12) can be received. The insert together with the receiving ring (14) is mounted, in particular thread-joined, on a base element (16). As a result of the mounting of the receiving ring (14) on the base element (16), the insert together with the specimen is fixed in its position.
US07727477B2	Apparatus for priming microfluidics devices with feedback control A priming unit for a microfluidics device contains a pressurization unit and pressure and temperature detectors as part of a feedback loop that controls the pressure applied by the pressurization unit and the time during which the pressure is applied. This control feature is particularly useful in controlling the exposure time of the microchannels to dyes in the priming liquids since certain dyes tend to adhere to the walls of the channels and produce non-uniform results.
US07727475B2	Micro chemical apparatus In a micro chemical apparatus, guide walls as physical barriers are provided at a region where fluid A and fluid B as unmixed raw materials and a product are discharged so that, when the fluid A and the fluid B as raw materials are charged, only the portion in which the fluid A and the fluid B are mixed and allowed to react with each other by molecular diffusion of the raw materials is discharged. As a result, only the product is in the range between the two guide walls, and the product can be selectively taken out of the outlet.
US07727473B2	Cassette for sample preparation A cassette for preparing a sample is disclosed herein. The cassette includes a housing, which encloses the structures and the processes used to prepare the sample.
US07727467B2	Reagent stripe for test strip A test strip having a small sample-receiving chamber on the order of less than 1 microliter. The inventive test strip includes a reagent layer that extends across the width of the test strip and also extends to the sample-receiving end, such that the edges of the reagent layer are aligned with the side and dose receiving edges of the test strip. The hydrophilic reagent extending to the dosing edge of the strip promotes wicking of the sample into the test strip. The end and side edges of the reagent layer are preferably formed as part of a cutting process that forms individual test strips from a larger web, which results in a smooth and thin reagent layer with a uniform thickness, substantially covering the entire floor of the sample-receiving chamber. The inventive mass production process helps improve the reproducibility of the quantity, location, thickness and other properties of the reagent layer, which in turn improves the accuracy of the test result.
US07727464B2	Process for operating a packaging transport system A process for operating a packaging transport system in which objects packed in packaging which is bacteria-impermeable but gas-permeable are sterilized, whereafter the packaging, possibly after removal of some packaging parts, is sterilized again on its outer side in a sterilization chamber which acts as a transfer lock, and then guided into a sterile clean room. The objects involved may, in particular, be syringes having injecting needles, which are filled and sealed in a filling device located in the clean room. Sterilization in the sterilization chamber is accomplished by abruptly applying a vapor mix consisting of water steam and hydrogen peroxide vapor as a condensate layer on the outer side of the transport containers, and immediately removing the condensate layer and the uncondensed vapor mix from the sterilization chamber before any significant amount of hydrogen peroxide is deposited inside the transport containers.
US07727463B2	Steel pipe for an airbag system A high strength steel pipe for an airbag system has a steel composition comprising C: 0.05-0.20%, Si: 0.1-1.0%, P: at most 0.025%, S: at most 0.010%, Cr: 0.05-1.0%, Al: at most 0.10%, at least one of Ti and Mn satisfying (1) Ti≦0.02% and (2) 0.4%≦Mn+40Ti≦1.2%, and a remainder of Fe. The composition may further include one or more of (i) at least one of Mo: 0.05-0.50%, Ni: 0.05-1.5%, V: 0.01-0.2%, and B: 0.0003-0.005%, (ii) at least one of Cu: 0.05-0.5% and Nb: 0.003-0.1%, and (iii) at least one of Ca: 0.0003-0.01%, Mg: 0.0003-0.01%, and REM: 0.0003-0.01%. The steel pipe can be manufactured by forming a pipe from the above-described steel composition to obtain prescribed dimensions, heating to at least the Ac1 transformation point and quenching, and then tempering at the Ac1 transformation point or below.
US07727453B2	Step and repeat imprint lithography processes The present invention is directed to a method of forming a layer on a region of a substrate, the method including, inter alia, positioning a liquid on the substrate; and contacting the liquid with the mold, defining a gap between the mold and the substrate, with the gap enabling positioning of the liquid by capillary forces to generate the layer over the region.
US07727448B2	Densification of fibrous structures by resin transfer moulding for making thick parts of composite material A fiber structure for forming the reinforcement of a part to be made is placed in a mold (22) having at least one wall formed by a flexible membrane, and then a resin composition is injected into the mold, the composition having a volatile material content of less than 25% by weight and being at a temperature of a value such that its viscosity lies in the range 0.1 Pa·s to 0.3 Pa·s. The resin is polymerized in the mold placed in an enclosure (20) with temperature being raised progressively and with polymerization including at least a final stage of polymerization under pressure in order to obtain a composite material part presenting residual porosity of less than 11% by volume.
US07727447B2	Product having sealed free edges and method to produce the product A method to produce a product includes the steps of: providing a mold including an upper mold (40) and a lower mold (30), the upper mold defining a plurality of through holes (43); providing a metal piece (10), a hot melt adhesive, and a nonmetal cover layer (50) between the upper and lower molds, the hot melt adhesive arranged between the hot melt adhesive and the cover layer; closing the mold; heating the mold to melt the hot melt adhesive; conducting high-pressure gas into the mold via the through holes to press the cover layer toward the metal piece; opening the mold to pick up an intermediary product having the metal piece and the cover layer attached thereto by means of the adhesive; and applying a sealing layer (60) which joins corresponding free edges of the metal piece and the cover layer to the intermediary product through injection molding technology.
US07727435B2	Engineered stone The present invention relates to an engineered stone composite produced from a mineral aggregate, a synthetic resin and a binder using compression and vibration to obtain a high strength mineral composite with a high mineral content and a method for its preparation.
US07727430B1	Snow shelter maker—an apparatus and method for creating a shelter based on a horizontal surface of revolution A method and apparatus for constructing a snow shelter are disclosed. A slip form allows snow or ice crystals to be compacted in situ in large continuous blocks. Each block is built upon the previous as the slip form is rotated incrementally around a generally horizontal axis (175). The slip form is a convex shape. The convex shape, or profile, is tailored to the size and shape of the shelter desired. The resulting shape of the snow shelter is a surface of revolution of the profile of the slip form around a horizontal axis. Variations of the shelter's shape are explained herein. Various embodiments are described herein. Some of the advantages of the embodiments include: faster and more efficient construction, simple operation, and tailored size and shape of the finished shelter.
US07727424B2	Paste for solar cell electrodes, method for the manufacture of solar cell electrodes, and the solar cell Disclosed is an electrically conducting paste comprising a silver powder, a glass frit, a resin binder and a sintering inhibitor. The paste is used in the manufacture of solar cell electrodes by applying the electrically conducting paste to a substrate and then firing of the coated substrate.
US07727397B2	Wastewater treatment apparatus A wastewater treatment apparatus having a fixed film media apparatus having insertable high surface area polymer cartridges providing growth surfaces for autotrophic or heterotrophic bacteria and a protective shielding surface which isolates the biofilm from turbulence within the wastewater treatment system. A method of placement of said media apparatus within the aeration and/or clarifier section of the wastewater treatment apparatus.
US07727391B2	Extracorporeal blood treatment machine The invention relates to an extracorporeal blood treatment machine in which a blood circuit (3) is equipped with an inlet line leading to a filtration unit (2) and with an outlet line (3b) from the filtration unit; a fluid circuit comprises an inlet line (4a) leading to the filtration unit and an outlet line (4b) from the filtration unit so as to allow a fluid taken from a primary container (5) to circulate within the filtration unit, thus enabling the treatment of the patient's blood. There is further an infusion line (6) acting on the outlet line of the blood circuit, which is supplied by an auxiliary fluid container (7). The inlet line of the fluid circuit is equipped with at least an infusion branch (8) acting on the outlet line of the blood circuit so as to enable the intensive therapy machine to manage therapies with large exchange of fluids.
US07727389B1	System for removing hydrocarbons and contaminates A system for removing hydrocarbon and heavy metals from dirt, coal tar, sludge, slurries and aqueous particulates having three mobile units including: a hydrocarbon removal mobile unit, a heating and power support unit, and a clarifying mobile unit.
US07727388B1	Septic tank and drainfield products, systems and methods An underground system for distributing and filtering post-septic effluent includes an underground watertight basin containing a filter and conduit connecting a septic tank with the watertight basin for transporting the post-septic effluent into the watertight basin. A discharge pipe connected to the watertight basin transports filtered effluent from the watertight basin into a drainfield reserve for introduction into surrounding natural ground soil.
US07727387B2	Swimming pool skimmer pump assembly A pool skimmer to operate independently of a pool filter pump. A pool skimmer has a bucket assembly similar to pool skimmers that use the filter pump to create a suction to draw and hold surface floating debris inside the pool skimmer where the debris can be removed from the bucket assembly and emptied. However, instead of using the pool filter pump, a sealed electrical pump assembly uses a rotatable magnetic assembly inside the sealed pump body. A magnetic impeller fits within the pump body and rotates in response to rotation of the magnetic assembly inside the sealed pump body. This creates a water flow forcing water out of the bucket assembly in contrast to using a filter pump to suck water through the bucket assembly as in conventional technology. Because each pool skimmer operates independently of others and of the filter pump, they may be located without regard to filter pump efficiencies. Moreover, the suction created is not enough to create a health hazard for users, especially small children.
US07727381B2	Hydrocracking catalyst and method of hydrocracking heavy oil In a process of hydrocracking heavy oil with a catalyst in petroleum refining, asphaltene contained in heavy oil, and impurities including heavy metals such as nickel and vanadium, are efficiently removed with activated carbon, whereby the reduction in catalyst activity or formation of coke by the impurities can be prevented. The invention provides a hydrocracking catalyst comprising activated carbon extrudate as a carrier activated with steam and having a high distribution of pores having pore sizes in the range of 20 to 200 nm.
US07727374B2	Removing carbon dioxide from waste streams through co-generation of carbonate and/or bicarbonate minerals Apparatuses and methods for removing carbon dioxide and other pollutants from a gas stream are provided. The methods include obtaining hydroxide in an aqueous mixture, and mixing the hydroxide with the gas stream to produce carbonate and/or bicarbonate. Some of the apparatuses of the present invention comprise an electrolysis chamber for providing hydroxide and mixing equipment for mixing the hydroxide with a gas stream including carbon dioxide to form an admixture including carbonate and/or bicarbonate.
US07727369B2	Gas sensor A gas sensor is provided that has the diffusion of the measuring gas toward the working electrode adapted in such a way as to obtain a good signal-to-basic current ratio. Provisions are made for the measuring gas to be transported via a capillary arrangement (11), wherein the capillary arrangement (11) is designed as an arrangement extending in parallel to the working electrode (4).
US07727368B2	Lead free galvanic oxygen sensor A lead free, galvanic sensor. The sensor having a housing, a cathode, an anode, a diffusion barrier, contact wires and an electrolyte, the anode being made of a tin containing alloy. The sensor electrolyte is an aqueous solution of phosphoric acid or an aqueous solution of a cesium salt.
US07727366B2	Balancing pressure to improve a fluid seal A method and apparatus for fluid sealing a workpiece retained by a workpiece holder are described. A pressure differential can be formed across a fluid seal to counteract fluid attempting to penetrate the fluid seal, which can contaminate the underside of the workpiece. The apparatus can include a ring forming a barrier to fluid entry with the workpiece and a source providing pressure to form the pressure differential. The pressure or the pressure differential can counteract hydroscopic fluid pressure or hydrostatic fluid pressure that is acting to force fluid through the barrier between the ring and the workpiece.
US07727356B2	Polyareneazole/wood pulp and methods of making same The present invention relates to wood pulp and polyareneazole pulp for use as reinforcement material in products including for example friction materials, fluid sealing materials, and papers. The pulp comprises (a) irregularly shaped, wood pulp fibrous structures, (b) irregularly shaped, polyareneazole fibrous structures, and (c) water, whereby wood pulp fibrils and/or stalks are substantially entangled with polyareneazole fibrils and/or stalks. The invention further relates to processes for making such wood pulp and polyareneazole pulp.
US07727354B2	Structure for preventing gap formation and plasma processing equipment having the same Plasma processing equipment having a structure for preventing gap formation includes: a chamber inside which a plasma environment is formed; an upper electrode positioned at a upper position of the chamber; an electrostatic chuck positioned at a lower position of the electrostatic chuck, having a lower electrode and holding a wafer on a top surface thereof; a ring positioned at an outer side of the electrostatic chuck; and a gap prevention unit for isolating from the outside a space between the electrostatic chuck and the ring.
US07727351B2	Process for producing anisotropic PSAs The invention relates to a process for producing anisotropic pressure-sensitive adhesives (PSAs) using conventional coating methods. It is envisaged that a PSA film be produced on a transport carrier and that it then be transferred to a further carrier material with simultaneous stretching, the elongation being as least 10%.
US07727346B2	Wrought aluminium-magnesium alloy product A method of making a wrought aluminium-magnesium alloy rolled product, having a composition (in wt. %) of: 3.1
US07727339B2	Submerged arc flux A highly basic particle flux for submerged arc welding that produces less than 7 ml/100 gr of diffusible hydrogen in the weld metal, which flux comprises a carbon dioxide containing compound with an effective amount of heat releasable carbon dioxide in the range of 0.5-3.5% by weight of the flux over 10% by weight of a low melting point compound and a binder.
US07727328B2	Regenerated calcium aluminate product and process of manufacture The disclosed invention provides an improved method that utilizes a liquid ladle slag in combination with a crushed material, such as a refractory brick, an alumina ladle brick or an aluminum dross, to manufacture a calcium aluminate product that can be used in the steel refining process.
US07727324B2	Compositions comprising kaolin having nanosize dimensions Disclosed herein is a kaolin composition having nanosize dimensions. At least about 75% of the kaolin particles by weight have an equivalent spherical diameter (esd) of less than about 0.25 μm. The kaolin can also have a particle size distribution wherein at least about 99% of the particles by weight have an esd of less than about 2 μm, and/or wherein at least about 98% of the particles by weight have an esd of less than about 1 μm, and/or wherein at least about 97% of the particles by weight have an esd of less than about 0.5 μm. The kaolin can have a mean diameter ranging from about 0.075 μm to about 0.2 μm, and a shape factor of about 30 or less.
US07727302B2	Slag control in a channel induction furnace A method of operating a channel induction furnace to process a feed material and obtain therefrom at least one of a molten metal product, a vapor phase metal product and a slag product. The method involves maintaining a slag layer on the molten bath that has a thickness that is sufficient to support the feed material while minimizing heat transfer through the slag layer and minimizing the resistance of vapor phase components from transferring through the slag layer. The fluidity of the slag layer is controlled by heating the slag layer and adjusting the chemistry of the slag layer.
US07727288B2	Process for styling dyed hair and inhibiting its color loss during shampooing A process for styling dyed hair fibers in a manner which inhibits subsequent color loss during shampooing involving contacting the dyed hair fibers with a composition containing: (a) at least one polyamine compound having at least two amino groups; (b) at least one anionic silicone; (c) at least one film-forming polymer; and (d) optionally, at least one surfactant, and wherein (a) is present in the composition in an amount sufficient to inhibit color loss during shampooing.
US07727286B2	Stretch fabrics with improved chemical resistance Durable stretch fabrics are made and processed from one or more crosslinked, heat-resistant olefin elastic fibers, e.g., a substantially linear, homogeneously branched ethylene polymer. The fabrics can be made by any process, e.g., weaving, knitting, etc., and from any combination of crosslinked, heat-resistant olefin elastic and inelastic (“hard”) fibers, e.g., cotton and wool. These fabrics exhibit excellent chemical, e.g., chlorine, resistance and durability, e.g., they retain their shape and feel (“hand”) over repeated exposure to processing conditions, e.g., stone-washing, dye-stripping, PET-dyeing and the like, and service conditions, e.g., washing, drying, etc.
US07727285B2	Prosthetic foot with variable medial/lateral stiffness A prosthetic foot includes an elongated foot member, extending between a toe section positioned at a toe location of a natural foot and a heel section positioned at a heel location of a natural foot. The elongated foot member also extends through an elevated arch section positioned between the toe section and heel section at an approximate arch location of a natural foot. An arch block is disposed below the elongated foot member under the elevated arch section. The arch block is sized and shaped to substantially fill a space or volume under the arch section. The arch block has geometric and physical properties that facilitate medial to lateral rotation to the prosthetic foot.
US07727284B2	Prosthetic suspension device A prosthetic suspension device having a positioning element, a coupling element, and a friction-reducing element to facilitate movement of the positioning element towards the coupling element. The positioning element is adapted to maneuver an inner socket of a prosthesis into an outer socket of a prosthesis. The coupling element is configured to receive the positioning element and restrict movement thereof.
US07727269B2	Device for introducing a stent into a hollow organ A device is for introducing a stent into a hollow organ, in particular into the gastrointestinal tract of the body of a patient. The device includes a magnet system which covers the area of treatment of the patient and generates a 3D gradient field for remote-controlled movement and orientation of an endorobot. The endorobot is provided with a linear magnet and is freely movable in the hollow organ. Further, the stent, which can be uncoupled from the outside, is secured to the endorobot in a folded-down state so that it can be brought to the site of use and can there be opened out so as to bear firmly on the wall of the hollow organ.
US07727262B2	Formed in place fixation system with thermal acceleration A subcutaneously formed in place orthopedic fixation device is provided, such as for fixation of the spine or other bone or bones. The device comprises an inflatable member, such as a tubular balloon. A heat source is provided in thermal communication with the interior of the balloon. The balloon is positioned at a treatment site while in a flexible, low crossing profile configuration. The balloon is thereafter inflated with a hardenable media, and heated to accelerate hardening of the media. Methods and delivery structures are also disclosed.
US07727258B2	Intervertebral stabilizing device The present invention is related to an intervertebral stabilizing device structured to connect two adjacent vertebrae. The device includes an upper stop element engageable with an upper vertebra and a lower stop element engageable with a lower vertebra. The stop elements include mutual support surfaces adapted to allow a mutual rotation of the upper and lower vertebrae about the patient's transverse and sagittal axes and to prevent a mutual rotation of the two vertebrae about a vertical axis. The support surfaces are further adapted to allow mutual translation of the vertebrae in a single direction along the sagittal axis and to allow translation between the two vertebrae in both directions along a vertical axis. Additionally, the support surfaces are also adapted to prevent translation between the two vertebrae in both directions along the transverse axis.
US07727257B2	Hyper-elastic needle Surgical needle including a crimping zone for securing a suture to the needle. The needle is made of a hyper-elastic alloy which, after treatment, has two distinct states. One of the two distinct states allows the needle to be forced into a roughly elongated position when the needle is housed in an internal bore. Another of the two distinct states allows the needle to adopt a curved profile as a result of superelasticity or hyper-elasticity of the needle. The needle has a free end which has a tapered point which includes an inclined heel portion. The inclined heel portion is arranged on an inside portion of the curved profile.
US07727253B2	Medical grasping device having embolic protection A medical grasping device (10) for vascular use, having an outer sheath (12), an elongate control member (50) extending within an outer sheath (12) to a distal tip section (54), and a proximal control assembly (22) including an actuation section (24) joined to the elongate control member (50). Adjacent to the distal tip section (54) is a grasping portion (70, 70′) that is extendable from the outer sheath (12) to create loops (74, 74′) for grasping a target object (T) for repositioning within the vascular system, or for removal from the patient, with loops being retractable into the outer sheath to hold the target object against the device (10) during movement of the device. Elongate control member (50) is preferably a cannula or tube having a lumen (58) extending completely therethrough for placement over a guide wire (28) already in the patient. One or more porous materials (120) are also provided to substantially cover at least one side of the grasping portion (74, 74′) in order to protect against distal embolization of particles which may be dislodged during a procedure using the device (10).
US07727244B2	Sterile surgical drape An improved sterile drape, system, and method for draping portions of a telerobotic surgical system are provided. In one embodiment, a sterile drape includes an exterior surface adjacent to a sterile field for performing a surgical procedure, and an interior surface forming a cavity for receiving the non-sterile portion of a robotic surgical system, such as a manipulator. The drape further includes a fastener coupled to the exterior surface for securing the sterile drape to the non-sterile portion of the robotic surgical system while reducing the volume of the sterile drape. Advantageously, the drape allows for quick and simple installation and increases visualization of the patient by reducing the size of the drape with more form fitting features, while allowing for freedom of movement of the manipulator.
US07727234B2	Apparatus and method for anterior cruciate repair A system and method for repairing anterior cruciate injuries in animals is disclosed. The system includes a fixture used to locate a pilot hole in a tibia, a drill guide used to locate and drill additional holes in the tibia, an angle gauge used to position the drill guide so that it is able to locate and drill additional holes in the tibia, a saw assembly that separates the proximal end of the tibia from the shaft of the tibia. The repositioned proximal end may be secured to the tibia by an optional fixation plate or by a suitable adhesive.
US07727231B2	Apparatus and methods for forming lesions in tissue and applying stimulation energy to tissue in which lesions are formed An apparatus including a tissue coagulation device that creates a current path and a stimulation electrode carried within the current path.
US07727223B2	Drug delivery technology The invention relates to a novel drug delivery technology. More particularly the invention relates to a method of delivering at least one therapeutic compound or a formulation comprising the at least one therapeutic compound to a patient: to a throwaway or reusable device for delivering at least one therapeutic compound or a formulation comprising the at least one therapeutic compound to a patient in a manner as set out by the method; to a pioneer projectile form use in said method; to formulations for use in said method and to an injectate comprising a pioneer projectile and formulation. It also relates to a disposable component containing either a pioneer projectile or an injectate.
US07727216B2	Diaper for adults A diaper for adults includes a front waist region, a rear waist region and a crotch region extending therebetween, wherein side edge portions of the front and rear waist regions are detachably connected to each other so as to form a waist hole and a pair of leg holes, the side edge portions have a dimension of at least 150 mm as measured in a longitudinal direction, and a position correcting system to correct relative position of first and second fastening components when the first and second waist regions are connected to each other comprises at least one spacing zone defined between setting zones for tow or more fastening components into which the first fastening component is divided in the longitudinal direction.
US07727215B2	Wearing article A wearing article includes a chassis and a fastening system. The chassis includes front and rear waist regions each having a waist hole defining edge and a waist hole elastic zone. The fastening system includes a first fastening component attached along side edge portions of one of the front and rear waist regions and having first and second ends in a longitudinal direction and a second fastening component attached along side edge portions of the other of the front and rear waist regions and detachably engageable with the first fastening component and first and second ends in the longitudinal direction. The first end of said second fastening component is beyond the first end of the first fastening component and an edge of the second waist hole elastic zone to a side of the second waist hole defining edge, with the first and second fastening components normally engaged with each other.
US07727212B2	Absorbent article for sanitary napkin An absorbent article worn in the groin area, in which, when a compressive force is received from a lateral direction, a main absorbent region can oppose an excretion area of a wearer's body without twists or wrinkles occurring, and when the compressive force is relaxed, the article easily recovers to its original shape. An absorbent body provided in the absorbent article has a main absorbent region, reinforcing regions, and buffer regions. The bending stiffness of the reinforcing regions and the main absorbent region is larger than that of the buffer regions. When compressive force is received from a wearer's thigh areas in the lateral direction, the reinforcing regions that are positioned to the left and right deform in a curved shape, and the buffer regions that are to the left and right are compressed. The main absorbent region does not easily deform, and maintains a tight fit.
US07727210B2	Multiple-component tampon applicator A method of making a tampon applicator having four separable components includes forming a barrel having a forward end and a rearward end opposite the forward end, forming a fingergrip having a barrel end and a plunger end, where the fingergrip has an axially extending channel between the barrel end and the plunger end and the plunger end has a cross-sectional area that is less than a cross-sectional area of the barrel end, forming an insertion tip having a first end and a second end, forming a plunger having a forward end, connecting the barrel end of the fingergrip with the rearward end of the barrel, where the barrel end of the fingergrip and the rearward end of the barrel create a continuous surface flush with the barrel when connected, connecting the second end of the insertion tip to the forward end of the barrel, and inserting the forward end of the plunger into the channel of the fingergrip.
US07727204B2	Device for dosing a product that is intended to be applied to the skin The present invention concerns a device for metering products intended to be applied to the skin, in particular pharmaceutical or cosmetic compositions. The invention relates more particularly to a device taking the form of an applicator stick, the graduations of which allow users to determine precisely the quantity of medication to be applied to the skin as a function of the surface area to be treated.
US07727202B2	Multi-component piston stopper A piston stopper for a medicine injector, wherein the stopper has a stopper body with a mesh section and at least one sealing element positioned at least partly around the circumference of the stopper body, wherein at least one of the sealing element and mesh section is connected to the stopper body in a material bond. A method for manufacturing such a piston stopper is encompassed.
US07727201B2	Dosing device with priming function A device for the dosed administration of an injectable product, including a housing with a receptacle for the product and a drive mechanism movable via a dosing element supported displaceably in the housing, wherein the drive mechanism includes engagement elements situated together in groups, the distance between the groups corresponding to a dosing amount of the injectable product and the distance between the engagement elements corresponding to a priming amount of the injectable product, and wherein the dosing element is coupled to the drive mechanism so that the dosing element at one time interacts with a group of engagement elements to administer the dosing amount and at another time interacts with an engagement element to release the priming amount.
US07727199B2	Methods and devices to deliver injected agents to an aneurysm site Method and devices to administer a bioactive material within a vessel while maintaining nearly-constant pressure within the vessel are disclosed. In one embodiment the methods and devices include a multi-lumen catheter to administer bioactive materials and simultaneously drain or evacuate excess fluid or bio-inactive materials at an aneurysm site within a vessel.
US07727198B2	Indwelling needle assembly An indwelling needle assembly for introducing a catheter into a vascular system is disclosed. The indwelling needle assembly is provided with: a needle capable of being slidably fitted in the catheter and insertable into the vascular system; a base body fixed to a proximal end of the needle; a first sleeve slidably fitted around the base body, which is movable between a first position to expose a distal end of the needle and a second position to conceal the distal end of the needle; an elastic body intervening between the base body and the first sleeve so as to urge the first sleeve toward the second position; a second sleeve telescopically fitted to the first sleeve, which includes a latching device configured to hold the first sleeve at the second position; a cover fixed to the base body, which is so dimensioned as to house the first sleeve and the second sleeve when the first sleeve is at the first position; and a lock configured to releasably hold the first sleeve at the first position.
US07727192B2	Puncture adapter for use in ultrasonic diagnosis An adapter for use in puncture (a puncture adapter) for performing puncture while an ultrasonic image is being observed. The puncture adapter is composed of a holder for holding a probe which transmits and receives an ultrasonic wave, and a base unit for movably supporting the holder. A guide mechanism provided in the base unit guides a puncture needle. Moving the probe held in the holder moves a beam scan plane, and the intersection between the beam scan plane and a puncture route can be moved along the puncture route. The base unit functions as a seat which is brought into contact with a surface of a living body. A plurality of projecting legs may be provided on the base unit. The plurality of projecting legs are provided along the periphery of the movement region in which the wave transmitting and receiving surface of the probe moves.
US07727184B2	Biological revascularization A catheter delivery system for delivering a treatment substance to an occlusion in a lumen of a tubular vessel includes a tubular catheter and a treatment substance. The tubular catheter includes a central lumen passing between a proximal end and a distal end adjacent to an inflatable balloon. The treatment substance is in a form that is configured to be deliverable through the central lumen of the catheter into the lumen of the tubular vessel and to solidify in the vessel.
US07727179B2	Flow adaptive aspiration tubing and devices Aspiration tubing for use in a phacoemulsification system is provided having a modified lumen that enhances resistance of fluid flow through the lumen to reduce post-occlusion surge, the modification comprising recesses or protuberances formed in the interior surface of the lumen, a freely-moving object disposed in the flow path of the lumen, or one or more bends.
US07727177B2	Four function surgical instrument A unique four function surgical instrument that performs aspiration, irrigation, dilation and cauterization with an innovative trigger mechanism. An embodiment is “gun-like” in configuration having a housing with a depending handle and a protruding trigger, a forward extending pair of forceps-like arms that terminate in dilation/cauterization tips and a common conduit between the forceps-like arms. The unique trigger mechanism utilizes a pinch valve concept where the trigger button has an elongated portion that has two slide surfaces with offset a recesses that act like tracks on which pinch sliders follow and the pinch sliders act like valve stems that squeeze close and allow to open silicone tubing. The end result, being a single poll, two stage actuator such that a half a pump of the trigger delivers irrigation or aspiration and a full pump delivers the other. The instrument provides the advantages of small size, ergonomical and all-in-one so as to eliminate the need for a surgeon to fumble around in switching between instruments.
US07727168B2	Methods and apparatus for sampling and analyzing body fluid A sampling device for sampling body fluid includes a lancet for making an incision, a capillary tube for drawing-up body fluid from the incision, and a test strip affixed to an upper end of the capillary tube for receiving the fluid. An absorbent pad can be disposed between the test strip and capillary tube for spreading-out the fluid being transferred to the test strip. An on-site analyzer such as an optical analyzer and/or an electrochemical analyzer can be mounted in the device for analyzing the fluid. Alternatively, a test strip can be slid through a slot formed in the bottom end of the device so that by passing the device against the skin after an incision has been formed, the test strip will directly contact body fluid emanating from the incision.
US07727160B2	Ventilator patient synchronization A method and apparatus that provides an expert system for determining respiratory phase during ventilatory support of a subject. Discrete phase states are partitioned and prior probability functions and observed probability functions for each state are defined. The probability functions are based upon relative duration of each state as well as the flow characteristics of each state. These functions are combined to determine phase probabilities for each state using Bayes' theorem. The calculated probabilities for the states may then be compared to determine which state the subject is experiencing. A ventilator may then conform respiratory support in accordance with the most probable phase. To provide a learning feature, the probability functions may be adjusted during use to provide a more subject specific response that accounts for changing respiratory characteristics.
US07727151B2	Navigation among multiple breast ultrasound volumes Navigation among breast ultrasound volumes derived from different volumetric ultrasonic scans of a same breast is described. On a display of a breast ultrasound workstation, a first image derived from a first ultrasonic volume is displayed. A user selection of a source region of interest (ROI) in the first image is received. A destination ROI within a second ultrasonic volume is identified that at least roughly corresponds to a same locality of tissue in the breast as the source ROI. A second image derived from the second ultrasonic volume and including the destination ROI is displayed, the destination ROI being highlighted.
US07727146B2	Wound retractor with gel cap An incrementally adjustable wound retractor, which provides access to a body cavity, includes an inner ring having a diameter greater than the desired diameter of the wound incision, an outer ring having an annular axis and a diameter greater than the desired diameter of the wound incision, and a flexible sleeve disposed in a generally cylindrical form between the inner and outer rings. The outer ring includes first and second circular tubes spaced apart axially with each including a lumen having a rigid, noncompliant split hoop positioned therein. The outer ring may be rolled over itself and around the annular axis to retract the sleeve with sufficient force to stretch the incision to the desired diameter. A gel cap seal may be coupled to the outer ring outside of the biological body to seal the opening produced by the wound retractor between the body cavity and outside the body cavity.
US07727145B2	Capsule-type medical device and medical system A method of transmitting images in a subject to an outside of the subject using a wireless signal is provided. The method including: (a) transmitting to the outside of the subject a first signal corresponding to a first image obtained using a first imaging device, by timing on a first illumination device for illuminating the subject to capture the first image of the subject; (b) transmitting to the outside of the subject a second signal corresponding to a second image obtained using a second imaging device, by turning on a second illumination device for illuminating the subject to capture the second image of the subject; and (c) repeating (a) and (b), where at least initiation of the transmitting the first signal and initiation of the transmitting the second signals is alternately performed and the first and second illumination devices are alternately turned on coincidentally with transmission periods of the first and second signals, respectively.
US07727139B2	Dream detection system A dream detection system includes a mask and a control unit. The mask includes opaque eye portions and at least one sensor for detecting REM sleep. The mask may include an alarm for indicating REM sleep, a speaker, and a transmitter. The control unit includes a receiver and transmitter for receiving data from and transmitting data to the mask, respectively. The control unit includes programming for actuating an audio player to provide a predetermined cue, script, or other audible message to the mask when REM sleep is detected for alerting a sleeping person that he is dreaming and enabling the person to gain some level of control over the dream sequence. The audible message may be a morning or evening affirmation, preparation for a task, or other cues to guide a dream. The control unit may include a device with which a user may audibly record dream details.
US07727125B2	Exercise machine and method for use in training selected muscle groups An exercise machine and a method for its use in training selected muscle groups by controlled use of brakes to resist crank movement adjustably at specific and adjustable controlled positions in the rotation of a crank. A control system may be incorporated to cause brake mechanisms to apply varying amounts of resistance to a pair of pedal-driven cranks to simulate the efforts required to ride an actual bicycle over a course including various upslopes and down-slopes.
US07727123B2	Aquatic exercise device An aquatic exercise device is adapted to be submerged in water, and moved through the water and/or rotated in the water to provide omni-directional and omni-rotational drag resistance. In one implementation, an aquatic exercise device includes a bar adapted to be grasped by one or two hands of a user, and a resistance mechanism attached to opposite ends of the bar. Each resistance mechanism includes a cuff and two or more fins extending outward from the cuff.
US07727118B1	Rock climbing simulator apparatus An improved rock climbing simulator that uses an adjustable fluid resistance apparatus coupled to an axle of a rotating climbing surface to control the rate of rotation of the climbing surface and thus the perceived climbing speed experienced by the climber. The fluid resistance apparatus is structured to control the rate of rotation of the climbing surface, and hence the perceived climbing speed, regardless of the weight or position of a climber on the climbing surface.
US07727101B2	Electromotive drives A transmission having a plurality of tilting balls and opposing input and output discs provides an infinite number of speed combinations over its transmission ratio range. The transmission provides multiple powerpaths and can be combined with electrical components to provide motor/generator functionality, which reduces the overall size and complexity of the motor and transmission compared to when they are constructed separately. In one embodiment, rotatable components of a continuously variable transmission are coupled separately to an electrical rotor and to an electrical stator so that the rotor and stator rotate simultaneously in opposite directions relative to one another. In other embodiments, an electrical rotor is configured to transfer torque to or from a disc that is in contact with a plurality of speed adjusters, while an electrical stator is configured to transfer torque to a shaft that is operationally coupled to the speed adjusters via an idler.
US07727100B2	Hybrid powertrain with efficient electric-only mode A hybrid powertrain includes a hybrid electro-mechanical transmission and a power source. A planetary gear set having a first, a second, and a third member connects the power source with a first and a second motor/generator. A battery is operatively connected to the motor/generators for receiving power therefrom and delivering power thereto. An input member rotates with the first member, the first motor/generator rotates with the second member, and the second motor/generator rotates with the output member. A first torque-transmitting mechanism is engagable to connect the second motor/generator for rotation with the third member. The battery and the second motor/generator provide an electric-only operating mode to power the output member when the first torque-transmitting mechanism is not engaged; the power source, planetary gear set and first motor/generator thereby being disconnected from the output member during the electric-only operating mode to prevent parasitic drag.
US07727098B2	Chain tensioner A chain tensioner includes a housing defining a cylinder chamber having a closed end. A cylindrical plunger having a closed front end is slidably received in the cylinder chamber. A nut member and a return spring are mounted in the cylinder chamber. The return spring biases the plunger outwardly of the housing to press its closed end against a pivotally supported chain guide. The nut member has a serration-shaped internal thread formed on the inner periphery thereof which is in threaded engagement with a serration-shaped external thread formed on the outer periphery of the screw rod. The screw rod is biased toward the closed end of the plunger by a rod spring. A damper is mounted between the front end of the screw rod and the closed front end of the plunger for damping, in cooperation with the return spring, a pushing force applied to the plunger, and for allowing the screw rod and the plunger to move relative to each other in a direction in which the distance between respective remote ends thereof decreases by an amount not less than an axial play present between the internal and external threads.
US07727095B2	Hockey stick having a single, hollow primary tube A handle is adapted to be held by a player and a striking end is adapted to contact and propel an object. A structure for a hockey stick is described by using a single, hollow tube of composite material, wherein tubular “ports” extend through the hollow tube. The ends of the ports are bonded to the walls of the hollow tube. The ports improve the stiffness, strength, aerodynamics and comfort of the hockey stick.
US07727088B2	Sliding impulse device A structure motivated by an impulse to slide over a surface, including: an impulse-receiving portion for receiving the impulse, the impulse-receiving portion defining a section of a generally semi-hemispherical structure and produced from a foam material patterned to represent at least a portion of a sports ball; and a sliding portion, coupled to the impulse-receiving portion, for sliding contact with the surface on a contact surface of the sliding portion responsive to the impulse the contact surface having a generally planar smooth surface having a periphery surrounded by an extension of the impulse receiving portion, wherein a tumbling of a coupled combination of the impulse-receiving portion and the sliding portion is inhibited by shifting a center of gravity downward by a greater weighting of the sliding portion relative to the impulse-receiving portion.
US07727086B2	Golf ball The present invention provides a golf ball having excellent rebound characteristics and flight performance, while maintaining good durability and appearance. The present invention relates to a golf ball comprising a center, an intermediate layer and a cover, the intermediate layer comprises an outermost layer and a second layer adjacent to the underside of the outermost layer, and the cover has many dimples on the surface thereof, wherein the second layer is formed from thermoplastic resin and has a thickness of 0.5 to 2.0 mm, the outermost layer is formed from thermosetting or thermoplastic resin and has a thickness of 1 to 100 μm, the intermediate layer has depressions on the surface thereof at the position and shape corresponding to the dimples through the cover, and the cover is formed from thermoplastic resin and has a thickness of 0.1 to 0.8 mm in land portion having no dimple.
US07727085B2	Solid golf ball The invention provides a solid golf ball having a solid core and a cover layer that encases the core and has an outermost layer on an outside surface of which are formed a plurality of dimples. The solid core is formed of a rubber composition composed of 100 parts by weight of a base rubber that includes from 60 to 100 parts by weight of a polybutadiene rubber having a cis-1,4 bond content of at least 60% and synthesized using a rare-earth catalyst, from 0.1 to 5 parts by weight of an organosulfur compound, an unsaturated carboxylic acid or a metal salt thereof, an inorganic filler, and an antioxidant. The solid core has a deformation, when compressed under a final load of 130 kgf from an initial load of 10 kgf, of from 2.0 to 4.0 mm, and has a specific hardness distribution. The cover layer is formed by injection molding a single resin blend composed primarily of (A) a polyurethane material and (B) a polyisocyanate compound, which resin blend includes a polyisocyanate compound in at least some portion of which all the isocyanate groups on a molecule remain in an unreacted state. The cover layer has a thickness of from 0.5 to 2.5 mm and a Shore D hardness at the surface of from 50 to 70. The golf ball has a deformation, when compressed under a final load of 130 kgf from an initial load of 10 kgf, of from 2.0 to 3.8 mm. The solid golf ball is advantageous overall in competitive use.
US07727078B2	Child seat canopy illumination and media projection A juvenile product includes a seat having a seating area supported by a part of the juvenile product, a canopy positionable over at least a portion of the seating area and having an underside that faces the seating area, and a projection system carried on the juvenile product. The projection system has a projector configured to project visible stimuli either above the seating area or onto at least part of the underside of the canopy. These and other aspects of the disclosure are directed to providing a soothing and entertaining environment that may also be adjustable or customizable to address the changing interests and developmental levels of a child occupant.
US07727069B1	Embedded reel games with progressives Disclosed is a new bonus game for reel-based slot machines. The bonus game is an embedded slot game, with one embodiment animating miniature reels inside the primary game symbol. Each embedded slot game may have its own progressive, or may be tied into the progress associated with the primary game. Each embedded slot game will have its own paytable, and may be a miniature version of a well-recognized full-sized slot game.
US07727058B2	Flap of a motor vehicle ventilation system The invention relates to a flap (2) of a motor vehicle ventilation system, which is disposed in a housing (1) in the mounted state and controls the air supply to the interior of the vehicle along with a second flap (4). The flap (2) according to the invention comprises a pivot axis about which the same can be pivoted. At least one portion of the flap area (2′) is pivotable and/or flexible to the pivot axis or shaft (2″) and/or another portion of the flap (2) juxtaposing the pivot axis.
US07727054B2	Coherent jet nozzles for grinding applications A nozzle assembly and method is configured to apply coherent jets of coolant in a tangential direction to the grinding wheel in a grinding process, at a desired temperature, pressure and flowrate, to minimize thermal damage in the part being ground. Embodiments of the present invention may be useful when grinding thermally sensitive materials such as gas turbine creep resistant alloys and hardened steels. Flowrate and pressure guidelines are provided to facilitate optimization of the embodiments.
US07727053B2	Double-side polishing method for wafer There is provided a double-side polishing method for a wafer of sandwiching a wafer held in a carrier between upper and lower turn tables each having a polishing pad attached thereto and simultaneously polishing both surfaces of the wafer while supplying a slurry to a space between the upper and lower turn tables from a plurality of slurry supply holes provided in the upper turn table, wherein a polishing amount at an outer peripheral portion of the wafer to be polished is adjusted and outer peripheral sag of the wafer is suppressed by supplying the slurry in such a manner that an amount of the slurry supplied from the slurry supply holes provided on an outer side relative to the center of rotation of the upper turn table becomes larger than an amount of the slurry supplied from the slurry supply holes provided on an inner side relative to the same at the time of polishing both the surfaces of the wafer. As a result, the double-side polishing method which can suppress occurrence of the outer peripheral sag of the wafer when the wafer is subjected to double-side polishing can be provided.
US07727052B2	Removable polishing pad for chemical mechanical polishing The present invention offers a device for rendering CMP polishing pads easily and temporarily removable from and replaceable upon the platen of a CMP polishing apparatus comprising two sheets, the upper sheet attached to the said CMP polishing pad and the lower attached to the said platen, the said two sheets held together by pegs, pins or protrusions fitted to matching holes in the upper surface of the lower sheet and the lower surface of the upper sheet, said pegs or pins attached to either the upper or lower sheet and able to enter the hold on the adjoining sheet when the sheets are brought together and hold the sheets together by means of the sliding friction attendant upon a tight fit with the said holes. The device allows far easier metrology and storage of CMP polishing pads at different stages of use with no damage to the CMP pad, which may be put back into service at any time. The transparency of the upper sheet further allows users to prevent formation of bubbles in the adhesive holding the CMP pad to the upper sheet, thereby avoiding significant degradation of CMP performance.
US07727051B2	Servo stroking apparatus and system A servo stroking apparatus and system (10) for honing wherein the cam stroking motion follows a cam profile which produces a finite jerk profile for reducing machine vibration and optimizing one or more honing parameters. The cam profile can be selected for example from a simple harmonic cam profile, a cycloidal profile, a modified trapezoidal profile, apolynomial profile, and a modified sine profile, or a mix of cam profiles. The servo controlled stroker mechanism can include for instance a ball screw mechanism (36), a linearmotor (40), a fluid cylinder, a chain drive or a belt drive. One or more other servo controlled aspects of the honing operation can be synchronized with the servo controlled stroking operation, such as the, rotation of the honing tool.
US07727047B2	Toy and method of toy operation Some embodiments of the present invention provide a drive mechanism for launching a figurine. The drive mechanism can include a housing, a rotary drive supported in the housing and being drivingly engageable with the figurine for launching the figurine outwardly from the housing, and a locking element movable between a locked position, in which the locking element engages the rotary drive to prevent movement of the rotary drive with respect to the housing, and an unlocked position, in which the locking member is moved away from the rotary drive.
US07727046B2	Beating appliance for cheering A beating appliance (1) for cheering easy to beat and suitable for carrying, comprising a body portion having a plurality of tubular members (10), (20), and (30) reduced in diameter from one end to the other end in the longitudinal direction and combined with each other so as to be extended/retracted. The tubular members (10), (20), and (30) adjacent to each other are brought into an extended state by connecting the inner peripheral surfaces of the large diameter side tubular members (10) and (20) to the outer peripheral surfaces of the small diameter side tubular members (20) and (30) in taper-stacked states, and brought into a retracted state by storing the small side tubular members (20) and (30) in order and in a nested state in the large diameter side tubular members (10) and (20). Also, a head cap (40) is fitted to one end of the maximum diameter tubular member (10), and an end member (50) having a diametrically grip end (51) is fitted to the other end of the minimum diameter tubular member (30).
US07727045B2	Paper doll A paper doll in which a trunk portion is hollow and disposed with its axial line directed in a longitudinal direction. Right and left shoulder joint members each formed in an approximately U-shape are rotatably coupled with the trunk portion by a first metal coupling passing through the trunk portion and the intermediate wall portions of the shoulder joint members. The base end portion of each of hollow upper arm members is held between a pair of side wall portions of the shoulder joint member and the upper arm members are rotatably coupled with the shoulder joint members by a second metal coupling passing through the side wall portions and the upper arm members, and femoral members each formed to be hollow are rotatably abutted against the trunk portion through the portions where the femoral members are abutted against sides of the trunk portion by a third metal coupling.
US07727041B2	Method of applying light-converting material and device thereof A light emitting device having a die that includes a light source that generates light of a first wavelength and a layer of phosphor particles covering the die is disclosed. The phosphor particles convert a portion of the light of the first wavelength to light of a second wavelength. The light source can be fabricated by attaching the light source to a substrate, and converting the light source by applying a light converting layer that includes a volatile carrier material and particles of a phosphor that convert light of the first wavelength to light of the second wavelength over the light source. The volatile carrier material is then caused to evaporate leaving a layer of the phosphor particles over the light source. A binder material can be incorporated in the volatile carrier for binding the phosphor particles to one another after the volatile carrier material is evaporated.
US07727040B1	Process for manufacturing plasma-disc PDP A process for manufacturing a plasma display panel (PDP) device having one or more substrates and a multiplicity of pixels or sub-pixels. Each pixel or sub-pixel is defined by a hollow Plasma-disc filled with an ionizable gas. The Plasma-disc has at least two opposing flat sides such as a flat top and flat bottom. One or more other sides or edges may also be flat. Two or more addressing electrodes are in electrical contact with each Plasma-disc. A flat side of the Plasma-disc shell is in contact with a substrate and each electrode is in electrical contact with a flat side of the Plasma-disc. The PDP may include inorganic and organic luminescent materials that are excited by the gas discharge within each Plasma-disc. The luminescent material may be located on an exterior and/or interior surface of the Plasma-disc or incorporated into the shell of the Plasma-disc. Up-conversion and down-conversion materials may be used. The substrate may be rigid or flexible with a flat, curved, or irregular surface.
US07727024B2	Electrical adapter assembly and apparatus using the same An electrical adapter assembly for connecting a first hard disk drive and a second hard disk drive. The electrical adapter assembly includes a first connector and a second connector. The first connector includes a first golden fingers capable of electrically inserting into the first hard disk drive and a second golden fingers electrically connecting to the first golden fingers. The second connector includes a first plug electrically connecting the second connector to the second golden fingers, a second plug capable of electrically inserting into the second hard disk drive, a chip configured for controlling data transfer between the first hard disk drive and the second hard disk drive, and circuits connecting the chip to the first connector and the second connector.
US07727020B2	Cable connector A cable connector includes a connector housing attached to an outer shell. A seal is disposed at least partially between the outer shell and the connector housing. A shield is at least partially disposed about the connector housing adjacent to the seal. In one exemplary approach, the connector housing is removably attached to the outer shell. In another exemplary approach, the seal has a unitary configuration.
US07727019B2	Shell for circuit board connector The invention relates to a circuit board connector capable of establishing an electrical connection between circuits on a circuit board and a mating electrical connector at a mating side of said circuit board connector. The circuit board connector includes a connector housing accommodating a plurality of terminals for establishing said electrical connection and an electrically conductive shell at least partially enclosing said connector housing. The shell includes a top wall and a rear wall, wherein said rear wall is connected to said top wall and is arranged opposite to said mating side. The shell further has a first and second extension connected to opposite sides of said rear wall and bent with respect to said rear wall to extend towards said mating side. First and second mounting posts are connected, respectively, to said first and second extension and third and fourth mounting posts are connected to said rear wall, wherein said mounting posts are arranged for mounting said shell on said circuit board.
US07727008B1	Electrical connector for conveying an electrical signal from a device to an organ of a human or animal body The invention relates to an electrical connector for conveying an electrical signal from a device, in particular a cardiac device, to an organ of a human or animal body, in particular a heart, comprising a first electrically conducting wire and a second electrically conducting wire, wherein the wires are joined together in an electrically insulating sleeve, a first electrode, which is electrically connected to the first wire, and a second electrode, which is electrically connected to the second wire; wherein the first and second electrodes are constructed to deliver an electrical signal at the organ, wherein the first electrode forms an electrically conducting sleeve around a conducting part of the first wire and around a non-conducting part of the second wire, wherein at least the edges of the electrically conducting sleeve formed by the first electrode are at least partially embedded in the electrically insulating sleeve.
US07726995B2	Connector A connector includes substantially H-shaped contacts; fixtures fixing the connector to a substrate on longitudinal ends; a housing having a ceiling portion covering contact portions of the contacts, a protection wall at the end of the ceiling portion on the fitting opening side for preventing raising of the ceiling portion on being accidentally forced upward, extension walls at the longitudinal ends for holding the fixtures, and slits each between the extension wall and a bearing for a pivoting member; and the pivoting member having an actuating portion, urging portions, and anchoring holes and mounted on the housing such that between the connection portions and the pressure receiving portions of the contacts the urging portions perform a compact pivotal movement with rotation axis moving. The connector is mounted on one side surface of the substrate to achieve more reduced overall height and superior operationality of the pivoting member.
US07726986B2	Electrical connector having metal shell equipped with a pair of outwardly protruding resilent arms offset from each other An electrical connector includes an insulating housing (1) having four side walls interconnecting with each other and defining a receiving space (10) therein. Only one of the side walls defines a plurality of terminal grooves therein and a plurality of terminals (22) are mounted in said terminal grooves. A metallic shell (4) covers on the insulating housing and said shell (4) has a first resilient arm (431) extending in a first direction with a first contacting portion (4311) bending outwardly, and a second resilient arm (432) extending in a reverse direction toward the first resilient arm with a second contacting portion (4321) bending outwardly. The first and second resilient arms (431, 432) space away from each other in a transverse direction perpendicular to said first direction, and said first and second contacting portions (4311, 4321) offset with each other in said first direction.
US07726981B2	Electric connection box with molded synthetic resin member with mold stripping holes used for engaging a cover The present invention provides an electric connection box capable of reducing cost and capable of constituting small-sized formation by devising a structure of engaging a cover. The electric connection box including an electronic device and connected to a wire harness so as to electrically connect the electronic device and the wire harness includes a synthetic resin member including a mold stripping hole used for molding the synthetic resin member, and a cover including a engaging portion engaged with the hole.
US07726974B2	Magnetic power and data coupling for LED lighting Technologies are described herein for a conductive magnetic coupling system. The system includes a signal supply component that provides electrical and/or data signals to a signal consumption component that utilizes the signal to provide an output. The two components are magnetically coupled together such that the magnetic coupling mechanisms not only provide the bonding mechanism for securing the components to one another, but also provide the electrical and communicative continuity that allows for the transfer of electrical and/or data signals between the two components. Aspects provide for the repositioning of the signal consumption component along any section of a signal supply component configured as a magnetic track system. Aspects further provide for a flexible, fluid impermeable signal supply component in which a signal consumption component is repositionable along its length.
US07726973B1	Power cord quick disconnect assembly and associated method The power cord assembly preferably includes an electrical outlet socket adapted to electrically coupled to the existing power source. The electrical outlet socket may have a first group of electro-conductive plates statically affixed to an outer surface thereof. A power cord is also provided, which remains physically spaced from the electrical outlet socket. An adaptor may be removably coupled directly to the power cord. Such an adaptor preferably has a second group of electro-conductive plates statically affixed to an outer surface thereof. The present invention further includes a mechanism for continuously transmitting an electric current from the electrical outlet socket through the adaptor and to the power cord while the first and second groups of electro-conductive plates are abutted against each other. The adaptor remains intermediately positioned between the electrical outlet socket and the power cord during continuous transmission of the electric current to the power cord.
US07726969B2	Dental implant, in particular of ceramic material A dental implant including more especially a ceramic material has an implant body for anchoring in a jawbone. An implant post as a tooth support is inserted into the implant body and locked by use of a plug and turn coupling as a bayonet connection.
US07726960B2	Twin-plate rotary compressor This invention relates to a twin-plate, rotary compressor and refers particularly, though not exclusively, to a twin-plate, rotary compressor comprising two conical plates for relative rolling motion within a casing, there being a line contact between the two conical plates; the line contact being maintainable during operation of the compressor; a central seal for sealingly engaging correspondingly-shaped recesses of the two conical plates; and an outer seal in mating relationship with the two conical plates; wherein the central seal is mounted on a drive shaft, the drive shaft being operatively connected to an output shaft of a motor; wherein the drive shaft, the central seal and the outer seal are for rotation about a third axis of rotation, the third axis of rotation being coincident with a longitudinal axis of the drive shaft and a center of the central seal.
US07726955B2	Pump system A pump system having a pump module (10) comprising a stator housing (28) with a chamber (30), a rotor (32) rotatably and axially slidably received in the chamber and comprising a first axial extension (46) with a liquid supply channel (50) and a second axial extension with a liquid supply channel (52), the first and second axial extensions having different diameters, and first and second sealing rings (54, 56), mounted around the first and second axial extensions.
US07726946B2	Sanitary removable impeller hub and method A hub mounting assembly for mounting a plurality of impellers onto a shaft has a first hub ring and a second hub ring. A first key piece is adapted to engage with the shaft and engage with at least one of the hub rings, and a first lock pin is adapted to engage with the shaft and engage with at least one of the hub rings. In the installed state, the first hub ring is adapted to be fastened to the second hub ring, to trap the key piece and lock pin in a position so that the hub rings together form a hub that is locked against rotation and axial movement with respect to the shaft.
US07726936B2	Turbine engine ring seal Aspects of the invention relate to a ring seal for a turbine engine. The ring seal can be made up of a plurality of circumferentially abutted ring seal segments. Each ring seal segment can comprise a plurality of individual channels. The channels can be generally U-shaped in cross-section with a forward span, and aft span and an extension connecting therebetween. The channels can be positioned such that the aft span of one channel can substantially abut the forward span of another channel. The plurality of separate channels can be detachably coupled to each other by, for example, a plurality of pins. The ring seal segment according to aspects of the invention can facilitate numerous advantageous characteristics including greater material selection, selective cooling, improved serviceability, and reduced blade tip leakage. Moreover, the configuration is well suited to handle the operational loads of the turbine.
US07726932B2	Method and tool for the separation of a pile of recipients The separation tool allows separation of a horizontal pile of recipients into sub-piles of recipients, the first or last recipient of each sub-pile have been previously marked with ultra-violet detectable ink. The tool comprises a frame; a sensor mounted to the frame for detecting the last recipient of a current sub-pile or the first recipient of the next sub-pile upstream therefrom, which ever has been previously marked, and a manipulator arm provided with a fixed finger assembly for holding the recipients upstream from the last recipient of the current sub-pile and a separation finger for creating a gap between the held recipients and those from the current sub-pile.
US07726930B2	Adjustable height jib for a hook-lift hoist An adjustable height jib is disclosed for an arm of a hook-lift hoist for loading of equipment, containers or the like onto a truck for transport. The jib has an elongate body with a hook located on each of its opposing end portions. The jib is mounted on the arm for pivotal movement between a first position for loading containers of a first height and a second position for loading containers of a second height. A lock secures the jib in either position. A feature of the adjustable height jib is that, upon release of the lock, it will pivot between a longer position as the hook-lift hoist is operated toward the loading position and a shorter position as the hook lift hoist is operated toward the transport position.
US07726925B2	Fastener with prongs A fastener with a flange having two pairs of parallel sides and arcuate corners. Extending upwardly from the top surface of the flange is an elongated shaft having one region adjacent the flange having relatively thicker threaded walls and another distal from the flange having thinner unthreaded walls. Two prongs are formed by making cuts in opposing straight sides adjacent to the diagonally opposing arcuate corners, and then bending peripheral portions of the flange including the arcuate corners adjacent to the cuts in a direction upwardly by substantially 90°. The depth of the cuts is such that when bends are made, the perpendicular distance between front surfaces of the two prongs is less than an outer diameter of the shaft. When the fastener is inserted in a piece of material, the prongs dig into the surface of the material to prevent the fastener from rotating when a threaded fastener is screwed into the shaft.
US07726918B2	Power tool A power tool including: a base slidable on a workpiece, and an opening provided through the base; a main unit supported to the base and movable in a first direction substantially perpendicular to the base, the main unit including an electric motor; a cutter driven by the electric motor, the cutter being capable of protruding through the opening from the base; a stopper pole supported to a housing coupled to the main unit, the stopper pole being movable in the first direction, the stopper pole having one end protruding from the housing toward the base, thereby regulating a moving distance of the cutter; a digital display unit including a moving distance detection portion for detecting a moving distance of the stopper pole and a digital display portion for displaying the moving distance; and a dust prevention member provided between a part of the stopper pole protruding toward the base and the moving distance detection portion, thereby preventing dust from entering into the housing.
US07726915B2	Machine for spectacle lens A machine for spectacle lens, comprising a lens holding unit for holding left and right spectacle lenses, and a drill drive unit relatively moving in left and right directions and in front and rear directions with respect to the lens holding unit and for forming a hole on the spectacle lens held on the lens holding unit, wherein the lens holding unit has lens supporting base plates separated at left and right to match the left and the right spectacle lenses, the spectacle lenses at left and right are supported by the lens holding unit via the lens supporting base plates, and the left and right lens supporting base plates can be rotated around positions symmetrical with respect to the front-to-rear direction.
US07726914B2	Cutting tip comprising an alignment slide The invention relates to a machining tool holder comprising alignment elements in a housing and clamping elements on the base of the housing, the elements being used to align and clamp a removable cutting tip comprising a lateral slide for the lateral deviation of a pressure force exerted by a screw belonging to the tool holder, the screw being guided such that it abuts obliquely against the lateral slide in order to push the slide, and consequently the tip, back towards a longitudinal alignment side which defines the housing and which serves as an alignment end stop for the associated alignment edge of the tip. In this way, the tip is oriented as desired in order to slide along the longitudinal side and abut against a rear alignment side.
US07726912B2	Support structure A support structure (1) that includes a support panel (11), at least one pile (14) having associated therewith at least one bracket (17) and at least one mounting strap (20). Each bracket (17) includes a lower portion (70), at least one extension (91, 92) extending upward from the lower portion (70), and a retainer (85) extending outward from a first surface (73) of the lower portion (70). The retainer (85) of the bracket (17) is received within an aperture (67) of an apertured sidewall (64, 215, 218) of the pile (14). At least one mounting strap (20, 23) maintains: the first surface (73) of the lower portion (70) of the bracket (17) in abutting relationship with the apertured sidewall (64) of the pile; and the retainer (85) within the aperture (67) thereof. A first surface (94) of the extension (91, 92) of the bracket (17) and the apertured sidewall (64) of the pile (14) together define a vertical slot (112) having an open top (115) and a closed bottom (118). The support panel (11) includes at least one downwardly extending sidewall (33) that is received within the vertical slot (112). Receipt of the sidewall (33) within the vertical slot (112) serves to support the support panel (11). The support structure may be used as a dock, such as a marine dock.
US07726911B1	Underwater hydrogen storage Provided are systems, methods and techniques by which a wind-powered energy generating platform, secured to an anchor, can pull (or winch) itself beneath the surface of the water and thereby avoid most of the significant effects of storms and waves. In more particularized aspects, a variable-buoyancy anchor is utilized, thereby facilitating the construction and transportation of the entire assembly.
US07726904B2	Mobile conveying apparatus having a gear-to-gear driven swing assembly An mobile material placer or slinger with a placer conveyor having a gear-to-gear pivoting mechanism. The mobile material placer includes a body, a material hopper coupled to the body and configured to receive and store material, a feeder conveyor coupled to the body, and a placer conveyor pivotally coupled to the body about a vertical axis. The gear-to-gear pivoting mechanism includes a first gear attached to the body of the material placer and that drives a second gear fixedly mounted to the placer conveyor.
US07726903B2	Manhole system A manhole system that includes a manhole cover and a frame with at least one locking device for maintaining the manhole cover in place on the frame. The locking device is selectively movable between locked and unlocked positions to selectively engage the cover to hold the cover in place on the frame. The locking device may be rotatable between “locked” and “unlocked” positions about an axis perpendicular to the plane of the cover. The locking device may includes a plurality of cam locks that engage the outer circumferential edge of the cover and are configured to increasingly clamp down the cover against the frame with increasing rotation from “unlocked” position to “locked” position. A plurality of locks can be arranged around frame to engage the cover at different locations.
US07726900B2	System for connecting two shafts in translation A system for providing a mechanical and electrical connection between the ends of two essentially-coaxial shafts (1 and 2), whereby each shaft end includes a groove (11, 12) close to an axial end extension (17 and 8; 18 and 9). Moreover, the aforementioned ends are connected inside a sleeve (10) including the following: a first annular shoulder (13) having a shape that is complementary to that of the groove of the first shaft, such that there is no clearance therebetween; a second annular shoulder (14) having a shape that is complementary to that of the groove (12) of the second shaft, but with a clearance therebetween; and a cavity (16) which is intended to receive the shaft ends, said cavity having an axial height which is greater than the sum of the axial heights of the axial end extensions (17 and 8; 18 and 9). Further, the axial end extensions (17 and 8; 18 and 9) of the two shafts are in permanent mechanical and electrical contact.
US07726894B2	Screw-type writing instrument having expansion and contraction function The present invention provides a screw-type writing instrument having an expansion and contraction function in which an outer shaft cam, a cartridge holder and an inner shaft cam are coupled in a double screw manner, so that the expansion or contraction of the writing instrument and the advancing or retracting operation of a pen core can be simultaneously conducted, thus being convenient to use, and which, thanks to the contractible structure, is convenient to carry and hold.
US07726891B2	Substrate processing apparatus and substrate processing method A substrate processing apparatus comprises an indexer block, an anti-reflection film processing block, a resist film processing block, a development processing block, a resist cover film processing block, a resist cover film removal block, and an interface block. An exposure device is arranged adjacent to the interface block. A resist film is formed on a substrate in the resist film processing block. A resist cover film is formed on the resist film in the resist cover film processing block before the substrate is subjected to exposure processing by the exposure device.
US07726890B2	Camera An aspect of the present invention provides a lens-interchangeable camera which has operability equal to a right-handed user and a left-handed user without necessity of any addition of extra members and without sacrificing a design for a smaller size. Since a camera according to the present invention does not need any extra members, a user-friendly camera which eliminates any disadvantage for a use by left-handed persons at a high level that any conventional cameras have not yet achieved can be achieved. Also, since a camera body can be disposed on a left side as needed even for a right-handed user and the right-handed user can operate the camera body only with his/her left hand, this form is convenient when the user picks up images while the user is operating another apparatus with his/her right hand.
US07726888B2	Mobile device suitable for supporting apparatus for site imaging while in transit A mobile device which supports apparatus for site imaging while in transit is disclosed. The mobile device comprises a plurality of wheels, an imaging unit having at least one camera and supported above the head of an operator, a control unit for monitoring and controlling operation of each camera and of generated image data so as to produce an interactive movie, a steering device for navigating the mobile device within the site, a measuring device for measuring the relative displacement of the mobile device, a computer for determining the relative location and orientation of the mobile device within the site and for processing data, and a monitor. In one embodiment, two of the wheels are self-aligning caster wheels, and a mechanism and method for preventing drifting during the initial advancement of the mobile device are provided. A rotating mechanism is actuated until each caster wheel achieves a trailing position.
US07726882B2	Dual seal for optimized performance A fluid dynamic bearing having a hub, a sleeve, and a sealing arrangement comprising a first capillary seal substantially retaining a first fluid and a second capillary seal comprising a second fluid. The second capillary seal is located between the first capillary seal and an opening between the hub and the sleeve.
US07726881B2	Hydrodynamic bearing device A hydrodynamic bearing device is provided for use with a spindle motor. The hydrodynamic bearing device has a sleeve made of a sintered metal that is obtained by sintering a sintering material that is iron, an iron alloy, copper, a copper alloy or a mixture thereof. This sintered metal has independent pores, which do not communicate with each other, by selecting conditions for forming a desired sintered body within a predetermined range. The conditions includes a grain size of powdered metal of a material for the sintered metal, a molding pressure when the molded body is formed, sintering temperature and sintering period in the sintering step.
US07726879B2	X-ray imaging apparatus, control method for x-ray imaging apparatus, program, and storage medium An X-ray imaging apparatus includes a visible light imaging unit which captures an image of a visual field region with visible light, an X-ray irradiation unit which irradiates X-rays, an X-ray imaging unit which receives the irradiated X-rays and acquires a radiograph based on the X-rays, and a detection unit which detects an irradiated region irradiated with the X-rays based on the acquired radiograph.
US07726875B2	Methods and apparatus for monitoring a condition of a material Apparatus, methods, and articles of manufacture for monitoring a condition of a material are disclosed. In particular, the example apparatus, methods, and articles of manufacture emit a first acoustic signal into a wall of the tubular member having a first temperature value and obtain a first propagation time associated with the first acoustic signal. In addition, a second acoustic signal is emitted into the wall having a second temperature value and a second propagation time associated with the second ultrasonic acoustic signal is obtained. The second temperature value is determined based on the first temperature value and the first and second propagation times.
US07726867B2	Backlight module with conductive mechanisms therein for providing power to lamps thereof An exemplary backlight module (20) includes a lamp (231), a power supply for providing power to the lamp, and a frame (27) for receiving the lamp. The frame includes at least one lamp connecting mechanism. Each lamp connecting mechanism includes two electrical connecting tubes drill through the frame. Two ends of each lamp are electrically connected to the connecting tubes respectively at an inner side of the frame. Both of the connecting tubes are electrically connected to the power supply.
US07726853B2	Hinge for a lamp A lamp hinge includes a first connector and a second connector pivotally connecting with the first connector. The first connector defines a circular groove therein. The second connector has a pivotal portion pivotally engaging the first connector, and a mounting portion connecting with a lamp head of the lamp. The pivotal portion defines a curved groove therein. The mounting portion defines a central hole therein. A plurality of ball bearings are movably sandwiched between the pivotal portion and the first connector and received in the circular groove and the curved groove. The ball bearings separate the first connector from the second connector a space. Two neighboring ball bearings define a gap therebetween, for providing passage of the electric wires of the lamp therethrough. The gap communicates with the central hole of the mounting portion of the second connector.
US07726844B2	Illuminating equipment using high power LED with high efficiency of heat dissipation The invention provides a packaged system that is suitable for a LED package of high power. The packaged system further includes a heat-conducting device surrounded by at least one heat-dissipating fin to effectively dissipate the heat generated by the high power LED package. The packaged system with high efficiency of heat dissipation can be incorporated into various projecting illuminating equipments, such as a flashlight or floodlight, by simply installing the present invention into a housing and providing power connection thereto.
US07726839B2	LED light device with changeable features of geometric dimension An LED light device with changeable geometric dimensions includes at least one LED installed within each of a plurality of housing-units connected by connectors which deliver electric signals from a power source to desired LEDs.
US07726837B2	Sealed lighting assembly employing side-emitting lenses A lighting assembly employs LED lamps and associated side-emitting lenses that each redirect the light generated by the associated LED lamp to provide a distribution of emitted light substantially normal to an axis of symmetry of the lens. In a basic embodiment, the lighting assembly employs two lenses in a stacked configuration, with one lens being inverted. The lighting assembly has two plates, to which the lenses and LED lamps attach, and the plates are attached together by a cylinder to form a sealed enclosure for the lenses and LED lamps. When increased light intensity is desired, an additional plate and cylinder can be added to form an additional enclosure, housing additional LED lamps and lenses. Further enclosures can be formed by additional plates and cylinders.
US07726827B2	Prism sheet and backlight module using the same An exemplary prism sheet includes a transparent main body. The main body includes a first surface and a second surface. The first surface is opposite to the second surface. A plurality of micro-depressions are defined in the first surface. A plurality of elongated arc-shaped protrusions are formed on the second surface. Each micro-depression is defined by four connecting sidewalls. A transverse width of each sidewall of each micro-depression progressively decreases with increasing distance from the second surface. A backlight module using the present prism sheet is also provided.
US07726820B2	Projection type display unit having a curved housing A cabinet of a projection type display unit includes a base cabinet on which main component parts are mounted, and a top cover made from sheet metal which is mounted so as to cover the base cabinet, wherein a rear face portion of the top cover is formed in the shape of a curved surface being laid-down U-shaped in side view. The U-shaped curved surface is formed on an ergonomic basis, so that the rear face portion can be gripped securely even with one hand. On the back side of the top cover, bosses are integrally formed by use of a resin which is a different material from the sheet metal of the top cover, and the base cabinet and the top cover are fixed by fastening screws to the bosses from the base cabinet side.
US07726806B2	Wide armed spectacles Spectacles with wide side-pieces, at least one of the side-pieces of which has an opening. The inner face of the side-piece has fixing elements bordering the opening and a trim having a shape at least partly equal to the opening of the side-piece is equipped with fixing devices complementary to the fixing elements in order to fix the trim detachably to the side-piece.
US07726799B2	Pigment-based non-aqueous ink-jet inks free of hazardous air polluting solvents The present invention is drawn to ink compositions and methods for ink-jet recording. The ink compositions can include a non-aqueous HAPS-free solvent system; a binder system, including at least one of i) an acrylic resin, or ii) a first vinyl chloride-vinyl acetate resin, which is at least substantially soluble in the solvent system; and a pigment milled in the presence of a second vinyl chloride-vinyl acetate resin. Further, at least one solvent of the solvent system can serve as a dispersing and diluent solvent for the pigment.
US07726794B2	Inkjet printer An inkjet printer includes a recording head having nozzles to discharge ink and a storage chamber for storing the ink which is supplied to the nozzles from an ink source. The chamber includes an inlet to which the ink flows from the ink source and an outlet from which the ink flows out to the nozzles, two walls opposite to each other and parallel to a flow direction of the ink flowing to the outlet from the inlet, and an annular rim formed along edges of the two walls. The chamber includes a pair of ribs for adjusting an ink flow, which are provided in one of the walls, protrude from the one towards the other, and extend parallel to the flow direction apart from the other. The other wall has flexibility and the ribs are spaced from the rim inside the rim.
US07726791B2	Conduit construction using films A method of forming a conduit providing fluid communication between respective reservoirs of an ink tank, the method comprising the steps of: (a) forming a first orifice extending through a first external wall portion of an ink tank defining part of a first ink reservoir of the ink tank; (b) forming a second orifice extending through a second external wall portion of the ink tank defining part of a second ink reservoir of the ink tank; and (c) attaching a substrate over the first and second external wall portions at least about a first continuous seal line surrounding both the first and second orifices to define an external conduit communicatively connecting the first ink reservoir with the second ink reservoir.
US07726778B2	Printhead with printhead modules and associated circuit boards mounted in same casing An inkjet printhead that has a series of printhead modules mounted in an elongate casing. Each module has a printhead IC and an ink distribution arrangement that supplies the printhead IC. The casing also supports a plurality of printed circuit boards for controlling the operation of the printhead ICs. Busbars supported in the casing receive power and data from the printed circuit boards which is in turn transmitted to each of the printhead ICs with a flexible printed circuit board.
US07726774B2	Image forming device capable of stably supporting carriage A downward component force of a tensile force exerted on a timing belt at a belt coupling part and the weight of a carriage act upon a first sliding surface of a first guide member and a second sliding surface of a second guide member via a first sliding protrusion and second sliding protrusions. Since the center of gravity of the carriage is located between the first sliding protrusion and the second sliding protrusions, the carriage can be stably supported by the first and second guide members while the carriage remains stationary or moves at a constant speed in a main scanning direction.
US07726766B2	Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus is provided which can detect abnormality in a conveyance system of a carriage by a change in posture of the carriage. The image forming apparatus includes an image forming device that forms an image onto a recording medium by moving a carriage which mounts a recording head thereon, an angular speed detection device that detects an angular speed around a predetermined axis of the carriage, and a abnormality determination device that determines abnormality in a conveyance system that moves the carriage based on whether the angular speed detected by the angular detection device when the carriage is moved exceeds a predetermined abnormality determination value.
US07726748B2	Low force level detection system and method A method for estimating a force exerted by a first body onto a second body including the steps of providing a motor having at least one detectable motor signal, wherein the motor is adapted to advance the first body into engagement with the second body, determining a first value for the motor signal prior to the first body engaging the second body, determining a second value for the motor signal after the first body engages the second body, and generating a force value based upon a comparison of the second value to the first value.
US07726744B2	Motor-driven actuator for a vehicle seat A motor-driven actuator for a vehicle, in particular for a vehicle seat, is for being situated between two components of the vehicle or vehicle seat that can be displaced in relation to one another. The motor-driven actuator comprises a motor, at least one first gear stage that is located on the output side of the motor, a second gear stage that acts as a load-bearing gear and is located on the output side of the first gear stage, and at least one sealing element. The motor, gear stages and sealing element are integrated into the motor-driven actuator. The sealing element is adapted for being in a predetermined sealing configuration for protecting the motor and/or its electrical contact and/or at least one of the gear stages during manufacturing. The sealing element is adapted for not being in the predetermined sealing configuration when the motor-driven actuator is installed and ready to operate.
US07726741B2	Longitudinal adjuster for a vehicle seat In a longitudinal adjuster (3) for a vehicle seat having a backrest that can pivot freely, a first seat rail (13), and a second seat rail (15) relative to which the first seat rail (13) can be displaced longitudinally, a locking device (16) for locking the longitudinal adjuster (3), a memory device assigned to the first seat rail (13) and interacting with the second seat rail (15), said memory device memorizing a set longitudinal seat position which is relinquished when the vehicle seat (1) is longitudinally displaced during the free pivoting of the backrest (5) and is then re-assumed once the seat is displaced back again, and an actuation device (101) assigned to the first seat rail (13), which actuation device actuates the resetting of the memory device and the unlocking of the locking device (16), the actuation device (101) is arranged with limited movement capability in the longitudinal direction relative to the first seat rail (13).
US07726735B2	Self-fastening headrest cover A removable headrest cover for a seat is described having improved features for securing and attaching the cover to a headrest. The improved features include integrated elastic elements that serve to secure the cover to a headrest, eliminating the need for engaging receptacles on the seat. The positioning and placement of attachment points for the elastic provide versatility to the headrest cover that allows it to be used with many different seat configurations. Methods for efficiently manufacturing and packaging the cover are also described.
US07726730B2	Passenger seat device for motor vehicles A passenger seat for use in a motor vehicle includes a first and a second substantially planar region. The seat is pivotable about a horizontal axis between a first position and a second position. In the first position, the first region is horizontal and acts as the seat, and the second region is vertical and acts as the seat back, such that the passenger is facing forward. In the second position, the first region is vertical and acts as the seat back, and the second region is horizontal and acts as the seat, such that the passenger is facing backward.
US07726720B2	Trailer cover system A unit for returning a cover of a trailer comprising a first portion, a cord, and a spring. The spring is connected to the first portion. The cord having first and second ends, the first end of the cord being connectable to the first portion, the second end of the cord being connected to the cover, and the cord being wrappable around the first portion.
US07726716B2	Traction device for drawing an object into its interior A traction device (102) for use in picking or gripping or packaging objects. The traction device (102) draws an object into its interior. It comprises a surface (16) of deformable material, shaped substantially as a tube with an end portion turned inside-out, forming an opening to an interior, and an actuator (6) for moving the surface to draw the object into the interior. The surface of deformable material may be a part of a fluid-filled toroid body (10). The traction device can be used in combination with a bag to bag an object.
US07726708B2	Tamper-proof and reusable high security seal High security seal that can be reused an indefinite number of times because the authenticating part evolves in a chaotic manner each time the seal is opened and then put back into service. This seal is composed of at least two authenticators (1) and (2) at least one of which is movable with respect to the other into the open position. These two authenticators become fixed and stable in the closed position. In each new fixed position, the two authenticators cooperate to generate a new authenticating feature that is stored in a database in order to be compared during a check. This feature will be cancelled and replaced with another one when said seal is fraudulently or deliberately opened and thus will provide proof that it has been opened.
US07726707B2	Rotary pawl latch A latch assembly for releasably securing a striker in a rotary pawl latch. The latch assembly includes a housing, a rotary pawl, and an actuator. The housing can have one sidewall having a notch for receiving the striker. A trigger can be pivotally attached to the housing such that the actuator releases the rotary pawl thus opening the latch.
US07726686B2	Gas containment and release device for an inflator A containment device for an inflator, the containment device comprising: an outlet plate having an outlet opening; a burst disk disposed over the outlet opening; an initiator having a support member; a movable support disposed between the support member and the burst disk, the support providing support to the burst disk; wherein activation of the initiator causes the movable support to move which allows the burst disk to rupture.
US07726682B2	Sliding board, in particular a ski A sliding board, the outsides of which have a running surface and an upper cup, has a foam core created by foaming during its manufacture, and at least one guide element with lateral profiles for arranging and guiding of a binding element on the upper side of the sliding board. The guide element is connected to the sliding-board body by several anchoring elements. The guide element is a plastic part with formed-on anchoring elements, which plastic part is manufactured in one piece. The guide element is bound into the core by the anchoring elements during foaming of the core and is held therein by the hardened foam.
US07726677B2	Saddle riding type vehicle having steering damper A vehicle body is made to be more compact by disposing a steering damper at an even lower position. A top bridge includes a steering damper mounting portion, on which a steering damper is mounted, disposed rearwardly of a head pipe and downwardly of an upper surface of the top bridge. The steering damper includes a steering damper main body disposed on upper portions of main frames and a first link mounted on an input shaft of the steering damper main body and extending in a forward direction of a vehicle body. The steering damper mounting portion and the first link are pivotally movably connected to each other via a second link.
US07726673B2	Cast trailing arm assembly for trailer suspension A trailing arm assembly for a suspension includes first and second axle wraps. The first and second axle wraps are welded to each other to substantially surround an outer perimeter of an axle member. The first axle wrap is then welded to one side of the axle member at a first weld area and the second axle wrap is welded to an opposite side of the axle member at a second weld area. The first axle wrap includes a spring seat and the second axle wrap includes an arm body with a bushing receiver portion at one arm end. A bushing tube attached to the bushing receiver portion. The first weld area comprises a single window weld and the second weld area comprises first and second window welds that are positioned on opposing sides of the arm body.
US07726672B2	Vehicle body front part structure A suspension member is fixed to a front part of a vehicle body from below. A stabilizer is fixedly held on an upper surface of the suspension member. The stabilizer has bent portions. At the time of a front end collision of the vehicle, a rear part of the suspension member separates from the vehicle body for rearward movement of the suspension member relative to the vehicle body to allow the bent portions to come into engagement with the vehicle body.
US07726664B2	Universal tool bit shank A universal tool shank can include an elongate body having first and second portions. The first portion can include at least one flat thereon for engagement with a recess in a first tool. The second portion can include at least one protrusion extending radially outwardly therefrom for engagement with a recess in a second tool. The first and second portions can be disposed axially apart from one another.
US07726654B2	Method of playing a card game The present invention preferably relates to a casino card game played with a standard fifty-two card deck. The game is divided into a bonus round and a challenge round. Each player places an ante and a bonus wager at the start of the game and must place a third wager to continue into the challenge round. The dealer pays winning hands at two points in the game, at the end of the bonus round and at the end of the challenge round. The bonus round is paid according to each player's two card hand plus a third community card. The challenge round is played one-on-one with each player two card hand versus the dealer's. The player has the option to buy a new card and surrender a card of his choice during the challenge round for a predetermined price.
US07726643B2	Paper feeder having hard nip and flexible nip A friction feeder apparatus for handling sheets of paper of differing thicknesses includes a first plurality of laterally spaced apart transport belts positioned in underlying relation to the paper and a second plurality of laterally spaced apart separator wheels positioned in overlying relation to the paper. The transport belts are staggered with respect to the separator wheels. A sheet of paper passing through the feeder apparatus is undeflected from the top as it encounters the transport belts and is unsupported from the bottom as it encounters the separator wheels so that the sheet of paper is not held flat as it passes through the feeder but instead is forced into a wave-like, sinusoidal-like shape. In a first embodiment, the separator wheels are downstream of a fixed nip roller and in a second embodiment, the separator wheels are upstream of the fixed nip roller.
US07726641B2	Image forming apparatus, sheet processing apparatus, and method of controlling the sheet processing apparatus An image forming apparatus which enables the user to easily remove a sheet bundle left in the apparatus after a bookbinding-mode job is stopped in the middle of execution thereof. In a bookbinding mode of the apparatus, in a sheet stacking section, a plurality of sheets having images formed thereon are stacked as a sheet bundle; in a gluing section, glue is applied to an end face of the sheet bundle; and in a bonding section, a cover sheet is bonded to the sheet bundle to wrap the sheet bundle in the cover sheet. When a bookbinding-mode job is canceled during execution thereof, in the gluing section, glue is applied to the sheet bundle stacked in the stacking section before the job is stopped, and a discharge section discharges the glue-applied sheet bundle which is neither wrapped nor trimmed.
US07726637B2	Reconfigurable clamp and method of use thereof A reconfigurable clamp is provided, where the clamp includes: a clamp body including a plurality of through holes formed within the clamp body; a plurality of movable pins which slidably fit within the through holes in the clamp body; wherein the movable pins incorporate a tapered section to facilitate locking of the movable pins; and wherein the clamp is reconfigurable by movement of the pins to conform to a surface geometry of an object of arbitrary shape through contact with that object. The clamped surface is represented as a series of discrete points corresponding to the ends of the plurality of pins.
US07726635B2	Clip for attaching a support member onto a steel fencepost An attachment clip used in combination with a steel fence post for affixing a horizontal support member thereto. The clip, the steel fence post and the horizontal support member when combined provide additional stability and reduce tilting and settling thereof. This in turn facilitates to maintain the overall height and alignment of the fence line. The clip is a unitary member having a rear elongated gripping channel, an elongated vertical centralized trough, upper and lower attachment flanges and clearance slots.
US07726624B2	Mounting system for vehicular mirror The invention provides improvements to an external vehicle mirror assembly. The pivot point is located at an outboard side of the mirror housing. The power pack is mounted at an inboard side of the mirror housing. The mirror case is molded with no obstructions in a recessed base for holding the mirror, and the pivotable socket is molded at one side of the mirror case. The mirror assembly is mounted to the vehicle through an improved mounting mechanism. Trim seals seal the mirror assembly to the vehicle with improved wind noise, moisture, and dust resistance, and fewer components.
US07726610B2	Systems and methods for providing differential motion to wing high lift device Systems and methods for providing differential motion to wing high lift devices are disclosed. A system in accordance with one embodiment of the invention includes a wing having a leading edge, a trailing edge, a first deployable lift device with a first spanwise location, and a second deployable lift device with a second spanwise location different than the first. The wing system can further include a drive system having a drive link operatively coupleable to both the first and second deployable lift devices, and a control system operatively coupled to the drive system. The control system can have a first configuration for which the drive link is operatively coupled to the first and second deployable lift devices, and activation of at least a portion of the drive link moves the first and second deployable lift devices together. In a second configuration, the drive link is operatively coupled to at least the first deployable lift device and operatively decoupled from the second deployable lift device, so that actuation of at least a portion of the drive link moves the first deployable lift device relative to the second deployable lift device.
US07726590B2	Fuel injector director plate having chamfered passages and method for making such a plate An improved fuel injection spray director plate including conically chamfered entries to the flow passages through the plate. The conical chamfer may extend part way or all the way through the plate. In a currently preferred embodiment, the chamfer extends only part way through the plate, and the remaining cylindrical portion of the passage provides desirable directional capability for the spray. Preferably, the conical chamfer axis forms an angle with the cylindrical portion axis. Preferably, a flow passage is positioned in the director plate such that the main flow direction of fuel exiting the fuel injector valve is received into the chamfer of the passage. Preferably, a second conical portion is formed in the passage between the first conical portion and the cylindrical portion.
US07726584B2	Thermal valve assembly A thermal valve assembly for a transmission is provided. The thermal valve assembly includes a body having a base portion having a plurality of opposing sidewalls extending therefrom. A cover is mounted with respect to the body and operates to at least partially close the body to form a volume. The base portion defines an inlet orifice, while at least one of the plurality of opposing sidewalls at least partially defines an outlet orifice. A plate is operable to selectively close the inlet orifice. A bi-metallic spring member is disposed at least partially within the volume. The bi-metallic spring member is operable to bias the plate against the base portion. Additionally, the bi-metallic spring member has a variable stiffness characteristic responsive to temperature.
US07726582B2	Method and apparatus for converting constant-volume supply fans to variable flow operation A control strategy for supply fans in constant-volume heating, ventilating, and air-conditioning (HVAC) systems that reduces the speed of the fan at part-load conditions is provided. The invention consists of a constant-volume HVAC system, wireless discharge air temperature sensors, wireless hot source and cold source temperature sensors, and a wireless controller coupled to a fan modulation device. The controller includes a finite state machine that switches between a high-temperature control mode and a low-temperature control mode. The controller also includes a calculator that calculates a high temperature setpoint and a low temperature setpoint as a function of the hot source and cold source temperatures. In high temperature control mode, the controller compares the maximum discharge air temperature with the high temperature setpoint, and it commands the fan modulating device so that the maximum discharge air temperature remains close to the high temperature setpoint. In low temperature control mode, the controller compares the minimum discharge air temperature with the low temperature setpoint, and it commands the fan modulating device so that the minimum discharge air temperature remains close to the low temperature setpoint. Alternatively, the controller includes a calculator that computes a largest load as a function of previous fan command, discharge air temperatures, and readings from wireless zone temperature sensors. The controller increases the speed of the fan as the largest load increases, and reduces the speed of the fan as the largest load decreases.
US07726563B2	System and method for providing optimized shopping list Method and system for providing an optimized shopping list for grocery items based on preferences such as geographical market, retail grocery brand, dietary requirement of the shopper. Shoppers may retrieve, and update a stored list or generate a new list at a regular time interval, taking the advantage of time-dependent movement of the price.
US07726557B2	Currency dispense and control system with anti-theft features A cost-effective, currency dispense and control system (CDCS) securely dispenses paper money in one of the following modes: (1) an ATM system and (2) a currency control system that allows a merchant or merchant-approved employee to withdraw cash from the CDCS independent of a standard ATM electronic fund transfer (EFT) network. The CDCS may also include the following functionalities: a duress dispensation system that allows the CDCS to activate an alarm and/or otherwise communicate with local police or security services during a robbery, a time-release system that effects a time-delayed dispensation functionality, and a user identification and authentication system for authenticating a user identity and determining eligibility of the user to access the currency control system.
US07726546B2	Bonding apparatus and bonding method A bonding apparatus (10) that bonds an electrode of a semiconductor die (12) and an electrode of a circuit board (19) using a metal nano paste includes a bump formation mechanism (20) that forms bump by injecting microdroplets of a metal nano paste on each electrode, a primary bonding mechanism (50) that carries out primary bonding to the electrodes in a non-conductive state by pressing the bump of the semiconductor die (12) against the bump of the circuit board (19), and a secondary bonding mechanism (80) that includes a pressurizing unit that pressurizes the primary bonded bump in bonding direction, and that carries out secondary bonding so that the electrodes become conductive by heating the bump up to a temperature higher than a binder removal temperature of the metal nano paste and a dispersant removal temperature of the metal nano paste, removing the binder and the dispersant, and pressurizing and sintering the metal nanoparticles in the bump. With this, it is possible to efficiently bond the electrodes with a simple and easy way while reducing a bonding load.
US07726537B2	Surgical stapler with universal articulation and tissue pre-clamp A tool assembly for a surgical stapling device includes a channel member for supporting a staple cartridge therein and an anvil to deform a plurality of staples ejected from the staple cartridge thereagainst. The tool assembly also includes a sled which is movable to force the staples from the cartridge against the anvil to staple tissue disposed between the anvil and the staple cartridge. A dynamic clamping member is included which has a pin which movably engages the anvil and a flange which movably engages the channel assembly. The dynamic clamping member is mounted to and movable with the sled. The pin and the flange of the dynamic clamping member cooperating to oppose the forces associated with clamping and stapling tissue and also to maintain a substantially uniform gap between the anvil and the staple cartridge during stapling of the tissue.
US07726536B2	Upper bumper configuration for a power tool A tool with a structure, a driver that reciprocates along an axis between a returned position and an extended position and a bumper that is coupled to the structure so as to be disposed between the structure and the driver. The bumper includes a beat piece and a damper.
US07726534B2	Magazine for a nail-driving powered tool A magazine includes a feeding tray having a nail path to allow passage of one nail strip and a loading space in spatial communication with the nail path and that is adapted for accommodating a plurality of stacked nail strips, a tray cover coupled to the feeding tray, and a first pusher unit connected detachably to the feeding tray and adapted to press against an uppermost one of the nail strips so as to push a lowermost one of the nail strips into the nail path, and a second pusher unit. When the lowermost one of the nail strips is moved into the nail path, it is pushed toward the nail outlet by the second pusher unit. The tray cover is slidable to uncover at least one of the nail path, thereby permitting an additional nail strip to be placed into the nail path.
US07726529B2	Bicycle carrier A bicycle carrier, including a rack and a fork mount. The rack includes cross bars for mounting on a vehicle. The fork mount includes a head portion adapted to selectively clamp the fork mount to one of the cross bars, and a skewer assembly adapted to selectively secure forks of a bicycle to the head portion. The skewer assembly includes a skewer bolt, an actuator handle that is moveable between a first position and a second position, and an adjustment member threaded onto an end of the skewer bolt that permits longitudinal adjustment of the skewer assembly to accommodate different fork dimensions. The adjustment member is accessible when the actuator handle is in the first position, but is covered by the actuator handle when the actuator handle is in the second position.
US07726524B2	Magnetically-coupled valve The invention relates to a valve (1), comprising a body (2), within which a needle (3) moves, which can rest with sealing against a seat (23), fixed to the body (2). The needle (3) is magnetically coupled to an actuator body (5), across a closed and a magnetic chamber (4) provided with several magnets (52) between which magnetic bodies (53) are interspersed. The needle (3) has no magnets and is provided with ribs (36) made from a magnetic material. According to the invention, an improved magnetic coupling may be achieved, whereby the thickness and the relative separation of the ribs (36) are largely equal to the thickness (e53) and the relative separation (l52) of the magnetic bodies (53).
US07726523B2	Pre-measured material dispenser with pivoting reservoir A device for dispensing a pre-measured amount of material from a container includes a discharge tube, connecting mechanism for connecting an upper end of the discharge tube to the mouth opening of the container, a measuring reservoir attached to a lower end of the discharge tube for capturing a pre-determined amount of material, and a pivot mechanism pivotably connecting the reservoir to the discharge tube. The reservoir is pivotable from a first position to a second position. With the reservoir in the first position, the reservoir and the discharge tube are insertable into a container having a relatively narrow mouth opening. With the reservoir in the second position, the discharge opening of the reservoir communicates with an opening in the second end of the discharge tube, in a dispensing ready position.
US07726520B2	Metered dispenser with feed-containing piston drive mechanism A metered dispenser includes a housing including a reciprocable piston drive stem including an inlet opening at a first end thereof, a floating piston at a second end, and a passage between the first and second ends. An inlet valve is provided adjacent the first end for permitting entry of liquid product into the passage. A biased cocking mechanism is reciprocally disposed substantially within the housing. A biased loading mechanism is movable in a second generally opposite direction by the cocking mechanism, and is engageable with the piston drive stem to move the drive stem in the second direction. When the cocking mechanism is moved from an initial rest position toward the second direction, a series of operations allow the loading mechanism to project the drive stem in the first direction to dispense a metered dose of liquid product through a discharge orifice provided adjacent the second end.
US07726517B2	Liquid draw-back system for a dispensing package Provided is a liquid dispensing package for a container adapted to contain a liquid that includes a hand operated liquid transport assembly coupled to an actuator, a liquid distribution subsystem in fluid communication with a discharge tube from the liquid transport assembly, wherein downward motion of the actuator, provided by a user, causes liquid to travel through the discharge tube to the actuator top surface, and a liquid draw-back subsystem wherein upward motion of the actuator, provided by a return spring, permits draw-back of liquid from the top surface of the actuator.
US07726508B2	Safety cap for a pressure release valve of a pressure cooker and a pressure cooker using the same A safety cap made of a mesh casing body and attachment frame and attached by snap-fitting or screw engagement to the pressure release valve of a pressure cooker or to the inner surface of the lid of the cooker so as to cover the pressure release valve, thus allowing no food particles to reach the pressure release valve and preventing the pressure release valve from being clogged.
US07726506B2	Container closure and closure lid for said container closure A closure lid for a connecting element of a computer container, comprising an inner part which is maintained on an outer part of said lid and which is provided with an annular groove on the outer periphery thereof, said groove being defined by an annular web on the outer side of the lid and having a sealing ring inserted therein. In order to provide a closure lid which is embodied in such a way that it is possible to prevent the sealing ring from being raised radially from the base of the groove as a result of existing pressure and therefore to relieve the pressure inside the container before the open position of the closure container is reached, the annular web disposed on the outer side of the lid is provided with an uneven bearing surface for the sealing ring.
US07726505B2	Vacuum pump valve A vacuum pump valve includes a valve body and a suction element. The valve body includes a sealing platform sealedly attached on the container at the opening thereof, and a guiding sleeve upwardly extended from the sealing platform to form a suction channel, wherein the sealing platform has an operation hole formed thereon at a position within the suction channel and at least a through ventilating groove communicating the receiving cavity of the container with an exterior thereof. The suction element is disposed within the suction channel of the valve body, including an enlarged sealing head adapted to seal on the sealing platform to enclose the ventilating groove thereof, and a guiding shaft extended from the sealing head to slidably mount at the sealing platform at the operation hole to move the sealing head between a releasing position and a sealing position.
US07726494B2	Density current baffle for a clarifier tank A density current baffle for use in a clarifier tank maintains a first baffle portion having a lower end, an upper end and an intermediate central portion. The lower end of the baffle portion is coupled to a side wall of the clarifier tank and the upper end of the baffle portion is disposed, at a predefined angle, away from the side wall of the clarifier tank such that the first baffle portion slopes upwardly and away from the side wall.
US07726484B2	Packaging material of gas-bag type, process for packaging article, and process for producing packaging material The objects of the present invention are to provide a packaging material of gas-bag type for packaging easily deformable parts or devices of office equipment or OA equipment having various sizes and shapes such as containers containing toner, containers containing developing agent, photoconductors, process cartridges, and complex units of a developer and a toner collector.In order to achieve the object, a packaging material of gas-bag type is provided which comprises tube-like bodies and connecting portions, wherein the tube-like bodies are able to swell by being injected inner gas, the connecting portions connect the tube-like bodies in parallel, the tube-like bodies are bendable so as to wrap an article to be packaged, and the packaging material is formed from substantially flat two sheets of one front sheet and one back sheet in a condition that the inner gas is substantially evacuated from the tube-like bodies.
US07726478B2	Containers for carrying firearm accessories and/or supporting firearms Containers for carrying firearm accessories (e.g., cleaning and maintenance supplies and tools) and/or supporting firearms are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a container includes a housing having an exterior side surface, an aperture in the exterior side surface, a storage device at the aperture, and a support structure at the housing. The storage device has a compartment and is movable between (a) a stowed position in which the compartment is positioned within the housing, and (b) a second position in which the compartment is at least partially external to the housing. The support structure is configured to interface with a removable firearm support for carrying a firearm.
US07726473B2	Cigarette ejecting box and blank for same A cigarette box includes an inner case (2) enclosing a bundle of cigarettes, an outer case (8) enclosing the inner case (2) in a manner allowing the inner case (2) to be moved up and down, and having a hinged lid (12) forming a part of a top wall thereof and a window (10) formed in a side wall to partly expose the inner case (2), and a link (20) connecting the inner case (2) and the hinged lid (12). When the inner case (2) is pushed up through the window (10) of the outer case (8), the link (20) urges the hinged lid (12) upward so that hinged lid (12) is opened. In an open position, the hinged lid (12) provides an access opening (16) projecting from the plane of the top wall of the outer case (8) and facing sideways of the outer case (8).
US07726472B1	System and method for storing, cleaning, drying, and hunting with diaphragm game callers A system and method for storing, cleaning, drying, and hunting with diaphragm game callers. In an exemplary embodiment, a sturdy, sealable, watertight container is adapted to house and secure one or more diaphragm callers in a fixed position. It also adapted to separate and hold apart the multiple diaphragms of each game caller. Further embodiments include means to facilitate rinsing, by a suitable rinsing agent, the game caller and all its surfaces, including between the separated and held apart diaphragms of the game caller. It may also include means to facilitate the drying of the opposing surfaces of diaphragms.
US07726471B2	Soapbox This soapbox is capable of draining wet bar soaps very quickly and efficiently and keeps water away from the surface of the bar soap. The unique design of the soap rack and its rack-bars keep the soap bar significantly dry and minimizes the wastage of soap. After its use, the bar soap will be conveniently stored in a compact, watertight box without the worry of spoiling the surroundings with the soapy water.
US07726455B2	Electro-mechanical clutch A clutch comprises an input pinion and an output pinion associated with a rotatable locking member that has a surface inclined with respect to an axis of rotation of the locking member. The surface cooperates with an engagement member, and the locking member is movable between a first position and a second position. In the first position, the surface forms a recess to receive the engagement member, and in the second position, the surface forms a projection to force the engagement member into abutment with the input pinion to establish a driveable connection between the input pinion and the output pinion.
US07726449B2	Damper assembly with torque limiter An airtight damper, an input axis, and a flywheel are mounted to the input axis with a bolt. A torque transmitter, a torque transmitter attachment unit of the flywheel, and a support plate are united with each other using a bolt. The torque transmitter includes a spline unit. A pressure plate engaged with the spline unit is pressed by a pressure spring so as to press a friction plate and a torque transmitter plate against the support plate. Since the torque transmitter plate is fixed to a drive plate by a rivet, the torque from the input axis can be transmitted to the drive plate. Although the torque from the engine is larger than an allowable value, a friction member can slip at a constant torque depending on the pressure of the pressure spring, thereby protecting the damper against an excess load.
US07726440B2	Low cost vehicle electrical and electronic components and systems manufactured from conductive loaded resin-based materials Vehicle electrical and electronic components are formed of a conductive loaded resin-based material. The conductive loaded resin-based material comprises micron conductive powder(s), conductive fiber(s), or a combination of conductive powder and conductive fibers in a base resin host. The percentage by weight of the conductive powder(s), conductive fiber(s), or a combination thereof is between about 20% and 50% of the weight of the conductive loaded resin-based material. The micron conductive powders are metals or conductive non-metals or metal plated non-metals. The micron conductive fibers may be metal fiber or metal plated fiber. Further, the metal plated fiber may be formed by plating metal onto a metal fiber or by plating metal onto a non-metal fiber. Any platable fiber may be used as the core for a non-metal fiber. Superconductor metals may also be used as micron conductive fibers and/or as metal plating onto fibers in the present invention.
US07726429B2	Fuel cell vehicle having support frame which couples side frames in width direction of vehicle A fuel cell vehicle includes: a motor chamber provided in a front part of the vehicle; side frames extending on right and left sides of the vehicle in a front-to-back direction of the vehicle; a fuel cell; a motor for driving the vehicle, wherein the motor is driven using electric power generated by the fuel cell, and the fuel cell, the motor, and the side frames are installed in the motor chamber; and a support frame for coupling rear portions of the side frames with each other in a width direction of the vehicle, and for supporting the fuel cell installed on the support frame, wherein the motor is arranged below the support frame. The fuel cell vehicle may further include a guide member for guiding the motor toward a lower-back side of the support frame when a front collision of the vehicle occurs.
US07726427B2	Battery fixing device The invention relates to a device (10) for fixing a battery (11), consisting of a support tray (12) comprising an essentially-flat support face (16) and two longitudinal flanges (17a, 17b). According to the invention, the first longitudinal flange (17a) comprises fixed lugs (20) which serve as positioning stops for a first lug (14a) of the battery (11). The support tray (12) comprises mobile lugs (21) which are connected to the second longitudinal flange (17b) and which each define a first blocking surface (22) for a second lug (14b) of the battery (11). The fixing device (10) comprises elastically-deformable actuation levers (25) which are associated with the mobile lugs (21) and a locking ramp (26) which co-operates with each mobile lug (21) and each corresponding actuation lever (25) such as to lock the battery (11) in position in the support tray (12).
US07726425B2	Power transmission system of hydraulically driven working vehicle A power transmission system of a hydraulically driven working vehicle comprises: a prime mover supported by a vehicle frame, the prime mover including a prime mover output shaft projecting in the fore-and-aft direction of the vehicle; a pump housing; a hydraulic pump disposed in the pump housing, the hydraulic pump including a pump shaft projecting from the pump housing in the fore-and-aft direction of the vehicle so as to be drivingly connected to the prime mover output shaft; a first hydraulic motor disposed outside the pump housing so as to be fluidly connected to the hydraulic pump; a transaxle supported by one of front and rear portions of the vehicle frame, the transaxle including a transaxle housing, a pair of axles disposed in the transaxle housing so as to be driven by the hydraulic motor, and a differential gear unit disposed in the transaxle housing so as to be drivingly interposed between the hydraulic motor and the pair of axles; a PTO shaft; and a working power train extracting a part of power transmitted from the prime mover output shaft to the pump shaft and transmitting the extracted power to the PTO shaft.
US07726418B2	Method and apparatus for adding a tubular to drill string with diverter Apparatus and a method for adding and removing tubulars whilst containing the pressure within a drill string and/or maintaining circulation of drilling fluid down a drill string using a diverter sub which is able to open up to mud flow from a side mud port and close off the flow of mud from above the drill string with or without continuous rotation of the drill string.
US07726410B2	Multi-stage inertization process for preventing and extinguishing fires within enclosed spaces The present invention relates to an inertization process for decreasing a risk of fire and for extinguishing fires in a protected room, wherein an oxygen concentration in the protected room is first lowered to a specific base inertization level, and wherein the oxygen concentration in the protected room is maintained at the base inertization level. In the event of a fire, additional inert gas is introduced based upon the extent of the fire in the protected room to further decrease from the base inertization level to a first lowered level. The oxygen concentration is maintained at the first lowered level for a first preset time interval, and further decreased from the first lowered level to a full inertization level, if the fire has not yet been extinguished once the first preset time interval has elapsed.
US07726407B2	Anchor system for packers in well injection service An isolation assembly for downhole injection use is described that features at least one isolation device mounted on a tubular so that when injection fluid changes the tubular temperature which can cause a length change in the tubular, an anchor for the tubular is provided to resist such a dimension change. The result is that the isolation device such as a packer can be left undamaged and retaining its sealing integrity. The anchor can be an inflatable or telescoping pistons disposed to grab in open hole. When using telescoping pistons, their placement on the liner and their pattern can meet the desired locations where grip is enhanced. Use of cement inflatable anchors is contemplated as an alternative.
US07726402B2	Methods for downhole sequestration of carbon dioxide Carbon dioxide is sequestered in a formation using a dual completion and injection method that reduces or eliminates upward leak rates of the sequestered carbon dioxide. The dual completion and injection method involves the injection of a benign fluid such as brine (water) into a permeable layer of the formation located above the sequestration layer and which is separated form the sequestration layer by a nearly impermeable layer. The water is preferably injected at the same time the carbon dioxide is injected.
US07726401B2	Casing exit joint with easily milled, low density barrier A casing exit joint with an easily milled and low density barrier. A casing exit joint for use in drilling a lateral wellbore outwardly from a parent wellbore includes a generally tubular window structure having a window formed through a sidewall of the structure. An outer sleeve is disposed external to the window structure, so that the sleeve overlies the window. A hardenable substance supports the sleeve against deflection toward the window. A method of drilling a lateral wellbore extending outwardly from a parent wellbore includes the steps of: providing a casing exit joint including a hardenable substance positioned in a sidewall of the casing exit joint; then installing the casing exit joint in the parent wellbore; and then cutting through the hardenable substance in order to provide access for drilling the lateral wellbore.
US07726394B2	Stabilizer for pipe handling equipment A stabilizer to suppress unwanted pivotal movement in pipe handling equipment suspended from bails. The stabilizer can contain either or both adjustable contacting members and non-adjustable contacting members which are rigidly connected to a portion of the pipe handling equipment. The adjustable contacting members contact the bails on one or both sides of the bail(s) to suppress motion of the elevator relative to the bail.
US07726393B2	Wellhead isolation tool and wellhead assembly incorporating the same A wellhead assembly is provided including a casing and a tubular member mounted over the casing. A flange extends from the tubular member. A generally elongated annular member is provided in the tubular member. The generally elongated annular member has a first end portion above the tubular member and second end portion below the first end portion. A hanger may be suspended within the tubular member. In such case, a seal may be formed between the elongate annular member and the hanger.
US07726389B2	Evaporator An evaporator includes a plurality of heat exchange tubes extending vertically and arranged in rows spaced apart from each other in a front-rear direction. A drainage acceleration member extending vertically is disposed between the adjacent front and rear heat exchange tubes. A gap is present between each of the adjacent front and rear heat exchange tubes, and the drainage acceleration member disposed between the front and rear heat exchange tubes. The gaps serve as drain channels. The evaporator exhibits excellent drainage of condensed water.
US07726388B2	Heat exchanger A plurality of heat exchange units (12) are placed in a frame (38). Respective heat exchange units (12) are positioned by pin holes (30) formed in fixing plates (21) installed on the heat exchange units (12) and knock pins (29) formed on a pair of bars (22) of the frame (38). The one side tank water inlet/outlet ports (19) and the other side tank water inlet/outlet ports (20) of the heat exchange units (12) are connected to the one side water receiving ports (35) of an upper tank (17) and the other side water receiving ports (36) of a lower tank (18), respectively. The upper tank (17), the heat exchange units (12), and the lower tank (18) are fixed to the frame (38) to form the heat exchanger (11). Thus, the heat exchanger having a specified heat exchange capacity and firmly supportable on a base can be provided.
US07726385B2	Heat dissipation interface for semiconductor chip structures The present invention is directed to a modular heat dissipating device that consists of a plurality of sheet and beam members which are connected together by heat pipes. The sheet or support fin member is constructed by folding a piece of heat conducting material which is then mounted on a beam member. There are individual compliant interfaces built into the fin members such that a good thermal contact can be ensured with the heat generating semiconductor devices. The modular heat dissipating devices can be stacked up to gain higher cooling capacity or spread around to cover multiple chips on a printed-wiring board.
US07726384B2	Heat pipe A heat pipe includes a hollow metal casing (100) and a honeycombed wick structure (200) arranged at an inner surface of the hollow metal casing. The wick structure includes a plurality of slices (210, 220) stacked together. Each of the slices has a plurality of pores therein and a plurality of protrusions (222) formed thereon along a longitudinal direction of the heat pipe to form a plurality of liquid channels (230) in the wick structure along the longitudinal direction of the heat pipe. Each liquid channel has alternate large and small sections (232, 231) along a length thereof.
US07726370B2	Vehicle wheel comprising a wheel rim and rubber tire A vehicle wheel with a wheel rim and a solid tire positioned on the wheel rim. The vehicle wheel has an annular upper shell having a first wedge-shaped surface and composed of at least two upper segments. Further, the vehicle wheel includes an annular lower shell composed of lower segments and having an outer circumference having a second wedge-shaped surface. Moreover, the second wedge-shaped surface is structured and arranged in a diametrically opposed manner to the first wedge-shaped surface. Additionally, the annular lower shell is arranged on the rim, the annular lower shell is arranged against the annular upper shell, and the annular upper shell is connected to the solid tire.
US07726356B2	Device for storing wine in vacuum A manually operated wine vacuum device that evacuates air from a partially filled bottle of wine or other oxygen-sensitive liquid prior to storage includes: (a) a body that defines a chamber; (b) a one-way de-aeration valve, and (c) a stopper that is adapted to be inserted into the interior of the bottle through the bottle's opening such that the interior of the bottle becomes in communication with the de-aeration valve which is configured so that gas flows into the chamber when the pressure in the chamber is lower than that of the interior of the bottle but gas does not flow into the interior of the bottle when the chamber is at a higher pressure. An open bottle abuts a collar formed in a recess region of the body as the bottle is coupled to the stopper and a piston slidably disposed within the chamber removes gas from the interior of the chamber when the piston is activated.
US07726355B2	Motorized vacuum/pressure pump and stopper A pump and stopper combination for vacuum or pressure sealing a container. The stopper has a pour opening and a one-way valve movable between an operative position to permit one-way flow of fluid into or out of the container when the pour opening is in the closed position, and an inoperative position when the pour opening is in the open position. A vacuum/pressure pump that connects to the stopper includes a drive adapted to convert rotational movement of a motor to reciprocating motion of a pump piston in a chamber, and one-way pump valves mounted in a selectable flow control member. The selectable flow control member is movable between pressure and vacuum positions to permit passage of fluid only into or out of the pump chamber. The pump also includes an indicator for indicating when a desired level of vacuum or pressure has been reached The pump may be incorporated into a container lid.
US07726353B2	Lid opening/closing system of an airtight container A curtain nozzle is located above an opening portion (10) in a FIMS. A gas curtain formed of inert gas for closing the opening portion is formed, and at the same time, the inert gas is also supplied to an inside of a FOUP. Here, the direction of supply of the inert gas supplied to the inside of the FOUP is such that it does not have a flow component directing toward the gas flow forming the gas curtain. The above-mentioned structure prevents increase over time in a partial pressure of oxidizing gas in the FOUP fixed by a FIMS system in an open state.
US07726346B2	Outer tubular reinforcement member A tubular structural member that provides adjustable directional resistance to a device. When orientated in a certain manner with respect to the direction of use, the tubular structural member will provide a different stiffness to the device it is affixed. The tubular structural member may be integrated with these devices so that these devices can have adjustable resistance and stiffness.
US07726341B2	Multi-way valve A multi-way valve has a housing with a stepped bore forming two piston guiding regions and a shoulder ring with two sealing shoulders. The housing also has a first, second and central transverse bores which are spaced along the cylindrical bore. A contact piston has a piston rod and sealing members secured thereon. The guide members are pressed fit onto opposite ends of the piston rod.
US07726334B2	Service valve assembly having a stop-fill device and remote liquid level indicator A system for determining a fluid level in a pressurizable container comprising is disclosed. The system includes a service valve having a set of wrench flats defining parallel flat surfaces, one of the wrench flats having a recess defined entirely within its flat surface, a stop-fill device interconnected with the service valve and operable to rotate a first magnet inside the service valve in proximity to the recess in proportion to the amount of fluid in the pressurizable container, and a dial assembly having a dial face and a pointer attached to a second magnet, the second magnet housed in a magnet protrusion on a side of the dial face opposite the pointer and operable to fit into the recess in the service valve such that the dial moves on the dial face proportionately to the degree of rotation of the first magnet inside the service valve. In one variation, a sensor placed in the recess or adjacent a throat of the service valve is electrically connected to a remotely located gauge for displaying a reading corresponding to the level of fluid in the container.
US07726331B1	Modular fluid handling device II A modular fluid handling device includes at least one block having opposing block faces shaped as tessellating regular polygons, and a series of block sides therebetween. Each block includes a central bore and fluid passages extending between the block faces, and possibly ducts extending between the bore and the fluid passages. The blocks may be rapidly horizontally and/or vertically affixed with their bores and/or fluid passages in communication to form a fluid handling device having the desired configuration (e.g., with the bores and fluid passages forming a desired process flow path, fluid circuit, or the like). Star wheels and/or rotor discs can be provided within the block bores for purposes of pumping fluids flowing within the bores, and/or for purposes of deriving power from fluid flow within the bores.
US07726326B2	Umbrella with repositionable grip Improved gripping structures for a hand-held umbrella are provided. In one example structure, a first grip is fixedly attached to an end of a shaft of the umbrella, such as the end located distally away from a canopy of the umbrella. A second grip is coupled to the shaft. The second grip may be slidably repositionable along the shaft. The second grip may include an interlocking device to lock the second grip at a desired location along the shaft. The second grip may further include a runner interface. An accessory mount may be disposed at the first grip to couple an accessory, such as a camera, at the end of the shaft distally away from the canopy of the umbrella.
US07726324B2	Dishwasher The present invention relates to a dishwasher. In more detail, the present invention provides a dishwasher including a sump housing for holding washing water, a washing water pumping unit for pumping the washing water, a drain chamber for receiving the washing water pumped thus, a soil chamber for receiving the washing water through the drain chamber, a guide assembly for guiding the washing water pumped thus to be provided to the soil chamber via the drain chamber, and a sump cover covered on an upper surface of the sump housing for filtering the washing water overflowed from the soil chamber, thereby filtering the washing water effectively, and improving recovery ratio of the washing water to reduce consumption of the washing water and power.
US07726319B1	Method for removal of water associated with bone while diminishing the dimensional changes associated with lyophilization A method for dehydrating a monolithic bone intended for implantation is provided. The method serves to conserve at least one of the biomechanical properties of the bone during the dehydration of the bone and its subsequent packaging. Also provided is a monolithic bone for implantation and a method of using the bone for the repair of damaged bone.
US07726312B2	Harnesses A harness for use with breathing apparatus has: a flexible hip plate 12 and a flexible bandolier-style shoulder panel 14, linked together by a strap 15, and a waist belt 16 fastenable by a sprung fastener. In use, the flexible hip plate 12 rests against the hip of a user (the left hip in this example), the waist belt is fitted around the waist of the user, and the shoulder panel 14 rests against the shoulder opposite to the hip against which the flexible plate is resting (the right shoulder in this example). At least the bandolier-style panel 14, and optionally also the hip plate 12 of the harness 10, are made of a resilient material which, though flexible, allows the harness substantially to retain its operational configuration even when not being worn. The material is preferably a composite, and may comprise closed cell, open face foam, such as compression moulded EVA foam. Two layers of such foam may be used in a sandwich construction, and may be glued or otherwise bonded together.
US07726309B2	Flexible connector A flexible connector that couples a delivery conduit to a patient interface device and a pressure support system that includes such a flexible connector. The flexible connector of the present invention prevents disruption of the seal between the patient interface and the patient's face. The flexible connector may have a bellows portion with a longitudinally directed portion, a narrowed neck portion, or a plurality of corrugations. The flexible connector may further have a swivel portion and/or an exhaust member, and/or a hinge member.
US07726290B2	Method and device for operating an internal combustion engine An internal combustion engine has at least one cylinder and an exhaust gas tract, in which an exhaust gas sensor, that can be heated in a controlled manner, is arranged. An exhaust gas temperature of an exhaust gas flowing in the exhaust gas tract is determined as a function of the heating power (P_HEAT) supplied to the exhaust gas sensor. An estimated value of the exhaust gas temperature is determined as a function of a physical model of the combustion of the air/fuel mixture and of the exhaust gas tract as a function of at least one operating variable of the internal combustion engine, but independent of the heating power supplied to the exhaust gas sensor. Model parameters of the physical model are adapted as a function of a deviation of the estimated value and of the exhaust gas temperature determined by the supplied heating power.
US07726275B2	System and method for powering a mechanically driven accessory component in an automotive vehicle A belt integrated starter generator may selectively drive accessory components while an engine is off. The belt integrated starter generator may also selectively drive a crankshaft of the engine. Clutches are used to access rotational power from the belt.
US07726256B1	Apparatus and method for lining large diameter pipe with an environmentally compatible impervious membrane A method and apparatus is disclosed for remotely and robotically installing an organic, monolithic, structural and non structural, circumferential and partial radius membranes in conduits, pipelines or passageways. The included apparatus has the mechanical function to manually or automatically center the liner dissipation device in any geometrical shape. The included apparatus possesses the remote controlled capability to manipulate centrifugal dissipation of the liner to afford consistent thickness on any shaped profile or flat surface of the pipe wall surface. The apparatus includes a manual or automatic mechanical scissoring device for elevation changes and a manual or automatic rotational table for shaft alignment. The apparatus includes a means of automated self alignment by way of proximity sensors. The pendulum oscillation bracketing incorporates a fluid driven motor assembly communicating with a bored shaft and integrates as many as two offset dissipation devices. The included apparatus has both fluid and electrical rotary unions to transmit fluids and current from fixed ports to a rotating shaft assembly. The included apparatus has a mechanical function facilitating cutting and retrieval of cured spray build up on the spray orifice. This method and apparatus will allow for continuous lining applications of any thickness in one pass, in conduits and passageways employing multi component liquid polymers with rapid mechanical properties formation.
US07726255B2	Display device for vehicle The present invention provides a display device for a vehicle that includes a speed display unit that displays a vehicle speed on a speed scale; and a supply-rate display unit that displays a supply rate that is a fuel supply amount per a give time on a supply-rate scale. In this display device for a vehicle, the speed scale and the supply-rate scale are arranged in parallel with a constant distance therebetween.
US07726245B2	Muzzleloader ammunition A fixed round of ammunition for a muzzle loader firearm. The round has a bullet within a sabot that is engaged to a consumable cartridge case. The case is filled with propellant that is precisely calibrated to provide optimal ballistic properties with the particular bullet it is engaged to. The consumable cartridge case can be more tailored to respectively increase or decrease the burn rate of the consumable cartridge case. The consumable cartridge case can be constructed out of nitrocellulose or other energetic materials. A wide range of propellant formulas can be used that are safe because the burn rate is precisely calibrated for the bullet used. The propellant can contain pyrotechnic material and/or other ingredients to reduce the burn rate of a smokeless propellant and can contain a stabilizer to increase the shelf life of the ammunition round.
US07726243B2	Igniter safe and arm, igniter assembly and flare so equipped and method of providing a safety for an igniter assembly A parachute flare igniter assembly includes a novel safety for arresting the motion of a slider when subjected to external forces, but allows slider motion when subjected to intended cable actuation forces. The igniter safety includes a housing, a slider, a cable and a sleeve. The slider, connected to the cable, is slidably received within the housing. The cable moves the slider by applying a cable force conventionally obtained by actuation of a parachute associated with the flare and connected to an end of the cable opposite an end connected to the slider. The sleeve is connected to the cable and is disposed between the housing and the slider, so that the sleeve will arrest the slider with respect to the housing when the cable force is not present. A flare and a method of providing a safety in an igniter assembly is also provided.
US07726235B1	Top cooker apparatus A relatively compact cooking assembly includes means for selectively positioning a cooking element above several cooking zones of a lower grill. In addition to a lower heated metal surface having several cooking zones, which may be delineated by vertical barriers or splash plates, the system includes an upper assembly comprising an upper member in which a radiant heating element is positioned, said assembly being adapted to fit over the back splash plate of the grill and extending the depth (back to front) of the grill, and further adapted to be raised or lowered and selectively raised or lowered as well as positioned by a sliding motion above a designated zone in predetermined sequence.
US07726230B1	Semiautomatic pistol The semiautomatic pistol has a rigidly fixed barrel and sights attached thereto. The body of the pistol receives a breechbolt that moves axially in line with the fixed barrel. Cartridges are transferred from the magazine up to the action in the breechbolt, and spent cartridge cases are ejected out of a side eject port disposed on the pistol. Dismounting of the breechbolt is facilitated by a pivotal dismounting post at the rear of the eject port.
US07726226B2	Trimming apparatus operable in auto mode or manual mode The present invention relates to a trimming apparatus operable in an auto mode or a manual mode. The trimming apparatus include a cutter frame, a transmission belt, a motor, a clamping element, a switch and a mode-switching unit. By adjusting the mode-switching unit to control clamping element to clamp or release the transmission belt, the trimming apparatus 100 is operated in either the auto mode or the manual mode.
US07726220B2	Inner and outer diameter chuck for a laser cutting/engraving rotary fixture A chuck for a laser cutting/engraving rotary fixture comprises a chuck plate having a chuck plate axis of rotation and at least two mount brackets spaced symmetrically radially with respect to one another about the chuck plate axis of rotation. Each mount bracket comprises an inclined contact surface and each mount bracket is rotatably attached to the chuck plate about the mount bracket axis of rotation. The inclined contact surface can be selectively rotated between a first position with the inclined contact surface inclined toward the mount plate axis of rotation and a second position with the inclined contact surface inclined away from the mount plate axis of rotation. An effectively concave contact surface is defined with each of the inclined contact surfaces in the first position. An effectively convex contact surface is defined with each of the mount brackets in the second position for engaging an inner diameter of a work piece.
US07726213B2	Opto-mechanical tilt and inertial force sensor A sensor having a mass that moves relative to a structure is disclosed. The mass is attached to the structure by a rigid member such that the mass moves around a pivot point on the structure, the pivot point remaining fixed with respect to the structure as the mass moves. A code scale is attached to the mass. An imaging system that is fixed with respect to the structure forms an image of the code scale. A controller provides an indication of a position of the mass relative to the structure using the code scale image. The rigid member can include a surface having the code scale thereon, the surface rotating about the pivot point as the mass moves such that the surface remains at a fixed distance from the pivot point as the mass moves.
US07726205B2	Transducer for a rotating body A load cell assembly for sensing force and/or moment components on a rotating body supported by a frame includes an axle having opposite ends joined to the frame. A hub is supported by the axle and rotatable about a longitudinal axis thereof. A load cell body joined to the hub and the rotating body is used to sense force and/or moment components between the hub and the rotating body.
US07726195B2	Accelerator/brake control using acoustic sensing A pressure sensitive acoustic wave sensor and actuator include an acoustic wave cavity foπned in a substrate, a transducer generating an acoustic wave substantially trapped in the acoustic wave cavity and an acoustic wave absorbing member that absorbs more acoustic wave energy in the acoustic wave cavity in response to increased pressure on the member. The speed and/or braking of an electric vehicle is controlled through operator input of a foot pedal, using the pressure sensitive acoustic wave sensor.
US07726188B2	Scale factor measurement for mems gyroscopes and accelerometers An inertial instrument such as an accelerometer or gyroscope having scale factor functionality, and that lies generally in a plane. The gyro detects rotation rate about a gyro input axis. The gyroscope has a substrate, a generally planar scale factor gimbal flexibly coupled to the substrate such that it is capable of oscillatory motion about the input axis, a generally planar support member coplanar with and flexibly coupled to the scale factor gimbal such that the support member is capable of oscillatory motion about a drive axis that is orthogonal to the input axis, and a generally planar gyro member coplanar with and flexibly coupled to the support member such that it is capable of rotary oscillatory motion relative to the support member about an output axis that is orthogonal to the plane of the members. There are one or more first drives for oscillating the support member about the drive axis, and one or more second drives for oscillating the scale factor gimbal about the input axis. One or more gyro output sensors that detect oscillation of the gyro member about an output axis that is orthogonal to both the input axis and the drive axis.
US07726187B2	Thermal type flow meter and engine control system using the same A thermal type flow meter has a first heating resistor, a second heating resistor for blocking heat transfer from the first heating resistor to a console, a temperature measuring resistor interposed between the two heating resistors, and a controller for calculating a flow rate unrelated to temperatures of fluid from temperatures of the resistors and currents supplied to the heating resistors.
US07726181B2	Ignition timing measuring and display device of internal combustion engine An ignition timing measuring and display device of an internal combustion engine (1) having a magneto (A) includes a reference RPM signal pulse detector (2) for detecting a reference RPM signal pulse of the internal combustion engine (1) and an ignition noise pulse detector (4) for detecting ignition noise of an electromagnetic wave generated in the vicinity of an ignition plug (3) when ignition is carried out in the internal combustion engine (1) and calculates ignition timing generated by the magneto (A) based on the signal pulse and the ignition noise pulse and displays it. Since the ignition timing of the internal combustion engine can be easily monitored, maintenance can be carried out to the internal combustion engine and an ignition device to realize a necessary operating performance of the internal combustion engine.
US07726180B2	Float and liquid container using the float, method for preventing malfunction of probe in automatic analyzer, and examination method using automatic analyzer In a liquid container used in an automatic analyzer, a float that makes it possible to prevent liquid from making contact with a liquid collection opening of the liquid container to form a film thereon is provided. A float is floated on the liquid surface of a reagent placed in a reagent container for use with an automatic analyzer. The float is equipped with a float body and a required number of buoyancy adjusters. The float body is equipped with a liquid surface cover that covers substantially the entire liquid surface, and a side wall portion positioned so as to project beneath the liquid surface from the liquid surface cover. The side wall portion constitutes a device for the purpose of suppressing swaying motions of the liquid surface cover by making contact with or engaging an inner wall of the reagent container when the reagent sways.
US07726176B2	Detector mounting in paramagnetic gas analyzers The invention relates to paramagnetic gas analyzer with a housing, comprising: an electromagnet with an air gap; power source for said electromagnet; a sample gas conduit and a reference gas conduit into said air gap; an exit conduit communicating with said air gap for removing the intermixed gases; pressure detecting microphones connected to said sample gas conduit and to said reference gas conduit for sensing the gas pressures; as well as electronics. The pressure detecting microphones comprise two independent microphonic membranes that are parallel to each other, their pressure surfaces being to the same direction, or to the opposite directions. The electrical outputs of the microphones provide signals that are proportional to gas pressures in the sample gas and reference gas conduits, and that are further processed in the electronics to eliminate effects of mechanical shocks or the like.
US07726174B2	Universal air bubble detector A universal air bubble detector allows for use with a variety of sizes and types of tubing. The detector maintains proper alignment of a sensor emitter and receiver with different sizes of tubing. The detector may be mounted on existing equipment or may be used to monitor a tubing at any position along the tubing, and may operate in a stand alone mode or in combination with existing equipment.
US07726172B2	Testing device for acoustic probes and systems A hand-held testing device tests operation of acoustic elements of an acoustic device. The hand-held testing device has a housing, a power supply local to the housing, an acoustic transducer, and circuitry. The circuitry is disposed within the housing and is provided in electrical communication with the power supply and with the acoustic transducer. The circuitry is configured to identify production of a voltage pulse by the acoustic transducer in response to receipt of a received acoustic signal by the acoustic transducer from one of the acoustic elements and to operate the transducer to transmit a transmitted acoustic signal to the acoustic element.
US07726169B2	Method of assessing the performance of a steam generator A grading system for a pressurized water reactor steam generator secondary side performance that provides a cumulative assessment of tube bundle deposit inventory and characteristics, i.e., scale density and distribution, hard scale collar formation, thermal performance, loose parts management, and steam generator secondary side chemistry performance. Results are summarized in a cumulative quality point average with individual parameter ratings available so that specific performance improvement may be achieved.
US07726167B2	Tooling System A tooling system comprises a plurality of elements (24) arranged in an array, each element being supported on a cross rail (22) and being moveable relative to the other elements in the array. Each element terminates in a threaded support post (25) extending from a first end of the element, and is associated with a corresponding internally threaded aperture in the cross rail upon which the element is supported. The tooling system further comprises an adjusting component in the form of a fork (46) which is driveable in rotation and engageable with an element of the array to drive the element in rotation, upon rotation of the fork.
US07726164B2	Arrangement in a press roll and a press roll An arrangement in connection with supporting a press roll which press roll includes a support shaft extending through a rotating roll shell in the axial direction and being supported using at least one bearing element in at least one bearing point to a support frame, such as a bearing block, and which arrangement includes a torque support for preventing the rotation of the support shaft. At least one torque support has been arranged to at least one of the bearing points inside a bearing housing or equivalent.
US07726162B2	Method of shaping container bodies and corresponding apparatus Method wherein a) a container (1, 6) is placed in a two halves mould (2) having an internal shaped wall (21), b) an internal pressure P of a fluid is build up so as to shape the skirt (12), is characterized in that an external pressure P′of a fluid is applied in an upper space (101) contiguous to an external or upper surface (100) of the open top end (10) and/or in a lower space (141) contiguous to an external or lower surface (140) of the shaped bottom end (14), so as to have, during the span of time Δt, a pressure difference ΔP\|P−P′1 low enough to prevent any distortion of the shaped open top end (10) and/or the shaped bottom end (14), so as to form a shaped metallic container (1′, 6′). An apparatus for carring out the method is also disclosed.
US07726159B2	Work table for an automatic machine for cutting leathers and the like A work table for an automatic machine for cutting leathers and the like, includes a plurality of holes opening outwards and communicating with a vacuum source, to make portions of leathers to adhere to the active surface (3) of the work table (1). The work table (1) includes a central body (1a), supported by a fixed structure (2). At least one lateral portion (1h, 1j), connected to the fixed structure (2), is moved by first motion means (10h, 10j) between at least one work configuration (K1), in which its active surface (3h, 3j) is aligned with the active surface (3a) of the central body (1a), to define the active surface (3) of the work table (1), and a rest configuration (K2) of reduced dimension, in which the active surfaces (3a, 3h, 3j) of the central body (1a) and the lateral portion (1h, 1j) are arranged at an angle with respect to each other.
US07726132B2	Method for increasing the aerodynamic stability of a working fluid flow of a compressor The present disclosure relates to a method for improving aerdynamic stability of a working fluid flow through a compressor of a turbomachine, in particular through a compressor of gas turbine used for power production, particularly against rapidly changing aero speed of the compressor. The method comprises to introduce a first water mass flow to the working fluid flow of the compressor. Furthermore, the disclosure relates to a turbomachine, in particular a gas turbine, which can be driven according to the above method.
US07726114B2	Integrated combustor-heat exchanger and systems for power generation using the same A combustor-heat exchanger system comprising a plurality of cans. Each can includes an inner cylinder and an outer cylinder forming an annular space in between, wherein the inner cylinder is configured to receive and combust a fuel and compressed oxidant to generate heat and a hot gas. The outer cylinder is configured to receive a portion of a gas lean in carbon dioxide from a turbine system and utilize the heat from the inner cylinder to generate a heated gas. The combustor-heat exchanger further includes an inlet volute along the surface of the inner cylinder configured to receive the portion of the gas lean in carbon dioxide and distribute the gas lean in carbon dioxide into an axial flow through the annular space of each can. The combustor-heat exchanger also includes an outlet volute along the surface of the outer cylinder configured to receive the heated gas from each can, a first manifold to distribute the gas lean in carbon dioxide stream into each inlet volute and a second manifold to receive the heated gas from each can and generate a hot discharge stream.
US07726113B2	Gas turbine engine assembly and methods of assembling same A method for assembling a gas turbine engine includes coupling a low-pressure turbine to a core turbine engine, and coupling a counter-rotating fan assembly including a first fan assembly and a second fan assembly to the low-pressure turbine such that the first fan assembly rotates in a first direction and the second fan assembly rotates in an opposite second direction.
US07726110B2	Discharge chute for turf mower A discharge chute assembly for a turf mower having a resilient deflector and a frame connecting the deflector to a mower deck proximate to a side discharge outlet. The frame includes one or more extension elements which engage the deflector. In one embodiment the extension elements are captured within pockets defined within the deflector. The pivoting frame mass facilitates a quick recovery to a guarded condition after the deflector rises in contact with an obstruction. Additionally, the frame mass allows the deflector to maintain an upright, unguarded orientation without additional biasing forces which is useful, for example, during a machine loading operation.
US07726105B2	Bag packaging machine with vertical intermittent operation A bag packaging machine with vertical intermittent operation, which has a sealing station for the opposite pair of films that form the bags, in which two sealing plates operate in opposite position with respect to the symmetrical vertical axis Y-Y of the machine, which are supported with possibility of free sliding by corresponding frames fixed to free shafts that extend from the back to the front of the machine with forward inclination towards the front of the machine.
US07726093B2	Wall reinforcement using constant force A wall support and reinforcing apparatus that applies a constant force on a structural support member, such as a steel I-beam, that is adjacent the wall. The apparatus includes a bias that is interposed between the building, or a bracket mounted to the building, and the structural member. Thus, the bias force is applied to straighten the wall at all times, thereby having the straightening effect and keeping the structural member from being displaced laterally due to complete release of all forces to the structural member.
US07726090B2	Wheel spacer for reinforcing rods of cementitious structures A wheel spacer is provided for spacing a reinforcing rod for a cementitious structure away from an object during fabrication of the structure. The spacer consists of two substantially semicircular sections configured for connection together with the rod abuttingly retained in saddles generally situated at the center of the sections when connected together in an assembled configuration for the spacer. Each section has, on an inner wall thereof in which the saddles are situated, primary inserting arms for insertion into apertures for locking engagement with teeth on the inserting arms with teeth on receiving arms of the other section. Retaining arms having guide walls further facilitate retention of the rod and guiding thereof towards the saddles while the spacer is placed in the assembled configuration.
US07726088B2	Flooring system A joint for connecting two adjacent flooring panels together in a substantially vertical manner includes a rotatable locking member made of plastic, metal or another resilient material. The rotatable locking member is located within a groove or opening of one flooring panel and the second flooring panel has a tongue shaped to mate with the rotatable locking member. Upon installation, the rotatable member rotates and locks around the back of the tongue via a groove above the tongue. The rotatable locking member includes a resilient arm which is bent away from its initial rest position upon installation, so that when the rotatable locking member locks onto the tongue, the resilient arm is bent providing a biasing force which holds the panel securely in position.
US07726084B2	Drainage systems for use in masonry block construction A drainage system comprises an elongate flashing member, to be received beneath a course of CMUs, in use. A layer of water permeable material is attached to an upper surface of the flashing member. The water permeable material includes a longitudinal portion extending longitudinally adjacent a rear edge of the flashing member and a plurality of transverse portions extending transversely from the longitudinal portion to a front edge of the flashing member. A plurality of blocks of water permeable material are provided, each being positioned above the layer of water permeable material and extending upwardly into cavities of CMUs, in use. The water permeable material of the layer and the blocks has a porosity sufficient to permit water to pass therethrough but substantially insufficient to permit mortar and debris to pass therethrough so that water in cavities of the CMUs drains through the transverse portions.
US07726077B2	Gutter cover system A gutter cover system including a gutter cover and a bracket member having a shaft with a wall end having a curved member with a raised profile, and a swivel end; a tab member extending upwardly from the raised profile and forming an outwardly directed slot; and a lip member affixed to the swivel end configured to be mating received within the lip of a gutter. The gutter cover including a planar panel for positioning on the roof, an arcuate nose, and a lower member with a foot configured for matingly inwardly insertion into the slot; the raised profile structured to facilitate installation of the bracket member and installation of the gutter cover on the bracket member.
US07726065B2	Device and method for removing pests from a surface The present invention provides a pest removal device for removing a pest from a surface and a method of using the pest removal device. The pest removal device comprises an engagement side covered by an adhesive layer, a backing side positioned opposite the engagement side, a single release tab covered with a non-adhesive layer extending from the pest removal device for removing the engagement side from the surface.
US07726062B2	Snag-resistant fishing lure The snag-resistant fishing lure is a snag-free fishing lure designed to minimize the chances of the lure becoming ensnared. The lure has a jig and a blade attached to the blade in a configuration that limits the side-to-side movement of the blade, thereby preventing the jig from rolling to a hook-downward position prone to snagging. A centrally aligned hole is positioned close to the front edge of the blade member. An eyelet extending from the jig body is attached through an aperture in the blade. The blade is limited in its side-to-side movement by contact between the blade edge and either the jig body or the eyelet. The limited side-to-side movement of the blade creates a quick, controlled, oscillating blade action that imparts a natural swimming motion to the lure, emulating prey species movements.
US07726060B1	Firearm fastening assembly and method of use A fastening assembly, method of use and associate kit for use in firearms assembly is provided. In one embodiment, at least one insert having at least a first mating portion and slanted surface is provided. A second mating portion is provided and is adjacent at least one of a receiver or barrel and configured to interlock and mate with the at least first mating portion. A stock is also provided, having at least one sidewall and at least one seating portion provided adjacent or integrated with the one sidewall and dimensioned to correspond and accept at least a portion of the insert. In particular embodiments, a fastener is also provided to fasten and secure the at least one insert to the at least one seating portion of the stock.
US07726052B2	Farm implement A tined implement coupled to front arms of a front end loader includes a hitch quick-coupler mechanism, a body, at least one tine and a plurality of arm coupling brackets. The body is coupled to the quick-coupler mechanism and defines a plurality of apertures each having tine bearing surfaces. The at least one tine is coupled to the body and positioned within one of the tine bearing surfaces. The plurality of arm coupling brackets are coupled to the quick-coupler mechanism. The brackets are rotatably coupled to the front arms of the front end loader.
US07726051B2	Wheel-type working machine and method of controlling the same A hydraulic excavator includes: an oil-pressure cut valve for suspending pressure oil supply to a PPC valve; a lock switch for operating the oil-pressure cut valve; and a control device for controlling a switching of the oil-pressure cut valve. The control device includes: a lock-state determining unit that determines a lock state of working equipment by considering the status of the lock switch; a traveling-state determining unit that determines a traveling state of the hydraulic excavator; an alert-issuing controlling unit that issues an alert urging locking of the working equipment; and a relay control unit that actuates the oil-pressure cut valve to suspend the flow of pressure oil. The alert-issuing controlling unit issues the alert and the relay control unit actuates the oil pressure cut valve when the hydraulic excavator is determined to be traveling and the working equipment is determined not to be in the lock state.
US07726047B1	Cleats and footwear for providing customized traction A removable cleat includes a plurality of projections, dividing into sets, with each set of projections made of different materials. The cleat includes a coupling element, for attachment to a shoe, and a ground contacting element. The ground contacting element contains a plurality of projections, with the projections divided into at least two sets. The projections may be disposed about the perimeter of the ground contacting element, such that each set of projections does not extend more than half the perimeter. Additionally, some of the plurality of projections may be located interior to the perimeter. Further, each set of projections may be oriented in a particular direction with respect to a plane formed by the perimeter. Each interspersed set of projections may be made of a different material, or each projection may itself be made of a different material. Further, a directional cleat may include sets of projections interspersed on different parts of the cleat, with each set made of different materials. Such materials may also be of different colors, to help ensure correct installation of the directional cleat on a shoe.
US07726038B2	Guide rail with an absolute dimensional standard A guide rail for a linear bearing has a longitudinal axis, a first and second diametrically opposed lateral surface and a top lateral surface, running surfaces provided on the first and/or second lateral surfaces and extending parallel to the longitudinal axis, for a guide carriage of the linear bearing, and an incremental dimensional standard for a position measuring device provided on one of the lateral surfaces, wherein an absolute dimensional standard is provided on another lateral surface, which is scanable by the position measuring device together with the incremental dimensional standard in order to determine an absolute position.
US07726032B1	Safety razor handle assembly A safety razor handle assembly including a safety razor having a handle and a razor blade head. The assembly including an elongated body portion, a hand gripping portion affixed to one end of the elongated body portion, and a safety razor engaging portion affixed to the other end. The razor engaging portion engaging the handle of the safety razor so that the handle of the safety razor extends axially from the elongated body portion and the blade head of the safety razor extends laterally beyond the safety razor engaging portion.
US07726029B2	Safety cutting apparatus A cutting apparatus has a unidirectionally-locking blade cover that automatically snaps back over the exposed blade after each cut, and a dependent, index finger operated unlocking trigger.
US07726028B2	Cutting device for pipelines A cutting device for cutting or bursting a pipeline includes a basic body having at least one cutting or perforating element, wherein the cutting or perforating element discontinuously cuts the pipeline in the longitudinal direction or at least discontinuously weakens the pipe material.
US07726026B1	Powdered metal inlay Hot-isostatic-pressure (HIP) is used to bond a cemented carbide inlay (e.g., an inlay ring) on a metal substrate (e.g., a hull ring). For example, an inlay ring is made from a powdered metal inlay preform typically comprising at least one metal carbide and at least one nonvolatile cement. The inlay preform is compressed and sintered to make an inlay ring having a predetermined shape, the inlay ring having a modulus of elasticity substantially greater than that of a hull ring. An inlay ring and a hull ring are sealingly vacuum brazed together with at least one evacuated bonding area between them. HIP is applied to compress the hull ring against the inlay ring, thus fusing the hull ring and inlay ring in at least one evacuated bonding area. Following HIP, the inlay ring and hull ring form a fused assembly in which the inlay ring substantially retains its predetermined shape.
US07726018B2	Method of compensating for crosstalk A method for reducing crosstalk between a plurality of wires in a network cable using a network cable jack that includes a printed circuit board (PCB) for balancing both inductive and capacitive coupling. The method includes using two distinct inductance zones separated by a neutral zone. Significant gains in degrees of freedom are achieved for designing PCB trace patterns in which a pair of inductive coupling zones jointly offset the inductive coupling caused by a specification plug and the jack contacts, both in magnitude and phase angle. Further, using distinct inductance zones offers more freedom regarding the placement of capacitive plates for use in capacitance balancing as well as the placement of terminals and insulation displacement contacts. Although the magnitude of a capacitive coupling is determined by the length of the capacitor plates parallel to current carrying traces, the approach allows capacitive and inductive coupling to be balanced independently.
US07726011B2	Chip transfer method and apparatus In a chip transferring apparatus a wafer (44) and a lead frame (50) are positioned. A first chip (42) is picked up from the wafer (44) by a transfer head (14; 40a-40d) in a chip pick-up position, while bonding a second chip to the lead frame (50) by another transfer head in a chip bonding position. The first chip (42) is then transferred by said one of the transfer heads from the chip pick-up position to the chip bonding position. Next, the first chip (42) is bonded on the lead frame (50) by said one of the transfer heads (14; 40a-40d) in the chip bonding position, while another one of the transfer heads picks up a third chip from the wafer (44) in the chip pick-up position. Each transfer head (14; 40a-40d) comprises a collet (66a-66d) which, through a mechanical coupling, is coupled to another collet for compensating radial forces exerted on the collet relative to said axis of rotation. Vacuum is transferred to the collet from a stationary pressure source by groove sections (106) in a transfer assembly stator (100) communicating through a gap (104) between the rotatable transfer assembly (32) and the transfer assembly stator (100) with gas ducts in the transfer head (14; 40a-40d) and the corresponding collet (66a-66d). A chip (42) is picked up from a wafer (44) by a needle mechanism (224).
US07726008B2	Method of forming a magnetic-field sensor having magnetic nanoparticles A magnetic-field sensor device comprises at least two electrodes; an insulating layer separating the at least two electrodes; at least one layer of chemically-synthesized magnetic nanoparticles disposed at or above a level with the insulating layer, and disposed between the at least two electrodes; and an organic spacer surrounding each of the chemically-synthesized magnetic nanoparticles. A deviation between diameters of different ones of the nanoparticles is less than 15%. Moreover, the chemically-synthesized magnetic nanoparticles range in size between 2 nm and 20 nm in diameter.
US07726006B2	Method of manufacturing stator unit, and motor using the stator In manufacturing of the stator unit 2 according to one preferred embodiment of the present invention, a plurality of terminal pins are arranged in an axially spaced manner from a plurality of the coils during a twining process of the wires from the coils 232 to the terminal pins 241. Then, after the wire is twined to the terminal pins, the terminal pins connected to the coils are moved along the outer side face of the sleeve housing, functioning to as a guide portion 2201 for the terminal pins. By virtue of the configuration, the terminal pins 241 may be approximated to the coils without applying the tension on wire, and the stator unit may be made thin with preventing the open circuit of the wires.
US07726005B2	Method for making an electromagnetically excitable core of an electrical machine with a multiphase winding The method of making an electromagnetically excitable core of an electrical machine with a multiphase winding (13) includes preparing a core (10) having a substantially parallelepiped shape, which is provided with a plurality of parallel grooves (N1 to N36; N1 to N48) in one side in a first step. In at least one subsequent step at least three phase windings (100, 200, 300) are laid in these grooves in such a manner that only one winding overhang is outside of the core.
US07726001B2	Method of manufacturing a coupling assembly A coupling system for conduit and pipe for carrying insulated electrical cable, more particularly, a conduit coupling assembly for connecting multiple lengths of conduit in coaxial relationship.
US07726000B2	Method of securing first and second splined members together A method is provided for securing first and second splined members together, such as a midship tube shaft to an end fitting in a driveshaft assembly, to prevent relative axial movement from occurring therebetween. Initially, a first splined member is provided that includes an outer surface having a recess and a plurality of external splines provided thereon. Also, a second splined member is provided that includes an inner surface a plurality of internal splines provided thereon. The inner surface of the second splined member is disposed about the outer surface of the first splined member such that the plurality of internal splines cooperate with the plurality of external splines. Then, a portion of the second splined member is deformed into the recess of the first splined member to secure the first and second splined members together, while preventing relative axial movement from occurring therebetween.
US07725999B2	Method for positioning an eyelet in a feed-through assembly A feed-through subassembly includes a plurality of wires. The feed-through subassembly is positioned in a holding device such that the plurality of wires are pointed in an upward direction. A protective tube is placed over the plurality of wires. Heat is applied to the protective tube. A portion or all of the protective tube is shrunk.
US07725998B2	Washing-machine disassembling method and disassembling apparatus, recycled resin and resin product A method of disassembling a washing machine is a disassembling method for a washing machine including a reduction-gear unit secured on the outside of a water tub and a dehydration tub disposed in the water tub, and the method includes a release step of applying force, along the axial direction of a rotary shaft, in the direction of separating the reduction-gear unit and the dehydration tub from each other to release connection between the reduction-gear unit and the dehydration tub. This scheme can be employed to provide a method of disassembling a washing machine that can recover resin included in the washing machine at a high recovery ratio.
US07725996B2	Method for producing actuator device A method for producing an actuator device, comprising the steps of: forming a vibration plate on a substrate; and forming a piezoelectric element composed of a lower electrode, a piezoelectric layer, and an upper electrode on the vibration plate, wherein in the step of forming the piezoelectric element, the upper electrode is formed on the piezoelectric layer by sputtering, a temperature of 25 to 250 (° C.) and a pressure of 0.4 to 1.5 (Pa) are used during the sputtering, and upon the sputtering, the upper electrode having a thickness of 30 to 100 (nm), stress of 0.3 to 2.0 (GPa), and specific resistance of 2.0 (×10−7 Ω·m) or less is formed.
US07725986B2	Castor that is operated smoothly and conveniently A castor includes a main body, two rollers, a plurality of rolls, two retaining members, and two covers. Thus, the rolls are rotatably mounted between the main body and the respective roller, so that each of the rollers is rotatable on the main body smoothly. In addition, the rolls and the rollers are made of the same material to reduce the friction between the rolls and the rollers during rotation of the castor, so that the rolls and the rollers are not easily worn out during a long-term utilization. Further, the rollers are covered by the covers so that only the through hole of the main body is exposed outwardly from the covers and the rollers, thereby enhancing the aesthetic quality of the castor.
US07725977B2	Remotely actuated surface preparation device A remote surface preparation device for preparing a remote surface, such as cleaning the inside surface of an aquarium tank from the outside is provided. The device includes a remotely actuated surface preparation assembly having a body with at least one magnetic element for coupling it for remote actuation to complimentary magnetic elements in a moving drive head disposed at some distance therefrom. The device includes an adjustment mechanism which can vary the magnitude of the magnetic forces coupling the remote surface preparation assembly to the device, even during device operation.
US07725975B2	Device for cleaning LCD panel A device for cleaning a liquid crystal display panel including at least one pad part cleaning brush removing foreign matters from a pad part of the liquid crystal display panel, a holder holding the pad part cleaning brush, a driving shaft rotating the holder, and a driving motor providing a rotating force to the driving shaft.
US07725972B2	Toothbrush A head for an electric toothbrush having first and second brush parts, one of which is rotary and the other is reciprocally moveable or static. Preferred forms have elastomeric oral hygiene parts, and electric toothbrush heads with novel “V” sectioned oral hygiene parts are also disclosed.
US07725969B1	Climbing and rappelling accessory and method A novel tool and process, primarily useful for assisting ice climbers in creating a “V-thread” anchor.
US07725967B2	Patient bed for transporting and/or positioning a patient A patient bed is provided for transporting and/or positioning a patient. The patient bed has a bed area provided for receiving a patient. The patient bed is flexible at least in the bed area in such a way that the patient bed can be rolled up around a part of the patient bed. The patient bed has at least one transport mount for acting on by a transporter, and the patient bed is designed to be transported via the at least one transport mount when loaded with a patient. The patient bed has a plurality of reinforcing fibers, which are flexible and tension-proof, wherein each of the reinforcing fibers passes through the bed area and is operatively connected to at least one of the at least one transport mount in such a way that a force acting on the bed area can be transmitted at least partially to the at least one transport mount.
US07725951B2	Clothing adherable knee pads A clothing adherable knee pad for a pair of shorts includes a bendable flexible arcuate pad which bends over the knee of a kneeling person. The knee pad is cantilevered downward from at least two linearly extending elastic, stretchable straps which are connected at distal ends thereof each to a respective clothing engageable clip at upper region of the knee pad, wherein each clip is attachable to a leg of a pair of short pants. The two or more linearly extending elastic, stretchable straps engage the knee pad by being attached thereto or by being woven through respective pairs of slits extending through the upper region of the knee pad. The straps are of sufficient length so that when attached to clothing, such as short pants, respective locations of the clips upon short pants legs avoids uncomfortable encroachments to respective lateral and rear areas of the knee of the user.
US07730547B2	Smart materials: strain sensing and stress determination by means of nanotube sensing systems, composites, and devices The present invention is directed toward devices comprising carbon nanotubes that are capable of detecting displacement, impact, stress, and/or strain in materials, methods of making such devices, methods for sensing/detecting/monitoring displacement, impact, stress, and/or strain via carbon nanotubes, and various applications for such methods and devices. The devices and methods of the present invention all rely on mechanically-induced electronic perturbations within the carbon nanotubes to detect and quantify such stress/strain. Such detection and quantification can rely on techniques which include, but are not limited to, electrical conductivity/conductance and/or resistivity/resistance detection/measurements, thermal conductivity detection/measurements, electroluminescence detection/measurements, photoluminescence detection/measurements, and combinations thereof. All such techniques rely on an understanding of how such properties change in response to mechanical stress and/or strain.
US07730535B1	Constraint-based and attribute-based security system for controlling software component interaction In a computer system having a plurality of software components, a security system for controlling interactions between the software components, the security system including at least one constraint associated with the interaction; and at least one attribute associated with the software components. The attributes and interaction parameters are bound to the constraint. The security system reaches a verdict permitting or forbidding the interaction, by resolving the constraint, based on value of the attribute and values of the parameters. The security system uses constraints and attributes specified during different life stages of each software component, where constraints are incrementally added during each subsequent life stage.
US07730532B1	Automatic tracking cookie detection A tracking cookie detection manager accurately detects tracking cookies. The tracking cookie detection manager identifies a third party cookie, and generates at least two requests that result in separately downloading the third party cookie. The tracking cookie detection manager examines the separately downloaded third party cookies, and determining whether they each include a unique user identifier. If the separately downloaded third party cookies do each include a unique user identifier, the tracking cookie detection manager determines that the third party cookie comprises a tracking cookie. On the other hand, if the third party cookies do not each include a unique user identifier, the tracking cookie detection manager determines that the third party cookie is not a tracking cookie.
US07730526B2	Management of physical security credentials at a multi-function device Disclosed is a method and apparatus for registering physical security credentials of a user at a device (150) forming part of a networked computer system (100). The method detects (122, 301) user identifying information from physical security credentials presented by the user at the device. The device then determines (302) whether the detected identifying information exists at a reference location (135). If the identifying information does not exist in reference location, authentication of the read identifying information for the user is performed by associating the identifying information with a username and password (140) entered by the user at the device. The reference location is then updated with the authenticated identifying information corresponding to the user.
US07730521B1	Authentication device initiated lawful intercept of network traffic A device associated with the authentication of a user on a network, i.e., an “authentication device,” initiates lawful interception of network traffic associated with the user. The authentication device communicates with a network service device, such as an edge router, providing network access or other services to the user to enable and disable monitoring of the network user. The authentication device may issue intercept requests to the network service device upon authenticating the network user during login or at any time while the network user's session is in progress. Upon receiving an intercept request from the authentication device, the network service device mirrors data packets flowing to and from the network user for which interception has been designated. The mirrored packets are sent to an analyzer, which analyzes the packets and provides packet analysis information to a law enforcement agency.
US07730513B2	Systems and methods for provisioning a host device for enhanced services in a cable system Flexible systems and methods are disclosed that may be used for provisioning, configuring, and controlling a host embodied in a cable set top box or other digital device attached to a digital communication network, such as cable distribution network. An enhanced services system maintains various host files for various types of hosts that a cable subscriber may purchase and connect to the cable network. The Enhanced Services Server interacts with the host using the host files. The host files may be downloaded from the host manufacturer into a database that distributes the modules as required to the various enhanced services systems. The host may be purchased by the cable subscriber and provisioning may be initiated by the retailer at the time of purchase using a provisioning network interacting with the appropriate cable system serving the subscriber. This abstract is not intended to limit or construe the scope of the claims.
US07730507B2	Broadcast receiving apparatus and starting method thereof For providing a broadcast receiving apparatus and a method for staring thereof, suppressing electric power consumption therein, under waiting condition, irrespective of mounting a constituent part requiring a long time for starting up, according to the present invention, within a broadcast receiving apparatus, detection is made, always, upon an approach of a human being, by means of a human sensor 40 and a sub-CPU 60, under the condition that a power plug 75 is inserted into a commercial electric power source, so as to control supply of electric power form a main electric power source unit to each of portions of that apparatus. Thus, prior to startup of that apparatus through a main switch 22 and a remote controller 30, a constituent portion (i.e., a video processing portion 200), being made up with a CPU and/or a digital LSI, installing OS therein and talking time for startup thereof, is started up, in advance, so as to bring it into awaiting condition; thereby shortening or reducing the waiting time after the startup of the apparatus with suppressing the electric power consumption under the waiting condition thereof.
US07730501B2	Method for parallel processing of events within multiple event contexts maintaining ordered mutual exclusion Techniques for parallel processing of events within multiple event contexts include dynamically binding an event context to an execution context in response to receiving an event by storing arriving events into a global event queue and storing events from the global event queue in per-execution context event queues are described. The techniques associate event queues with the execution contexts to temporarily store the events for a duration of the binding and thus dynamically bind the events received on a per-event basis in the context queues.
US07730500B2	Application programming interface techniques for accessing operating system resources An operating system includes APIs developed in part to support recent innovations in computer hardware and in part to provide enhanced services to application programs. Among their other features, these APIs provide access to operating system functionality in a manner that is comprehensive, efficient, usable, extendible and, in some cases, reusable.
US07730496B2	Hosting controls in a window via an interface for controlling the window Hosting user interface controls in a window via an interface for controlling the window is disclosed. One aspect of the invention is a computerized system having an operating system and at least one program. The operating system provides for hosting controls of a predetermined type within windows of a predetermined type via an interface for controlling the windows. The programs utilize the interface to host one or more controls within one or more windows. Thus, with respect to versions of the MICROSOFT WINDOWS operating system, a program may utilize the WIN32 API (i.e., interface) to host ACTIVEX-type controls within windows hosted by the program, also via the WIN32 API.
US07730495B2	Declaratively defined control actions An extensible control design framework is utilized to declaratively define a control (both visual and non-visual) and other components. The functionality of a control may be expanded by declaratively adding behaviors and semantics via an object called an action. The control does not become unduly complex by the addition of the behaviors and semantics. The action object encapsulates well-defined functionality and is associated with an existing control. The action object is also associated with an event or trigger such that the functionality is automatically executed when the event is raised. The functionality may be packaged in an independent application component such that a user who is not familiar with programming code may easily define logic and functionality for an application in a design environment.
US07730469B1	Method and system for code optimization Methods, systems, and articles of manufacture consistent with the present invention optimize a program by analyzing a statistical profile of a program execution, and automatically optimizing the program based on at least one of the analysis, information about at least one prior compilation of the program, and information about at least one prior optimization of the program. The optimization of the program can therefore take into consideration changes made during prior compilations and optimization and the results of the changes.
US07730467B1	Object-oriented pull model XML parser A system and method for parsing XML is provided. The method includes associating an input stream with a pull model parser, accepting requests to selectively parse out XML items from the input stream and retrieving metadata information associated with the parsed out XML items. The method further includes checking the pulled XML item to determine whether it conforms to XML syntax and/or semantic standards and validating the pulled XML item to determine whether it conforms to a selected DTD.
US07730465B2	Mixed types The present invention provides a system and/or method that facilitates programming within Common Language Runtime (CLR) for a C++ programmer by employing a mixed type. An inheritance component creates the mixed type from received code such that the mixed class type is allocated into memory into a pure native part and a pure managed part. Furthermore, construction, destruction and function calls for mixed types are provided facilitating programming within Common Language Runtime (CLR).
US07730461B2	Software tool configured to generate test cases characterized by a linear range of integral values The present invention is a system for efficiently generating test cases characterized by a linear range of integral values. A software testing tool which has been configured to generate test cases characterized by a linear range of integral values in accordance with the present invention can include a user interface coupled to a test case generator. The test case generator can be configured for range bounding for a range of integral values in a software application under test. In particular, the test case generator can include a halving module programmed to identify changes in response states in the software application under test evoked from input tokens having selected ones of the lengths defined within sub-ranges of a specified range of integral values.
US07730442B2	Apparatus for designing circuit and method for designing circuit according to clearance required between wirings therein An apparatus for designing a circuit comprises an arranging element which arranges a first wiring required a predetermined clearance between the first wiring and other wirings and a second wiring being thinner in a wiring width than the first wiring, a calculating element which calculates a particular part of the second wiring, the particular part is required to keep the clearance between the particular part and other wirings; and an area generating element which generates an area indicative of a position apart from the first wiring and the particular part by a distance corresponding to the clearance.
US07730439B2	Floor plan evaluating method, floor plan correcting method, program, floor plan evaluating device, and floor plan creating device A floor plan evaluation method by which a floor plan can be quantitatively evaluated. The floor plan evaluation method includes first extracting a plurality of specified elements, which are specified in advance from data on a floor plan which is made automatically by, e.g., a floor planner, second obtaining an individual evaluation value on each of a plurality of individual evaluation items on the basis of the plurality of specified elements extracted in the first step, and third calculating an integrated evaluation value on the floor plan on the basis of a plurality of individual evaluation values obtained in the second step. Then, a plurality of integrated evaluation values obtained by executing the first to third operations for a plurality of floor plans are compared with one another to relatively evaluate the plurality of floor plans.
US07730433B2	Analog design retargeting An analog retargeting system and method are disclosed for converting a circuit from a source technology to a target technology. Thus, an analog circuit in a source technology can be converted to another technology while maintaining substantially the same circuit behavior and specifications as the original design. The conversion includes analyzing and resizing the circuit at the device level. For example, the analysis may include determining a mode of operation for a transistor and resizing the transistor based on the mode of operation. In another example, the analysis may include determining node voltages coupled to a device and the resizing strategy may be adjusted based on the determined node voltages.
US07730424B2	Methods and systems for displaying information on a graphical user interface Methods and systems for facilitating communications and commerce between remote device users and merchants or sponsors, particularly adapted for small-screen portable devices such as cellular telephones and personal digital assistants. The invention enables sponsors to quickly and easily, without the requirement for specialized or expensive equipment, establish Web sites to advertise their products and services. The invention provides unique, intuitive graphical interfaces enabling users to find Web sites of interest easily and quickly amongst many sites. In addition to real-time, direct sponsor-user communications, the system further includes features such as response time prioritization, which enable users to quickly determine the relevance of a sponsor response.
US07730422B2	Smart icon placement across desktop size changes Intelligent rearrangement of icons on a desktop in response to changes in desktop size, such as orientation, may be provided using a number of approaches. Desktop area in multiple orientations may be divided into a grid having equal numbers of rows and columns, and placement of icons in each orientation may use common grid coordinates. Icons may alternatively be reflected along a diagonal of desktops in different orientations, such that some icon positional relationships may be maintained. Placement of icons on a desktop may be restricted to a predefined subset region of the desktop, where the subset region will fit in multiple orientations without requiring adjustment. Additionally, areas of a desktop in multiple orientations may be reserved for predefined types of icons, and changes in orientation may result in placement of icons in corresponding reserved areas based on icon attribute.
US07730418B2	Size to content windows for computer graphics Described is a method and system by which a computer program window is sized based on the content to display. The window may automatically resize itself as content changes. When laying out an element tree of elements that contain the content, the elements provide desired size information to a parent container, and so on, up to the root element (e.g., a window). If a window property is set to size to the content, a window size is computed during layout, having a height and/or width based on the child elements plus X and Y deltas for a window non-client area and borders. Logic attached to window message handling controls changes to the content/window, such as to automatically resize for changed content, and to selectively turn off or persist the size to content property. Sizing to content may be programmatically limited to one dimension, with the other dimension fixed.
US07730413B1	Display method for multiple layered screens A method of displaying data or images on a multi-level screen display, assigns screen designation codes to respective software components, to determine the physical screen on which the corresponding images or software components are displayed. The screens may include layered liquid crystal displays. The method allows a user to see overlaying objects at the same time, e.g., toolbars or menus can be displayed on a front screen, and a drawing image can be displayed on a background screen.
US07730406B2	Image processing system and method A machine-implemented image processing method includes segmenting a scene into a background scene portion and a foreground scene portion, forming a mosaic for the background scene portion, enhancing the foreground scene portion, and constructing a composite of the background mosaic and the enhanced foreground.
US07730405B2	Method and system to present video content A method and system to preview video content. The system comprises an access component to receive a search request and a loader to simultaneously stream a plurality of videos associated with the search request. The system may further comprise a trigger to detect a pointer positioned over a first video and a mode selector to provide the first video in a preview mode.
US07730390B2	Displaying text of video in browsers on a frame by frame basis A method, system, and computer program product for presenting text from multimedia data to a user is provided. In one embodiment, multimedia data containing associated text data is received by a data processing system. The associated text data is extracted from the multimedia data. The associated text data is then outputted without outputting moving images from the multimedia data.
US07730381B2	Erasure detection and power control for a transport channel with unknown format in a wireless communication system Erasure detection and power control are performed for an intermittently active transport channel with unknown format. A receiver processes each received block and determines whether it passes or fails CRC. For each received block with CRC failure, the receiver performs erasure detection by computing a symbol error rate (SER) and energy of the received block, comparing the computed SER against an SER threshold, comparing the computed energy against an energy threshold, and declaring an erasure if the computed SER is less than the SER threshold and the computed energy exceeds the energy threshold. The SER and energy thresholds may be adjusted based on the average SER and the average energy for prior received blocks with CRC failures. For power control, an SIR target is increased by an UP step whenever an erased block is detected for the transport channel.
US07730380B2	Method and apparatus for transmitting/receiving voice over internet protocol packets with a user datagram protocol checksum in a mobile communication system A method and apparatus for transmitting/receiving a Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) packet on a radio link in a mobile communication system which provides a voice service over a packet network connected to the Internet. To transmit a VoIP packet, a VoIP packet comprising a user datagram protocol (UDP) checksum field is received, the UDP checksum field is eliminated from the received VoIP packet, a cyclic redundancy check (CRC) is added to the UDP checksum field-free VoIP packet, for error detection in the radio link, and the VoIP packet having the CRC is transmitted on the radio link.
US07730375B1	Method and apparatus for controlling operating modes of an electronic device A method and apparatus allows externally selecting a functional operation mode or one of a plurality of test operation modes of an electronic device, and in particular a volatile or non-volatile memory device, without the need for additional device connections. One variation of the method and apparatus allows unlimited switching between modes. Another variation of the method and apparatus limits test operation mode selection except at the time of powering up of the device. In either variation, mode selection is based on internally detected stimulus externally applied to the device that would not be present during normal functional operation of the device. Operation of the present invention is essentially transparent in applications where test operations are not utilized, making a device incorporating the present invention compatible with previous versions of the device where the present invention and test operation modes, such as IEEE P1581 and BIST, were not included.
US07730372B2	Device and method for testing integrated circuit dice in an integrated circuit module An IC module, such as a Multi-Chip Module (MCM), includes multiple IC dice, each having a test mode enable bond pad, such as an output enable pad. A fuse incorporated into the MCM's substrate connects each die's test mode enable bond pad to one of the MCM's no-connection (N/C) pins, and a resistor incorporated into the substrate connects the test mode enable bond pads to one of the MCM's ground pins. By applying a supply voltage to the test mode enable bond pads through the N/C pin, a test mode is initiated in the dice. Once testing is complete, the fuse may be blown, and a ground voltage applied to the test mode enable bond pads through the ground pins so the resistor disables the test mode in the dice and initiates an operational mode. As a result, dice packaged in IC modules may be tested after packaging.
US07730367B2	Method and system for testing devices using loop-back pseudo random data There is provided a method of testing a first device using a tester. The method includes receiving test data having a pattern by the first device from the tester; detecting the pattern of the test data by the first device; generating first data, by the first device, according to the pattern detected by the detecting; comparing the test data with the pattern detected by the detecting; determining errors in the test data, by the first device, based on the comparing; inserting the errors into the first data to generate error-inserted first data; and transmitting the error-inserted first data by the first device to the tester. The method may further include generating a first clock at the first device; wherein the transmitting uses the first clock for transmitting the error-inserted first data.
US07730365B1	Workload management for maintaining redundancy of non-data computer components A computer system takes redundancy into account when allocating hardware resources to workloads in the event of a failure of a non-data-handling component.
US07730359B2	Repair of network communication files Embodiments of the present disclosure provide method and devices for repairing computer files that impair network communications. In this regard, one embodiment of such a method, among others, can be broadly summarized by the following steps: extracting information corresponding to settings for network communications from a local resource file, wherein the local resource file is embedded within an application executed by a computer for repairing the files impairing network communication on the computer; and replacing information within a registry of the computer with at least a portion of the extracted information, wherein the replaced information includes settings pertaining to facilitation of network communications on the computer. Other methods and devices are also provided.
US07730355B2	Systems and methods for out-of-band booting of a computer The present invention is directed to systems and methods for remotely booting a server computer system. A boot request is received from the server computer. An access request is transmitted to a boot management system via a secondary communication channel in response to the received boot request. An access response is received from the boot management system. The access response includes boot data from a boot image accessible via the boot management system and compatible with the server computer. In response to the received access response, the boot data is extracted from the access response and forwarded to the server computer for processing and booting. Multiple responses may be required in certain instances to accumulate the entirety of the boot image.
US07730353B2	Memory-based trigger generation scheme in an emulation environment A system and method are disclosed for generating triggers within a hardware emulator. The system allows for dynamic reconfiguration of the trigger generation scheme during emulation. In one aspect, input probe signals are received on an address port to a memory from an integrated circuit within the emulator. The memory outputs from a data port, data, which is addressed, at least in part, by the input probe signals. The data output from the data port may be sent through further combinatorial logic or directly connected to a logic analyzer and represents trigger information. In another aspect, the trigger generation scheme may be reconfigured dynamically during emulation. For example, where the memory is a dual-port RAM, an emulation host can write to the memory to perform the reconfiguration.
US07730345B2	Contents furnishing system Even if contents data distributed over a network are once destroyed, the contents data are restored, as the copyright protection is maintained. A PC memorizes backup of distributed music contents on a hard disc, at the same time as it transmits the using log information of the music contents stored in the hard disc to an EMD server. If the music contents in the hard disc are destroyed, the PC acquires the using log information from the EMD server to reproduce the backup data memorized in the hard disc depending on the using log information.
US07730342B2	Server system A server system has a shared storage device including a job queue storage area, a job queue registration request storage area and a job assignment storage area, a first server including a job queue registration processing unit registering the job execution request in the job queue storage area according to the registration request information written to the job queue registration request storage area, a second server including an assignment processing unit assigning the job execution request registered in the job queue storage area to the execution server, and writing the relationship between the execution server and the job execution request of the job assigned to the execution server to the job assignment storage area, and an execution server including an execution unit acquiring the job execution request from the job assignment storage area provided for the execution server, and executing the assigned job.
US07730338B2	Interface circuit system and method for autonomously performing power management operations in conjunction with a plurality of memory circuits A memory circuit power management system and method are provided. In use, an interface circuit is in communication with a plurality of memory circuits and a system. The interface circuit is operable to interface the memory circuits and the system for autonomously performing a power management operation in association with at least a portion of the memory circuits.
US07730333B2	Intermittent computing An intermittent computing system state and intermittent computing module is described for a power-constrained personal computer. In the intermittent computing system state, the power-constrained personal computer may transition between sub-states of the intermittent computing system state according to an intermittent computing schedule. Each intermittent computing sub-state may be associated with hardware power sets and software power sets. Altering power supply to hardware components referenced by hardware power sets may alter power consumed in associated intermittent computing sub-states. A caching mechanism may be configured to make it likely that software components referenced by software power sets are loaded into powered storage types during associated intermittent computing sub-states. In the intermittent computing system state, periods of high functionality may be available over extended periods without the high power consumption associated with a continuous working system state. Average power consumption may be adjusted by varying the intermittent computing schedule.
US07730330B1	System and method for saving and restoring a processor state without executing any instructions from a first instruction set A CPU (1) automatically preserves the CPU context in a computer memory (5) that remains powered-up when the CPU is powered down in sleep mode. By means of the preserved CPU context, the CPU is able to instantly and transparently resume program execution at the instruction of the program that was asserted for execution when the CPU was powered down. The CPU is permitted to power down frequently, even during execution of a program, and results in reduced average overall power consumption.
US07730324B2	Method for controlling database copyrights The present invention provides a method for controlling copyrights of digital data in a database system including real time transmission of a digital picture. Copyrights are controlled using one or more of the following, as necessary, in addition to a permit key: a copyright control program, copyright information or copyright control message. The copyright control program, the copyright information and the copyright control message are supplied together with the permit key, or they are supplied together with the data. Otherwise, a part of them is supplied together with the permit key and the other part of them is supplied together with the data. The data, the permit key, the copyright control message, the copyright information and the copyright control program are (1) transmitted while encrypted, but are decrypted when used, or (2) they are transmitted while encrypted and decrypted for display only, otherwise remaining encrypted, or (3) they may not be encrypted at all.
US07730323B2	Controlling database copyrights Briefly, in accordance with one or more embodiments, copyrights of digital data may be controlled.
US07730322B2	System and method of foiling buffer-overflow and alien-code attacks The present invention relates generally to computer software, and more specifically, to a system and method of foiling buffer-overflow and alien-code attacks. The invention protects computers from such attacks by encoding data placed in storage, and varying the encodings used in different storage areas. When the data is needed by a software application, the data is simply decoded in a complementary manner. This prevents storage areas written according to one usage from being used effectively for some other purpose. The method of the invention can be done in a number of ways. For example, a “protector” engine can be placed between a software application and memory, or the function calls in the software application itself, could be amended to include encoding and decoding. Other embodiments and alternatives are also described.
US07730311B2	Key transformation unit for a tamper resistant module Methods, apparati, and computer-readable media for securely transporting a software application onto a tamper resistant module (TRM) (103) by using an individualized TRM key set. A method embodiment of the present invention comprises: storing a key pair unique to the TRM (103) in a memory located on the TRM (103), where the key pair comprises a TRM public key (150) and a TRM private key (190); retrieving the TRM public key from the TRM; encrypting a portion of the software application using the TRM public key (150); transmitting the encrypted software application to the TRM (103); and recovering and decrypting the encrypted software application using the TRM private key (190).
US07730306B2	Information processing apparatus with use-restricted functions, and system and method for canceling use restriction Processing for extending function of an information processing apparatus having functions, the use of which is restricted, is managed by canceling the restriction of the use of function in association with an information storing device which is connected to information processing apparatus A, B. The information storing device holds information on a list of product keys and the number of possible function extensions (the number of restriction cancellations and the number of licenses) as information for canceling the restriction in advance. The number of information processing apparatus, the functions of which are extended, is managed by reducing the number of possible function extensions each time when one function of the information processing apparatus A is extended. Unnecessary function is deleted from the information processing apparatus A so as to increase the number of licenses. Correspondingly, the function of the information processing apparatus B can be extended.
US07730301B2	Method and system for encrypting transmissions of communication data streams via a packet-oriented communication network A collective packet generator forms collective Internet Protocol (IP) data packets, each of which contains several IP data packets of different communication data streams, for encrypted transmission of each of the communication data streams as a sequence of IP data packets. A particular collective IP data packet is encrypted by an encryption module for encrypting IP data packets. The encrypted collective IP data packets are then transmitted via a communication network.
US07730299B2	System and method for providing secure internetwork services via an assured pipeline A system and method for the secure transfer of data between a workstation connected to a private network and a remote computer connected to an unsecured network. A secure computer is inserted into the private network to serve as the gateway to the unsecured network and a client subsystem is added to the workstation in order to control the transfer of data from the workstation to the secure computer. The secure computer includes a private network interface connected to the private network, an unsecured network interface connected to the unsecured network, wherein the unsecured network interface includes means for encrypting data to be transferred from the first workstation to the remote computer and a server function for transferring data between the private network interface and the unsecured network interface.
US07730285B1	Data processing system with partial bypass reorder buffer and combined load/store arithmetic logic unit and processing method thereof A data processing system includes a plurality of functional units that selectively execute instructions. A register file includes a plurality of registers that store data corresponding to the instructions. A reorder buffer communicates with the register file and stores the data, includes at least one bypassable buffer location, and includes at least one non-bypassable buffer location.
US07730276B1	Striping of data into memory of a network data switch to prevent read and write collisions A shared memory switch is provided for storing and retrieving data from BlockRAM (BRAM) memory of a PLD. A set of class queues maintain a group of pointers that show the location of the incoming “cells” or “packets” stored in the memory in the switch based on the time of storage in the BRAM. A non-blocking memory architecture is implemented that allows for a scalable N×N memory structure to be created (N=number of input and output ports). A write controller stripes the data across this N×N memory to prevent data collisions on read in or read out of data. The data is scheduled for read out of this N×N shared memory buffer based on priorities or classes in the class queues, with priorities being set by a user, and then data is read out from the BRAM.
US07730275B2	Information processing system and management device for managing relocation of data based on a change in the characteristics of the data over time In an information processing system including a computer device, and a storage device storing data used by the computer device, the region in which the data is held is managed in association with a change, over the passage of time in the performance and availability required of the data holding region. The computer device includes a storage device managing unit for managing the storage device which stores data used by the computer device. The storage device managing unit periodically monitors temporal characteristics information, and moves data, if the storage region having functional characteristics corresponding to the temporal characteristics information is different from the storage region to which the data is currently assigned.
US07730273B2	Method for securing data blocks in an electrically programmable memory A method for securing a memory area comprising data blocks, wherein at least two control bits are associated with each data block, is provided. The method comprises a step of reading the control bits associated with a current data block intended to be replaced with the new data block, before the writing of a new data block in the memory area. A securing action for securing the memory area is begun if the two control bits have the same value. Upon each write of a new data block in the memory area, control bits having opposite values are written in the memory area. The method may be applied, for example, to the securization of a binary counter.
US07730270B2	Method combining once-writeable and rewriteable information storage to support data processing An information storage arrangement that combines rewriteable storage with one-time programmable (OTP) storage is managed in a manner that makes judicious use of the OTP storage. It is therefore possible to exploit the economic advantage associated with OTP storage, while also avoiding storage capacity losses that would otherwise be associated with OTP storage.
US07730269B2	Load management to reduce communication signaling latency in a virtual machine environment A computer implemented method for reducing communication signaling protocol latency. An acceptable level of latency is specified. Automatic memory management activities are monitored based on specified parameters to calculate a level of activity that determines whether a reduction of activity is required.
US07730266B2	Adaptive range snoop filtering methods and apparatuses Snoop filtering methods and apparatuses for systems utilizing memory are contemplated. Method embodiments comprise receiving a request for contents of a memory line by a home agent, comparing an address of the memory line to a range in a set of adaptive ranges, and snooping an I/O agent for the contents upon a match of the address within the range. Apparatus embodiments comprise a range table, a table updater, a receiver module, and a range comparator. The range tables allow for the tracking of memory addresses as I/O agents assert ownership of the addresses. Employing a range-based snoop filtering approach may allow home agents to track a collection of addresses, in adaptable ranges, instead of tracking precise addresses which may require large quantities of memory to implement.
US07730265B1	Starvation-avoiding unbounded transactional memory One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that facilitates efficient transactional execution. During operation, the system executes a starvation-avoiding transaction for a thread, wherein executing the starvation-avoiding transaction involves: (1) placing load-marks on cache lines which are loaded during the starvation-avoiding transaction; (2) placing store-marks on cache lines which are stored to during the starvation-avoiding transaction; and (3) writing a timestamp value into metadata for load-marked and store-marked cache lines. While the thread is executing the starvation-avoiding transaction, the system prevents other threads from executing another starvation-avoiding transaction. Whereby the load-marks and store-marks prevent interfering accesses from other threads to the cache lines during the starvation-avoiding transaction.
US07730263B2	Future execution prefetching technique and architecture A prefetching technique referred to as future execution (FE) dynamically creates a prefetching thread for each active thread in a processor by simply sending a copy of all committed, register-writing instructions in a primary thread to an otherwise idle processor. On the way to the second processor, a value predictor replaces each predictable instruction with a load immediate instruction, where the immediate is the predicted result that the instruction is likely to produce during its nth next dynamic execution. Executing this modified instruction stream (i.e., the prefetching thread) in another processor allows computation of the future results of the instructions that are not directly predictable. This causes the issuance of prefetches into the shared memory hierarchy, thereby reducing the primary thread's memory access time and speeding up the primary thread's execution.
US07730258B1	System and method for managing hard and soft lock state information in a distributed storage system environment A system and method manages lock state information in a storage system. A meta-data volume node includes a lock state database which is a comprehensive source for lock state information about data containers in the system. A plurality of data volume nodes include local lock caches, which contain information about locks. Lock state messaging between the meta-data volume node and the data volume nodes is used to assign locks and to update local lock caches. The meta-data volume node is configured to determine whether input/output requests should be allowed or denied and to instruct the data volume nodes of this input/output operation result. Lock information is also sent to the data volume nodes for storage in local lock state caches to the extent the data volume nodes have the network capacity locally.
US07730257B2	Method and computer program product to increase I/O write performance in a redundant array A method and related computer program product for achieving high performance I/O write rates in a redundant array using a fully recoverable communication queue stored in NVRAM on a RAID controller comprising, receiving an I/O write request from an application, determining if the I/O request is an inline write command, writing inline write commands into a command queue stored in NVRAM, notifying the application generating the I/O request of command completion and requesting the operating system for further I/Os.
US07730250B2	Interrupt control circuit, circuit board, electro-optic device, and electronic apparatus An interrupt control circuit includes: a section that generates an interrupt signal for requesting an interrupt in response to occurrence of a plurality of interrupt causes; a section that generates an interrupt vector signal for indicating a storing destination of an interrupt processing program corresponding any of the plurality of interrupt causes; a section that outputs the interrupt signal and the interrupt vector signal to an interrupt process executing circuit; and a section that controls the interrupt signal and an output value of the interrupt vector signal in sync with an interrupt acceptance signal input from the interrupt process executing circuit, the interrupt acceptance signal representing a condition in which an interrupt process is acceptable.
US07730235B2	Storage apparatus for controlling power saving modes of multiple disk devices of different specifications A storage apparatus is provided that is capable of reducing data maintenance management costs with a performance that is both highly reliable and fast. The present invention is storage apparatus where an intermediary device is arranged between a controller and a plurality of disk devices of different performances arranged in a hierarchical manner. The controller unit carries out I/O accesses to and from the disk devices via the intermediary devices based on access requests sent from host apparatus. The intermediary device includes a power saving control function for the disk device and carries out operation control such as spin off and spin up of disk devices in accordance with conditions set in advance.
US07730228B2	System for dual use of an I/O circuit A system provides dual use of a general purpose input/output (I/O) line. In an embodiment, the system comprises a controlling circuit having a dual purpose I/O line that is selectively operable in a serial transmit mode or an I/O mode. A first circuit that receives a serial data stream when the controlling circuit operates in the serial transmit mode is coupled to the I/O line. A second circuit that generates and transmits a signal when the controlling circuit operates in the I/O mode is also coupled to the I/O line. Finally, a third circuit is disposed between the second circuit and the I/O line. In an embodiment, when the controlling circuit operates in the serial transmit mode, the third circuit maintains the second circuit in an idle state, and when the controlling circuit operates in the I/O mode, the third circuit permits the second circuit to transmit the signal to the controlling circuit.
US07730227B2	Memory mapped I/O bus selection A mechanism and method for redefining an application specific integrated circuit's I/O bus structure in real-time. The mechanism includes an address map block, a state machine block, and a bus arbitration block. At initialization, the address map is configured to divide the address space into regions and type of bus structure. When an I/O access is requested by a client (e.g., CPU, DMA controller, etc.), the request is mapped into a region and type of bus structure by the address map block. The region and type of bus structure is used by the state machine. The state machine determines the syntax and protocol for the region and type of bus. The state machine signals the bus arbitration block to grant I/O bus ownership when it is available. Once ownership is granted, I/O bus pins are defined and access is granted.
US07730220B2	Broadcasting communication within a rendezvous federation The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for broadcasting communication within a rendezvous federation. Embodiments of the invention include inter-ring and intra-ring communication. Inter-ring communication includes sending a message to destination rings included in a node's Collateral Ring Set entry table. When a node identifies a destination ring that has not yet received a message, the node can send a ring notification message. The ring notification message propagates towards a publishing node until a responsible node in the message path to the publishing node is identified. The responsible node updates its entry table to include the ring and forwards the message to the destination ring. Intra-ring communication can include recursively partitioning ranges of nodes within a ring and forwarding the message to nodes included the partitioned ranges.
US07730211B2	Method and system for generating a mapping between types of data A method and system for routing data of an source type to a target type is provided. The system has various routines for converting data in one type into data in another type. In one embodiment, the system receives an indication of a source type and identifies various sequences of routines that can convert the data from the source type to a target type. The system then coordinates the processing of the data by each routines in the sequences to the conversion of the data to the target type. The process of identifying the routines is referred to as “discovery.” The system also provides an aliasing mechanism by which compatible types can be identified. When identifying a sequence of routines, the system may check for routines that support compatible types. When a sequence of routines is identified, the system caches the identity of the sequence to facilitate identifying that sequence when the data of the source type is to be converted to the target type. The system also uses a mechanism for discovering sequences of routines from other computer systems. These other computer systems may broadcast various sequences of routines which are stored at the receiving computer system. A user may use a switchboard mechanism to direct data of a certain source type to one of the broadcasted sequences. This directing of the data to a certain source effects the routing of the data from one computer system to a device or routine on another computer system.
US07730210B2	Virtual MAC address system and method A method for creating a virtual MAC address, the method includes receiving an Internet Protocol address that is to be associated with a virtual MAC address. The method creates a virtual MAC address by setting an OUI portion of the virtual MAC address to an OUI value and setting the non-OUI portion of the virtual MAC address to a subset of the Internet Protocol (IP) address. In one embodiment, the lower three bytes of the IP address are used. Additionally, a method of migrating a virtual MAC address includes detecting a migration event on a first system; creating a virtual MAC address on a second system; and issuing a gratuitous ARP packet containing the virtual MAC address.
US07730202B1	Dynamic interrupt timer A method of adjusting a timer is disclosed. The method includes adjusting a timer activation period based on a characteristic of a network and setting the timer using the timer activation period. The timer is used in communicating information over the network.
US07730200B2	Synthetic bridging for networks A method of creating a synthetic bridge (100) has select data (406) logically extracted from an application layer of a first network (12A) which contains one or more first data streams to be transported to a second network (12B). Select data (406) is logically extracted from an application layer of the second network (12B). Select data (406) is logically extracted from an application layer of the second network (12B) which contains one or more second data streams to be transported to the first network (12A). The two or more first and second data streams are transported over separate sets of non-network media link interfaces (130-133) that only allow for limited information encoding and inherently prevent any network protocol information from being passed with the two or more first and second data streams until after the two or more first and second data streams are in the control of the opposite network from which they were transported.
US07730197B2	Server-based acquisition and usage of dynamic MAC addresses in a virtualized ethernet environment Methods and systems for dynamically acquiring MAC addresses in a virtualized Network environment. A server may be partitioned into a plurality of logical partition. Each logical partition may be associated with a logical adapter to provide network access to the partition. A MAC address may be dynamically allocated to a logical adapter from a predefined range of MAC addresses. Furthermore, the MAC addresses may be unique within a particular subnet, therefore the same MAC address may be assigned to adapters in different subnets.
US07730191B2	Information processing apparatus requesting registration with peripheral, and peripheral determining whether to accept registration request of information processing apparatus A system includes an information processing apparatus and a peripheral which are connected to each other. Initially, the information processing apparatus transmits, to the peripheral, a request to use a service provided by the peripheral. The peripheral determines whether to grant use permission to the received request, and notifies the information processing apparatus which has transmitted the request of the determination result. The peripheral stores information associated with the information processing apparatus to which use permission is granted in response to the request. The information processing apparatus then receives, from the peripheral, a response to the request.
US07730182B2	System and method for integrating management of components of a resource An application entity may be created and defined by a user at an application. Related service entities managed by different service applications may be matched and consolidated. The application entity may be associated with one or more related service entities. Metadata corresponding to the associated service entities may be provided to the application. Such metadata may enable the associated service entities to be managed from within the application.
US07730180B1	Resolving multiple master node conflict in a DDB In a multinode computer network, a directory database (DDB) in each of the nodes, contents of the DDB being replicated throughout the network through use of one of its nodes having been appointed as master node. The master node updates each DDB in each node in its network or domain configuration when the configuration changes. A global administrator has authority to replace or select a master node and to configure a domain, and performs these and other functions by way of computer terminal screen dialogs offered by a graphical user interface (GUI) associated with the computer network. In the case of multiple master nodes attempting to be master for the same nodes in the same network at the same time, this conflict is resolved in one embodiment of the present invention by allowing the most recently selected purported master node to be the actual master node. After resolution of this conflict the result is communicated by the prevailing master node to all nodes in the network. This resolution takes into account a global network with varying time zones, and further takes into account the remote possibility of a simultaneous appointment of two masters.
US07730178B2	System and method for searching peer-to-peer computer networks A method and system for intelligently directing a search of a peer-to-peer network, in which a user performing a search is assisted in choosing a host which is likely to return fast, favorable results to the user. A host monitor monitors the peer-to-peer network and collects data on various characteristics of the hosts which make up the network. Thereafter, a host selector ranks the hosts using the data, and passes this information to the user. The user then selects one or more of the highly-ranked hosts as an entry point into the network. Additionally, a cache may collect a list of hosts based on the content on the hosts. In this way, a user may choose to connect to a host which is known to contain information relevant to the user's search. The host selector may be used to select from among the hosts listed in the cache.
US07730177B2	Networked system for interactive communication and remote monitoring of individuals A system for remotely monitoring an individual. The system includes a server system for generating a script program from a set of queries. The script program is executable by a remote apparatus that displays information and/or a set of queries to the individual through a user interface. Responses to the queries that are entered through the user interface together with individual identification information are sent from the remote apparatus to the server system across a communication network. The server system also includes an automated answering service for providing a series of questions from a stored set of questions for an individual at the remote apparatus to respond to, storing responses to each provided question in the series of questions and providing a service based on the individual's response to the questions.
US07730172B1	Method and apparatus for reactive and deliberative service level management (SLM) Method and apparatus for service level management, wherein business processes are composed of services. A state of the service is defined by one or more service parameters, and the service parameters depend upon performance of network components that support the service, e.g., component parameters. The state of the service may depend, for example, on a collection of service parameter values for availability, reliability, security, integrity and response time. A service level agreement is a contract between a supplier and a customer that identifies services supported by a network, service parameters for the services, and service levels (e.g., acceptable levels) for each service parameter.
US07730169B1	Business method and system for serving third party software applications A method and system for serving software applications to remote clients across the interne, for example, is disclosed that preferably utilizes standard, SMB (server message block), protocols, which are available in commercial operating systems. Further, an associated business method is described in which subscribing institutions can out-source the application serving to a third party institution, transparently. Finally, a port proxy system is provided that enables tunneling through firewalls that are configured to block communications from SMB ports.
US07730164B1	Bootstrap approaches to downloading data in response to a download indication Transferring data is disclosed. An indication to transfer an executable set of data to a destination device is received. A first set of data is transferred to the destination device. Transfer of a second set of data to the destination device is initiated. The first set of data is associated with the second set of data and is usable independent of the second set of data. The executable set of data is transferred to the destination device based at least in part on the second set of data.
US07730162B2	Interfacing objects and markup language messages A method of automatically generating a markup language message from an application specific interface object, as well as generating an application specific interface object from a markup language message is provided. The method can include receiving an application specific interface object and identifying an object table specified therein. Objects listed in the object table can be automatically identified. The objects can be serialized by representing the objects in the markup language message. The resulting markup language message can be a representation of the application specific interface object.
US07730157B2	Methods, media, and systems for displaying information on a thin-client in communication with a network A method and system are provided for executing an application remotely on a server computer for a client computer in a computer network. The server receives at user input from the client computer associated with the application, and executes the application. The server processes display commands of the application to generate display primitives, and translates the display primitives into lower level display commands defining display updates using semantic information of the display primitives. The lower level display commands are selected from a predetermined set of lower level display commands. The lower level display commands are aggregated and ordered into one or more command queues. Each command queue is associated with a given display region. The server computer transmits the lower level display commands in the one or more command queues over the network to the client computer. The client computer is capable of translating the lower level display commands into hardware calls for causing the client computer to display the display updates.
US07730155B1	Method and apparatus for dynamically locating resources Methods and apparatuses for dynamically locating resources. In one aspect of the invention, a method to retrieve a resource for a digital processing system includes: receiving a request for a resource; downloading a first version of the resource from a server through a network connection to satisfy the request if the first version of the resource is retrievable through the network connection; and loading a second version of the resource from a storage device of the digital processing system if the first version of the resource is not retrievable through a network connection. In one example, downloading the first version is performed in response to a determination that the first version of the resource is different from a second version of the resource on a storage device of the digital processing system.
US07730150B2	System and method for improved client server communications of email messages A system and method for improved client and server communications, more particularly, an improved protocol that may be used for communication between a client and a server, such as in an email environment. Many features are provided for improved communications. An email server may provide the best message body available for an email message, may transfer an entire data object if requested property or properties are not well defined within the data object, may provide progress data for use in tracking download progress, and may send error information for a data object having an error. Email changes may be optimized at an email server component, even if the email changes occurred at another email server component. An email server may maintain a table of changes that occur to folders at an associated data store, and may notify a subscribed email client component of changes that occur in the table.
US07730141B2	Graphical interface for defining mutually exclusive destinations A user defines mutually exclusive inbox and spam folders to which emails are routed based on a rating assigned to each email. A variable user-defined range defines a mapping of the ratings to each folder. Incoming emails are routing to one of the folders according to the range. A reference set of emails is designated, each having a rating and either an inbox label or a spam label. A display indicates the number the reference emails in each folder if the reference emails are routed to one of the folders according to their ratings and according to the user-defined range.
US07730137B1	Restricting the volume of outbound electronic messages originated by a single entity The volume of outgoing electronic messages from a given entity may be restricted by preventing the messages, such as spam, from being sent. Messages may be restricted, for example, by serializing outgoing messages using a mutual-exclusion locking technique or by using a ticket-based system. Serialization may occur, for example, at a web level in web-based implementations. In one system, a limited-use ticket is generated that allows an entity to send one or more electronic messages, and the ticket is provided to the entity. A request is received from the entity to send an electronic message, and the request is associated with the ticket and the electronic message. After receiving the request, a determination is made as to whether the ticket is valid and, if the ticket is determined to be valid, the electronic message is approved for sending.
US07730136B2	System and method for integrating electronic mail accounts In accordance with the teachings described herein, systems and methods are provided for integrating a plurality of electronic mail (email) accounts. A plurality of email services may be used to send and receive electronic messages over a wide area network, one of the email services being a preferred email service and another of the email services being a secondary email service. An email integration service may be used that is coupled to the wide area network and that is independent of the plurality of email services. The email integration service may be operable to receive account information regarding the preferred email service and the secondary email service and use the account information to configure a means for forwarding electronic messages from the preferred email service to the secondary email service.
US07730114B2	Computer file system A file system that does not conflate item lifetime with the item's inclusion in an organizational structure of the file system is described herein. In addition, the file system's organizational structure is not limited to directory trees, but instead may use any directed acyclic graph (DAG). Items, once stored into the file system, may be maintained until affirmatively deleted by a client of the file system, regardless of whether the item is part of a DAG or not. Items may be placed in file regions, which are conceptual workspaces for a client to control item lifetime and to organize items into any DAG structure of the user's choosing. Items may be concurrently stored in multiple DAGs, and each file region may have one or more independent DAGs. An item's placement in a DAG may also be used to govern file properties such as namespace, security, privacy, and read/write attributes.
US07730111B2	System for development, management and operation of distributed clients and servers A lightweight application server for use on portable or embedded devices includes an application manager and services containers. Each of these is managed by an admin server allowing for remote and rapid deployment and maintenance of applications, objects and features associated with the server-enabled portable or embedded devices. This permits portable devices like PDAs to provide server functionality to each other, in a fully portable network if desired. A system including such server-enabled portable or embedded devices may include, among other things, a decision flow server for facilitating distributed decision flow processing.
US07730108B2	Information processing apparatus and method, and program Disclosed herein is an apparatus for processing information about a network including a plurality of nodes, wherein m attributes (m represents an integer of 2 or more) assignable to each of the nodes are defined depending on the relationship to another node which can be connected to the each of the nodes, the apparatus including: identifier generating means for converting attributes assigned to each of n nodes (n represents an integer of 3 or more) per relationship to the other node connected thereto into numerical values with respect to motifs extracted from the network as predetermined patterns of the connected relationship of the n nodes, and generating identifiers identifying the motifs using the numerical values.
US07730101B2	Implementing a tree data storage structure in a distributed environment Tree data storage structures are implemented on respective computers in a distributed environment, such as on a network, so that information associated with nodes of one computer's tree data storage structure may be read or written to by another computer in the network. To promote efficiency, a cache may be employed on the computers in the network such that each computer caches information associated with nodes of tree data storage structures located on the computers in the network. A lock service may implement a caching protocol to provide efficient concurrency of caching operations while ensuring that current information associated with the nodes is available to all computers in the network.
US07730099B2	Storage and retrieval of richly typed hierarchical network models A Composite Pattern with BLOB data types is used to model a hierarchical network, and includes a path-like construct for locating each component within the network model. Database procedures are used to efficiently search, modify and retrieve individual nodes from the network model using the database server's memory pool so that client applications are not required to retrieve and deserialize the entire Composite-BLOB hierarchy in order to make modifications or search for individual elements, thereby substantially reducing the transfer of data between the application layer and database. To avoid the need for dynamic memory restructuring during deserialization, the size required to store component data at each composite is stored when the composite is serialized, and during deserialization, the size is retrieved and used to obtain sufficient memory for the deserialized composite.
US07730093B2	Method for controlling access to the resources of a data processing system, data processing system, and computer program In a data processing system with at least one data processing device, a large number of databases allocated to the data processing system and having user-specific data are linked together for forming a single resulting user database. Access permissions for resources provided by the at least one data processing device are awarded by predefined user roles. At least one user role is allocated to at least one user of the data processing system.
US07730090B2	Architecture for performing file system checking on an active file system A system and method for performing File System checKing (FSCK) allows a file system to be accessed while the file system is being checked for consistency in the background. In the event that a file is accessed prior to having been checked for consistency by the background FSCK process, the background FSCK process is interrupted, and an in-context FSCK is performed on the accessed file. In addition, an in-context FSCK method and system is described which uses a snapshot block bitmap, FSCK block bitmap and FS block bitmap to check block consistency in the context of handling a block access to handle consistency and corruption issues as part of the file access.
US07730089B2	Method and system for providing remote access to the facilities of a server computer A method and system for providing remote access to the facilities of a server computer are provided. A site integration application programming interface at a co-branded Web site. The site integration application programming interface exposes a number of servlets that may be executed in response to requests received from a business partner Web site over a secure communications link. The servlets provide functionality for accessing the user registration and deletion facilities of the co-branded Web site. Moreover, the servlets also provide access to other administrative facilities provided at the co-branded Web site. The servlets also provide functionality for authorizing a user to access the co-branded we site. This servlet may be executed in conjunction with the login facilities of the business partner web site to permit concurrent login at both sites.
US07730085B2	Method and system for extracting and visualizing graph-structured relations from unstructured text The present invention is directed to a system, method and computer program for automatically extracting and mining relations and related entities from unstructured text. A method in accordance with an embodiment of the invention includes: extracting relations and related entities from unstructured text data, representing the extracted information into a graph, and manipulating the resulting graph to gain more insight into the information it contains. The extraction of relations and related entities is performed first by automatically inducting pattern and second by applying these induced patterns to unstructured text data. For each relation and entity, several features are extracted in order to build a graph whose nodes are entities and edges are relations.
US07730081B2	Searching based on messages While interacting with a messaging interface, keywords or other search criteria are automatically identified and used to perform a search. Search results and sponsored links (or advertisements) are displayed to the user within the messaging interface. To alleviate privacy concerns, this process will not be performed unless the user has explicitly opted-in to the search feature. In another embodiment, the user can highlight keywords in an outbound or inbound message to trigger a search without leaving the messaging interface. In another embodiment, the user can input a search keyword or phrase to trigger a search without leaving the messaging interface.
US07730078B2	Role based internet access and individualized role based systems to view biometric information A web based application makes data conveniently and readily available to individuals dispersed from a common collection site or database. Individuals can access various levels of retrospective or previously stored data in the database only in accordance with pre-defined roles, or levels which can be established at log on.
US07730066B2	Methods, apparatus and computer program products for processing claims A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided for processing of an original batch of documents in which any document of the original batch that fails to comply with the predefined specification is identified to be a non-compliant document. At least one non-compliant batch is then formed that contains the non-compliant documents. The non-compliant batch is distinct from at least one compliant batch that contains any documents that do comply with the predefined specification. At least one of the non-compliant and compliant batches advantageously includes a plurality of documents. The complaint batch(es) may then be forwarded for further processing without awaiting rework of the non-compliant documents included in the non-compliant batch(es).
US07730065B2	File formats for external specification of object-relational mapping A unique formatting scheme for object-relational mapping allows disparate applications that adopt the scheme to seamlessly access data in disparate relational databases. The formatting scheme contemplates a common format that conveys the mapping information through (i) attributes embedded with code objects, and (ii) an external mapping source. Adoption of the common format can result in several advantages for network-based client-server operations: (i) Software developers can continue programming in their existing languages. (ii) Data servers from various vendors can also continue to be developed and managed in the vendors' core programming languages. (iii) Vendors that employ client applications which have adopted the common format can consistently use various data warehouses without incurring customization costs.
US07730046B2	Nomination locking system and method A method for locking a nomination item in a multi-user distribution scheduling system is provided. At least one nomination item, associated with a voyage, may be created and stored within a database. A lock object, associated with the nomination item, may be created to prevent concurrent modification of the nomination item. The nomination item may be modified and stored within the database, and then the lock object may be deleted.
US07730042B2	Method, system, and program for a policy based storage manager Provided are data structures for use in storing data. A plurality of data structures are defined in a computer readable medium, wherein each data structure indicates a plurality of attributes and at least one function of a storage resource to store data. Policies are defined in the computer readable medium that associate data characteristics to data structures based on a correspondence of data characteristics and the attributes defined in the data structures, wherein each defined data structure is adapted to provide requirements to determine a storage resource to store associated data, and wherein the defined data structure is adapted to provide the storage resource with requirements for storing the data.
US07730034B1	Providing entity-related data storage on heterogeneous data repositories Techniques are described for storing and accessing data on heterogeneous types of data repositories, such as by a distributed software system that uses multiple data repositories on multiple computing nodes, including to transfer groups of data between multiple heterogeneous types of data repositories. In some situations, the techniques may be used by a system that stores various types of data regarding users or other entities that are modeled by the system, such as to transfer a group of data that represents an entity. The transfer of data may be facilitated by use of an abstraction interface that provides a uniform interface for accessing the multiple data repository types, such as an abstraction interface provided by one or more storage management components that further provide functionality to translate data between various data formats used by the multiple data repository types, such as via use of a common data format.
US07730031B2	Method and system for updating an archive of a computer file A method and system for updating an archive of a computer file to reflect changes made to the file includes selecting one of a plurality of comparison methods as a preferred comparison method. The comparison methods include a first comparison method wherein the file is compared to an archive of the file and a second comparison method wherein a first set of tokens statistically representative of the file is computed and compared to a second set of tokens statistically representative of the archive of the file. The method further includes carrying out the preferred comparison method to generate indicia of differences between the file and the archive of the file for updating the archive of the file.
US07730029B2	System and method of fault tolerant reconciliation for control card redundancy A system and method are provided for redundant control plane error handling allowing the inactive control plane to continue to act as a redundant failsafe when the inactive control plane database is in a compromised state which is below a certain predetermined level of maximum tolerable magnitude of error. Only if the inactive control plane database is in a state in which the errors associated therewith are intolerable, is a hard reset performed, or the reconciliation between the active and inactive control planes deemed to have failed.
US07730017B2	Open profile content identification Open profile data in a user profile, e.g., free-form fields in a user profile, are processed to identify interests and preferences of the user. The interests and preferences are utilized to identify categories associated with the user profile, and content items, e.g., advertisements, can be identified based on the categories.
US07730012B2	Methods and systems for managing data Systems and methods for managing data, such as metadata. In one exemplary method, metadata from files created by several different software applications are captured, and the captured metadata is searched. The type of information in metadata for one type of file differs from the type of information in metadata for another type of file. Other methods are described and data processing systems and machine readable media are also described.
US07730007B2	IT event data classifier configured to label messages if message identifiers map directly to classification categories or parse for feature extraction if message identifiers do not map directly to classification categories An off-line knowledge acquisition process takes IT resource messages and automatically generates a set of rules used to provide situation categories for the resource messages/events. The off-line knowledge acquisition process generates an event-to-situation mapping file for efficiently mapping situation to events in runtime. Rules are fed back into a knowledge repository and process for reuse. The off-line knowledge acquisition process provides methods to reiterate the process of mining (autonomically and/or by human interaction) to improve the rules and confidence level assigning the situation categories. A runtime categorizer component uses the event-to-situation mapping file to add situation categories to the IT resource events. The runtime categorizer uses a plurality of annotator components each capable of adding a situation annotation to incoming messages based on rules generated by the off-line knowledge acquisition process. An assessment component chooses the best situation category from those annotated by the annotator components.
US07730004B2	Method and device to determine a descriptor for a signal representing a multimedia item, device for retrieving items in a database, device for classification of multimedia items in a database The invention concerns a method and a device to determine a descriptor for a signal representing a multimedia item. The method comprises the step of applying to said signal a first bank of directional filters in order to obtain a first set of coefficients. According to the invention the method comprises the steps of: applying to said signal a second bank of filters in order to obtain a second set of coefficients representing the low-pass filtered signal, calculating a descriptor representing said multimedia element by making the difference between said first set of coefficients and said second set of coefficients and calculating associated power of said difference. Application to the classification and retrieval of multimedia items.
US07730001B2	Computer system program and method to characterize each of a plurality of objects used at runtime to determine a lowest cost property among a plurality of potential alternative properties for each of said objects minimizing total cost of interaction among components during program execution A method is provided for characterizing objects generated during an initial run of a program, each object being characterized by a number of alternative properties which can be chosen. The method includes steps of instrumenting an initial run of program to determine characterization information about each of objects, then determining a desirable property for each object, then determining a correlation between the desirable property and the characterization information for each of the objects. This correlation is then used to select a property for an object that is subsequently created during a run of the program based only upon characterization information about the subsequently created object.
US07729994B2	Performing automatically authorized programmatic transactions Techniques are described for facilitating interactions between computing systems, such as by performing transactions between parties that are automatically authorized via a third-party transaction authorization system. In some situations, the transactions are programmatic transactions involving the use of fee-based Web services by executing application programs, with the transaction authorization system authorizing and/or providing payments in accordance with private authorization instructions previously specified by the parties. The authorization instructions may include predefined instruction rule sets that regulate conditions under which a potential transaction can be authorized, with the instruction rule sets each referenced by an associated reference token. After one or more of the parties to a potential transaction supply reference tokens for the parties, the transaction authorization system can determine whether to authorize the transaction based on whether the instruction rule sets associated with the reference tokens are compatible or otherwise satisfied.
US07729988B1	Method and apparatus for processing credit card transactions Systems and methods are disclosed whereby credit and debit card transactions are processed at a merchant point-of-sale terminal in a manner that provides customers the opportunity to receive one or more charge enhancement offers which are presented to the customer on a printed record of charge. The charge enhancement offers may indicate either a reduction or an increase in the original purchase total. In a first embodiment, a customer may receive a discount toward a purchase total in exchange for supplying feedback to a merchant in the form of a survey or questionnaire presented on the record of charge. In a second embodiment, the customer is provided the opportunity to receive a discount toward a purchase total by enlisting a third-party service or to purchase a third-party product by completing a section provided on the record of charge. In a third embodiment, the customer may select from at least one additional charge displayed on a record of charge to be added to a transaction total. Such additional charges may represent, for example, a gratuity for a merchant service. In each embodiment, the reduction or increase of original purchase total is provided by a clearinghouse or issuing bank that processes the credit or debit card transaction and confirms the cardholder's acceptance of the charge enhancement offer following completion of the transaction at the point-of-sale terminal.
US07729987B1	Enhanced demand deposit accounts A method for adjusting a demand deposit account. The method may comprise the step of structuring the demand deposit account with at least a first balance tier and a second balance tier. The methods may also comprise the steps of monitoring a balance of the demand deposit account, and accruing interest to at least a portion of the balance of the demand deposit account at an interest rate if the balance falls within the second balance tier. The interest rate may be tied to an interest rate of an investment account.
US07729977B2	Method and system for grouping merchandise, services and users and for trading merchandise and services This method groups multiple merchandises (products/services) and multiple traders (buyer/sellers/carriers) that share similar properties with a Merchandise Group ID (MGID) and a User Group ID (UGID), respectively. Each MGID and UGID represents one Merchandise Group and Trader Group, respectively. Different MGIDs and UGIDs represent different merchandise and trader groups. The method also utilize a multi-party matching mechanism to trade Merchandise Groups among Trader Groups by having grouped buyers/sellers/carriers place bid/ask/cAsk offers on both the merchandise and any shipping services required to fulfill the transaction. Based on offers received, the system calculates Gap Values in real-time to determine if deals can be closed. Like stock tickers, MGID enables grouped merchandise to be traded like stocks. UGID enables grouped traders to trade desired merchandise with acceptable counterparties through matching both MGIDs and UGIDs. Based on the grouping, matching and gap value calculating mechanism, this method changes “Instance Trading” into “Group Trading”.
US07729976B2	Underground gas storage with short term reversible flow operable for use in arbitrage/trading A system and method are provided for short term trading in gas and/or gas derivatives. In a preferred embodiment, the system provides a plurality of shallow depth salt gas storage facilities. Each of the facilities is typically operated at pressures in a range close to the pipeline pressure, typically within a range of 20 to 80 bars. If trading results in a difference to be made up, then computers operating the facilities respond quickly to add or remove gas from the pipelines, as required, with a response time as low as two minutes to change the net direction of flow of gas into or out of the storage facilities.
US07729972B2	Methodologies and systems for trade execution and recordkeeping in a fund of hedge funds environment A system provides automation or semi-automation of trade execution and recordkeeping services for a fund of funds, in particular, a fund of hedge funds. In providing such features for trade execution and recordkeeping, various transaction processes may be automated or semi-automated, thus, reducing an amount of human operator action and introduction of associated delay and possibility of error. Moreover, such a system may have further utility in providing access to lot-level records.
US07729969B1	Coordinated rebalancing by money manager portfolio management systems and a master overlay manager portfolio management system A process and system are provided for determining whether to rebalance an investment account having assets associated with one of the plurality of investment styles relative to an allocation rule is determined. The determined drift is compared with a threshold value. A determination is made whether to rebalance the investment account is based on the comparison.
US07729963B1	Methods and systems for processing and communicating financial transaction data Methods and systems are provided for processing the financial information of a client of a financial institution. One method embodiment includes receiving data from an overdraft data source including at least one overdraft occurrence associated with a transaction performed in association with the client; analyzing the overdraft occurrence in an overdraft application to determine a cause and disposition of the overdraft occurrence in connection with the cause of the overdraft occurrence; and, communicating an overdraft report associated with the analyzing step to a manager associated with the client. Additional system and computer-readable medium embodiments of the present methods are also provided. In another aspect of the present methods and systems, historical overdraft issues are analyzed and reported to the management of a financial institution. System and computer-readable medium embodiments of these analysis and reporting methods are also provided.
US07729962B2	Timecard processing in a procurement management system The present invention provides timecard processing in a procurement management system. A service provider creates and submits an on-line timecard, the timecard is approved by an approver, and the billing information is forwarded to a payment processing function. An embodiment comprises the steps of: providing a user interface for entry, modification and approval of timecard data; reading a timecard projects table to add data to the timecard data; comparing the received timecard data to the timecard projects table to determine if the received timecard data is valid: reading a contractor profile table to add data to the timecard data; reading timecard business rules; applying the timecard business rules, reading an approval matrix; notifying at least one approver to the existence of the received timecard data; computing billing amounts; accepting changes to the timecard data; receiving approval for payment of the billing amounts; and transmitting payment data.
US07729960B2	Communication terminal, power supply management system of the same, and charging method at the time of purchasing fuel reservoir A communication terminal, to which a power is supplied from the fuel cell, includes an ID detecting unit that detects at least one of unique identification information of a fuel reservoir for supplying fuel to the fuel cell and unique identification information of the fuel cell, a content detecting unit that detects a content executed in the communication terminal, a cell driving detecting unit that detects an operating state of the fuel cell, and a matching process unit that collates and associates with each other data obtained from the ID detecting unit the content detecting unit and the cell driving detecting unit.
US07729957B2	Item attribute preverification A method and system for providing attribute verification (330) consistent with the invention includes obtaining the attributes (320) of the item prior to placing the item in a delivery system (350), verifying correctness of the attributes (320), and transmitting an indication of the correctness of the attributes to a delivery system operator over a communications system (340).
US07729952B1	Method and system for custom gift basket assembly Structure and functionality, including web-related (client and/or server side) structure and functionality are provided for use in custom basket design, assembly, evaluation and delivery. Orders from a website, an inbound call center, a sales representative or other source are placed in a non-processed order bin (102). In the case of the website orders, senders are assisted in custom basket assembly and shipping costs are calculated on a basket-specific basis. Specialists at an item pick station (104) select orders from the bin (102) and retrieve items to be assembled into a basket from inventory, as well as the basket vessel itself. The items are then placed into a production queue (106) where they are accessed by specialists at basket build stations (108). The basket is assembled at the basket build station (108), and a digital photograph of the completed basket it taken. The basket then passes to a shrink-wrap station (110) where a custom card may be associated with the basket, and the basket is otherwise prepared for shipping at the ship/store station (112). In this manner, custom baskets can be efficiently assembled and delivered to recipients.
US07729948B1	Systems and methods for enabling customer care assistance with self-service transactions Upon a client encountering an error while operating a self-service application for changing services in a wireless device, the client can queue themselves to speak with a customer care center representative. Data collected from the client through the self-service application is transferred to a customer care system to provide the customer care representative with application state information including which step in the application the customer requires assistance with. Upon the customer care representative successfully assisting the customer the wireless device continues on to the next step in the self-service application. When all of the steps in the self-service application are complete or upon completion of each step, the data collected is transferred to the customer care system and used to update the necessary systems to implement the change in service.
US07729945B1	Systems and methods that use geographic data to intelligently select goods and services to offer in telephonic and electronic commerce Apparatus and methods are provided for effecting remote commerce, such as in telemarketing (either inbound or outbound) and in electronic commerce, which are particularly adapted for the intelligent selection and proffer of products, services or information to a user or customer. In one aspect of the invention, goods, service or information are provided to the user via electronic communication, such as through a telephone, videophone or other computer link, as determined by the steps of first, establishing communication via the electronic communications device between the user and the system to effect a primary transaction or primary interaction, second, obtaining data with respect to the primary transaction or primary interaction, including at least in part a determination of the identity of the user or prospective customer, third, obtaining at least a second data element relating to the user, fourth, utilizing the primary transaction or primary interaction data along with the at least second data element as factors in determining at least one good, service or item of information for prospective upsell to the user or prospective customer, and offering the item to the prospective customer. In the preferred embodiment, the selection of the proffer of goods, services or information comprises an upsell with respect to the primary transaction or primary interaction data. The offer of the upsell is preferably generated and offered in real time, that is, during the course of the communication initiated with the primary transaction or primary interaction.
US07729944B1	System and methods for buying and selling telecommunication services via a network A system facilitates the purchase of telecommunication services from a variety of service providers. The system receives a request for purchasing at least one telecommunication service from a buyer via a buyer terminal, provides the request to a group of seller terminals corresponding to a group of the service providers, and receives a reply from the seller terminals in response to the request. The system then provides the replies to the buyer terminal, receives a selection from the buyer terminal in response to the replies, and notifies a service provider of the selection and an identity of the buyer.
US07729931B1	Systems and methods for comparing and improving sales performance over heterogeneous geographical sales regions A method of improving sales performance over multiple geographical sales regions includes determining (305) characteristics of each of the geographical sales regions and determining sales parameters, over which control can be exercised, for each of the sales regions. The method further includes modeling (310, 315, 320, 405) each of the sales regions based on the determined characteristics and sales parameters to create a model and determining (410), using the model, scores for sales parameters and revenue for each of the sales regions that allow direct comparison between each of the sales regions. The method also includes comparing (415) the scores for each of the sales regions to determine how to adjust the sales parameters to increase revenue for each of the sales regions.
US07729922B2	Dynamic interface between BPSS conversation management and local business management The present invention relates to devices and methods that coordinate an external conversation process between entities with an internal workflow of one of the entities. More particularly, it relates to devices and methods that are compliant with an inter-enterprise conversation process standard for routing electronic commerce documents between enterprises. Particular aspects of the present invention are described in the claims, specification and drawings.
US07729909B2	Block-diagonal covariance joint subspace tying and model compensation for noise robust automatic speech recognition Model compression is combined with model compensation. Model compression is needed in embedded ASR to reduce the size and the computational complexity of compressed models. Model-compensation is used to adapt in real-time to changing noise environments. The present invention allows for the design of smaller ASR engines (memory consumption reduced to up to one-sixth) with reduced impact on recognition accuracy and/or robustness to noises.
US07729907B2	Apparatus and method for preventing senility Preparing for the full-fledged aged society, measures to prevent senility are required. Senility is prevented by extracting signals of prescribed bands from a speech signal using a first bandpass filter section having a plurality of bandpass filters, extracting the envelopes of each frequency band signal using an envelope extraction section having envelope extractors, applying a noise source signal to a second bandpass filter section having a plurality of bandpass filters and extracting noise signals corresponding to the prescribed bands, multiplying the outputs from the first bandpass filter section and the second bandpass filter section in a multiplication section, summing up the outputs from the multiplication section in an addition section to produce a Noise-Vocoded Speech Sound signal, and presenting the Noise-Vocoded Speech Sound signal for listening.
US07729900B2	Method and computer-readable medium for consistent configuration of language support across operating system and application programs A method and computer-readable medium are provided for consistent configuration of language support between an operating system and application programs. According to the method, an integrated process is provided for receiving and implementing one or more language settings for an operating system and one or more language settings for application programs. The integrated process includes prompting a user for new language settings for both the operating system and the application programs. The language settings for the operating system may include language group support, user interface language, keyboard layout, preferences for standards and formats, and other settings. The language settings for the application programs may include preferences for a user interface language and a default language for use in the application programs. Once the language settings have been received from the user, the new settings may be applied and utilized in future operations of the computer system.
US07729899B2	Data cleansing system and method An automated system and method is provided for debugging training data used to train an automated language identifier. The system and method collects texts written in a particular language, generates an occurrence count for words in each text by counting the number of times each of the words is found within the text, and generates an occurrence ratio (OR) of each of the words by dividing the occurrence count by the total number of words in each text. Words are then filtered from the texts in which their occurrence ratios are substantially higher than their occurrence ratios in at least one of the other texts, to generate a clean text.
US07729892B2	Simulation parameter determination method Provided is a method for reducing the amount of calculation time required for parameter determination, and for reducing the amount of calculation time required for parameter determination in satisfaction with a desired accuracy. The method includes preferentially selecting analysis objects, which are capable of providing parameter determination within a high degree of certainty, and controlling a calculation order of the selected analysis objects using a calculation order list.
US07729890B2	Method for determining the change of a signal, and an apparatus including a circuit arranged to implement the method A method of estimating a change of a variable over a measurement window, including the steps of taking multiple samples of the variable during the measurement window, defining a weight to be associated with each sample, the weight varying as a function of position of the sample within the measurement window, processing the samples taking account of their weight to form an estimate of the change in the variable.
US07729887B2	System management user interface providing user access to status information for process control system equipment including a status monitor A system management human-machine interface application for use in a process control system is described herein that enables users to view/monitor information regarding system status and performance and to initiate changes to the operation of system equipment, checkpoint control stations and execute diagnostics. A system management graphical user interface includes a number of features that address the accessibility of system status information to users. Such features include rendering selectable diagnostic information (e.g., online/offline status) on a system component navigation view. The GUI also provides access to a variety of system information including: alarms, messages, watched system management parameters, and a legend for symbols displayed in a system management navigation tree. Other features include: a search function for locating a device in the system to render detailed information, a navigation tree that displays equipment status via icons, and propagating fault statuses up to a highest level of the navigation tree.
US07729883B2	System to improve requirements, design manufacturing, and transportation in mass manufacturing industries through analysis of defect data A computer-implemented method of optimizing a design of a product in a mass manufacturing process includes steps of: collecting error data relating to a product; classifying the error data into categories of errors to provide classifier error data; analyzing relationships among the classified error data; producing an analysis report; and recommending modifications to an end user for the design of the product.
US07729882B2	Method and system for assessing performance of control systems A system is disclosed for scaling performance indicators of control applications in an environmental control system. The system is configured to identify a probability distribution that is characteristic of a fault-free environmental control system and to use the probability distribution of a fault-free environmental control system in calculations to display probability distributions of data from first and second control applications on a common scale.
US07729881B2	Laser intensity noise rejection for interferometric apparatus A laser interferometric apparatus for measuring a displacement of an object is disclosed, the apparatus comprising a laser source for producing a laser beam having a given intensity, a beam splitter for dividing the laser beam into a reference beam and an object beam to be directed to the object, thereby producing a scattered object beam being modulated according to the displacement of the object, interference means adapted to provide at least two electrical interference signals from the scattered object beam and the reference beam, the at least two electrical interference signals each comprising a wanted signal component indicative of the object displacement and an intensity noise component, and processing means for subtracting the at least two electrical interference signals, thereby generating an output signal, the output signal comprising substantially the wanted signal component alone, wherein the intensity noise is substantially rejected.
US07729880B1	Wireless vehicle service systems using addressable devices A wireless vehicle service system using addressable devices to avoid interference from similar devices within communications distance. The system includes a host and a plurality of devices that communicate with the host wirelessly. Each of the devices has a unique address, and stores information describing the device, such as the type of the device, a system to which the device is associated, a location of the device, etc. During an enumeration process, each device sends signals including its address and the information describing that device to a host of the vehicle service system. The host stores relationships between the addresses and associated information. For signals sent by the devices and received by the host, the host decodes an embedded address from the signals, and obtains information related to the device sending the signals based on the decoded address and the stored information associated to the decoded address. The host then processes the received signals by referring to the information describing the device sending the signals.
US07729873B2	Determining profile parameters of a structure using approximation and fine diffraction models in optical metrology Provided is a method for determining one or more profile parameters of a structure using an optical metrology model, the optical metrology model comprising a profile model, an approximation diffraction model, and a fine diffraction model. A simulated approximation diffraction signal is generated based on an approximation diffraction model of the structure. A set of difference diffraction signals is obtained by subtracting the simulated approximation diffraction signal from each of simulated fine diffraction signals and paired with the corresponding profile parameters and used to generate a library of difference diffraction signals. A measured diffraction signal adjusted by the simulated approximation diffraction signal is matched against the library to determine at least one profile parameter of the structure.
US07729868B2	Method for analyzing structure of glycoprotein The present invention provides a simplified method for analyzing a structure of glycoprotein capable of conducting a peptide sequence analysis, a sugar chain sequence analysis, and an analysis of a sugar chain binding site accurately and rapidly using a mass spectrometer.
US07729852B2	Mapping in mobile data collection systems, such as for utility meter reading and related applications A mobile data collection system may perform or facilitate monitoring and management of mobile automatic meter reading (MAMR) activities via out of route meter read identification and graphical route playback. In identifying out of route endpoints, the mobile data collection system receives an indication of each of the endpoints included in a predetermined meter reading route. The mobile data collection system executes the route detecting endpoints and collecting location information relating to out of route endpoints that are not included in the predetermined route. Location information identifying the out of route endpoints is then presented to a user. In facilitating graphical route playback, the mobile data collection system collects information as it progresses through the route. The collected information may then be used in a graphical playback of the route, which shows the mobile data collection system dynamically traveling through the route (e.g., on a map) and reading endpoints.
US07729851B2	Navigation system A navigation system comprises: a GPS for detecting a current position; a DVD drive for reading a map from a DVD on which a plurality of partially overlapping maps are recorded; a Memory card for storing information to identify a portion overlapping with another map, in a map being used for navigation; and a CPU for judging, based on coordinates of a current position and the information stored in the Memory card, whether the coordinates of the current position are contained in the overlapping portion or not, and for controlling, in response to a judgment that the coordinates of the current position are contained in the overlapping portion, the DVD drive to read from the DVD the map sharing the overlapping portion. Consequently, map data to be loaded can be smoothly changed according to the current position.
US07729840B2	Vehicle brake control system and method A vehicle brake control system is provided with a preceding object detecting section, a running condition detection section, a steering actuation state detecting section, a braking force detecting section, a preceding object avoidability determining section and a braking force control section. The preceding object avoidability determining section determines a possibility of avoiding the preceding object by steering and reducing the current braking force acting on the host vehicle based on the position of the preceding object, the running condition of the host vehicle, the braking force applied to the host vehicle and the steering wheel actuation state that are detected. The braking force control section reduces the current braking force applied by the host vehicle braking system when the preceding object avoidability determining section determines that the preceding object can be avoided by steering and reducing the current braking force acting on the host vehicle.
US07729839B2	Automated inter-axle differential lock sensor configuration and calibration method The present invention relates to an automatic inter-axle differential sensor configuration (i.e., location) and calibration method for a vehicle having a tandem drive axle. The method involves determining the speed of the vehicle, determining pulses per minute from each inter-axle differential sensor via the vehicle electronic control unit (ECU), where each of the inter-axle differential sensors are connected to an inter-axle differential gear, determining a location of each inter-axle differential sensor from each of the inter-axle differential sensor pulses per minute, and assigning a number of teeth to each of the inter-axle differential gears in calibrating each of the inter-axle differential sensors. The revolutions per minute for each of the inter-axle differential sensors may be utilized to lock the inter-axle differential during slippage of the vehicle, without human intervention.
US07729834B2	Method for creating reference driving tracks for agricultural working machines A route planning system for agricultural working machines with a defined working width assigned to the agricultural working machine to generate driving routes in a territory includes a navigation module configured to generate the driving routes and having at least one automatic driving mode and at least one recording mode, such that said at least one automatic driving mode and the at least one recording mode are activatable independently of each other.
US07729833B2	Implement control system based on input position and velocity A hydraulic control system for a machine having a work implement is disclosed. The hydraulic control system has a fluid actuator configured to move the work implement. The control system also has an operator interface device configured to generate at least one signal in response to a movement of the operator interface device. The control system further has a valve assembly for controllably providing hydraulic fluid flow to the fluid actuator to affect movement of the fluid actuator. The hydraulic control system has a controller configured to communicate with the valve assembly and the operator interface device. The controller is also configured to receive a signal, determine a velocity input associated with the movement of the operator interface device based on the received signal, and determine a desired fluid actuator velocity based on the determined velocity input. The controller is further configured to generate a command signal corresponding to the desired fluid actuator velocity and to direct the command signal to the valve assembly.
US07729832B2	Device for actuating an articulated mast A large manipulator with an articulated mast (22) is pivotally connected to a mast base (21) that is rotatable about a vertical axis. The mast (22) comprises at least three mast arms (23 to 27) which are pivotable to a limited extent about horizontal articulated axis (28 to 32) that are located parallel to each other, the pivoting movement being relative to the mast base (21) or an adjacent mast arm (23 to 27) and being performed by means of a respective drive unit (34 to 38). A control unit is provided with coordinate transformer (74, 76) which responds to a given guiding parameter (r) and measured angular values (εγ) that are determined by means of angle sensors (44 to 48) located on the mast arms (23 to 27). The coordinate transformer (74, 76) does a conversion into movement signals (Δαv) for the drive units (34 to 38) in accordance with predefined path/slew characteristics, the movement signals being related to the articulation axis. In order to make the inventive device lighter and easier to build, geodetic angle sensors (44 to 48) which determine earth referenced angular values (εγ) that are assigned to the individual mast arms (23 to 27) are disposed in a rigid manner on the mast arms (23 to 27).
US07729828B2	Seat assemblies for vehicles Seat assemblies for a vehicles include seat panels in communication with a controller and having a fiber optic sensing device that measures pressure exerted at various locations of the seat panels and cushioning materials comprising active materials, wherein upon receipt of pressure signals by the controller from the sensing device, the controller generates activation signals that adapt physical characteristics of the active materials.

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